1 Introduction

Purpose

Diameter Signaling Router (DSR) Service Capability Exposure Function (SCEF) Partner User guide describes the actions that can be performed by the Partners on the SCEF portal. It describes how to create an account to access the portal, create an application in order to use SCEF T8 APIs.

Partners can subscribe APIs specific to their applications when they create them or later. Partner managers supply the SCEF T8 APIs for partner applications.

Life Cycle of an Application

An application goes through the following stages:

1. A partner creates an application and submits it in Partner Portal. The application state is set to CREATE PENDING APPROVAL.
2. An Operator/Administrator will review the application and perform one of the following:
   • Approve the application: The application state is set to ACTIVE. The partner sees the approval on the Messages page of the Partner Portal.
   • Reject the application: The application is returned to the partner. The partner sees the rejection on the Messages page of the Partner Portal.
3. When the application is active, the application is updated in the following way:
   • The partner edits the application and submits it in Partner Portal. The application state is set to UPDATE PENDING APPROVAL.
4. An Operator/Administrator will approve or reject the updates made by the partner to the application.
5. When a partner decides to delete an application, the partner submits a request in Partner Portal. An Operator/Administrator will review the application and do one of the following:
   • Approve the deletion: The application is deleted from Partner Portal.
   • Reject the deletion: The application continues to display in an active state in Partner Portal.