Init dcae.apod.analytics

Change-Id: Ie62128895a199633d0afa695749d40c940d804b2
Signed-off-by: lj1412 <lji@research.att.com>

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diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/pom.xml b/dcae-analytics-tca/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+  ~ dcae-analytics
+  ~ ================================================================================
+  ~  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+  ~ ================================================================================
+  ~  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~  limitations under the License.
+  ~ ================================================================================
+  ~ ECOMP and OpenECOMP are trademarks and service marks of AT&T Intellectual Property.
+  ~ ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.openecomp.dcae.analytics</groupId>
+        <artifactId>dcae-analytics</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <artifactId>dcae-analytics-tca</artifactId>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+    <!-- THIS MODULE CONTAINS CODE FOR TCA (THRESHOLD CROSSING ALERT) -->
+    <name>DCAE Analytics TCA</name>
+    <description>DCAE Analytics TCA (THRESHOLD CROSSING ALERT)</description>
+
+    <properties>
+        <main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</main.basedir>
+        <app.main.class>org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.TCAAnalyticsApplication</app.main.class>
+    </properties>
+
+    <dependencies>
+
+        <!-- DCAE DEPENDENCIES -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.dcae.analytics</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dcae-analytics-common</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.dcae.analytics</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dcae-analytics-dmaap</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- CASK -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>co.cask.http</groupId>
+            <artifactId>netty-http</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>co.cask.common</groupId>
+            <artifactId>common-http</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- HADOOP -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- SCHEDULER -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.quartz-scheduler</groupId>
+            <artifactId>quartz</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- UTILITIES -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+            <artifactId>annotations</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <!-- TEST DEPENDENCIES -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openecomp.dcae.analytics</groupId>
+            <artifactId>dcae-analytics-test</artifactId>
+            <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <archive>
+                        <manifest>
+                            <mainClass>${app.main.class}</mainClass>
+                        </manifest>
+                    </archive>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+
+</project>
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/TCAAnalyticsApplication.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/TCAAnalyticsApplication.java
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+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.app.AbstractApplication;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.data.stream.Stream;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.DatasetProperties;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.ObjectMappedTable;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.ValidationUtils;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.flow.TCAVESCollectorFlow;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance.TCAMessageStatusPersister;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance.TCAVESAlertsPersister;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAAppConfig;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.validator.TCAAppConfigValidator;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.worker.TCADMaaPMockSubscriberWorker;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.worker.TCADMaaPPublisherWorker;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.worker.TCADMaaPSubscriberWorker;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_SUBSCRIBER_OUTPUT_DESCRIPTION_STREAM;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 10/21/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAAnalyticsApplication extends AbstractApplication<TCAAppConfig> {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCAAnalyticsApplication.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public void configure() {
+
+
+        // ========= Application configuration Setup ============== //
+        final TCAAppConfig tcaAppConfig = getConfig();
+
+        LOG.info("Configuring TCA Application with startup application configuration: {}", tcaAppConfig);
+
+        // Validate application configuration
+        ValidationUtils.validateSettings(tcaAppConfig, new TCAAppConfigValidator());
+
+        // App Setup
+        setName(tcaAppConfig.getAppName());
+        setDescription(tcaAppConfig.getAppDescription());
+
+        // ========== Streams Setup ============== //
+        // Create DMaaP MR Subscriber CDAP output stream
+        final String tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName = tcaAppConfig.getTcaSubscriberOutputStreamName();
+        LOG.info("Creating TCA VES Output Stream: {}", tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName);
+        final Stream subscriberOutputStream =
+                new Stream(tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName, TCA_FIXED_SUBSCRIBER_OUTPUT_DESCRIPTION_STREAM);
+        addStream(subscriberOutputStream);
+
+
+        // ============ Datasets Setup ======== //
+        // Create TCA Message Status Table
+        final String tcaVESMessageStatusTableName = tcaAppConfig.getTcaVESMessageStatusTableName();
+        final Integer messageStatusTableTTLSeconds = tcaAppConfig.getTcaVESMessageStatusTableTTLSeconds();
+        LOG.info("Creating TCA Message Status Table: {} with TTL: {}",
+                tcaVESMessageStatusTableName, messageStatusTableTTLSeconds);
+        final DatasetProperties messageStatusTableProperties =
+                TCAMessageStatusPersister.getDatasetProperties(messageStatusTableTTLSeconds);
+        createDataset(tcaVESMessageStatusTableName, ObjectMappedTable.class, messageStatusTableProperties);
+
+        // Create TCA VES Alerts Table
+        final String tcaVESAlertsTableName = tcaAppConfig.getTcaVESAlertsTableName();
+        final Integer alertsTableTTLSeconds = tcaAppConfig.getTcaVESAlertsTableTTLSeconds();
+        LOG.info("Creating TCA Alerts Table: {} with TTL: {}",
+                tcaVESAlertsTableName, alertsTableTTLSeconds);
