Unable to see "Consumption Item Mapping" object in Convergent Charging

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Hello BRIM folks,

We have a fresh installed landscape of BRIM with the latest version of S4HANA 2022 FSP00 + CC 2022.

We have been following below documentation to activate the "Consumption Item Mapping/Management".

https://help.sap.com/doc/a22b77a9c54b490c94bb54a71cd80512/5.0.6/en-US/transg.pdf

As per the page 19,
1. Generate the chargeable item package migration report.

a) Execute the command with the Setup Tool user interface: setup migration generateCIPackageReport ./chargeableItemPackageMigrationReport.xml b) Enter your login and password at the prompt. c) Check on the console that the report has been successfully exported.

Note: If the report cannot be exported because some invalid charge components have been found, first fix the listed charge components, and start the generation of the report again.

2. Open the report with a text editor (an XML editor is recommended) and, as described in the header of the XML file, provide the name of the new chargeable item classes when requested.

3. Save your changes.

4. Stop the updater instances of the SAP CC system.

5. Execute the report.

------> Since it is a brand new CC core server installed and we did not have a single "CIC" created WITHIN CC manually. We would like to synchronize the "consumption Item (CIT CLASS)" created in CI.
Here - Can you give us the .XML sample how CIC must be edited/defined as per the point #2 ? (though we don't have any CIC created)

Are we suppose to use the CIT Class defined/generated in Convergent Invoicing must be manually maintained in this xml editor ? please clarify with some sample format so that we can move further to have "Consumption Item Mapping" enabled in CC.

Thank You,

Rahul.

[francois_thimon · Accepted solution]

Hi Rahul,

The "migration" operations are required only when you have old data that needs to be updated.
In the present case, you're installing a new Convergent Charging system, so the recommended approach is to let the installer perform the configuration for you.
For this, we generally recommend to uninstall CC completely, reinstall it from scratch, and select the desired option (to enable only billable items, or billable and consumption items).
This regular installation procedure is described in our Installation guide (in chapter "Installing a Core Server in a Multihost Landscape"):
https://help.sap.com/docs/Convergent_Charging/d1d04c0d65964a9b91589ae7afc1bd45/a55eb37d415d4b07b2da4...

If you're installing a simple system (e.g., for tests or training), an equivalent procedure also exists for "monohost" landscapes:
https://help.sap.com/docs/Convergent_Charging/d1d04c0d65964a9b91589ae7afc1bd45/54dca3a8e7e94cc7be0e0...

Alternatively (in particular if you have already created important data in CC), you may run all the configuration options manually, but this is more complicated, as you'll have to import several configuration files one by one.
If you still want to go for this manual approach, the procedure is described in our Installation guide too (in chapter "Integrating SAP CC with SAP Convergent Invoicing in SAP S/4HANA or SAP ERP"):
https://help.sap.com/docs/Convergent_Charging/d1d04c0d65964a9b91589ae7afc1bd45/6e6845483f6449a381f8b...

Can you please try that, and get back to me if you need further help?

Best regards.

François
SAP Convergent Charging Support