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 If the Journal appears damaged or unreadable, contact TapeTrack Support before attempting repairs. If the Journal appears damaged or unreadable, contact TapeTrack Support before attempting repairs.
  
-===== Backup and Retention ===== 
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-The Journal supports operational history and billing reconstruction and should be included in the Framework Server backup process. 
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-The backup and retention policy should consider: 
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-  * Customer contract requirements. 
-  * Accounting record-retention requirements. 
-  * The ability to reproduce billing statistics. 
-  * Audit and dispute periods. 
-  * Available storage. 
-  * TapeTrack Support recommendations. 
-  * Applicable legal and regulatory requirements. 
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-Retain the following billing records together where possible: 
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-  * Billing period details. 
-  * Journal backup or reference. 
-  * Customer ''.ttstats'' files. 
-  * Customer Description Map. 
-  * Package Map. 
-  * Billing Rules. 
-  * Stylesheet. 
-  * Billing XML. 
-  * QuickBooks invoice number. 
-  * Processing and approval logs. 
  
 ===== Recommended Practices ===== ===== Recommended Practices =====
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   * Treat the Journal as an authoritative operational record.   * Treat the Journal as an authoritative operational record.
   * Do not manually edit the Journal database.   * Do not manually edit the Journal database.
-  * Back up the Journal as part of the Framework Server backup. 
   * Use non-overlapping billing extraction periods.   * Use non-overlapping billing extraction periods.
   * Record the exact extraction date range.   * Record the exact extraction date range.
-  * Review extraction logs before processing billing. 
   * Investigate missing or empty Customer files.   * Investigate missing or empty Customer files.
-  * Retain the extracted TTSTATS files with the billing output.+  * Retain the extracted TTSTATS files with the billing output if required.
   * Restrict database access to authorized administrators.   * Restrict database access to authorized administrators.
   * Contact TapeTrack Support before attempting Journal repair.   * Contact TapeTrack Support before attempting Journal repair.
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   * TapeTrack administrators.   * TapeTrack administrators.
   * Authorized billing staff requiring access.   * Authorized billing staff requiring access.
-  * The account running ''TMSS10LogStatsExtractDB''.+  * The account running [[cli:TMSS10LogStatsExtractDB]].
   * The account running authorized backup processes.   * The account running authorized backup processes.
  
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   * [[cli:tmss10logstatsprocess|TMSS10LogStatsProcess]]   * [[cli:tmss10logstatsprocess|TMSS10LogStatsProcess]]
   * [[object:customer|Customer-ID]]   * [[object:customer|Customer-ID]]
-  * [[billing:customer_ttstats|Customer TTSTATS File]]+  * [[billing:ttstats|Customer TTSTATS File]]
   * [[billing:customer_map|Customer Description Map]]   * [[billing:customer_map|Customer Description Map]]
   * [[billing:package_map|Package Map]]   * [[billing:package_map|Package Map]]
   * [[billing:billing_rules|Billing Rules]]   * [[billing:billing_rules|Billing Rules]]
-  * [[billing:tapetrack_xslt|TapeTrack XML Stylesheet]]+  * [[billing:stylesheet|TapeTrack XML Stylesheet]]
   * [[billing:billing_process|Billing Process]]   * [[billing:billing_process|Billing Process]]
   * [[billing:billing_xml|Billing XML]]   * [[billing:billing_xml|Billing XML]]
billing/journal.1787024354.txt.gz · Last modified: 2026/08/18 03:39 by Scott Cunliffe