+        final DatasetProperties alertTableProperties =
+                TCAVESAlertsPersister.getDatasetProperties(alertsTableTTLSeconds);
+        createDataset(tcaVESAlertsTableName, ObjectMappedTable.class, alertTableProperties);
+
+        // =========== Flow Setup ============= //
+        addFlow(new TCAVESCollectorFlow(tcaAppConfig));
+
+        // ========== Workers Setup =========== //
+        LOG.info("Creating TCA DMaaP Subscriber Worker");
+        addWorker(new TCADMaaPSubscriberWorker(tcaAppConfig.getTcaSubscriberOutputStreamName()));
+        LOG.info("Creating TCA DMaaP Publisher Worker");
+        addWorker(new TCADMaaPPublisherWorker(tcaAppConfig.getTcaVESAlertsTableName()));
+        // TODO: Remove this before going to production
+        addWorker(new TCADMaaPMockSubscriberWorker(tcaAppConfig.getTcaSubscriberOutputStreamName()));
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/flow/TCAVESCollectorFlow.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/flow/TCAVESCollectorFlow.java
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+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.flow;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.flow.AbstractFlow;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.flowlet.TCAVESAlertsSinkFlowlet;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.flowlet.TCAVESMessageRouterFlowlet;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.flowlet.TCAVESThresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAAppConfig;
+
+/**
+ * TCA Flow for VES (Virtual Event Streaming) Collector Flow
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/3/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAVESCollectorFlow extends AbstractFlow {
+
+    private final TCAAppConfig tcaAppConfig;
+
+    public TCAVESCollectorFlow(TCAAppConfig tcaAppConfig) {
+        this.tcaAppConfig = tcaAppConfig;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void configure() {
+
+        setName(CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_COLLECTOR_NAME_FLOW);
+        setDescription(CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_COLLECTOR_DESCRIPTION_FLOW);
+
+        final TCAVESMessageRouterFlowlet messageRouterFlowlet = new TCAVESMessageRouterFlowlet();
+        addFlowlet(messageRouterFlowlet);
+
+        final TCAVESThresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet thresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet =
+                new TCAVESThresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet(tcaAppConfig.getTcaVESMessageStatusTableName());
+        addFlowlet(thresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet, tcaAppConfig.getThresholdCalculatorFlowletInstances());
+
+        final TCAVESAlertsSinkFlowlet alertsSinkFlowlet =
+                new TCAVESAlertsSinkFlowlet(tcaAppConfig.getTcaVESAlertsTableName());
+        addFlowlet(alertsSinkFlowlet);
+
+
+        // connect DMaaP MR VES Subscriber output stream to VES Message Router Flowlet
+        connectStream(tcaAppConfig.getTcaSubscriberOutputStreamName(), messageRouterFlowlet);
+        // connect message router to VES threshold calculator
+        connect(messageRouterFlowlet, thresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet);
+        // connect VES threshold calculator flowlet to Alerts Sink Flowlet
+        connect(thresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet, alertsSinkFlowlet);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/flowlet/TCAVESAlertsSinkFlowlet.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/flowlet/TCAVESAlertsSinkFlowlet.java
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+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.flowlet;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.annotation.ProcessInput;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.annotation.Property;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.ObjectMappedTable;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.flow.flowlet.AbstractFlowlet;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.flow.flowlet.FlowletContext;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance.TCAVESAlertEntity;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance.TCAVESAlertsPersister;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_ALERTS_SINK_DESCRIPTION_FLOWLET;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_ALERTS_SINK_NAME_FLOWLET;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_TCA_CALCULATOR_NAME_OUTPUT;
+
+/**
+ * Saves TCA VES Alert Messages in a Time series Table
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/15/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAVESAlertsSinkFlowlet extends AbstractFlowlet {
+
+    @Property
+    private final String tcaVESAlertsTableName;
+
+    private ObjectMappedTable<TCAVESAlertEntity> tcaVESAlertsTable;
+
+    public TCAVESAlertsSinkFlowlet(String tcaVESAlertsTableName) {
+        this.tcaVESAlertsTableName = tcaVESAlertsTableName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void configure() {
+        setName(TCA_FIXED_VES_ALERTS_SINK_NAME_FLOWLET);
+        setDescription(TCA_FIXED_VES_ALERTS_SINK_DESCRIPTION_FLOWLET);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(FlowletContext flowletContext) throws Exception {
+        super.initialize(flowletContext);
+        tcaVESAlertsTable = getContext().getDataset(tcaVESAlertsTableName);
+    }
+
+    @ProcessInput(TCA_FIXED_VES_TCA_CALCULATOR_NAME_OUTPUT)
+    public void saveAlerts(String alertMessage) {
+        // Saves alert message in alerts table
+        TCAVESAlertsPersister.persist(alertMessage, tcaVESAlertsTable);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/flowlet/TCAVESMessageRouterFlowlet.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/flowlet/TCAVESMessageRouterFlowlet.java
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+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.flowlet;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.annotation.Output;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.annotation.ProcessInput;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.flow.flowlet.AbstractFlowlet;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.flow.flowlet.OutputEmitter;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.flow.flowlet.StreamEvent;
+import com.google.common.base.Charsets;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants.TCA_VES_MESSAGE_ROUTER_PARTITION_KEY;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_MESSAGE_ROUTER_DESCRIPTION_FLOWLET;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_MESSAGE_ROUTER_NAME_FLOWLET;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_MESSAGE_ROUTER_OUTPUT;
+
+
+/**
+ * TCA Message Router Flowlet emits VES Message to {@link TCAVESThresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet} instances
