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PlexView Advanced Reporting Manual ltUser Guidegt Section 141-105-000 Issue 1 December 15 2003
Advanced Reporting System Userrsquos Guide 255-400-200R9631
1 Advanced Reporting System Types3
11 Architectural Overview3 12 Advanced Reporting Architecture 3 13 High Call Volume Architecture 4 14 Low and Medium Call Volume Architecture 5
2 ARS Components6 3 Using WebIntelligence7
31 Log into InfoView7 32 Create Documents9
4 Create Business Objects Documents 9 41 Select a Universe10 42 Available Universes 12 43 Create and Run Reports 12 44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent16 45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands16 46 Short Term CDR Query 19
5 Additional Documentation19
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1 Advanced Reporting System Types
The PlexView Advanced Reporting system provides a comprehensive reporting environment that enables you to generate control and optionally schedule access to predefined customizable reports The Advanced Reporting solution provides access to inventory (for both the EMS and Plexus switches) performance monitoring order entry data and optionally traffic statistics The platform consists of distributed databases and the report engine from Business Objects
11 Architectural Overview
Advanced reportingrsquos design architecture can be based on the application it will be used in
bull For applications without Advanced Traffic Collection it can reside on a PC and the EMS server
bull For applications that include Advanced Traffic Collection with a high call volume the ARS can support one TSAA database in a Plexus switch per advanced traffic collector
bull For applications that include Advanced Traffic Collection with a low or medium call volume the ARS can support a number of TSAA databases in many Plexus switches per advanced traffic collector
When traffic collection is part of the architecture call volume and the type and frequency of reports should determine the architecture of this highly scalable system
12 Advanced Reporting Architecture
When Advanced Reporting is used primarily for inventory management the system can support inventory information for all Plexus switches tracked by the EMS as shown in the following figure
Figure 1 Advanced Reporting System
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13 High Call Volume Architecture
The Advanced Reporting System architecture to support high call volume applications is shown in Figure 2 Getting traffic statistics on high call volume applications is processor intensive and requires a workstation to handle the high potential volume of each Plexus switch
Figure 2 PlexView ARS Architecture for High Call Volume Applications
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14 Low and Medium Call Volume Architecture
The Advanced Reporting System architecture to support low and medium call volume applications is shown in the following figure
Figure 3 PlexView ARS Architecture for Low-to-Medium Call Volume Applications
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2 ARS Components
The Advanced Reporting System consists of the following components
bull WebIntelligence Server A Unix-based reporting engine from Business Objects You can log in to this application via the Internet Explorer web browser to create and execute reports WebIntelligence retrieves data from the EMS database
bull For systems with Advanced Traffic Collectors the EMS database is linked to the distributed traffic collector databases WebIntelligence can access traffic statistical data from those remote databases
bull EMS The PlexView Element Management System
bull Business Objects Supervisor A Windows-based user administration application from Business Objects You can create and manage WebIntelligence groups and users with this application
bull Business Objects Designer A Windows-based application used to define the inventory performance monitoring order entry data and optional traffic statistics that can be queried from the EMS database The definition of the data to be queried is stored in a file known as a Universe The PlexView Universe is provided with the Advanced Reporting system
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Optional components for traffic collection
bull StatsCollector A Unix-based application that populates a database with Traffic Statistics data compiled by the TSAA application on the Advanced Traffic Collection workstation
bull Billing and Traffic Server (BTS) A separate application available from Telica BTS includes the TSAA application that reports unformatted traffic information to the Advanced Traffic Controller
bull TSAA A Unix-based application that compiles traffic statistics from the Plexus 9000 for the BTS It can be configured to forward additional information to the Advanced Traffic Collector
3 Using WebIntelligence
Before you can create and execute reports also known as documents you must create WebIntelligence groups and user accounts To create these user accounts use the Business Objects Supervisor application Refer to the Supervisor documentation about WebIntelligence groups and users Be sure to grant permissions that allow users to create and refresh documents
31 Log into InfoView
Once you have created WebIntelligence user accounts those users with accounts can log into InfoView the web-based user gateway to the Business Objects system If the permissions are correct approved users can create and refresh documents
1 To log into InfoView use the following URL in Internet Explorer
httpltEMS Server IP Address or Server Namegtwi
Click the Log In button to log into InfoView
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2 You will be presented with a login screen as shown at the left After logging in you will be presented with the welcome screen as depicted in Figure 2
Figure 4 Welcome screen after successful login
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32 Create Documents
You can create two types of documents using WebIntelligence
bull WebIntelligence Documents Creating and executing a WebIntelligence document is entirely web-based You can create a query execute it and view the results within the web browser WebIntelligence documents are good for quick queries
bull Business Objects Documents You can create reports execute queries and view the results locally on the PC using a downloaded thin-client application The thin-client application also known as Zero Admin Business Objects downloads automatically for this type of document
Telica recommends that you use Business Objects reports with the PlexView Advanced Reporting System The thin-client application is very robust and the reports can be easily reproduced Web reports are acceptable for one-offs
4 Create Business Objects Documents
To enable thin-client Business Objects document creation perform the following steps
3 Once logged into WebIntelligence select Options in the left tab
4 Select Create and Edit Documents in the top tab
5 Choose the type of document you want to create For reproduceable reports select the lsquoBusiness Objectsrsquo option instead of WebIntelligence A screen shot of this page is shown in the following figure
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Figure 5 Document Type Selection
6 Select the web panel type The previous figure has the radio button Optimized for my browser (the default) selected
7 Click the Apply all changes button
8 The status window displays your results next to the term status
41 Select a Universe
After logging into WebIntelligence you can create and refresh documents using the following steps
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1 Select Create Documents in the left tab
