Restore the State of a Set of Charging Contracts

Service Operation (WS)

Definition

To restore the state of a set of charging contracts at a given date and time

Technical Data

Software Product and Version	SAP Convergent Charging 2025
Technical Details	chargingContractStateRestoreMass
Namespace	http://recharging.v2.ws.highdeal.com/
Proxy Instance in SAP CC System	Dispatcher
Service Operation Version	2
Application Area	IS-CC
Direction	inbound
Mode	synchronous
Idempotency	false

Business Context and Use

This operation is used to restore the state of a set of charging contracts at a given date and time.

It performs the following actions:

The values of the counters of the charging contracts are set to the values they had at that date/time.
The restoration points of the charging contracts with a date greater than or equal to the given date/time are deleted.

It is the version 2 of the Web Service (WS) operation. It replaces the former versions previously named chargingContractCollectionStateRestoreMass.

Important

This is the latest version of this service operation. It replaces the previous version 1 named chargingContractCollectionStateRestoreMass.

With the version 1, decimal numbers are no longer restricted to the (28,6) precision. For decimal numbers stored in the database, the precision is limited to the precision supported by the database.

With this version 2, the scope of the recharging is extended to support the charging contracts that belong to a sharing group and that use shared allowances.

Rerating Scenario

A correction step precedes the recharging step of the rerating scenario. This step performs corrections when errors leading to the computation of wrong prices are identified. For example, such errors are related to the pricing logic, the properties of chargeable items, and so on.

The recharging step of the rerating scenario consists in sending again chargeable items which were previously charged so that SAP Convergent Charging (SAP CC) computes the correct prices after the correction step.

You can implement the following customizing sequence of operations for the recharging step if you want to provide rerating services in your SAP CC system landscape:

The recharging step may be followed by:

An activation step, in order to trigger again recurring charges which have been undone during the recharging step. See the Activate charging contracts in bulk operation.
A re-invoicing step in the connected billing system such as SAP Convergent Invoicing

Rerating Scenario for Contracts Using Shared Allowances Within a Sharing Group

As of the version 2 of the Recharging web service, the WS operations are enhanced to support the recharging step for charging contracts that use shared allowances within a sharing group. This version provides you with this new scenario of rerating to implement in your SAP CC system landscape.

To be able to rerate all the charging contracts that belong to the same sharing group and that use shared allowances created by the contributor contract, you implement the following operations:

Find the charging contracts belonging to a given sharing group and that must be recharged together as dependent charging contracts
Lock the related charging contracts belonging to the sharing group
Find information on the feasibility of the recharging for charging contracts belonging to the sharing group at a given date/time
Prepare the execution of the recharging process by purging the remaining item files
Find the restoration points for all the related charging contracts belonging to the sharing group
Check the reversibility of the billable items (BITs) related to all the charging contracts to rerate (belonging to the sharing group)
Restore the related charging contracts at a common date/time corresponding to one of their restoration points
Reverse the BITs related to all the charging contracts to rerate (belonging to the sharing group)
Retrieve all consumption items issued from the charging contracts belonging to the sharing group
Recharge all the collected consumption items ordered by ascending dates/times (oldest to newest) to ensure consistency in counter values
Unlock all the related charging contracts belonging to the sharing group

The operations for checking the reversibility of BITs and for reversing BITs are not part of SAP CC Web Services.

Important

Refer to the SAP CC Application Help for more information about the rerating feature, its detailed process, and technical functions/mechanisms. Consult the counter snapshot management (storage, creation, and triggering within a sharing group) feature.

Review the prerequisites, conditions of use, limitations, and recommendations for implementing this rerating scenario for contracts that use shared allowances within a sharing group.

Rerating is not possible for charging contracts using shared allowances outside of any sharing group.

When consumption items to recharge are not ordered by ascending consumption dates/times (oldest to newest), the processing may lead to inconsistencies in counter values.

Related Service Operations

You can also use the following operations to restore charging contracts:

Features

This operation contains a set of restoration operations which are executed sequentially.

Authorizations

To know the role that is expected in the user profile of the SAP CC user specified in your request messages, refer to the SAP CC Security Guide of SAP Convergent Charging.

Error Handling

If the execution of an included operation fails, the corresponding result will contain information about the error. The failure of an included operation fails does not stop the execution of the subsequent operations. Refer to the information about error handling related to the single operation.

Message Types

Consult the structures of the message types related to this service operation of SAP CC:

Prerequisites

The prerequisites of each of the included operations must be fulfilled.

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).