2 Getting Started

Overview

Purpose

This chapter explains how to access the USSD Gateway and describes the contents of the main screens.

Accessing USSD Gateway

Procedure

Follow these steps to access the USSD Gateway screens.

  1. From the Service Management System screen, select the Services menu.

    This image shows the Service Management System screen with the Services menu.

  2. Select USSD Gateway.
  3. Select the screen you want to use.

USSD Gateway menu options

This table describes the menu options accessible from the USSD Gateway menu option.

Menu Description
Base Config Provides access to the creation and maintenance screens for base USSD Gateway configuration.
Gateway Config Provides access to the creation and maintenance screens for global USSD Gateway configuration.
Service Config Provides access to the creation and maintenance screens for USSD Gateway services.
Menu and Status Provides access to the creation and maintenance screens for menus and statuses of USSD Gateway.
Subscribers Provides access to the creation and maintenance screens for subscribers.

Base Config screen

The USSD Gateway Base Configuration Screen contains four tabs:

  • Trigger Prefix
  • Language
  • Service Interface
  • Operator

Gateway Config screen

The USSD Gateway Configuration screen contains one tab:

  • Gateway Configuration

Service Config screen

The USSD Gateway Service Configuration screen contains one tab:

  • Service Trigger

Menu and Status screens

The Menu and Status option contains three sub menus:

  • Wizard - This option contains two screens:
    • Menu Wizard
    • Status Wizard
  • Config - The USSD Gateway Menu Configuration Screens contains two tabs:
    • Menu Info
    • Status Info Configuration
  • Display - The USSD Gateway Menu Display Screens contains two tabs:
    • Menu Language
    • Status Language

Subscribers screens

The Subscribers menu option contains the screens:

  • Access Control Screen (on page 2)
  • IMSI Tracing
  • CDR Viewer
  • UPC CDR Viewer Screen

Accessing UPC Portal

Procedure

Follow these steps to open the UPC Portal screens.

  1. From the Service Management System screen, select Services.

    This image shows the Service Management System screen with the Services menu.

  2. Select UPC Portal.
  3. Select the entry for the screen you want to use.

UPC Portal menu options

This table describes the menu options accessible from the UPC Portal menu option.

Menu Description
User Selection Provides access to the creation and maintenance screens for User Selection.
Message Class Provides access to the creation and maintenance screens for Message Classes.

Refer to the chapter, UPC Portal Screens , for details about using these screens.

Common Buttons and Fields

On-screen buttons

This application uses a set of buttons to start specific actions within each screen.

The table below describes the function of each button.

Button Function
Find Opens the Find window, enabling you to find records that match the search criteria.
Save Saves any changes to the record on the current screen to the database.
Clear Clears all entries from the screen, enabling you to clear the screen before adding a new record.
Close

Closes the current screen and returns you to the previous screen in the screen hierarchy.

Note: Any changes that have been made on-screen will not be saved (unless Save has been clicked previously).

Search

Appears on Find screens and allows you to search the database.

This will trigger an Oracle Like% query that returns the first 100 records that begin with the selection criteria.

For example, if you enter 123 in the Query field, the system will return records such as 123, 1234, 12345, etc.
Delete Removes the selected record from the database.
Help Opens context-sensitive Help containing information about the functionality available in the current screen.

Common fields

The following fields are displayed at the bottom of each screen.

Field Description
Comment For adding a comment for the record.
Term The terminal that the session is using to log on.
Date Date of last change to record.
User User who last changed the record.

Data entry

Follow the steps below to enter a new Gateway configuration.

  1. Click Clear to clear the screen of previous data.

  2. Enter new data and click Save.

    Result: The new Gateway configuration is saved.

Using the Find Screens

Introduction

The find screen enables you to find records that match the selection criteria. All find screens in the system contain the following areas:

  • Buttons
  • Query fields
  • Display grid

Accessing a find screen

To access the context sensitive find screen for a screen or tab, click Find.

Example find screen

Here is an example Find Screen.

Note: Each Find Screen has entry boxes for that particular find, with differing grid column headings.

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Editing records

Follow the steps below to edit a record.

  1. In the Find screen, select the row you want to edit.

    Result: The associated screen is populated with this data, which you can edit.

  2. On the editing screen, make the changes to the data.

  3. Click Save.

    Result: The edited screen is saved.

Searching the database

Follow these steps to search the database.

  1. Enter selection criteria in one or more query fields at the top of the screen and click Search.

    If a field is left empty, the search retrieves all instances of that field.

    Result: This triggers an Oracle Like% query that returns the first 100 records that begin with the selection criteria. These are displayed in the display table at the bottom of the screen.

    Example: If you enter 123 in a query field, the system returns records such as 123, 1234, and 12345.

    Note: These are the first 100 records entered in the database, and they display in no particular order. If you do not find the record you are searching for, you need to conduct a more specific search.

  2. To display the record in the main screen, select the record line and click Close.