This object reports the identifier value that will be assigned to the next Charging Detail Record generated, and per the description this value corresponds directly to the running count of CDRs generated so far. An admin reconciling billing data against a collection system's own record count can use this counter to confirm no CDRs were lost in transit, by checking whether the collector's total matches what the chassis has actually generated. If the accounting collector has received 4,000 CDRs but this object on the chassis reports 4,050, the admin knows roughly 50 records may be missing or still in transit.