This menu contains a set of tools which give you more control over Perimeter configurations, network usage and definitions.

Upload Status

Tools > Upload Status 

The Upload Status page presents a summary of all the documents uploaded to Perimeter. This includes the Routeplan Filters, ANI Lists, DNIS Lists and Master Code Lists.

• Name: the name of the uploaded file
  

• Type: the function that the document is fulfilling
  

• Status: Successful or Failed implementation status an uploaded file
  

• Reason: error message if Failed
  

• Export Date: the date of the file
  

• Action Icon: download the uploaded file
  

Deck Generator

Ratedeck Generator History

Tools > Deck Generator

The Ratedeck Generator History dashboard allows you to:

1. Switch between Variable and Flat views
   

2. Assign a Ratedeck to a Trunk Group
   

3. Distribute the Ratedeck
   

4. Generate a Ratedeck
   

5. Create/Modify a Ratedeck
   

6. Export a list of Ratedecks
   

7. Delete a Ratedeck
   

The dashboard displays all the Created and Generated Ratedecks. You can view the following details about each Ratedeck:

• Name: the name of the Ratedeck
  

• Direction: Termination or Origination
  

• Location: US & Canada or International
  

• Category: Dialed, Toll-Free, Prefix Jurisdictional, DID
  

• Modify Date: date which the ratedeck was last modified
  

• Status:
  

• Generate Required: the ratedeck is not ready and needs to be generated. You will need to use the Generate button located towards the top to create a ratedeck
  

• Generated: the Ratedeck is ready to be used
  

• Total Rates: the total number of rates generated in the ratedeck
  

• Modifier: the user who last modified the Ratedeck
  

• Action Icon: the red icon allows you to delete a Ratedeck
  

Create/Modify a Ratedeck

Tools > Ratedeck Generator > Create/Modify Ratedeck

To Create or Modify a Ratedeck, you will need to:

1. Click on Create/Modify
   

2. Provide a Name for the Ratedeck
   

3. Select the Direction:
   

1. Termination
   

2. Origination
   

4. Select the Location:
   

1. US & Canada
   

2. International (see 4b below if you choose this option)
   

5. Select the Category:
   

1. Prefix Jurisdiction (NPANXX)
   

2. LATA/OCN Jurisdictional
   

3. Peering
   

4. Local
   

5. Toll-Free
   

6. Select a Pricing Mode:
   

1. LCR Depth
   

2. Average
   

3. LCR Depth Average
   

7. Select the Profit Markup:
   

1. PPM
   

2. Percentage
   

8. Provide the Minimum Markup
   

9. Provide the Minimum Rate
   

10. Select the Decimal Precision
    

11. Provide the Profit Value
    

12. Provide the Maximum Markup
    

13. Provide the Maximum Rate (Note: if you sold a rate deck that has rates from .0001 through $1 or above, and you set the max rate at .0050: no calls will be able to use any rate above .0050)

14. Choose the Maximum Vendor Effective Date
    

15. Select the LCR Depth
    

16. Select the amount of Rounding Digits
    

17. Select a Deck Group
    

Note: Markup is different than margin.  A markup shows how much more your selling price is than the cost. For example:

1. Cost $0.00045
   
2. Selling price = 40% higher than cost = $0.00045 x 1.4 = $0.00063
   

To find the margin, divide gross profit by the revenue i.e. = (selling price - cost) / selling price

Margin = ($0.00063 - $0.00045) / $0.00063 = 28.57%

4a: US & Canada Settings

Tools > Ratedeck Generator > Create/Modify > US & Canada

1. Select the Indeterminate Rate:
   

1. Inter
   

2. Intra
   

3. Higer of Inter/Intra
   

4. Lower of Inter/Intra
   

2. Toggle Include 8YY pricing
   

3. Provide 8YY Price
   

4. Toggle Include Canada
   

5. Toggle Include USA
   

4b: International Settings

Tools > Ratedeck Generator > Create/Modify > International 

1. Toggle “Create A-Z LCR” 
   

2. Toggle “Create A-Z Fallback LCR”
   

Destinations - If “Creates A-Z  LCR” is toggled OFF

1. Select the amount of destinations
   

2. Select the destination country from the drop-down menu
   

3. Select a destination from the drop-down menu
   

4. Click Add
   

International AZ Fallback - If “Create A-Z Fallback LCR” is toggled ON

Vendors Considered 

To add a vendor to the Consideration list, click on the checkbox to the left of the Vendor’s name to toggle on or off.

