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System Parameter Reference

Target Audience

Technology consultant
Implementation project team
System administrator, application administrator
Operations team

Development consultant during the project implementation phase
Support specialist

Getting Started

This SAP product documentation is a complete reference of the system parameters and indicators available in SAP Convergent Charging 4.1 to set up the business and the technical features of the SAP CC Core Server system. This server system is the main component of SAP Convergent Charging.

Use this complete reference when implementing, installing, administering, troubleshooting, and operating with the SAP CC Core Server systems in your SAP system landscape. For the other SAP CC systems, refer to the SAP CC Configuration and Implementation Guide.

Configuration Settings

You can set up all the parameters relating to:

Business processing level (convergent charging operations, master data management)
Technical and system processing level (communications, SAP users, auditing functions, logging and tracing)
Security

Installation Information	Technical Feature Settings	Business Feature Settings
Installations Installed Hosts Licenses Java and JVM	Security Management Front-End/Back-End Systems, Interfaces, Network, and Communications (see details) SAP User Management Log and Trace Management System Audit Management Schedulers	Convergent Charging Output Data Generation and Transfer All other processes (see details) Master Data (Contracts, Subscriptions) Scheduled Activities

Consult the group classification for more information and quick access.

Note

The system parameters created with the SAP CC Setup Tool user interface are not detailed in this document. For more information, refer to the SAP CC Configuration Guide.

Tuning

Advanced administrators can fine-tune the performances of some specialized mechanims and functions in the running SAP CC Core Server system:

Troubleshooting

You can troubleshoot problems with your SAP CC systems by inspecting the system parameters and indicators.

A L3 support specialist from your SAP Support Team can use advanced indicators to troubleshoot memory issues, service performance issues, and data cache issues.

Quick Access

If you are familiar with the system parameters and the SAP CC system configuration settings, use the A-Z index, the group classification, or the what's new information.

What's New in This Document

This section highlights the main changes in this SAP product document. They relate both to new or changed features in the SAP CC software and to documentation enhancements to enrich your SAP user experience continuously.

What's New in SP 2

As of SP 2, consider the new system parameters:

Note the changed system parameters:

AUDIT_ACTIVATION (changed functions)
AUDIT_OBJECT_ACTIVATION (changed functions)
XXX_PRE_CREATE_FILE-BulkWriter (new possible values)

What's New in SP 1

As of SP 1, consider the new system parameters:

ACTIVATION_SCHEDULER_SUBSCRIPTION_ENABLED
BIT_LOADER_AUTO_COMMIT indicator
THREAD_DUMP_ENABLED (and related parameters)
USER_ISOLATION_ENABLED
XXX_PRE_CREATE_FILE-BulkWriter

Note the changed system parameter:

LS_TRC_DOMAIN (new tracing domains)

Consider also the new group:

Troubleshooting (Advanced): Thread Dump Generation

What's New in SP 0

As of SP 0, consider the new system parameter:

FREE_TRANSAC_NOTIF_ENABLED

Group Classification

All the indicators and parameters of the SAP CC Core Server system are listed in this document. They are grouped into several sets listed above.

Backends/Frontends	Business Processing	System Settings
Network communications Database systems File systems Technical interfaces and communications (Message TCP, Web Services, HCI, JCo) SLD	Account and Balance Management (ABM) Activation Charging and rating (event based or session based) Taxing Business notification Scheduled activities Output data generation and transfer Rerating Data configuration management and maintenance (Master Data, business or custom data) Customer Master Data configuration and provisioning	Security management SAP user management Audit management (user operations, data objects) Log and trace management Business metric management Internal schedulers Tuning

The avaible groups are:

