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Asterisk billing support - Call Detail Records
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Asterisk generates Call Detail Records in a database or in a comma
separated text file.
* cdr_csv supports comma separated text file storage, this is the
default driver
* cdr_manager supports CDR information via the AMI, The Asterisk Manager
interface
* cdr_odbc supports UnixODBC databases, see http://www.unixodbc.org
for an updated list of supported databases, from MySQL to MsSQL
and text files.
* cdr_tds supports FreeTDS databases (Among them MS SQL)
NOTE: Please read doc/freetds.txt for information on possible
problems with the FreeTDS driver
* cdr_sqlite supports SQlite
* cdr_pgsql supports PostgreSQL
In the asterisk-addons subversion repository, there's a cdr_mysql driver for
MySQL.
Applications
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* SetAccount Set account code for billing
* SetAMAFlags Sets AMA flags
* NoCDR Make sure no CDR is saved for a specific call
* ResetCDR Reset CDR
* ForkCDR Save current CDR and start a new CDR for this call
* Authenticate Authenticates and sets the account code
* SetCDRUserField Set CDR user field
* AppendCDRUserField Append data to CDR User field
For more information, use the "show application" command.
You can set default account codes and AMA flags for devices in
channel configuration files, like sip.conf, iax.conf etc.
Fields of the CDR in Asterisk
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1. accountcode: What account number to use, (string, 20 characters)
2. src: Caller*ID number (string, 80 characters)
3. dst: Destination extension (string, 80 characters)
4. dcontext: Destination context (string, 80 characters)
5. clid: Caller*ID with text (80 characters)
6. channel: Channel used (80 characters)
7. dstchannel: Destination channel if appropriate (80 characters)
8. lastapp: Last application if appropriate (80 characters)
9. lastdata: Last application data (arguments) (80 characters)
10. start: Start of call (date/time)
11. answer: Answer of call (date/time)
12. end: End of call (date/time)
13. duration: Total time in system, in seconds (integer), from dial to hangup
14. billsec: Total time call is up, in seconds (integer), from answer to hangup
15. disposition: What happened to the call: ANSWERED, NO ANSWER, BUSY
16. amaflags: What flags to use: DOCUMENTATION, BILL, IGNORE etc,
specified on a per channel basis like accountcode.
17. user field: A user-defined field, maximum 255 characters
In some cases, uniqueid is appended:
* uniqueid: Unique Channel Identifier (32 characters)
This needs to be enabled in the source code at compile time
ONE IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are trying to collect records on IAX to IAX calls
you need to be aware that by default, IAX will attempt to transfer calls
in this situation (if DTMF is not required). When the transfer is completed
the call is dumped from the middle machine and thus the call detail records
will report a short call time. If you want detailed records you must
turn off IAX transfer, but unless your servers are very close together, you
will definitely get a latency hit from doing so.
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CDR Variables
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If the channel has a cdr, that cdr record has its own set of variables which
can be accessed just like channel variables. The following builtin variables
are available.
${CDR(clid)} Caller ID
${CDR(src)} Source
${CDR(dst)} Destination
${CDR(dcontext)} Destination context
${CDR(channel)} Channel name
${CDR(dstchannel)} Destination channel
${CDR(lastapp)} Last app executed
${CDR(lastdata)} Last app's arguments
${CDR(start)} Time the call started.
${CDR(answer)} Time the call was answered.
${CDR(end)} Time the call ended.
${CDR(duration)} Duration of the call.
${CDR(billsec)} Duration of the call once it was answered.
${CDR(disposition)} ANSWERED, NO ANSWER, BUSY
${CDR(amaflags)} DOCUMENTATION, BILL, IGNORE etc
${CDR(accountcode)} The channel's account code.
${CDR(uniqueid)} The channel's unique id.
${CDR(userfield)} The channels uses specified field.
In addition, you can set your own extra variables by using Set(CDR(name)=value).
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cdr_csv2
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This module is an experimental new cdr module to demonstrate the cdr vars.
usage(
*) Create a file called cdr.conf and place it in your /etc/asterisk (or wherever your config files are) in the [cdr_csv2] section.
*) Add an entry called format to indicate any format you want for the output.
The following format string will emulate the regular cdr file format:
[cdr_csv2]
format => "${CDR(clid)}","${CDR(src)}","${CDR(dst)}","${CDR(dcontext)}","${CDR(channel)}","${CDR(dstchannel)}","${CDR(lastapp)}","${CDR(lastdata)}","${CDR(start)}","${CDR(answer)}","${CDR(end)}","${CDR(duration)}","${CDR(billsec)}","${CDR(disposition)}","${CDR(amaflags)}","${CDR(accountcode)}","${CDR(uniqueid)}","${CDR(userfield)}"
You can put anything you want as the value of format incuding new cdr vars you make up or any global variables.