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/14/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAVESMessageRouterFlowlet extends AbstractFlowlet {
+
+    /**
+     * Emits ves message to TCA Calculator Instances
+     */
+    @Output(TCA_FIXED_VES_MESSAGE_ROUTER_OUTPUT)
+    private OutputEmitter<String> vesMessageEmitter;
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void configure() {
+        setName(TCA_FIXED_VES_MESSAGE_ROUTER_NAME_FLOWLET);
+        setDescription(TCA_FIXED_VES_MESSAGE_ROUTER_DESCRIPTION_FLOWLET);
+    }
+
+    @ProcessInput
+    public void routeVESMessage(StreamEvent vesMessageStreamEvent) {
+        final String vesMessage = Charsets.UTF_8.decode(vesMessageStreamEvent.getBody()).toString();
+        vesMessageEmitter.emit(vesMessage, TCA_VES_MESSAGE_ROUTER_PARTITION_KEY, vesMessage
+                .hashCode());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/flowlet/TCAVESThresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/flowlet/TCAVESThresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet.java
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+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.flowlet;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.annotation.Output;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.annotation.ProcessInput;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.annotation.Property;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.annotation.RoundRobin;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.ObjectMappedTable;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.flow.flowlet.AbstractFlowlet;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.flow.flowlet.FlowletContext;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.flow.flowlet.OutputEmitter;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.metrics.Metrics;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPMetricsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.TCAPolicy;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.facade.tca.TCAVESResponse;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance.TCACalculatorMessageType;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance.TCAMessageStatusEntity;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance.TCAMessageStatusPersister;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFProcessorContext;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_THRESHOLD_VIOLATION_CALCULATOR_DESCRIPTION_FLOWLET;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_THRESHOLD_VIOLATION_CALCULATOR_NAME_FLOWLET;
+
+/**
+ * TCA VES Message Filter filters out messages which are not applicable for TCA as per TCA Policy
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/3/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAVESThresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet extends AbstractFlowlet {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCAVESThresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet.class);
+
+    @Output(CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_TCA_CALCULATOR_NAME_OUTPUT)
+    private OutputEmitter<String> tcaAlertOutputEmitter;
+
+    @Property
+    private final String messageStatusTableName;
+
+    private TCAPolicy tcaPolicy;
+    private Metrics metrics;
+    private ObjectMappedTable<TCAMessageStatusEntity> vesMessageStatusTable;
+
+    public TCAVESThresholdViolationCalculatorFlowlet(String messageStatusTableName) {
+        this.messageStatusTableName = messageStatusTableName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void configure() {
+        setName(TCA_FIXED_VES_THRESHOLD_VIOLATION_CALCULATOR_NAME_FLOWLET);
+        setDescription(TCA_FIXED_VES_THRESHOLD_VIOLATION_CALCULATOR_DESCRIPTION_FLOWLET);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(FlowletContext flowletContext) throws Exception {
+        super.initialize(flowletContext);
+
+        // parse Runtime Arguments to tca policy preferences
+        tcaPolicy = TCAUtils.getValidatedTCAPolicyPreferences(flowletContext);
+
+        vesMessageStatusTable = getContext().getDataset(messageStatusTableName);
+
+    }
+
+    @ProcessInput(CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_MESSAGE_ROUTER_OUTPUT)
+    @RoundRobin
+    public void filterVESMessages(String vesMessage) throws JsonProcessingException {
+
+        TCACalculatorMessageType calculatorMessageType = TCACalculatorMessageType.INAPPLICABLE;
+        String alertMessage = null;
+
+        // Step 1: Filter incoming messages
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext = TCAUtils.filterCEFMessage(vesMessage, tcaPolicy);
+
+        if (processorContext.canProcessingContinue()) {
+
+            // Step 2: Check if CEF Message violate any thresholds
+            final TCACEFProcessorContext processorContextWithViolations =
+                    TCAUtils.computeThresholdViolations(processorContext);
+
+            if (processorContextWithViolations.canProcessingContinue()) {
+
+                // Step 3: Create Alert Message
+                final String tcaAppName = getContext().getApplicationSpecification().getName();
+                final TCAVESResponse newTCAVESResponse =
+                        TCAUtils.createNewTCAVESResponse(processorContextWithViolations, tcaAppName);
+                alertMessage = TCAUtils.writeValueAsString(newTCAVESResponse);
+                calculatorMessageType = TCACalculatorMessageType.NON_COMPLIANT;
+                LOG.debug("VES Threshold Violation Detected. An alert message is be generated. {}", alertMessage);
+
+                metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_VES_NON_COMPLIANT_MESSAGES_METRIC, 1);
+
+                // Step 4: Emit message to Alert Sink Flowlet
+                tcaAlertOutputEmitter.emit(alertMessage);
+
+            } else {
+
+                calculatorMessageType = TCACalculatorMessageType.COMPLIANT;
+                metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_VES_COMPLIANT_MESSAGES_METRIC, 1);
+            }
+
+        } else {
+
+            metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_VES_INAPPLICABLE_MESSAGES_METRIC, 1);
+        }
+
+        // save message to message status table
+        TCAMessageStatusPersister.persist(
+                processorContext, getContext(), calculatorMessageType, vesMessageStatusTable, alertMessage);
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCACalculatorMessageType.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCACalculatorMessageType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acef458
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCACalculatorMessageType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance;
+
+/**
+ * TCA Calculator applies TCA Policy to incoming VES messages and classifies them as per this enum
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/15/2016.