Note If the create documents option is not visible you do not have permission to create documents An administrator must configure Supervisor to set your permissions Refer to the Supervisor documentation to assign permissions
The first time you select the Create Documents feature on a PC you will be prompted to download the thin-client
2 Download the thin client
3 Once the thin-client is downloaded you will be prompted to select a report layout type
4 Select Generate a standard report and click Begin
5 At the next prompt select Universe as the method of accessing data
6 Click Next
7 You will then be presented with a list of universes that documents can be created in
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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1 Advanced Reporting System Types
The PlexView Advanced Reporting system provides a comprehensive reporting environment that enables you to generate control and optionally schedule access to predefined customizable reports The Advanced Reporting solution provides access to inventory (for both the EMS and Plexus switches) performance monitoring order entry data and optionally traffic statistics The platform consists of distributed databases and the report engine from Business Objects
11 Architectural Overview
Advanced reportingrsquos design architecture can be based on the application it will be used in
bull For applications without Advanced Traffic Collection it can reside on a PC and the EMS server
bull For applications that include Advanced Traffic Collection with a high call volume the ARS can support one TSAA database in a Plexus switch per advanced traffic collector
bull For applications that include Advanced Traffic Collection with a low or medium call volume the ARS can support a number of TSAA databases in many Plexus switches per advanced traffic collector
When traffic collection is part of the architecture call volume and the type and frequency of reports should determine the architecture of this highly scalable system
12 Advanced Reporting Architecture
When Advanced Reporting is used primarily for inventory management the system can support inventory information for all Plexus switches tracked by the EMS as shown in the following figure
Figure 1 Advanced Reporting System
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13 High Call Volume Architecture
The Advanced Reporting System architecture to support high call volume applications is shown in Figure 2 Getting traffic statistics on high call volume applications is processor intensive and requires a workstation to handle the high potential volume of each Plexus switch
Figure 2 PlexView ARS Architecture for High Call Volume Applications
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14 Low and Medium Call Volume Architecture
The Advanced Reporting System architecture to support low and medium call volume applications is shown in the following figure
Figure 3 PlexView ARS Architecture for Low-to-Medium Call Volume Applications
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2 ARS Components
The Advanced Reporting System consists of the following components
bull WebIntelligence Server A Unix-based reporting engine from Business Objects You can log in to this application via the Internet Explorer web browser to create and execute reports WebIntelligence retrieves data from the EMS database
bull For systems with Advanced Traffic Collectors the EMS database is linked to the distributed traffic collector databases WebIntelligence can access traffic statistical data from those remote databases
bull EMS The PlexView Element Management System
bull Business Objects Supervisor A Windows-based user administration application from Business Objects You can create and manage WebIntelligence groups and users with this application
bull Business Objects Designer A Windows-based application used to define the inventory performance monitoring order entry data and optional traffic statistics that can be queried from the EMS database The definition of the data to be queried is stored in a file known as a Universe The PlexView Universe is provided with the Advanced Reporting system
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Optional components for traffic collection
bull StatsCollector A Unix-based application that populates a database with Traffic Statistics data compiled by the TSAA application on the Advanced Traffic Collection workstation
bull Billing and Traffic Server (BTS) A separate application available from Telica BTS includes the TSAA application that reports unformatted traffic information to the Advanced Traffic Controller
bull TSAA A Unix-based application that compiles traffic statistics from the Plexus 9000 for the BTS It can be configured to forward additional information to the Advanced Traffic Collector
3 Using WebIntelligence
Before you can create and execute reports also known as documents you must create WebIntelligence groups and user accounts To create these user accounts use the Business Objects Supervisor application Refer to the Supervisor documentation about WebIntelligence groups and users Be sure to grant permissions that allow users to create and refresh documents
31 Log into InfoView
Once you have created WebIntelligence user accounts those users with accounts can log into InfoView the web-based user gateway to the Business Objects system If the permissions are correct approved users can create and refresh documents
1 To log into InfoView use the following URL in Internet Explorer
httpltEMS Server IP Address or Server Namegtwi
Click the Log In button to log into InfoView
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2 You will be presented with a login screen as shown at the left After logging in you will be presented with the welcome screen as depicted in Figure 2
Figure 4 Welcome screen after successful login
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32 Create Documents
You can create two types of documents using WebIntelligence
bull WebIntelligence Documents Creating and executing a WebIntelligence document is entirely web-based You can create a query execute it and view the results within the web browser WebIntelligence documents are good for quick queries
bull Business Objects Documents You can create reports execute queries and view the results locally on the PC using a downloaded thin-client application The thin-client application also known as Zero Admin Business Objects downloads automatically for this type of document
Telica recommends that you use Business Objects reports with the PlexView Advanced Reporting System The thin-client application is very robust and the reports can be easily reproduced Web reports are acceptable for one-offs
4 Create Business Objects Documents
To enable thin-client Business Objects document creation perform the following steps
3 Once logged into WebIntelligence select Options in the left tab
4 Select Create and Edit Documents in the top tab
5 Choose the type of document you want to create For reproduceable reports select the lsquoBusiness Objectsrsquo option instead of WebIntelligence A screen shot of this page is shown in the following figure
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Figure 5 Document Type Selection
6 Select the web panel type The previous figure has the radio button Optimized for my browser (the default) selected
7 Click the Apply all changes button
8 The status window displays your results next to the term status
41 Select a Universe
After logging into WebIntelligence you can create and refresh documents using the following steps
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1 Select Create Documents in the left tab
Note If the create documents option is not visible you do not have permission to create documents An administrator must configure Supervisor to set your permissions Refer to the Supervisor documentation to assign permissions
