Account Number - Siemens 300 Series User Manual

Account Number

To assign a call
to an account
before making
the call
The Account Number feature lets you charge an
external call to an account by assigning an account
number to the call. If the account number is the proper
length, it and other details about the call will then be
recorded at the CBX by the Call Detail Recording
(CDR) feature.
Your CBX system administrator can use the CDR
feature to charge specific departments for the calls
they have made or to let you bill clients for telephone
consultation time. This information includes the
extension, time, date, and duration of each call, as
well as the called or calling number. (The calling
number is recorded only if it is made available to the
CBX through Automatic Number Identification.)
If you routinely assign calls to the same account, your
extension can be set up at the CBX with a default
account number. All calls you make will then be
assigned automatically to your default account unless
you assign the call to a different account.
If your system is set up to use the Forced Account
Number feature, you may be required (forced) to enter
an account number after you dial an outside number.
Get a dial tone.
Press the ACCOUNT key or dial * 2.
Dial the account number or dial # to use your
default account number.
Dial 9 and the outside number.
Managerial Features 7–3