| Label | Explanation | Data Type |
Input Primary Phone Record Site Points or Sectors
| The point feature class for the primary phone or sector derived from the Cell Phone Records To Feature Class tool. | Feature Layer |
Input Secondary Phone Record Site Points or Sectors
| The point feature class for the secondary phone or sector derived from the Cell Phone Records To Feature Class tool. | Feature Layer |
Output Call Link Lines
| The output line features representing the call links between two phones at various locations. | Feature Class |
Output Type
(Optional) | Specifies how the relationship of calls between two phones will be analyzed and symbolized.
| String |
Primary Phone Subscriber ID Field
(Optional) | The unique ID field for the primary phone subscriber, usually a phone number. | Field |
Primary Phone Call Destination Field
(Optional) | The field containing the phone number of the secondary phone. | Field |
Primary Phone Call Start Date and Time Field
(Optional) | The start date and time field of the primary phone records. | Field |
Secondary Phone Subscriber ID Field
(Optional) | The unique ID field for the secondary phone subscriber, usually a phone number. | Field |
Secondary Phone Destination Field
(Optional) | The field containing the phone number of the primary phone. | Field |
Secondary Phone Call Start Date and Time Field
(Optional) | The start date and time field of the secondary phone records. | Field |
Summary
Creates line features that represent the call links between phones, using cell site points or cell site antenna sectors, based on the start date and time of the call.
Usage
The tool requires two feature classes derived from two unique call detail records (CDR) using the Cell Phone Records To Feature Class tool. Both phone record site point and sector polygon feature classes are accepted as input to this tool.
The output features can calculate the summary of the call links between two phones to illustrate call volume or to display each unique call link between phones as individual occurrences.
The following fields will be added to the output:
- ORIG_FID—The Object ID of the Input Primary Phone Record Site Points or Sectors parameter feature.
- ORIG_X—The x-coordinate of the starting point of the line feature where the call link begins.
- ORIG_Y—The y-coordinate of the starting point of the line feature where the call link begins.
- DEST_FID—The Object ID of the Input Secondary Phone Record Site Points or Sectors parameter feature.
- DEST_X—The x-coordinate of the end point of the line feature where the call link ends.
- and DEST_Y—The y-coordinate of the end point of the line feature where the call link ends.
- GROUP_ID—The common value that connects the Input Primary Phone Record Site Points or Sectors feature to the Input Secondary Phone Record Site Points or Sectors feature.
- LINK_DIST— The length of the output link. The distance unit of the Input Primary Phone Record Site Points or Sectors parameter feature's coordinate system will be used.
- LINK_COUNT—The total number of calls between unique locations. This field is only created when the Output Type parameter is set to Summary.
Parameters
arcpy.ca.GenerateCallLinks(in_primary_features, in_secondary_features, out_feature_class, {output_type}, {primary_subscriber_field}, {primary_destination_field}, {primary_start_time_field}, {secondary_subscriber_field}, {secondary_destination_field}, {secondary_start_time_field})| Name | Explanation | Data Type |
in_primary_features | The point feature class for the primary phone or sector derived from the Cell Phone Records To Feature Class tool. | Feature Layer |
in_secondary_features | The point feature class for the secondary phone or sector derived from the Cell Phone Records To Feature Class tool. | Feature Layer |
out_feature_class | The output line features representing the call links between two phones at various locations. | Feature Class |
output_type (Optional) | Specifies how the relationship of calls between two phones will be analyzed and symbolized.
| String |
primary_subscriber_field (Optional) | The unique ID field for the primary phone subscriber, usually a phone number. | Field |
primary_destination_field (Optional) | The field containing the phone number of the secondary phone. | Field |
primary_start_time_field (Optional) | The start date and time field of the primary phone records. | Field |
secondary_subscriber_field (Optional) | The unique ID field for the secondary phone subscriber, usually a phone number. | Field |
secondary_destination_field (Optional) | The field containing the phone number of the primary phone. | Field |
secondary_start_time_field (Optional) | The start date and time field of the secondary phone records. | Field |
Code sample
The following script demonstrates how to use the GenerateCallLinks function in immediate mode.
import arcpy
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:/data/city_pd.gdb"
arcpy.ca.GenerateCallLinks("CDR_PhoneA_Sites","CDR_PhoneB_Sites", "out_call_links")The following script demonstrates how to use the GenerateCallLinks function in a stand-alone script.
# Description: Use the GenerateCallLinks tool to create a line representing each
# call made between two phones at various locations.
# Import required modules
import arcpy
# Set environment settings
arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\data\city_pd.gdb"
# Set local variables
in_primary_features = "CDR_PhoneA_Sites"
in_secondary_features = "CDR_PhoneB_Sites"
out_link_lines_detail = "out_call_links_detail"
out_link_lines_summary = "out_call_links_summary"
# Execute the GenerateCallLinks tool
arcpy.ca.GenerateCallLinks(in_primary_features, in_secondary_features,
out_link_lines_detail, "DETAIL")