The first time you select the Create Documents feature on a PC you will be prompted to download the thin-client
2 Download the thin client
3 Once the thin-client is downloaded you will be prompted to select a report layout type
4 Select Generate a standard report and click Begin
5 At the next prompt select Universe as the method of accessing data
6 Click Next
7 You will then be presented with a list of universes that documents can be created in
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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1 Advanced Reporting System Types
The PlexView Advanced Reporting system provides a comprehensive reporting environment that enables you to generate control and optionally schedule access to predefined customizable reports The Advanced Reporting solution provides access to inventory (for both the EMS and Plexus switches) performance monitoring order entry data and optionally traffic statistics The platform consists of distributed databases and the report engine from Business Objects
11 Architectural Overview
Advanced reportingrsquos design architecture can be based on the application it will be used in
bull For applications without Advanced Traffic Collection it can reside on a PC and the EMS server
bull For applications that include Advanced Traffic Collection with a high call volume the ARS can support one TSAA database in a Plexus switch per advanced traffic collector
bull For applications that include Advanced Traffic Collection with a low or medium call volume the ARS can support a number of TSAA databases in many Plexus switches per advanced traffic collector
When traffic collection is part of the architecture call volume and the type and frequency of reports should determine the architecture of this highly scalable system
12 Advanced Reporting Architecture
When Advanced Reporting is used primarily for inventory management the system can support inventory information for all Plexus switches tracked by the EMS as shown in the following figure
Figure 1 Advanced Reporting System
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13 High Call Volume Architecture
The Advanced Reporting System architecture to support high call volume applications is shown in Figure 2 Getting traffic statistics on high call volume applications is processor intensive and requires a workstation to handle the high potential volume of each Plexus switch
Figure 2 PlexView ARS Architecture for High Call Volume Applications
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14 Low and Medium Call Volume Architecture
The Advanced Reporting System architecture to support low and medium call volume applications is shown in the following figure
Figure 3 PlexView ARS Architecture for Low-to-Medium Call Volume Applications
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2 ARS Components
The Advanced Reporting System consists of the following components
bull WebIntelligence Server A Unix-based reporting engine from Business Objects You can log in to this application via the Internet Explorer web browser to create and execute reports WebIntelligence retrieves data from the EMS database
bull For systems with Advanced Traffic Collectors the EMS database is linked to the distributed traffic collector databases WebIntelligence can access traffic statistical data from those remote databases
bull EMS The PlexView Element Management System
bull Business Objects Supervisor A Windows-based user administration application from Business Objects You can create and manage WebIntelligence groups and users with this application
bull Business Objects Designer A Windows-based application used to define the inventory performance monitoring order entry data and optional traffic statistics that can be queried from the EMS database The definition of the data to be queried is stored in a file known as a Universe The PlexView Universe is provided with the Advanced Reporting system
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Optional components for traffic collection
bull StatsCollector A Unix-based application that populates a database with Traffic Statistics data compiled by the TSAA application on the Advanced Traffic Collection workstation
bull Billing and Traffic Server (BTS) A separate application available from Telica BTS includes the TSAA application that reports unformatted traffic information to the Advanced Traffic Controller
bull TSAA A Unix-based application that compiles traffic statistics from the Plexus 9000 for the BTS It can be configured to forward additional information to the Advanced Traffic Collector
3 Using WebIntelligence
Before you can create and execute reports also known as documents you must create WebIntelligence groups and user accounts To create these user accounts use the Business Objects Supervisor application Refer to the Supervisor documentation about WebIntelligence groups and users Be sure to grant permissions that allow users to create and refresh documents
31 Log into InfoView
Once you have created WebIntelligence user accounts those users with accounts can log into InfoView the web-based user gateway to the Business Objects system If the permissions are correct approved users can create and refresh documents
1 To log into InfoView use the following URL in Internet Explorer
httpltEMS Server IP Address or Server Namegtwi
Click the Log In button to log into InfoView
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2 You will be presented with a login screen as shown at the left After logging in you will be presented with the welcome screen as depicted in Figure 2
Figure 4 Welcome screen after successful login
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32 Create Documents
You can create two types of documents using WebIntelligence
bull WebIntelligence Documents Creating and executing a WebIntelligence document is entirely web-based You can create a query execute it and view the results within the web browser WebIntelligence documents are good for quick queries
bull Business Objects Documents You can create reports execute queries and view the results locally on the PC using a downloaded thin-client application The thin-client application also known as Zero Admin Business Objects downloads automatically for this type of document
Telica recommends that you use Business Objects reports with the PlexView Advanced Reporting System The thin-client application is very robust and the reports can be easily reproduced Web reports are acceptable for one-offs
4 Create Business Objects Documents
To enable thin-client Business Objects document creation perform the following steps
3 Once logged into WebIntelligence select Options in the left tab
4 Select Create and Edit Documents in the top tab
5 Choose the type of document you want to create For reproduceable reports select the lsquoBusiness Objectsrsquo option instead of WebIntelligence A screen shot of this page is shown in the following figure
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Figure 5 Document Type Selection
6 Select the web panel type The previous figure has the radio button Optimized for my browser (the default) selected
7 Click the Apply all changes button
8 The status window displays your results next to the term status
41 Select a Universe
After logging into WebIntelligence you can create and refresh documents using the following steps
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1 Select Create Documents in the left tab
Note If the create documents option is not visible you do not have permission to create documents An administrator must configure Supervisor to set your permissions Refer to the Supervisor documentation to assign permissions
The first time you select the Create Documents feature on a PC you will be prompted to download the thin-client
2 Download the thin client
