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Introduction
The Trunk Busy report allows you to break down each business day into half-hour periods, showing the maximum and average number of telephone lines in use for each half-hour period. This report is useful for determining whether or not you have enough lines or if you have too many.
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Access the Reports screen, select the Trunk Busy report from the list and click on the button.
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A new window will open, allowing you to configure the parameters of your report:
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Select a report period
For each report, you must specify a time span that covers the calls you want the report to include.
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There are several preset reporting periods available for selection, based on the standard Gregorian calendar. The following table describes how the start and end times are defined for each preset period:
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Today | The start and end dates are set to the current date. The start time is set to 00:00:00 and the end time to 23:59:59. |
Yesterday | The start and end dates are set to the current date minus one day. The start time is set to 00:00:00 and the end time to 23:59:59. |
This week | The start date is set to the first day (normally Monday) of the current week. The end date is set to the current day. The start time is set to 00:00:00 and the end time to the current time. |
Last week | The start date is set to the date of the last Monday, and the end date is set to the start date plus seven days. The start time is set to 00:00:00 and the end time to 23:59:59. |
This month | The start date is set to the first day of the current month. The end date is set to the current day. The start time is set to 00:00:00 and the end time to the current time. |
Last month | The start date for this period is set in three stages: The day is set to the first day of the month. The month is set to the previous month. The year is set to the current year, unless it is currently January, in which case, the previous year is used. The start and end times are set to 00:00:00 and 23:59:59 respectively. |
This year | The start date is set to the first day of the first month of the current year, whilst the end date is set to today's date. The start and end times are set to 00:00:00 and 23:59:59 respectively. |
All calls | The start and end dates and times are set to the dates and times of the first and last call in the entire call database, respectively. |
In addition to the presets described above, it is possible to specify a custom reporting period by choosing Custom period from the drop-down list and specifying your own Start and End dates, as shown below:
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<h2>Introduction</h2> <p>This breaks down each business day into half-hour periods, showing the maximum and average number of telephone lines in use in any particular half-hour. You can opt to exclude weekends, when perhaps not many calls are being made or received, and so as not to distort the averages. You can also concentrate on incoming or outgoing calls.</p> <h2>Running the report</h2> <p>Click on the <img class="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/reports_button.png" /> function button, on the top right-hand side of the main application window to access the <span class="reference">Reports</span> screen.</p> <p>From this screen, either double-click on the <span class="reference">Trunks Busy</span> report in the reports list or select the <span class="reference">Trunks Busy</span> report and press the <img class="icon" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/run_now_button.png" /> button, as shown below:</p> <img class="screenshot naked" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/trunks_busy_1.png" alt="Trunks Busy" /> <p>The following <span class="reference">Report Selection Criteria</span> window will be displayed:</p> <img class="screenshot naked" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/trunks_busy_2.png" alt="Trunks Busy" /> <h4>Select a report period</h4> <img class="screenshot" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/report_period.png" alt="Trunks Busy" /> <p>You need to select a time period for which you want the report to produce information for. You can select a pre-set period from the drop-down list, as shown above.</p> <p>The default is set to <span class="keyword">Last Month</span> (the period from the first day to the last day of the previous calendar month, and NOT the last 30 days).</p> <h4>Or enter your own custom period</h4> <img class="screenshot" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/custom_period.png" alt="Trunks Busy" /> <p>If you want to specify a period not shown in the list, go back to the <span class="reference">Select a report period</span> field and select <span class="keyword">Custom Period</span> from the drop-down list and then enter your <span class="reference">Start</span> and <span class="reference">End</span> dates and times manually into the boxes provided, as shown above.</p> <h4>Choose a site to report on (optional)</h4> <img class="screenshot" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/choose_site_to_report_optional.png" alt="Business Centre Summary" /> <p>If your system is set-up to administer multiple sites, you have the option of selecting a particular site here. Select the blank line (or leave the box empty) to report on all of your sites.</p> <h4>Choose a specific trunk group (optional)</h4> <img class="screenshot" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/trunk_group_optional.png" alt="Trunks Busy" /> <p>You have the option of limiting the report's results to a particular trunk period, for when you want to see how well a particular group of trunks is performing, but don't want the results from other trunks to distort your results. Leave blank for all trunks to be included in the results.</p> <h4>Select a particular trunk (optional)</h4> <img class="screenshot" src="http://www.tri-line.com/common/img/documentation/tim_professional/trunk_optional.png" alt="Trunks Busy" /> <p>To view only the results for a particular trunk, enter the number in box provided.</p> |
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