Process: Charging and Rating

Definition

This group includes all the system parameters concerning the charging process.

Viewing and Monitoring Indicators

You can retrieve the runtime values of the following indicators in your SAP CC system:

Indicators Summary
ACTIVATION_LAST_TRIGGER The last date when the activation process was triggered by an SAP CC user
ACTIVATION_SCHEDULER_LAST_TRIGGER The last date when a scheduled activation on subscriptions was triggered by the SAP CC system
CLEANUP_LAST_TRIGGER The last date when the cleanup was performed
CLEANUP_SCHEDULER_LAST_TRIGGER The last date when the cleanup was triggered by the scheduler
REFRESH_LAST_TRIGGER The last date when the offer cache refresh has been triggered
REFRESH_SCHEDULER_LAST_TRIGGER The last date when the offer cache refresh has been triggered by the scheduler
SESSION_COUNT The number of sessions currently stored in the session cache
SESSION_HISTORY_COUNT The number of session histories currently stored in the session cache

Notes

  • Use the get command of the SAP CC Admin+ user interface to retrieve the indicator values manually.
  • Implement and use SAP Solution Manager in combination with the Introscope technology to improve your experience. SAP delivers a customized version CA Introscope for SAP for an efficient technical monitoring of the SAP CC systems. Refer to the SAP CC Operations Guide documentation for more information about the technical and performance monitoring.

Setting Up System Parameters

You can set up the following system parameters that are available for different instance types in the running SAP CC Core Server system.

Parameters Summary
ACTIVATION_SCHEDULER_ENABLED Enables/disables the activation scheduler in the system
ACTIVATION_SCHEDULER_MAX_THROUGHPUT The maximum number of subscriber accounts per second that can be activated by each rater instance
ACTIVATION_SCHEDULER_RECURRENCE The recurrence period of the activation scheduler
ACTIVATION_THREAD_COUNT The number of threads dedicated to the recurring and one-shot rate activation into each rater instance
CLEANUP_SCHEDULER_ENABLED Enables/disables the cleanup scheduler related to prerating/postrating
CLEANUP_SCHEDULER_MAX_THROUGHPUT The maximum number of subscriptions per second on which the cleanup process can be applied by each rater
CLEANUP_SCHEDULER_RECURRENCE The recurrence period of the cleanup scheduler
CLEANUP_THREAD_COUNT The number of threads dedicated to the cleanup process into each rater instance
COUNTER_PRECISION The precision of counter values
COUNTER_ROUNDING_MODE The method for rounding counter values
COUNTER_SNAPSHOT_COUNT The retention period of counter snapshots stored for each offline subscription or provider contract
PERIOD_LIMIT_ACTIVATION The number of days after the current date allowed for an activation or charging; 0 deactivates the control function.
PRERATING_SESSION_CONTROL_ENABLED Enables/disables session-based charging and prerating to be used at the same time
REFRESH_SCHEDULER_ENABLED Enables/disables the scheduler in charge of offer cache switching
REFRESH_SCHEDULER_RECURRENCE The recurrence period of the scheduler in charge of refreshing the offer cache
TAX_FRAMEWORK The identifier(s) of the tax system(s) enabled
TAX_PRECISION The precision of tax amounts computed by the SAP CC system
TAX_ROUNDING_MODE The method for rounding tax amounts
TRANSACTION_DETAIL_PRECISION The precision of the numerical transaction details
TRANSACTION_DETAIL_ROUNDING_MODE The method for rounding numerical transaction details
TRANSACTION_PRECISION The precision of transaction amounts
TRANSACTION_ROUNDING_MODE The method for rounding transaction amounts

Notes