Table B-1 depicts the support for rate tiers and effectivity.
Table B-1 Support for Rate Tiers and Effectivity
| Feature | Promotion | Account Product | Bundle | Product | Tier 1 | Balance Impact | Tier 2 | Account Discount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Rate defined in Oracle Product Hub? |
No |
Yes |
No*2 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NA*5 |
|
Rate sync'd to Billing and Revenue Management? |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NA |
|
Rate sync'd to Siebel CRM? |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No*3 |
Yes |
No*3 |
NA |
|
Revision defined in Oracle Product Hub? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Yes |
|
Revision sync'd to Billing and Revenue Management? |
No |
No |
No |
No |
NA |
NA |
NA |
No |
|
Revision sync'd to Siebel CRM?*1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Yes*6 |
|
Effectivity defined in Oracle Product Hub (absolute + relative) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (Only absolute) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Effectivity sync'd to Billing and Revenue Management (absolute + relative) |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (Only absolute) |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Absolute effectivity sync'd to Siebel CRM |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
NA*4 |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Relative effectivity sync'd to Siebel CRM (Only Rates and Balance Impact) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
No |
No |
No |
NA |
There is no one-to-one mapping between revisions of items in Oracle Product Hub and versions of products in Siebel CRM.
The pricing for the bundles is calculated as the sum of the charges for the component products. If you decide not to use the recommended Communications Product Definition methodology on bundles, the pricing can be specified on the item that represents the bundle.
For more information about the communications-product-definition methodology, see the Oracle Application Integration Architecture Oracle Communications Order to Cash Integration Pack Implementation Guide.
The rate tier information is not synchronized to Siebel CRM. The rate tier only stores the price specified in the balance impact attribute group (AG) associated with the rate tier as the list price on the pricelist line.
The balance impact effectivity is defined only for non-currency resources and it is relative to the purchased product date.
Only discount models can be associated for discount. Only the name of the discount model is associated to the discount in Oracle Product Hub and synchronized to Billing and Revenue Management (BRM). The actual definition is enriched in BRM.
Discounts are synchronized as products to Siebel CRM.