Allowance
Definition
An allowance is the right for a consumer to consume one or several services in limited quantity and within a limited period of time. It is included in the charging contracts (customer master data).
Technical Data
| Software Product and Version | SAP Convergent Charging 4.1 |
| Technical Details | Data Types |
| Version | 0 |
| Application Area | IS-CC |
Business Context and Use
Related Operations
Related Process Components
Features
An allowance can be created and modified during the execution of the following processes:
Life Cycle
Every created allowance has a validity period during which it can be used. When this validity period has exceeded, the allowance can be removed from the system using the allowances purge mechanism.
Structure
An allowance contains the following information:
- An identifier which is unique in the SAP CC system
- The identifier of its reference allowance plan in the pricing catalog of the service provider
- A validity period, made up with a start date and an end date
- The list of its defined parameters (possibly empty)
- The list of its defined counters (possibly empty)
- The identifier and the external identifier (possibly empty) of the contract item which created the allowance
- A status (inactive/active/expired)
- The identifier of the assigned account, with its type (prepaid or postpaid); This account is in the subscriber account that relates to the charging contract including this allowance.
- A currency
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.