B Using a Policy Source File to Set Up Provisioning

This document describes how to enable provisioning by using a policy opcode in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM). This method does not use the provisioning tag framework; provisioning tags are configured in the opcode.

See also:

• About Provisioning

• Creating Provisioning Tags

Using a Policy Source File to Set Up Provisioning

You can define provisioning tags directly in the fm_subscription_pol_provisioning.c file without using the provisioning tag framework. This file is the single source file for all provisioning operations.

Note:

The provisioning tags framework is the preferable method for creating provisioning tags.

To define provisioning tags directly in source code, follow these steps:

1. Open the BRM_home/source/sys/fm_subscription_pol/fm_subscription_pol_provisioning.c file.

2. Define your provisioning tags by following the instructions in the file.

   1. In each entry in the provisioning_tags table, include the name of the service associated with the tag, the tag name, and calls to service-specific functions.

   2. Ensure that each function included in the table does the following:

      - Changes fields in the service object when customers purchase the service

      - Clears the appropriate fields when customers cancel the service

3. Compile and save the file.

If you create a provisioning tag in the policy source file, you must modify and recompile the source file to modify or delete the tag.