Avaya BCMS Vu R2 User Guide

BCMS Vu™ Software 0 R2 0

User Guide

585-217-102 Comcode 108226937 Issue 1 June 1998

Notice

Every effort was made to ensure that the information in this book was complete and accurate at the time of printing. However, information is subject to change.

Your Responsibility for Your System’s Security

Toll fraud is the unauthorized use of your telecommunications system by an unauthorized party, for exam-

ple, persons other than your company’s employees, agents, subcontractors, or persons working on your company’s behalf. Note that there may be a risk of toll fraud associated with your telecommunications system and, if toll fraud occurs, it can result in substantial additional charges for your telecommunications services.

You and your system manager are responsible for the security of your system, such as programming and configuring your equipment to prevent unauthorized use. The system manager is also responsible for reading all installation, instruction, and system administration documents provided with this product in or der to fully understand the features that can introduce risk of toll fraud and the steps that can be taken to reduce that risk. Lucent Technologies does not warrant that this product is immune from or will prevent unauthorized use of common-carrier telecommunication services or facilities accessed through or connected to it. Lucent Technologies will not be responsible for any charges that result from such unauthorized use.

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If you suspect that you are being victimized by toll fraud and you need technical support or assistance, call Technical Service Center Toll Fraud Intervention Hotline at 1-800-643-2353.

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Preface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-1

Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-2

Contents of This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-3

Conventions Used in This Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-5

Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . P-6

Chapter 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

BCMS Vu Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Features of BCMS Vu Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Benefits of BCMS Vu Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Differences between R1 and R2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

For the BCMS Vu Server PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-6

For the BCMS Vu Client PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-7

For a Wallboard PC without Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-8

Software Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-8

Administrative Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Performance Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Help Escalation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Software for Maintenance Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Chapter 2

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

What Can I Do Using BCMS Vu Server?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Starting BCMS Vu Server Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Exiting BCMS Vu Server Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9

The BCMS Vu Server Main Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10

Using BCMS Vu Server On-Line Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

BCMS Vu

Opening BCMS Vu Server the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-6

Disconnecting BCMS Vu Server from the DEFINITY System . . . . . . .2-8

Reconnecting BCMS Vu Server to the DEFINITY System . . . . . . . . . .2-8

System Menu Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11

Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11

Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11

File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-11

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-12

View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-14

Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15

Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-15

Status Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-16

Server Action Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-17

Server Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1

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Chapter 3

BCMS Vu

Client Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-1

What Can I Do Using BCMS Vu Client?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-2

Starting BCMS Vu Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-3

Disconnecting BCMS Vu Client from a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Reconnecting BCMS Vu Client to a Server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6

Exiting BCMS Vu Client Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-7

The BCMS Vu Client Main Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-8

System Menu Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Title Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Menu Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

Edit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10

View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

Toolbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13

Status Bar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Report Display Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Connection Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14

Server Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15

BCMS Vu Client On-Line Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16

Chapter 4 Configuring and Managing

BCMS Vu

Software . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1

Configuring BCMS Vu from the Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-3

Connecting to the DEFINITY System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Connecting to and Disconnecting from the DEFINITY System . . . . . . . 4-7

Downloading Historical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Registering Wallboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11

Registering Clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

About Shares. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Configuring BCMS Vu from the Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Activating Alerts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Configuring Color Palettes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Thresholds and Maximum Values Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Thresholds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Maximum Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Configuring Thresholds and Maximum Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18

Setting Thresholds and Maximum Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-19

Managing BCMS Vu Historical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21

Downloading Historical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-21

How the DEFINITY System Stores Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22

Backing up the Historical Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-22

Removing Historical Data from the PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-23

Backing Up Folders and Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-24

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Repairing the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-25

Re-indexing the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-26

Compacting the Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-27

Managing Memory Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-27

Managing Miscellaneous BCMS Vu Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29

Downloading BCMS Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-29

Chapter 5 Understanding Real-Time Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1

