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16 Using the Bulk Provisioning Tool

Table 3

BPT main menu commands (cont’d.)

Command	Description
execute <file name>	Execute all the methods contained in the specified file.
	Each line in the file must be a method in the valid format.
execute <file name> into <file	Execute all the methods contained in the specified file and
name>	writes the output to a second file instead of writing the
	output to the screen. Each line in the input file must be a
	method in the valid format.

For information about BPT command syntax conventions and examples, see "BPT conventions and examples" (page 17).

BPT provisioning methods

The BPT provisioning methods are the same as the Open Provisioning Interface (OPI) provisioning methods. OPI provisioning methods are a collection of Web services that you use to provision subscribers, and service data for the subscribers. The detailed documentation for each of the OPI Web services is available in a zip file (OPIJavaDocs.zip) included on the AS 5300 Documentation CD.

To access the OPI Web services documentation, see "Accessing the OPI Java docs" (page 47).

BPT files and scripts

Files and scripts are important when performing bulk provisioning transactions. Files enable the import and export of many database entries. Scripts enable administrators to execute multiple BPT provisioning methods in one step.

This section describes the role of files and scripts in the Bulk Provisioning Tool.

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Files

Most of the BPT provisioning methods have the option of using text files. Provisioning data can be imported from a file and put into the database, or exported from the database and written to text files.

Text file (*.txt) contents use the comma separated value (CSV) format. By using this format, files can be generated by, or imported into, third-party applications that recognize the CSV file content.

Nortel AS 5300

Nortel Application Server 5300 Application Programming Interfaces Reference

NN42040-110 01.01 Standard

11 June 2008

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