Flight Operational Log

Function presentation

The Flight Operational Log displays Operational Log entries for one flight.

Opening the window

From the Application / ATFCM menu, select the option Flights / Operational Log.
Immediate shortcut to bypass menu selection : <Ctrl> + <Shift> + <F12>.

A new empty flight Operational Log window will be opened with the following defaults :

IOBD : current or last queried traffic date is proposed (relative to current UTC date) depending on selected user preference (CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Default date proposed for query).
IOBT : blank. Drop-down list will propose pre-formatted time on a 20 minutes step base.
ARCID : the drop-down box will propose the most recent query data elements you have queried before with success.
ADEP : the drop-down box will propose the most recent query data elements you have queried before with success.
From / at : From date control will be initialised with the date before the one selected in IOBD. Related at time control will be intialised with 00:00. The date drop-down list will propose the same dates as in the IOBD list plus one day before. This is needed to query early history of the flight in the Operational Log.
Until / at : Until date control will be initialised with the date after the one selected in IOBD. Related at time control will be intialised with 00:00. The date drop-down list will propose the same dates as in the IOBD list plus one day before.

On initial display, the focus is set on the first mandatory query control with no default value: the ARCID input control.

Preparing to query

The Initial Estimated Off Block Date (IOBD) may be adjusted to one of the proposed values. Common ATFCM Tactical / Pre-Tactical dates behaviour is implemented.
When the IOBD control is adjusted, the From and Until date controls are automatically adjusted in order to cover two full days elapse in the Operational Log (From IOBD-1 00:00 - Until IOBD+1 00:00).
The Initial Estimated Off Block Time (IOBT) input box may be adjusted to a valid time value from 00:00 to 23:59 included.
The Aircraft Identifier (ARCID) shall be filled in or selected from the drop-down list (when a previous query was successful).
The Aerodrome of Departure ((ADEP)) may be filled in with an Aerodrome ICAO code or selected from the drop-down list (when a previous query was successful).
The From date and related at time may be adjusted after IOBD is changed to reduce the Operational Log period to be analysed.
The Until date and related at time may be adjusted after IOBD is changed to reduce the Operational Log period to be analysed.
From and Until dates may be separated by maximum 1 calendar day. In practice From and Until date boxes must display two consecutive date (day / day+1). Except for Until midnight on the second day which is expressed as 00:00 on the third day.
There must be at least one minute elapse between the From and the Until date and time.
The ARCID and the From / Until query data elements are mandatory.
The IOBT and the ADEP query data elements are optional as a group. Either all of them or none are used to query the CFMU system.
When trying to issue a query with only one of these elements (ADEP or IOBT), a Warning alert box will invite the user to enter either both or none.
When IOBT is not provided, the IOBD is not used for flight selection.
The Send button will send the query to the CFMU system.
This window may be closed before any query is issued.
The Reset action common functionality is implemented for this function. All query criteria except Normal/Proposal selection are considered for activating the Reset action.

Displaying the query results

This display shows the Operational Log entries for the flight(s) that corresponds to the selected ARCID possibly attached with other query criteria (IOBT/D and ADEP).
The title contains the time stamp when the information was retrieved from the CFMU system.
The header section of the window contains the different query data elements used to retrieve the displayed flight Operational Log entries :

ARCID : The aircraft identifier.
IOBD : The Initial Off Block Date.
IOBT : The Initial Off Block Time, if initially provided.
ADEP : The Aerodrome of Departure, if initially provided,
From - Until : The period of the Operational Log scanned for the associated query criteria.

A counter identifies the number of log entries displayed for this ARCID.
This counter may be affected by filtering (fff / rrr log lines where fff is the filtered number and rrr is the retrieved number).
The list shows all log entries identified for the selected query criteria. This list displays for each log entry:

The one letter code corresponds to a unique TACT flight identifier (T) (i.e. under the same callsign, there might be more than one flight and they are here defined by A, B, C, etc). In practice, each single letter corresponds to a different TACT ID. This is done to improve readability of the list.
The Stamp when that log entry was recorded.
The Oplog Type composed of a classification code and the event kind description.

the Oplog Type Classification code may be :

UD for Undefined.
IM for Incoming Message.
ER for Erroneous Incoming Message.
OM for Outgoing Message.
VI for Violation.
HI for History.
WA for Warning.
PE for Process Error.
EM for Error Message.
EN for Environment Message.
UC for User Command.
TM for Text Message.

When a log entry is selected in the list, following details are displayed :

The TACT unique identification key for the flight (TACT ID).
The IFPS unique identification key, if any, for the flight (IFPS ID).
The identification of the issuer of the message (Correspondent), if any.
The OPLOG unique identification key (OPLOG ID), if any.
The detailed text of the exchanged message in the details pane of the Operational Log window.

The Invalidate function works for this window, if the user preference CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Activate invalidate functionality is checked.
On initial display, the list is sorted in ascending sequence on the timestamp when the log entry was recorded.
On query results display, the focus is set on the log entry list after selecting the first log entry in the list.

User interactions

Click on a line in the list to select the log entry and have more detailed information displayed below the list.
This window allows to modify a previous query selection and to issue a new request.
On query modification, the Reset action is enabled.
To display / hide the query part, click respectively the Down / Up arrow on the left underneath the split bar.
To update the display, click on the Send button on the button bar or select the Action / Send menu option. This will issue exactly the same query to obtain an up to date list.
The Invalidate function may be activated for this window. Just check or uncheck the user preference CHMI / ATFCM application / General / Dates and times / Activate invalidate functionality.
To print the Operational Log list, first retrieve, sort and filter the data in the window. When ready, click on the Print button or select the File / Print menu option.
To display a sub-selection of the retrieved data, click on the Filter button on the button bar or select the Action / Filter menu option and adjust the desired filtering criteria.
To modify the Sort sequence of the flights, click on column headers corresponding to your desired sort criteria.
To export the displayed details, click on the Export button or select the Action / Export menu option.
Increasing / reducing the window height and width will impact the size of the main Log list control.