Frequent Numbers

Introduction

Shows a top-ranking list of the most frequent outgoing calls. Use this information, for example, to decide whether you need to invest in private wires to common destinations, such as to your other offices. This report also helps in making decisions about which telecom carrier you should use to various call destinations. Partial telephone numbers can be specified so as to narrow your search down to very specific information, e.g. London numbers only.

Running the report

On the Reports screen, either double-click on the Frequent Numbers report in the reports list or highlight the Frequent Numbers report and press the button, as shown below:

The following report selection criteria window appears:

Select a report period

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.

The default is set to Last Month (the period from the first day to the last day of the previous calendar month, and NOT the last 30 days).

Or enter your own custom period

If you want to specify a period not shown in the list, just enter your start and end dates and times manually into the boxes provided.

Choose a site

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.

Choose an extension group

You may want to concentrate on a specific group of extensions; in this case, select the group of interest from the drop-down list, or leave blank so as not to specify a particular extension group.

Enter minimum frequency of number

If you want to limit the report to number called with a minimum frequency, enter that frequency here. e.g. If you want to display only numbers that have been called twenty times, then enter the number 20 in here as the minimum frequency.

Choose the type of calls to report on

You can choose to report only on specific call types e.g. outgoing connected calls only. If you want to report on all calls, leave blank.

Specific calls

If you want to concentrate on very specific calls, you can enter a full or partial number in the dialled number and CLI box. This allows you to concentrate only on calls to and from this number (or from numbers beginning with this number if a partial number was entered).

Choose a field to sort by

You can sort the report's result in order of cost, call duration or by the number of times a number was dialled (frequency). Choose from the drop-down list, the default being the frequency.

Creating the Report

When you have chosen a reporting period, and are happy with your selections, click on the Run Now button.

The results

The report includes the usual headings, including the report's title, any Friendly Name you assigned to it, the period of the report, and any options you selected in the report's selection criteria window.

The body of the report consists of a detailed table showing a summary of each frequently-called destination. The following column headers are used, with totals displayed at the foot of the table: