As described above, when When the system processes each line of PABX data, it extracts the various components of a the call record (eg. , such as extension number, trunk, date components, duration components, etc.) , using a lookup in the associated template file. For
The template file identifies each call type of call, the template file contains a line containing various characters which mark the by marking the position on each line of call data, where it should extract each element should be extracted from.
The following characters In a TDT (template) file, the following element keys are used to extract define each field of a call record components from each line of PABX data:
| Character | Cell record element |
|---|---|
| a | Date: DAY |
| b | Date: MONTH |
| c | Date: YEAR |
| d | Time: HOUR |
| e | Time: MINUTE |
| f | Time: SECOND |
| g | Duration: HOURS |
| h | Duration: MINUTES |
| i | Duration: SECONDS |
| j | Extension Number |
| k | Trunk Access Code |
| l | Dialled Number / Dialled Digits |
| m | Trunk/Line Number |
| n | Response Time: MINUTES |
| o | Response Time: SECONDS |
| p | Account Code |
| q | Calling Line Identification (CLI) |
| r | History: Value (historic) |
| s | History: Pointer (historic) |
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