Sites

The Sites menu, located on the Navigation pane, is an important Facilities component as all cable and fiber in the database relates to a Site. Administrators define the number of Site Levels, and their names, for example, Country, State, County, and City or Division, Brigade, Regiments, and Squadrons etc. Site levels create a hierarchal relationship within CAIRS.

You can add two different sites types into the database, Root and Child. The highest or Root site is created first as the broadest level, allowing you to add sites underneath. The Child type can be either below a root or below another child. When two child sites display at the same level, they are referred to as peers.

After you add your sites, you can add your fiber and connections, buildings to a site and then connections into the building.

Managing Root Sites

  1. Click the Facilities
  2. In the Navigation pane, click Sites.

Adding a Root Site

  1. There are three ways to add a Root Site:
    • Within the toolbar directly above the Navigation pane, click the drop-down arrow next to New. select Root Site.
    • Within the toolbar directly above the Navigation pane, click the Add Root Site button
    • Within the Actions pane, click the Add Root Site
  1. With either option, the General – Site window opens. Complete the following fields, (required fields are marked with an asterisk (*)):
    • Parent – this field remains blank.

! You will not have access to the Parent Site field when adding a Root Site. The root site is the highest level within your structure, and can contain both parent and child sites.

    • Site Level* – this field auto-populates with ‘1’ indicating the site you are adding is a root site.
    • Site Code – type the three-digit site code, often times, this is the abbreviation of the site name.
    • Site* – type the site name.
    • Resource Manager – click the drop-down arrow to access a list and select the resource manager associated with the site.
    • Site Description – type the site description.
    • Commanding Officer – click the drop-down arrow to access a list and select the commanding officer for the site.
    • Hide Site in Portal – click the box to insert a checkmark to indicate this site is not available within Subscriber Portal.
    • Call Pricing Group – click the drop-down arrow to access a list and select the call pricing group to associate to the site, this in turn, associates all accounts within the site to the call pricing group.
    • Site 911 Prefix – type the site prefix, this field will display when you run a 911 interface.
    • Unit Value – displays the number of units for each value. For example, 100 units (cents) in $1 or 100 pence in 1 pound
    • Billing Interval – click the dropdown arrow to access a menu and from the menu select the interval that you will bill your call records. You can choose one-second billing, six-second billing or per minute billing.
    • Round First Period – click the field to insert a checkmark to indicate that your first billing period will round up, for example if you are per minute billing and your call lasts 45 seconds, the duration is rounded up to 1 minute.
    • Round to Next Period – click the field to insert a checkmark to indicate that the billing will round up to the next period for each additional period after the first. For example, if the call is 1:45 the billing would round up to 2 minutes.
  1. Within the Actions ribbon group, click Save (to save and stay) to continue working with the root sites, or Save & Close (to save and exit) to return to the Sites list.

Deleting a Root Site

**To delete a root site, you must first remove the child sites and any associated assignments.

  1. Within the list, highlight the site to delete. There are three ways to delete a site:
    • Within the toolbar directly above the Navigation pane, click the red X.
    • Click the Delete Site link within the Actions
    • Double-click the site name to open the General Site window. Within the Actions ribbon group, click the Delete
  1. Once you click Delete, a message box displays verifying that you really want to delete the site. Click Yes to continue or No to cancel the operation.
  2. If there are any associations to the site, you must first re-assigned or delete them before you can continue. A warning message displays notifying you that there is existing information associated with the site.

Viewing Site History

See Common Elements -> History to learn more.

Child Sites

You can add up to as many child sites as you have site level.  For example, if you have 4 site levels you will be able to add up to 3 children deep.  Each time you want to add an additional child whether to a parent or another child, simply highlight the site to which you are adding a site below within the list and click the Add Child Site link.

Managing Child Site

  1. Click the Facilities
  2. In the Navigation pane, click Sites.

Adding a Child Site

  1. The Sites list opens. Click to highlight the root/parent site to which you want to a child site to.
  2. Once the selected root/parent site is highlighted, there are two ways to add a child site:
    • Within the toolbar directly above the Navigation pane, click the Add Child Site
    • Within the Actions pane, click the Add Child Site
  1. With either option the General – Site window opens. Complete the following fields (required fields are marked with an asterisk (*)):
    • Parent Site – this field auto-populates with the name of the root or parent site.
    • Site Level* – this field auto-populates with the number two indicating the site you are adding is a child site.
    • Site Code – type the three-digit site code. Often times, this is the abbreviation of the site name.
    • Site* – type the child site’s name.
    • Resource Manager – click the drop-down arrow to access a list and select the resource manager associated with the site.
    • Site Description – type the site description.
    • Commanding Officer – click the drop-down arrow to access a list and select the commanding officer for the site.
    • Hide Site in Portal – click the field to insert a checkmark to indicate this site is not available within Subscriber Portal.
    • Call Pricing Group – click the drop-down arrow to access a list and select the call pricing group to associate to the site. This in turn, associates all accounts within the site to the call pricing group.
    • Site 911 Prefix – type the site prefix, this field will display when you run a 911 interface.
    • Unit Value – displays the number of units for each value. For example, 100 units (cents) in $1 or 100 pence in 1 pound
    • Billing Interval – click the dropdown arrow to access a menu and from the menu select the interval that you will bill your call records. You can choose one-second billing, six-second billing or per minute billing.
    • Round First Period – click the field to insert a checkmark to indicate that your first billing period will round up, for example if you are per minute billing and your call lasts 45 seconds, the duration is rounded up to 1 minute.
    • Round to Next Period – click the field to insert a checkmark to indicate that the billing will round up to the next period for each additional period after the first. For example, if the call is 1:45 the billing would round up to 2 minutes.
  1. Within the Actions ribbon group, click Save (to save and stay) to continue working with child sites, or click Save & Close (to save and exit) to return to the Building list.

Deleting a Child Site

**If the site has any child sites associated, you must first remove those sites and any associated assignments.

  1. Within the list, highlight the site to delete. There are three ways to delete a site:
    • Within the toolbar directly above the Navigation pane, click the red X.
    • Click the Delete Site link within the Actions
    • Double-click the site name to open the General Site window. Within the Actions ribbon group, click the Delete
  1. Once you click Delete, a message box displays verifying that you really want to delete the site. Click Yes to continue or No to cancel the operation.
  2. If there are any associations to the site, you must first re-assigned or delete them before you can continue. A warning message displays notifying you that there is existing information associated with the site.

Viewing Child Site History

See Common Elements -> History to learn more.

File Attachments

See Common Elements -> File Attachments to learn more.