Working With BART+

Target Audience

• Administrator (system, application)
• Technology consultant

Overview

BART+ is a user interface of SAP Convergent Charging. It is a console program that allows you to manage the connected instance of the SAP CC BART Server system by changing its configuration parameters. The console program runs in interactive mode to get values and to give you results or prompts for new values.

Use and Tasks

This user interface allows you to:

Configure	Monitor	Troubleshoot
Configure the SAP CC BART Server system (see the set command) Technical features Business features Consult the SAP CC Configuration Guide for more information about the business configuration settings and the technical settings.	Monitor the batch acquisition sessions (see the monitor command)	View the SAP CC BART Server system settings (see the get command) Change immediately the log and trace thresholds (see the set command) of the BART Server system View the logs and traces of the BART Server system (see the logs command) Intercept exchanged messages to view the operations requests and responses View the thread dump of the BART Server system (see the dump command) Test the connection to the BART Server system (see the ping command)

The use of all the commands is detailed in this SAP product documentation. Do not forget that you must be connected and logged on to the SAP CC BART Server system to access to all the commands.

Getting Started

Executing the Program

On the Microsoft Windows operating system, the administrator opens a CMD/DOS console to type the commands and verify the results. On the Start main menu of MS Windows, select the Execute... submenu and type: cmd in the new displayed popup window. Launch the bart+.bat script from the directory:

• BART Tool: <DRIVE>:\<INSTALL_DIR>\bin\
• BART Server system: <DRIVE>:\usr\sap\<SID>\CAB<INST_NB>\script\

Under UNIX and Linux, the administrator opens a console to type the commands and verify the results. Launch the ./bart+.sh script from the directory:

• BART Tool: /<INSTALL_DIR>/bin/
• BART Server system: /usr/sap/<SID>/CAB<INST_NB>/script/

Connecting and Logging On

BART+ communicates directly with the SAP CC BART Server system via the HTTP Communication Interface (HCI) based on proprietary XML messages sent over HTTP.

• To connect to the SAP CC BART Server component and get authenticated:
• Enter the name or IP address of the host where a BART Server system is running. Both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses can be specified.
• Enter the communication port number
• Type the command user to log on and to be authenticated
• Enter your logon as an administrator (default logon: admin)
• Enter your password

Working With the Program

Be familiar with the workspace of this console user interface.

Getting Help

You can use the help command to list the commands and get help with a particular command. Type help monitor to view information about the monitor command.

Commands

Most of the commands are only available when you are authenticated. You can use the following commands to complete your daily tasks:

Command	Description
?	To view the help
debug	To activate the debug mode of the program
dump	To view the thread dump of the SAP CC BART Server system
exit	To exit the program
get	To view the value of a system parameter of SAP CC BART Server
h	To view the help
help	To view the help
host	To specify the distant SAP CC system to connect to
id	To view the current SAP CC user and the host information
login	To authenticate the SAP CC user
logs	To view the last log or trace messages from a logging destination of the SAP CC BART Server system
monitor	To monitor the sessions from the SAP CC BART Server system
monitoring	To monitor the sessions from the SAP CC BART Server system
normal	To reactivate the normal mode of the program
output	To redirect the output to a file and the console
ping	To ping the connected SAP CC BART Server system
quit	To exit the program
server	To manage the SAP CC BART Server system
set	To change the value of a system parameter of SAP CC BART Server
url	To specify the distant SAP CC system from its URL
user	To authenticate the SAP CC user

Troubleshooting Problems

You may have to troubleshoot some problems with your user interface or with your SAP CC environment (system, business operations).

Troubleshooting Problems With the User Interface

To troubleshoot problems that relate to the SAP CC user interface, you can:

• Activate the debug mode to view messages exchanged with the connected SAP CC BART Server system

Troubleshooting Problems With SAP CC

To troubleshoot problems that relate to the SAP CC system landscape, consider the following tasks:

• Test the connection to the BART Server system (see the ping command)
• View the SAP CC BART Server system settings (see the get command)
• Change immediately the log and trace thresholds (see the get command) of the BART Server system
• View the last log and trace messages of the BART Server system (see the logs command)
• View the thread dump of the BART Server system (see the dump command)
• Intercept exchanged messages to view the operations requests and responses
• To view the monitored business processes and the running sessions (batch acquisition of consumption detail records (CDRs), batch charging) in the offline charging scenario

Related Documentation

For more information, see the related product documentation of SAP Convergent Charging in SAP Help Portal:

Primary Help	Secondary Help
SAP CC BART Setup Tool Online Help SAP CC BART Tool Online Help (SAP site)	SAP CC Operations Guide about system administration and maintenance activities with BART+ SAP CC Configuration and Implementation Guide about customizing activities and system configuration SAP CC Installation Guide
SAP CC Admin+ Online Help	SAP CC Library (Application Help) about the features, processes, and functions of SAP Convergent Charging SAP CC Security Guide