ANI Screening Table

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.


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.

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:
  • English (US)
  • English (UK)
  • English (Canadian)
  • French (Canadian)
  • Spanish (Latin America)
  • User Defined 1
  • User Defined 2
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:
  • True (default)
    Select this value if all ANIs used by subscribers requiring long-distance service have the same number of digits. This helps to avoid misconfigurations because the EMS will not accept entries where the number of digits is incorrect.
  • False
    Select this value if you need to support ANIs of different lengths.
You cannot change this value to True if there are any child ANI Screening Entry objects with an ANI length that does not match the following field.
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:
  • None
  • In progress
  • Succeeded
  • Failed
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:
  • Do not overwrite
    The imported information is to add new objects. If the file contains objects that already exist in the EMS, the import operation will fail and will not overwrite them.
  • Do not create
    The imported information is to update existing objects. If the file contains objects that do not already exist in the EMS, the import operation will fail and will not create them.
  • Overwrite or create
    No checking. The import operation will create or update objects as required.
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:
  • None
    No export has been attempted. Use the export pushbutton to start it.
  • In progress
    Export is in progress. Do not attempt to access the export file until the status has changed to Succeeded.
  • Succeeded
    Export completed successfully.
  • Failed
    Export failed. Check the Export - log correlator field for more details.
  • Partially failed
    A field in the configuration of the exported object or one of its child objects was not valid. Typically this is because a referenced object has been deleted. Either check and correct the configuration before retrying the export, or correct the error in the exported file before attempting to re-import it.
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:
  • Enabled
    The object has been enabled.
  • Disabled
    The object has not been enabled or has been disabled.
Actual status Read only Specifies the current status of the ANI Screening Table. Values:
  • Enabled
    The object has been enabled.
  • Disabled
    The object has not been enabled or has been disabled.