Which Type of Real-Time Report Shall I Use? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

About Real-Time Graph Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

Categories of Real-Time Graph Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-4

Sample Real-Time Graph Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-5

Things to Remember About Real-Time Graph Reports . . . . . . . . . . . .5-6

Maximum Values and Real-Time Graph Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-7

Real-Time Graph Report Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-8

Creating a Real-Time Graph Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-8

About Real-Time Pie Chart Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9

Categories of Real-Time Pie Chart Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-10

Sample Real-Time Pie Chart Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-11

Real-Time Pie Chart Report Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-12

Creating a Real-Time Pie Chart Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-12

About Real-Time Text Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13

Categories of Real-Time Text Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-14

Sample Real-Time Text Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-14

Creating a Real-Time Text Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-14

Real-Time Text Report Attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-15

About Wallboard Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

Categori e s of Wallboard Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-16

Wallboard Display Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-17

Types of Wallboards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-18

Sample Wallboa rd Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-19

Creating a Wallboard Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-19

Wallboard Display Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-20

About Time Trace Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21

Categories of Time Trace Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-21

Characteristics of Time Trace Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-22

Sample Time Trace Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-23

Creating a Time Trace Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-23

Ti me Trace Report Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-24

Chapter 6 Understanding Historical Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Historical Report Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1

Data on the DEFINITY system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Categories of Historical Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3

Creating Historical Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4

Sample Historical Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Historical Report Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6

Scheduling Historical Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-7

Exporting Hist orical Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

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Chapter 7 Working with Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-1

Creating a Real-Time Graph Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-2

Creating a Real-Time Pie Chart Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7-7

Creating a Real-Time Text Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Creating a Wallboard Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13

Creating a Time Trace Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22

Creating a Historical Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-26

Saving a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-34

Closing a Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-35

Opening a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-36

Changing the Properties of a Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-37

Printing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-38

Scheduling the Printing of a Histori cal Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-39

Using the Controls on the Historical Report Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-41

Chapter 8 Displaying Information on External Wallboards . . . . . . . . . . 8-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-1

Configuring a Wallboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Starting BCMS Vu Wallboard Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Exiting BCMS Vu Wallboard Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Sending a Wallboard Display to an External Wallboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-3

Broadcasting a Message on an External Wallboard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-4

Cancelling a Broadcast Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8-7

Chapter 9 BCMS Vu Real-Time and Historical Report Data Items . . . . . 9-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-1

Data Items — Real-Time Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-2

Data Items — Historical Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-9

Chapter 10 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1

Resolving Probl ems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2

Error Log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25

Connection Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27

Troubleshooting the Data Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

Verifying the COM Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

Setting Up The COM Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Repairing a Corrupted Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Using a Terminal Emulator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Opening HyperTerminal and Setting Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Error Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GL-1

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IX-1

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Introduction 0

Note

Welcome to the BCMS Vu call center monitoring software from Lucent Technologies. This document explains how to use BCMS Vu software.

This section includes the following topics:

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Audience

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Contents of this document

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Conventions used in this document

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Audience 0

You will find this user guide helpful if you are

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A call center manager/server administrator who needs to store and display data from a DEFINITY system.

This guide tells you how to

—Configure BCMS Vu software — Manage the software — Download historical data from the DEFINITY system — Register clients so they can access the server — Register wallboards —Manage data — Inspect the error log.

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A split/skill supervisor who needs to review the present and previous status of a call center.

This guide tells you how to

— Create real-time bar graphs, real-time pie charts, real-time text

reports, time traces, wallboard displays and Historical Reports — Open previously saved reports — Print text and Historical Reports — Schedule printing of Historical Reports — Set thresholds and alerts — Resolve problems with operation of the softw are — Respond to error messages.

This manual assumes that you are familiar with

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Your computer

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Microsoft*Windows* 95 or Windows NT* 4.0 Workstation operating systems

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Standard Windows conventions, such as using the F1 key to activate Help.

Microsoft, Windows

P-2 Audience

, and

Windows

NT are registered trademarks of

Microsoft

corp.

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Contents of This Document 0

The BCMS Vu Software R2 User Guide describes what you need to know to use the BCMS Vu software on a daily basis, in particular, how to perform the

tasks listed in the section entitled “Audience.” To install the BCMS Vu software, refer to the BCMS Vu Software R2

Installation Guide (585-217-103). The user guide is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter 1 Introduction

Specifies the hardware and softwar e enviro nm ent nee ded to run BCMS Vu software and describes the features and benefits of the software

Preface

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4 Configuring and Managing

Chapter 5 Understanding Real-Time Reports

Chapter 6 Understanding Historical Reports

Chapter 7 Working with Reports

BCMS Vu

Describes how to start the BCMS Vu Server software and how to access the features of the software

BCMS Vu

Describes how to start the BCMS Vu Client software and how to access the features of the software

Server Basics

Client Basics

BCMS Vu

Describes how to configure BCMS Vu software to use with the DEFINITY system and external wallboards and how to maintain the software and database for maximum results

Describes the types of real-time reports available

Describes the types of Historical Reports available

Describes how to create, edit, save, open and print reports

Software

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Preface

Chapter 8 Displaying Information on External Wallboards

Describes how to display the contents of Wallboard Displays on external wallboards and how to broadcast messages to external wallboards

Chapter 9

BCMS Vu

Real-Time and Historical Report Data Items

Defines the data items used in reports

Chapter 10 Troubleshooting

Provides possible solutions to common operation problems you may encounter, and explains error messages

Glossary Defines commonly used telecommunications and call

center terms that are used in this document and the BCMS Vu software

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Conventions Used in This Document 0

The following conventions are used in this document:

Bold type

Menu names, button names, option names, and file paths on a disk are shown in bold type. For

example: “Select Save from the File menu.” “The file is located in C:\Program Files\.” Sometimes items are shown in bold type for emphasis.

Preface

Italics

Mouse button

Terminology

Whenever there are several ways to perform a command (for example, double-click on a file name or highlight the file name and click on OK), the term select is used. You may choose either of the methods.

Another example of different ways to do the same thing is either selecting a command in a menu (for example selecting Save in the File menu) or clicking on the corresponding toolbar button. In this case you are instructed to select Save.

Italics are used for trademarks, the exact wording of file names, and the titles of referenced documents. For example “BCMS Vu software runs on Microsoft Windows.” “Look for the file bcmsvuclient.” Sometimes words are italicized for emphasis.

Unless the secondary mouse button is specified, use the primary mouse button whenever you are instructed to click or select an item.

Standard call center industry terminology is used in this document, as well as terms such as split/skill, ACD, and AUX. For definitions of terms used in this document, refer to the Glossary.

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Preface

Introduction 1

BCMS Vu

BCMS V u is a graphical user interface software application that monitors the status and performance of a call center. It uses data collected in the Basic Call Management System (BCMS) on a DEFINITY Prologix or DEFINITY System G3V4, R5, or R6.

This chapter describes the benefits and features of the BCMS Vu software. It includes the following topics:

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Software 1

Features of BCMS Vu software Benefits of BCMS Vu software When to use BCMS Vu software Differences between Release 2 and Release 1 of BCMS V u software Operating environment Sof tware restrictions Administrative requirements Performance considerations Help escalation Software for maintenance contracts.

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Features of

BCMS Vu

BCMS Vu software lets you

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Receive real-time data from the DEFINITY system and display it in textual and graphical form on a PC monitor

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Print the textual form of this real-time data

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Display real-time data as a Wallboard Display that mimics the display capabilities of external wallboards used in call centers

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Select the data items you want to display when you define a realtime report or Wallboard Display

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Redirect the display output of one of the defined Wallboard Displays to several types of external wallboards

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Specify alerts on real-time data items to provide a visual or visual/audible indication that the item has crossed the threshold alert level

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Download DEFINITY system historical data regularly to a database on the PC

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Display this stored data in a text format and retrieve it through third-party products

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Print this data

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Access this data from several DEFINITY systems

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Create and print Historical Reports from downloaded historical data

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Schedule printing of Historical Reports.

