Preface

This book provides reference information for Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) application programming interfaces (APIs).

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Document Revision History

The following table lists the revision history for this book.

Version	Date	Description
E16714-01	November 2011	Initial release.
E16714-02	May 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 1. Made minor formatting and text changes. Documented the following new policy opcodes: PCM_OP_BAL_POL_CHECK_LIFECYCLE_STATE PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_POL_VALIDATE_LIFECYCLE Documented the following new standard opcodes: PCM_OP_CUST_GET_LIFECYCLE_STATES PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_VALIDATE_LIFECYCLE
E16714-03	August 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 2. Documented the following new policy opcodes: PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_POL_ASSIGN_DCA PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_POL_GET_GROUP_TARGET_ACTIONS PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_POL_GET_VALID_SCENARIOS PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_POL_HANDLE_BREACH_PROMISE_TO_PAY PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_POL_INITIATE_PAYMENT PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_POL_INVOKE_PROMISE_TO_PAY Documented the following new standard opcodes: PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_GET_VALID_SCENARIOS PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_GROUP_ADD_MEMBER PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_GROUP_CREATE PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_GROUP_DELETE PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_GROUP_DELETE_MEMBER PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_GROUP_GET_BILLINFO PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_GROUP_MODIFY PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_GROUP_SET_PARENT PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_INVOKE_PROMISE_TO_PAY PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_REPLACE_SCENARIO PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_REVOKE_PROMISE_TO_PAY PCM_OP_COLLECTIONS_UPDATE_ACTION_PAYMENT_DETAILS
E16714-04	December 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 3. Documented the following new policy opcodes: PCM_OP_BAL_POL_APPLY_MULTI_BAL_IMPACTS PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_POL_GET_SUBSCRIBER_PROFILE Documented the following new standard opcodes: PCM_OP_OFFER_PROFILE_CHECK_POLICY_THRESHOLD PCM_OP_OFFER_PROFILE_SET_OFFER_PROFILE PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_GET_SUBSCRIBER_PROFILE Documented the following new notification events in "Event Notification Definitions": /event/notification/offer_profile/create /event/notification/offer_profile/update /event/notification/offer_profile/delete /event/notification/offer_profile/ThresholdBreach
E16714-05	March 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 4. Replaced multidatabase information with multischema information.
E16714-06	July 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 5. Documented the following new standard opcode: PCM_OP_AR_BILL_CREDIT_TRANSFER
E16714-07	August 2013	On HP-UX IA64, BRM 7.5 is certified as of BRM 7.5 Patch Set 5. Documentation added for HP-UX IA64.
E16714-08	October 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 6. Made minor formatting and text changes. Documented the following standard opcode: PCM_OP_TCF_AAA_REFUND
E16714-09	May 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 8. Updated the transaction handling information for PCM_OP_CUST_COMMIT_CUSTOMER. Made minor updates to the following opcodes to support XA transactions: PCM_OP_TRANS_ABORT PCM_OP_TRANS_COMMIT PCM_OP_TRANS_OPEN
E16714-10	August 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 9. Made minor formatting and text changes in Chapter 1, "Opcode Reference". Made minor updates to the following opcodes for trial invoicing: PCM_OP_BILL_MAKE_BILL PCM_OP_BILL_MAKE_TRIAL_BILL PCM_OP_INV_POL_PREP_INVOICE Documentation added for RADIUS Manager. Added the following new opcodes for SEPA payment processing: PCM_OP_AR_REVERSE_REFUND PCM_OP_CUST_AMEND_CREDITOR_INFO PCM_OP_CUST_AMEND_MANDATE PCM_OP_CUST_CANCEL_MANDATE
E16714-11	October 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 10. Modified the description of the "PCM_OP_AR_REVERSE_WRITEOFF" opcode for write-off reversals at the bill-unit level.
E16714-12	June 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 12. Added the "PCM_OP_ACT_LOG_USER_ACTIVITY" opcode.
E16714-13	August 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Maintenance Patch Set 1. Modified the description of the "PCM_OP_CUST_POL_MODIFY_SERVICE" policy opcode. Added the following new opcodes for News Feed: PCM_OP_ACT_POL_PROCESS_EVENTS PCM_OP_CUST_GET_NEWSFEED
E16714-14	December 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 14. Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16714-15	April 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 15. Documented the following new standard opcodes: PCM_OP_BAL_GET_ECE_BALANCES PCM_OP_JOB_PROCESS_TEMPLATE
E16714-16	August 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 16. Modified the description of the "PCM_OP_RATE_POL_POST_RATING" policy opcode.
E16714-17	April 2017	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 18. Added the "pcmOpCatch" section. Updated the "Opcode Calling Functions" section.