Basic User Call Reporting (a.k.a. Call History)

Basic User Call Reporting (a.k.a. Call History)

Reporting (Call History)

The Reporting page is where you can view the call history, audit logs, and content logs for the domain.

Displaying the Reporting Page

To display this page, click the Reporting icon on the menu bar.


The refresh button at the top-right side of the page refreshes the information on the page.

Role Permissions

Basic Users may only view your own call history.
Site Managers may view calls for your Site.
Office Managers may view all calls for the account.

Call Recording

Call recordings are only readily available to be listened to on the Call Reporting page for users with the advanced feature enabled.
      **Call recordings can still be provided upon request within 5 days of the call being placed.**
Office Managers and Ally technicians can access additional call history data for other users if needed.



  1. Number: Caller ID of the caller - internal calls are represented by the extension of the internal user. (Calls retrieved from park are represented by extensions 721-729)
  2. Name: Inbound Caller ID name - depends on the caller if this is set. It is not in the case of the first call underlined in red, but is in the case of the second call underlined in blue.
  3. Date: Date and time of the call
  4. Duration: Length of the call
  5. From User: This will display if you place an internal call.
  6. To User: Shows what internal extension was called.
  7. PAC: This is negligible. This refers to the account code and is information that will only be helpful to Ally in the event troubleshooting is needed. 
  8. Listen: Listen to recorded calls (if call recording is enabled for the user).
  9. Download: Download recorded calls (if call recording is enabled for the user).
  10. Edit Contact: Will only work if the contact had been added previously.
  11. Add Contact: Will give you the option to create a new contact or add to an existing contact.

Filtering Call History

Select the Filters Button in the top left of your Call History to narrow your call history search.

  1. From: The date and time of the beginning scope of your search. 
  2. To: The end date and time of the scope of your search.
  3.             You can look as far back as 6 months, but the maximum date range you can search at once is 90 days.
  4. Caller Number: You can search if a particular number called you inbound.
  5. Dialed Number: You can search if you dialed a particular number outbound.
  6. Call Type: Search for your Inbound, Outbound, or Missed Calls within the date range you have set.
Once you select "Filter", the search criteria will be applied and searched. Your filters will be displayed next to the filters button.
To remove an additional filter that is not needed, you can simply click the "x". A timeframe and your user extension are the only mandatory filter criteria.


Exporting Call History

You can export the call history in CSV format, and then open the information in Microsoft Excel for further manipulation.

  1. From the Call History tab, click the Export button.
  2. When prompted, click Save.

Reasons to Export Call History

  1. Advanced filtering
  2. Advanced searches that are not possible, or easy, to do with the filters
    1. This is expecially useful for confirming call deatils for calls filtered as spam calls by NoMoRobo. The caller ID will include a SPAM tag. 
  3. Calculationsespecially useful for confirming call details

Scheduling an Export of the Call History

You can set to export the call history on a certain date and time and/or set it to repeat for a set schedule. The export of the call history will be in a CSV format.

  1. From the Call History tab, click the Scheduled Exports button.
  2. Click the New Export button in the next page.
  3. Fill in the fields regarding the schedule (See Table 11-2 below).
  4. Click Add when done.

Schedule New Export Settings

SettingDescription
Basic tab
NameProvide a name for the schedule. The name can be no more than 64 characters long. No special characters other than a hyphen, space, or underscore.           
EnabledSelect either Yes or No.
TypeYou can choose between the following:
  • Monthly - On the first of every month, will execute an export of the previous month.
  • Weekly - On the chosen day, will execute an export of the previous 7 days. (Includes chosen day)
  • Daily - Everyday at chosen time, will execute an export of the day's records.
  • Custom - Customize schedule's Capture Period, Start Time, and Repeat Cycle.
After Completion

After scheduling the export, choose where the data should be exported to: "Do Nothing" (which downloads the data to the portal only), "Email Attachment", "FTP" (File Transfer Protocol) server, or "SFTP"(Safe File Transfer Protocol) server.

FTP/SFTP Info:

  • Hostname is where the export will go. (e.g. sample.cdrexports.com, for non-standard port e.g. 115, sample.cdrexports.com:115)
  • Username/Password is the username and password that is authenticated and has access to the server
  • Remote Path (starting from root) the path the export should go to. Needs to be allocated beforehand. The cdr tool will NOT create the directory. (e.g /cdrexports/)
Email NotificationThis field is required if “Email Attachment” was chosen for After Completion. Will send an email to the desired email address notifying that the export is ready to be downloaded. If the user has “After Completion” as “Email Attachment”, then the email will contain the attachment.
EmailThe email address where Email Notification is sent.
Options tab
UserFilter calls pertaining to this user. Leave blank to see call history from all users.
Include Inbound CallsThe default is "Yes". Toggle to choose whether to include inbound calls in the export or not.
Include Outbound CallsThe default is "Yes". Toggle to choose whether to include outbound calls in the export or not.
Include HeadersThe default is "Yes". Toggle to choose whether the generated .csv file should include column headers or not. 
Off-net Calls OnlyThe default is "No". Toggle to choose whether to include only off-net calls or not. 
FormatFormat of the csv export. Is currently only set to deliver the Advanced format.



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