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Attempting to Charge a Negative Number of Free Named Events in a Control Plan gets Refused by the VWS with NACK=INSF (Doc ID 1594277.1)

Last updated on MARCH 27, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control - Version 4.4.0 to 5.0.1 [Release 4.4 to 5.0]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

On all versions of Oracle Communications Network Charging and Control up to and including NCC 5.0.1.0, it is possible to configure the Named Event (NEVT) Feature Node to charge an event a negative number of times, e.g. in the event that the service logic needs to refund a given number of events that have been previously applied.

However, when setting up this feature node with a negative number of events of free events, the Vouchers and Wallet Server (VWS) refuses the transaction, responding with a NACK=INSF (which should mean that the subscriber doesn't have enough credit, this is rather unexpected for a free event).

The following kind of debug can be observed in the slee_acs debug on the Service Logic Controller (SLC) when it gets the answer from the VWS :

Cause

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