Verizon Network Manager Nodes manual Analyze Nodes-Based Routing, Model Reusable, Section

Analyze Nodes-Based Routing

Nodes-Based Routing

•Provides flexibility when routing toll-free numbers.

•Requires no predetermined hierarchy.

•Utilizes reusable models, labels, and single-use value nodes.

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Node

•A set of values that are connected by branches.

•Creates “decision points”, or call flow instructions, on a routing plan.

•Created when a model, value node, treatment, or termination is inserted into a plan.

Model (Reusable)

•Decision-based routing tree.

•Used in multiple routing plans or multiple nodes in one plan.

•Contains specific and default branches with like values in each branch.

•Can be edited and changes apply globally.

•Deleted by a monthly batch process if not in use for two consecutive months.

Figure 4-1: View Model

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