The comment (#) command adds comment steps to vectors. The steps are skipped without being analyzed and vector processing continues with the next step. You can include comments within vectors for ease of maintenance and troubleshooting.
Note:
The comment (#) command functions differently from the comment out option of the Escape F6 vector editing function.
Syntax and valid entries
#
A comment command that adds a note with up to 71 characters.
A comment out command that tells a vector step to ignore processing. Use the edit function, Escape F6 to insert the command.
Considerations
Each # command line uses a vector step.
You can enter up to 71 characters of text after the # character.
You can have as many blank # commands as the number of available vector steps.
There is no limit on the number of # command comment steps in a vector. However, the total number of non-blank comment steps allowed per system is limited as follows:
Avaya S8300 or Avaya S8400 server: 1,280 steps in 256 vectors.
Avaya S8800 or Avaya Common server: 40,000 steps in 8,000 vectors.
For more information about system limit values for non-blank comment steps, see Avaya Aura® Communication Manager System Capacities Table.
A single comment (#) command is counted as one step.
More than two consecutive comment (#) commands are counted as one step.
The comment (#) command steps are not counted towards the 10,000 executed step limit or by the stepcnt vector variable.
Call Management System R14 or later supports the comment out capability, that is, adding a comment (#) after the step number. Use of comment out capability with prior releases of Call Management System results in the unsupported step type error.
The following sample System Capacities screen shows the used, available, and system limit values for non-blank comment (#) commands.
Sample System Capacities screen
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SYSTEM CAPACITY
System
Used Available Limit
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CALL COVERAGE
Coverage Answer Groups: 0 1000 1000
Coverage Paths: 5 9994 9999
Call Pickup Groups: 1 4999 5000
Call Records: - - 15424
CALL VECTORING/CALL PROMPTING
Total Vector Directory Numbers: 81 19919 20000
Meet-me Conference VDNs per system: 1 1799 1800
Maximum Number of Expanded Meet-me Conf. Ports: 0 300 300
Total Vectors Per System: 90 1910 2000
Meet-me Conference vectors per system: 1 999 999
BSR Application-Location Pairs Per System: 8 2552 2560
Background BSR Poll VDNs: 0 5 5
Vector Comment Steps (non-blank): 77 9923 10000
Policy Routing Tables: 1 1999 2000
Policy Routing Points: 1 5999 6000
Operation
To create the comment (#) command vector steps, you can type a pound (#) character in the command field of a blank vector step. You can enter up to 71 characters as the text parameter to the comment (#) command. Any combination of alphanumeric visible ASCII characters, including blanks, is valid.
