If enabled the PBX generates Call Detail Records (CDR) for each call and each object, which means if a call is made from one user to another a CDR for an outgoing call is generated at the first user object and a CDR for an incoming call is generated at the other user object. The CDRs are generated at the end of the call and sent via the CDR0 and CDR1 interfaces. For a discussion of the delivery mechanisms, see the respective chapters in the
Each CDR uses the top-level tag <cdr>. The following attributes are used with this tag:
guid | The GUID identifying the object this call belongs to. |
sys | The system name (Gatekeeper Identifier) of the PBX |
pbx | The PBX this CDR was generated on |
node | The Node of the object for which this CDR was generated |
cn | The cn (Long Name) of the object |
e164 | The normalized Number of the object. This number includes the node prefixes if the object is not defined in the root node. |
h323 | The H.323 Id (Name) of the object |
device | The device (if applicable) which was used for this call |
dir |
Indicates the direction of the call.
|
utc | The time when this call was started as UTC time. This is an integer with the standard ctime semantic. |
local | The local time the call was started. |
id | A unique GUID identifying this CDR |
For each state a call goes thru a tag <event> is added to the CDR. The following attributes are used with this tag:
msg | A string identifying the message which caused the state change of the call |
time | The uptime of the gateway in seconds |
type | The Type of the other party of the call if available. A value of 'ext' indicates an external party. |
e164 | The number of the other party of the call if available. This number is a number as it can be dialed from this endpoint to call the other endpoint. This means it will include prefixes only if the other party is in a different node and it will include escapes if necessary. |
root | The number of the other party relative to the numbering root, if available. |
h323 | The H.323 Id (Name) of the other party of the call if available |
conf | A GUID identifying the call (conferenceID). This GUID can be used to associated CDRs from outgoing calls to the CDRs of incoming calls even across different PBXs. The first event within a CDR always contains this attribute. The conferenceID may change during a call (e.g. because of a call transfer). In this case another conf attribute is present containing the new conferenceID. |
cause | The cause code used when the call was cleared. The value is defined in Q.931. Common values are 16 - Normal Clearing, 17 - User Busy, 18 - No response. |
Used as tag inside <event>. This is used to indicate that by the operation indicated by the message (transfer, call forward) the party to which this user is connected to will change.
Indicates the endpoint to which the call is actually connected on this endpoint. This is mainly used on trunk objects, in the <cdr> tag itself only the number is indicated which was already dialed when the call is sent out to the trunk. With overlap sending more digits may be sent. In alert-from, conn-from, rel-to and rel-from the final number sent is indicated.
Indicate preceding call forward (cf) or transfer (ct) endpoints. The attributes e164, h323 and dn can be present.
Indicates that an application initiated this call e.g. using the SOAP API. The attribute appl contains the name of the application.
The tag <cdr> may contain a tag <user> for additional information about the object:
pseudo="executive"
may be classified as as user-type object
Following Object Types could appear in the CDR records:
executive | Executive |
trunk | Trunk Line |
waiting | Waiting Queue |
gw | Gateway |
vm | Voicemail |
broadcast | Call Broadcast |
bc_conf | Bc Conference |
mobility | Mobility |
map | Number Map |
loc | PBX |
conference | Conference |
dtmf-ctrl | DTMF Features |
dirsearch | Directory Search |
multicast | MCast Announce |
qdial | Quick dial |
setup-from | A call originating from the object was initiated |
setup-to | A call to the object was initiated |
alert-from | The endpoint for this object is alerting |
alert-to | The other party is alerting |
conn-from | The endpoint for this object has connected the call |
conn-to | The other party has connected the call |
rel-from | The endpoint for this object has released the call |
rel-to | The other party has released the call |
transfer-from | The endpoint for this call has transfered the call. |
transfer-to | The other party has transfered the call. |
transferred | Another call on the same object (user) has been transferred with this call. A transfer-from will be shown on this other call. The call itself will disappear from the phone as a result of the transfer. |
transfer-remote | The call was transferred outside the PBX. |
cf-from | The endpoint for this object has forwarded the call. |
cf-to | The other party has forwarded the call. |
connected | Added after a transfer, if the other call leg was already connected. |
To generate billing information for a given user (object), the outgoing calls the user is responsible for must be filtered, the destination to which the user is to be billed must be found and the connected time for these calls must be calculated. All this information can be obtained from the CDRs generated for the given user.
