{"id":695,"date":"2025-05-21T15:40:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/?p=695"},"modified":"2025-05-21T15:40:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T15:40:38","slug":"test-a-phone-routing-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/test-a-phone-routing-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"What steps should I follow to test a Phone Routing Rule in SMPPCenter\u2019s SMPP Software to ensure it\u2019s working as expected?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Testing a <strong>Phone Routing Rule<\/strong> ensures that messages are redirected to the correct vendor as intended. Here\u2019s how to verify the rule\u2019s functionality:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Steps to Test a Phone Routing Rule<\/strong>:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Set Up the Rule<\/strong>: Create a Phone Routing Rule as outlined in FAQ 2 (e.g., <em>Mobile No.<\/em>: <code>9199999xxxxx<\/code>, <em>Origin Vendor<\/em>: Operator A, <em>New Vendor<\/em>: Operator B, <em>Active<\/em>: Checked).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Send a Test Message<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to the SMPPCenter User Panel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <em>Send SMS<\/em> (e.g., Batch, Group, or File Uploads).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the user specified in the rule (or any user if <em>UserName<\/em> is set to <em>Any<\/em>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Send a test message to the phone number specified in the rule (e.g., <code>9199999xxxxx<\/code>) using the <em>Origin Vendor<\/em> (Operator A).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Check the Delivery Report<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <em>Reports -&gt; Delivery Reports<\/em> in the SMPPCenter dashboard.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Confirm that the message was routed to the <em>New Vendor<\/em> (Operator B) instead of the <em>Origin Vendor<\/em> (Operator A).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Verify Message Logs<\/strong>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <em>Message Logs<\/em> to ensure the message was logged with the correct vendor (Operator B).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Best Practices<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Start with a single test message to avoid impacting live campaigns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If the rule doesn\u2019t work as expected, double-check the <em>Mobile No.<\/em> format (e.g., include the country code) and ensure the rule is active.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Testing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/category\/smpp-client\/rules\/phone-routing-rules\/\">Phone Routing Rules<\/a><\/strong> ensures reliable message delivery on <strong>SMPPCenter<\/strong>. For assistance, contact our support team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Testing a Phone Routing Rule ensures that messages are redirected to the correct vendor as intended. Here\u2019s how to verify the rule\u2019s functionality: Steps to Test a Phone Routing Rule: Best Practices: Testing Phone Routing Rules ensures reliable message delivery on SMPPCenter. For assistance, contact our support team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[293],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phone-routing-rules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/695\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smppcenter.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}