Implementation Tasks for Oracle Telecommunications Billing Integrator
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Name
Value
Short Name
XNB_ITEMS_PUBLISH
Application
Telecommunications Billing Integrator
Executable
XNB_ITEMS_PUBLISH
Submitting the Item Publish Request
Update the billing application each time an item is added or updated in the inventory.
You can do this in two ways:
1.
Use the batch mode which supports CSVs and XML files.
2.
Publish the details in a real time asynchronous mode using Item Publish Flow
'XNBFLOWS.ITEM_PROCESS'. TBI uses the workflow process to publish the
item/product information.
For both options, use the Item Batch Export concurrent program. Select the items that
need to be published based on the parameters of the concurrent program which initiate
the item publish flow. Only the items that are invoiceable
(INVOICEABLE_ITEM_FLAG = N) by the external billing applications are published.
Select the TBI Administrator responsibility to submit an item publish request.
Navigation: Requests > Submit Request.
Notes
Request Name:
Select 'Telecommunications Billing Integrator Items Publish'.
Billing Application:
Name of the hub entity code of the billing application.
From Date:
Publishes all items updated between the from date and the current date.
Inventory Organization:
Inventory organization of the items to be published/exported.
Inventory Category Set:
Inventory category set of the items to be published/exported.
Inventory Category:
Inventory category of the items to be published/exported.
Subscribing to Account Update Events
TBI allows you to subscribe to a set of TCA events. When the subscribed event occurs,
TBI verifies if the account updated in TCA is relevant to the billing system. If so, TBI
publishes the account XML message to the billing system. The qualifier within the XML
message is marked with a "U" next to the updated information.
