WLC Buckets Do Not Auto-Expire (Doc ID 2045729.1)

Last updated on MARCH 27, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

The Wallet Life Cycle (WLC) feature of Oracle Communication Network Charging and Control (OCNCC) makes use of Voucher and Wallet Server (VWS) buckets to store the current state of a given subscriber's wallet.

WLC is handled through a bucket which has its own expiry set to the end of a grace period.  A grace state provides limited functionality to a wallet which would otherwise be in the terminated state.  A wallet can be in more than one grace period.  Its value determines the state of the subscriber. While the subscriber is active or inactive subscription, this value is set to -1 to represent the fact that there is no grace. This is an internal value that cannot be changed.

A problem exists when the system is set up to not delete expired buckets that have a negative value automatically to make sure that any negative bucket is still present so when a recharge or anything happens, the negative value is not lost (as this is effectively a loss in revenue for operators).

Unfortunately, with the non-monetary WLC bucket value being set to -1, this means that only a 'manual' interaction will force the wlc bucket expiry.

In the debug you will see the following message:

Changes

Have an account with a WLC bucket with a -1 value and an expiry in the past.  Do not trigger it manually and leave it to the groveller find it and pass it to VWARS for processing.

Cause

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