Charging Contract Management

Process Component (Web Service)

Definition

Configuration and maintenance of master data provisioning related to end customers' contracts and pricing information stored in SAP Convergent Charging.

Technical Data

Software Product and Version	SAP Convergent Charging 2022
Technical Details	contractProvisioning
Namespace	http://provisioning.v2.ws.highdeal.com/
Proxy Instance in SAP CC System	Updater
Web Service Version	2
WSDL	https://<UPDATER_INSTANCE_HOST>:<UPDATER_WS_PORT_NUMBER>/v2/contractProvisioning?wsdl
Endpoint	https://<UPDATER_INSTANCE_HOST>:<UPDATER_WS_PORT_NUMBER>/v2/contractProvisioning
Application Area	IS-CC

Business Context and Use

This process component is used in context of Order Capture and Contract Management. It provides the necessary operations to manage the provisioning of charging contracts master data stored in SAP Convergent Charging.

To complete the master data provisioning related to end customers in SAP CC, implement the operations of the Subscriber Mapping Table Management and the Subscriber Range Table Management process components.

Order Capture and Contract Management

A CRM application or another provisioning system manages master data related to the order capture and contract management and replicates data in SAP CC by maintaining subscriber data for end customers. Data includes: Charging contracts (provider contracts), subscriber mapping tables, subscriber range tables.

• Create and maintain a charging contract for an end customer of the service provider

Customer Data Migration

A former system manages master data related to the end customers of a service provider. You want to migrate this data to SAP Convergent Charging.

• You must extract this information
• You must implement the conversion of this data into master data (and data models) provided and managed by SAP CC before any activity:
  • Business partners ( subscriber accounts , subscriber mapping tables , subscriber range tables )
  • Business agreements ( prepaid accounts and external accounts )
  • Contracts ( charging contracts , subscriber mapping tables , subscriber range tables )
• You must determine the states of the prepaid accounts and the states of the migrated charging contracts .

Then, you must implement the provisioning of this converted data to SAP CC by choosing one of the following solutions:

• Solution 1: You must implement bulk provisioning of this converted data to SAP CC according to the following sequence:
  • Create the necessary subscriber accounts in bundle mode or in mass mode
  • Create the necessary external accounts in bundle mode or in mass mode
  • Create the necessary prepaid accounts in bundle mode or in mass mode
  • Change the state of the prepaid accounts in bundle mode or in mass mode
  • Change the schedule of the blocked/locked/closed statuses of each relevant prepaid account
  
  
  • Create the necessary subscriber mapping tables
  • Create the necessary subscriber range tables
  
  
  • Create the necessary charging contracts in bundle mode or in mass mode
  • Change the state of the charging contracts in bundle mode or in mass mode
  • Create the necessary data tables relating to a charging contract or to a group of charging contracts ( subscriber mapping tables or subscriber range tables )
  Two different processing modes are provided for these bulk operations: The bundle mode (all-or-none) or the mass mode (most) . Determine the mode recommended for your business requirements.

• Solution 2: You must implement the one step provisioning of this converted data to SAP CC according to the following sequence:
  • Import customer data
  • Change the operational status of the imported single or parent charging contract(s) to set it to active

• Switch off the business traffic to SAP Convergent Charging

Make sure that no business traffic acquired from mediation systems can trigger the charging services related to the customer data been migrated. This can corrupt the state of this master data. Make sure that no activation process of periodic and one-off fees can be manually or automatically triggered by a user or a connected system.

Included Service Operations

The following service operations are related to the implementation of charging contract management:

• Create or change a charging contract
• Create or change charging contracts in bundle mode
• Create or change charging contracts in mass mode
• Find charging contracts
• Cancel a charging contract

See here the technical details about these service operations.

Related Process Components

• Customer Master Data (Business Partner Management):
  • Subscriber Account Management
  • Subscriber Mapping Table Management
  • Subscriber Range Table Management
• Customer Master Data (Business Agreement Management): Subscriber Account Management
• Customer Master Data (Allowances Management): Allowance Management
• Data Migration (Order Capture and Contract Management): Charging Contract State Management

Features

An initial version of this process component is also available.

A first version of this process component is also available.

Prerequisites

• You have determined the customer data that must be replicated to or synchronized with subscriber data stored in SAP Convergent Charging
• You have implemented the necessary operations of the Subscriber Account Management process component in contexts of Business Partner Management and Business Agreement Management

Integration

There is no specific integration information.

Constraints and Integrity Conditions

There is no specific constraint.

Notes on SAP CC Implementation

You must have installed and configured the SAP CC Core Server system.

Configuration

Consult the SAP CC Configuration and Implementation Guide to know the necessary configuration or Customizing of the SAP CC system.

Before implementing SAP Convergent Charging in your SAP system landscape, you must configure the systems and the data (master data, business data).