A Provisioning Flags

Learn about the flags used for provisioning in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM).

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About GSM Service Provisioning Flags

GSM services use these standard BRM status attributes: active, inactive, and closed. Additionally, GSM services include provisioning flags that indicate the provisioning status.

Service orders often include multiple provisioning requests. For example, a service order might include provisioning requests for the following:

  • The bearer service

  • One or more supplementary services

  • A voice mailbox

In some cases, only some of the provisioning requests in an order can be completed, while others fail. In most cases, if a service can be configured so that the customer can at least perform some activities, the service order status is successful. In that case, the remaining provisioning requests can be completed later. Your business policies or provisioning configuration may differ. For example, specify which services or supplementary services must be provisioned before an account can be created.

You can use the provisioning flags to customize your business policies, utilize event notifications to trigger emails, or record status changes in a log file.

If provisioning or unprovisioning fails, you must perform the provisioning operation manually on the network or complete the processing in the provisioning system. You cannot resend the provisioning service order.

Table A-1 lists the GSM service provisioning flags.

Table A-1 Provisioning Flags for GSM Services

Provisioning Flag Description

Processing-Provisioning

Provisioning for the GSM service is in progress. This flag is set by BRM when you create or activate a service.

Provisioning-Failed

Provisioning for the GSM service has failed. BRM sets this flag:

  • When provisioning fails during service activation.

  • When provisioning fails while inactivating or closing a service.

If a service is closed but has a Provisioning-Failed flag, BRM returns an error.

Unprovisioning

The GSM service is being unprovisioned. This flag is set by BRM when you close or inactivate a service.

Suspend

The GSM service is suspended. This flag is set by BRM when you inactivate a service.

About Supplementary Service Provisioning Flags

Customer Center displays the provisioning flags for supplementary services in the Service tab.

The default supplementary service provisioning flags are shown in Table A-2.

Table A-2 Default Supplementary Service Provisioning Flags

Provisioning Flag Description

Provisioning

The supplementary service is being provisioned.

Provisioning Failed

Supplementary service provisioning failed.

Active

Supplementary service provisioning was completed successfully.

Suspending

The supplementary service is being inactivated.

Suspending Failed

Unprovisioning failed while the supplementary service was being inactivated.

Suspended

The supplementary service was successfully inactivated.

Unprovisioning

The supplementary service was canceled and is currently being unprovisioned.

Unprovisioning Failed

The supplementary service was canceled, but unprovisioning failed.

Unprovisioned

The supplementary service was successfully canceled and unprovisioned.

About Service ERA Provisioning Flags

Customer Center displays the provisioning flags of service-based ERAs that have a provisioning impact. (Some ERAs do not require provisioning.) The default provisioning flags are shown in Table A-3.

Table A-3 Service ERA Provisioning Flags

Provisioning Flag Description

No_op

There is no provisioning impact.

Provisioning

The ERA is in the process of being provisioned.

Provisioning Failed

ERA provisioning failed.

Active

ERA provisioning was completed successfully.

Suspending

The ERA is being inactivated.

Suspending Failed

Unprovisioning failed while the ERA was being deleted.

Suspended

The ERA was successfully deleted.

Unprovisioning

The ERA was deleted and is currently being unprovisioned.

Unprovisioning Failed

The ERA unprovisioning failed.

Unprovisioned

The ERA was successfully unprovisioned.