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Introduction

Benefits of

BCMS Vu

Software 1

BCMS Vu software provides the following benefits:

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Real-time data can be displayed graphically.

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Wallboard displays provide easy monitoring of call center activity.

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Multiple reports can be displayed on the screen at the same time.

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The ability to set alerts on data items allo ws “management by exception.”

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Graphical output under Microsoft Windows removes reliance on the DEFINITY system text-based terminal.

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BCMS Vu software lets you store more than the seven days of historical data a DEFINITY system stores. With BCMS Vu software, you can keep historical data for as long as you want by periodically archiving the historical database.

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The historical database created by the BCMS Vu software can be accessed using other products, such as Microsoft Access.

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BCMS Vu software provides an interface to the DEFINITY system that allows you to create custom real-time reports using the BCMS data that resides on the DEFINITY system.

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The Serv er/Client architecture allows more real-time monito rs of BCMS data than the DEFINITY system supports.

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There is no limit to the number of Historical Reports you can schedule for printing.

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BCMS Vu R2 is Year 2000-compliant.

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Benefits of BCMS Vu Software 1-3

Introduction

Differences between R1 and R2 1

Release 2 of BCMS Vu is the response by Lucent Technologies to requests from users for more features than exist in Release 1.

The most obvious difference between Release 1 and Release 2 is the separation of the Server application from the Client application. The Server application is installed on one PC, which is conn ected to a DE FINITY system. The Server receives data from the DEFINITY system. Client applications are installed on the same PC as the Server or on other PCs, which connect to the Server over a LAN, instead of connecting directly to the DEFINITY system. Thus only one physical port is needed for several clients to access data from the same DEFINITY system.

With Release 2, users can now

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Access real-time data without each BCMS Vu program having a direct connection to a system management port on the DEFINITY system.

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Create real-time pie chart graphs and time-trace graphs.

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Print real-time text reports.

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Schedule printing of Historical Reports.

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Send displays to wallboards connected to other PCs in the network. Wallboards need to be registered with but not physically connected to the Server PC.

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Send one report to several wallboards or send different reports to wallboards daisy-chained together.

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Alternate reports and a broadcast message to the same wallboard or wallboards.

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Define four levels of alerts and thresholds in reports.

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Define different thresholds for each split/skill, agent, and VDN.

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Manage the storage of interval and daily data separately.

1-4 Differences between R1 and R2

In addition, BCMS Vu is now licensed for one, five or ten clients.

Introduction

Note

The 486 processor is no longer supported.

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Differences between R1 and R2 1-5

Introduction

Operating Environment 1

To install BCMS Vu Software R2, you must have at least the following hardware and software:

For the

BCMS Vu

Server PC 1

❐ A single-processor Pentium. ❐ Windows 95 (for a Server with one Client attached) or Windows NT 4.0

Server or Workstation (for a Server with more than one Client attached) with Service Pack 3 installed on the PC.

❐ 64 MB of main memory. ❐ Up to 500 MB (512,000 KB) of disk space*. ❐ A double-speed CD-ROM drive.

Note

If you install the software from a remote network drive, the machine on which the software is installed (either Server, Client, or Wallboard) does not need a CD-ROM drive.

❐ One serial port to connect to the DEFINITY system through a data

module. This serial port must be an external port.

❐ You may need other unused serial ports:

— One to connect to a wallboard. This serial port must be an external

port.

— One for remote maintenance if you are using an external modem.

*For splits/skills, agents, VDNs and trunk groups measured by BCMS, the following formula is an approximate guide to the space required in megabytes for each historical data when the interval measured is an hour . (When the interval is a half-hour , use 185 instead of 370 in the formula.)

# splits/skills + # agents + # trunk groups + #VDNs

(370) * BCMS interval in hours

1-6 Operating Environment

day’s

Introduction

❐ A parallel port to connect the hardware key. A printer may be also

connected to this port.

❐ The BCMS Vu R2 software distribution CD-ROM. ❐ A data module, either an 8400B Plus or 7400B/74 00B Plus that is capable

of accessing the DEFINITY system.

❐ A DEFINITY system telephone number (hunt group extension for

Netcon channel), login name and password for access to BCMS.

❐ A sound card and speakers if you want to use the training CD-ROM. ❐ The pcANYWHERE CD-ROM. ❐ An internal or external modem for remote maintenance using

pcANYWHERE.

❐ The name of the Server PC, the names of all Client PCs on the network,

and the names of all wallboards on the network that you want to use.

For the

❐ A single-processor Pentium ❐ 32 MB of main memory with Windows 95 installed or 64 MB of memory

with Windows NT 4.0 installed

❐ 5 MB (5,120 KB) of free disk space ❐ A double speed CD-ROM drive ❐ A serial port for each external wallboard connected to the PC, or one

port if the wallboards are daisy-chained

❐ Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 Workstation or Server with Service Pack

3 installed on the PC

BCMS Vu

Client PC 1

Chapter 1

❐ The BCMS Vu R2 software distribution CD-ROM ❐ (Option): One of the wallboards dedicated to BCMS Vu software ❐ The name of the Server you want to connect to ❐ A sound card and speakers if you want to use the training CD-ROM.

Operating Environment 1-7

Introduction

For a Wallboard PC without Client Software 1

❐ A single-processor Pentium ❐ Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 installed on the PC ❐ 32 MB of RA M ❐ 10 MB of free disk space ❐ A double-speed CD-ROM drive ❐ An available serial port for each non-daisy-chained wallboard.

Software Restric t ions 1

Note

BCMS Vu software supports Englis h, French, Germa n, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, an d Japanese languages on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 operating systems.

Lucent Technologies certifies tha t BCMS Vu software has been tested and found to run co-resident with Microsoft Office 95 and 97, and Symantec pcANYWHERE. Lucent make s no claims whatsoever as to the compatibility of BCMS Vu software with any other software application.

Those who attempt to run BCMS Vu software with any ot h er co-resident application do so at their own risk.

1-8 Operating Environment

Introduction

Administrative Requirements 1

In order to view data on BCMS Vu reports, you must have the login name and password for the DEFINITY system to allow the Server PC to access BCMS data.

Note

For the PC to be able to access BCMS data on the DEFINITY system, the login must have the following permissions:

Display Admin and Maint Data

Chapter 1

System Measurements

Lack of these permissions prevents reports and/or downloads from functioning prope rly.

Do not use the craft login or any service Login ID as the BCMS login.

If you need to create these permissions, contact your DEFINITY system administrator.

Note

For non-EAS installations: If the System Parameters Customer Options Field, bcms loginIDs, is set to “y,” the Feature-related

System Parameters Field, Validate Login IDs, must also be set to “y.”

In this case, if Validate Login IDs is not set to “y,” Agent Reports will not function properl y.

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Introduction

Performance Considerations 1

There are three general criteria you should keep in mind when you use the BCMS Vu software:

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The larger the call center, the more disk space is required to store historical data. For example, a small call center with one trunk group, five VDNs, five splits/skills and ten agents using an interval of a minute will require approximately 57 KB a day; a call center with three trunk groups, ten VDNs, 20 splits/skills and 40 ag ents using an interval of a half-hour requires approximately 400 KB a day. Refer to the formula on page 1-6 for a better method of calculating historical data storage needs.

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The more reports there are running, the slower real-time updates will be.

