Preface

This document describes various aspects of pricing, including setting up a price list, and rating, including using real-time rating or Pipeline Manager. This document also covers rerating.

Audience

This document is intended for system administrators and other professionals involved in pricing, rating, and rerating.

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Document Revision History

The following table lists the revision history for this book.

Version	Date	Description
E16711-01	November 2011	Initial release.
E16711-02	May 2012	Documentation updates for Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) 7.5 Patch Set 1. Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16711-03	August 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 2. Added documentation for the "load_brm_pricing" utility.
E16711-04	December 2012	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 3. Added "Policy-Driven Charging" to document the use of offer profiles in policy-driven charging. Updated "loadpricelist" to document the inclusion of offer profiles data. Added "Specifying Which Non-Currency Sub-Balances to Load on Startup" to document how DAT_BalanceBatch loads non-currency sub-balances.
E16711-05	March 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 4. Added "Configuring Rerating for Accounts Associated With Subscription Service Transfer". Replaced multidatabase information with multischema information.
E16711-06	July 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 5. Added "Configuring BRM for Elastic Charging Engine Rerating".
E16711-07	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.
E16711-08	October 2013	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 6. Updated "Loading the ECE Payload Configuration File". Added the "Configuring BRM for Elastic Charging Engine Rerating" section.
E16711-09	February 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 7. Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16711-10	August 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 9. Documentation added for RADIUS Manager.
E16711-11	October 2014	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 10. Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16711-12	January 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 11. Added "Enabling Calculation of Deferred Taxes During Rerating".
E16711-13	August 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Maintenance Patch Set 1. Replaced the phrase "BRM CDR format" with the phrase "Oracle CDR format". Added the "About Rerating Events by Using the Rates Applied when the Rating Conditions Change During the Session" section. Updated the following sections: Prerequisites for Creating a Price List About Real-Time Rate Plans
E16711-14	December 2015	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 14. Added the following sections: About Applying Folds Only For Account-Level Products Configuring Time-Stamp Rounding for Purchase Grants Updated the following sections: Deleting Unused Free Hours Creating Friends and Family ERAs Using the Correct Time Zone About Using Filters for Loading Events About Balance Impacts That Become Valid on First Usage Using Event Attributes to Define Impact Categories
E16711-15	April 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 15. Made minor formatting and text changes.
E16711-16	August 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 16. Updated the following sections: Specifying the Rating Mode Specifying Events for Rerating About the Real-Time Rerating Pipeline How Comprehensive Rerating Works How BRM Applies Rounding Modifying Rated Events Added a note in the following tables: Creating the Monthly Internet Fee Creating the Monthly Email Fee Defining the Product Creating the Standard Sign-up Fee Creating the Free Rate
E16711-17	December 2016	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 17. Updated the following sections: Specifying Events for Rerating Parameters for Selecting Accounts for Rerating
E16711-18	December 2019	Documentation updates for BRM 7.5 Patch Set 23. Updated the following sections: Configuring Offer Profile Data Managing Offer Profile Data Managing Offer Profiles with Opcodes loadpricelist