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The Call Geography report consists of three graphical pie charts, each showing call information grouped by volume, duration and cost, along with a table containing complete information about where, geographically, you are making the calls to. Calls are . An accompanying table is also shown, containing details of where - geographically - your calls are made, classified by their tariff band (e.g. , such as local, national, mobile , or international, etc.)Each segment is presenting as a percentage of the number of calls, showing you how much of the cost is made up of those types of calls. This enables you to quickly see which calls
The proportion of calls to each geographical destination is shown in terms of volume, duration and cost, highlighting the calls that are costing you the most and taking up the most call of your time.
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Once you have set the reporting period, click on the button to set additional report parameters and options, or select the button to run the report immediately.
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Selecting the reporting entity
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If both a site and group have been selected, you can further limit the report's results to include only calls by involving a particular user, by selecting it that user from the drop-down list.
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If your web account is restricted to a specific site or group, only those entities to which you have access will be available in the drop-down lists. |
Once you have selected the scope of your report, click click on the button to set additional report parameters and options. To , or to run the report immediately without doing so, click the click the button.
Selecting the report filters
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Account code
If you want to To produce a bill report consisting only of only chargeable calls that were made using a particular account code, enter the account code in the field provided.
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You can specify a cost range by using the
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Destination
If you want to filter calls to a specific, known destination, type the name of the destination in the text box provided. This filter accepts the ! and * symbols for excluding values and specifying partial matches, respectively.
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Exclude weekends
To exclude weekend calls from your report's results, select the
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Sort results by
To sort your report's results by a particular column, select it from the
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More details about each report format are available in the Setting the report format section above.
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Creating the report
When you have chosen selected a reporting period , and are happy with your selections, you have two options:
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and have chosen any filters and options, you can either run the report immediately by clicking on the
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If you click on the button, the report will run instantly in your chosen format.
If you want to schedule the report to run at a later time, follow the instruction given in the Schedule a report section.
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The report's results
When selecting WEB as the output format, this report will appear as below:-Below is an example of this report's output in Web format:
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As with all reports, the header of the report includes:
- the report title
- the date and time of the report
- the name of the report, if applicable
To view details of any filters or selection parameters used in creating this report, simply click on About this report on the top-right corner of the page.
The WEB format allows for complete flexibility when viewing any report. All headers are clickable, allowing you to re-arrange the report layout in seconds, to sort the calls in ascending or decending order based on the header clicked.The final report consists of three pie charts , and a table.
Pie charts
- The left-hand pie chart shows the amount of calls to the various destinationseach location
- The centre graph chart shows the time spent on calls to each location
- The right-hand chart shows the cost of calls to each destination.location
Table
This The table shows in detail the amount of calls that were made to the specific destination, also expressed as a percentage of all calls, along with the average, total and percentage costs associated with each destination.The headers of the table are as followsthe following information about the calls made to each charge band location:
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| Charge band | The Charge charge bandrepresents the area dialled, International, , e.g. Local, National, Other and Personal /Mobile.All chargebands have hyperlinks to allow International, Mobile, etc. Each listed charge band is click-able, allowing you to drill-down further to see which site, department , extension or person made the calluser made calls to that charge band location. |
| % of calls | This column shows the The number of calls per charge band location as a percentage of the total calls made. To re orderreorder, simply click on the header to alternate between descending and ascending. |
| Number of calls | The number total volume of calls lists the actual number of calls made to each of charge band shown with the total number of calls for that period showing on the summary line. To re order, simply click on the header and the report will alternate between the charge band with the most calls and the charge band with the least calls.location. |
| % of total duration | The % of total duration shows the number of calls made to each charge band location, expressed as a percentage of the total duration of calls made. e.g. 1% of the dotal duration was spent on International calls.all charge bands. |
| Average duration | This column shows the The average duration spent on calls to this the corresponding charge band. This is ideal if you are speaking to your carrier about issues like call capping, particularly if the average call duration is quite high. You can reorder to sort in descending and ascending order of average call duration by clicking on the header. |
| Total duration | This column shows the The total amount of time spent on calls to a particular chargeband. To re-order, simply click on the header to alternate between descending and ascendingthe corresponding charge band. |
| % of total cost | The percentage of total cost allows you to see what of all calls made to each charge band location, expressed as a percentage of the total cost of all calls was spent on calls to this chargeband. |
| Average cost | It shows the The average cost of calls made to this chargeband. To re-order, simply click on the header to alternate between descending and ascending.each charge band location. |
| Total cost | This column shows the The total cost of calls made to this chargeband. To re-order, simply click on the header to alternate between descending and ascending. |
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The summary line at the foot of the table shows the total number of calls included in the report, the total duration of calls, average and total costs.If you would like to go back and view this report for a larger section of the organisation, click on the appropriate link in the breadcrumb, as shown below:
-As with all reports produced by TIM Plus, each page of the report includes the following information:
- the report's title
- the date and time that the report was generated
- the name of the report, if applicable
The Web format is the most interactive of all formats: all column headers are click-sortable and most graphical and tabular elements can be drilled down into, allowing deeper analysis of your results. By clicking on the About this report link at the top-right corner of the page, you can review any filters and options that have been applied to the report.
To modify your report to cover a larger organisational scope, click on an element of the breadcrumb as shown below:
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