3 Once the thin-client is downloaded you will be prompted to select a report layout type
4 Select Generate a standard report and click Begin
5 At the next prompt select Universe as the method of accessing data
6 Click Next
7 You will then be presented with a list of universes that documents can be created in
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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13 High Call Volume Architecture
The Advanced Reporting System architecture to support high call volume applications is shown in Figure 2 Getting traffic statistics on high call volume applications is processor intensive and requires a workstation to handle the high potential volume of each Plexus switch
Figure 2 PlexView ARS Architecture for High Call Volume Applications
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14 Low and Medium Call Volume Architecture
The Advanced Reporting System architecture to support low and medium call volume applications is shown in the following figure
Figure 3 PlexView ARS Architecture for Low-to-Medium Call Volume Applications
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2 ARS Components
The Advanced Reporting System consists of the following components
bull WebIntelligence Server A Unix-based reporting engine from Business Objects You can log in to this application via the Internet Explorer web browser to create and execute reports WebIntelligence retrieves data from the EMS database
bull For systems with Advanced Traffic Collectors the EMS database is linked to the distributed traffic collector databases WebIntelligence can access traffic statistical data from those remote databases
bull EMS The PlexView Element Management System
bull Business Objects Supervisor A Windows-based user administration application from Business Objects You can create and manage WebIntelligence groups and users with this application
bull Business Objects Designer A Windows-based application used to define the inventory performance monitoring order entry data and optional traffic statistics that can be queried from the EMS database The definition of the data to be queried is stored in a file known as a Universe The PlexView Universe is provided with the Advanced Reporting system
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Optional components for traffic collection
bull StatsCollector A Unix-based application that populates a database with Traffic Statistics data compiled by the TSAA application on the Advanced Traffic Collection workstation
bull Billing and Traffic Server (BTS) A separate application available from Telica BTS includes the TSAA application that reports unformatted traffic information to the Advanced Traffic Controller
bull TSAA A Unix-based application that compiles traffic statistics from the Plexus 9000 for the BTS It can be configured to forward additional information to the Advanced Traffic Collector
3 Using WebIntelligence
Before you can create and execute reports also known as documents you must create WebIntelligence groups and user accounts To create these user accounts use the Business Objects Supervisor application Refer to the Supervisor documentation about WebIntelligence groups and users Be sure to grant permissions that allow users to create and refresh documents
31 Log into InfoView
Once you have created WebIntelligence user accounts those users with accounts can log into InfoView the web-based user gateway to the Business Objects system If the permissions are correct approved users can create and refresh documents
1 To log into InfoView use the following URL in Internet Explorer
httpltEMS Server IP Address or Server Namegtwi
Click the Log In button to log into InfoView
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2 You will be presented with a login screen as shown at the left After logging in you will be presented with the welcome screen as depicted in Figure 2
Figure 4 Welcome screen after successful login
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32 Create Documents
You can create two types of documents using WebIntelligence
bull WebIntelligence Documents Creating and executing a WebIntelligence document is entirely web-based You can create a query execute it and view the results within the web browser WebIntelligence documents are good for quick queries
bull Business Objects Documents You can create reports execute queries and view the results locally on the PC using a downloaded thin-client application The thin-client application also known as Zero Admin Business Objects downloads automatically for this type of document
Telica recommends that you use Business Objects reports with the PlexView Advanced Reporting System The thin-client application is very robust and the reports can be easily reproduced Web reports are acceptable for one-offs
4 Create Business Objects Documents
To enable thin-client Business Objects document creation perform the following steps
3 Once logged into WebIntelligence select Options in the left tab
4 Select Create and Edit Documents in the top tab
5 Choose the type of document you want to create For reproduceable reports select the lsquoBusiness Objectsrsquo option instead of WebIntelligence A screen shot of this page is shown in the following figure
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Figure 5 Document Type Selection
6 Select the web panel type The previous figure has the radio button Optimized for my browser (the default) selected
7 Click the Apply all changes button
8 The status window displays your results next to the term status
41 Select a Universe
After logging into WebIntelligence you can create and refresh documents using the following steps
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1 Select Create Documents in the left tab
Note If the create documents option is not visible you do not have permission to create documents An administrator must configure Supervisor to set your permissions Refer to the Supervisor documentation to assign permissions
The first time you select the Create Documents feature on a PC you will be prompted to download the thin-client
2 Download the thin client
3 Once the thin-client is downloaded you will be prompted to select a report layout type
4 Select Generate a standard report and click Begin
5 At the next prompt select Universe as the method of accessing data
6 Click Next
7 You will then be presented with a list of universes that documents can be created in
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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14 Low and Medium Call Volume Architecture
The Advanced Reporting System architecture to support low and medium call volume applications is shown in the following figure
Figure 3 PlexView ARS Architecture for Low-to-Medium Call Volume Applications
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2 ARS Components
The Advanced Reporting System consists of the following components
bull WebIntelligence Server A Unix-based reporting engine from Business Objects You can log in to this application via the Internet Explorer web browser to create and execute reports WebIntelligence retrieves data from the EMS database
bull For systems with Advanced Traffic Collectors the EMS database is linked to the distributed traffic collector databases WebIntelligence can access traffic statistical data from those remote databases
bull EMS The PlexView Element Management System
bull Business Objects Supervisor A Windows-based user administration application from Business Objects You can create and manage WebIntelligence groups and users with this application
bull Business Objects Designer A Windows-based application used to define the inventory performance monitoring order entry data and optional traffic statistics that can be queried from the EMS database The definition of the data to be queried is stored in a file known as a Universe The PlexView Universe is provided with the Advanced Reporting system
