Provisioning provider

In the Provisioning Provider you can provide the parameters necessary to access the CA/OTT platform and map the CRM.COM services and physical goods to be provisioned.

Provider fields

The table describes the sections of Provisioning Provider Data Entry page, and explains how the fields in the page are used.

Mandatory Configurable

Main Information
Povider Information	Name and Alternative Code of the provider Provisioning Protocol: The protocol of the provider you would like to set up and use. Life Cycle State: A 'Not Effective', state denotes that commands will not be sent to the CA/OTT platform.
Connection Parameters	End Point: The endpoint that will be used while calling Conax Web Services. User Name & Password: Credentials used to login to the Character Set Encoding: The encoding that will be used by the Web Services. It defaults to UTF-8 if not specified
Distributors
Distributors are used to relate services and devices (installed items) of a subscription to the provisioning provider. Multiple distributors on a subscription represent multiple viewing points with same or different services available from each device. For example, in a pay-tv subscription, two distributors can represent the decoder and channels available in a household's living room the decoder and channels available in the bedroom Create the distributors which can be provisioned through the provider. At least one provisioning distributor is required for a provider to be 'Effective'. ADD a new distributor and provide the related information in the modal
Main Information	Name & Alternative Code for the provisioning distributor.
Allowed Services	Defines a list of services which can be distributed by the distributor. This is used as a filter once the distributor is selected when adding subscription services to a subscription. Two options are supported: All Provisioned Services: If this option is selected, then all the services provisioned by the provider can be distributed by the distributor. Specific Provisioned Services: If this option is selected, then only the services included in the list will be allowed to be distributed by the distributor. The services that can be added are filtered and validated against the services that can be provisioned by the related provisioning, defined in the Services section.
Restrictions	Minimum and Maximum optional and mandatory service restrictions control the number of services that can be added to the distributor. Restrictions Per Service Type: Define minimum and maximum number of services allowed to be added to the distributor, from specific service types Restrictions Per Physical Good Type: Define minimum and maximum number of installed items allowed to be added to the distributor, from specific physical good types
Dependencies	Service dependencies define services, service types, physical goods or physical good types that must be added to the distributor, if enabled.
Services
At least one service mapping is needed for an 'Effective' Provider. Service: Termed and usage services that can be provisioned by the provider. CA ID: The unique ID that identifies the service at the CA/OTT platform If the service added is a non-provisioning service (i.e. Product Type is not set as "Used for Provisioning") then the ID is not mandatory.
Physical Goods
A list of devices which are required for provisioning through the provider. For example, a decoder and a smartcard, or just a decoder, or a modem.Depending on the provider you are setting up specific devce type may be mandatory. When communicating a device to the CA/OTT platform its ID is represented by the Installed Item Alternative Code