Use this procedure to configure collection of accounting files. Perform this procedure as needed before creating a subscription for accounting telemetry.

Accounting statistics provide packet and octet throughput information for queues that are associated with the following objects:

• SAPs or SDPs, which provide service accounting statistics

• network ports, which provide network accounting statistics

• subscriber profiles, which provide subscriber accounting statistics

Note: Updates to accounting collection settings may take up to 5 min to take effect.

Queue filters

In the accounting collection settings, you can configure up to 60 queue filters. The NEs generate accounting data files that include all of the configured queues. When a queue filter is configured, the statistic records for the queues that do not match the filter are discarded and not processed.

Policy ID insertion

You can configure the insertion of the accounting policy ID in the accounting file name. Policy ID insertion may help prevent duplication of accounting filenames. Insertion is disabled by default.

• If the Policy ID insertion option is disabled the filename format is:

  <NE ID>_<dateTimeStamp>_<sequence number>.json.gz

• If the Policy ID insertion option is enabled the filename format is:

  <NE ID>_<dateTimeStamp>_accountingPolicyId<ID>_<sequence number>.json.gz 

The sequence number is a incremental number within the context of an accounting processor pod. The sequence number is reset to 0 on pod restart.