+ */
+public enum TCACalculatorMessageType {
+
+    /**
+     * VES messages that are not applicable as per TCA Policy
+     */
+    INAPPLICABLE,
+    /**
+     * VES messages that are applicable as per TCA Policy but don't violate any thresholds
+     */
+    COMPLIANT,
+    /**
+     * VES messages that are applicable as per TCA Policy and also in violation of TCA Policy thresholds
+     */
+    NON_COMPLIANT;
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAMessageStatusEntity.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAMessageStatusEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35aeac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAMessageStatusEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,306 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableUtils;
+
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * TCA Message Status is an Entity which is used to persist TCA VES Message status information in Message Status Table
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/16/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAMessageStatusEntity implements Writable, Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -6186607668704516962L;
+
+    private long creationTS;
+    private int flowletInstance;
+    private String messageType;
+    private String vesMessage;
+    private String domain;
+    private String functionalRole;
+    private String thresholdPath;
+    private String thresholdSeverity;
+    private String thresholdDirection;
+    private Long thresholdValue;
+    private String jsonProcessorStatus;
+    private String jsonProcessorMessage;
+    private String domainFilterStatus;
+    private String domainFilterMessage;
+    private String functionalRoleFilterStatus;
+    private String functionalRoleFilterMessage;
+    private String thresholdCalculatorStatus;
+    private String thresholdCalculatorMessage;
+    private String alertMessage;
+
+    public TCAMessageStatusEntity() {
+    }
+
+    public TCAMessageStatusEntity(long creationTS, int flowletInstance, String messageType, String vesMessage, String
+            domain, String functionalRole) {
+        this(creationTS, flowletInstance, messageType, vesMessage, domain, functionalRole, null, null, null, null,
+                null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null, null);
+    }
+
+    public TCAMessageStatusEntity(long creationTS, int flowletInstance, String messageType, String vesMessage,
+                                  String domain, String functionalRole,
+                                  String thresholdPath, String thresholdSeverity, String thresholdDirection,
+                                  Long thresholdValue,
+                                  String jsonProcessorStatus, String jsonProcessorMessage,
+                                  String domainFilterStatus, String domainFilterMessage,
+                                  String functionalRoleFilterStatus, String functionalRoleFilterMessage,
+                                  String thresholdCalculatorStatus, String thresholdCalculatorMessage,
+                                  String alertMessage) {
+        this.creationTS = creationTS;
+        this.flowletInstance = flowletInstance;
+        this.messageType = messageType;
+        this.vesMessage = vesMessage;
+        this.domain = domain;
+        this.functionalRole = functionalRole;
+        this.thresholdPath = thresholdPath;
+        this.thresholdSeverity = thresholdSeverity;
+        this.thresholdDirection = thresholdDirection;
+        this.thresholdValue = thresholdValue;
+        this.jsonProcessorStatus = jsonProcessorStatus;
+        this.jsonProcessorMessage = jsonProcessorMessage;
+        this.domainFilterStatus = domainFilterStatus;
+        this.domainFilterMessage = domainFilterMessage;
+        this.functionalRoleFilterStatus = functionalRoleFilterStatus;
+        this.functionalRoleFilterMessage = functionalRoleFilterMessage;
+        this.thresholdCalculatorStatus = thresholdCalculatorStatus;
+        this.thresholdCalculatorMessage = thresholdCalculatorMessage;
+        this.alertMessage = alertMessage;
+    }
+
+    public long getCreationTS() {
+        return creationTS;
+    }
+
+    public void setCreationTS(long creationTS) {
+        this.creationTS = creationTS;
+    }
+
+    public int getFlowletInstance() {
+        return flowletInstance;
+    }
+
+    public void setFlowletInstance(int flowletInstance) {
+        this.flowletInstance = flowletInstance;
+    }
+
+    public String getMessageType() {
+        return messageType;
+    }
+
+    public void setMessageType(String messageType) {
+        this.messageType = messageType;
+    }
+
+    public String getVesMessage() {
+        return vesMessage;
+    }
+
+    public void setVesMessage(String vesMessage) {
+        this.vesMessage = vesMessage;
+    }
+
+    public String getDomain() {
+        return domain;
+    }
+
+    public void setDomain(String domain) {
+        this.domain = domain;
+    }
+
+    public String getFunctionalRole() {
+        return functionalRole;
+    }
+
+    public void setFunctionalRole(String functionalRole) {
+        this.functionalRole = functionalRole;
+    }
+
+    public String getThresholdPath() {
+        return thresholdPath;
+    }
+
+    public void setThresholdPath(String thresholdPath) {
+        this.thresholdPath = thresholdPath;
+    }
+
+    public String getThresholdSeverity() {
+        return thresholdSeverity;
+    }
+
+    public void setThresholdSeverity(String thresholdSeverity) {
+        this.thresholdSeverity = thresholdSeverity;
+    }
+
+    public String getThresholdDirection() {
+        return thresholdDirection;
+    }
+
+    public void setThresholdDirection(String thresholdDirection) {
+        this.thresholdDirection = thresholdDirection;
+    }
+
+    public Long getThresholdValue() {
+        return thresholdValue;
+    }
+
+    public void setThresholdValue(Long thresholdValue) {
+        this.thresholdValue = thresholdValue;
+    }
+
+    public String getJsonProcessorStatus() {
+        return jsonProcessorStatus;
+    }
+
+    public void setJsonProcessorStatus(String jsonProcessorStatus) {
+        this.jsonProcessorStatus = jsonProcessorStatus;
+    }
+
+    public String getJsonProcessorMessage() {
+        return jsonProcessorMessage;
+    }
+
+    public void setJsonProcessorMessage(String jsonProcessorMessage) {
+        this.jsonProcessorMessage = jsonProcessorMessage;
+    }
+
+    public String getDomainFilterStatus() {
+        return domainFilterStatus;
+    }
+
+    public void setDomainFilterStatus(String domainFilterStatus) {
+        this.domainFilterStatus = domainFilterStatus;
+    }
+
+    public String getDomainFilterMessage() {
+        return domainFilterMessage;
+    }
+
+    public void setDomainFilterMessage(String domainFilterMessage) {
+        this.domainFilterMessage = domainFilterMessage;
+    }
+
+    public String getFunctionalRoleFilterStatus() {
+        return functionalRoleFilterStatus;
+    }
+
+    public void setFunctionalRoleFilterStatus(String functionalRoleFilterStatus) {
+        this.functionalRoleFilterStatus = functionalRoleFilterStatus;
+    }
+
+    public String getFunctionalRoleFilterMessage() {
+        return functionalRoleFilterMessage;
+    }
+
+    public void setFunctionalRoleFilterMessage(String functionalRoleFilterMessage) {
+        this.functionalRoleFilterMessage = functionalRoleFilterMessage;
+    }
+
+    public String getThresholdCalculatorStatus() {
+        return thresholdCalculatorStatus;
+    }
+
+    public void setThresholdCalculatorStatus(String thresholdCalculatorStatus) {
+        this.thresholdCalculatorStatus = thresholdCalculatorStatus;
+    }
+
+    public String getThresholdCalculatorMessage() {
+        return thresholdCalculatorMessage;
+    }
+
+    public void setThresholdCalculatorMessage(String thresholdCalculatorMessage) {
+        this.thresholdCalculatorMessage = thresholdCalculatorMessage;
+    }
+
+    public String getAlertMessage() {
+        return alertMessage;
+    }
+
+    public void setAlertMessage(String alertMessage) {
