Utility
The Utility category includes a number of generic jobs and daemons that perform tasks relating to the general status and handling of the batch files, alerts and probes themselves, and specific business processes:
CMP
Converged Monetisation Platform. The MDS Global product that supports customer care and billing for digital service providers. jobs that process 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. files, for example Rated Usage and Rated Charges, are triggered automatically by the presence of a record in the Interface Batch Header table with a stage of ‘Extract/Load’ and a stage status of ‘Complete’. If the jobs can process all the data in the files, they set the stage and stage status to ‘Batch’ and ‘Complete’. However, if the jobs cannot process some records due to missing or incorrect CMP configuration, the stage and stage status are set to ‘Batch’ and ‘Error’.
The files can be reprocessed individually once the configuration is corrected by using the Reprocess button. However, when many files need to be reprocessed, you can use the Batch Error Management job to reprocess all ‘Error’ files at once. Once you have corrected the configuration, run the Batch Error Management job. The job resets the batch record back to its last valid stage, which triggers the processing job to run again.
This job allows operators to run pre-packaged SQL to resolve issues with data records in the CMP database. Each pre-packaged SQL contains three distinct elements:
- Verification SQL - to identify the records to be fixed.
- Execution SQL - to fix the records.
- Validation SQL - to verify that the fix executed as intended.
The pre-packaged SQL has a unique data fix identifier and this is passed to the job as a parameter. This job would normally run from a scheduler for a specific data fix identifier.
Daemons:
| Type | Category | Activity | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extract | Utility | Probe Alert Recipients | This daemon creates an alert history and later history recipient records for probes and probe notes that are pending distribution. |
| Transmission | Utility | Probe Alert Recipients | This daemon distributes any alerts that are pending distribution via email. |
| Transmission | Utility | From Data Fix Package | This daemon is responsible for preliminary validation and extraction of data fix packages. |
For more information on daemons, 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 > Daemons. Click any daemon
A computer program that runs as a background process, rather than being under the control of an interactive user. in the Daemons Listfor more details.