Creating a Quota Convention

To create a quota convention:
  1. From the Policy Server section of the navigation pane, select Quota Conventions.

    The content tree displays the Quota Conventions group.

  2. Select the Quota Conventions group.

    The Quota Convention Administration page opens in the work area.

  3. Click Create Convention.

    The New Quota Convention page opens.

  4. Enter the following information:
    1. Name — The name of the quota convention. The name can only contain the characters A–Z, a–z, 0–9, period (.), hyphen (-), and underline (_). The maximum length is 255 characters.
    2. Description/Location — Free-form text.
    3. Rollover usage — Specifies how rollover units are used with respect to top-up units.

      The possible values are:
      • Default — Rollover units are used before top-up units unless the highest priority top-up expires in the next 24 hours.
      • Rollover after Top-up — Top-up units are used before rollover units.
      • Rollover before Top-up — Rollover units are used before top-up units.

    4. Interval percentage of the limits (%) — The maximum percent of the units that can be rolled over during one billing cycle reset. The range is 0.0 – 100.0.
    5. Max percentage of the limits (%) — The maximum percent of the units that can be saved as a rolled limit at any time. The range is 0.0 – 1200.0.
  5. Enable one or more of the following options:
    • Rollover Time Units — Roll over time.
    • Rollover Total Volume — Roll over total volume.
    • Rollover Input Volume — Roll over input volume.
    • Rollover Output Volume — Roll over output volume.
    • Rollover Service Specific Units — Roll over service-specific units.
    • Discard Rollover on Rollover Calculation — Rollover units are not saved beyond one cycle.
    • Consume Rollover before Quota — Rollover units are used before plan units.
      Note: Rollover units can be consumed before plan (quota) units, and top-up units can be consumed before rollover units. However, top-up units cannot be consumed before plan units.
    • Enable Top-ups — Enable top-up units.
    • Aggregate Quota — Enables the quota usage calculation to be based on the quota plan, top-ups and rollovers. This option does not affect quota passes.
  6. Click Save.
The quota convention is defined in the CMP database and can be used in a policy.