The Ultimate Log Editing, Audit Reporting and Reconciling Tool for XStudio, DCS and Maestro!
ezSuite is a single application that combines capabilities for creating and editing XStudio, DCS and Maestro generic log files, generating audit reports and reconciling logs.
ezSuite provides a true Windows editing environment, allowing additional conveniences in the log editing process, including drag and drop moving of carts on the log, drag and drop addition of carts from the inventory, and hourly content totals that are based on the selected inventory. Audit reporting conveniences include on-screen dynamic slicing and dicing of audit report data without having to re-run reports or reload audit report data from file.
ezSuite allows for a virtually unlimited number of station configurations, including the ability to easily view and/or edit pre-merged traffic logs. Log source directories can be be different for each station and a station's associated inventory file can be located somewhere other than the log directory.
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ezSuite is particularly well-suited for an enterprise environment where audited performance data for several sites and/or time zones is reviewed and analyzed or where multiple logs are generated for several sites and may need last-minute editing before delivery to a remote site.
Log files created or edited with ezSuite meet Computer Concepts Corporation's published Generic Log File Specification version 1.5.
ezSuite reads audit data files adhering to Computer Concepts' DCS Audit File (.ADT) Specification, version 1.6. This includes all DCS software versions and all Maestro software versions through v3.3. ezSuite also supports XStudio-specific extended transaction and status codes.
The Origins of ezSuite
ezSuite was originally created to replace Computer Concepts Corporation's original separate DOS products, known as "CMED" and "CMAD", while adding the ability to compare or "reconcile" a log (the predicted or desired performance) with audit data (the actual performance).
"CMED" is a DOS application that is a good editor for CCC's generic logs but has shortcomings in the areas of printing a log, validating logs, and printing inventory lists. It is also difficult to administer, requiring multiple shortcuts (in Windows) and multiple configuration files especially created and maintained for editing purposes.
"CMAD" is a DOS application that is a good reporting tool for CCC's audit files but has shortcomings in the areas of viewing or printing a report and the ease with which you can "slice and dice" report information to view only the data that is important to you. It is also difficult to administer, requiring multiple shortcuts (in Windows) and multiple configuration files especially created and maintained for audit reporting purposes. CMAD is also dependent on your PC's time zone settings and requires changes to those settings if the audit data to be reviewed was created with time zone settings that vary from your PC's settings.
ezSuite is an ideal replacement for the original tools provided for DCS and Maestro because of its ease-of-use, flexibility and time-zone-agnostic design.
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