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1 Welcome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

2 Before You Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

3 What's New in Feature Package Stack 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

4 New Pricing Components in Pricing Trees (New). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

4.1 Effects on User Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4.2 Effects on Business Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

5 Prorata Calculation for the Recurring Charges in Cockpit (New). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

5.1 Effects on User Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
5.2 Effects on Business Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

6 Placeholder Loading in Cockpit (New). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

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2 Before You Start

Before you start working through this SAP product documentation or user assistance, make sure that you
know all the following concepts and definitions.

Target Audience

The primary target audiences are:

• IT Consultant/Implementer
• IT Administrator
• Pricing Specialist

The documentation also addresses to the following secondary audiences:

• Decision Maker

About This Document

This What's New documentation is an SAP Product Document delivered with the SAP Convergent Charging
(SAP CC) software product and its main release 2022.

This documentation and user assistance lists and highlights all the main features that are available in the
2022 FPS 1 software version: What's New in Feature Package Stack 1 [page 7].

 Note

A delivery note accompanies this software version. It includes a summarized change list and a correction
list. Refer to the corresponding SAP Note 3261352 .

 Tip

Depending on your installed version, consider all the What's New documents already published with the
previous support packages for this 2022 main release of SAP Convergent Charging:

• SAP CC 2022 - What's New in SAP Convergent Charging 2022 (in FPS 0)

Consult also the What's New documents for the previous release:

• SAP CC 2021 - What's New in SAP Convergent Charging 2021 FPS 2

• SAP CC 2021 - What's New in SAP Convergent Charging 2021 FPS 1
• SAP CC 2021 - What's New in SAP Convergent Charging 2021 (in FPS 0)

SAP delivers some what's new information for the SAP Convergent Charging software product to facilitate your
software change management processes.

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Sections "What's New" in SAP CC Guides
For more information and details about the new features and functions related to the Feature Package Stack 1,
refer to the sections What's New in This Document in the technical guides of SAP Convergent Charging 2022.

What's New in This Document?

This document is synchronously published and delivered with your SAP software. SAP maintains this
documentation and may publish a newer revision. Contact your SAP Support Team.

SAP Billing and Revenue Innovation Management (BRIM)

SAP Convergent Charging 2022 is part of integrated SAP Solutions based on SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP S/
4HANA, or SAP Business Suite (SAP ERP).

You can implement several scenarios in your SAP system landscape. See SAP Billing and Revenue Innovation
Management (BRIM) and the What's New Viewer - SAP S/4HANA documentation.

SAP Help Portal

SAP Help Portal is the central place to access SAP Product Documentation and User Assistance. Find the
documentation and user assistance of SAP Convergent Charging at: https://help.sap.com/cc.

See the What's New information category.

Important SAP Notes

In the following table, the SAP Notes contain information for preparing the implementation of the version 2022
FPS 1 for your SAP Convergent Charging software product.

They contain what's new information for IT consultants and IT administrators.

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Title
SAP Convergent Charging 2022 Feature 3261352
Package Stack 1
Technical Implementation of SAP CC
2022 FPS 1
Release Information Note for SAP
Convergent Charging 2022
Release Restriction Note for SAP
Convergent Charging 2022
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SAP Note Description
The Delivery and Information Note document contains
delivery and content information to facilitate the technical
implementation of this new maintenance Feature Package
Stack (FPS) in your SAP system landscape. This SAP Note is
intended for IT administrators and IT consultants. It informs
you of technical or security changes, delivered corrections,
and important last-minute information.
Note that this SAP product document is replaced by the
Release Information Note (RIN) document for the initial ship­
ment stack.
3291324 This last-minute information is about the technical imple­
mentation of this Feature Pack Stack (FPS) of the SAP
Convergent Charging (SAP CC) 2022 software product. This
user assistance provides you with few supplementary main­
tenance procedures that are necessary to perform the tech­
nical implementation of this FPS in your SAP system land­
scape.
3198100 The Release Information Note (RIN) document contains in­
formation and references to documents or notes to install
and use the initial shipment stack of the release 2022 for
SAP Convergent Charging also known as SAP CC.
3270139 The Release Restriction Note document provides information
about release restrictions for installing the initial shipment
stack of SAP Convergent Charging (SAP CC) 2022.
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What's New in FPS 1?