Object A CDR
<cdr guid="e78cb2b8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="a" cn="A" e164="100" h323="a" dir="from" utc="1272551262" local="1272558462">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-from" time="0" conf="e89277f0e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-to" time="1" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="conn-to" time="2" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="4" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object B CDR
<cdr guid="9362bef8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="b" cn="B" e164="101" h323="b" dir="to" utc="1272551263" local="1272558463">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="0" e164="100" h323="a" conf="e89277f0e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-from" time="0" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="conn-from" time="1" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="rel-from" time="3" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object A CDR
<cdr guid="e78cb2b8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="a" cn="A" e164="100" h323="a" dir="from" utc="1272551788" local="1272558988">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-from" time="0" conf="dd95b681e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="cf-to" time="1" e164="101">
<to e164="102"/>
</event>
<event msg="alert-to" time="1" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="conn-to" time="3" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="5" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object B CDR
<cdr guid="9362bef8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" cn="B" e164="101" h323="b" dir="cf" utc="1272551789" local="1272558989">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="1" e164="100" h323="a" conf="dd95b681e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="cf-from" time="1" e164="101">
<to e164="102"/>
</event>
<event msg="alert-to" time="1" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="conn-to" time="3" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="5" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object C CDR
<cdr guid="8f47c0cfe909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="c" cn="C" e164="102" h323="c" dir="to" utc="1272551789" local="1272558989">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="0" e164="100" h323="a" conf="dd95b681e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-from" time="0" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="conn-from" time="2" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="rel-from" time="4" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object A CDR
<cdr guid="e78cb2b8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="a" cn="A" e164="100" h323="a" dir="from" utc="1272552609" local="1272559809">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-from" time="0" conf="f5092783e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-to" time="1" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="cf-to" time="5" e164="101" h323="b">
<to e164="102"/>
</event>
<event msg="conn-to" time="8" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="9" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object B CDR
<cdr guid="9362bef8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="b" cn="B" e164="101" h323="b" dir="to" utc="1272552610" local="1272559810">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="0" e164="100" h323="a" conf="f5092783e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-from" time="0" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="4" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
<cdr guid="9362bef8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" cn="B" e164="101" h323="b" dir="cf" utc="1272552614" local="1272559814">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="5" e164="100" h323="a" conf="f5092783e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="cf-from" time="5" e164="101" h323="b">
<to e164="102"/>
</event><event msg="conn-to" time="8" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="9" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object C CDR
<cdr guid="8f47c0cfe909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="c" cn="C" e164="102" h323="c" dir="to" utc="1272552614" local="1272559814">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="0" e164="100" h323="a" conf="f5092783e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-from" time="0" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="conn-from" time="3" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="rel-from" time="4" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object A CDR
<cdr guid="e78cb2b8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="a" cn="A" e164="100" h323="a" dir="from" utc="1272607911" local="1272615111">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-from" time="0" conf="9b24bc13e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-to" time="1" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="conn-to" time="3" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="transfer-to" time="7" e164="101" h323="b">
<to e164="102"/>
</event><event msg="conn-to" time="9" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="10" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object B CDR
<cdr guid="9362bef8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="b" cn="B" e164="101" h323="b" dir="to" utc="1272607912" local="1272615112">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="0" e164="100" h323="a" conf="9b24bc13e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-from" time="0" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="conn-from" time="2" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="6" cause="26"/>
</cdr>
<cdr guid="9362bef8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" cn="B" e164="101" h323="b" dir="ct" utc="1272607918" local="1272615118">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="7" e164="100" h323="a" conf="9b24bc13e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="transfer-from" time="7" e164="101" h323="b">
<to e164="102" h323="c"/>
</event>
<event msg="conn-to" time="9" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="10" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object C CDR
