6 About the Reference Solution

Learn about the purpose and benefits of the Digital Business Experience Reference Solution (the Reference Solution).

The Reference Solution is designed to validate the deployment of the solution, ensuring that all components are configured correctly and function as expected. It provides a quick and efficient way to prepare for testing, allowing System Integration (SI) teams and other teams to set up an integrated Digital Business Experience solution and run scenarios using the packaged artifacts.

The Reference Solution serves as a comprehensive repository of best practices, offering guidance on product modeling, business processes, and system configurations. The Reference Solution also provides a foundational framework that organizations may leverage as a reference for their own implementations, ensuring consistency and reliability while allowing for necessary customizations based on specific business needs.

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) can install and deploy the Reference Solution using Oracle Communications Solution Test Automation Platform (STAP), an automation platform that enables you to automate your workflows without writing a single line of code.

See "Deploying the Reference Solution Package" in Oracle Communications Digital Business Experience Solution Deployment Guide for detailed instructions about installing the Reference Solution.

Components of the Reference Solution

The Digital Business Experience Reference Solution consists of the following key components:

• Seed Data

  • Includes pre-loaded setup data required for the end-to-end functionality of the solution.

  • Provides essential configurations, relationships, and dependencies that facilitate a seamless experience.

  • Enables you to start testing and customizing without having to configure everything from scratch.

  See "About Seed Data" in Oracle Communications Digital Business Experience Concept to Market Guide for more information.

• Product Models

  • Pre-configured product models that represent the offerings of CSPs.

  • These models act as templates, showcasing how various services and products can be structured within the solution.

  See "About the Product Models" in Oracle Communications Digital Business Experience Concept to Market Guide for more information.

• Smoke Test Capability

  • The Reference Solution includes a sanity-testing mechanism to validate the end-to-end flow of sample orders.

  • Sample orders can be processed through the system to verify that all components are properly provisioned as assets on the subscriber account with appropriate rating impacts.

  • This capability helps you to quickly identify any setup or configuration issues.

  See "Using the Order to Cash Reference Library" in Oracle Communications Digital Business Experience Order to Cash Implementation Guide for more information.

• Automated Solution Testing

  • You can test the Reference Solution using the Oracle Communications Solution Test Automation Platform (STAP), which provides comprehensive, end-to-end solution testing.

  • This suite ensures thorough validation of the entire solution, covering various functional and non-functional aspects.

  • It helps with verifying integration between the Digital Business Experience applications, workflows, and business rules to guarantee a seamless operational experience.

  See "About the Reference Solution Test Catalog" in Oracle Communications Digital Business Experience Order to Cash Implementation Guide for more information.

Benefits of the Reference Solution

When you deploy the Digital Business Experience Reference Solution, you enjoy the following benefits:

• Accelerates the validation of a deployment

  • Facilitates the validation of the Digital Business Experience deployment by confirming that all sample configurations, integrations, and business processes are correctly implemented and functioning as intended.

  • Reduces the need for extensive initial setup and configuration.

• Reduces implementation risk

  • Ensures that the foundational aspects of the Digital Business Experience solution are working correctly before customization by providing best implementation practices.

• Accelerates demo preparation

  • Provides a ready-to-use setup to quickly configure and test the capabilities of the Digital Business Experience solution.

  • Includes packaged demo artifacts for seamless execution of demonstration scenarios.

• Improves quality and consistency

  • Provides guidelines and examples of product model design best practices to help maintain uniformity.

  • Minimizes errors by using preconfigured artifacts that follow best practices.

  • Helps teams align with industry standards to enhance solution effectiveness and maintainability.