Contents

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Preface

• Audience
• Accessing Oracle Communications Documentation
• Documentation Accessibility
• Document Revision History

1 Summary of Customer-Reported Fixes

• Customer-Reported Fixes
• Fixed Known Problems

2 New Features

• New Features in BRM 7.5 Maintenance Patch Set 1
• Account Migration Enhancements
  • Account Migration Manager Supports IMDB Cache-Enabled Systems (Patch Set 2)
• Accounts Receivable Enhancements
  • Collections Manager Now Supports Reversal of Written-Off Bill Units (Patch Set 10)
• Billing Enhancements
  • Improving Billing Performance by Using Multiple Item Configurations (Patch Set 12)
  • Improving Performance by Skipping Billing-Time Tax Calculation (Patch Set 12)
  • Additional Flexibility in Creating a Bill Unit Hierarchy (Patch Set 9)
  • Improving Performance for Billing Cycle Fees (Patch Set 5)
  • Cycle Fees Can Now Be Applied Based on Product Priority (Patch Set 4)
• BRM Database Enhancements
  • Enhanced Partitioning and Purging Features (Maintenance Patch Set 1)
  • Enabling Open Items to Be Purged (Patch Set 12)
  • BRM Database Support for Virtual-Column Feature in Oracle Database 11g (Patch Set 3)
• Collections Center Enhancements
  • Restricting the Number of Tasks Displayed in Collections Center (Patch Set 3)
• Collections Manager Enhancements
  • Entering the Field Name to Configure Additional Collections Scenario Parameters (Patch Set 4)
  • Collections Manager Now Supports Promise-to-Pay Agreements (Patch Set 2)
  • Collections Manager Now Supports Collections Actions Dependency (Patch Set 2)
  • Collections Manager Now Supports Scenario Replacement (Patch Set 2)
  • Collections Manager Now Supports Rule-Based Scenario Assignment (Patch Set 2)
  • Enhancements to Assignment to Debt Collections Agencies (Patch Set 2)
  • Collections Manager Now Supports Optional Collections Actions (Patch Set 2)
  • Collections Manager Now Supports Collections Sharing Groups (Patch Set 2)
• Customer Center Enhancements
  • Hiding the Password Fields in Customer Center to Enhance Security (Patch Set 6)
  • Customer Center Enhancements for Wholesale Customers (Patch Set 5)
  • Additional Criteria for Event Searches
    • Enhancements to the Event Search Dialog Box
  • Balance Group Search Enhancements
    • Locating a Balance Group Using the New Balance Group Search Dialog Box
    • Setting the Threshold Value for Displaying Available Balance Groups
  • Product/Discount Search Enhancements
    • Locating Products/Discounts Using the New Product/Discount Search Dialog Box
    • Setting the Maximum Number of Available Products/Discounts to Display
  • Service Search Enhancements for Non-Currency Resources
    • Change to Other Services Accessing These Resources Display Location
  • Service Search Enhancements (Patch Set 5)
    • Locating a Service Using the New Service Search Dialog Box
    • Setting the Threshold Value for Displaying Available Services
  • Payment Allocations Improved for Multiple Bill Unit Scenarios (Patch Set 5)
  • Customer's Collections Profiles Can Be Created at the Time of Customer Account Creation (Patch Set 4)
  • Customers Can Now Purchase Plans with Options Containing Services Not Associated with a Deal (Patch Set 3)
    • Purchasing Optional Services and Transitioning to Different Plans
  • Setting Subscriber Preferences in Customer Center (Patch Set 1)
• Customer Management Enhancements
  • Storing a Summary of Activities Performed on an Account (Patch Set 12)
  • Limiting Search Results by Using the PIN_FLD_MIN_ROW and PIN_FLD_MAX_ROW Fields (Patch Set 12)
  • Logging External Customer Service Representative Information (Patch Set 12)
• General Ledger Enhancements
  • Segregate Unbilled Revenue by General Ledger Cycle within a Billing Cycle (Maintenance Patch Set 1)
  • New Controls for Handling Non-Currency Journal Creation (Patch Set 6)
