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NetAct Reporter Introduction

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Module Objectives
List the common and optional functionalities of NetAct Reporter Explain the main purpose of the reporting tools Report Browser, KPI Browser and Report Builder Explain the properties and differences between Report Sets and Reporting Suites Explain the main purpose of the reporting tools and describe their main windows

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NetAct Reporter Introduction

Modules Nokia NetAct Reporter Overview Measurement Data Management Nokia NetAct Reporter tools Nokia NetAct Reporter interfaces Report Content

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PM Data flow and handling

Regional Cluster
UNIX Server Citrix Client or IE: Reporter

Nokia NetAct PM Database

Tools for Reporting Report Builder Report Browser KPI Browser Optional tools Tools for PM Administration Administration of Measurements

Measurement Files

Local applications
Local NE PM database
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Functionality of Nokia NetAct Reporter

NetAct Reporter functionality is divided into common and optional modules. NetAct Regional Reporter Common
Measurement administration tool Raw measurement collection Database and database scheme for raw PM data Web-based reporting tools Report sets for different network technologies

NetAct Regional Reporter Optional

Scheduled Reports Reporting Suites, NDBrowser An open interfaces for exporting data to other systems

NetAct Global Reporter Common

Data collection from Regional PM database Global PM database for storing measurement data for long-term storage Data summarisations Web-based reporting tools

NetAct Global Reporter Optional

Scheduled Reports Scripting Toolkit TRX Data Module Raw data module Reporting Suites Customer specific modules

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PM Data flow and handling

Regional Cluster
UNIX Server Citrix Client or IE: Reporter

Nokia NetAct PM Database

Tools for Reporting Report Builder Report Browser KPI Browser Optional tools Tools for PM Administration Administration of Measurements

You You are are here here

Measurement Files

Local applications
Local NE PM database
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Administration of Measurements
To start Administration of Measurement Application, start it from Application Manager. Or start it from TUI, click Util Performance Mgmt AoM

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Administration of Measurements
Start and stop measurements as a one single operation to several network elements by using Measurement Plans Measurement Plan can be activated to several network elements at the same time A subset of counters can be selected for each measurement type Schedule include specifying period and interval for each weekday Independent period definition per measurement and NE is possible part of Reporter Common Functionality, available for regional cluster

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How to administrate measurements in various Nokia elements?

OSS Version Nokia NE BSC 2G-SGSN RNC*** 3G-SGSN, GGSN and other IPSO based PaCo elements AXC IMR, CPS MGW GUI GUI MML MML MML MML GUI* GUI** MML MML MML GUI GUI MML MML MML GUI GUI GUI GUI GGN4 MML MML GUI IMM1 1Q/05 MML GUI GUI GUI GUI GUI GUI GUI SGN3 GUI GUI GUI U3 T12 OSS3.0 OSS3.1 OSS3.1 ED1 OSS3.1 ED2 OSS3.1 ED3 OSS4

* Only S9 level measurements ** Only SG1 level measurements *** RNC NEMU offers some possibilities to measurement administration

Following table gives an example what tools to use to start and stop measurements in different Nokia elements now and in the future
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Data summarisation why/how is it done?

Raw data isnt normally stored for more than a couple of weeks Reporting on raw data can be very slow, depending on the report (e.g. 1-year-PLMN) Data mostly summarised in time and network dimension Reporter stores summaries on the plain network element counters, enabling very flexible KPI management Storage periods of summarised data is configurable to measurement level optimising storage capacity Busy hour summarisations based upon certain defined busy-hour criteria Further summarisations e.g. monthly level, quarterly, region-based are also possible

Time Summarisation

bsc_i_drop_in

hourly daily daily busy hour weekly weekly busy hour

raw
Wcell counters Wcell counters Wcell counters Wcell counters

Object summarisation

RNC value RNC value

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PM Data flow and handling

Regional Cluster
UNIX Server Citrix Client or IE: Reporter

Nokia NetAct PM Database

Tools for Reporting Report Builder Report Browser KPI Browser Optional tools

You You are are here here

Tools for PM Administration Administration of Measurements

Measurement Files

Local NE PM database
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NE NE (BSC) (BSC)

Local applications

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NetAct Reporter - Reporting applications

Access reports and KPIs through centralised reporting portal Nokia pre-defined and customers own KPIs Advanced reports Easy to access reports

KPI Browser
Starting further analysis based on selected report by navigation to KPI Browser

Report Browser

Flexible Scripting Toolkit (optional)

-Web Scripting Platform

Define your own KPIs and reports

Report Builder

Same tools as regional (NetAct) and global level Both GUI based and scripting applications available Experience in integrating commonly used 3rd party reporting tools e.g. Business Objects
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Centralised reporting portal used to access all reporting content

