IMA Release 9.0 Enhancements

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Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:

Lesson Objectives

• Know the IMA 9.0 Release dates• Discuss the impacts of each

enhancement• Recognize changes to IMA GUI as a

result of Release 9.0

Release DateIMA Release 9.0

Installation begins Saturday, February 23, 2002In Production on Monday, February 25, 2002

6:00 AM Mountain Time

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Enhancements

• Use of TN Spans for LNP• Address Requirement for Disconnect of

Unbundled Loop• Appointment Scheduler for Unbundled

Loop• Error Message for Busy CFA• LSOG 5 Address Changes

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Enhancements, continued

• LSOG 5 Loop Qualification Changes• Convert Line Not on Account Edit• Vanity/Custom TN Reservation• FB Directory Listings • CSR Disconnect Flag• Edit to Prevent LSR Submission• Supplemental Type 1 Handling

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Enhancements, continued

• Return Multiple ECCKTs for Shared Loop

• Parity Issues for Address Validation

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Use of TN Spans for LNP

IMA will now allow the use of multiple TN spans and combinations of multiple TN spans and individual numbers on a single LSR.

The FOC will display the range of numbers and each sub-range per service order.

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TN Span FOC

Range #13600-3610

Range #23611-3615

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Disconnect of Unbundled LoopPrior to this release, IMA did not require

the Loop Service form to disconnect Unbundled Loops. A valid address was required, and often failed the address validation process.

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Disconnect of Unbundled Loop, continuedWith Release 9.0, the Loop Service form

will be required in order to capture the ECCKT for loops being disconnected.

The address fields on the End User form will not be required or validated by the BPL for UBL disconnects only.

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Appointment Scheduler for Unbundled LoopIMA is adding appointment scheduling

functionality for Unbundled Loops and Loop with Number Portability requests that include Coordinated Hot Cut (CHC - Y).

Two new fields are added to the PreOrder GUI to accomplish this task.

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Appointment SchedulerTXTYP:

D - Other Products

U - Unbundled Products

NC Code:

Populate with the NC Code of the loop being ordered

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Error Message for Busy CFAIMA will now return different error

messages for the following conditions:• A CFA is not available

“Facility does not meet availability requirements”.

• Data was entered incorrectly in one of the query fields

“Invalid data was entered in CFA and/or ACNA fields”.

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LSOG 5 Address Changes

IMA PreOrder and Order forms will change to reflect LSOG 5 Guidelines.

Three fields are being replaced, a new field will be added, and two existing fields are being modified.

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LSOG 5 Address Changes, continued

PreOrder• Address Validation• Review CSR• TN Reservation• Facility Availability• Raw Loop Data• Loop Qualification

Order• End User

Information• Resale Private Line• Directory Service

Request

The following forms are affected with these changes:

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LSOG 5 Address Changes, continued

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LSOG 5 Address Changes, continuedExisting Fields• Room/Mail Stop

• Floor

• Building

New Fields• LD1 (Location Designation 1)

• LV1 (Location Value 1 )

• LD2 (Location Designation 2)

• LV2 (Location Value 2)

• LD3 (Location Designation 3)

• LV3 (Location Value 3)

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LSOG 5 Address Changes, continuedLocation Designation fields contain drop

down values as follows:

• LD1 - APT, LOT, RM, SLIP, UNIT,SUIT• LD2 - FLR• LD3 - BLDG, WING,PIER

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LSOG 5 Address Changes, continued

Location Value (LV1, LV2, LV3) fields are then used to capture specific information related to LD1, LD2 and LD3 fields.

