Charge

Definition

The metrics related to the treatments of the charging operations (after service delivery) via the OFCS or the WS

Technical Data

Consider the technical information about this metric subnode in the metric hierarchy:

Software Product and Version	SAP Convergent Charging 5.0
Path	SAP Convergent Charging | SAP CC | Message | Batch | Charge

Description

In a dispatcher instance, this node groups the performance and health data about the end-to-end processing of a charging operation request that is received by this dispatcher instance via the Offline Charging Services (OFCS).

In a rater instance, this node groups the performance and health data about the business processing of a charging operation request that is rooted by a dispatcher instance in the monitored SAP CC Core Server system.

In an offline charging scenario or in a soft real-time scenario, the operation request message is initially received via one of the main technical interfaces of SAP CC:

• Message TCP
• Web Services

The end-to-end processing includes a step of business processing. Consider the performance and health metrics reported from the dispatcher instance in this particular Charge node as part of the end-to-end processing of such a charging operation request. Consider also the performance and health metrics reported in the WebService node as part of the end-to-end processing of such a charging operation request.

In this situation, the dispatcher instance is part of the frontends of the rater instance; see the corresponding activity and reported metrics. The rater instance is part of the backends of the dispatcher instance; see also the corresponding activity and reported metrics.

Related Business Operations

Two technical interfaces of SAP Convergent Charging provides this business operation:

Technical Interface	Global Service	Business Service	Implementation (Development, Integration, or Customizing)
Web Services	Business Processing	Charging	Your mediation system or your client application implements the following SAP CC SOAP API: 'Charge a single chargeable item' operation (technical name: chargeableItemCharge) Tip See the SAP CC 5.0 Web Services Documentation or the documentation of your customized mediation application (or system).
Message TCP	Offline Charging Services (OFCS)	Event-Based Charging Without Credit Control (*) (*): before digital service delivery	Your mediation system or your client application implements the following SAP CC Java API: charge(..) Tip See the SAP CC 5.0 Java/XML API Reference (Core Library) or the documentation of your customized mediation application (or system).

Available Metrics

The reported metrics are:

• Average Response Time (ns)
• Average Used Rating Context Count
• Items Per Interval
• Responses Per Interval

Monitored Application Data

The possible subnodes are:

• Limits
• Technical Errors

Additional Information

• SAP CC 5.0 Application Help about the convergent charging services provided by SAP Convergent Charging

• Integration: SAP CC 5.0 Web Services Documentation

• Development: SAP CC 5.0 Java/XML API References about the com.highdeal.cnd.message Java package