Billing and Revenue Management Version 7 Batch Pricing and Rating

Description:

This course is designed for Pricing Developers who need to use Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management to implement batch pricing and rating solutions. In the Batch Pricing and Rating class, the students will learn how to build rate plans and test configured rate plans by rating batch EDR files. Implementation of rate plans for roaming charges is also covered. During the hands-on lab, students will learn to implement different types of rating scenarios.

Audience:

Developer

Objectives:

• Translate price plans to the Portal Pricing Model
• Test price plans by rating batch EDR files
• Set up a discount model to provide discount
• Implement a rate plan for roaming scenario
• Introduce high-performance batch rating concepts

Prerequisites:

Suggested Prerequisites:
Billing and Revenue Management Version 7 Business Essentials
Billing and Revenue Management Version 7 Business Essentials

Topics:

Implementing Pipeline Rating
Discuss the two methods of rating
Describe Pipeline Manager architecture and components
Review the Portal Pricing Model components and their attributes
Explain Promotions and Secondary Services
Give an overview of how to configure Delayed Events

Creating a Rate Plan for Delayed Events
Define and map event attributes
Set up a Time Model
Set up a Zone Model
Set up Impact Categories
Set up a Price Model
Set up a Rate Plan

Processing and Rating Delayed Events
Use Pipeline Manager to process and rate EDRs
Use EdrDump to track EDR processing and to verify rating results

Setting Up a Discount Model
Explain the discounting architecture and features
Set up a Discount Model

Loading Rated Events into Portal
Explain how REL loads rated events into the database

Implementing a Roaming Scenario
Explain how Portal implements Roaming
Set up rating for a roaming scenario using the Portal Pricing Center