Assign to Trunk Group

Tools > Ratedeck Generator > Assign to Trunk Group

1. Select a Ratedeck with the Generated status
   

2. Click on Assign to Trunk Group
   

3. In the pop-up window, click on Add Trunk Group
   

4. Select a Trunk Group from the drop-down menu
   

5. Click Assign
   

Generate

Tools > Ratedeck Generator > Generate

1. Click on a Ratedeck with the status: Generate Required
   

2. Click on Generate
   

3. In the pop-up window, press Yes
   

Distribute

Tools > Ratedeck Generator > Distribute

1. Click on a Ratedeck with the status: Generated
   

2. Click on Distribute
   

3. In the pop up window, select the Template
   

4. Select a date for the distribution using the calendar tool
   

5. Select the Deck Group
   

6. Still within in the pop-up window in the Trunk Group List, toggle the checkbox to the left of the Trunk Group Name
   

7. Toggle whether you require a Confirmation
   

8. Select the Confirmation Method
   

9. Click on Assign Decks in the top right of the pop-up window
   

Export

Tools > Ratedeck Generator > Export

1. Click on a Ratedeck with the status: Generated
   

2. Click on Export
   

3. Provide a name for the resulting .csv file
   

4. In the pop-up window, click on Export
   

5. A file download will begin shortly
   

Ratedeck Generator LCR Tab

Tools > Deck Generator > LCR

The LCR tool allows you to create the LCR Ratedeck based on your Master Code List or based on the rates sold to a customer.

1. Click on Create
   

2.  Select LCR Type:
   

1. Create by MCL: bases the LCR Ratedeck output on the MCL codes. Next you can select the Nth depth, which will give you an excel sheet with your MCL codes and the Nth rate from your vendors.
   

2. Create by deck: bases the LCR output on a customer rate deck you select. Next you can select the Nth depth, which will give you an excel sheet with your customer codes and the Nth rate from your vendors.
   

3. Select LCR Depth
   

4. Select Country
   

5. Select Rate Type:
   

1. EEA
   

2. International
   

6. Click on Create
   

Master Code List

Tools > Master Code List 

The Master Code List (MCL) is a list with definitions for routing international calls. These need to be set up correctly for your calls to be routed as intended. A misconfigured Master Code List would cause major issues for international calls. Peeredge automatically detects new vendor codes when importing international vendor decks and adds them to the MCL. The newly added codes (Destination Name and Destination codes) can be seen on the MCL page under the “Appended MCL Codes” tab.

From the Master Code List Dashboard, you can:

1. Create/Modify a MCL Template
   

2. Create a single Country entry
   

3. Upload a .csv File containing a Country List
   

4. Export the existing MCL
   

Create / Modify a MCL Template

Tools > Master Code List > Create/Modify

1. Click on Create/Modify
   

2. Provide a name for the MCL Template
   

3. Select a list to copy from
   

4. Click on Create/Save Changes
   

Countries

Tools > Master Code List > MCL Template >  Countries 

Note: To enable the controls for the Countries section, select a MCL Template from above by clicking on it.

Create Country

Tools > Master Code List > MCL Template >  Countries > Create

1. Click on Create Country
   

2. Provide the Country Name
   

3. Select the continent from the drop-down menu
   

4. Provide the Country Code
   

Upload File

Tools > Master Code List >  MCL Template > Countries > Upload File

1. Click on Upload File
   

2. Click on Select File and select your file through the explorer window
   

3. Click on Upload
   

Export

Tools > Master Code List >  MCL Template > Countries > Export

1. Click on Export
   

2. Provide a name for the resulting .csv file
   

3. Select between US & Canada and International
   

4. Click on Export
   

5. A file download will begin shortly
   

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Destinations

Note: To enable the controls for the Destinations section, select a Country from above by clicking on it.

Create a Destination

Tools > Master Code List > MCL Template > Countries > Destinations > Create

1. Click on Create
   
2. Provide a name for the Destination
   
3. Click on Create
   

Codes

Note: To enable the controls for the Destinations section, select a Destination from the left by clicking on it.

