Billing and Revenue Management Pipeline Developer 7.5 Training
Pipeline Developer is aimed at technical developers who need to understand how BRM Pipeline Manager functionality can be extended to meet different business needs. The course covers:
- An in-depth view of BRM’s Pipeline Manager architecture
- Understanding how to configure Pipeline rating
- Understanding the ways in which BRM Pipeline Manager can be extended
Certification Pass: Guaranteed
Placement Assistance | Certified Candidates: 5901 | Lab Sessions: 25
Oracle Billing and Revenue Management
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Billing and Revenue Management Pipeline Developer 7.5 Training
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In this technical course, students will develop an in-depth understanding of the Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management Pipeline Manager and its architecture. The Pipeline Developer class is appropriate for students who need to customize pipeline behavior. The creation of an EDR container using description files is also discussed along with how to create a custom Extended Rating Attribute. In addition, the course explains the process for batch pricing and rating. During the hands-on lab, students will customize the Pipeline Manager using IScript and IRule to implement new system functionalities.
Prerequisites
Suggested Prerequisite
- Familiarity with C or C++ programming, UNIX basic commands
- Knowledge of basic programming constructs and logic
- Proficiency with text editors, vi for UNIX users, WordPad
Required Prerequisite
- Billing and Revenue Management Pipeline Pricing and Rating 7.5
Audience
- Portal Developer
- Developer
Course Objectives
- Describe Pipeline Manager architecture
- Extend Pipeline with IScript and IRule
- Create custom ERAs
- Configure Pipeline Manager
- Understand ways to customize the Pipeline
Course Topics
Pipeline Manager Architecture
- Use Portal Online Documentation to locate information
- Explain the Pipeline Manager architecture
Configuring Pipeline Manager
- Navigate through the Pipeline Manager directory structure
- Start and stop Pipeline Manager processes
- Interpret contents of the Pipeline Manager Registry files
The EDR Input and Output
- Explain the function of: EDR description file, Stream Format description file, Input and Output mapping description files, Input and Output Grammar description files
- Explain how to direct stream output to multiple files for loading into the Portal database
- Define an EDR Container
- Explain how input EDRs are converted to the EDR container format
Batch Rating Process
- Show how to break down a scenario into its Rate Plan components
- Provide an overview of configuring a Rate Plan
- Describe rating process for delayed events
- Explain the tasks required to implement a Price Plan for delayed events
Pipeline Data and Function Modules
- Explain how the EDR is processed by the Function Modules in the Pipeline
- Explain how Data Modules are used
- Parse the contents of the Pipeline Manager log files
Using Function Modules to Customize Pipeline
- Use FCT_Discard to remove or discard EDR
- Explain how existing modules can be used to modify Pipeline behavior
Customizing Pipeline Using IScript
- Define the following language elements of IScript: Data Types, Operators, Functions, Control Structures
- Insert IScript module into Pipeline to customize EDR processing
- Use basic IScript functions to write a new IScript program
Advanced Customizations Using IScript
- Explain EDR block and edrNumDatablocks function
- Explain database connection functions
- Explain hash and array functions
- Use database connection and hash functions to build IScript program
Customizing Pipeline Manager Using IRule
- Define IRules
- Demonstrate how to store data arguments to a description file
- Demonstrate the IRule implementation of a specific scenario
- Explain different methods for storing IRules
Creating Custom ERAs
- Explain how Extended Rating Attributes are used
- Understand how to build a custom ERA
