DMS-100 TOPS Holiday Table (HOLDAY)

Table Name

TOPS Holiday Table

Overview

Table HOLDAY is used by the operating company to list the holidays and the holiday treatment associated with each holiday for each schedule.

Public holidays must be identified when they involve rate treatment different from that which are normally given on the day of the week they occur.  For example, on a particular rate schedule, Christmas is treated as a Sunday for rating purposes regardless of the day of the week in which it falls.

International Traffic Operator Position System (ITOPS)

Calls requiring operator assistance result in a charge to the customer that is calculated by a downstream process using the call information (call type, destination, answer time, duration of call).  There are cases, however, where the charges on a call must be quoted to the customer.  This is true for the following call types:

In all three cases, the ITOPS system calculates the charges on the call.  For hotel calls, these charges are reported to the Hotel Billing Center (HOBIC) for quoting; in the latter two cases, the operator quotes the charges.

Caribbean Expansion Plan (CEP)

The dialing plan for the Caribbean islands is based on the North American plan (NPA-NXX-XXXX).  The islands have numbering plan area (NPA) 809, with each island having one or more unique NXX associated with it.

CEP ITOPS Rating Zones

The following terminology is used within this document to define the different CEP ITOPS rating zones:

First, the date is checked to see if it is a holiday by verifying if the date falls on one of the defined holidays in table HOLDAY.  If the date is found to be a holiday, table HOLTRT is accessed to see if this holiday affects the rate schedule for this call.  If a value is not found in this table, the holiday is deemed to not affect charges applicable to the rate schedule.

If a holiday is found to apply to the rate schedule, the treatment specifies that the call is treated as if it originated on Saturday or Sunday (as specified).

Functional Description of Table HOLDAY

Table HOLDAY is used to list the name and date of the holidays to receive holiday treatment.

Overseas Operator Center (OOC)

Table HOLDAY gives the holiday name corresponding to the month and day of the year.

For OOC, table HOLDAY is not used but is retained for future enhancements.  It is recommended that this table be left blank until further notice.

Datafill Sequence

There is no requirement to datafill other tables prior to table HOLDAY.

Datafill

The following table describes datafill for table HOLDAY:

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Table HOLDAY Field Descriptions

Field       Subfield       Entry                       Explanation and Action
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HOLNAME                    Alphanumeric                Holiday Name
                           (1 to 10 characters)        Enter the name assigned to the holiday.
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MONTH                      JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY,    Month of Holiday
                           JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT,    Enter the month of the holiday.
			   NOV, or DEC
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DAY                        1 to 31                     Day of the Holiday
                                                       Enter the day of the holiday.
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Datafill Example

The following example MAP display shows sample datafill for table HOLDAY:


HOLNAME     MONTH     DAY
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NEWYEAR     JAN       01
CHRISTMAS   DEC       25