Feeds Overview

The feeds are the interfaces that receive the call records from CDRv5 Collertor (SIP) or your Telco (SS7). The sources may use different protocols and different formats, but the call records that are received contain the same kind of information.

The feeds currently supported consist of the following types:

• Real-time Call Detail Records (CDRs) and Call Progress Messages (CPM).
• File-based interface to import formatted text files. For example, billing CDR records are often generated by service providers or PBX (private branch exchange) systems.

Feeds Configuration – Feeds | Configuration (Real-time)

CDR/CPM feeds are provided by the CDRv5 Collector (SIP) or by your telco (SS7).

• Navigate to "Feeds > Configuration" to add a new feed configuration.
• Click “+” to add a feed. You will be prompted as follows:
  
• Click "Yes" to add a real-time (SIP/SS7) feed.
• Fill the required fields as indicated below
  
  
  • Provider Format Information is based on your telco provider.
  • "Feed name": put a user-friendly name of your choice.
  • "IP Address", "Port Number", "User Account" and "Passcode(Key)" are provided by your CDRv5 Collector administrator or telco. Put them exactly as given. These parameters are necessary to establish the connection and for communication security.
  • Select the given format in the "Provider Format Information"
    • For VoIP format, you will need to provide "Crypto Configuration" as provided by your SIP provider.
  • Other fields can use their default value. You do not need to set them.
    
    • "Start Feed Automatically" will start the connection when the TrillysCdrService starts.
    • "Recovery Options Automatic" will start the recovery process with the telco automatically whenever a failure of any sort will cause a loss of call records.
    • Filters: You can specify dialed numbers, terminating numbers and dialed/terminating pairs to filter out call records matching these criteria.
• Click "Save" to commit the change.

NOTE: Any configuration change will take effect only after TrillysCdrService is restarted. You can restart the service from the "System > Service Status" page.

Feeds Configuration – File-based feed

This section applies when you have access to a file-based CDR feed. Many external systems will transfer CDR files on a periodic base using protocol such as File Transfer Protocol (FTP), shared folder file copy or similar techniques. These files provide non-real-time sources of call records and can be useful to include in reports. Furthermore, file-based CDR information comes in different text file formats. CDRv5 file-based feeds provide a flexible way to add this additional source of call records in the reporting tool.

• Firstly, ensure that you have defined a schema to handle the file format for the feed you are adding. Navigate to "Feeds > Billing Schema Manager" to complete this step. Instructions are under "Feeds – CDR File Parser" section.
• Navigate to "Feeds > Configuration" to add a new feed configuration.
• Click “+” to add a feed. You will be prompted as follows:
  
• Click "No" to add a file-based feed.
• Complete the parameters for the file-based feed
  
  
  • "Feed name": put a user-friendly name of your choice.
  • "Start Feed Automatically": Select this option if TrillysCdrService must start collecting call records upon starting.
  • "Select Schema File": This parameter defines the input file format. The schema file is created using the "CDR File Parser" page.
  • "Select Source File or Folder": Defines the input folder to use for processing import files.
• Click "Save" to commit the change.

NOTE: Any configuration change will take effect only after TrillysCdrService is restarted. You can restart the service from the "System > Service Status" page.

Feeds CDR File Parser (Feeds > Billing Schema Manger)

Click "New" to launch a wizard that will guide you in creating a parsing specifications.

Click "Edit" to change an existing parsing configuration.