Checking The Effect Of A Pattern - Cisco TelePresence Administrator's Manual

Maintenance

Checking the effect of a pattern

The Check pattern tool (Maintenance > Tools > Check
transform you intend to configure on the VCS will have the expected result.
Patterns can be used when configuring:
Allow lists and Deny lists
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Transforms to specify aliases to be transformed before any searches take place
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Search rules to filter searches based on the alias being searched for, and to transform an alias before the
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search is sent to a zone
Subzone membership rules
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endpoint is assigned when it registers with the VCS
To use this tool:
1. Enter an Alias against which you want to test the transform.
2. In the Pattern section, enter the combination of Pattern type and Pattern behavior for the Pattern string
being tested.
If you select a Pattern behavior of Replace, you also need to enter a Replace string.
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If you select a Pattern behavior of Add prefix or Add suffix, you also need to enter an Additional text
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string to append/prepend to the Pattern string.
The VCS has a set of predefined
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configuration elements.
3. Click Check pattern to test whether the alias matches the pattern.
The Result section shows whether the alias matched the pattern, and displays the resulting alias
(including the effect of any transform if appropriate).
Cisco VCS Administrator Guide (X8.1.1)
to specify aliases to be included in the lists
to determine, based on the address of the device, to which subzone an
pattern matching variables
pattern) lets you test whether a pattern or
that can be used to match against certain
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