UCentric ZT/SPA - User Manual
- Daniel Harper
- Paul McGuinness
- Sean Millar
- Jim Coble
Overview
The UCentric ZT (Zero Touch) interface is an SPA (Single Page Application) that provides a “Zero Touch” approach to both auditing and provisioning of voice phone systems.
The interface has been deliberately simplified in order to allow it’s use throughout an organisation without any prior training or incumbent knowledge of PABX’s or UC platforms.
Supported Vendor Backups / Provisioning Targets
Supported Vendor Backups for Auditing
A list of all supported vendors can be found here:
Vendor Support and Capabilities | Supported Audit Methods for Voice Audits
Supported Provisioning Targets
A list of all provisioning targets can be found here:
Vendor Support and Capabilities | Direct orchestration
Using UCentric ZT
Logging In
Logging in uses the standard UCentric login credentials, (SSO will be later supported). Each User Login defines the branding and capabilities associated with the user’s organisation(s). This allows us to limit what types of systems can be audited or provisioned to. Once logged in, there are just two options: - “Auditing” or “Provisioning”.
Note, depending on the login profile options selected in the main web interface, only “Auditing” may be shown.
Auditing
To audit any (compatible) PABX/UC platform, you simply drop the standard PABX/UC vendor backup on the page. The system will analyse the file and determine the PABX/UC platform automatically. For info on what PABXs are supported please refer to the ‘UCentric Voice Audit and Migration Capabilities’ document.
Once you have dropped in the file you wish to Audit select the PABX type (depending on the audit type this may be automatically detected/selected for you). You will also be given options that relate to the login profile that is set.
This will be either “Email” or “Direct Download”
Note: When dropping a file onto the portal, ensure that it is not open in another application (e.g. Excel) otherwise it may not upload.
Direct Download
If using the direct download option, you will see a window similar to the one below. Here you can choose a name for the site or PBX being audited and may also have an additional field for sales order, customer reference or other data which is customisable in the login profile.
Click “Create migration plan” to begin the audit.
You can also blend additional files at this point such as CDR, Voicemail DDI ranges, and Active Directory extracts. This will include information for this against users/devices in the Migration Plan/LLD.
Please refer to the Data Blending section for more information and guides on carrying this out.
The audit window will show you the processing of data which will usually take less than a minute but may take up to 5
Once complete you can select the HLD or LLD reports to download. The report templates set by default or the LLD formats you have available will be chosen by the settings in the login profile.
Multiple LLD templates are available and can be selected if they are set in the login profile.
The report downloads the same files (in real-time) as would be delivered by email, including any branding or output format that has been selected within the login profile.
If using the “Email” option within the login profile, you will see a window similar to the one below. Here you can choose a name for the site or PBX being audited as well as the email address to send the reports to.
Click “Create migration plan” to begin the audit.
You can also blend additional files at this point such as CDR, Voicemail DDI ranges, and Active Directory extracts. This will include information for this against users/devices in the Migration Plan/LLD.
Please refer to the Data Blending section for more information and guides on carrying this out.
When using the email option, you will see a confirmation of the audit being run as shown below. You will not see the live processing status like when using the Direct Download option
Reports should be sent to the previously inserted email address(es) within an hour. You will receive two separate Emails, one containing a HLD (High Level Document) and another containing an LLD (Bulk Loader/Migration plan). These documents will be branded based on the logged-in user’s profile.
Provisioning
To provision, simply click on the Provisioning tab, select the target vendor and drop a standard LLD Excel Spreadsheet onto the form.
The options available will change depending on the target vendor. For example, WebEx by Cisco/WebEx Calling provisioning requires you to authenticate with WebEx prior to the provision.
Permission is also required from the vendor for some solutions therefore please contact us for further information and we can assist.
NOTE: When dropping the Excel LLD file onto the portal, ensure that you do not have it open in Excel otherwise it will not upload.
Advanced Options (Data Blending)
Data blending is the process of adding additional files to a PBX audit to augment it and add information from other systems such as Active Directory, Voicemail or call data (CDR).
To add files for blending, you can select the “Advanced options” section within the ZT Portal which will provide the options shown below.
Click the File upload icon in order to begin uploading additional files.
Additional files can then be dropped into this window once you have selected the relevant file from the drop down, once selected and you have added the file, click “Add” to add it to the audit.
Supported formats
All additional files for blending are required to be in CSV format. We can also provide example files for you to compare/check against if required.
The format for each supported filetype is shown in the sections below, please ensure “Default Field Mappings” match the column names in your csv files.
Type | Typical export from | Default Field mappings | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
Active Directory | Microsoft AD | Telephonenumber/Phone | Looks for Line1DN to patch telephonenumber/phone, if no match, attempts to match on name. Will map all appropriate fields if it finds a match. |
DDI | This is generated by us/you on a per-customer basis | EXTNPATTERN | This is used to bulk-map DDI and override locations if needed.
In this example, any extension in the form 420xxx will be given an appropriate line1DDI number, and the regionName will be overrriden to "Amsterdam" - The RegionId of -1 means "match all locations to find this number in the list" The example 567x will only be overridden if the existing location (regionID /regionName ) matches. Note: The number of underscores must be the same in the suffix of the 1st two columns for this to work |
Devices | Generated by you/us if needed | userId | Used primarily for Broadworks exports where device information isn't in the backup; |
Network | Edge switches | Number | Will try to match on Number, IP or MAC. If found, will set LANSwitch, LANPort and LANLastSeen values |
Recorder | NICE NTR | Primary Extension Name | If the "Primary Extension Name" matches Line1DN, then the callRecordingMode column is set to "Yes" |
Voicemail | Unity | FirstName | Will persVoicemail voicemail if found, or groupVoicemail if set |
CDR | Cisco CUCM |
| UCentric ZT/SPA - User Manual | Adding CDR to Cisco BATs audit |
Vendor Specific Blending
Some vendors have their own formats for files that can be extracted when collecting a backup from a PBX, guides for blending these specific files are shown in this section.
Adding CDR to Cisco BATs audit
CDR files can also be added to the backup that is being imported into UCentric. The guide below explains how to do this for Cisco CUCM BATS files and CDR extracts.
UCentric ZT/SPA - User Manual | Adding CDR to Cisco BATs audit
Ensure that the CDR file (NOT CMR) is in CSV format and the filename suffix is .cdr.txt
Create a new ZIP files (NOT tar, 7zip or tgz)
Add the .tar/.tgz BATS backup and the CDR file to the new ZIP file. Ensure it looks like the below and is not in a sub folder within the ZIP file.
Use the ZIP file instead of the tar/tgz for the audit following the UCentric ZT/SPA - User Manual | Auditing section of this guide to process the audit and generate reports. Any HLD or LLD you generate will now include the CDR that you processed in this audit.
Overiding settings for special edge-cases
For some decoders (e.g. Cisco CUCM) there are specific edge-case situations that are catered for with options that appear in the Advanced Options.
These options only appear if applicable.
Cisco CUCM
The two options available for Cisco CUCM/HCS are “Allow Duplicate DNs” and “Check End-Users first”
Allow Duplicate DNs: Cisco allows the same DN (Directory Number) to appear on multiple devices and profiles. Generally UCentric will ignore repeated devices or profiles and only allow one of each. This option allows multiples to appear. They will however be seperated and placed on the “Duplicates” tab of the LLD spreadsheet.
Check End-Users first: The normal order of scanning is devices, profiles, end-users, with the creation of a DN as a device / profile actioned in this order. The end-users is then applied to the list (device profiles first). Selecting this option forces the logic to end-users, devices, profiles instead.