CAR provides reporting capabilities for three levels of users:
administrators, managers, and individual users. Only administrators generate
device reports.
Device reports track the load and performance of
Cisco Unified Communications Manager related devices, such as conference bridges,
voice-messaging servers, gateways, and trunks.
Device reports help CAR administrators track the load and
performance of
Cisco Unified Communications Manager-related devices, such as conference
bridges, voice-messaging server, gateways, and trunks. This section describes
the device reports:
Gateway
Detail - Available for CAR administrators. Use the Gateway
Detail report to track issues with specific gateways. The report provides a
list of calls that used the specified gateways. Use this report to review
detailed information about chosen gateways. You can specify gateways by type,
such as all or some of the VG200 gateways in your system, or by only those
gateways that use a particular route pattern. You can also specify search
criteria based on call types and QoS values.
Summary - Available for CAR administrators. The Gateway
Summary report provides a summary of all the calls that went through the
gateways. It also provides the total number of calls and duration for each of
the categories, namely Incoming, Tandem, and Outgoing (Long Distance, Local,
International, Others, OnNet), and, also, the total calls for each QoS value
for each gateway in the system. Use this report to track the functionality of
the system on a daily basis. If you discover issues that need to be studied
further, use the gateway detail report.
Utilization - Available for CAR administrators. The Gateway
Utilization report provides an estimate of the utilization percentage of the
gateway(s). You can examine the usage on the basis of each hour of a day or by
a specified number of days of the week or month. Reports generate for each
gateway that is chosen. Use this report for load balancing or capacity planning
(to evaluate the need for adding or removing gateways, depending on their
utilization). You can specify gateways by type, such as all or some of the
VG200 gateways in your system, or by only those gateways that use a particular
route pattern.
Route Patterns/Hunt Pilots
Route and Line Group Utilization - Only CAR administrators can
generate the Route and Line Group Utilization report. This report provides an
estimated utilization percentage of the chosen route and line group(s). You can
examine the usage on the basis of each hour of a day or by a specified number
of days of the week or month. Reports generate for each chosen route and line
group. Use the report to analyze whether the route and line group capacity is
sufficient to meet the usage requirements. Based on the results, you can decide
whether additions are required. If you are load balancing gateways by using
different route and line groups or route patterns and hunt lists that are
assigned to the gateways, you can use this report to see the load for the whole
grouping. This report also provides a convenient way of generating utilization
information for a grouping of gateways by a particular route and line group;
the group will also include any H.323 fallback gateways that are using the
specified route and line group.
Route/Hunt List Utilization - Available for CAR
administrators. The Route/Hunt List Utilization report provides an estimated
utilization percentage of the chosen route/hunt list(s). You can examine the
usage on the basis of each hour of a day or by a specified number of days of
the week or month. Reports generate for each chosen route/hunt list. Use the
report to analyze whether the route and line group capacity is sufficient to
meet the usage requirements. Based on the results, you can decide whether
additions are required. If you are load balancing gateways by using different
route/hunt lists that are assigned to the gateways, you can use this report to
see the load for the whole grouping. This report also provides a convenient way
of generating utilization information for a grouping of gateways by a
particular route/hunt list; the group will also include any H.323 fallback
gateways that are using the chosen route/hunt list.
Route Pattern/Hunt Pilot Utilization - Available for CAR
administrators. The Route Pattern/Hunt Pilot Utilization report provides an
estimated utilization percentage of the chosen route pattern(s)/hunt pilot(s).
You can examine the usage on the basis of each hour of a day or by a specified
number of days of the week or month. Reports generate for each chosen route
pattern/hunt pilot. Use the report to analyze system usage on the chosen route
pattern/hunt pilot.
Hunt Pilot Summary - Only CAR administrators generate the Hunt
Pilot Summary Report.The CDR Hunt Pilot Call Summary report displays the call
details for the specified hunt pilot. This report displays an only an overview
of the calls for the hunt pilots and hunt member information is not included.
The CAR administrator can generate report for a maximum of five hunt pilot DNs.
Hunt Pilot Detail - Only CAR administrators generate the Hunt
Pilot Detailed Call Report. This report displays call details for a hunt pilot
number or a hunt member dn.
Conference Call Details - Available for CAR administrators. The
Conference Call Details report allows you to generate and view details about
conference calls and conference bridges. The Summary Report displays the
summary information of conference calls within a chosen date/time range but
does not contain information about each individual conference participant call
leg. The Detailed Report displays the detailed information about the conference
calls within a chosen date/time range and includes information about each
individual conference participant call leg.
Conference Bridge Utilization - Available for CAR administrators.
The Conference Bridge Utilization report provides an estimate of the
utilization percentage of the conference bridge(s). You can examine the usage
on the basis of each hour of a day or by a specified number of days of the week
or month. Generate reports for all the conference bridges in the system. Use
this report to determine the activity on the conference bridge(s) and whether
you need to add additional resources. This report helps you identify usage
patterns, so you can plan capacity when you discover recurring peaks in the
usage pattern.
Voice Messaging Utilization - Available for CAR administrators.
The Voice Messaging Utilization report provides an estimate of the utilization
percentage of the voice-messaging device(s). You can examine the usage on the
basis of each hour of a day or by a specified number of days of the week or
month. Reports generate for each voice-messaging device. Use this report to
determine the activity on the voice messaging device(s) and whether you need to
add additional resources. This report helps you to identify usage patterns, so
you can plan capacity when you discover recurring peaks in the usage pattern.
Trunk Utilization - Available for CAR administrators. Only CAR
administrators generate the Trunk Utilization report. This report calculates
the utilization reports for devices based on the duration of calls that passed
through the devices. You can generate this report on an hourly, daily, or
monthly basis. Reports generate for each trunk that is chosen. You can use this
report for capacity assessment. You can also generate utilization reports for
route groups, route lists and route patterns that are connected through trunks.