Enterprise Service Catalog Manager 17.2 / 17.3

Enterprise Service Catalog Manager (ESCM), which is based on Open Service Catalog Manager, provides a self-service platform for enterprises and service providers to deliver their software, infrastructure, or platform services to service consumers. 
Enterprise Service Catalog Manager has linkage plugins that seamlessly connect to each type of cloud as well as other features, including functions for calculating usage fees based on actual usage and for generating reports. Services can be ported to the online platform with small effort because all the necessary business enablement features are already in place – including user registration, user and subscription management, service provisioning, reporting, and functionality for processing payments and invoicing.

By using Enterprise Service Catalog Manager, users are able to raise the operational efficiency of their cloud environments and enhance the convenience of cloud services.

From version 17.2, a platform operator can create a report listing all currently active subscriptions of all customers, including the number of virtual machines (VMs) booked with subscriptions to IaaS services, for example, in OpenStack. The report also shows the number of users assigned to the subscriptions. This data can then be passed to suppliers so that they can charge customers for their usage of VMs.

The parameter configuration tool sample included in the ESCM integration package has been extended. It is now possible for customers to view the price per subscription for a parameter when subscribing to a service. The parameter tool API has also been extended by methods for retrieving information on parameter prices for a subscription and per user.
The sample UI supports for parameter prices for subscriptions. The API does not support stepped prices. In addition, currencies are not displayed/displayable.

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