Report Browser
Drilling capabilities to further analyse ready-made reports

Only reports meant for user are visible Entirely web-based tool eliminating unnecessary maintenance of client PCs

Nokia ready-made reports accessible through Report Browser

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Web based just click once Browse through the ready-made reports Navigation capabilities (drilling) For: Management Level O&M Planning

Administration through ReportBuilder

KPI Browser
Enables end users to quickly browse the existing data in the databases

For troubleshooting, root cause analysis or just quick checks of network elements behaviour

Provides ad-hoc reporting capabilities with access to performance data at counter and KPI level

Sophisticated multi-dimension data mining capabilities (time, network and measurement specific e.g. circuit group) KPIs that have been created with Report Builder are also visible in KPI Browser

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Enables end users to quickly browse the existing data in the databases For troubleshooting, root cause analysis or just quick checks of network elements behaviour Possible to drill down from larger areas or longer time periods to ad-hoc information on badly performing cells. KPIs that have been created with Report Builder are also visible in KPI Browser

Easy to use wizards for report and KPI creation

Report Builder
Free combination of different object levels and different vendors equipment in same report

Utilises OLAP engine to ensure optimised use of available data

Flexible visualisation options

Advanced user management making only those reports available to relevant user groups

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For ad-hoc and predefined reports Contains wizard for report and KPI creation Different object levels and different vendors network elements can be freely combined into the same report Flexible presentation options make the reports easy to read Reports can be saved and reused for recurrent reporting needs

Scheduled Reports
Improved effectiveness of regular reporting tasks Report generation can be scheduled to a specified time, to be available when needed Automated E-mail distribution Distributes reporting load more evenly

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NetAct Interfaces
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Interfaces & Standards

All relevant interfaces and standards are supported Support extended with the emerge of new network technologies

SNMP

XML

CORBA

Streams (ASCII)

Q3

All Network Technologies, 2G, GPRS, 3G, IP, ... can be integrated to NetAct

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NetAct supports Open & standard compliant interfaces which are following selected standards and specifications published by major standardization bodies and industry forums. Nokia currently sees the 3G Partnership Program (3GPP) as the most relevant industry forum for its technology domain in mobile networks. Therefore, the relevant specifications of the 3GPP Release 4 CORBA solution set have been selected as the basis for the standard compliant Nokia NetAct open interfaces. In addition, the OSS through Java (OSS/J) initiative is seen as an important forum since Nokia believes, that the results produced by this forum will greatly increase the Next Generation OSS (NG-OSS) concept launched by TMF. While 3GPP will help in creating the technology domain, specific and standardized south- and northbound interfaces, the OSS/J initiative with the NG-OSS framework will help in formulating standardized interfacing policies to other directions and systems. The operator processes of service assurance (fault & performance monitoring and reporting) and network development (radio configuration management) are within the functional focus of these interfaces. A standard compliant interface is preferably used to integrate 3rd party 2G and 3G mobile systems into NetAct.

NetAct interfaces for Performance data

NetAct
OSS Database

PM Core PM Core

UMA General PM Data Collection

XML XML

Q3 PM Data Flow Q3 PM Data Flow Packet Core PM Data Collection SNMP Interface
SNMP
SNMP Trap

NWI3 PM Data Collection

FTP
XML Q3

CMIP

SNMP NEs PaCo, 3G SGSN

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3G NEs RNC, MGW

2G NEs 2G NEs BSC, MSC, HLR, 2G SGSN

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PM dataflow can be examined: In/from a NE to network The event itself Notification service(s) Transfer processes (protocols) From network to NetAct applications/system components PIs/KPIs XML-files /OMeS files Measurement handling processes Tracing and logging From NetAct SC's/SSs to database Measurement handling processes Tracing and logging Database tables (and tablespaces) From a NetAct Regional Cluster to the Global Cluster Measurement forwarding processes Tracing and logging Database tables (and tablespaces) UMA is responsible for collecting data from the network The extracted data is parsed, optionally filtered and then inserted in the regional PM database Some of the data can be transferred to the global PM database to be used in network-wide reporting

Reporter interfaces with other NetAct tools

Long term SLA collection

Nokia NetAct Reporter

Send data needed by the algorithms

SQM
Provide KPIs and long-term data

Optimizer
Collect optimization measurements (planned)

Collect Alarm Statistics

Long term Traffica data send supervision alarms

Web GUI integration (planned)

Provide PM data

Collect Configuration Parameters

Monitor Traffica
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Configurator

