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Provisioning for PCC Routing Control Rules can also be performed by using PCC in the Web UI, which is accessed at:

http://<platform host>:<web interface port>/mz/

For information on how to configure the Web UI, see Setting up access to REST for PCC in the Web UI in /wiki/spaces/MD82/pages/3786137 in the PCC Installation Instructions.

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Authorization is required, and you will be asked to enter user name and password in order to access the Web UI.

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The Web UI

In the Web UI you add, edit and delete settings for:

provisioned in the PCC Routing Control screen on the Desktop.

To open the PCC Routing Control screen, click on the Manage screen option in Desktop and then click on the PCC Routing Control button. 

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The PCC Routing Control screen

In the PCC Policy Control screen you can view, add, edit, and remove populated definitions for:

  • Route Mappings
  • Routing Details
  • Routing Destination
  • Use Case

See Routing Control Data Model for information about the different definitions and their respective fields.

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Whenever configurations are viewed, added, edited, copied, or deleted, this is

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logged for the EC log with log-level INFO.

The system is by default configured to only register log entries with log level WARNING and higher, so if you want the log entries from the PCC Web UI to be registered, change the log level to INFO instead.

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See System Properties for further information.

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Creating Routing Control

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In the navigation tree or in the Routing Control page, click the option for the UDR type that you want to work with, in order to open the corresponding table with UDRs.  For information about the different fields available for each UDR type, see Routing Control Data Model.

Configuring the Routing Data Model

When you click one of the options, the relevant table opens up, where you can add, edit, copy or delete different UDRs.

The fields displayed in each table differ depending on the UDR type. For detailed information about the different fields in each case, see the relevant section in Routing Control Data Model.

Adding a UDR

To add a UDR in Web UI:

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Enter the values you want to have in the different fields.

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You must populate the mandatory fields, which are marked with an asterisk.

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If you want to create several UDRs of the same type, select the Create another check box. If you only want to create one UDR of that type, leave this check box unselected.

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To save the data you have entered, click the Create <udr type> button. For example, to save the a Route Mapping that you have created, click the Create Route Mapping button.
The new UDR is created and listed in the table.

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Example - The Routing Detail table and Create New Routing Detail page

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If you just want a quick view of the settings for a specific UDR, click the Image Removed icon under Actions. A popup containing the settings will then be displayed.

Searching for a UDR

In the table page for a specific UDR type, start typing the id or name of the UDR that you are searching for. The matching names are displayed. You can then select the UDR that you are searching for and edit,  copy or delete it as required.

Editing a UDR

To edit a UDR in the Web UI:

  1. In the table page for a specific UDR type, click the Image Removed icon under Actions, to the right of the UDR that you want to edit in the UDR table. Or you can click the id of the UDR that you want to edit in the UDR table.
    The settings for the selected UDR type opens.
  2. Make your changes in the different fields and click the Save Changes button.
    The settings for the UDR are updated, and the new values will be listed in the table of UDRs.

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Example - Edit Routing Detail page

Copying a UDR

To copy a UDR in the Web UI:

  1. In the table page for a specific UDR type, click the  Image Removed icon under Actions, to the right of the UDR that you want to copy in the UDR table. Or you can select the check box to the left of UDR that you want to copy in the UDR table and click the Copy button at the top right of the page. A message is displayed stating that a copy of the selected UDR has been created, with the ID of the new UDR.
  2. You can search for the copy by entering the ID in the Search field and edit the duplicate UDR as required. Make your changes in the different fields and click the Save Changes button.
    The settings for the UDR are updated, and the new values will be listed in the table of UDRs.

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Example - Copy a Routing Detail

Deleting a UDR

To delete a UDR in the Web UI, click on the Image Removed icon under Actions, to the right of the UDR that you want to delete in the UDR table for the selected UDR type. Or you can select the check box to the left of UDR that you want to delete in the UDR table and click the Delete button at the top right of the page.

A message is displayed asking if you are sure that you want to delete the selected UDR. If you click OK the selected UDR is deleted.

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You cannot delete route detail UDRs that are referenced in route mapping UDRs.

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Definitions

The different definitions need to be configured in the following order:

  1. Use Case
  2. Routing Destination
  3. Routing Details
  4. Rules Mappings

The reason for the order stated above is that some definitions are selectable in other definitions as follows:

  • In the Routing Details you can select among the Routing Destination , and Use Case.
  • In the Route Mapping you select among the Routing Details definitions.

See Routing Control Data Model, for more information about these dependencies.

To create the different definitions:

  1. In the PCC Routing Control screen, click on the definition type you want to create definitions for. 

    A new screen will be displayed where you can see the definitions that have already been created for the selected type. 

  2. Click on the New button, fill in the mandatory information, and click Save.

    The definition will be saved and listed in the view, and will now be selectable when creating other definition types that depend on it. 

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    The Create Routing Details dialog


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    The Route Mappings screen shows the Rules Mapping definitions

Editing a Routing Control Definition

To edit the different definitions:

  1. In the PCC Routing Control screen, click on the definition type you want to definitions for. 

    A new screen will be displayed where you can see the existing definitions. 

  2. Select the check box for the definition you want to edit and click on Details in the Actions column.

    A dialog opens up displaying the configuration for the definition.

  3. Make your changes and click on the Save button.

    The definition will be saved and listed in the view, and will now be selectable when creating other definition types that depend on it. 

Copying Routing Control Definitions

To copy definitions:

  1. In the PCC Routing Control screen, click on the definition type you want to copy definitions for. 

    A new screen will be displayed where you can see the existing definitions. 

  2. Select the check box(es) for the definition(s) you want to copy and click on the Copy button.

    The selected definition(s) will be copied with new ID(s) and you can then edit the definition(s) as described above.

Deleting PCC Definitions

To delete definitions:

  1. In the PCC Routing Control screen, click on the definition type you want to delete definitions for. 

    A new screen will be displayed where you can see the existing definitions. 

  2. Select the check box(es) for the definition(s) you want to copy and click on the Delete button.

    You will get a question if you are sure you want to delete the definition(s).

  3. Click OK if you are sure.

    The selected definition(s) will be deleted.

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