The Feature Package Stack 1 for SAP Convergent Charging 2022 provides the following features and
enhancements in your SAP CC system landscapes:

• New Pricing Components in Pricing Trees (New) [page 8]

• Prorata Calculation for the Recurring Charges in Cockpit (New) [page 11]
• Placeholder Loading in Cockpit (New) [page 13]

Technical Features
• New RESTful/JSON APIs for chargeable item loading is available to be used when integrating our charging
solution. Refer to the SAP CC 2022 REST API Documentation for Implementation for more information.
• Support of the version 10.8 of CA APM Introscope (IS). See the SAP Note 3247270 and Upgrade of CA
APM Introscope (IS) for SAP.
• Installation/Update/Upgrade: the SAP CC installer preinstalls the version 10.8 of the Introscope Agent
when installing, updating, or upgrading an SAP CC system. Consult the SAP Note 1453216 to manage
the manual installation, configuration, and maintenance of the Introscope agents of the monitored SAP CC
systems.

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4 New Pricing Components in Pricing Trees
(New)

As of FPS 1 for release 2022, pricing specialists can use new pricing components in the charges of a rate plan.

Summary

As of SAP CC 2022 FPS 1, the app Manage Rate Plans in the Cockpit user interface is enhanced with new
components that enable the SAP CC pricing specialists to enrich the pricing logic in their rate plans.

• Comparators:
• String Prefix Matching
• Operators:
• Time Duration Conversion

Benefits

These enhancements allow the pricing specialist to design and configure more complex business logics for the
pricing of services or products.

4.1 Effects on User Interfaces

Changes in Cockpit

In your app Manage Rate Plans, the list of pricing components includes new entries when configuring a pricing
tree in a charge.

In the charges of your rate plans, the pricing tree displays the new pricing components.

String Prefix Matching (Comparator) in a Pricing Tree

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• String Prefix Matching

Time Duration Conversion (Operator) in a Pricing Tree

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• Time Duration Conversion

4.2 Effects on Business Configuration

As an SAP CC pricing specialist, now you can enhance the business logic for your pricing models. The pricing
trees of your charges can use the following components:

• String Prefix Matching

• Time Duration Conversion

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5 Prorata Calculation for the Recurring
Charges in Cockpit (New)

As of FPS 1 for release 2022, the prorata calculation for the recurring charges of rate plans for both the first
period and for the last period of the provider contract is available.

Summary

As of SAP CC 2022 FPS 1, the app Manage Rate Plans in the Cockpit user interface is enhanced with the
prorata calculation for a recurring charge.

Benefits

The recurring charge can now be calculated for a partial period, considering both the first and the last periods
of a provider contract.

5.1 Effects on User Interfaces

Changes in Cockpit

In your Manage Rate Plans app, the Recurring Charges section displays a new column, showing if the recurring
charge is prorated or not..

Prorata Calculation for Recurring Charges

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• Viewing a Rate Plan

5.2 Effects on Business Configuration

As an SAP CC pricing specialist, now you can choose if your recurring charge is prorated or not.

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6 Placeholder Loading in Cockpit (New)

As of SAP CC 2022 FPS 1, the home page of Cockpit and the apps for the pricing specialist (relating to pricing
definition and pricing data structures) are enhanced to support placeholder loading based on skeleton pages
while the content is loading.

Summary

When you open a page of the apps or navigate from one page to another one, you see a placeholder based on
skeleton page while the content is loading.

This placeholder is removed when the content is fully loaded.

You may still see busy indicators while the data within the content is loading.

Benefits

This placeholder loading feature improves the user's perceived performance of the apps.

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