Tariscope 4.5.x. Administrator's guide
Chapter 2 The first connection to Tariscope
To work with Tariscope, you can use the following browsers: Chrome (Google), Edge (Microsoft), Firefox (Mozilla), or Opera (Opera Software). We recommend using Chrome or Edge.
Open a Web browser and enter IP address and IP port of Tariscope (TWA). If you are on the server where Tariscope was installed, you can enter localhost:8085
If you set another IP port, enter it instead of 8085.
If you connect from another computer, enter IP address of Tariscope server and IP port. For example: 10.10.5.19:8085
The first Tariscope page will look like the one shown in Figure 2.1.
Figure 2.1
In the E-mail box, enter This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. It is a default TWA administrator login.
In the Password box, enter 111111. It is a default password.
You should to change the password to avoid unauthorized access to the application. How to change the password for webadmin, see in the User management article.
If you have correctly entered the login and password and you use Chrome or Edge, the window appears as shown in Figure 2.2.
Figure 2.2
The window offers you to use Progressive Web applications (PWA) to work with Tariscope. This means that Tariscope application will open in the separate window without the browser window. This allows you to better use screen. At the same time, you can work with Tariscope through the browser. If you want to use PWA, click Install in the window and specify a folder where a shortcut will be created. The application page will look like the one shown in Figure 2.3.
Figure 2.3
The main Tariscope page displays the application menu, dashboard, username connected to Tariscope, and presence of requests from subscribers (customers). The menu is used both for the Tariscope configuration and for work.
The menu contains the following items and subitems:
- Home. The item includes the following subitems:
The Dashboard page can display different widgets that allows you to control and manage Tariscope.
The latest news feed page displays announcements of the latest news from the Tariscope site.
The Update history item allows you to open the Tariscope System Version History page on the Tariscope site. The page contains the Tariscope update history. - Views. This item is intended to create, edit and analyze views with calls, services or IP traffic information, processing CDR data and import of calls and services data from external files into Tariscope. Correspondingly, there are the following subitems:
View list allows you to work with views of calls, services and IP traffic.
CDR processing allows you to process a CDR file from PBX. Use this function if you want to process a CDR file without using the Tariscope Observer service.
Import calls and services allows to process some data, for example, CDR or services information if Tariscope does not contain a specific parser for your PBX or services. Before use the item, you should create the script that will execute these actions. - Reports. The item allows you to generate a report. There are subitems:
Report list displays a list of available reports.
Service log is a log of the result of reporting. - Data Collection/Observer. The item is used to configure and control the automated CDR data collection from PBX. There are the following subitems:
Observer management allows you to open a page that contains brief information about all Observers.
A list of the Tariscope Observer services. - Tariscope Tasks. This item is used to configure tasks that are scheduled. There are the following subitems:
Service management allows you to install / uninstall, run or stop the Tariscope Tasks services.
Task list contains a list of tasks that Tariscope Tasks must execute.
Service log is a log of the Tariscope Tasks service. - Subscribers' accounts. The item is applied only for the Tariscope Provider edition. It allows you to work with subscribers' (customers') accounts.
- Communication nodes. The item is used to configure a communication node that includes PBXs and subscribers parameters. The item contains the subitems:
Equipment creation wizard helps you to create a new communication node.
Node management opens a page that contains brief information about all communication nodes.
A list of communication nodes. - Providers and rates. This item allows you to setup provider settings which are applied to calculate the call costs. The item contains the following subitems:
Common phone codes allows you to manage telephone codes (country codes, area codes, mobile operator codes, and local codes) that can be applied by different telecom provides.
Providers and rates allows you to manage rates for calls. - Rate plans. The item is applied only for the Tariscope Provider edition. It allows you to manage rate plans.
- Services. The item is applied only for the Tariscope Provider edition. It allows you to manage services provided to customers. The Services item includes the following subitems:
Services list displays a page that contains a list of services. You can manage any of these services.
Bundles list displays a page that contains a list of service bundles. You can manage any of these bundles. - Currency rates. The item allows you to manage currency settings.
- Additional options. The item contains a set of subitems that are enumerated below.
There are the following Additional options:
- Users. This item allows you to manage Tariscope users.
- Categories. The item allows you to manage call categories.
- Service-rate. The choice of the item allows you to manage service-rates. A service-rate means that a rate can be applied to the service. This provides to use a single service name in different rate plans, but these services will have different prices.
- Database info. This item provides database information, database restoring, database moving, calls archiving, restoring and removing. As well as the item provides a creation of Tariscope backup and recovering the Tariscope database from the backup.
- Integration. The choice of the item opens the Tariscope integrations page that contains links to integration with other applications:
SureTax. Tariscope sends the communications service costs to SureTax (Wolters Kluwer) and receives taxes charged on these services.
3CX Phone System provides working with the 3CX databases.
Call export/Hotel systems. This item allows you to setup and manage the service that exports calls data in the hotel or other systems.
Netflow/IPFIX/rFlow Collector. Provides configuration and management a collection of data about IP traffic with NetFlow, IPFIX or rFlow.
Active Directory. The item allows you to create a profile that provides interaction of Tariscope with Active Directory.
New integration opens windows with information that SoftPI are ready to develop any integration with your system. - _SQL queries. The choice of the item allows you to create a query to the Tariscope database.
- Service log. The item displays the Tariscope log. You can use it to solve issues in Tariscope or track user actions in the system.
- Notifications and mailing. The item allows you to setup notifications and mailing in Tariscope.
- Dictionaries. Provides a management of dictionaries which are used in Tariscope.
- System variables. The item provides a management of Tariscope system variables.
- License. Select the item if you want to get the activation key or have a look at the license conditions.
- About. This item allows to get the license information and warranty period, system requirements, SoftPI Support Team contacts, and links to different Tariscope sources.
