While it is possible to add or change subscriber database information through GUI provisioning, the main method of subscriber data provisioning is PDBI (Provisioning Database Interface). Through the PDBI, independent information systems may add, delete, change or retrieve information about any IMSI, DN, or Network Entity association. PDBI does this by:
- allowing connections to clients that can write to the database
- importing .pdbi files from a remote directory and populating the values within the files to the database
The steps to setting up PDBI configuration are:
- Configure PDBI connections
- Configure PDBI options
- Configure PDBI import files
- Configure PDBI exports