13 Business Parameter Changes

Learn about new business parameters in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) 15.0.

Topics in this document:

New Accounts Receivable Business Parameter Entries

Table 13-1 lists the accounts receivable business parameter entries introduced in BRM 15.0.

Table 13-1 New Entries in bus_params_AR.xml

Business Parameter Description

EventAdjustmentUnallocation

(15.0.1) Controls the transferable amount in event adjustments so that the sign of an item due will not change. The default is disabled.

See "Enabling Accurate Handing of Event level Adjustment Amount" in BRM Managing Accounts Receivable.

UseEventRoundingRulesForAdjustment

(15.0.1) Controls the rounding rules for event adjustments. The default is disabled.

See "Enabling Event Rounding Rules for Adjustment" in BRM Managing Accounts Receivable.

New Billing Business Parameter Entries

Table 13-2 lists the billing business parameter entries introduced in BRM 15.0.

Table 13-2 New Entries in bus_params_billing.xml

Business Parameter Description

AddChildDueInIntermediateParentBill

(15.0.1) Enables a child's due, adjusted, dispute, write-off, transferred, and received balance impacts to be added to the intermediate parent's balances. The default is disabled (0).

See "Adding Child Due Amount in Intermediate Parent Account" in BRM Managing Customers.

New Billing Flow Business Parameter Entries

Table 13-3 lists the billing flow business parameter entries introduced in BRM 15.0.

Table 13-3 New Entries in bus_params_billing_flow.xml

Business Parameter Description

BillingFlowSkipCheckForCyclicDSG

(15.0.0) Controls whether to skip the discount sharing group cyclic relationship check during trial billing. The default is disabled.

New Rating Business Parameter Entries

Table 13-4 lists the rating business parameter entries introduced in BRM 15.0.

Table 13-4 New Entries in bus_params_rating.xml

Business Parameter Description

TaxReturnJuris

(15.0.0) Controls whether taxes should be summarized by jurisdiction level:
  • summarize: BRM reports the consolidated settled tax amount, settled taxed amount, and settled non-taxed amount for each item. This is the default.

  • itemize: BRM reports the settled tax and settled taxed amount at the tax code and jurisdiction level.

For more information, see "Configuring Itemized Taxation for A/R and Payments" in BRM Calculating Taxes.

New Subscription Business Parameter Entries

Table 13-5 lists the subscription business parameter entries introduced in BRM 15.0.

Table 13-5 New Entries in bus_params_subscription.xml

Business Parameter Description

DeleteSharingGroupDuringTermination

(15.0.0) Controls whether to delete the sharing group and sharing group members during account or service cancellation. The default is disabled.

New System Business Parameter Entries

Table 13-6 lists the system business parameter entries introduced in BRM 15.0.

Table 13-6 New Entries in bus_params_system.xml

Business Parameter Description

CMAuthorization

(15.0.0) Controls whether to perform fine-grained authorization for pcm_client and thick client applications. The default is enabled.

For information, see "Managing Login Names and Passwords for BRM Access" in BRM System Administrator's Guide.