Deployment

Deploying An Application

After designing a call-flow, adjusting settings, and uploading audio prompts, the application is ready to be deployed to a phone number. First, click on the Deployments link at the top of the screen. Next, click on the yellow button. This brings up a form that provides a drop-down menu with all of a user's applications in it. Select the application to be deployed. Next, select the version of the application to deploy. The default setting is the most recent revision. Finally, select the phone number(s) to deploy the application to from the provided 'Deploy to' list.

Note: all Fuse accounts receive one test phone number by default when they are setup.

Managing Deployments

At this point, the application appears on the list of active deployments. Users have several management options () after deploying an application.

• Edit () : This allows users to edit the deployment settings. Use this option to pick a different application revision or to update the phone number(s) the application is deployed too. This is helpful if more phone numbers have been added to the user account since the app was initially deployed.
• Outbound Queue () : Use this to view the outbound queue for the deployed application.
• Delete () : Use this option to completely delete the application deployment.

It is common to have multiple deployments for the same application. Typically one deployment is for a specific production revision that is deployed to your production phone number. Staging a new revision for QA testing often warrants its own deployment. Finally, a deployment for active development enables users to test the latest application revisions.

Testing

For initial application development, Plum recommends saving a test deployment to the 'latest' revision. This ensures that the most recent version of the application always runs when testers call the test phone numbers. There is no need to edit the deployment settings after each application revision if 'latest' is selected in the deployment form.

After deploying your application, try calling the phone number associated with it. Users should hear a prompt that says “Hello, World!” and then disconnects.

See the Deployments section for more detailed information.

Logs

Click on the Logs link at the top of the page to access all available logs for a user's application(s). Fuse automatically generates two different documents for calls to or from an application: detailed logs and call detail records. By default, Fuse retains these documents for 5 days and 1 year, respectively.

Use the detailed logs to discover the precise events that occurred on an individual call. These include end-user input, prompts, branching logic, and debugging webservice integrations.

There should be a log file for the recent test call made to the basic application. Click on the item in the list on the 'Logs' page. This brings up a short log detailing when the call took place. Whenever a caller encounters a prompt in their call the log displays the text of that prompt along with a link to listen to the audio file the caller heard.

Detailed logs and call detail records are helpful when building complex applications because they allow users to easily trace the call-flow and to debug webservice integrations. Fuse lets users download individual call logs and export call detail records for a specific time frame.

Consult the Logs section for more details.