1. Click on Create
   

2. Provide the Code
   

3. Click on Create
   

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Pending Decks

Tools > Pending Decks

When distributing Ratedecks through the Deck Generator tool, you will see any outstanding distributions on page.

You can use the drop-down menu located at the top right of the page to select between Pending and Assigned decks.

 From the Pending Decks page, you have the following fields available:

1. Deck Name
   

2. Trunk Group
   

3. Effective Date: you can edit the Effective Date by clicking on it
   

4. Status: Confirmed or Not Confirmed
   

5. Method: Delivered or Not Delivered
   

6. Resend Deck Notification: click the icon to resend a notification to the rate contact
   

7. Manual Confirmation: click to manually confirm 
   

8. Delete a Pending Deck
   

 From the Assigned Decks page, you have the following fields available:

1. Deck Name
   

2. Trunk Group
   

3. Effective Date: you can edit the Effective Date by clicking on it
   

4. Status: Confirmed or Not Confirmed
   

5. Method: Delivered or Not Delivered
   

6. Resend Deck Notification: click the icon to resend a notification to the rate contact
   

7. Delete a Pending Deck
   

Platform Status

Tools > Platform Status

The Platform Status Report shows your network components alongside their current status and uptime.

• Components: Data Centre, Load Balancer, Media Switch, Traffic Manager, Portal Server, Warehouse Server
  

• Status: OK or failed
  

• Uptime: how long the component has been continuously active
  

Live Calls

Tools >  Live Calls 

Note: You can also access the Live Calls report by navigating to Reports > CDR Report > Live Calls tab

The Live Calls report enables you to see the currently connected calls on your network.

You can filter the list of current calls using the following filters:

1. Incoming Trunk Group: select the trunk group from the drop-down menu
   

2. Outgoing Trunk Group: select the trunk group from the drop-down menu
   

3. Limit: the number of live calls to be displayed
   

4. Click on Refresh to update the list in case calls ended and others have started
   

5. Click Kill Calls to terminate all selected calls
   

1. Originating Relationship: the originating relationship the call is routed from
   

2. Originating Trunk Group: the originating trunk the call is routed from
   

3. Terminating Relationship: the terminating relationship the call is routed from
   

4. Terminating Trunk Group: the terminating trunk the call is routed from
   

5. Start: start time of the call
   

6. ANI: Automatic Number Identification
   

7. DNIS: Dialed Number Identification Service
   

8. Duration: how long the call lasted
   

9. Country
   

10. Destination
    

Live Trace

Tools >  Live Trace

The live trace runs on the load balancer (LB) and streams any and all data for 120 seconds to the UI. Users can catch all SIP packets matching the criteria specified in the filter. 

Fields

You can control Live Tracing with the following:

1. Location
   

2. Filter: the filter is matched as a string so anything typed in this field will be matched on a case sensitive basis. Please do not use generic keywords for searching or it may cause your browser to hang as it will match and stream all data back to you.
   

3. Start/Stop Trace
   

4. Clear
   

5. Export
   

Call Recording

Tools > Call Recording

Warning: Only use this feature if you have a legal requirement or expressed consent from both parties. For more information on CALEA, click here.

1. Click on the blue Create button on the under CALEA Target on the Call Recording page
   

2. Add the Target ANI or DNIS: the phone number you want to capture the recording for
   

3. Add the Start Date and optionally the End Date to set the time frame to capture recordings
   

4. Add a Case ID to identify/tag the CALEA Target (Call Recording entry)
   

5. Click on Create
   

RTP and Signal Trace download links are located on the right of the pop-up window.

Email History

Tools > Email History

On this page you can view all the email communications that have been sent out from Perimeter.

• Invoice
  

• Balance
  

• Trunk Groups
  

• Rate Sheet
  

• Agent
  

• User
  

• Portal
  

 For each email, you will see the following details:

• From Email
  

• To Email
  

• Email Subject 
  

• Date Sent
  

• Status: Opened, Failed or Delivered
  

• Action: View History
  

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General Logs

Tools >  General Logs

This page allows you to view a list of all the actions that have taken place in Perimeter.

The dashboard allows you to:

1. Generate logs for a type of activity
   

2. Search for an entry by name
   

3. Apply a time filter
   

4. Reset search/filter
   

5. Export the list of logs
   

You can view the following information:

• Type
  

• Title
  

• Action
  

• Modifier
  

• Section
  

• Created At
  

• Comment