Burst Billing Report

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Last updated: May 29, 2022
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Burst Billing Report

Available in opReports 3.5.2 and newer (not yet in opReports 4).

This report displays 95th percentile InDataVolume and OutDataVolume in Mbps for node interfaces specified in a Burst Billing Customer List File.
This report requires input from a Burst Billing Customer List.

This report is not available from opReports GUI → Views → On-Demand Reports → Create New Report.

opCommon Configuration settings

/path/to/omkj/conf/opCommon.nmis has the following specific configuration settings for this report:

/path/to/omk/conf/opCommon.nmis
'opreports' =>
{
  ...
  'burst_billing_IDUniqueTransactionDateTime_format' => '',
  'burst_billing_IDUniqueTransactionLineNumber_format' => '',
  'burst_billing_csv_display_heading_row' => 1,
  ...
}

Examples of Use:

To get the Burst Billing Report to generate the column IDUniqueTransaction in a different format
once this version of opReports is installed,
the following customisation can be made to the configuration file /path/to/omk/conf/opCommon.nmis:

  • Execute these one-line commands:

    sudo /usr/local/omk/bin/patch_config.exe -b /usr/local/omk/conf/opCommon.nmis /opreports/burst_billing_IDUniqueTransactionDateTime_format='NMIS_%Y%m%d%H_'
sudo /usr/local/omk/bin/patch_config.exe /usr/local/omk/conf/opCommon.nmis /opreports/burst_billing_IDUniqueTransactionLineNumber_format='%.4d'


To get the Burst Billing Report not to write headings to the first row of the csv file output for the report:

  • execute this one-line command:

    sudo /usr/local/omk/bin/patch_config.exe /usr/local/omk/conf/opCommon.nmis /opreports/burst_billing_csv_display_heading_row=0


Layout Customisation

The layout of this report can be customised from opReports GUI → Views → Report Schedules → Create New → Report → Type=Burst Billing Report → Layout tab:


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