That is not a real long term report. it is just a short period activity.
There are 2 ways to do it right.
One way is to do it via syslog server. Which is as near realtime as it goes.
The easy way is to do it via ftp. CCA supports it. Just setup an internal ftp server and the cme will write almost in realtime the calling activity.
However, there are 2 issues.
First one is that there are 2 type of CDR formats. Long format and short format. When you turn it on via CCA, it enables the long format. There is a lot of nice information in there, but for some folks, it is way way too much stuff.
The second issue and is more of a bigger one, is that when you enable CDR reporting in CCA, it creates a new file every hour. That means, in 24 hours, there will be 24 new files, even if there is no phone activity, it still creates a new file.
The way I do it is, enable it via CCA and it will create a config like below:
gw-accounting file
primary ftp 10.20.1.12/cdr username xxxx password xxxx
maximum buffer-size 15
maximum retry-count 3
maximum fileclose-timer 60
maximum cdrflush-timer 50
Once I enable via CCA, i save the config and go in via cli, go to CONFIG T and go into gw-accounting file.
and change maximm fileclose-timer 1440
which is the max and is supposed to be the defaul.
So after you get out and write the config. Check the cme config and you will see the line is gone, meaning you took the default.
This way, there is only one file per 24 hours.
The next issue is the software to parse the log files. There are a bunch of software out there, but I have not found a good one for my simple activity reports. Either they are too expensive and do a lot and others, dont do enough.
I would like others to chime in regarding some inexpensive software which can do simple activity reports.
Hope this help.