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Optional components for traffic collection
bull StatsCollector A Unix-based application that populates a database with Traffic Statistics data compiled by the TSAA application on the Advanced Traffic Collection workstation
bull Billing and Traffic Server (BTS) A separate application available from Telica BTS includes the TSAA application that reports unformatted traffic information to the Advanced Traffic Controller
bull TSAA A Unix-based application that compiles traffic statistics from the Plexus 9000 for the BTS It can be configured to forward additional information to the Advanced Traffic Collector
3 Using WebIntelligence
Before you can create and execute reports also known as documents you must create WebIntelligence groups and user accounts To create these user accounts use the Business Objects Supervisor application Refer to the Supervisor documentation about WebIntelligence groups and users Be sure to grant permissions that allow users to create and refresh documents
31 Log into InfoView
Once you have created WebIntelligence user accounts those users with accounts can log into InfoView the web-based user gateway to the Business Objects system If the permissions are correct approved users can create and refresh documents
1 To log into InfoView use the following URL in Internet Explorer
httpltEMS Server IP Address or Server Namegtwi
Click the Log In button to log into InfoView
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2 You will be presented with a login screen as shown at the left After logging in you will be presented with the welcome screen as depicted in Figure 2
Figure 4 Welcome screen after successful login
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32 Create Documents
You can create two types of documents using WebIntelligence
bull WebIntelligence Documents Creating and executing a WebIntelligence document is entirely web-based You can create a query execute it and view the results within the web browser WebIntelligence documents are good for quick queries
bull Business Objects Documents You can create reports execute queries and view the results locally on the PC using a downloaded thin-client application The thin-client application also known as Zero Admin Business Objects downloads automatically for this type of document
Telica recommends that you use Business Objects reports with the PlexView Advanced Reporting System The thin-client application is very robust and the reports can be easily reproduced Web reports are acceptable for one-offs
4 Create Business Objects Documents
To enable thin-client Business Objects document creation perform the following steps
3 Once logged into WebIntelligence select Options in the left tab
4 Select Create and Edit Documents in the top tab
5 Choose the type of document you want to create For reproduceable reports select the lsquoBusiness Objectsrsquo option instead of WebIntelligence A screen shot of this page is shown in the following figure
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Figure 5 Document Type Selection
6 Select the web panel type The previous figure has the radio button Optimized for my browser (the default) selected
7 Click the Apply all changes button
8 The status window displays your results next to the term status
41 Select a Universe
After logging into WebIntelligence you can create and refresh documents using the following steps
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1 Select Create Documents in the left tab
Note If the create documents option is not visible you do not have permission to create documents An administrator must configure Supervisor to set your permissions Refer to the Supervisor documentation to assign permissions
The first time you select the Create Documents feature on a PC you will be prompted to download the thin-client
2 Download the thin client
3 Once the thin-client is downloaded you will be prompted to select a report layout type
4 Select Generate a standard report and click Begin
5 At the next prompt select Universe as the method of accessing data
6 Click Next
7 You will then be presented with a list of universes that documents can be created in
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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2 ARS Components
The Advanced Reporting System consists of the following components
bull WebIntelligence Server A Unix-based reporting engine from Business Objects You can log in to this application via the Internet Explorer web browser to create and execute reports WebIntelligence retrieves data from the EMS database
bull For systems with Advanced Traffic Collectors the EMS database is linked to the distributed traffic collector databases WebIntelligence can access traffic statistical data from those remote databases
bull EMS The PlexView Element Management System
bull Business Objects Supervisor A Windows-based user administration application from Business Objects You can create and manage WebIntelligence groups and users with this application
bull Business Objects Designer A Windows-based application used to define the inventory performance monitoring order entry data and optional traffic statistics that can be queried from the EMS database The definition of the data to be queried is stored in a file known as a Universe The PlexView Universe is provided with the Advanced Reporting system
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Optional components for traffic collection
bull StatsCollector A Unix-based application that populates a database with Traffic Statistics data compiled by the TSAA application on the Advanced Traffic Collection workstation
bull Billing and Traffic Server (BTS) A separate application available from Telica BTS includes the TSAA application that reports unformatted traffic information to the Advanced Traffic Controller
bull TSAA A Unix-based application that compiles traffic statistics from the Plexus 9000 for the BTS It can be configured to forward additional information to the Advanced Traffic Collector
3 Using WebIntelligence
Before you can create and execute reports also known as documents you must create WebIntelligence groups and user accounts To create these user accounts use the Business Objects Supervisor application Refer to the Supervisor documentation about WebIntelligence groups and users Be sure to grant permissions that allow users to create and refresh documents
31 Log into InfoView
Once you have created WebIntelligence user accounts those users with accounts can log into InfoView the web-based user gateway to the Business Objects system If the permissions are correct approved users can create and refresh documents
1 To log into InfoView use the following URL in Internet Explorer
httpltEMS Server IP Address or Server Namegtwi
Click the Log In button to log into InfoView
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2 You will be presented with a login screen as shown at the left After logging in you will be presented with the welcome screen as depicted in Figure 2
Figure 4 Welcome screen after successful login
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32 Create Documents
You can create two types of documents using WebIntelligence
bull WebIntelligence Documents Creating and executing a WebIntelligence document is entirely web-based You can create a query execute it and view the results within the web browser WebIntelligence documents are good for quick queries
bull Business Objects Documents You can create reports execute queries and view the results locally on the PC using a downloaded thin-client application The thin-client application also known as Zero Admin Business Objects downloads automatically for this type of document
