Usage

Every time a 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 uses their handset A mobile phone to make a call, send a text or browse the web, the network In the context of CMP, the infrastructure on which usage of registered customers will be measured – this could be a mobile phone network, broadband network or other non-telecommunications network. records this activity and makes the information available for collection, typically in batches.

Rated usage The consumption of services, for example a subscriber using call minutes. records are processed by the following job:

• Rated Usage

  When CMP Converged Monetisation Platform. The MDS Global product that supports customer care and billing for digital service providers. receives files containing rated usage records, these are automatically detected by a dedicated daemon A computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the control of an interactive user., which creates a rated usage batch in CMP for each file received. This job processes the rated usage batch so that usage data can be included in a subscriber The end user of a network.'s detailed bill, available to Call Centre Staff via AgentView The graphical user interface of the CMP that is typically used by Customer Service Agents to access CMP customer and billing data. In versions prior to CMP 8.0, this was called the CMP GUI. or via a self-care application. It validates and processes the raw JSON JavaScript Object Notation. JSON is a lightweight format for storing and transporting data, often used when data is sent from a server to a web page. file into CMP staging database tables and some final CMP database tables. This job does not perform any usage rating In telecommunications, determining the cost of a particular call. Involving converting call-related data into an equivalent monetary value. itself; usage is already priced when it arrives in CMP. This job is designed to work in conjunction with a network that supports a real time engine that rates the usage as it happens.

  This job is automatically triggered whenever a new rated usage batch has been created.

 

For more information on jobs, see the CMP 8.1 Batch Jobs and JSON Schemas Guide. Alternatively, in the Administration Console An operations web console that allows batch jobs to be scheduled, run manually and monitored. The console also provides for viewing and modification of business and user applicable system configuration., navigate to Daily Operations > Jobs. Click any job in the Jobs List for more details.

The following daemons are associated with Usage:

Type	Category	Activity	Details
Load	Rated Usage	From Generic Format	This daemon collects and decrypts generic CMP files and creates CMP batches, which are available for processing into CMP by the appropriate batch job.
Transformation	Rated Usage	From OCS	This daemon converts third party files from an Online Charging System (OCS) to the required generic CMP format.
Transformation	Usage	From Openet	This daemon is responsible for the conversion of Openet rated usage files into the format required by CMP.

 

For more information on daemons, in the Administration Console, navigate to Daily Operations > Daemons. Click any daemon in the Daemons Listfor more details.

The following probes can be run against Usage jobs and daemons:

Stage	Category	Name	Type	Description
Verification	Rated Usage	Normal	SLA	SLA probe that returns the number of CMP configuration errors detected by the Rated Usage Job today. The SLA is breached if the number of errors is above the defined threshold. These type of errors can be resolved by amending CMP configuration. Because this is an SLA probe, no email alert is issued.
Verification	Rated Usage	Normal	Alert	Alert probe that returns the number of CMP configuration errors detected by the Rated Usage Job today. If this query returns a value above the threshold, then an alert will be issued to the recipients configured for this probe.
Verification	Rated Usage	Punctual	Alert	Alert probe that returns the number of minutes since the Rated Usage Job has processed a file. If this query returns a value above the threshold, then an alert will be issued to the recipients configured for this probe.

 

For more information on probes, in the Administration Console, navigate to Daily Operations > Probes. Click any probe In the Administration Console architecture, a mechanism which allows for the execution of predefined queries and for the comparison of the results of those queries against pre-configured targets. Probes can be reviewed and managed via the Admin Console. in the Probes List for more details.