Cisco Headend System Release 2.5 User Guide

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Introducing Report Writer 3.5 

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The following table provides a description of each of the reports that collect data 
from the DNCS database. These reports are listed in the order in which you will see 
them when you open Report Writer. 

 

PPV Events 

Data listed: All pending pay-per-view (PPV) events 

Data sorted by: The service description and then by start 
date and time. 

Zero Credit 

Data listed: All Non-Responding DHCTs—Never 
Connected that have impulse pay-per-view (IPPV) 
events enabled and a credit limit of 0 (zero)  

Data sorted by: IP address  

Normal condition: This report should not show any 
data. 

Troubleshooting: DHCTs listed may have been 
incorrectly staged using the BOSS API. Restage and then 
re-run the report. 

Channels, Sources and 
Sessions Report 

Data listed: Each display channel in the system, starting 
from the list with Service to the Quadrature Amplitude 
Modulator (QAM), including all information about 
“carriage” of that channel