IEC Database Reference (SAP HANA)

Target Audience

  • IT system architect
  • Technology consultant
  • Implementation project team
  • Database system administrator (DBA)
  • Support specialist

Caution

Direct SQL queries on the database are not allowed. Do not modify the data stored in the database system.

Consult first your customer project team during the implementation phase of SAP CC.

Important Note

SAP does not recommend that you use direct SQL queries for statistics or monitoring an SAP CC production system.

Consult first your SAP Support Team.

Recommendation

SAP recommends that you consult the SAP CC 5.0 Application Help for more information about the possible use conditions and technical implementation limitations that relate to your database.

Getting Started

This product documentation is a complete reference of the schema of SAP CC IEC Database of the SAP Convergent Charging software product. SAP CC IEC Database is the back-end database of an SAP CC IEC application.

The database schema describes the structure, all the tables (entities), the columns (attributes), and the keys (relationships) of SAP CC IEC Core Database.

Caution

Direct SQL queries on the database are not allowed. Do not modify the data stored in the database system.

Consult first your customer project team during the implementation phase of SAP CC.

Important Note

SAP does not recommend that you use direct SQL queries for statistics or monitoring.

Consult first your SAP Support Team.

Refer to this information when administering, installing/upgrading, or updpating/patching SAP CC tables in your database.

Database Schema

Database Indexes

SQL Scripts

Implementation

To implement this database in your SAP system landscape, consider the following activities:

  • Sizing
  • Installation
  • Technical configuration in SAP CC
  • Validations
  • Technical operations (administration, software maintenance, purging and archiving, monitoring, and troubleshooting)

Sizing

Refer to the SAP CC 5.0 Tuning Guide and Sizing Guidelines for SAP Convergent Charging for information about the the translation of your business requirements and IT strategy into hardware requirements based on predictions considering:

  • Data volume
  • Performance
  • Robustness
  • Scalability
  • High availability

The sizes of the hardware and database are influenced by both business aspects and technological aspects.

Notes

  • The regular growth of data volume and the load of the network must be taken into account as conditions for the initial sizing.
  • Confirm and adapt your initial sizing with performance and validation tests.

Installation

Refer to the SAP CC 5.0 Installation Guide for information about the installation preparations, initial installation, and follow-up activities of this database system in your SAP CC system landscape.

Note

Refer to the information provided by the database supplier.

Technical Configuration in SAP CC

Refer to the SAP CC System Parameter Reference and SAP CC 5.0 Configuration Guide for more information about the configuration in SAP CC that relates to the databases. See the SQLHELPER_LOGIN system parameter.

Technical Operations

During the project implementation phase or during the productive operation phase, consider the following activities:

  • Administration
  • Software maintenance
  • Purging and archiving
  • Monitoring
  • Troubleshooting

Software Maintenance

Refer to the information provided by the database supplier for more information about the software maintenance of your database systems.

Note

The software maintenance of SAP Convergent Charging may change the database schema or the stored data. When the SAP CC system administrator implements a support package (SP) or a patch level of SAP Convergent Charging, the maintenance procedures modify the back-end database. Refer to the delivery notes (SAP Notes) provided with the new versions of SAP CC.

Monitoring

DBA Cockpit

Install and use DBA Cockpit in SAP Solution Manager to monitor the back-end databases of SAP Convergent Charging. Refer to the SAP CC 5.0 Operations Guide for more information.

SAP CC Activities

You can monitor the performance and health metrics reported by the instances of the running SAP CC Core Server system. These instances are connected to the back-end database system and manage several internal functions. By using CA Introscope for SAP in SAP Solution Manager, you can view the back-end activities that relate to the database commits, rollbacks, and prepared SQL statements.

See the {Database Name} on {Hostname} ({Database Type} DB) metric node in the SAP CC 5.0 Metric Reference and Performance Troubleshooting for more information and user assistance.

Troubleshooting

Communication From Logs Performance

You use SAP Solution Manager to detect connection or communication problems.

You use the SAP CC Admin+ user interface:

You use the logs of the database system.

You use the logs and traces recorded in the SAP CC system.

You use SAP Solution Manager.