Telica recommends that you use Business Objects reports with the PlexView Advanced Reporting System The thin-client application is very robust and the reports can be easily reproduced Web reports are acceptable for one-offs
4 Create Business Objects Documents
To enable thin-client Business Objects document creation perform the following steps
3 Once logged into WebIntelligence select Options in the left tab
4 Select Create and Edit Documents in the top tab
5 Choose the type of document you want to create For reproduceable reports select the lsquoBusiness Objectsrsquo option instead of WebIntelligence A screen shot of this page is shown in the following figure
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Figure 5 Document Type Selection
6 Select the web panel type The previous figure has the radio button Optimized for my browser (the default) selected
7 Click the Apply all changes button
8 The status window displays your results next to the term status
41 Select a Universe
After logging into WebIntelligence you can create and refresh documents using the following steps
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1 Select Create Documents in the left tab
Note If the create documents option is not visible you do not have permission to create documents An administrator must configure Supervisor to set your permissions Refer to the Supervisor documentation to assign permissions
The first time you select the Create Documents feature on a PC you will be prompted to download the thin-client
2 Download the thin client
3 Once the thin-client is downloaded you will be prompted to select a report layout type
4 Select Generate a standard report and click Begin
5 At the next prompt select Universe as the method of accessing data
6 Click Next
7 You will then be presented with a list of universes that documents can be created in
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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Optional components for traffic collection
bull StatsCollector A Unix-based application that populates a database with Traffic Statistics data compiled by the TSAA application on the Advanced Traffic Collection workstation
bull Billing and Traffic Server (BTS) A separate application available from Telica BTS includes the TSAA application that reports unformatted traffic information to the Advanced Traffic Controller
bull TSAA A Unix-based application that compiles traffic statistics from the Plexus 9000 for the BTS It can be configured to forward additional information to the Advanced Traffic Collector
3 Using WebIntelligence
Before you can create and execute reports also known as documents you must create WebIntelligence groups and user accounts To create these user accounts use the Business Objects Supervisor application Refer to the Supervisor documentation about WebIntelligence groups and users Be sure to grant permissions that allow users to create and refresh documents
31 Log into InfoView
Once you have created WebIntelligence user accounts those users with accounts can log into InfoView the web-based user gateway to the Business Objects system If the permissions are correct approved users can create and refresh documents
1 To log into InfoView use the following URL in Internet Explorer
httpltEMS Server IP Address or Server Namegtwi
Click the Log In button to log into InfoView
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2 You will be presented with a login screen as shown at the left After logging in you will be presented with the welcome screen as depicted in Figure 2
Figure 4 Welcome screen after successful login
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32 Create Documents
You can create two types of documents using WebIntelligence
bull WebIntelligence Documents Creating and executing a WebIntelligence document is entirely web-based You can create a query execute it and view the results within the web browser WebIntelligence documents are good for quick queries
bull Business Objects Documents You can create reports execute queries and view the results locally on the PC using a downloaded thin-client application The thin-client application also known as Zero Admin Business Objects downloads automatically for this type of document
Telica recommends that you use Business Objects reports with the PlexView Advanced Reporting System The thin-client application is very robust and the reports can be easily reproduced Web reports are acceptable for one-offs
4 Create Business Objects Documents
To enable thin-client Business Objects document creation perform the following steps
3 Once logged into WebIntelligence select Options in the left tab
4 Select Create and Edit Documents in the top tab
5 Choose the type of document you want to create For reproduceable reports select the lsquoBusiness Objectsrsquo option instead of WebIntelligence A screen shot of this page is shown in the following figure
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Figure 5 Document Type Selection
6 Select the web panel type The previous figure has the radio button Optimized for my browser (the default) selected
7 Click the Apply all changes button
8 The status window displays your results next to the term status
41 Select a Universe
After logging into WebIntelligence you can create and refresh documents using the following steps
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1 Select Create Documents in the left tab
Note If the create documents option is not visible you do not have permission to create documents An administrator must configure Supervisor to set your permissions Refer to the Supervisor documentation to assign permissions
The first time you select the Create Documents feature on a PC you will be prompted to download the thin-client
2 Download the thin client
3 Once the thin-client is downloaded you will be prompted to select a report layout type
4 Select Generate a standard report and click Begin
5 At the next prompt select Universe as the method of accessing data
6 Click Next
7 You will then be presented with a list of universes that documents can be created in
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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2 You will be presented with a login screen as shown at the left After logging in you will be presented with the welcome screen as depicted in Figure 2
Figure 4 Welcome screen after successful login
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32 Create Documents
You can create two types of documents using WebIntelligence
bull WebIntelligence Documents Creating and executing a WebIntelligence document is entirely web-based You can create a query execute it and view the results within the web browser WebIntelligence documents are good for quick queries
bull Business Objects Documents You can create reports execute queries and view the results locally on the PC using a downloaded thin-client application The thin-client application also known as Zero Admin Business Objects downloads automatically for this type of document
Telica recommends that you use Business Objects reports with the PlexView Advanced Reporting System The thin-client application is very robust and the reports can be easily reproduced Web reports are acceptable for one-offs
4 Create Business Objects Documents
To enable thin-client Business Objects document creation perform the following steps
3 Once logged into WebIntelligence select Options in the left tab
4 Select Create and Edit Documents in the top tab
5 Choose the type of document you want to create For reproduceable reports select the lsquoBusiness Objectsrsquo option instead of WebIntelligence A screen shot of this page is shown in the following figure
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Figure 5 Document Type Selection