Group	Definition
Backends: Database Management Settings	System configuration settings that relate to the back-end database management (user, URI, properties)
Backends: EIF (Exportable Item Framework)	This group includes all the system parameters and indicators concerning the technical configuration of the Exportable Item Framework (EIF).
Backends: File System	This group includes some parameters that relate to the file system as a back-end system of an instance in the SAP CC system.
Backends: JCo	System configuration settings (as indicators) that relate to the RFC/JCo technical interface
Backends: Oracle Database Management Settings	System configuration settings that relate to the Oracle back-end database management
Backends: System Landscape Directory (SLD)	System configuration settings that relate to the back-end system System Landscape Directory (SLD)
Frontends: File System	This group includes some parameters that relate to the file system as a front-end system of an instance in the SAP CC system.
Process: Account and Balance Management	This group includes all the system parameters concerning the account and balance management (master data for the end customers).
Process: Activation	This group includes the main system parameters concerning the activation process on provider contracts or subscriptions.
Process: Charging and Rating	This group includes all the system parameters concerning the charging process.
Process: Notification	This group includes all the system parameters concerning the notification management (account alerts, balance alerts, system administration alerts).
Process: Output Data Generation	System settings that relate to the technical configuration of the charged item file processors and some other specialized file writing processors in the instances of the SAP CC system.
Process: Output Data Transfer (Billable Item Processing)	In an integrated SAP Solution with SAP Convergent Invoicing in SAP ERP, this group includes all the SAP CC system parameters and indicators concerning the transmission of billable items to SAP ERP via the RFC/JCo technical interface.
Process: Provisioning of Provider Contracts in Master Data	System settings that relate to the configuration and maintenance of contracts in customer master data: contract packing, assignment of batch rating groups
Process: Provisioning of Subscriptions	This group includes all the parameters concerning the configuration and maintenance of subscriptions in customer master data.
Process: Rerating	This group includes all the parameters concerning the rerating process.
Process: Session-Based Charging	This group includes all the system parameters concerning the session-based charging process.
Process: Spending Status Monitoring	This group includes all the system parameters concerning the spending status monitoring process.
Process: Taxing	This group includes all the system parameters concerning the tax functions processed by the SAP CC system during the charging process.
Process (Old): Output Data Generation (DB File Processing)	This group includes all the system parameters concerning the management of data files generated by the Data File Processor. This function is replaced. Consult the SAP CC Application Help for details.
Process (Old): Output Data Generation (Transaction File Processing)	System settings that relate to the files generated by the Transaction File Processing (TFP) function: size, frequency, pathname, details, filtering, taxing. This function is replaced since main release 2.0 of SAP CC.
Scheduling	System configuration settings that relate to the SAP CC schedulers and corresponding jobs scheduled in the SAP CC system. Specialized internal functions manage the different business processes (activation, alerts) and technical processes (cleanup, SLD, business metrics).
Security Management Settings	System configuration settings that relate to the security (SAP users, communications, system audit) in the SAP CC system
System: Host Machines	This group includes some indicators that relate to the installed hosts (hostname, memory allocation, machine date and time).
System: Installations	All the general system indicators (and a parameter) about the installations, host machines, licenses, SAP CC software, SAP CC system and its deployed instances.
System: License Keys	This group includes all the general system parameters and indicators.
System: Log and Trace Settings	This group includes all the system parameters concerning the logging and the tracing functions. The trace messages can be added to the destinations of the log messages or to different destinations.
System: Network and Communication	This group includes all the parameters for communication and network management.
System: User Management Settings	System configuration settings about the management of the SAP CC users and credential information about other SAP users
System: Versions and Identifications	System configuration settings that relate to theall the general system parameters and indicators.
System and Data Auditing: Data and Operation Auditing Settings	System configuration settings about the Data and Operation Auditing features and functions (object change auditing, user operation auditing, object snapshot recording).
System and Data Auditing: Product Usage Measurement Settings	System configuration settings of the business metric recording feature about the product usage information (volume of master data, transactional data)
System Information: Java Virtual Machine (JVM)	Information settings that relate to the Java Virtual Machines (JVMs) that execute the instances of the SAP CC system: Java process ID, host memory allocated to the JVM, remaining memory in the Java heap.
System Information: Memory	This group includes all the system indicators and parameters concerning the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) memory for each instance running in the SAP CC system.
TIF (Transaction Integration Framework)	This group includes all the system parameters concerning the Transaction Integration Framework (TIF).
Troubleshooting: Performance of Memory	This group includes a particular indicator that you can inspect for getting information about the usage of the memory in each instance of the SAP CC Core Server system.
Troubleshooting (Advanced): Performance of Data Caches	This group includes specialized indicators that you can inspect for getting information about the usage of the data caches in certain instances of the SAP CC Core Server system. This group is relevant for a L3 support specialist.
Troubleshooting (Advanced): Performance of Services	This group includes a particular indicator that SAP Support Team can inspect for getting statistics about the different services running in each instance of the SAP CC Core Server system. This group is relevant for a L3 support specialist.
Troubleshooting (Advanced): Thread Dump File Generation	This group includes all the system parameters concerning the generation of custom thread dumps in files.
Tuning: Bulk Operation Management	This group includes all the parameters concerning the fine-tuning of the bulk operations.
Tuning: Data Caches	System configuration settings that relate to the data cache settings in the instances of your running SAP CC system.
Tuning: Multithreading and Concurrency	System configuration settings that relate to concurrency optimization including the number of threads and the number of connections for SAP Convergent Charging services
Tuning: Throughput and Latency	Advanced system configuration settings that relate to the throughput and latency optimization of technical mechanisms processed by the SAP CC instances

Tasks

During the Project Implementation Phase (integration, development, test, validation) or during the Production Operation Phase, you manage the system parameters of the SAP CC Core Server systems in your SAP system landscape.

