SAP Convergent Charging 5.0

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1 Release Note - What's New in SP 2 SAP Convergent Charging Document Version: PUBLIC

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3 Document History Version Date Description 1.0 May 2018 First version 1.1 November 2018 First maintenance revision: o Security level change Introduction Public rights reserved 3

4 Table of Contents 1 Introduction Before You Start Canceling Charging Sessions with Web Services (New) Feature Overview Categories in Cockpit Launchpad (New) Feature Overview Effect on User Interface Display System Status in Cockpit (New) Feature Overview Effect on User Interface Effect on Administration Display User Operations in Cockpit (New) Effect on User Interface Effect on Administration Property Type Convertor Enhancement (Changed) Feature Overview Effect on User Interfaces New Search Criterion for the Audit Feature (New) Feature Overview Effect on User Interfaces Release Note - What's New in SP2 rights reserved Introduction

5 1 Introduction Audience Solution and technology consultants System and application administrators SAP sales representatives About this Document This Release Note - What's New documentation lists all the features that are introduced in SAP Convergent Charging 5.0 SP 2. Note If you update a support package earlier than SAP CC 5.0 SP 2, refer to all the Release Note - What's New documents published with the previous support packages. What's New in SP 2 The support package 2 provides the following features in your SAP system landscape: Canceling Charging Sessions with Web Services (New) Categories in Cockpit Launchpad (New) Display System Status in Cockpit (New) Property Type Convertor Enhancement (Changed) Display User Operations in Cockpit (New) New Search Criterion for the Audit Feature (New) For performance and compatibility purposes, the support package 2 also provides the following of the SAP Convergent Charging architecture: New "catalog.cache.retention_period" configuration parameter for the Core Tool user interface. For further information about this parameter, refer to the "Configuring Core Tool" section available in the SAP Convergent Charging Tuning Guide documentation Version 2.0 of the SAML standard is now supported by SAP CC for web services operations MDC (Multiple Data Containers) mode and high-availability (active-passive) feature are now supported by SAP CC for SAP HANA databases Introduction Public rights reserved 5

6 Section "What's New" in SAP CC Guides For more details about the new features of the support package 2, see the section What's New in the guides of. Abbreviations The following table shows the list of abbreviations used throughout this document. Abbreviation CC CRM ERP GUI JCo WS Meaning Convergent Charging Customer Relationship Management Enterprise Resource Planning Graphical User Interface Java Connector Web Services 6 Release Note - What's New in SP2 rights reserved Introduction

7 2 Before You Start SAP Hybris Billing SAP CC 5.0 is part of the SAP Hybris Billing with the SAP ERP and SAP CRM components of SAP S/4HANA OP. Depending on your SAP Industry, you consider the following ERP applications: SAP for Industries: SAP ERP/FI-CA (Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable) SAP for Telecommunications: SAP ERP/RM-CA (Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable, Receivables Management - Contract Accounting) SAP for Utilities: SAP ERP/ Contract Accounts Receivable and Payable for the Utilities Industry SAP Help Portal SAP Help Portal is the central place to access SAP product documentation. Find the documentation of SAP Convergent Charging at: Important SAP Notes In the following table, the SAP Notes contain information for delivering and implementing SAP CC 5.0 SP 2: Title SAP Note Description SAP CC 5.0 Support Package 2 Technical Implementation of SAP CC 5.0 SP This delivery and information note contains delivery and content information to facilitate the technical implementation of this new SP This last-minute information is about the technical implementation of this support package (SP) of the SAP Convergent Charging 5.0 software. This user assistance provides you with few supplementary maintenance procedures that are necessary to perform the technical implementation of this SP in your SAP system landscape. In the following table, the SAP Notes contain information for installing the initial shipment and the previous support packages of SAP CC 5.0: Title SAP Note Comment Release Information Note for SAP CC This Release Information Note (RIN) contains information and references to documents or notes to install the initial shipment stack of SAP CC 5.0. Before You Start Public rights reserved 7

8 Title SAP Note Comment Release Restriction Note for SAP CC This Release Restriction Note (RRN) provides information about release restrictions for installing the initial shipment stack of SAP CC 5.0. Additional Information For more information about specific topics, see the quick links in the following table: Content SAP Convergent Charging (Customers and Partners) SAP Hybris Billing Related SAP Notes Product Availability Matrix SAP Solution Manager Quick Link on SAP Service Marketplace or SCN Release Note - What's New in SP2 rights reserved Before You Start

9 3 Canceling Charging Sessions with Web Services (New) 3.1 Feature Overview As of SP 2, SAP Convergent Charging is enhanced with a new web service operation for canceling charging sessions. Summary In the Charging Session Management web service, SAP implements the new ChargingSessionCancel operation that allows you to cancel all or part of the charging sessions of a subscriber account. This operation uses the identifier of a subscriber account and a search filter for canceling charging sessions of the subscriber account. The search filter contains the following optional criteria: The identifier of the session The identifier of the reservation The identifier of the charging contract The identifier of the service used in the session The technical identifier of the user of the session The consumption date of the last chargeable item of reservation The expiration date of the session Benefits This enhancement allows you to cancel and remove charging sessions that are not removed during the Charging Session Cleanup process. Note During the Charging Session Cleanup process, some charging sessions are not removed because the TTL (Time To LIve) of the charging session is set to a huge value or because an error has occurred in a charging session (for example, a division by zero). More Information See the Web Services Documentation for more information about this feature. Canceling Charging Sessions with Web Services (New) Public rights reserved 9

