The ANI Screening Table object provides overall configuration for the use of ANI Screening on the MetaSwitch NE, and is used to group the ANI Screening Entry objects. (In the current version there can be only one ANI Screening Table object, but future releases will allow more than one.)
The ANI Screening Table object is a child of the ANI Screening Tables object.
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If you disable this object, subscribers whose ANIs match the child ANI Screening Entries in this table may be unable to make long-distance calls, and long-distance account codes will not be collected for these subscribers. |
Object-Specific Actions | |
Import | To import configuration information from a previously exported text file for an ANI Screening Entry object that is a child of this object, click on the 'Import' pushbutton. See MetaSwitch Class 5 Softswitch Operations Manual: Overview for more details of importing configuration information. |
Export | To export the configuration of all ANI Screening Entries to a text file, click on the 'Export' pushbutton. See MetaSwitch Class 5 Softswitch Operations Manual: Overview for more details of exporting configuration information. |
To view details of individual ANI Screening Entries, click on the symbol next to the ANI Screening Table object. Because there will typically be large numbers of subscribers, the EMS System Explorer displays them in groups:
To hide individual ANI Screening Entries, click on the symbol next to the ANI Screening Table object.
Parameter |
Access |
Description |
Table name | Change | A name to identify this ANI Screening Table in the EMS. |
Default locale | Change | The language variant used for voice announcements played to this subscriber. This value is used as the default when creating new child ANI Screening Entry objects, but you can override it for an individual ANI Screening Entry if required. Values:
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Fixed length ANI Screening Entries | Change | Specifies whether all ANI Screening Entry child objects of this table should have the same number of digits. Values:
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Number of digits in ANI Screening Entries | Change | This field appears only if Fixed length ANI Screening Entries is True. The number of ANI digits in ANI Screening Entry child objects of this table. You cannot change this value if there are any existing ANI Screening Entry child objects with a different length. |
Import - number of objects imported | Read only | The total number of objects (including child objects) read from the import file so far in the current or most recent import operation. |
Import - status | Read only | The status of the current or most recent import operation, if any. Values:
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Import - mode | Change | Whether the imported information is to replace existing EMS objects or to add new ones. This field provides additional checking on the import operation if required. Values:
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Import - file | Change | The name of the text file (in the EMS User's home directory on the EMS Server) from which configuration information for this object will be imported. The maximum length of the filename is 32 characters. |
Import - log correlator | Read only | If the import status is Failed, this field contains a correlator for the log message that contains details of the failure. Click on the 'go to log' button next to this field to jump to this message in the EMS log viewer window. |
Import - correlator metaswitch | Read only | If the import status is Failed, this field contains the name of the EMS Server or MetaSwitch Network Element that generated the failure log. You may need this information to find the log in the EMS log viewer window. |
Export - number of objects exported | Read only | The total number of objects (including child objects) written to the export file so far in the current or most recent export operation. |
Export - status | Read only | The status of the current or most recent export operation, if any. Values:
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Export - file | Change | The name of the text file (in the EMS User's home directory on the EMS Server) to which configuration information for this object will be exported. The maximum length of the filename is 32 characters. |
Export - log correlator | Read only | If the export status is Failed, this field contains a correlator for the log message that contains details of the failure. Click on the 'go to log' button next to this field to jump to this message in the EMS log viewer window. |
Export - correlator metaswitch | Read only | If the export status is Failed, this field contains the name of the EMS Server or MetaSwitch Network Element that generated the failure log. You may need this information to find the log in the EMS log viewer window. |
Requested status | Read only | Specifies whether an administrator has attempted to enable the ANI Screening Table. Values:
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Actual status | Read only | Specifies the current status of the ANI Screening Table. Values:
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