SLA = Service Level Agreement

Multi vendor integration

Possibility to integrate multi vendor performance data into the Regional / Global PM database Global PM database gathers network data from multiple regional clusters and third party systems (optionally via Mediation Device) Multi vendor reports are created seamlessly with Nokia reporting tools
Multi vendor sources
DB

Mediation Device
DB

Nokia Global Reporter

DB

pre-processing

insertion DB

DB

DB
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Nokia regional clusters

Measurement Forwarding Architecture

2G BSS 2G/3G NSS 2G IN Fixed Network Nokia NetActTM 3G RAN Packet Core 3G Core Network

Measurement results from network elements are forwarded to NetAct PM databases and External Interfaces Data formats for raw measurement forwarding are: ASCII based format used in PM ASCII Interface features Advanced XML (OMeS2, Open Measurement Standard rel. 2) for all network element integrations in Measurement Data Export

PM DB

MF

MF

PM DB

Files in current ASCII format

Files in OMeS format

External System

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Measurement Data Export Functionality

After the measurement data collection processes in UMA have transferred the data files to NetAct, The measurement data is parsed and optionally filtered. Filtering is based on measurement types, for example. The parsed and filtered data is sent to the Measurement Data Export. The export functionality writes the data into a specified directory, where it can be used by 3rd party applications or network management systems. The data cleanup process deletes the old files from the directory after a set storing time or based on disk usage.

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Distributing in Nokia NetAct Reporter

The customer can create user groups in Reporter For each group, needs and access rights are specified Report Distribution from Nokia NetAct Reporter is designed to give right reports to the right person people not overloaded with unrelevant information to schedule automatic generation of reports

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Nokia Report Sets

Nokia ready-made Report Sets are intended for all groups in the organisation Available ready-made reports sets are excellent basis for own customer report elaboration Basic Report Sets available for regional NetAct
Report Set for 2G
BSS, BSS

NSS reports GPRS, 2G SGSN, PaCo, CG, GGSN reports PaCo

Report Set for GPRS Report Set for 3G

RAN, 3G

SGSN

Report Set for IN Report Set for PoC Report Set for IMS Report Set for FM
Both MSC,

2G and 3G elements HLR, BSC

Report Set for 2G Observations

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Network Doctor (Optional)

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Network Doctor Browser

Nokia Reporter tools produce short and long term reports targeted at all user profiles ND Browser has been designed specifically or users who are maintaining networks ND Browser provides easy to update reports over a web user interface in text form Access to ND Browser is restricted to the users that belong to the "ReportBuilder" group Network Doctor for BSS in UNIX continues as it is, user can decide whether to use ND Browser Web GUI or the old way ND for NSS is removed in OSS3.1
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Network Doctor for BSS still works in UNIX without ND Browser, and has more reports than are available via ND Browser. ND Browser is only a web UI and does not work without Network Doctor for BSS (which is optional)

Network Doctor: Starting & Login

1.Open ND Browser 2. Enter username & password

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Network Doctor Browser

Web front-end to the "Network Doctor" SQL scripts Available for Regional Cluster (optional) Completes the terminal based Network Doctorscript with a graphical user interface

OSS_CD_0223 OSS_CD_0254

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Network Doctor: Report & Object Selection

1.Report Selection 2. Selected Report 3. Click Objects-tab 4. Available Objects 5. Selected Object 6. Click Time-tab
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Reports tab The reports tab includes the report selection in a navigation tree. A tree consists of several nodes which can be expanded or collapsed Objects tab The Objects tab includes the network object selection in a selection list. Here, each selection represents a network object

Network Doctor: Time Period Selection

7.Time Period appears 8a. Selected Absolute From... Until... OR 8b. Select Relative Length End point 9. Click Options

7 9 8a 8b

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Time tab The Time tab is divided into: Time granularity Time period Time granularity This section includes an option list where you can choose time granularity. In the time granularities option list there is a BH (Busy Hour) check box. Click this box if you want the busy hour values to be used for your report. Time period For the time period option you can choose either an Absolute or Relative period of time.

Network Doctor: Option Selection & Update

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10. Give Inputs 11. Click Update 12. Report Appears 13. Click Help

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Network Doctor: Help

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Network Data Warehouse

Different reports for different processes

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Network Data Warehouse

Default reports

Default reports are created on regular basis. Default reports on HTML pages are published automatically by the system every day. Default reports are platform independent accessible with a web browser.

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Reporting Suites (Optional)

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Reporting Suites (Optional)

Optional packages available for most NW technologies excluding BSS NSS PaCo 2G SGSN 3G SGSN RAN MGW KPIs and reports defined by the PM Working Groups Supports report linking (drill-in) Scheduling and e-mail distribution of reports Specific focus for NW optimization and troubleshooting Available for RC and for Global Reporter

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