Account Lifecycle (FT-1005.004)

About this document

Scope

This document provides background information as well as a functional description of the FT-1005.004 Account Lifecycle standard feature. The described feature is supported from the release version 4.0 onwards.

Note

Account Lifecycle is a standard feature and does not require a special license.

This feature is part of the Account Lifecycle Management functionality with number FN-1003.

Feature Availability

Feature Version	Available from	Summary of changes
v1	CMP Release 4.0	Initial release

Feature overview

Goals

The aim of the Account Lifecycle feature is to provide a flow of statuses that describe the different stages of an Account’s lifespan in CMP.

Functionality of the feature

Accounts managed in the CMP follow an Account specific resource lifecycle. Each Account can be transferred between different statuses throughout its lifecycle in CMP. The below table describes the various statuses of the Account Lifecycle.

Status	Description	Transition to
DRAFT	All Accounts are saved as DRAFT after initial creation. Only the minimum number of required fields are needed to save the Account. Network and Product Resources (Entitlements) cannot be added to the account in this status.	LEAD
LEAD	An Account in LEAD status indicates that the Company has provided a clear intention for the usage of the Account. Administrators may begin to select or design the specific resources that will be used by the Account.	DRAFT or ACCOUNT
ACCOUNT	An active Account possesses all the resources required to transfer out of LEAD status and begin IoT business operations. One default Price Plan One default APN Group One default Service Profile One default Roaming Profile Note: An Account must be in ACCOUNT status to begin adding SIM Cards to the Account.	SUSPENDED or TERMINATED
SUSPENDED	An Account can be Suspended when the usage and rating and of all subscribers are to be temporarily stopped. Suspending the Account will suspend all active SIMs in the Account. Possible reasons of suspending an Account: Awaiting future subscriber usage Awaiting cancelation and removal of all subscribers	ACCOUNT or TERMINATED
TERMINATED	An Account is terminated when it is determined that there no longer exists a use for the Account. Only Accounts void of subscribers can be terminated. Note: Once terminated, there is no option to reopen the Account.	none

The following diagram displays the flow of the Account Lifecycle described above.