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Appendix A: BCMS/CMS report heading
comparison
This appendix provides a comparison of reports and report headings for BCMS and CMS.
The tables detail each column from each BCMS report, its corresponding column from a
standard CMS report (or a database item in the CMS database or a calculation, if no
corresponding column appears in a standard CMS report), and present notes on any
differences between the two.
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Important:
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Important:
Important: Do not compare report statistics collected from BCMS with report statistics
collected from CMS. The two collection systems are different and do not
operate in the same manner.
This section includes the following topics:
● Summary of differences on page 139
● Report heading comparison tables on page 141
Summary of differences
The following are the primary differences between the BCMS report items and those in
CMS:
● Names of measured entities on the switch are limited to 27 characters. On CMS, they
are limited to 20 characters. (Note that both systems may truncate names to fit on some
reports.)
● Almost all database items in CMS are call-based rather than interval-based. This means
that almost all data for a call is recorded in the interval in which the call and any
associated after-call work (ACW) completed. In BCMS, most items are recorded when
the call itself completes (not following ACW), except for transfers, which are recorded
when the transfer takes place, that is, when the agent pushes the Transfer button for the
second time. In fact, half of the call ends with the transfer and is recorded at that point
(since one of the facilities goes away on a transfer).
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