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Note
titleNote!

These functions can be used to interact with the PCC provisioning interface from APL.

pccGetData

Retrieves a specific UDR from the provisioning interface based on the stated UDR type and key.

Code Block
drudr pccGetData( string 
        typename, string
        key )

Parameters

ParameterDescription

typename

The fully qualified typename of the requested UDR.

key

The primary key value of the requested UDR, which is unique.

Returns:

The matching UDR or null, if no matching UDR was found.

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titleExample


Code Block
drudr notification = pccGetData
("PCC.Products.Provisioning.Notification", "70");

will retrieve a UDR of the type PCC.Products.Provisioning.Notification with the key 70 .

pccListData

Retrieves a list with all the UDRs from the provisioning interface with the stated UDR type.

Code Block
list<drudr> pccListData( string typename

Parameters

ParameterDescription

typename

The fully qualified typename of the requested UDRs.

Returns:

A list containing all the UDRs of the requested type.

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Code Block
list<drudr> notificationsList = pccListData
("PCC.Products.Provisioning.Notification");

will return a list named notificationsList with all the UDRs that have the type PCC.Products.Provisioning.Notification .

pccCreateData

This function inserts a new UDR through the provisioning interface.

Code Block
drudr pccCreateData( drudr udr )

Parameters

ParameterDescription

udr

The new UDR to insert.

Returns:

The created UDR or null if there was an error.

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Code Block
drudr created = pccCreateData(input);

will insert a new UDR named created through the provisioning interface.

pccUpdateData

This function updates a UDR through the provisioning interface.

Code Block
drudr pccUpdateData( drudr udr )

Parameters

ParameterDescription

udr

The UDR to update.

Returns:

The updated UDR or null if there was an error.

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Code Block
drudr udr = pccUpdateData(created);

will update the UDR named created through the provisioning interface.

pccDeleteData

This function deletes a UDR in the provisioning interface.

Code Block
drudr pccDeleteData( drudr udr )

Parameters

ParameterDescription

udr

The UDR to delete.

Returns:

The deleted UDR or null if there was an error.

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Code Block
drudr udr = pccDeleteData(created);

will delete the UDR named created through the provisioning interface.

pccLastErrorCode

If any of the create, delete or update operations should fail, the error code can be retrieved with this method.

Code Block
int pccLastErrorCode()

Parameters

Return code

Explanation

200

Will be returned if the last operation was successful.

400

Will be returned if the object just created/updated is referring to one or more objects that are missing.

401

Will be returned if the delete operation failed because the object contains references from other objects.

402

This error code is only applicable for the pccCreateData function, and will be returned if the object already exists.

403

Will be returned if any of the functions pccGetData, pccUpdateData, or pccDeleteData are referring to a missing object.

500

Will be returned if there was an error trying to read/write to storage.

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titleExample

If the last error code was 500.

Code Block
int errorCode = pccLastErrorCode();

will return 500.

pccLastErrorMessage

If any of the create, delete or update operations should fail, a more detailed description of the error can be retrieved with this method.

Code Block
string pccLastErrorMessage()

Parameters

ParameterDescription

Returns:

A description of the last error.

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titleExample

If the last error code was 500.

Code Block
string errorMsg = pccLastErrorMessage();

will return a description of error code 500.

pccSetProvisioningArea

Sets a provisioning working area for the workflow. There are two areas available, TEST and PROD.

Code Block
void pccSetProvisioningArea( string area )

Parameters

ParameterDescription

area

The name of the area to work against. All delete, update, get and create operations will use this area. Must be one of the either TEST or PROD.

Returns:Nothing


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Code Block
pccSetProvisioningArea("TEST");

will set area TEST as working area for the workflow.


pccGetProvisioningArea

Retrieves the currently active area for the workflow.

Code Block
string pccGetProvisioningArea()

Parameters


ParameterDescription

Returns:

The name of the currently active provisioning area.



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titleExample

If the currently active area for the workflow is TEST,

Code Block
string area = pccGetProvisioningArea();

will return "TEST".


pccCopyAreaData

Copies configurations from one area to another.


Warning
titleWarning!

This function will also clear the target area from all previous configurations before the new configurations are inserted.


Code Block
string pccCopyAreaData
                    ( string  source ,
                      string  destination ,
                      string  configurations  )

Parameters


ParameterDescription

source

The name of the source area.

destination

The name of the destination area.

configurations

The configurations that you want to copy, e g PCC (for all PCC configurations), PCC.Products (for only Product configurations), PCC.Periods (for only Periods configurations), etc.

Returns:

Null if the command succeeded or the error message if there was an error.



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Code Block
pccCopyAreaData("TEST","PROD","PCC.Products");

will copy all the provisioned products data from the area TEST to the area PROD.

If you want to copy all PCC related data, you can enter ("TEST","PROD","PCC").


pccClearArea

Clears an area. All content in the area will be deleted.

Code Block
string pccClearArea( string  area  )

Parameters


ParameterDescription

area

The name of the area to clear.

Returns:

Null if the command succeeded or the error message if there was an error.



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titleExample


Code Block
pccClearArea("TEST", "PCC.Periods");

will clear the area TEST from old PCC configurations for periods.

If you want to delete all PCC related data, you can enter ("TEST","PCC").


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