Tariscope 4.x. Administrator's guide
Chapter 3. Tariscope configuration
3.22. Configuration of Tariscope program
The Tariscope program is a main application of the Tariscope system.
If the Tariscope program must be installed on a computer where the Tariscope server was not set, then after installing the program you should connect the Tariscope program to the Tariscope server.
To configure the Tariscope program, select in the program menu: Tools → Options. The Options window appears as shown in Figure 3.22.1.
Figure 3.22.1
The window contains six tabs. The Application tab is showed in Figure 3.22.1.
If the Connect on start check box is selected it means the Tariscope program will be connected to the Tariscope server on start. By default the check box is selected.
If the Automatically save documents check box is selected this means that any document (view) after it closing will be automatically saved. By default the check box is selected.
To decrease a load on the processor, by default, a Tariscope view is opened with displaying only 1000 rows. To display a count of all rows that the view contains, select the Show total records count check box. By default the check box is selected.
The Log tab is shown in Figure 3.22.2.
Figure 3.22.2
The log allows to find problems in the Tariscope program.
This tab allows to set a log level, show a log folder, and clear log file.
To set a log level, select a desired item in the Log level list.
The Status level is a least log level. The Debug level is a most detailed log level. By default, the Error level is set. Don't set the Debug level, if this is not necessary. It may slow down the program.
Click the Show log folder link to open this folder. The log is contained in the file: App.log.
To clear the log, click on the Clear log file link.
The Printing tab of the Options window is shown in Figure 3.22.3.
Figure 3.22.3
In the Printing tab you can set margins that will be used when printing a document, and select a page orientation and page size.
The File formats tab is shown in Figure 3.22.4.
Figure 3.22.4
The tab is intended to configure Tariscope to open different external files. If you want to open by Tariscope, for example, the Excel file with XLSX extension, click on the Add icon on the toolbar of the tab. The File format window opens as shown in Figure 3.22.5.
Figure 3.22.5
In the Name box, type a rule name that is applied to open a specific file.
In the Extension box, specify the required file extension. The xlsx extension is specified in Figure 3.22.5.
In the Encoding list, select a desired encoding. For example: Unicode.
In the Format list, select a file type. The list contains the following options:
- CSV.
- Custom.
- DBF.
- Excel.
- MDF.
- Text.
In the First row list, select wthat type of information is contained in the first row of the file. There are two options:
- Column headers.
- Data.
The Row delimiter list is available only when the Custom item was selected in the Format list. The Row delimiter list contains the following options:
- CRLF.
- CR.
- LF.
- NULL.
If you create rules for a customer file, select the delimiter that is used in the file.
The Column delimiter box is available only when the CSV item was selected in the Format list.
In case you create rules for opening file of a customer format, you should describe its fields. To do this, click on the Fields button (Figure 3.22.5). The File format window will be as shown in Figure 3.22.6.
Figure 3.22.6
Click Add field icon on the toolbar. The Field window appears as shown in Figure 3.22.7.
Figure 3.22.7
In the Name box, type a field name.
In the From box, specify a position from which the field is begun.
In the Length box, specify a field length.
If the field is required to process, select the Required field check box.
If you wish to display the field when the file is opened, select the Include in output check box.
Click OK.
Repeat these actions to add description of other fields of the file.
To verify the correctness of the entered data for any file format, clcik on the Test button (Figure 3.22.5). The Open test file link appears. Click the link and select a desired file. If data format was specified correctly, the file date will be displayed in the window.
The Fields configuration tab is shown in Figure 3.22.8.
Figure 3.22.8
This tab is used to configure data for comparison of the Tariscope data with corresponding data from telecommunications service provider. To specify data that is used to process a file from the provider, open this file in Tariscope, select the Options item in the Tariscope menu, select the Fields configuration tab. Click on the Add icon on the toolbar. The Comparison profile window appears as shown in Figure 3.22.9.
Figure 3.22.9
The window contains a list of parameters that allows to tie the Tariscope fields with corresponding fields of the provider's file. The Name is a profile name.
Click on the each link of window and, select from the appeared list or type data.
Click OK. A new row in the table of the Fields configuration tab appears.
The Call comparison tab of the Options window is shown in Figure 3.22.9.
Figure 3.22.10
This tab is apply to configure the comparison data if you desire to compare the Tariscope data with corresponding data of telecommunications service provider. To do this, click on the Add configuration icon on the toolbar. The Profile of comparison window appeas as shown in Figure 3.22.10.
Figure 3.22.11
In the Name box, type a profile name.
The window contains three parameters that influence on the comparison results:
- Call duration.
- Start call time.
- Steps.
For Call duration and Start call time there are the following parameters:
- Start deviation. It means a deviation of parameter which Tariscope takes into account when it looks for data in a provider's file. If you know that the call durations (start call times) of provider always more then call duration (start call time) in Tariscope, for example on 2 seconds, type 2 in the box.
- Min correction step. It is a value on which a call duration or start call time is increased on the first step of search.
- Step increment. It is a value on which a call duration or start call time is increased if the previous step was unsuccessful.
Specify these parameters and click OK.