+        this.alertMessage = alertMessage;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(DataOutput dataOutput) throws IOException {
+        WritableUtils.writeVLong(dataOutput, creationTS);
+        WritableUtils.writeVInt(dataOutput, flowletInstance);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, messageType);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, vesMessage);
+
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, domain);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, functionalRole);
+
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, thresholdPath);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, thresholdSeverity);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, thresholdDirection);
+        WritableUtils.writeVLong(dataOutput, thresholdValue);
+
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, jsonProcessorStatus);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, jsonProcessorMessage);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, domainFilterStatus);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, domainFilterMessage);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, functionalRoleFilterStatus);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, functionalRoleFilterMessage);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, thresholdCalculatorStatus);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, thresholdCalculatorMessage);
+
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, alertMessage);
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void readFields(DataInput dataInput) throws IOException {
+        creationTS = WritableUtils.readVLong(dataInput);
+        flowletInstance = WritableUtils.readVInt(dataInput);
+        messageType = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        vesMessage = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+
+        domain = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        functionalRole = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+
+        thresholdPath = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        thresholdSeverity = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        thresholdDirection = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        thresholdValue = WritableUtils.readVLong(dataInput);
+
+        jsonProcessorStatus = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        jsonProcessorMessage = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        domainFilterStatus = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        domainFilterMessage = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        functionalRoleFilterStatus = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        functionalRoleFilterMessage = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        thresholdCalculatorStatus = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+        thresholdCalculatorMessage = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+
+        alertMessage = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAMessageStatusPersister.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAMessageStatusPersister.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edd33dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAMessageStatusPersister.java
@@ -0,0 +1,243 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.data.schema.Schema;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.data.schema.UnsupportedTypeException;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.DatasetProperties;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.IndexedTable;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.ObjectMappedTable;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.ObjectMappedTableProperties;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.flow.flowlet.FlowletContext;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.service.processor.MessageProcessor;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.service.processor.ProcessorContext;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.PersistenceUtils;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.MetricsPerFunctionalRole;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.Threshold;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFJsonProcessor;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFPolicyDomainFilter;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFPolicyFunctionalRoleFilter;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFProcessorContext;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_VES_MESSAGE_STATUS_DESCRIPTION_TABLE;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.PersistenceUtils.TABLE_ROW_KEY_COLUMN_NAME;
+
+/**
+ *
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/15/2016.
+ */
+public abstract class TCAMessageStatusPersister {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCAMessageStatusPersister.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Saves Message Status in Table. Assumes no alert was generated
+     *
+     * @param processorContext processor Context
+     * @param flowletContext Flowlet Context
+     * @param calculatorMessageType Calculation Message Type
+     * @param messageStatusTable Message Status Table
+     */
+    public static void persist(final TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext,
+                               final FlowletContext flowletContext,
+                               final TCACalculatorMessageType calculatorMessageType,
+                               final ObjectMappedTable<TCAMessageStatusEntity> messageStatusTable) {
+        persist(processorContext, flowletContext, calculatorMessageType, messageStatusTable, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Saves Message Status in Table. Sets up alert message aslo
+     *
+     * @param processorContext processor Context
+     * @param flowletContext Flowlet Context
+     * @param calculatorMessageType Calculation Message Type
+     * @param messageStatusTable Message Status Table
+     * @param alertMessage Alert message
+     */
+    public static void persist(final TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext,
+                               final FlowletContext flowletContext,
+                               final TCACalculatorMessageType calculatorMessageType,
+                               final ObjectMappedTable<TCAMessageStatusEntity> messageStatusTable,
+                               @Nullable final String alertMessage) {
+
+        final String rowKey = createKey(calculatorMessageType);
+
+        final Long currentTS = new Date().getTime();
+        final int flowletInstanceId = flowletContext.getInstanceId();
+        final String vesMessage = StringEscapeUtils.unescapeJson(processorContext.getMessage());
+
+        // Find Functional Role and domain
+        final Pair<String, String> domainAndFunctionalRole = TCAUtils.getDomainAndFunctionalRole(processorContext);
+        final String domain = domainAndFunctionalRole.getLeft();
+        final String functionalRole = domainAndFunctionalRole.getRight();
+
+        final TCAMessageStatusEntity tcaMessageStatusEntity = new TCAMessageStatusEntity(currentTS,
+                flowletInstanceId, calculatorMessageType.name(), vesMessage, domain, functionalRole);
+
+        // add threshold violation fields
+        addViolatedThreshold(tcaMessageStatusEntity, processorContext);
+        // add processor status and messages
+        addMessageProcessorMessages(tcaMessageStatusEntity, processorContext);
+        // add Alert message
+        tcaMessageStatusEntity.setAlertMessage(
+                alertMessage == null ? null : StringEscapeUtils.unescapeJson(alertMessage)
+        );
+
+        messageStatusTable.write(rowKey, tcaMessageStatusEntity);
+
+
+        LOG.debug("Finished persisting VES Status Message with rowKey: {} in Message Status Table.", rowKey);
+
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Create TCA VES Message Status Table Properties
+     *
+     * @param timeToLiveSeconds Message Status Table time to live in seconds
+     *
+     * @return Message Status table properties