6 Select the web panel type The previous figure has the radio button Optimized for my browser (the default) selected
7 Click the Apply all changes button
8 The status window displays your results next to the term status
41 Select a Universe
After logging into WebIntelligence you can create and refresh documents using the following steps
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1 Select Create Documents in the left tab
Note If the create documents option is not visible you do not have permission to create documents An administrator must configure Supervisor to set your permissions Refer to the Supervisor documentation to assign permissions
The first time you select the Create Documents feature on a PC you will be prompted to download the thin-client
2 Download the thin client
3 Once the thin-client is downloaded you will be prompted to select a report layout type
4 Select Generate a standard report and click Begin
5 At the next prompt select Universe as the method of accessing data
6 Click Next
7 You will then be presented with a list of universes that documents can be created in
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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32 Create Documents
You can create two types of documents using WebIntelligence
bull WebIntelligence Documents Creating and executing a WebIntelligence document is entirely web-based You can create a query execute it and view the results within the web browser WebIntelligence documents are good for quick queries
bull Business Objects Documents You can create reports execute queries and view the results locally on the PC using a downloaded thin-client application The thin-client application also known as Zero Admin Business Objects downloads automatically for this type of document
Telica recommends that you use Business Objects reports with the PlexView Advanced Reporting System The thin-client application is very robust and the reports can be easily reproduced Web reports are acceptable for one-offs
4 Create Business Objects Documents
To enable thin-client Business Objects document creation perform the following steps
3 Once logged into WebIntelligence select Options in the left tab
4 Select Create and Edit Documents in the top tab
5 Choose the type of document you want to create For reproduceable reports select the lsquoBusiness Objectsrsquo option instead of WebIntelligence A screen shot of this page is shown in the following figure
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Figure 5 Document Type Selection
6 Select the web panel type The previous figure has the radio button Optimized for my browser (the default) selected
7 Click the Apply all changes button
8 The status window displays your results next to the term status
41 Select a Universe
After logging into WebIntelligence you can create and refresh documents using the following steps
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1 Select Create Documents in the left tab
Note If the create documents option is not visible you do not have permission to create documents An administrator must configure Supervisor to set your permissions Refer to the Supervisor documentation to assign permissions
The first time you select the Create Documents feature on a PC you will be prompted to download the thin-client
2 Download the thin client
3 Once the thin-client is downloaded you will be prompted to select a report layout type
4 Select Generate a standard report and click Begin
5 At the next prompt select Universe as the method of accessing data
6 Click Next
7 You will then be presented with a list of universes that documents can be created in
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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Figure 5 Document Type Selection
6 Select the web panel type The previous figure has the radio button Optimized for my browser (the default) selected
7 Click the Apply all changes button
8 The status window displays your results next to the term status
41 Select a Universe
After logging into WebIntelligence you can create and refresh documents using the following steps
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1 Select Create Documents in the left tab
Note If the create documents option is not visible you do not have permission to create documents An administrator must configure Supervisor to set your permissions Refer to the Supervisor documentation to assign permissions
The first time you select the Create Documents feature on a PC you will be prompted to download the thin-client
2 Download the thin client
3 Once the thin-client is downloaded you will be prompted to select a report layout type
4 Select Generate a standard report and click Begin
5 At the next prompt select Universe as the method of accessing data
6 Click Next
7 You will then be presented with a list of universes that documents can be created in
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
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1 Select Create Documents in the left tab
Note If the create documents option is not visible you do not have permission to create documents An administrator must configure Supervisor to set your permissions Refer to the Supervisor documentation to assign permissions
The first time you select the Create Documents feature on a PC you will be prompted to download the thin-client
2 Download the thin client
3 Once the thin-client is downloaded you will be prompted to select a report layout type
4 Select Generate a standard report and click Begin
5 At the next prompt select Universe as the method of accessing data
6 Click Next
7 You will then be presented with a list of universes that documents can be created in
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
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8 Select a universe and click the Finish button If there are no universes in
the available universe list create and export universes to the Business Objects repository Refer to the Advanced Reporting Installation Guide to create and export the necessary universes Then return to this procedure
42 Available Universes
Once you have selected a universe you will be presented with the following data groups that reports can be generated for The data available for reports includes the following classes (logical groupings)
bull EMS Group This group represents EMS only inventory like switch information Access Control Lists (ACLs) alarms and events ConfigLog and UserAccounts
bull Traffic Group This optional group represents traffic statistics data compiled by the TSAA application
bull PM Group This group represents performance monitoring data of some of the Plexus 9000 modules
bull OE Group This group lists all the classes that order entry reports can be created from
bull Plexus Group This group represents Plexus 9000 inventory
Each of the GROUPSSUBGROUPS and classes beneath them are expandable to reveal all objects associated with a class The following figure illustrates all the groups available in the EMS GROUP
43 Create and Run Reports
You can create and run any report available from the classes and objects group The following guidelines govern report creation
bull Select a class and drag it to the right to select all objects in the class
bull Select a subclass listed under a class provides all objects in the subclass
bull Expand the class select an object and drag the specific object to the results objects window as shown in the following figure
Note Exercise care when executing queries with multiple objects Oracle is a shared resource between the PlexView Element Management System and PlexView Advanced Reporting Classes with many subclasses and objects may demand a lot of the system
