Cisco Systems OL-1089-11 manual CDE Detail Description, Source MGC

Chapter 1 Billing Interfaces

CDE Detail Description

CDE Detail Description

A call data element (CDE) is a field within the CDB that contains basic information about a billing record. Examples of CDEs are the calling number and the called number.

The CDEs are described in the CDE description form template as shown in Table 1-22. CDE description forms for each of the CDBs listed near the bottom in Table 1-22are included in Table 1-23through Table 1-213.

Table 1-22	CDE Description Form Template
Name: Name of the call data element		Tag: Its tag value	Source: MGC
			subsystem that
			generates the CDE
			value
Description/Purpose: Brief description of the CDE
Format: The format of the CDE value		Length: CDE value length
Data Value: Range of CDE values, or valid values

Extended Data Value: This section includes CDE values that are extended (from the ANSI/ITU standard) by the Cisco MGC.

General Information: General information about the CDE and comments.

MGC Release: The Cisco MGC release(s) supporting this CDE

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