<cdr guid="8f47c0cfe909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="c" cn="C" e164="102" h323="c" dir="to" utc="1272607918" local="1272615118">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="0" e164="100" h323="a" conf="9b24bc13e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-from" time="0" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="conn-from" time="2" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="rel-from" time="3" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object A CDR
<cdr guid="e78cb2b8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="a" cn="A" e164="100" h323="a" dir="from" utc="1272609642" local="1272616842">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-from" time="0" conf="18dbf93fe909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-to" time="2" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="conn-to" time="4" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="transfer-to" time="9" e164="101" h323="b">
<to e164="102" h323="c"/>
</event><event msg="conn-to" time="11" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="14" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object B CDR
<cdr guid="9362bef8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="b" cn="B" e164="101" h323="b" dir="to" utc="1272609644" local="1272616844">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="0" e164="100" h323="a" conf="18dbf93fe909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-from" time="0" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="conn-from" time="2" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="7" cause="26"/>
</cdr>
<cdr guid="9362bef8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="b" cn="B" e164="101" h323="b" dir="from" utc="1272609647" local="1272616847">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-from" time="0" conf="75762ef4e909d311aff8009033102603"/>
<event msg="alert-to" time="2" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="transfer-from" time="4" e164="102" h323="c" conf="18dbf93fe909d31192e80090331032dd">
<to e164="100" h323="a"/>
</event>
<event msg="conn-to" time="11" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="14" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object C CDR
<cdr guid="8f47c0cfe909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="c" cn="C" e164="102" h323="c" dir="to" utc="1272609649" local="1272616849">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="0" e164="101" h323="b" conf="75762ef4e909d311aff8009033102603"/>
<event msg="alert-from" time="0" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="transfer-to" time="2" e164="101" h323="b" conf="18dbf93fe909d31192e80090331032dd">
<to e164="100" h323="a"/>
</event><event msg="conn-from" time="4" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="rel-from" time="7" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object A CDR
<cdr guid="e78cb2b8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="a" cn="A" e164="100" h323="a" dir="from" utc="1272613531" local="1272620731">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-from" time="0" conf="1827b3c7e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-to" time="1" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="conn-to" time="3" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="transfer-to" time="10" e164="101" h323="b">
<to e164="102" h323="c"/>
</event>
<event msg="connected" time="10" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="12" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object B CDR
<cdr guid="9362bef8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="b" cn="B" e164="101" h323="b" dir="to" utc="1272613532" local="1272620732">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="0" e164="100" h323="a" conf="1827b3c7e909d31192e80090331032dd"/>
<event msg="alert-from" time="0" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="conn-from" time="2" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="transfer-from" time="9" e164="100" h323="a">
<to e164="102" h323="c"/>
</event><event msg="connected" time="10" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="rel-to" time="12" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
<cdr guid="9362bef8e909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="b" cn="B" e164="101" h323="b" dir="from" utc="1272613535" local="1272620735">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-from" time="0" conf="8fc0cfc0e909d311b722009033102603"/>
<event msg="alert-to" time="2" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="conn-to" time="4" e164="102" h323="c"/>
<event msg="transfer-from" time="6" e164="102" h323="c" conf="1827b3c7e909d31192e80090331032dd">
<to e164="100" h323="a"/>
</event>
<event msg="connected" time="4" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="rel-from" time="6" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
Object C CDR
<cdr guid="8f47c0cfe909d31188ce0090330602e8" sys="PBX" pbx="." node="root" device="c" cn="C" e164="102" h323="c" dir="to" utc="1272613537" local="1272620737">
<user/>
<event msg="setup-to" time="0" e164="101" h323="b" conf="8fc0cfc0e909d311b722009033102603"/>
<event msg="alert-from" time="0" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="conn-from" time="2" e164="101" h323="b"/>
<event msg="transfer-to" time="4" e164="101" h323="b" conf="1827b3c7e909d31192e80090331032dd">
<to e164="100" h323="a"/>
</event>
<event msg="connected" time="4" e164="100" h323="a"/>
<event msg="rel-from" time="6" cause="0"/>
</cdr>
CDRs are sent through the CDR0/1 interfaces which have an internal buffering capacity of 300kB (see Can CDRs get lost?). PBX CDRs can get quite large (the sample " A(100) calls B(101) transfer with consultation to C(102)" above is about 0.8kB) though.
The CDRs created by the PBX can be displayed for test-purposes in a Web-Browser. In this case the CDR0/1 - Interface must not be configured, the CDR-Generation must be enabled. This test-mode can be enabled by:
http://x.x.x.x/!config change CDR0 /test-cdr http://x.x.x.x/!config activate
After making the desired call, the CDR0-buffer can be displayed using the URL:
http://x.x.x.x/CDR0/mod_cmd.xml?cmd=test-cdr
Please note that this test-mode must not be used in production environments, only in test systems.