+     */
+    public static DatasetProperties getDatasetProperties(final int timeToLiveSeconds) {
+
+        try {
+            return ObjectMappedTableProperties.builder()
+                    .setType(TCAMessageStatusEntity.class)
+                    .setRowKeyExploreName(TABLE_ROW_KEY_COLUMN_NAME)
+                    .setRowKeyExploreType(Schema.Type.STRING)
+                    .add(IndexedTable.PROPERTY_TTL, timeToLiveSeconds)
+                    .setDescription(TCA_FIXED_VES_MESSAGE_STATUS_DESCRIPTION_TABLE)
+                    .build();
+        } catch (UnsupportedTypeException e) {
+            final String errorMessage = "Unable to convert TCAMessageStatusEntity class to Schema";
+            throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException(errorMessage, LOG, new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage));
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Adds Violated Threshold Parameter values to {@link TCAMessageStatusEntity}
+     *
+     * @param tcaMessageStatusEntity message entity that needs to be populated with threshold fields
+     * @param processorContext processor context
+     *
+     * @return entity with populated threshold field values if present
+     */
+    private static TCAMessageStatusEntity addViolatedThreshold(final TCAMessageStatusEntity tcaMessageStatusEntity,
+                                                               final TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext) {
+
+        final MetricsPerFunctionalRole metricsPerFunctionalRole = processorContext.getMetricsPerFunctionalRole();
+
+        if (metricsPerFunctionalRole != null
+                && metricsPerFunctionalRole.getThresholds() != null
+                && metricsPerFunctionalRole.getThresholds().get(0) != null) {
+
+            final Threshold threshold = metricsPerFunctionalRole.getThresholds().get(0);
+            tcaMessageStatusEntity.setThresholdPath(threshold.getFieldPath());
+            tcaMessageStatusEntity.setThresholdSeverity(threshold.getSeverity().name());
+            tcaMessageStatusEntity.setThresholdDirection(threshold.getDirection().name());
+            tcaMessageStatusEntity.setThresholdValue(threshold.getThresholdValue());
+        }
+
+        return tcaMessageStatusEntity;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Add TCA CEF Message Processor status information
+     *
+     * @param tcaMessageStatusEntity message entity that needs to be populated with message processor fields
+     * @param processorContext processor context
+     *
+     * @return entity with populated message process status information
+     */
+    private static TCAMessageStatusEntity addMessageProcessorMessages(
+            final TCAMessageStatusEntity tcaMessageStatusEntity, final TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext) {
+        final List<? super MessageProcessor<? extends ProcessorContext>> messageProcessors = processorContext
+                .getMessageProcessors();
+
+        if (messageProcessors != null && !messageProcessors.isEmpty()) {
+            for (Object messageProcessor : messageProcessors) {
+                final MessageProcessor<TCACEFProcessorContext> tcaMessageProcessor =
+                        (MessageProcessor<TCACEFProcessorContext>) messageProcessor;
+
+                final String processingState = tcaMessageProcessor.getProcessingState().name();
+                final String processingMessage = tcaMessageProcessor.getProcessingMessage().orNull();
+
+                if (messageProcessor.getClass().equals(TCACEFJsonProcessor.class)) {
+                    tcaMessageStatusEntity.setJsonProcessorStatus(processingState);
+                    tcaMessageStatusEntity.setJsonProcessorMessage(processingMessage);
+                }
+
+                if (messageProcessor.getClass().equals(TCACEFPolicyDomainFilter.class)) {
+                    tcaMessageStatusEntity.setDomainFilterStatus(processingState);
+                    tcaMessageStatusEntity.setDomainFilterMessage(processingMessage);
+                }
+
+                if (messageProcessor.getClass().equals(TCACEFPolicyFunctionalRoleFilter.class)) {
+                    tcaMessageStatusEntity.setFunctionalRoleFilterStatus(processingState);
+                    tcaMessageStatusEntity.setFunctionalRoleFilterMessage(processingMessage);
+                }
+
+                if (messageProcessor.getClass().equals(TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor.class)) {
+                    tcaMessageStatusEntity.setThresholdCalculatorStatus(processingState);
+                    tcaMessageStatusEntity.setThresholdCalculatorMessage(processingMessage);
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+        return tcaMessageStatusEntity;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates Row Key for TCA VES Message Status table
+     *
+     * Row Key = (Message Type + Decreasing Value)
+     *
+     * @param calculatorMessageType calculator message type
+     *
+     * @return row key string
+     */
+    private static String createKey(final TCACalculatorMessageType calculatorMessageType) {
+
+        final List<String> keyList = new LinkedList<>();
+        keyList.add(calculatorMessageType.name());
+        keyList.add(PersistenceUtils.getCurrentTimeReverseSubKey());
+        return Joiner.on(PersistenceUtils.ROW_KEY_DELIMITER).join(keyList);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAVESAlertEntity.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAVESAlertEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff3906c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAVESAlertEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.Writable;
+import org.apache.hadoop.io.WritableUtils;
+
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataOutput;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/16/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAVESAlertEntity implements Writable, Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -8587229518063660258L;
+
+    private long creationTS;
+    private String alertMessage;
+
+    public TCAVESAlertEntity() {
+    }
+
+    public TCAVESAlertEntity(long creationTS, String alertMessage) {
+        this.creationTS = creationTS;
+        this.alertMessage = alertMessage;
+    }
+
+    public long getCreationTS() {
+        return creationTS;
+    }
+
+    public void setCreationTS(long creationTS) {
+        this.creationTS = creationTS;
+    }
+
+    public String getAlertMessage() {
+        return alertMessage;
+    }
+
+    public void setAlertMessage(String alertMessage) {
+        this.alertMessage = alertMessage;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(DataOutput dataOutput) throws IOException {
+        WritableUtils.writeVLong(dataOutput, creationTS);
+        WritableUtils.writeString(dataOutput, alertMessage);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void readFields(DataInput dataInput) throws IOException {
+        creationTS = WritableUtils.readVLong(dataInput);
+        alertMessage = WritableUtils.readString(dataInput);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAVESAlertsPersister.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAVESAlertsPersister.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf94cde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/persistance/TCAVESAlertsPersister.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.data.schema.Schema;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.data.schema.UnsupportedTypeException;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.DatasetProperties;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.IndexedTable;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.ObjectMappedTable;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.ObjectMappedTableProperties;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringEscapeUtils;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_VES_ALERTS_DESCRIPTION_TABLE;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.PersistenceUtils.TABLE_ROW_KEY_COLUMN_NAME;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/16/2016.
