Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Document Revision History

1 Summary of Customer-Reported Fixes

• Customer-Reported Fixes

2 Feature Enhancements

• Feature Enhancements in BRM 7.5 Patch Set 4
• Account Migration Enhancements
  • Account Migration Manager Supports IMDB Cache-Enabled Systems (Patch Set 2)
• Billing Enhancements
  • BRM Supports Application of Cycle Fee Based on Product Priority (Patch Set 4)
• BRM Database Enhancements
  • 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
  • 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)
• Invoicing Enhancements
  • 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 Oracle Communications 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
  • BRM Now Supports IPv6 Addresses (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)
• Payments Enhancements
  • Payment Center and Payment Tool Support Multischema Environments (Patch Set 4)
  • Improved Performance of Searches for Payment Events in Payment Center (Patch Set 2)
• Pipeline Manager Enhancements
  • 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
  • Plan with Options Can Contain Services Not Associated with a Deal (Patch Set 3)
• Rated Event Loader Enhancements
  • Running the RE Loader Daemon to Load Pipeline-Rated Events (Patch Set 1)
• 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
  • Including Event Adjustments in Product Cancelation Refunds (Patch Set 1)
• Support and Certification Enhancements
  • Web Services Manager and Self-Care Manager Now Support Apache Tomcat 7.0.30 (Patch Set 3)
• TAP Roaming Manager Enhancements
  • Configuring Multiple Instances of Sequencers, Output Streams, or System Brands (Patch Set 4)
  • TAP Roaming Manager Supports TAP 3.12 GSM TD 57 Version 30.1 (Patch Set 3)
  • TAP Roaming Manager Supports RAP 1.5 Standard (Patch Set 2)

3 Opcode Changes

• New Opcodes
  • New Helper Opcodes
    • Services Framework AAA Manager FM Helper Opcodes
  • New Policy Opcodes
    • Balance FM Policy Opcodes
    • Collections Manager FM Policy Opcodes
    • Services Framework AAA Manager FM Policy Opcodes
  • New Standard Opcodes
    • Collections Manager FM Standard Opcodes
    • Customer FM Standard Opcodes
    • Offer Profile 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 TAP Roaming Manager Changes

• New Modules
• New Pipelines
• New iScripts
• Changed iScripts
• New Utilities
• Changed Utilities

6 Schema and Index Changes

• 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)

7 Utility Changes

• New Utilities
• Changed Utilities

8 Documentation Updates

• 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

9 Known Problems

• Fixed Known Problems
• 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 Java PCM API Cannot Connect to BRM Server Listening on a Specific IPv6 Address
• BRM Multischema Systems
  • - dm primary_schema Does Not Work
• Collections Manager
  • Collections Action Dependencies May Reschedule Actions Incorrectly
• Service Lifecycle Management
  • Sample Prepaid Service Life Cycle Does Not Support Provisioning of Telco Services
  • The SLM Feature Does Not Support Account Billing Relationships