Subscriber Mapping Table

Business Object (WS)

Definition

A subscriber mapping table is a mapping table assigned to a subscriber account to be shared by the charging contracts related to this subscriber account. A subscriber mapping table is part of the master data related to the end customers.

Technical Data

Software Product and Version	SAP Convergent Charging 5.0
Technical Details	Data Types
Version	0
Application Area	IS-CC

Business Context and Use

A subscriber mapping table is a table of correspondence between an input set of values and a set of output values according to different periods of time. You can easily maintain each row individually. A subscriber mapping table contains customer specific data and is assigned to a subscriber account. You use a subscriber mapping table to share data between different charging contracts related to the same subscriber account. It is not defined in a pricing catalog of a service provider.

The structure of a subscriber mapping table is specified by a mapping table class from the pricing catalog of the service provider.

Business Partner Management

Your CRM application or another provisioning system manages master data related to the business partners and replicates data in SAP CC by maintaining some subscriber data for end customers of the service provider. Data includes: Subscriber accounts, subscriber mapping tables, subscriber range tables.

Order Capture and Contract Management

A CRM application or another provisioning system manages master data related to the order capture and contract management and replicates data in SAP CC by maintaining subscriber data for end customers. Data includes: Charging contracts (provider contracts), subscriber mapping tables, subscriber range tables.

Related Operations

You can use the following operations to perform actions on subscriber mapping tables:

• Search for subscriber mapping tables
• Create a subscriber mapping table
• Create or change a subscriber mapping table
• Cancel a subscriber mapping table
• Create or change a subscriber mapping table row
• Cancel rows of a subscriber mapping table
• Search for mapping table classes

Features

A subscriber mapping table is defined by:

• An identifier which is unique in SAP CC system
• The identifier of the related mapping table class which refers to an existing mapping table class
• The identifier of the related subscriber account
• Additional information which enable to store information used by an external system but not by CC internal processes
• A set of rows

Each row of a subscriber mapping table is defined by:

• An identifier which is unique within the subscriber mapping table. This technical identifier is used to maintain this row, but is not involved in charging processes.
• A validity period, defined by a start date and an end date.
• A set of columns. Each column is defined by:
  • A name that is the name of a column defined in the related mapping table class.
  • A value which is one of the following:
    • An SAP currency
    • A string
    • A number

Prerequisites

A mapping table class must be configured in the catalog as part of the master data of the service provider. Use the SAP CC Core Tool user interface to create this data.

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.

Configuration

Consult the SAP CC Configuration and Implementation Guide to know the necessary configuration or Customizing of the SAP CC system.

Before implementing SAP Convergent Charging in your SAP system landscape, you must configure the systems and the data (master data, business data).