Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management 7 Advanced Implementation Essentials

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Exam Topics:

BRM & Pipeline Manager Architecture

BRM 4-Tier architecture

• Describe the processes in the Application Tier, Business Process Tier, and Object Tier

BRM & Pipeline Installation and Configuration

BRM Installation

• Install BRM
• Pipeline Manager Installation
• Install the Pipeline Manager
• Use Account Synchronization Data Manager (DM) to send account data to Pipeline Manager

Billing and Finance

Billing Process Overview

• Describe flexible cycles
• Describe BRM billing scripts

Bill Cycle Management

• Configure Account Groups and Customer Segments
• Analyze Bill Run Management and the billing process

Trial Billing

• Describe the functionality of trial billing and trial invoice

Billing Options and Process

• Configure Bill Suppression
• Describe Concurrent Billing and Batch Rating

A/R Account Activities

• Configure BRM general ledger (G/L)
• Differentiate the three different BRM tax procedures

BRM Payment Process

• Describe payment incentives and payment fees
• Describe how payments enter and exit payment suspense

BRM Collections

• Configure a Collections Scenario (define roles of Collections Managers and Agents)

Revenue Analysis

• Collect audit data during billing and pipeline rating
• Use Suspense Management Center to analyze suspended data

Making Corrections

• Analyze the payment reversal process

Pipeline Pricing and Rating

Implementing Pipeline Rating

• Explain promotions and supplementary services

Processing and Rating Delayed Events

• Use EdrTrace to track EDR processing and to verify rating results

Roaming Scenario

• Explain how BRM implements roaming
• Set up rating for a roaming scenario using the BRM Pricing Center

Pricing Foundation

Setting Up Free Usage

• Configure rollovers
• Describe folds and how they are calculated and applied

Product Dependencies

• Describe the features of product dependencies
• Configure product dependencies
• Implement Exclusions between Discounts and between Plans and Discounts

Flexible Cycles

• Describe the concept of flexible cycles in BRM

Pipeline Developer

EDR – Input and Output

• Create an Input Stream description file for a given set of EDRs

Customizing Pipeline Using Function modules, IScript and Irule

• Describe the following language elements of iScript: data types, operators, functions, control structures
• Insert IScript modules into Pipeline and use basic IScript functions to write a new IScript program
• Explain advanced functions: database connection functions,hash and array functions,EDR block and edrNumDatablocks function
• Define iRules & and methods for storing iRules
• Demonstrate the iRule implementation of a specif