APL - PCC Provisioning Plugins - Buckets

The provisioning functions include:



Note!

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.

drudr pccGetData( string typename, string key )

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

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.



Example



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.

list<drudr> pccListData( string typename

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

typename

The fully qualified typename of the requested UDRs.

Returns:

A list containing all the UDRs of the requested type.



Example



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.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

udr

The new UDR to insert.

Returns:

The created UDR or null if there was an error.



pccUpdateData

This function updates a UDR through the provisioning interface.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

udr

The UDR to update.

Returns:

The updated UDR or null if there was an error.



pccDeleteData

This function deletes a UDR in the provisioning interface.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

udr

The UDR to delete.

Returns:

The deleted UDR or null if there was an error.



pccLastErrorCode

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

Parameters

Return code

Explanation

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.



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.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

Returns:

A description of the last error.



pccSetProvisioningArea

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

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

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





pccGetProvisioningArea

Retrieves the currently active area for the workflow.

Parameters



Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

Returns:

The name of the currently active provisioning area.







pccCopyAreaData

Copies configurations from one area to another.





Parameters



Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

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.







pccClearArea

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

Parameters



Parameter

Description

Parameter

Description

area

The name of the area to clear.

Returns:

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