Account Codes; Automatic Route Selection (Ars) - AT&T MERLIN LEGEND Release 3.1 System Manager's Manual

Features
Take these additional measures to enhance system security:
Change remote access barrier codes frequently. This helps prevent toll
fraud when someone has revealed their barrier codes to others.
Delete unused barrier codes immediately.
Always use the longest possible barrier codes.
System Programming includes instructions for adding, deleting, and changing
barrier codes.

Account Codes

If your company requires that telephone costs be associated with specific
projects, departments, or clients, you should take advantage of the Account
Code Entry and Forced Account Code Entry features of the system. Call
Accounting Systems, described in "Applications," later in this chapter, are
applications that enhance these functions. See System Programming for
information about programming account codes, and distribute these account
codes to people who need them. Dialing features (see "Dialing Features" earlier
in this chapter) may be used to help automate Account Code Entry.
Account Code Entry. This feature enables users to enter account codes
for outside calls, both incoming and outgoing. These codes appear on
Station Message Detailed Recording (SMDR) reports and are used for
billing or cost accounting to identify outgoing calls with a project, client,
or department. You can enter an account code before or during a call, or
not at all. You can also change, correct, or cancel an account code while
the call is in progress.
Forced Account Code Entry. Forced Account Code Entry is similar, but
affects only outgoing calls and requires a user to enter an account code
before placing an outside call. You can change or correct an account
code while a call is in progress, but you cannot cancel it.
NOTE:
Account codes override authorization codes for the purposes of SMDR
reporting. If an authorization code is used without an account code, the
authorization code is reported. When Forced Account Code Entry is
assigned to an extension, the user must enter the authorization code
before making the call.

Automatic Route Selection (ARS)

This feature is available for Hybrid/PBX systems only and assures cost-efficient
use of the various lines/trunks and facilities in the system. ARS makes decisions,
based on programmed routing tables and calling restrictions, that choose the
most cost-effective facility for each outgoing call. It also provides enhanced
calling restrictions, as described in "Calling Restrictions," earlier in this chapter.
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Features and Applications