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LSOG 5 Address Changes, continuedA new field labeled AFT (Address Format

Type) has been added with the following values as drop down choices:

• <Blank>• A = Rural Route and/or Box Number• B = Unnumbered• C = Provider Assigned House Number• D = Descriptive

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LSOG 5 Address Changes, continuedThe SASD and SASS fields now contain

the following drop down values:

NE = NortheastNW = NorthwestSE = SoutheastSW = Southwest

<Blank>N = NorthS = SouthE = EastW = West

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LSOG 5 Address Changes, continuedThe following forms will continue to use the

previous naming convention of Room/Mail Stop, Floor and Building fields:

• End User Information, Bill Section• Resale Private Line, Bill Section• Directory Service Request, Bill Section

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Loop Qualification ChangesThe Check Facility Availability PreOrder

functionality is changing to more closely reflect LSOG 5 guidelines. The following functions are being removed from Check Facility Availability and are being combined in a new Loop Qualification option:

• Unbundled ADSL Loop Qualification• Qwest DSL Resale Loop Qualification

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Loop Qualification Changes, continuedThe response to the query provides IMA

users with an industry-wide, standardized version of loop qualification results.

Results are returned on Loop Qualification and Loop Data tabs on the Loop Qualification Response screen.

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Loop Qualification Changes, continued

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Loop Qualification Changes, continued

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Convert Line Not on Account EditThis edit is being re-introduced with this

release. It is designed to validate that Telephone Numbers being converted actually exist on a CSR. The edit has been modified to include TN ranges often associated with DID accounts.

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Vanity/Custom TN ReservationThis enhancement will provide IMA users

with the ability to reserve custom TNs, such as:

• Consecutive Blocks• Nearby TNs• Easy Word TNs• Easy Number Category TNs

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Vanity/Custom TN ReservationA new tab labeled Custom TN Information

is being added to the Reserve Telephone Number PreOrder function.

Additionally, the Preferred NPA/NXX field is being split into separate Preferred NPA and Preferred NXX fields

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Vanity/Custom TN Reservation

The functionality of each of the boxed fields is designed to be used independently.

You can request any one of the choices, but not all at the same time.

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FB Directory Listings

This enhancement will allow Facility Based users to perform a Listing Reconciliation query of the LSS database from IMA PreOrder in order to determine current listing information. The response returns active exact match or multiple match records.

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FB Directory Listings

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FB Directory ListingsTop Half of the Listing Reconciliation Response

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FB Directory ListingsBottom Half of the Listing Reconciliation Response

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CSR Disconnect Flag

IMA has added a new field on the Review CSR response labeled Account Descriptor. This field will be populated if the account is pending disconnect.

Valid values for this fields are:• <Blank>• DISC

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CSR Disconnect Flag

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Edit to Prevent LSR SubmissionWith this change, IMA will recognize

embargo periods on Qwest switches. If the user requests a desired due date that falls within a scheduled embargo period, the LSR will be rejected for a later due date.

This Switch Embargo edit will apply to most products and activities.

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Edit to Prevent LSR SubmissionProducts excluded from this edit are:• Unbundled Loop (UL)• Unbundled Distribution Loop (UDL)• Unbundled Feeder Loop (UFL)• Loop with Number Portability • UDL with Number Portability

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Edit to Prevent LSR SubmissionLSR Activities excluded from this edit are:

• D - Disconnect• R - Records• Y - Deny• B - Restore

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Edit to Prevent LSR Submission

Permissible requests other than those previously mentioned are:

• Activity - C or T, LNA - D

• Activity - C, LNA - C, FA - D

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Supplemental Type 1 HandlingThe Cancellation Supplement Flow-through

edit is being modified to manually handle supplements to cancel when:

• ACT = N - New Installation or Account,• ACT = D - Disconnect (UBL Only),• And the AN value is a placeholder or a

null value.

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Return Multiple ECCKTs for Shared LoopThis enhancement allows FTS, Qwest’s

Flow Through Server, to echo back all ECCKTs on Shared Loop request FOCs when multiple lines are involved.

Manually generated FOCs will be unaffected.

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Parity Issues for Address ValidationThis enhancement adds functionality for

Exact Match address validation responses. These responses will now display WTN(s), Listed Names and TN status for each WTN returned.

WTN will not be displayed for non-published accounts when queried by street address.

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Remember!!IMA 9.0 - 02/25/2002

6:00 AM Mountain Time