Contents

1. Introduction
2. Getting Started
3. Running the CROME Applet
4. Installation of the CROME application

The JVM installer

The CROME application Installer

Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP Installation of CROME

Common (i.e. Generic Solaris/Unix/Linux) Installation of CROME

5. Launching CROME, client startup

Starting in Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP

Configuration

NetworkUpdate

Normal Startup

6. CROME Main Screen

View By

Plotting Elements and Groups: The Matrix Report

Summary By

Calendar Pickers

Reports

Network Levels

Example Data Organization under a Network Level

7. Running Reports (i.e. creating Report Items)

What is a Report

What is a Report Item

8. Exercises – Examples of Running Reports

Exercise 1 (Basic Reporting)

Exercise 2 (View By Filter)

Exercise 3 (Matrix Report)

Exercise 4 (Long Term Analysis)

9. Report Items

"Report Item" Menu Bar

File Menu

View Menu

Tools / Report Editor – Change a “Live” Report

Tools / Properties Editor

Sort Menu

Thresholds

Limit Menu (Top N items)

Limit Menu (Top %)

Limit Menu – Limit Formulas

Font Menu and Selection

Drill Menu and Drill Pop-Ups

Additional Menu features in Matrix Report

Bouncing Busy Hour On the Fly

Report Export Functions

10. Geographic Reporting

How Do I Create a Geo Report

The Geo Reporting Window

Title Bar

Map Display

Mouse-Over Information Line

Formula Choice

Reverse Button

Slider Bar

Item Counts

Show Sites Check Boxes

Colors for Slider/Sites/Sectors

Map Choice – Street Map, Aerial, etc.

Color Sectors Only Check Box

Site Detail Box

Sort by Value Check Box

Map Control

Aerial Photos

Hide Controls Button

Help Button

File Menu – Exporting the Map Image

Formulas Menu

Tools Menu -- Address Lookup

Tools Menu -- Site Finder

Tools Menu -- Show Legend

Tools Menu – Grid Cells

Objects Menu

Site Information – Right Mouse Click on Site

Grid/Graph Functions

Neighbor Cells

Site Configuration Worksheets

11. Query Filtering

Query Filtering on the CROME Main Screen

Making and Saving Custom Query Filters

Attached a Query Filter to a CROME Report

12. Complex reporting tasks via “PLUGINs”

Sample “PLUGINs”

Forecasting via “PLUGINs”

Custom Analysis via “PLUGINs”

13. File / Properties

Server Properties

Locale Properties

Graph Properties

Properties / Environment (Memory and Cache Management)

Servers

Scenarios

Auto Reports

14. Help Menu

Enable / Disable Pop-up Help

On Line User’s Manual

Message of the Day

Email Customer Support

About CROME

15. Report Editor (Creating Reports)

Add/Del Items

Raw Pegs

Raw Pegs: which are push-down constants.

Raw Pegs: which are dropped form roll-ups.

Schema Info – CROME handles mismatched schemas

Formulas

Raw Pegs and Formula Legends

Report Info

Report Editor Settings and Choices

Data Sets -- Formula/Legend Colors, Sort, Threshold

Report Editor File Menu

16. Creating a New Formula

Formula Info

Add/Del/Items

Functions

Constants

Raw Pegs and Formula Legends

Creating a New Formula

17. Creating Local Network Groups

Static Grouping (i.e. sets of specific elements)

RE Grouping (i.e. regular expressions)

Grouping Legends and Color Codes

Group Info

Saving a Group

Selecting a different Group for editing in the Group editor

Geographic Grouping by Selecting Items on a Map

Geographic Grouping by Drawing Polygons

18. Running Reports against Groups

Selecting a specific Group and running Reports

Selecting a set of Groups and running Reports

Groups and Naming Conventions

Running Groups at Lower Levels

Geographic Polygon Group Reporting

19. CROME Regular Expression Primer

Brief Background

Supported Syntax

Unsupported Syntax

Java Integration

Reference Material

Notes

20. CROME / Excel Macro Configuration

Windows 98/2000/XP

21. Appendix: Traffic Calculation Help File

What is Erlang?

Grade of Service (GOS)

Exponential Holding Time

Number of Sources

Disposition of Blocked Calls

CROME Basic Erlang B Formulas

CROME Extended Erlang B Formulas (with Retry)

CROME Erlang C Formulas

22. Foot Notes