Method for providing on demand service measurements

In a digital switching network wherein service measurements are periodically automatically collected, an apparatus for a user to collect on-demand service measurements, comprising:

• a) selection means for said user to select at least one traffic count to be collected;
• b) means for providing a choice to said user whether said at least one traffic count is to be retrieved as a single sample or as a periodic sample;
• c) determining means, associated with said selection means, for determining a location where said at least one traffic count resides in said network;
• d) means, associated with said selection means and said determining means, for retrieving said at least one traffic count from said location;
• and
• e) means for displaying said at least one traffic count to said user.

In a digital switching network wherein service measurements are periodically automatically collected, an apparatus for a user to collect on-demand service measurements, comprising:

• a) a first computer processor;
• b) a second computer processor;
• c) a browser installed in said second computer processor;
• d) said first computer processor being linked to said second computer processor;
• e) means, in said second computer processor, for selecting at least one traffic count to be collected;
• f) means, in said second computer processor, for providing a choice to said user whether said at least one traffic count is to be retrieved as a single sample or as a periodic sample;
• g) means, in said first computer processor, for determining a location where said at least one traffic count resides in said network;
• h) means, in said first computer processor, for retrieving said at least one traffic count from said location;
• and
• i) means, associated with said second computer processor, for displaying said at least one traffic count to said user.