Profile Options for Provisioning

The following profile options are available in Provisioning module:

• Allow Duplicate Pool Values

• ApproveProvision

• Is Provisionable Data Center

• Is VAS Applicable

• Is_Provisioning_required_on_CUG

• Modify Subscriber Request Required

• Number of Resend Attempts

• Number Reservation Expiry days

• Predefined no of days to send OSD messages

• Provisioning Required

• Provisioning System Behavior

• Remove Preactivated Services

The profile options are explained in detail.

• Allow Duplicate Pool Values : This profile option is used  to have duplicate pool values in different pools.

Current Values:

Yes: Set the value to Yes to allow duplicate pool values.

No: Set the value to No not to allow duplicate pool values.

Default Value: No

Note: This profile option value cannot be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.

• ApproveProvision: This profile option is required to enable/disable provisioning request auto-approval feature. For this profile option, you can set the following values.

Current Values:

TRUE: If the profile option is set as TRUE, the provisioning actions will be approved by default. Then Generate request job is scheduled to generate the corresponding provisioning requests to carry out the actions in the system.

FALSE: If the profile option is set as FALSE, then the provisioning request will not be approved by default.  In such case, workflow should be set in order to approve provisioning.

Default Value: TRUE

Note: This profile option value cannot be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.

• Is Provisionable Data Center: This profile option is required to generate Service Provisioning Request with respect to DC service screens. For this profile option, you can set the following values.

Current Values:

Yes: set the value to Yes generate request.

No: Set the value to No not to generate a request.

Default Value: No

Note: If Provisioning System exists for Data Center the this profile option value should be set to Yes. This profile option value cannot be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.

• Is VAS Applicable: This profile option is used to enable the Value Added Services (VAS) feature.

Current Values:

Yes: If this profile option value is set to 'Yes', then  the VAS functionality will be enabled.

No: If this profile option value is set to 'No', then  the VAS functionality will be disabled.

Default Value: No

Note: This profile option value cannot be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.

• Is Provisioning required on CUG: This profile option is used to send requests to external system on attaching CUG to the specific customer.

Current Values:

Yes: If this profile option value is set to 'Yes', request is generated to external system.

No: If this profile option value is set to 'No', request is not generated.

Default Value: No

Note: This profile option value cannot be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.

• Modify Subscriber Request Required: This profile option is required to inform the provisioning system, if customer details are modified. For this profile option, you can set the following values.

Current Values:

TRUE: If the profile option value is set to TRUE, then provisioning requests are generated when the customer details are modified.

FALSE: If the profile option value is set to FALSE, then requests are not generated.

Default Value: FALSE

Note: This profile option value cannot be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.

• Number Of Resend attempts: This profile option  is used to count the number of attempts for re-sending the request.

Current Value: In the  'Current Value' box, enter any number to re-send the request for the specified number of times.

Example: If the 'Current value' is given as 3, then the user is given 3 attempts to re-send the request for which the response is not received.

Default Value: 1.

Note: This profile option value can be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.

• Number Reservation Expiry days: This profile option  is used to set a limit for the number of days the numbers are reserved to the customers.  

Current Value: In the Current Value box, enter a numeric value to set the number of days limit for the reserved numbers to expire. The expiry is calculated from the day the number is reserved to a customer. Once the reserved number is expired, the status of the reserved number changes to "free" state. To free the expired reserved numbers, you need to run a batch job "Cancel Expired Number Reservation". For more information about scheduling a job, refer Online Help.

Default Value: 1.

Note: This profile option value can be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.

• Predefined no of days to send OSD messages: This profile option  is used to specify the number of days before which  OSD messages have  to be sent to the customers whose true prepaid plan is going to expire.

Current Value: In the Current Value box, specify the number of days before which the messages have to be sent to the customer.

Default Value: NA.

Note: This profile option value can be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.

• Provisioning Required: This profile option  is used to display Entitlements link in Single View screen.

Current Value:

YES: Set the value to Y to display Entitlements link in Single View screen.

NO:  Set the value to N, not to  display the Entitlement link in Single View screen.

Default Value:Yes

Note: This profile option value can be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.

• Provisioning System Behaviour: This profile option is set to allow/disallow the user to change provisioning request status. For this profile option, you can set the following values.

Current Values:

YES: If the profile option is set as YES, then you can change status of the provisioning requests in Provisioning Request screen to achieve the required business process.

NO: If the profile option is set as NO, then in the Status column appears as disabled in the above screen and you cannot change the provisioning request status. In such case, the requests are handled by adapters.

Default Value: YES

Note: This profile option value can be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.

• Remove Preactivated Services: This profile option is set to override or disconnect the pre-activated services at the time of new contract booking. For this profile option, you can set the following values.

Current Values:

YES: When the profile option is set as YES and if you book new contract on a pre-activated hardware, then all the pre-activated services available in the hardware are disconnected and new services are added.

In such case, disconnection request should be generated for the demo plan and the activation request for the new plan under the contract.

NO: If the profile option is set as NO, then the pre-activated services are not disconnected at the time of new contract booking. In this case, only activation request is generated for the new plan booked under the contract.

Default Value: YES

Note: This profile option value can be overridden by the normal user in View/Modify User Profile Options screen.