+ */
+public abstract class TCAVESAlertsPersister {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCAVESAlertsPersister.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Persists Alert Message to Alerts Table
+     *
+     * @param alertMessage alert Message
+     * @param tcaVESAlertTable alert Table Name
+     */
+    public static void persist(final String alertMessage, final ObjectMappedTable<TCAVESAlertEntity> tcaVESAlertTable) {
+        final Date currentDate = new Date();
+        final TCAVESAlertEntity alertEntity = new TCAVESAlertEntity(currentDate.getTime(),
+                StringEscapeUtils.unescapeJson(alertMessage));
+        // row key is same as current timestamp
+        final String rowKey = createRowKey(currentDate);
+        tcaVESAlertTable.write(rowKey, alertEntity);
+
+        LOG.debug("Finished persisting VES Alert message ID: {} in VES Alerts table.", rowKey);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates {@link DatasetProperties} for Alerts Table
+     *
+     * @param timeToLiveSeconds alerts table Time to Live
+     * @return Alerts table properties
+     */
+    public static DatasetProperties getDatasetProperties(final int timeToLiveSeconds) {
+        try {
+            return ObjectMappedTableProperties.builder()
+                    .setType(TCAVESAlertEntity.class)
+                    .setRowKeyExploreName(TABLE_ROW_KEY_COLUMN_NAME)
+                    .setRowKeyExploreType(Schema.Type.STRING)
+                    .add(IndexedTable.PROPERTY_TTL, timeToLiveSeconds)
+                    .setDescription(TCA_DEFAULT_VES_ALERTS_DESCRIPTION_TABLE)
+                    .build();
+        } catch (UnsupportedTypeException e) {
+            final String errorMessage = "Unable to convert TCAVESAlertEntity class to Schema";
+            throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException(errorMessage, LOG, new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage));
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates Row Key for Alerts Table
+     *
+     * @param date current Date
+     *
+     * @return row key
+     */
+    public static String createRowKey(final Date date) {
+       return String.format("%025d", date.getTime());
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/AbstractTCAECEFPolicyProcessor.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/AbstractTCAECEFPolicyProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56ea38f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/AbstractTCAECEFPolicyProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor;
+
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.MessageProcessingException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.service.processor.AbstractMessageProcessor;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ *     Encapsulates common functionality for all TCA CEF Policy Processors
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/9/2016.
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractTCAECEFPolicyProcessor extends AbstractMessageProcessor<TCACEFProcessorContext> {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AbstractTCAECEFPolicyProcessor.class);
+
+    /**
+     * For all TCA Policy Processor the pre processor ensures that {@link EventListener} object is
+     * present
+     *
+     * @param processorContext incoming Processor Context
+     * @return Pre processed Processor Context
+     */
+    @Override
+    public TCACEFProcessorContext preProcessor(@Nonnull TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext) {
+        // validates CEF Event Listener is Present
+        final EventListener cefEventListener = processorContext.getCEFEventListener();
+        if (cefEventListener == null) {
+            final String errorMessage = String.format(
+                    "CEF Event Listener is not Present.Invalid use of Processor: %s. CEF Message: %s",
+                    getProcessorInfo().getProcessorName(), processorContext.getMessage());
+            throw new MessageProcessingException(errorMessage, LOG, new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage));
+        }
+        return super.preProcessor(processorContext);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFJsonProcessor.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFJsonProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab33fe2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFJsonProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.MessageProcessingException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.service.processor.AbstractMessageProcessor;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ *<p>
+ *    Processor that converts incoming presumed JSON string CEF message to {@link EventListener} object
+ *    <br>
+ *    Pre Conditions: None
+ *</p>
+ *
+ *  @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/5/2016.
+ */
+public class TCACEFJsonProcessor extends AbstractMessageProcessor<TCACEFProcessorContext> {
+
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -9031531679383821793L;
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCACEFJsonProcessor.class);
+
+
+    @Override
+    public String getProcessorDescription() {
+        return "Converts incoming TCA CEF Message to Event Listener object";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TCACEFProcessorContext processMessage(TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext) {
+
+        final String cefMessage = processorContext.getMessage();
+
+        // If CEF Message is null then processor should stop processing
+        if (cefMessage == null) {
+            String errorMessage = "Null CEF message cannot be converted to CEF Event Listener Object";
+            throw new MessageProcessingException(errorMessage, LOG, new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage));
+        }
+
+        // If CEF Message is blank then processor stop processing
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(cefMessage)) {
+            setTerminatingProcessingMessage("Blank CEF message cannot be converted to CEF Event Listener Object",
+                    processorContext);
+            return processorContext;
+        }
+
+        // trim cef message
+        final String trimmedCEFMessage = cefMessage.trim();
+
+        // if message does not start with curly brace and ends with curly brace, it is not a valid cef message
+        // processor will stop processing
+        if (!(trimmedCEFMessage.startsWith("{") && trimmedCEFMessage.endsWith("}"))) {
+            setTerminatingProcessingMessage("CEF Message must start with curly brace and must end with curly brace",
+                    processorContext);
+            return processorContext;
+        }
+
+        // try parsing the cef message
+        try {
+            final EventListener eventListener = TCAUtils.readValue(trimmedCEFMessage, EventListener.class);
+            setFinishedProcessingMessage("CEF JSON to Event Listener Conversion Successful", processorContext);
+            // set new Event Listener in the Processor Context
+            processorContext.setCEFEventListener(eventListener);
+            return processorContext;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            final String errorMessage = String.format("Parsing Failed for CEF Message: %s, Error: %s", cefMessage, e);
+            // If parsing fails throw an exception
+            throw new MessageProcessingException(errorMessage, LOG, e);
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyDomainFilter.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyDomainFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..639c6bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyDomainFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor;
+
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ *     TCA Processor which acts like a filter to filter out messages which does not belong to TCA Policy Domain
+ *     <br>
+ *     Pre Conditions: CEF Event Listener must be present
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/7/2016.
