Tariscope 4.x. Administrator's guide
Chapter 3. Tariscope configuration
3.12. Adding a new telephone system
3.12.7. CDR format for Avaya Aura, S8800, S87xx, S8600, S8400, S8300, and Definity
If you have selected the Avaya Definity item in the Equipment type list (Figure 3.12.1), click on the Configure button (Figure 3.12.1) and select the Advanced equipment parser settings item. The File format window appears as shown in Figure 3.12.7.1.
Figure 3.12.7.1
The window allows to select fields and their order in which they were specified in PBX.
The window contains:
- The Name box. It displays the Aclatel OmniPCX Office name. You can change this name.
- The Extensions box. It contains a list of extensions of CDR files. By default, the TXT, LOG and CDR extensions are offered.
- The Encoding, Row Delimiter, File reader, First row contains and Column delimiter lists are not used.
There is a table with columns:
- Name. Displays field names that are used for configuration.
- Start position. Displays a start position of fields.
- Length. Displays a field length in characters.
- End position. Displays a position of the end character of the field.
- Enabled. A sign of use this field in CDR format.
- Description. A brief description of the field.
To change the data of a field, double-click on the appropriate line. The Field format window appears, as shown in Figure 3.12.7.2.
Figure 3.12.7.2
In the Name box the field name is displayed that is used in Alcatel documentation. If you wish, you can change it.
If Tariscope must process this field, select the Enabled box.
The Start Pos box displays a start position of field. You can change the value.
The Length box displays a field length. You can change the value.
The Parse format box allows to specify format for the field. It can apply, for example, for the Date field, where you should specify a date format that is used in CDR.
The Validate box is used to verify the correctness of the field. You can type a regular expression in the box.
To correct process CDR, Tariscope must delete spaces in CDR. By default, the Trim spaces check box is selected. Don't clear the check box
If the original string of CDR data needs to be processed only if it contains this field, select the Is Optional check box. If this check box is selected, the CDR string will be processed, but this field will be blank. The required fields for processing are shown in bold in the table.
To save parameters of the field, click OK.
Repeat this action for all fields.
If you have an example of CDR file, to verify the configuration parameters of CDR format, click on the Choose test file link (Figure 3.12.7.1), and select the CDR file. Processing will be performed and its results are displayed in the table at the bottom of the fields table. If some data was not processed or processed incorrectly, repeat the configuration of fields.
