02 NetAct Reporter Introduction OSSREP v.1

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OSS3.1 ED3

NetAct Reporter IntroductionNetAct Reporter Introduction


• 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

Module Module ObjectivesObjectives


• Nokia NetAct Reporter Overview

• Measurement Data Management

• Nokia NetAct Reporter tools

• Nokia NetAct Reporter interfaces

• Report Content

NetAct Reporter NetAct Reporter IntroductionIntroductionModulesModules


Regional Cluster

PM PM Data flow Data flow and and handling handling

NENE

UNIX Server

MeasurementFiles

Local NE

PM database

Nokia NetAct

PM Database

Local applications

Citrix Client or IE: Reporter

Tools for Reporting•Report Builder•Report Browser•KPI Browser•Optional tools

Tools for PM Administration •Administration of Measurements


Functionality of Nokia NetAct ReporterFunctionality of Nokia NetAct Reporter

Measurement administration toolRaw measurement collectionDatabase and database scheme for raw PM data

Web-based reporting toolsReport sets for different network technologies

Scheduled Reports

Reporting Suites, NDBrowser

An open interfaces for exporting data to other systems

NetAct Regional Reporter CommonNetAct Regional Reporter Common

NetAct Reporter functionality is divided into common and optional modules.

NetAct Regional Reporter OptionalNetAct Regional Reporter Optional

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 CommonNetAct Global Reporter Common NetAct Global Reporter OptionalNetAct Global Reporter OptionalScheduled Reports

Scripting Toolkit

TRX Data Module

Raw data module

Reporting Suites

Customer specific modules


Regional Cluster


NENE

UNIX Server

MeasurementFiles

Local NE

PM database

Nokia NetAct

PM Database

Local applications




Youarehere

Youarehere


Administration of MeasurementsAdministration of Measurements• To start Administration of Measurement

Application, start it from Application Manager.

• Or start it from TUI, click

Util Performance Mgmt AoM


Administration of MeasurementsAdministration 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


How to administrate measurements in various How to administrate measurements in various Nokia elements?Nokia elements?

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Nokia NE

• Following table gives an example what tools to use to start and stop measurements in different Nokia elements now and in the future

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


• Raw data isn’t 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

TimeSummarisation

Objectsummarisation

bsc_i_drop_in hourlydaily

daily busy hourweekly

weekly busy hourraw

Wcell countersWcell

countersWcell

counters

RNCvalue

Wcell counters

RNCvalue

• 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

Data summarisation Data summarisation –– why/how is it done?why/how is it done?


Regional Cluster


NE

(BSC)

NE

(BSC)

UNIX Server

MeasurementFiles

Local NE

PM database

Nokia NetAct

PM Database

Local applications




Youarehere

Youarehere


NetActNetAct™™ Reporter Reporter -- Reporting applicationsReporting applications

Report Builder

KPI Browser Report Browser

Nokia pre-defined and customers own KPIs

Define your own KPIs and reports

Access reports and KPIs through centralised reporting portal

Flexible Scripting Toolkit (optional)-Web Scripting Platform

Advanced reports

• 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

Easy to access reports

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


Centralised “reporting portal” usedto access all reporting content

Only reports meant for user are visible

Nokia ready-made reports accessiblethrough Report Browser

Drilling capabilities to further analyseready-made reports

Entirely web-based tool eliminating unnecessarymaintenance of client PCs

Report BrowserReport Browser

•Web based – just click once

•Browse through the ready-made reports

•Navigation capabilities(drilling)

•For:•Management Level•O&M•Planning

•Administration through ReportBuilder


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

For troubleshooting, root cause analysis or just quick checks of network element’s behaviour

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

Provides ad-hoc reporting capabilities with access to performance data at

counter and KPI level

KPI BrowserKPI Browser

•Enables end users to quickly browse the existing data in the databases

•For troubleshooting, root cause analysis or just quick checks of network element’s 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 Free combination of different

object levels and different vendor’s equipment in same report

Flexible visualisation options Advanced user management making only those reports

available to relevant user groups

Utilises OLAP engine to ensure optimised use of

available data

Report BuilderReport Builder

•For ad-hoc and predefined reports

•Contains wizard for report and KPI creation

•Different object levels and different vendor’s 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


• 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

Scheduled ReportsScheduled Reports


Interfaces & Standards

NetAct NetAct –– InterfacesInterfaces

. . .

