M4 Directions and Destinations
Description
Directions refers to countries, or perhaps to a satellite network. The term merely describes the direction in which the call is routed.
Destinations are more concrete concepts of the calls course. Example that explains these terms better: Let's say we are dialing number 37068547771. According to this number MOR knows that it is Lithuania, but the Destination is the mobile network Bite. Destinations are determined by the Prefix which is unique for each destination. The Prefix in the example is 370685.
Who can configure and use destinations?
- Admin and Manager(with permissions) can create, edit, delete directions, destinations and it groups and access Direction, Destinations and Destination Groups pages.
Usage
Go to MAINTENANCE –> Directions and here you can see all Directions with their details, such as assigned destinations number. You can edit the name of a Direction, but you cannot change the country code. When deleting the direction all the Destinations assigned to that direction will also be deleted. By clicking on Destinations column View link, you can access the Destinations list for specific Direction.
Go to MAINTENANCE –> Directions –> Groups and here you can see the list of already created Destinations Groups. You can add new Destination by clicking New Destination Group.
To assign specific rates for Destinations Groups, go to SETTINGS –> Billing –> Tariffs, click on Rates and you will see the list of destination groups that can be assigned to specific prices. Here you can find instructions how to enter rates for retail tariff and wholesale tariff
How to add a destination group manually
To add the Destination Group manually go to MAINTENANCE –> Directions. Scroll down the list of existing destination groups and click New Direction. Enter the name and Direction code. Click Create. New direction has been created. Now you need to fill it with Destinations. Click on Destinations and then click New destination. Enter destination's prefix,enter the name and click Create. Now you can find it in Destinations Groups.
NOTE: A destination can belong to only one group at a time.
HINT: If you want to split a Destination Group, remove all Destinations from it, delete the old Destination Group, and create new ones. Then add the removed Destinations to the newly created Destination Group.
Bulk management
With Bulk management you are able to:
- rename multiple Destinations by specifying a regexp pattern.
- reassign multiple Destinations to other Direction by specifying a regexp pattern.
Go to MAINTENANCE –> Directions and click on Bulk management link
Rename
Enter a prefix regexp which Destinations should be renamed, write in Destination details to what name you want to rename those destinations:
Click Rename and MOR will show you which Destinations are going to be renamed:
If you want to proceed - press Confirm changes at the bottom of the window and the Destinations will be renamed:
Reassign
Enter a prefix regexp which destinations should be reassigned, select a group to assign to and specify type:
Press Reassign and MOR will show you which Destinations are going to be reassigned:
If you want to proceed - press Reassign at the bottom of the window again and the destinations will be reassigned:
Supported regexp patters
Supported regexp symbols:
% - matches any symbol any number of times
[1,2,3,4]% - matches destinations beginning whit 1, 2, 3 and 4
Examples
370% - will match numbers 370xxxxxxxxx
370[1,3,9]% - will match numbers 3701xxxxxxxx, 3703xxxxxxxx and 3709xxxxxxxx