As an IT consultant, you determine the system configuration to take into account the business or technical requirements finalized at the beginning of the implementation phase. You plan necessary tuning and validation subphases to determine the optimal system configuration. You may configure a development or test system by your own.
As an IT administrator, you perform the system configuration defined by the IT consultants and the implementation project team. Depending on particular business or technical requirements, you may redefine the system configuration settings that relate to technical features.

Consider the following key tasks:

Identify and View Determine

Identify a system parameter (or an indicator) to work with it. See the complete list.

View or inspect a system parameter set in an instance or in the SAP CC Core Server system. Use the SAP CC Admin+ user interface and the 'get' command.

Export system parameters with the SAP CC Config Tool user interface.

Determine the parameter values that are necessary and relevant for your implementation and Customizing. They depend on your business and technical requirements and on the modeling results. See the SAP CC Configuration Guide.

Change Fine-Tune

Change a parameter value temporarily. For some system parameters, you can change the runtime value for a particular instance in the running SAP CC system.

Set up a system parameter or a list of parameters permanently. For some system parameters, you can also change the runtime value temporarily. For the other one, you can only change the restart value that is persistent.

Set up all the parameters that relate to a function in the SAP CC system. See the group classification and the SAP CC Config Tool user interface.

Fine-tune some parameter values to run the system optimally. You apply some recommendations, guidelines, or procedures to determine the best system configuration settings depending on your business and technical requirements. You validate, test, and confirm the changes.

Identify and View	Determine
Identify a system parameter (or an indicator) to work with it. See the complete list. View or inspect a system parameter set in an instance or in the SAP CC Core Server system. Use the SAP CC Admin+ user interface and the 'get' command. Export system parameters with the SAP CC Config Tool user interface.	Determine the parameter values that are necessary and relevant for your implementation and Customizing. They depend on your business and technical requirements and on the modeling results. See the SAP CC Configuration Guide.
Change	Fine-Tune
Change a parameter value temporarily. For some system parameters, you can change the runtime value for a particular instance in the running SAP CC system. Set up a system parameter or a list of parameters permanently. For some system parameters, you can also change the runtime value temporarily. For the other one, you can only change the restart value that is persistent. Set up all the parameters that relate to a function in the SAP CC system. See the group classification and the SAP CC Config Tool user interface.	Fine-tune some parameter values to run the system optimally. You apply some recommendations, guidelines, or procedures to determine the best system configuration settings depending on your business and technical requirements. You validate, test, and confirm the changes.

Administration Utilities

The following user interfaces can be used to administer the SAP CC Core Server system in a development, a quality assurance, or a production SAP system landscape:

The Admin+ user interface can be used to set up a parameter with immediate change or delayed change (restart needed)
The Config Tool user interface can be used to set up a complete or partial list of system parameters (restart needed)
The Setup Tool user interface can be used to configure some particular technical functions (CIF, RIF, and notification policy) and business data (VAT rates, VAT rules, country tax policies, ...)
The Core Tool graphical user interface can be used to maintain master data (pricing catalog, customer master data) and some business data customized during the implementation phase (currencies, public hollidays)

Recommendation

For more information, refer to the SAP CC Configuration Guide and SAP CC Operations Guide.

Parameter Administration

Availability

The available parameters and indicators depend on the types of the instances of the SAP CC Core Server system: dispatcher, guider, rater, updater, bulkloader, or taxer. An overall map details all the parameters and indicators.

Access and Change

All the indicators are read-only (RO) access and computed by the SAP CC Core Server system. They can never be configured.
The parameters are read/write (R/W) access. You can change their values with Admin+ or Config Tool. Some immediate and temporary changes are possible.

This Documentation

This SAP product documentation provides you with user assistance about the SAP Convergent Charging software product when configuring, administrating, or operating the SAP CC systems in your SAP system landscapes.

Consult the product documentation set and user assistance deliverables of SAP CC for more information.

User Assistance	About
SAP CC Operations Guide	Management of SAP CC Technical Monitoring and Alerting With SAP Solution Manager Troubleshooting of SAP CC
SAP CC Configuration Guide	Configuration and Implementation Information
SAP CC Installation Guide	Installation or Upgrade Information
SAP CC Application Help (aka SAP CC Library)	Data caches, cache warm-up mechanism, architecture, processes, functions or mechanisms

References

This SAP product documentation refers to the following documents: