13 Business Parameter Changes

Learn about new business parameters in Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management (BRM).

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New Business Parameters for 15.1

The following tables list the new business parameters for BRM 15.1.

Table 13-1 lists the new billing business parameters.

Table 13-1 New Entries in bus_params_billing.xml

Business Parameter Description

PreInvoiceValidity

Specifies the number of days a proforma bill and invoice remains in a PreInvoiceInProgress state, after which it is automatically accepted. The default is 0, making the proforma bill and invoice valid indefinitely.

See "Defining the Default Validity of Proforma Invoices" in BRM Designing and Generating Invoices.

Table 13-2 lists the new customer business parameters.

Table 13-2 New Entries in bus_params_customer.xml

Business Parameter Description

SkipCurrencyCheckForChild

Specifies whether to ignore checking for a match between the currency for a paying child account and the currency for the parent. This parameter does not impact non-paying child accounts. The default is disabled.

New Business Parameters for 15.0.1

The following tables list the new business parameters for BRM 15.0.1.

Table 13-3 lists the new accounts receivable business parameters.

Table 13-3 New Entries in bus_params_AR.xml

Business Parameter Description

EventAdjustmentUnallocation

Controls the transferable amount in event adjustments so that the sign of an item due will not change. The default is disabled.

See "Enabling Accurate Handing of Event level Adjustment Amount" in BRM Managing Accounts Receivable.

UseEventRoundingRulesForAdjustment

Controls the rounding rules for event adjustments. The default is disabled.

See "Enabling Event Rounding Rules for Adjustment" in BRM Managing Accounts Receivable.

Table 13-4 lists the new billing business parameters.

Table 13-4 New Entries in bus_params_billing.xml

Business Parameter Description

AddChildDueInIntermediateParentBill

Enables a child's due, adjusted, dispute, write-off, transferred, and received balance impacts to be added to the intermediate parent's balances. The default is disabled (0).

See "Adding Child Due Amount in Intermediate Parent Account" in BRM Managing Customers.

New Business Parameters for 15.0.0

The following tables list the new business parameters for BRM 15.0.0.

Table 13-5 lists the new billing flow business parameters.

Table 13-5 New Entries in bus_params_billing_flow.xml

Business Parameter Description

BillingFlowSkipCheckForCyclicDSG

Controls whether to skip the discount sharing group cyclic relationship check during trial billing. The default is disabled.

Table 13-6 lists the new rating business parameters.

Table 13-6 New Entries in bus_params_rating.xml

Business Parameter Description

TaxReturnJuris

 Controls whether taxes should be summarized by jurisdiction level:

  • summarize: BRM reports the consolidated settled tax amount, settled taxed amount, and settled non-taxed amount for each item. This is the default.

  • itemize: BRM reports the settled tax and settled taxed amount at the tax code and jurisdiction level.

For more information, see "Configuring Itemized Taxation for A/R and Payments" in BRM Calculating Taxes.

Table 13-7 lists the new subscription business parameters.

Table 13-7 New Entries in bus_params_subscription.xml

Business Parameter Description

DeleteSharingGroupDuringTermination

Controls whether to delete the sharing group and sharing group members during account or service cancellation. The default is disabled.

Table 13-8 lists the new system administration business parameters.

Table 13-8 New Entries in bus_params_system.xml

Business Parameter Description

CMAuthorization

Controls whether to perform fine-grained authorization for pcm_client and thick client applications. The default is enabled.

For information, see "Managing Login Names and Passwords for BRM Access" in BRM System Administrator's Guide.