IMG 1010 - Importing Route Table Entries

If you have a route table requiring a large number of entries you can use any text editor to quickly create the entries and then import them into a Route table in ClientView.

Summary of Steps

• Create Route Table template in ClientView

• Export File

• Add Entries to File

• Import File into Route Table 

Procedure

Create Route Table Template in ClientView

• Right-click Routing Configuration and select New Routing Tables.
  
  

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• Right-click Routing Tables and select New Route Table.
  
  

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• Name the table and change the default ID and Routing Criteria Order if desired.
  
  

• Commit the configuration.
  
  

• Right-click on the table name in the object tree and select Add Route Entry.
  
  

• Configure the entry to closely match the requirements of all of the entries you will be creating. When you export the file and use a text editor, you will be creating multiple versions of this entry and then changing fields, such as Router String, in each entry as required.
  
  

• Commit this configuration.

Export File

• Right-click the Route Table in the object tree and select Export To CSV.
  
  

  
   

• In the Export to CSV dialog box, name the file and click OK. The file is saved to the opt/dialogic/common/import_export folder.
  
  

Add Entries to File

• Locate the *csv file and open it in any text editor.

• Select the row containing the entry that you configured in ClientView and select File - Copy

• Paste the number of rows for the entries you require.

• Edit entries as required. Make sure you give each entry a unique Entry ID.

• Save and close the file.  

Import File into Route Table

• Return to ClientView

• Right-click on the Route Table you are adding the entries to and select Import From CSV.
  
  

• In the Import From CSV Dialog Box, browse to the file, select it, and click Open.
  
  

• In the next dialog box that appears, select Use Import File Entries.
  
  

• In the next dialog box that appears, select the desired action if errors occur during the import process.
  
  

• A dialog box will appear indicating the records were successfully imported. It will also indicate the location of the report file created during this import process.
  
  

• Click OK to proceed.

The Route Table will be populated with the entries you added to the file.