3 The Interfaces

The Partner Relationship Management module consists of two sets of interfaces:

• The Service Provider interface set

• The Operator interface set

The Service Provider interface set contains a subset of the functionality of the Operator set. It can be used to perform operations for only one specific Service Provider Account; the one with which the user of the CRM/PRM application has authenticated. The Operator set can perform operations on all Service Provider Accounts and also has access to alarm reports. All operations are synchronous.

The Service Provider set of interfaces consists of the following groups:

• Service Provider Service Interface, see "Service Provider Service Interfaces".

• Service Provider CDR Utility interface, see "Service Provider CDR Utility Interface".

• Operator Statistics Utility Interfaces, see "Service Provider Statistics Utility Interface".

• Service Provider Login interface, see "Service Provider Login Interface".

  Note:

  The login portion of this interface is provided only for backwards compatibility purposes. The current implementation is sessionless and the only use for this interface in the current implementation is to request a new Service Provider Account be set up.

The Operator set of interface consists of the following groups:

• Operator Service Interface, see "Operator Interfaces".

• Operator Alarm interface, see "Operator Alarm Utility Interface"

• Operator CDR Utility interface, see "Operator CDR Utility Interface".

• Operator Statistics Utility Interfaces, see "Operator Statistics Utility Interface"

• Operator Login interface, see "Operator Login Interface".

  Note:

  This interface is only supplied for backwards compatibility. The current implementation is sessionless.

WSDLs

The following is a list of the Web Services interfaces available for integration with CRM/PRM applications. The interfaces use document/literal encoding and assume SOAP over HTTP.

The WSDL files that correspond to the interface sets can be found at the URIs listed below:

• SpService, WSDL at http://<host>:<port>/prm_sp/services/SpService?wsdl, see "Service Provider Interfaces".

• SpCdrUtil, WSDL at http://<host>:<port>/prm_sp/services/SpCdrUtil?wsdl, see "Service Provider CDR Utility Interface".

• SpStatUtil, WSDL at http://<host>:<port>/prm_sp/services/SpStatisticsUtil?wsdl, see "Service Provider Statistics Utility Interface".

• SpLogin, WSDL at http://<host>:<port>/prm_sp/services/SpLogin?wsdl, see "Service Provider Login Interface".

  Note:

  The login portion of this interface is provided only for backwards compatibility purposes. The current implementation is sessionless and the only use for this interface in the current implementation is to request a new Service Provider Account be set up.

• OpService, WSDL at http://<host>:<port>/prm_op/services/OpService?wsdl, see "Operator Interfaces".

• OpAlarmUtil, WSDL at http://<host>:<port>/prm_op/services/OpAlarmUtil?wsdl, see "Operator Alarm Utility Interface".

• OpCdrUtil, WSDL at http://<host>:<port>/prm_op/services/OpCdrUtil?wsdl, see "Operator CDR Utility Interface".

• OpStatUtil, WSDL at http://<host>:<port>/prm_op/services/OpStatisticsUtil?wsdl, see "Operator Statistics Utility Interface".

• OpLogin,WSDL at http://<host>:<port>/prm_op/services/OpLogin?wsdl, see "Operator Login Interface".

  Note:

  This interface is only supplied for backwards compatibility. The current implementation is sessionless.

Service Provider Interfaces

Service Provider interfaces allow application service providers to request changes in their account and to monitor their accounts activities

Service Provider Service Interfaces

The Service Provider Service interface provides ways to interact with the following entities:

• Management User

• Service Provider Accounts

• Application Account

• Application Instances

Management User

The management user account is the account by which the service provider is authenticated with the PRM system. The following operation can be performed on an ongoing management user account:

• Change the password for the Service Provider Account

Service Provider Accounts

The following operations can be performed on Service Provider Accounts:

• Activate

• Deactivate

• Request deletion

• Request update

• Get information

• Get SLA

• Get state

Application Account

The following operations can be performed on an Application Account:

• Register new

• Activate

• Deactivate

• Request deletion

• Update

• Get information

• List current Application Accounts

• Get the SLA

• Get the state

Application Instances

The following operations can be performed on an Application Instance:

• Register new

• Activate

• Deactivate

• Request deletion

• Request update

• Get information

• Get the state

• List current Application Instances

• Set the password that the Application Instance uses when accessing Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper.

