The Refill component refills one prepaid account through a reference of the Internal Reference Dictionary. The Refill component refills one prepaid account through a reference of the Internal Reference Dictionary.
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Note: The Refill component can be used to simulate a transfer by debiting a first account with the calculated amount of the price plan, and then crediting a second account with the same amount. You cannot use this component if the convergent charging services are based on provider contracts. |
In a subscription, a charge is defined by a charging mapping made up of several columns (*) that allows you to associate an Internal Reference of the charge with any account of a subscriber. When the charging plan is activated, the specified accounts are refilled according to the charging mapping.
(*): The columns are Charging Reference, Charged Account, Credit Limit Balance#1, Credit Limit Balance#2, and Credit Limit Balance#3. Charged Account and Credit Limit Balances are part of the subscriber's accounts.
Name: Type the name of the component (mandatory).
Description: Allows you to type the description of the component (optional).
You define the references that will be associated with the accounts to be credited or debited.
Refilled charging reference: Provides the list of the Internal References of the Dictionary. Select the Internal Reference that will be associated with the account to be credited.
Transfer from account: If clicked, this option provides the list of the available Internal References of the Dictionary. Select the reference that will be associated with the account to be debited. The option Transfer from account allows you to debit an account with the same amount used to credit another account.
Expiration schedule postponed: Allows you to postpone the schedule of the states of the prepaid account previously set up in the subscriber account. For more information, click Contents on the Help menu of the main window, and then consult the topics relating to Prepaid accounts in the chapter Subscriber accounts.
Blocked on: Select a date property or click the calendar button 
, and then select a date on which the prepaid account will be blocked.
Locked on: Select a date property or click the calendar button , and then select a date on which the prepaid account will be locked.
Closed on: Select a date property or click the calendar button , and then select a date on which the prepaid account will be closed.
Prepaid balance is: You can impose conditions on the refill of a prepaid account.
Clipped: Click this option to prevent the prepaid balance from being greater than a specified amount. Type the amount expressed in the currency of the price plan. If the sum of the balance amount and the refill amount is greater than the clipping value, the account will only be refilled up to the clipping value.
Emptied before balance refill: Select this option to reset the balance before refill. Furthermore, select Only if blocked or locked, if you want to reset a blocked or locked prepaid balance only.