What's New in Implementation Guide for Oracle Billing Insight, Version 7.0, Rev. A

Table 1 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Table 1. New Product Features in Implementation Guide for Oracle Billing Insight, Version 7.0, Rev. A
Topic
Description

Defining Billing Periods

Updated topic. Added a step to update the resource bundle file when setting billing periods.

Notification Methods: Instant and Batch

Modified topic. Expanded the list of notification types for business and consumer users.

Email Notification Template Content for Business Users

Modified topic. Updated with new email notifications for business users.

Email Notification Template Content for Consumer Users

Modified topic. Updated with new email notifications for consumer users.

File Formats for Dimension-Level Information

File Formats for Unbilled Detail-Level Information

File Formats for Batch Provisioning Data

Modified topics. Updated the input file formats.

Chapter 5, "Using an External Authentication System"

Chapter 9, "Configuring a Content Management Server"

These chapters have been moved to the new Integration Guide for Oracle Billing Insight.

What's New in Implementation Guide for Oracle Billing Insight, Version 7.0

Table 2 lists changes described in this version of the documentation to support this release of the software.

Table 2. New Product Features in Implementation Guide for Oracle Billing Insight, Version 7.0
Topic
Description

About Oracle Billing Insight Installation Directories

Customizing End User and Agent Password Validation Rules

Modified topics. Updated for the current EAR directories.

Localizing the User Interface

Modified topic. Modified steps to eliminate updating multiple resource bundle files; all applications now use the same file.

"Configuring Oracle Billing Insight to use a Single Sign-On System"

Modified topic. Added an example of implementing Oracle Identity and Access Manager (OIM) with Oracle Billing Insight, and updated the example of implementing Central Authentication Service (CAS).

About Resource Authorization

Adding a New User Role

Adding a New Permission Set

New topics. Added a description of how user roles and resource permissions work in Oracle Billing Insight, and how to add a new user role or permission group.

About Split Billing Rules Management

Modified topics. Updated for the new ODI load process.

Notification Methods: Instant and Batch

New topic. Added a list of notification types, indicating whether each is generated instantly by an Oracle Billing Insight application or by a batch job in the Command Center.

Disabling SMS Notifications

New topic. Describes how to optionally disable SMS notifications for your organization.

"Configuring Oracle Billing Insight With Oracle WebCenter".

Modified topic. Modified the process of configuring Oracle Billing Insight to connect with Oracle WebCenter.

"Integrating Oracle Billing Insight With Other Content Management Systems"

Modified topic. Modified the process of implementing Oracle Billing Insight to access other content management systems.

Payment Processing

Modified topics. Updated the payment processing information to reflect the refactored payment functionality, including the addition of debit card processing.

Customizing Payment

Modified topics. Updated the payment customization procedures to reflect the refactored payment functionality, including the addition of debit card processing.

Updating the Back-End Billing System With a Top-Up Payment

New topic. Describes how to customize the plug-in for updating a back-end billing system with top-up payments to a prepay account.

Implementing Custom Payment Cassette Cartridges

Modified topic. Added a step for initializing a custom payment cassette to get gateway configuration parameters from the database.

Configuring Convenience Fee Payments

New topic. Describes how to implement convenience fee payments in the Self-Service and Assisted Service applications.

Using Payment APIs

Modified topic. Added the new APIs for the convenience payment feature.

Integrating the Assisted Service Application With CRM or Other Back Office Systems

Modified topic. Added steps to configure the Assisted Service application integration for a demo and for configuring integration with Siebel CRM or another CRM application, including adding new asset keys.

About Data Load Processing

File Formats for Dimension-Level Information

Modified topics. Added new file formats for the country, currency, and time zone mappings.

File Formats for Prepaid Information

File Formats for Batch Provisioning Data

New topics. Added new file formats for prepay and batch provisioning input files, plus guidelines for creating the input files.

Additional Changes

This book also contains the following name changes in this version:

  • The product name changed to Oracle Billing Insight. The installation and related directory names, and various file names have also been changed accordingly.
  • The Customer Service Representative application name changed to the Assisted Service application.
  • The Billing and Payment application name changed to the Self-Service application.

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