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Model: relation/NumberInventoryREL

Number Inventory

Overview

The number inventory allows you to view and manage the number inventory at the specified hierarchy level. It allows you to track numbers and how they are used in the system. This is done through a number of workflows to ensure the selection of numbers is limited to those available, and includes the ability to:

• Add, modify, and delete numbers.
• View the status of numbers - Used, Used-Utility, Available, Reserved or Cooling. See also Number Status and Usage.
• Store additional business data about the numbers.

Hierarchy

The number inventory can exist at a different hierarchy level to the lines for the users, services and devices that consume them, which are typically at site level.

The inventory can also exist at customer level. This makes it easier if the allocation and availability of numbers is not site specific. This saves moving numbers around sites to increase availability, and keeps a more central inventory of available numbers. It is also important if numbers are shared across sites. If you are a customer with multiple sites, ensure that the internal numbers you specify are unique across sites.

If the number allocation is site specific, the numbers can be added or assigned to site level.

Number inventory can only exist at provider, customer, or site hierarchy. It is not applicable to the intermediate hierarchy.

Partition and Cluster

Number inventory is not partition or cluster aware. If the same numbers are used multiple times but in different partitions, then these all map to the same number. This should be taken into account when thinking about the hierarchy level at which the number inventory exists.

Also, not being cluster aware, if the same number exists on different clusters, this again will map back to the same inventory value unless numbers are assigned to the site level.

Reservation

Numbers can be reserved for future use, for example for users who will soon be joining the company. When a number is reserved, it will be unavailable and cannot be allocated to a subscriber, phone, device, etc. See also: Number Reservation.

Cooling

Numbers can optionally (default in Global Settings = disabled) be placed, into a cooling period:

• Automatically for a period specified in Global Settings - when a subscriber or phone is deleted.
• Manually.

During this period the number cannot be allocated to a subscriber, phone, device, etc.

Numbers are released from the cooling period, and become available for use when:

• The Release Date (yyyy-mm-dd) elapses.
• They are manually removed from the cooling period.

See also Number Cooling.

Number Inventory entries - End-user Provisioning Tasks

For more information on provisioning each of these tasks, refer to the relevant topics in the VOSS-4-UC Core Feature Guide.

Number Inventory List View

The Number Inventory list view (default menu Number Management > Number Inventory) displays the range of numbers that have been defined for the selected hierarchy.

Here you can view the list of numbers, delete a number, or select a number and edit the free text fields. Filter the numbers (by column) as needed.

The following columns are available:

• Status = Available and Usage is empty when a number is first added to the number inventory. Refer to Number Status and Usage for more information.
• Release Date (if cooling is enabled) indicates the date on which a number currently in status Cooling, becomes Available again. See: Number Cooling.
• Tag is a free text field, which is populated when adding a new number or range of numbers. It is used to identify or comment on a number or number range.
• Reservation notes is a free text field, typically used to provide more details about a status Reserved number. See: Number Reservation.
• Vendor field is an optional field typically used to designate vendor specific information for a device in a multi-vendor setup.
• Description as well as Extra1 to Extra6 fields are free text fields that are available to provide additional information for a given number or range of numbers.

You can manage a specific number by clicking on the number in the list view. See: Number Range Management.

Number Status and Usage

Administrators can now view more accurate data as to how numbers are used at a specific hierarchy level.

The Status and Usage columns on the enhanced Number Inventory form (default menu Number Management > Number Inventory) are described below:

Footnotes

Details and Usage

Selecting a specific number from the Number Inventory list view, opens the details view for that number.

The Number Details tab shows read only details for the number, for example Internal Number, Status, Usage, as well as editable fields such as Tag, Description, Reservation Notes, etc.

The Usage tab provides links to all instances where the number is used.

Wrapper relation for InternalNumberInventory. Summary attributes is defined in data-model (and in future core-versions, the FDP will define the summary-attrs)

Model Details: relation/NumberInventoryREL