• Invoicing Enhancements
  • Displaying Large Invoices More Efficiently (Patch Set 10)
  • Faster Hierarchical Account Invoice Generation with Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher 11g (Patch Set 9)
  • Invoices Can Be Designed and Generated in Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher 11g (Patch Set 4)
  • The BRM-BI Publisher Invoicing Integration Now Supports Multischema Systems (Patch Set 2)
• Integration Enhancements
  • BRM Contains a Pre-Built Integration with Elastic Charging Engine (ECE) (Patch Set 3)
  • Integrating Real-Time Collections Actions (Patch Set 3)
  • Integrating Account Migrations in a Multischema Environment (Patch Set 3)
  • Integrating Collections in a Multischema Environment (Patch Set 3)
  • BRM Now Supports Synchronizing Products with Multiple Rate Plans (Patch Set 3)
• IP Address Administration Center Enhancements
  • Support for IPv6 Addresses Added (Patch Set 4)
• Item Assignment Enhancements
  • Balance Impacts of an Event Can Now Be Tracked in Individual Items (Patch Set 4)
  • Individual Member Charges of a Charge Sharing Account Can Now Be Tracked (Patch Set 4)
• JCA Resource Adapter Enhancements
  • JCA Resource Adapter XA Transaction Support Enhanced (Patch Set 8)
• Payments Enhancements
  • BRM Now Supports Credit Card Tokenization (Patch Set 10)
  • BRM Now Supports SEPA Direct Debit and SEPA Credit Transfer Payment Processing (Patch Set 9)
  • Payment Tool Now Supports Secure Communication on the Windows 7 Operating System (Patch Set 7)
  • Payment Allocations Improved for Multiple Bill Unit Scenarios (Patch Set 5)
  • Payment Center and Payment Tool Support Multischema Environments (Patch Set 4)
  • Improved Performance of Searches for Payment Events in Payment Center (Patch Set 2)
• Permissioning Center Enhancements
  • CSRs Can Now Transfer Credits to Positive Bills (Patch Set 5)
• Pipeline Manager Enhancements
  • Pipeline Manager Enhancements for Roaming Partner Management (Patch Set 7)
    • Pipeline Manager Can Now Rate Calls by CAMEL Destination Number
    • Pipeline Configuration Center Now Supports Configuring the Number of Decimal Places for Outgoing Charges for Each Roaming Partner
    • Pipeline Configuration Center Now Supports Specifying Country Codes for Roaming Partners
    • Pipeline Configuration Center Now Supports Specifying whether the HUR Report or the NRTRDE Files Should Be Generated for a Roaming Partner
  • Pipeline Manager Startup Performance Improved (Patch Set 3)
    • Improving DAT_AccountBatch and DAT_BalanceBatch Loading Performance
    • Improving Pipeline Manager Startup by Specifying the Non-Currency Sub-Balances to Load
  • Increasing Pipeline Manager Throughput When an EDR Is Associated with Multiple Output Streams (Patch Set 2)
• Pricing Center Enhancements
  • Increase in the Fixed Credit Threshold Value Limit in Pricing Center (Patch Set 11)
  • Plan with Options Can Contain Services Not Associated with a Deal (Patch Set 3)
• Rated Event Loader Enhancements
  • Loading Preprocessed Rated Events from ECE (Patch Set 12)
  • Running the RE Loader Daemon to Load Pipeline-Rated Events (Patch Set 1)
• Rating Enhancements
  • Rerating Events by Using the Rates Applied when the Rating Conditions Change During the Session (Patch Set 12)
  • Rerating Events That Include Conditional Balance Impacts (Patch Set 12)
  • BRM Can Now Calculate Deferred Taxes During Rerating (Patch Set 11)
  • New Rating Engine for Handling Rerating Functionality (Patch Set 5)
• Service Enhancements
  • BRM Now Supports Custom Service Life Cycles (Patch Set 1)
• Services Framework Enhancements
  • BRM Supports Policy-Driven Charging Sessions (Patch Set 3)
  • Services Framework Manager Now Supports In-Session Notifications (Patch Set 1)
  • Services Framework AAA Manager Now Supports Custom Service Life Cycles (Patch Set 1)
• Subscription Management Enhancements