10 4 Categories in Cockpit Launchpad (New) 4.1 Feature Overview As of SP 2, SAP CC Cockpit provides you with predefined categories to organize the apps and tiles in your Launchpad application: System Configuration System Information Help 4.2 Effect on User Interface Changes in SAP CC Cockpit In your browser, you perform the system administration and operation of a running Core Server system. 10 Release Note - What's New in SP2 rights reserved Categories in Cockpit Launchpad (New)

11 Categories in SAP Convergent Charging Cockpit Categories in Cockpit Launchpad (New) Public rights reserved 11

12 5 Display System Status in Cockpit (New) 5.1 Feature Overview As of SP 2, SAP CC Cockpit provides you with a new app for verifying the overall status and availability of an SAP CC Core Server system quickly and efficiently. Summary With the app Display System Status, you can: Display and inspect the availability of all the instances that compose your SAP CC Core Server system. Manage some variants to define custom views that facilitate your administrative tasks. Visualize important information that facilitate your technical operations: software versions, data partition distribution. Briefly monitor the restart of your system after an SAP CC software maintenance: shutdown sequences and startup sequences. Benefits This enhancement enriches your SAP user experience. When operating on an SAP CC Core Server system, you can get a clear view of its status and availability more efficiently. More Information See the following product documentation and user assistance for more information about this feature: Primary Help 12 Release Note - What's New in SP2 rights reserved Display System Status in Cockpit (New)

13 5.2 Effect on User Interface Changes in SAP CC Core Tool The app displays a clear view of the status and availability of each system instances in your Core Server system. 5.3 Effect on Administration As an SAP CC administrator, you use this new app to view and inspect the system instances that compose your Core Server system. You personalize your working views to adapt the app to your administrative tasks and technical operations. Display System Status in Cockpit (New) Public rights reserved 13

14 6 Display User Operations in Cockpit (New) As of SP 2, SAP CC Cockpit provides you with a new app for searching and displaying audit records of user operations. Summary With the app Display User Operations, you can: Filter user operations View user operations Export user operations and related object snapshots Benefits This app replaces some windows of the graphical interface of Core Tool (Audited Operation and Object Change Log) and allows you to have an overall picture of user operations of your system. More Information See the following product documentation and user assistance for more information about this feature: Primary Help 6.1 Effect on User Interface Changes in SAP CC Cockpit The app is displayed in a new graphical interface (Figure 1): 14 Release Note - What's New in SP2 rights reserved Display User Operations in Cockpit (New)

15 Figure 1: The new app Display User Operations 6.2 Effect on Administration As an SAP CC administrator, you can use this new app to view, check, and export user operations and object snapshots. Display User Operations in Cockpit (New) Public rights reserved 15

16 7 Property Type Convertor Enhancement (Changed) 7.1 Feature Overview As of SP 2, the graphical user interface of SAP Convergent Charging is enhanced for using number properties in the Property Type Convertor Operator component and retrieving the length of a string property through a new attribute in the Property Introducer Operator component. Summary In the Property Type Convertor Operator component, you can specify the start and end positions of a substring in a string by using number properties. In a number property of the Property Introducer Operator component, you can retrieve the length of a string through the new attribute Length and use the number property in the Property Type Convertor Operator component. Benefits This enhancement allows you to configure the Property Type Convertor Operator component by selecting number properties instead of typing numerical values. More Information See the Primary Help of Logic Components for more information about this feature. 7.2 Effect on User Interfaces Changes in SAP CC Core Tool In Core Tool, you can now create number properties in the Property Introducer Operator component to retrieve the length of string properties (Figure 1) and use these properties in the Property Type Convertor Operator component to specify the start and end positions of a substring in a string property (Figure 2). 16 Release Note - What's New in SP2 rights reserved Property Type Convertor Enhancement (Changed)

17 Figure 1: The Length attribute allows to retrieve the length of string properties Figure 2: Number properties allow to specify the start and end positions of a substring in a string property Property Type Convertor Enhancement (Changed) Public rights reserved 17

18 8 New Search Criterion for the Audit Feature (New) 8.1 Feature Overview As of SP 2, the graphical user interface of SAP Convergent Charging is enhanced with a new search criterion for the Audit feature. Summary In the Audited Operations window of the graphical user interface of SAP CC, you can use a new search criterion (Instance ID) to search for audited user operations. Benefits This enhancement allows you to check instances that have processed user operations. More Information See the Primary Help of Core Tool for more information about this feature. 8.2 Effect on User Interfaces Changes in SAP CC Core Tool In Core Tool, you can now use the Instance ID search criterion to improve the search of audited operations (Figure 1): 18 Release Note - What's New in SP2 rights reserved New Search Criterion for the Audit Feature (New)

19 Figure 1: The Instance ID search criterion New Search Criterion for the Audit Feature (New) Public rights reserved 19

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