Lucent Technologies DEFINITY Enterprise Communication Server Release 8.2 Administrators Guide

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3. In the Port field, type 01A0702.
Use the port address assigned to the LAN Gateway Interface circuit pack.
4. Press 
ENTER to save your changes. 

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Collecting information about calls
Call Detail Recording (CDR) collects detailed information about all incoming and 
outgoing calls on specified trunk groups. If you use intraswitch CDR, you can also 
collect information about calls between designated extensions on the switch. 
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Instructions
In this example, we are going to establish call detail recording for all calls that 
come in on trunk group 1 (our CO trunk). We are going to set up CDR so that any 
call that is handled by an attendant produces a separate record for the attendant 
part of the call.
1. Type 
change trunk-group 1 and press RETURN.
The Trunk Group
 screen...

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5. In the CDR Format field, type month/day.
This determines how the date will appear on the header record. 
6. In the Primary Output Format field, type 
Unformatted.
This is the record format that our call accounting system requires. Check 
with your call accounting vendor to determine the correct record format for 
your system. 
7. In the Primary...

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More information
You can also administer the switch to produce separate records for calls that are 
conferenced or transferred. This is called Call Splitting. There are many other 
variations that you can administer for CDR, and these are described in the screens 
section of this book.
Related topics
For additional information on CDR,...

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5. In the first three available slots, type 5100, 5101, and 5102.
6. Press 
ENTER to save your changes. 
7. The switch will now produce call records for all calls to and from these 
extensions, including those that originated on the local switch.
Related topics
See ‘‘
Intraswitch CDR’’ on page 1226 for more detailed information. 
Tracking calls by account...

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2. In the CDR Account Code Length field, type 5.
3. Press ENTER to save your changes. 
4. Assign an account button on the Station screen for extension 5004. See 
‘‘
Adding feature buttons’’ on page 57 for more information. 
5. Provide your users with a list of account codes to use. 
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Instructions
In this example, we administer the system to force users in our North American 
office to enter an account code before making international calls. 
1. Type 
change system-parameters cdr and press RETURN.
The CDR System Parameters screen appears.
2. In the Force Entry of Acct Code for Calls Marked on Toll Analysis Form 
field, type 
y.
3....

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More information
You can also establish a class of restriction with Forced Entry of Account Codes 
set to 
y, and assign this COR to trunks or other facilities that you want to restrict. 
With this method, all users with this COR must enter account codes before 
making any outgoing trunk calls. See ‘‘
Class of Restriction’’ on page 520 for 
more...