Service Provider CDR Utility Interface

The following operations are available:

• Count the number of CDRs that have been generated

• List the CDRs that have been generated

Service Provider Statistics Utility Interface

The following operations are available:

• Retrieve generated statistics information.

• List available statistics types.

Service Provider Login Interface

• Backwards compatibility only:

  • Login

  • Logout

• Request a new Service Provider Account

Operator Interfaces

Operator interfaces allow operators to approve changes in Service Providers' accounts and to perform other account maintenance tasks.

Operator Service Interfaces

The Operator Service interface provides ways to interact with the following entities:

• Management User

• Service Provider Account

• Service Provider Group

• Application Account

• Application Account Group

• Application Instance

Management User

The following operations can be performed on a management user account:

• Change password for the Operator Account

• Get user level for an Operator Account

• Change password that the Service Provider uses with PRM-SP

Service Provider Account

The following operations can be performed on a Service Provider Account:

• Approve or disapprove service provider's request to register a new Service Provider Account

• Approve or disapprove service provider's request to delete an existing Service Provider Account

• Approve or disapprove service provider's request to update an existing Service Provider Account

• Activate

• Deactivate

• Connect (move) an account into a Service Provider Group

• Make an operator request to delete an existing Service Provider Account

• Make an operator request to update an existing Service Provider Account

• Make an operator request to register a new Service Provider Account

• Get a list of accounts that have pending requests, and need approval or disapproval by the operator

• Get Service Provider Account information

• List all Service Provider Accounts

• Get Service Provider Account state

Service Provider Group

The following operations can be performed on a Service Provider Group:

• Create

• Update

• Delete

• Get information about the group

• List all groups

• Get the Service Provider Group to which a specific Application Account is assigned

Application Account

The following operations can be performed on an Application Account:

• Approve or disapprove service provider's request to register a new Application Account

• Approve or disapprove service provider's request to update an existing Application Account

• Approve or disapprove service provider's request to delete an existing Application Account

• Get a list of accounts that have pending requests, and need approval or disapproval by the operator

• Activate

• Deactivate

• Connect (move) the account into an Application Account Group

• Get information about the account

• Get the account's state

• List all accounts

• Make an operator request to delete an existing account

• Make an operator request to register a new account

• Make an operator request to update an existing account

Application Account Group

The following operations can be performed on an Application Account group:

• Create

• Update

• Delete

• Get the Application Account Group to which a specific Service Provider Account and Application Account are assigned

• Get information about the group

• List all groups

Application Instance

The following operations can be performed on an Application Instance:

• Approve or disapprove a service provider's request to delete an existing Application Instance

• Approve or disapprove a service provider's request to register a new Application Instance

• Approve or disapprove a service provider's request to update an existing Application Instance

• Activate

• Deactivate

• Get a list of instances that have pending requests, and need approval or disapproval by the operator

• Get information about the instance

• Get Application Instance's state

• List all instances

• Set password to use when an application authenticates to Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper

• Make an operator request to delete an existing instance

• Make an operator request to register new Application Instance

• Make an operator request to update an existing instance

• Get the authenticated operator's user level

Operator Alarm Utility Interface

The following operations are available:

• Count the number of alarms that have been generated

• List the alarms that have been generated

Operator CDR Utility Interface

The following operations are available:

• Count the number of charging data records that have been generated.

• List the charging data records that have been generated.

Operator Statistics Utility Interface

The following operations are available:

• Retrieve generated statistics information.

• List available statistics types.

Operator Login Interface

The operator login interface is provided only for backwards compatibility purposes.