Table Of Contents
Using the ALI Formatting Tool for Bell Canada
NENA Fields and Corresponding Bell Canada Fields
Modifying Bell Canada-Specific Fields in the ALI Formatting Tool
Modifying the Transaction Code
Entering Bell Canada-Specific Data
Using the ALI Formatting Tool for Bell Canada
This chapter provides information about the ALI Formatting Tool (AFT) fields that are specific to Bell Canada. Use this information along with "Using the ALI Formatting Tool" to generate ALI files in the format specified in Bell Canada's ALI data support documentation.
This chapter contains the following sections:
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NENA Fields and Corresponding Bell Canada Fields
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For more details, refer to the latest Bell Canada's ALI data support documentation.
NENA Fields and Corresponding Bell Canada Fields
Table A-1 lists NENA fields and the corresponding Bell Canada fields. Be aware that some NENA fields and some Bell Canada fields must be populated with data and some may be left blank. For more details, refer to Bell Canada's ALI data support documentation.
For information about the Bell Canada-specific fields that you may need to modify, see the "Modifying Bell Canada-Specific Fields in the ALI Formatting Tool" section.
Table A-1 NENA Fields and Corresponding Bell Canada Fields
House Number
Yes
Civic Number
Yes
House Number Suffix
No
Civic Number Suffix
No
Street Name
Yes
Street Name
Yes
Prefix Directional
No
Street Directional
No
Street Suffix
No
Street Suffix
Yes
The Street Suffix field is not mandatory in NENA but must be data filled in the Bell Canada format.
Post Directional
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
Community Name
Yes
Extended Municipality Name
Yes
State
Yes
Province
Yes
Main NPA
No
Pilot NPA
Yes
Main Telephone No.
No
Pilot NXX + Pilot LINE
Yes
Customer Name
Yes
Subscriber Name
Yes
Class of Service
Yes
Not applicable
AFT does not use the Class of Service from Cisco Emergency Responder (Cisco ER). You must configure this in AFT. See Table A-3.
However, you must enter a dummy value (1 alphanumeric character) for this mandatory field in Cisco ER for the Cisco ER ALI configuration to work correctly.
Type of Service
Yes
Not applicable
Because this is a mandatory field in NENA, you must configure some dummy value for this field in Cisco ER.
AFT ignores this value.
Exchange
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
Order Number
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
Extract Date
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
County
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
Company ID
Yes
DATA LSP ID
Yes
Zip Code
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
Postal Code is defined in a Bell Canada-specific field. See Table A-3.
Zip Code Extension
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
Customer Code
Yes
Subscriber Account ID
Yes
Comments
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
Longitude
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
Latitude
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
Elevation
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
TAR code
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
Location
No
Additional Information
No
Reserved (for Service Provider Use)
No
Not applicable
This NENA field is not used by Bell Canada.
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Modifying Bell Canada-Specific Fields in the ALI Formatting Tool
This section covers the following topics:
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Modifying the Transaction Code
Table A-2 shows the values displayed in the Function Field in NENA records and the corresponding values for the Transaction Code in Bell Canada records.
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Make sure that the Transaction Code for Bell Canada is either A or D. Otherwise, Bell Canada will reject the record and return the record in an Error Return file with an error message.
Entering Bell Canada-Specific Data
Table A-3 describes the remaining Bell Canada-specific fields. Some require data to generate ALI files in the format specified in Bell Canada's ALI data support documentation; others may remain blank.
If there is an error in these fields, Bell Canada will reject the record and send back a Error Return file with an error code. For more details and for information about field validation, refer to the latest Bell Canada ALI data support documentation.
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