System Components

CMP Converged Monetisation Platform. The MDS Global product that supports customer care and billing for digital service providers. is delivered as a set of components that are Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) packages.

CMP Components

CMP comprises the following independently installable components. An operational CMP system contains at least one instance of each component in the list.

• Database

  Provides the underpinning repository for persisting CMP data supporting a central view of all CMP data.

• Identity Server

  Provides centralised user A person with the capability to log in to the CMP GUI software, such as a customer service advisor or agent. authentication and authorisation to the user across CMP including Single Sign On.

  This component comprises the following CMP modules:

  Module
  wso2is-login

• Role Extender

  Translates business roles known to the Identity Server into more granular roles that are actually used for authorisation within CMP.

  This component comprises the following CMP modules:

  Module
  role-extender

• AgentView

  The customer In the context of the Cloud Monetisation Platform, an individual or organisation who has signed an agreement to take goods and services from a service provider. A customer receives a bill associated with one or more subscriptions, and can be a single end user or a large company with many subscriptions assigned to one agreement. management interface destined for use by agents in a call centre to enrol customers and to maintain their details.

  This component comprises the following CMP modules:

  Module
  agent-view

• CMP Web Services

  Provide a standard mechanism for online customer data interchange between CMP and other MDS Global and third party Of software; a reusable component developed to be either freely distributed or sold by an entity other than the original vendor of the development platform. systems and applications. CMP has two complimentary sets of web services for customer data: SOAP and RESTful web services Web services that are based on Representative State Transfer (REST) architecture principles, and are therefore designed to work best on the Internet, being lightweight, maintainable, and scalable. CMP provides RESTful web services to access much of CMP functionality..

  This component comprises the following CMP modules:

  Module
  rest-ws
  soap-ws

• Business Configuration

  Allows service providers to manage CMP business configuration either via an interactive GUI Graphical User Interface. A user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators. In the context of CMP, the CMP GUI is the user interface typically used by CSAs to access customer data stored in CMP. and a set of RESTful Web Services.

  This component comprises the following CMP modules:

  Module
  configuration-centre

• AgentView Interfaces Layer

  Provides the business logic for 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..

  This component comprises the following CMP modules:

  Module
  agent-view-interfaces-layer
  agent-view-servlet

• Published Interfaces Layer

  Provides the business logic for CMP SOAP Web Services and Business Configuration A module in the CMP Administation console that provides for viewing and modification of business and user applicable system configuration..

  This component comprises the following CMP modules:

  Module
  published-interfaces-layer

• SABRE Server

  Executes all asynchronous In telecommunications, transmission of data without the use of an external clock signal, where data is transmitted intermittently rather than in a steady stream. processing within CMP. This includes both scheduled batch processing and immediate processing required in response to an event. The SABRE server has two parts: a technical framework and a set of independent jobs containing processing functionality that are loaded dynamically.

  This component comprises the following CMP modules:

  Module
  sabre-action-monitor
  sabre-batch-error-management
  sabre-bill-print
  sabre-comms
  sabre-credit-reference
  sabre-credit-control
  sabre-dal
  sabre-data-warehouse
  sabre-debt-recovery-agency
  sabre-device-enrolment
  sabre-device-enrolment-adapter
  sabre-edit-subscription
  sabre-external-configuration
  sabre-external-reference-upload
  sabre-gdpr-purge
  sabre-generic-activity-adapter-daemon
  sabre-generic-postingout-daemon
  sabre-interface-purge
  sabre-invoice-posting
  sabre-invoice-production
  sabre-ledger-monitor
  sabre-managed-number-monitor
  sabre-managed-numbers
  sabre-mandate-registrations
  sabre-mandate-revisions
  sabre-mdsledger-adapter
  sabre-non-recurring-payments
  sabre-provisioning
  sabre-rated-charge
  sabre-rated-usage
  sabre-receipt-print
  sabre-recurring-payments
  sabre_recurring_prepayments
  sabre-sales-order
  sabre-server
  sabre-sim-profile
  sabre-simulator
  sabre-statement-production
  sabre-usage-archiving
  sabre-workflow-monitor
  setup-utility

   

• Administration Console

  The operational interface for CMP providing administration of the SABRE server. The console includes documentation of each SABRE job and allows jobs to be controlled, configured, monitored and scheduled.

• Report Server

  Allows standard CMP reports to be executed and scheduled. The Report Server is an instance of a Pentaho server. The necessary Pentaho software is bundled with the CMP installation packages.

• Bulk Action Console

  Bulk Actions provides a framework against which individual bulk action jobs can be developed to support different types of bulk changes. The Bulk Action framework is a combination of a web based user interface (Bulk Action Console) and a batch processing framework which is built on top of the CMP Sabre framework.

  This component comprises the following CMP modules:

  Module
  sabre-bulk-action-console
  sabre-bulk-action-framework

• Aurora Console

  The Product Catalogue The CMP component that details the products and services available to subscribers. module from where you manage the product offerings in CMP that make up the CMP Product Catalogue. Product offerings can be uploaded in bulk, and published to an external system. This includes the following modules:

  Module
  sabre-product-catalogue
  sabre-product-catalogue-extract-adapter
  sabre-product-catalogue-webshop-adapter

For a more detailed overview on each component, see the CMP Technical Architecture Overview.

Optional Components

Optional components and modules include:

Important

Optional components and adapters are not installed by default. If required, you need to add them to the additional_modules section of the inventory file. For more information on the inventory file and installation, see the About CMP Installation section of the CMP Installation Guide.

Adapters

MDS Global provides the following optional adapters:

• Adapters specifically for the UK market to support BACS Bankers Automated Clearing Services. A system in the United Kingdom for making payments directly from one bank account into another. direct debit payments and credit reference extracts to Equifax.

  The following table lists the adapters and the relevant CMP modules:

  Banking/Credit Reference Service	Adapter Module(s)
  ADDACS (Automated Direct Debit Amendment and Cancellation Service)	sabre-addacs-transformation-adapter
  AUDDIS (Automated Direct Debit Instruction Service)	sabre-auddis-transformation-adapter sabre-auddis-transformation-inbound-adapter
  ARUCS (Automated Return of Unapplied Credit Service)	sabre-arucs-transformation-adapter
  AWACS (Advice of Wrong Account for Automated Credits Service)	sabre-awacs-transformation-adapter
  BACS (Bankers Automated Clearing Services)	sabre-bacs-transformation-adapter
  Equifax	sabre-equifax-insight2001
  Experian	sabre-experian-transformation-adapter

• Online Charging System (OCS) adapters.

  The following modules are provided specifically for a Real Time Charging environment to support use of NetEngage as external Online Charging System (OCS) integrated into CMP:

  Module
  sabre-netengage-usage-adapter
  sabre-netengage-notification-adapter
  sabre-netengage-provisioning-adapter
  sabre-netengage-recurring-prepayments-adapter

Third Party Software Components

See System Software.

The Release Notes list the most up-to-date versions of the CMP modules.