Stored Program Controlled Network: Data base administration system-overall description and operational characteristics

Large amounts of data about every customer line number and billing number in the country must be available for the Stored Program Controlled (SPC) Network features to operate. A method of obtaining, organizing, and cleansing the data or administering the necessary network data bases was needed. While much of the data could be obtained through each telephone company's service order system, these systems vary substantially in capabilities from one company to another and even from one region to another of the same company. To obtain the data, a new support system called the No. 2 Data Base Administration System (DBAS) was designed and new operational procedures for the telephone companies were developed. The DBAS interacts with all types of service order systems to obtain the data; provides initial load, as well as immediate and routine updates for the network data bases; and handles customer queries, statistics, special studies and other administrative functions off-line for the data bases. This minicomputer-based system bridges the gap between the telephone company paper flow and the SPC network. The DBAS provides reliable data in a timely fashion to the network to ensure the viability of the initial features. It provides a general capability for administration of additional customer data which may be required for future SPC network features.