  • Subscription Services Can Now Be Transferred from an Account in a Schema to Another Account in a Different Schema (Patch Set 6)
  • Including Event Adjustments in Product Cancellation Refunds (Patch Set 1)
• Support and Certification Enhancements
  • BRM Is Now Certified with Oracle Java Runtime Environment 1.8 Update 45 (Maintenance Patch Set 1)
  • JCA Resource Adapter Is Now Also Certified on Oracle WebLogic Server 12c (Maintenance Patch Set 1)
  • Web Services Manager Is Now Certified on Apache Tomcat 7.0.59 (Patch Set 12)
  • BRM 7.5 Now Supports Oracle Database 12.1.0.2 (Patch Set 12)
  • BRM Is Now Certified on Oracle GlassFish Server 3.1.2.2 (Patch Set 12)
  • BRM Is Now Certified with Apache HttpComponents HttpClient 4.4 (Patch Set 12)
  • Pipeline Configuration Center Is Now Certified with Oracle Java Development Kit 1.7 Update 51 (Patch Set 11)
  • Pipeline Configuration Center Is Now Certified with Oracle Fusion Middleware Application Development Framework 11.1.1.6.0 (Patch Set 11)
  • Pipeline Configuration Center Is Now Certified on Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.6 (Patch Set 11)
  • BRM 7.5 Is Now Certified on Windows 8.1 (Patch Set 10)
  • OpenSSL Software No Longer Part of BRM Patch Set Installation Package (Patch Set 10)
  • BRM 7.5 Is Now Certified with Perl 5.18.2 on AIX and HP-UX IA64 (Patch Set 9)
  • BRM 7.5 Is Now Certified with Remote Diagnostic Agent 8.03 on AIX and HP-UX IA64 (Patch Set 9)
  • BRM 7.5 Is Now Certified with Apache Xalan-C++ 1.11 (Patch Set 9)
  • BRM 7.5 Is Now Certified with Apache Xerces-C++ 3.1.1 (Patch Set 9)
  • BRM 7.5 Is Now Certified with Apache Xerces-J (Java) 2.11.0 (Patch Set 9)
  • BRM 7.5 Now Supports RADIUS Manager (Patch Set 9)
  • Web Services Manager Is Now Certified on Apache Tomcat 7.0.54 (Patch Set 9)
  • BRM 7.5 Is Now Certified on Oracle Enterprise Linux 6 Update 3 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 3 (Patch Set 8)
  • BRM 7.5 Is Now Certified with OpenSSL 1.0.1g (Patch Set 8)
  • BRM 7.5 Is Now Certified with Remote Diagnostic Agent 8.03 (Patch Set 8)
  • BRM 7.5 Is Now Certified with Perl 5.18.2 (Patch Set 8)
  • Web Services Manager Is Now Certified on Apache Axis2/Java 1.6.2 (Patch Set 8)
  • Web Services Manager and Self-Care Manager Are Now Certified on Apache Tomcat 7.0.42 (Patch Set 7)
  • BRM 7.5 Now Supports Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (Patch Set 6)
  • Web Services Manager and Self-Care Manager Are Now Certified on Apache Tomcat 7.0.30 (Patch Set 3)
• System Administration Enhancements
  • Secure Communication between BRM Components (Patch Set 12)
  • BRM Supports Sensitive Data Masking in Transaction Responses and Logging (Patch Set 9)
  • BRM Supports Secure Communication between PCM Clients and the Connection Manager (Patch Set 6)
  • New Encryption Protection and Password Restriction Controls for Internet Transactions (Patch Set 6)
• TAP Roaming Manager Enhancements
  • TAP Roaming Manager Supports TAP 3.12 GSM TD57 Version 32.1 (Patch Set 8)
  • TAP Roaming Manager Supports RAP 1.6 TD32 Version 6.11 (Patch Set 8)
  • Configuring Multiple Instances of Sequencers, Output Streams, or System Brands (Patch Set 4)
  • TAP Roaming Manager Supports TAP 3.12 GSM TD57 Version 30.1 (Patch Set 3)
  • TAP Roaming Manager Supports RAP 1.5 Standard (Patch Set 2)
• Tax Packages Enhancements
  • Mapping of Some Vertex CTQ Jurisdiction Codes to Internal BRM Jurisdiction Codes Is Now Changed (Patch Set 6)
• Web Services Manager Enhancements
  • Web Services Manager Now Supports Calling More BRM Opcodes Through SOAP Web Services (Patch Set 10)
  • Web Services Manager Now Supports Standards-Compliant SOAP Development Tools to Generate Industry-Standard Client Application Code (Patch Set 8)
  • Web Services Manager Now Supports Calling Additional Opcodes Through SOAP Web Services (Patch Set 8)
  • Web Services Manager Is Now Secured with Oracle WebLogic Server (Patch Set 8)