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Historical downloads take longer at larger call centers.

Note

Each DEFINITY system type has a limit to the number of

simultaneous system management sessions that can be active at

any one time. Each BCMS Vu Server that is currently logged into

the DEFINITY system counts as one session.

Help Escalation 1

If errors occur while you are using BCMS Vu software, take the following steps to resolve the error:

1. Consult on-line help.

2. Refer to the “Troubleshooting” chapter to see if the error is discussed

there.

3. Contact your Lucent Technologies product distributor. In the United States you can also call the Lucent Technologies Call Center Helpline on 1-800-242-2121.

1-10 Performance Considerations

Introduction

Software for Maintenance Contracts 1

In addition to installing BMCS Vu software, you need to install pcANYWHERE software on the same PC as the Server software. The pcANYWHERE software enables Lucent Technologies Services to log into

your PC remotely and perform troubleshooting procedures. Use the installation procedures in the pcANYWHERE documentation to

install your Server PC as a host computer. Lucent Technologies recommends that pcANYWHERE software be opened

only when working with Lucent T echnologies Services personnel, to prevent unauthorized remote access to the BCMS Vu Server PC. Remote access is possible only when pcANYWHERE software is open and set up as a host PC.

Chapter 1

Caution

Because pcANYWHERE software allows a remote PC to access the BCMS Vu Server PC, it is essential that yo u take the following

precautions:

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While installing pcANYWHERE software, do not select the Autoload option. The Autoload option star ts pcANYWHERE each time the computer is turned on.

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Do not start pcANYWHERE software unless you are asked to do so by Lucent Technologies Services, and be sure to close it immediately afterwards.

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If you must leave pcANYWHERE software open at all times for your own purposes, use a password that is not related in any way to the passwords you use to access the DEFINITY system or BCMS. Include characters in the password that are not alphabetic (use numbers, special characters). Do not make this password widely known. Refer to the pcANYWHERE user’s guide for instructions

on establishing passwords.

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1-12 Software for Maintenance Contracts

BCMS Vu Server

Basics

Introduction 2

This chapter describes the main features of BCMS Vu Server software. It includes the following topics:

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What can I do using BCMS Vu Server?

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Starting BCMS Vu Server software.

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Disconnecting BCMS Vu Server from a DEFINITY system.

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Reconnecting BCMS Vu Server to a DEFINITY system.

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Exiting BCMS Vu Server software.

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Understanding the BCMS Vu Server main window.

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Using BCMS Vu Server On-Line Help.

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BCMS Vu

Server Basics

What Can I Do Using

Use BCMS Vu Server to

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Connect to a DEFINITY system

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Disconnect from a DEFINITY system

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Download historical data from a DEFINITY system

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Schedule historical data downloading on a regular basis

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Manage historical data

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Perform maintenance on the database

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View the error log.

BCMS Vu

Server? 2

2-2 What Can I Do Using BCMS Vu Server?

BCMS Vu

Server Basics

Starting

The BCMS Vu installation program creates a menu item on your PC’s

Start/Programs menu. Refer to BCMS Vu R2 Software Installation Guide (585- 217-103) for detailed installation instructions.

Note

BCMS Vu

The following procedure presumes that whoever installed BCMS Vu software on the Server accepted the default program locations. If the installer chose to install the program icons in a different location (folder), you will ha ve to go to that location to start BCMS Vu software using the program icon.

An alternate method of starting BCMS Vu is to use the Find function of Windows to locate the program file for BCMS Vu Server (BCMSVuServer.exe) and select it.

If the hardware key is not attached to the PC before you start BCMS Vu software, the software will be loaded, but the program will run only in simulator mode when you try to start it. To view real-time reports and download historical data from the DEFINITY system, you must attach the hardware key and restart BCMS Vu Server software.

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Help Escalation 1

Software for Maintenance Contracts 1

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