Parties

Party represents any user that has business context within any system that makes use of the Inventory in the enterprise.

It includes both OSS and BSS layers, as well as systems outside the domains. A party is identified with a unique identifier called a partyId. This identifier must be globally unique within the party domain and can be specified externally or generated by the Inventory as required. Typically a party will be used to represent any one of the following types of entities:

  • Customer
  • Subscriber
  • BAN
  • BEN
Note: The mentioned list is not an exhaustive list of party types. Within the Fulfillment Subscriber Inventory system, a party is a generic object which has a type and subtype classification scheme. Users are free to define their own categories within this scheme, and the only limitation is that each party must have a globally unique partyId.

Parties often exist in hierarchies, so the Fulfillment Subscriber Inventory system provides the capability of linking parties using parent child relationships. These relationships do not enforce referential integrity and are linked solely on the primary key of each party entity, specifically the partyId.

Fulfillment Subscriber Inventory also provides the ability to manage a limited set of information that describes a party in the form of characteristics. These characteristics are name-value pairs which describe attributes of the party. Each characteristic is identified with a unique identifier called a characteristicId. This identifier must be unique within the scope of any given party instance and can be specified externally or generated by the Inventory as required.

There is also the capability of locking party objects within the Inventory. Each lock is identified with a unique identifier called a key. This identifier must be unique within the scope of any given party instance and must always be specified externally.

Note: Fulfillment Subscriber Inventory is not a CRM system. Hierarchies and characteristics should be used minimally to support the image information stored only when it is absolutely necessary.
  • Adding a New Party
    To add a new party perform the following steps:
  • Searching a Party
    You can search a Party using the common search bar. You can use the basic navigation buttons like Previous and Next to locate the desired item. You can also search for a party using the search feature. To search for a party from the Parties menu perform the following steps:
  • Updating a Party
    To update a party, perform the following steps:
  • Locking a Party
    Locks can only be added to an existing parties. To add a lock to an existing party perform the following steps:
  • Deleting the Lock of a Party
    To delete the lock of a party, perform the following steps:
  • Deleting a Party
    To delete an existing party, perform the following steps: