Deprecated and Removed Features

17 Deprecated and Removed Features

Learn about features that have been deprecated or removed in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM) Suite.

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Table 17-1 lists the features that have been deprecated in BRM Suite 15.2.

Table 17-1 Deprecated Features in BRM Suite 15.2

Component	Description
Support for Virtual Columns	BRM's support for virtual columns is deprecated in BRM 15.2 and will be removed in a future release.

Table 17-2 lists the features that have been removed in BRM Suite 15.2.

Table 17-2 Removed Features in BRM Suite 15.2

Component	Description
Support for legacy customizations in Billing Care.	The refactoring of the Billing Care UI means that you must use standard Oracle JavaScript Extension Toolkit (JET) customization methods. See "Enhancements to Billing Care SDK: Requires Migration of Custom Code" for more information.

No features were deprecated or removed in BRM Suite 15.1.

No features were deprecated or removed in BRM Suite 15.0.1.

Table 17-3 lists the features that have been removed in BRM Suite 15.0.0. No features were deprecated in BRM Suite 15.0.0.

Table 17-3 Features Removed in BRM Suite 15.0.0

Component	Description
Account Synchronization Manager	BRM and ECE no longer support Account Synchronization Manager (dm_ifw_sync). You now use Oracle Data Manager (DM) to synchronize data between ECE and the BRM database.
Business Configuration Center	BRM no longer supports Business Configuration Center (BCC).
Collections Center	BRM no longer supports the Collections Center client application. You must now use Billing Care instead for collections or debt management tasks. For more information, see "Collections" in Billing Care Online Help.
Payment Tool	BRM no longer supports the Payment Tool client application. You must now use Billing Care instead for processing payments. For more information, see "Payments" in Billing Care Online Help.
Synchronization Queue Manager	BRM no longer supports Synchronization Queue Manager (dm_aq). You now use Oracle DM to synchronize pricing data between BRM and external customer relationship management (CRM) applications.