3 Opcode Changes

• New Opcodes
  • New Helper Opcodes
    • Services Framework AAA Manager FM Helper Opcodes
  • New Policy Opcodes
    • Activity FM Policy Opcodes
    • Balance FM Policy Opcodes
    • Collections Manager FM Policy Opcodes
    • RADIUS Manager FM Policy Opcodes
    • Services Framework AAA Manager FM Policy Opcodes
  • New Standard Opcodes
    • Accounts Receivable FM Standard Opcodes
    • Collections Manager FM Standard Opcodes
    • Customer FM Standard Opcodes
    • Customer Care FM Standard Opcodes
    • Offer Profile FM Standard Opcodes
    • RADIUS Manager FM Standard Opcodes
    • Services Framework AAA Manager FM Standard Opcodes
• Changed Opcodes
  • Changed Policy Opcodes
  • Changed Base Opcodes
  • Changed Standard Opcodes

4 Storable Class Changes

• New Storable Classes
• Changed Storable Classes
• New Notification Events

5 Schema and Index Changes

• Schema and Index Changes (Maintenance Patch Set 1)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 12)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 11)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 10)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 9)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 8)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 7)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 6)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 5)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 4)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 3)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 2)
• Schema and Index Changes (Patch Set 1)

6 Utility Changes

• New Utilities
• Changed Utilities

7 Module and iScript Changes

• New Modules
• New iScripts
• Changed iScripts

8 Removed Features

• Removed Features in Patch Set 12
  • The UseActualBilledTimeForGLReport Business Parameter Is Obsolete

9 Documentation Updates

• Documentation Updates in Maintenance Patch Set 1
  • Taxware Information Removed
  • BRM CDR Format Renamed
• Documentation Updates in Patch Set 12
  • Updates to BRM 7.5 Developer's Reference
• Documentation Updates in Patch Set 5
  • Updates to Account Synchronization Multidatabase and Multischema Information
• Documentation Updates in Patch Set 4
  • Updates to Multidatabase and Multischema Information
• Documentation Updates in Patch Set 3
  • Updates to BRM 7.5 Changing Service Status Documentation
  • Updates to BRM 7.5 Custom Field ID Information
  • Updates to Information about Installing 32-Bit Client Libraries

10 Known Problems

• Billing
  • Allocation of a Bill-Level Adjustment with Tax to an Item Does Not Work
• BRM API
  • Cannot Use the Customized Policy Opcodes
  • PCM_OP_CUST_SET_PAYINFO Sets the Wrong Invoice Type
• BRM Client Applications
  • BRM Client Applications Using the Java PCM API Cannot Connect to a BRM Server Listening on a Specific IPv6 Address
  • BRM 7.5 Patch Set 7 Client Applications Cannot be Uninstalled on Windows XP
• BRM Database
  • The pin_virtual_gen Utility Fails In an AIX Environment
  • Error When Running BRM 7.5 Patch Set Database Upgrade Scripts from an Oracle Database 12c Client Connected to an Oracle Database 12c Server
  • Error When Running pin_setup with BRM Running on Oracle Database 12c
• BRM Multischema Systems
  • - dm primary_schema Does Not Work
• BRM Software Packages
  • Java 1.8 Must Be Uninstalled Before Installing BRM Software Packages That Use the ISMP Installation Method
• Collections Manager
  • Collections Action Dependencies May Reschedule Actions Incorrectly
• EAI Manager
  • stop_eai_js Does Not Work
• Event Browser
  • Event Browser Displays Data Internal to BRM in the Event Description
• Invoicing
  • Cannot Generate Invoices When Running the pin_inv_doc_gen Utility in an AIX Environment
  • pin_inv_accts Fails for Migrated Accounts if Business Intelligence Publisher Invoicing Integration Is Enabled
• Payment Tool
  • Payment Tool Does Not Work on Windows XP
• Service Lifecycle Management
  • Sample Prepaid Service Life Cycle Does Not Support Provisioning of Telco Services
  • The SLM Feature Does Not Support Account Billing Relationships