Moving Model Instances: Overview (provider deployment)¶
If the Move operation is enabled for a model, instances can be moved from its current hierarchy level to another level. Data models, Device models and Relations can be enabled for the Move operation. For lists of objects moved during a move operation, see Objects Moved During the Overbuild for data and device models, and Subscriber Management - Moving Items (provider deployment) for Subscriber Management models.
Instances can only be moved up in the hierarchy if the administrator is at a higher hierarchy. For example, for an instance at level cust1.site1 and the level cust1.site2 also exists, then the user needs to be at level cust1 to carry out a move of this instance ‘sideways’ to cust1.site2 by going up and back down the hierarchy levels.
The move is typically used in conjunction with data sync, which pulls the entities in, for example users, phones, dial plan, and so on. By default the entities reside at the level of the cluster, so the move feature allows them to be allocated to a different hierarchy (if needed).