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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Note Please refer to the Business Objects documentation for more detailed instructions on the use of filters in report creation
Use the following procedure to create and run a report
1 Expand any group on the left of the window and drag any class or specific object(s) from a class into the Results Objects window on the upper right as shown in the following figure
Figure 6 Click and Drag Class Subclass or Object
Dragging a specific class onto the window will result in a full query such as EMS GROUP This will return all objects underneath Dragging objects such as Accesslistname and Downloadprivs into the results objects screen as shown in the previous figure will return results on those objects
To do a conditional query drag a class or objects in a class to the results objects window Drag one or more objects into the Conditions window as shown in the following figure By doing this you have set up a filter that returns results with conditional information
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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Figure 7 Click and Drag with Conditions
A CAS Line report is shown in the following figure To create a CAS Line report expand the PLEXUS GROUP and select CAS Subgroup Drag the CasLineRpt class to the results objects window on the right
Figure 8 CAS Line Report
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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This is a completed report but it has not been saved or run
2 Click the run button
3 The ARS runs the query and displays the results as shown in the following figure
Figure 9 CAS Line Report Results
4 View and discard save or export the results as required for your application
Report results can be saved in many formats ported to other programs like Excel and published for other users to view Please refer to Business Objects documentation for more information on creating saving and publishing documentsreports Interpreting results objects from a reportdocument is simple The objects in the classes have names to match the TL1 documentation guide
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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44 Schedule Reports with the optional Broadcast Agent
Once you create a WebIntelligence report the report can then be scheduled to execute at predetermined times if you have purchased and installed the optional Broadcast Agent
45 Map Report Objects to TL1 Commands
Reports have data structures that in many cases can be cross-checked against TL1 commands For example a search of the Plexus 9000 TL1 Command Reference Manual for CasLineAid would yield the following
Plexus 9000 TL1 Commands Reference Guide Section 120-780-000 Issue 1 January 24 2003 ENT-CAS-LINE Name ENT-CAS-LINE Enter CAS Line Description ENT-CAS-LINE lets you associate a DS0 channel with a CAS (Channel-Associated Signaling) interface ENT-CAS-LINE will not work correctly unless the following commands have already been issued in the listed order ENT-T1 ENT-PRFL-CAS and ENT-CAS-IF Category Signaling Security SA Input Format ENT-CAS-LINE[TID]ltcasLineAidgt[CTAG]ltcasIfIdgt [NAME=ltnamegt][ltpstgt]
Input Parameters casLineAid Identifies the AID as a DS0 channel used for CAS Type T0 Range IOM-1-17-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS1 IO module IOM-1-17-STS1-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on an STS1 IO module IOM-1-17-T3-1-8-PORT-1-28-T0-1-24 = a channel on a T1 port on a DS3 IO module Default value none
When mapping report objects to TL1 commands some mappings vary from the normal mappings Mapping issues with examples are shown in the following table Other mapping issues are listed afterward
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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Table 1 TL1 Mapping Report Objects to TL1 with Examples Item Example An Access Identifier (AID) may consist of multiple components
RouteAddrAid identifies the AID as route address The pattern is a combination of the route address (a telephone number associated with a route name) and the nature of address indicator (defined by the parameter RouteIdent)
Multiple reports can correspond to a single TL1 command
Reports associated with the following classes from the SUBSRIBER MGMT GROUP in the universe all map to the TL1 command set ENTEDRTRV-SUBSCRIBER-IF
CasSubscriberIfRpt
IsdnSubsriberIfRpt
GR303SubscriberIfRpt
MgcpSubscriberIfRpt
Reports associated with the following classes from the IMT GROUP all map to the same TL1 command set
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
Reports associated with classes from the IMT GROUP in the universe all map to the same set of TL1 commands
All of the following classes correspond to the TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-TRKGRP
Ss7TgRpt
CasTgRpt
BiccTgRpt
SipTgRpt
The MilliwattRouteAddressRpt from the ROUTING GROUP in the universe maps to a RouteAddress in TL1
A universe includes classes that support multiple PLEXUS switch versions simultaneously Creating a report from a non-applicable group or class for a particular switch version will return no data
There are cases where the EMS distinguishes the class name for the same report type in different versions
bull In the SUBSCRIBER MGMT GROUP the SubscriberPreV37Rpt class refers to subscribers from prior to Plexus switch version 37 and SubscriberRpt refers to subscribers from version 37 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-SUBSRIBER
bull In the ISDN PRI GROUP the IsdnIfPreV38Rpt class refers to ISDN interfaces prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnInterfaceRpt refers
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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to ISDN Interfaces for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-IF
bull The IsdnLinkPreV38Rpt refers to ISDN Links prior to Plexus switch versions 38 and IsdnLnkrpt refers to ISDN links for versions 38 onwards Both reports refer to the same TL1 command ENTEDRTRV-ISDN-LNK
There are some extra attributes in each report that do not map to TL1 but are maintained by EMS The following list of EMS only attributes contains every class of PLEXUS GROUP
bull Switch This EMS specific attribute identifies the switch for which the record pertains
bull EmsAid It is the Aid (as defined in the TL1 command) usually padded either on left or right used for sorting purposes
For example the difference between CasLineAid and EmsAid is shown the results window displayed in the following figure If CasLineAid is IOM-10- T3-1-PORT-14-T0-1 the EmsAid looks like IOM-10-T3-01-PORT-14-T0-01
As another example the EmsAid differs from Aid in the SS7RouteRpt If TL1 Aid is 10-10-10-1 the EmsAid is padded to look like this 010-010-010-01
There may be scenarios however where Aid and EmsAid look exactly the same You can preview the results of the query before actually running the query and filter or remove duplicate columns from the end reportdocument
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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Figure 10 Report Results Window
46 Short Term CDR Query
There is a short-term CDR table containing two days worth of CDR data The short term CDR table is useful when receiving quick results from the query are important The regular CDR table contains more data but takes more time to retrieve
5 Additional Documentation
Business Objects documentation is provided with the Business Objects installation disks in the form of several Adobe pdf files The Business Objects documentation provides comprehensive information regarding report creation formatting executing saving and publishing Refer to that documentation for more detailed information on these types of operations
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