Preface

This book describes how to use and manage accounts receivable (A/R) data in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM).

Audience

This book is intended for operations personnel and system administrators.

Downloading Oracle Communications Documentation

Product documentation is located on Oracle Technology Network:

http://docs.oracle.com

Additional Oracle Communications documentation is available from the Oracle software delivery Web site:

https://edelivery.oracle.com

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Document Revision History

The following table lists the revision history for this book.

Version	Date	Description
E16695-01	November 2011	Initial release.
E16695-02	May 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 1. Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16695-03	August 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 2. Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16695-04	December 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 3. Updated "About Balance Groups" for policy-driven charging.
E16695-05	March 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 4. Replaced multidatabase information with multischema information.
E16695-06	February 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 7. Updated "Specifying Search Criteria for Bill Items". Updated "About the Item Data Retrieved". Updated "About the Item Detail Data Retrieved".
E16695-07	August 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 9. Updated "About Hierarchical Bill Units". Updated "Creating Hierarchical Bill Units". In the "pin_mass_refund" utility section, updated the description of pay_type parameter to include SEPA. In the "pin_refund" utility section, updated the syntax, changed vendor to optional. Also updated the description of pay_type parameter to include SEPA.
E16695-08	October 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 10. Updated "Enabling Automatic Write-Off Reversals during Payment Collection". Added "Specifying the Level of Write-Offs for Reversals". Added information about write-off reversals at the bill-unit level in multiple sections.
E16695-09	December 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 14. Added the "Configuring BRM to Get Events based on Balance Impact Type" section. Updated the "Configuring Event Notification for Balance Monitoring" section.
E16695-10	April 2017	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 18. Added the following sections: Adjusting Fully or Partially Paid Bills Improving Bill-Level Adjustments for Fully or Partially Paid Bills Updated the following sections: Adjusting Bills Fields You Should Include in the Flist for Bill Adjustments Tax Processing for Bill and Item Level Adjustments