11 BRM and PDC Terminology

The Oracle Communications Pricing Design Center (PDC) term for a component sometimes differs from the Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) term for the same component. Table 11-1 lists those differences.

Table 11-1 Mapping BRM to PDC Terminology

BRM Term PDC Term

ChargeShare model

chargeshare

ChargeShare

chargeshare offer

deal

bundle

discount model

discount

discount

discount offer

EVAL("function_name") discount expression

Function["function_name"] discount expression

item tag and item type

item type selector

plan

package

plan list

package list

product

charge offer

rate plan

charge

rate plan selector

charge selector

rate tag

pricing name

resource

balance element

ROUND_PLAIN

round

subscription group

service group

trunc

round down

zone Map

value map