6.4.2 Cloning AVP Entries

Use the following task to clone AVP entries.

The cloning function allows you to edit the base AVP and puts the modified AVP in Custom Dictionary. The AVPs in Custom Dictionary supersede Base Dictionary AVPs.

Note:

Templates or rules might already use an existing version of the AVP. If you clone an AVP that is referred from a template or rule, you can only add a new sub-AVP to the grouped AVP; no other changes are allowed. If the AVP is not used by any template or rule, you can make other modifications.

The cloning function is available from the following pages:

• Diameter, and then AVP Dictionary, and then Base Dictionary
• Diameter, and then AVP Dictionary, and then Custom Dictionary
• Diameter, and then AVP Dictionary, and then All-AVP Dictionary

To clone an existing AVP from the Diameter, and then AVP Dictionary, and then Base Dictionary, Diameter, and then AVP Dictionary, and then Custom Dictionary, or Diameter, and then AVP Dictionary, and then All-AVP Dictionary page:

1. Select an AVP entry from the list.
2. Click Clone AVP.
   The Diameter, and then AVP Dictionary, and then Custom Dictionary [Insert] page displays the attributes that are configured for the selected AVP dictionary entry.
3. Make changes to the AVP elements and click OK to implement the changes and return to the previous page, or click Apply to implement the changes and remain on the current page.
   The cloned AVP is inserted into the AVP Dictionary list.