Bulk Action
CMP
Converged Monetisation Platform. The MDS Global product that supports customer care and billing for digital service providers. Bulk Action allows users to apply bulk changes to CMP entities, for example editing subscriptions. To perform a bulk action, users provide Excel templates that contain data to be applied to the entities. The inbound Excel files are uploaded for processing to CMP via the Bulk Action UI and converted by the Bulk Action Transformation Daemon to a CSV Comma Separated Values. A simple file format used to store tabular data, such as a spreadsheet or database. CSV files can collect the data from tables so that it can be input to another table-oriented application such as a relational database application. file, which is then loaded into CMP by a dedicated daemon A computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the control of an interactive user., for processing by a bulk action job.
Users can choose bulk jobs, and download and upload Excel templates in the Bulk Action UI console. See the Bulk Action UI online help for more information.
Bulk Action jobs include the following:
Cross Structure Monitor
The Cross Structure Monitor Job checks the validity of organisational structure updates at different group In the Customer Manager Platform hierarchy, the highest level of the structure. The group level can be used to group corporates. Groups can hold financial information., corporate and account In the Cloud Monetisation Platform, a billing entity that can be used to manage payments on one or more subscriptions or payments for services. An account can hold details such as payments or invoices. levels.
Edit Subscription
The Edit Subscription A billing entity that incurs a charge. Examples include a network attached device whose usage you want to measure and charge for, or a monthly software subscription Job allows certain attributes of a subscription to be changed in bulk. Inbound Excel files are uploaded for processing to CMP via the Bulk Action UI and converted by the Bulk Action Transformation Daemon to a CSV file, which is then loaded into CMP by a dedicated daemon.
Manage Plan Tariff Change
This job allows for the change of price plan/tariff for multiple subscriptions.
Manage Sales Ledger Adjustment
This job allows for the creation of sales ledger adjustments for multiple accounts.
Manage Subscription Feature
This job allows for the enabling or disabling of features for multiple subscriptions.
Manage Workflow
This job allows for the creation, processing and resolution of workflows for multiple subscriptions.
Structure Expansion Monitor
The Structure Expansion Monitor job expands the Bulk Action Interface Batch Details to include all subscriptionsfor the organisation structure specified for group corporate, agreement In the Cloud Monetisation Platform, the entity that holds the instructions for generating the bills for one or more subscriptions. including the addresses and how often the bill is generated., and/or account level.
Workflow Resolution Monitor
The Workflow Resolution Monitor job is triggered once all primary workflows associated with a bulk action have ended. It updates the Report Status and Report Requested Timestamp to trigger the creation of a report and the sending of an email. It also updates the status of the bulk action to 'Completed' so that the job is not picked up again.
The following daemons are associated with bulk actions:
| Type | Category | Activity | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Load | Bulk Action (Contract) | From CSV | his daemon loads a bulk action workflow CSV file into CMP for subsequent processing. |
| Transformation | Bulk Action (Core) | From XLSX to CSV | This Daemon converts an Excel file into an equivalent CSV file and routes the file to the correct daemon for loading into CMP and processing by the appropriate batch job. |
| Transformation | Bulk Action (Core) | To CSV Report | This daemon is responsible for generating reports on all bulk actions and making the report available for download. |
| Transmission | Bulk Action(Core) | To Email | Responsible for sending email notifications to the email recipient when a report is available. |
| Load | Bulk Action (Edit Subscription) | From CSV | This daemon loads an Edit Subscription CSV file into CMP for subsequent processing. |
| Load | Bulk Action (Feature) | From CSV | This daemon loads a Manage Subscription Feature CSV file into CMP for subsequent processing. |
| Load | Bulk Action (SLA) | From CSV | This daemon loads a Manage Sales Ledger Adjustment CSV file into CMP for subsequent processing. |
| Load | Bulk Action (Plan Tariff Change) | From CSV | This daemon loads a Manage Plan Tariff Change CSV file into CMP for subsequent processing. |
| Load | Bulk Action (Workflow) | From CSV | This daemon loads a Manage Workflow CSV file into CMP for subsequent processing. |