All relevant interfaces and standards are supported

Support extended with the emergeof new network technologies

All Network Technologies, 2G, GPRS, 3G, IP, ... can be integrated to NetActQ3

Streams(ASCII)

SNMP CORBAXML

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™.


3G NEs

NetAct interfaces for Performance dataNetAct interfaces for Performance data

2G NEs2G NEsRNC, MGW BSC, MSC, HLR, 2G SGSN

OSS Database

NetAct

PM CorePM Core

NWI3 PMData Collection

General PM Data CollectionXML

Q3 PM Data FlowQ3 PM Data Flow

UMA

SNMP NEsPaCo, 3G SGSN

Packet CorePM Data Collection

SNMP Trap

XML

SNMP InterfaceFTP CMIPSNMP

Q3XML

PM dataflow can be examined:In/from a NE to network The event itselfNotification service(s)Transfer processes (protocols)

From network to NetAct applications/system componentsPIs/KPIs

XML-files /OMeS filesMeasurement handling processesTracing and logging

From NetAct SC's/SSs to databaseMeasurement handling processesTracing and loggingDatabase tables (and tablespaces)

From a NetAct Regional Cluster to the Global ClusterMeasurement forwarding processesTracing and loggingDatabase 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 toolsReporter interfaces with other NetAct tools

Monitor

SQM Optimizer

ConfiguratorTraffica

Nokia NetAct Reporter

• Collect AlarmStatistics

• send supervisionalarms • Collect Configuration

Parameters

• Collect optimizationmeasurements (planned)

• Provide KPIs andlong-term data

• Long termSLAcollection

• Send data needed by thealgorithms

• Web GUIintegration(planned)

• Long termTrafficadata

• Provide PM data

SLA = Service Level Agreement


Multi vendor integrationMulti 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 toolsMulti vendor sources

DB

Nokia regional clusters

pre-processing insertion

DB

DB

DB

DB

DB

Nokia Global Reporter

Mediation Device


Measurement Forwarding ArchitectureMeasurement Forwarding Architecture

• 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

2G BSS2G/3G NSS

2G INFixed Network

ExternalSystem

PMDB

Files in current ASCII format

MF PMDB

MF

3G RANPacket Core

3G Core Network

Files in OMeS format

Nokia NetActTM


MeasurementMeasurement Data Data Export FunctionalityExport 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.


Distributing in Nokia NetAct ReporterDistributing 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


Nokia Report SetsNokia 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, NSS reports

Report Set for GPRS•BSS GPRS, 2G SGSN, PaCo, CG, GGSN reports

Report Set for 3G•RAN, PaCo•3G SGSN

Report Set for INReport Set for PoCReport Set for IMS

Report Set for FM•Both 2G and 3G elements

Report Set for 2G Observations•MSC, HLR, BSC


Network DoctorNetwork Doctor (Optional)(Optional)


Network DoctorNetwork Doctor BrowserBrowser• 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

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 DoctorNetwork Doctor: : Starting Starting & & LoginLogin

1.Open ND Browser

2. Enter username & password


NetworkNetwork DoctorDoctor BrowserBrowser

• Web front-end to the "Network Doctor" SQL scripts

• Available for Regional Cluster (optional)

• Completes the terminal based “Network Doctor”-script with a graphical user interface

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Network DoctorNetwork Doctor: Report & : Report & Object SelectionObject 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 tabThe reports tab includes the report selection in a navigation tree. A tree consists of several nodes which can be expanded or collapsed

Objects tabThe Objects tab includes the network object selection in a selection list. Here, each selection represents a network object


Network DoctorNetwork Doctor: Time : Time Period SelectionPeriod Selection7.Time Period appears

8a. Selected Absolute

From...

Until...

OR

8b. Select Relative

Length…

End point…

9. Click Options

8a

8b

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Time tabThe Time tab is divided into:

Time granularityTime period

Time granularityThis 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 periodFor the time period option you can choose either an Absolute or Relativeperiod of time.


Network DoctorNetwork Doctor: Option : Option Selection Selection & & UpdateUpdate

10. Give Inputs

11. Click Update

12. Report Appears

13. Click Help

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Network DoctorNetwork Doctor: Help: Help

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Network Data WarehouseNetwork Data WarehouseDifferent reports for different processesDifferent reports for different processes


Network Data WarehouseNetwork Data WarehouseDefault reportsDefault 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.


Reporting Suites Reporting Suites (Optional)(Optional)


Reporting Reporting Suites Suites (Optional)(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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