DID numbers

Specify one or more of the search criteria and click Search. To stop the search, press “Esc” on the keyboard or click Stop .

To reset search criteria, click Default filters .

To find a specific DID number, type the number here. You can find all the DID numbers that match a specific pattern; for example, enter 1800 to find all 1-800 numbers.

By default, PortaBilling filters DIDs by the number that start with your input. To change the matching mode for this field, click Matching mode and select the needed option:

• Contains – contains your input (anywhere in the number).
• Starts with – starts with your input.
• Ends with – ends with your input.
• Exactly matches – exactly matches your input.

Filter DID numbers by their status:

• Select Any to search among all DID numbers.
• Select In use to search among DID numbers that are currently provisioned as accounts.
• Select Reserved to search for DID numbers that are assigned to customers.
• Select Not in use to search among DID numbers that are not being used by any account.
• Select Frozen to search among DID numbers that are kept for later use. DID numbers are frozen by default when uploaded to the DID inventory.

Filter DID numbers by the entity they are assigned to:

• Select Any to search among DID numbers that are assigned to any entity.
• Select Customer to search among DID numbers that are assigned to a particular customer. Select the customer from the list in the Customer name field.
• Select Reseller to search among DID numbers that are owned by a particular reseller. Select the reseller from the list in the Reseller name field.

By default, PortaBilling searches for customers whose field values begin with your input. You can select the mode to filter customer records by customer data that:

• Contains – contains your input (e.g., anywhere in the name)
• Starts with – starts with your input
• Ends with – ends with your input
• Exactly matches – exactly matches your input

Filter DID numbers by the pricing batch they belong to. To search for unassigned DIDs, choose None.

To obtain more precise results, click More to open advanced search criteria.

Most of the search criteria in this section relate to the DID number information and are self-explanatory.

Filter DID numbers by the vendor batch they belong to.

Filter DID numbers by the DID group they belong to.

Filter DID numbers by their description.

Filter DID numbers by the country they belong to.

Each entry in the results list consists of:

The phone number.

This column features two buttons:

• Click Edit to edit a DID number.
• Click Delete to remove a DID number. Note that you can remove only numbers that aren't in use.

The country that this DID number belongs to. It is either auto-populated upon a DID upload or auto-filled when a DID number is provisioned on-demand from DIDWW or DIDX.

The name of the vendor that provided this DID number. This is also a link that redirects you to the corresponding vendor page.

The name of the vendor batch this DID number belongs to. This is also a link that redirects you to the Vendor batch page. Vendor batches serve to group DID numbers of a specific DID vendor in the DID inventory.

By default, the Vendor batch column is hidden. To add/remove this column, click Settings on the title bar, click Customize columns, and select/clear the Vendor batch checkbox.

The name of the entity that this DID is assigned to:

• – to a customer
• – to a reseller
• – to a voice application

This is also a link that redirects you to the corresponding page.

The name of the pricing batch that this DID is assigned to. For unassigned DIDs, this field is empty.

A monthly amount a customer is charged for the DID number by a service provider. The recurring revenue (a service provider’s recurring sale price) is calculated as Recurring cost plus Additional recurring fee and Recurring fee markup.

Free of charge means that this DID number is free of charge for each entity it’s provided to and no additional fees defined in the pricing batch can be assigned to this DID number.

A short description of the DID number. To add/remove this column, click Settings on the title bar, click Customize columns, and select/clear the Description checkbox.

The DID group the number belongs to. This is also a link that redirects you to the DID groups page. DID groups allow you to arrange DID numbers into categories (for example, by geographic location).

By default, the DID group column is hidden. To add/remove this column, click Settings on the title bar, click Customize columns, and select/clear the DID group checkbox.

A DID number can have one of the following statuses:

• In use – shows that the DID is already being used by an account.
• Not in use – shows that the DID is available for use.
• Not in use since today – shows that the DID number has been unassigned from the account for less than a day.
• Reserved – shows that the DID is assigned to a specific customer but not yet in use.
• Frozen – when uploaded to the DID inventory, the DID numbers are Frozen by default. To unfreeze a DID number, assign it to a pricing batch or release it to the DID pool.
• Free for N days – shows the number of days this DID number has been unassigned from the account.

To see detailed information about a DID number and its pricing, hover over a specific DID number and Edit in the Actions column.

In the dialog that opens, you can see the following information about the DID number pricing:

• Activation cost – this is a one-time charge paid by a service provider to a vendor for the DID number activation. It is defined in the Activation cost field when you add the DID number.
• Activation sale price – this is the amount a service provider charges their customer for activating the DID number (service provider's activation revenue). It is calculated as a sum of Activation cost and Activation profit (see below).
• Activation profit – this is the amount of a service provider’s profit from the activation of the DID number. You can specify this amount in the Additional activation fee field while creating the pricing batch.
• Recurring cost – this is a monthly amount a service provider is charged by a vendor for the DID number. You can specify it in the Recurring cost field when you add the DID number.
• Recurring sale price – this is the monthly amount that a service provider charges their customer for the DID number (service provider’s recurring revenue). This amount is calculated as a sum of Recurring cost and Recurring profit (see below).
• Recurring profit – this is the monthly amount of a service provider’s profit from the DID number. This amount is a sum of Additional recurring fee and Recurring fee markup specified within the pricing batch.