Project Diary: XTools [1]

Finally started serious work on my Xtools projects.  Xtools is the nickname I’ve given to the project to convert all of my Meridian/Succession Parse utilities to be web enabled.  Once completed, I’ll have a fully functional, multi-user death star…  I mean management interface for handling all of the customer information I’ll ever come across.

Ultimately, I plan to offer the plugin as a service for others like myself who need help managing Meridian-1 and CS1000 systems.

Planned parse utilities:

• Parse DNB (Extension, Name, TNB, etc)
• Parse ESN (ESN, RLI, DGT, NCTL, FCAS, TOD, etc.)
• Parse CDP (DSC, LSC, TSC)
• Parse BARS/NARS (NPA, NXX, LOC, SPN, etc.)
• Parse LD 117 set information
• Parse LD 117 inventory information
• Parse TNB (fully functional conversion of a PRT TNB to a web & csv format)
• Parse CDR
• Parse TRF
• Parse HST
• Parse ACD Reports (really low priority, you should be on Contact Center if you’re need ACD reports)

Since these will all be in a database, I’ll be able to relate this data, and keep multiple instances of information based on upload batches for historical comparisons.

Another useful feature that will be gained from having the ESN/CDP/BARS information contained in this database I’m doing is the ability to set up multi-site networks and test tandem dialing through those networks once all sites are uploaded to the database.

Status:

• Wrote this post.
• Started core administration code.
• Achieved 40% mark on customer module.

To do:

• All user pages
• Site module
• Relationship module (user-site-customer)
• Settings module (including aging values for how quickly data is aged out of the database)
• Indices module (to reduce database size a lot of text values will be indexed and their text value converted to an index value for saving, here’s where indices will be managed)
• Write up a project page with versioning information for storage on Undecided.

There’s more, I need to do a whole write up on the project… not that I’ll give the entire overview to anyone, but if you read these, you’ll get a fair picture of what I’m working on and what the total scope of the project is.