Usage Engine Private Edition 5 Documentation

Note that some of the features described in this documentation might not have been purchased by your company and will therefore not be available in your environment.

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Usage Engine is the latest generation of DigitalRoute's usage data processing software. It is an enterprise-grade data processing platform, combining integration capabilities with class-leading data processing functionality to derive useful information and drive real-time decision-making for a large number of applications such as: billing, operations, revenue assurance, service assurance, entitlement enforcement, service control and business intelligence.

Usage Engine has been designed for a modern cloud-native architecture and associated operational model, focusing on the following areas:

  • Cloud-native design, with a clear separation between application and infrastructure, elasticity, and automated Life Cycle Management

  • Operational framework, using best of breed industry standards for non-core functions, using a plug-n-play approach

  • CI/CD support, with package management for solutions and test framework for automated test suite execution

  • Usability, with  clearly defined user interfaces for different user personas

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Usage Engine Private Edition 5.0 Released!
Jenni Wallin posted on Feb 14, 2025

We are excited to announce the release and general availability of Usage Engine Private Edition 5.0! 

The key focus areas in this release are related to usability, productivity, and efficiency. It contains enhancements that simplify configuration management, improve visibility into system changes, streamline troubleshooting, and increase DevKit usability. With intuitive tools for comparing configurations, tracking changes, analyzing errors, and managing DevKit agents, you can work more efficiently while reducing manual effort and gaining deeper insights into your system. 

Some of the key features and enhancements are:  

Configuration Tracer 

The Configuration Tracer feature in the Desktop Online, is a powerful tool that you can use to track and manage configuration changes with ease. You can view both active configurations and historical versions, including those that have been deleted, providing full visibility into configuration history. This will improve troubleshooting, compliance, change management, and operational efficiency. 

With the possibility to restore deleted configurations, you can quickly recover important designs and maintain system integrity. It also provides detailed metadata, including ownership, access permissions, version history, and references to related configurations, offering a comprehensive audit trail for traceability purposes. 

Added Functionality in Desktop Online 

In this release we have added the following functionality in Desktop Online, which was previously only available in Desktop Client: 

  • Configuration Diff – for easy comparison of configurations with visually highlighted differences, enhancing troubleshooting, auditing and overall system reliability. 

  • DevKit – for creating and using your own DevKit plugins with associated documentation, available using the Help button. Configuration agent plugins can be done directly in the workflow editor, and with the notifier plugins you get a centralized interface for managing notifications, improving efficiency. 

  • ECS Statistics – for a clear and comprehensive view of error code distributions, helping you quickly identify patterns and troubleshoot issues more effectively. Pie charts display error codes, offering clear visibility into the most frequent and impactful issues; and numerical values within the chart further enhance clarity, making it easier to interpret data at a glance, strengthening error analysis, system monitoring, and operational efficiency. 

Enhancements

Other enhancements included are:

All of these are explained in more detail in Usage Engine 5.0 Release.

The release can be accessed: Release Information.

Overall user documentation is available at: Usage Engine Documentation 5.0.

Enjoy! 🌟