+ */
+public class TCACEFPolicyDomainFilter extends AbstractTCAECEFPolicyProcessor {
+
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -7302116478207544378L;
+
+    @Override
+    public String getProcessorDescription() {
+        return "Filters out CEF Messages which does not match TCAPolicy Domain";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TCACEFProcessorContext processMessage(TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext) {
+
+        // Safe to get event Listener here without null check as pre processor will validate if
+        // event listener is indeed present
+        final EventListener eventListener = processorContext.getCEFEventListener();
+
+        String cefMessageDomain;
+
+        // Extract CEF domain as it is must be present as per CEF Schema
+        if (eventListener.getEvent() != null &&
+                eventListener.getEvent().getCommonEventHeader() != null &&
+                eventListener.getEvent().getCommonEventHeader().getDomain() != null) {
+            cefMessageDomain = eventListener.getEvent().getCommonEventHeader().getDomain();
+
+        } else {
+            final String terminatingMessage = "Invalid CEF Message.Common Event Header Domain not present.";
+            setTerminatingProcessingMessage(terminatingMessage, processorContext);
+            return processorContext;
+        }
+
+        // Get Policy Domain. TCA Policy Validation must ensure that Domain is indeed present
+        // no null check will be required here
+        final String policyDomain = processorContext.getTCAPolicy().getDomain();
+
+        // If Policy domain matches CEF message domain then continue processing
+        if (cefMessageDomain.equals(policyDomain)) {
+            final String finishMessage = String.format("Policy Domain and CEF Message Domain match successful." +
+                    " Message Domain: %s, Policy Domain: %s", cefMessageDomain, policyDomain);
+            setFinishedProcessingMessage(finishMessage, processorContext);
+        } else {
+            // If policy domain does not match with CEF message terminate processing chain
+            final String terminatingMessage = String.format("Policy Domain and CEF Message Domain match unsuccessful." +
+                    " Message Domain: %s, Policy Domain: %s", cefMessageDomain, policyDomain);
+            setTerminatingProcessingMessage(terminatingMessage, processorContext);
+        }
+
+        return processorContext;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyFunctionalRoleFilter.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyFunctionalRoleFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f7e9b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyFunctionalRoleFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.TCAPolicy;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ *     TCA Processor that acts like a filter to filter out messages which does not belong to TCA Policy Functional Roles
+ *     <br>
+ *     Pre Conditions: CEF Event Listener must be present
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/9/2016.
+ */
+public class TCACEFPolicyFunctionalRoleFilter extends AbstractTCAECEFPolicyProcessor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4550787922375040396L;
+
+    @Override
+    public String getProcessorDescription() {
+        return "Filters out CEF Messages which does not match Policy Functional Roles";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TCACEFProcessorContext processMessage(TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext) {
+
+        // Safe to get event Listener here without null check as pre processor will validate if
+        // event listener is indeed present
+        final EventListener eventListener = processorContext.getCEFEventListener();
+
+        String cefMessageFunctionalRole;
+
+        if (eventListener.getEvent() != null &&
+                eventListener.getEvent().getCommonEventHeader() != null &&
+                eventListener.getEvent().getCommonEventHeader().getFunctionalRole() != null) {
+            cefMessageFunctionalRole = eventListener.getEvent().getCommonEventHeader().getFunctionalRole();
+        } else {
+            String terminationMessage = "Invalid CEF Message.Common Event Header Functional Role not present.";
+            setTerminatingProcessingMessage(terminationMessage, processorContext);
+            return processorContext;
+        }
+
+        // Determine Policy Functional Roles
+        final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy = processorContext.getTCAPolicy();
+        final List<String> policyFunctionalRoles = TCAUtils.getPolicyFunctionalRoleSupplier(tcaPolicy).get();
+        final String policyFunctionalRolesString = Joiner.on(",").join(policyFunctionalRoles);
+
+        // If Policy functional Roles contains CEF message Functional Role then continue processing
+        if (policyFunctionalRoles.contains(cefMessageFunctionalRole)) {
+            final String finishMessage = String.format(
+                    "Policy Functional Roles and CEF Message Functional match successful." +
+                            "Message Functional Role: %s, Policy Functional Roles: %s",
+                    cefMessageFunctionalRole, policyFunctionalRolesString);
+            setFinishedProcessingMessage(finishMessage, processorContext);
+        } else {
+            // If Policy functional Roles does not contain CEF message Functiona Role then terminate processing
+            final String terminatingMessage = String.format(
+                    "Policy Domain and CEF Message Domain match unsuccessful." +
+                            "Message Functional Role: %s, Policy Functional Roles: %s",
+                    cefMessageFunctionalRole, policyFunctionalRolesString);
+            setTerminatingProcessingMessage(terminatingMessage, processorContext);
+        }
+
+        return processorContext;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dd334f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,135 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import com.google.common.collect.Table;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.MessageProcessingException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.MetricsPerFunctionalRole;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.TCAPolicy;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.Threshold;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+/**
+ *<p>
+ *     TCA CEF Policy Threshold processor
+ *     <br>
+ *     Pre Conditions: Domain and Functional Role must be present in CEF Event Listener Object
+ *</p>
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/9/2016.
+ */
+public class TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor extends AbstractTCAECEFPolicyProcessor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -9075212160268522029L;
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public TCACEFProcessorContext preProcessor(@Nonnull TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext) {
+        // validates Domain and Functional Role are present
+        final EventListener eventListener = processorContext.getCEFEventListener();
+        final String domain = eventListener.getEvent().getCommonEventHeader().getDomain();
+        final String functionalRole = eventListener.getEvent().getCommonEventHeader().getFunctionalRole();
+        if (domain == null || functionalRole == null) {
+            final String errorMessage = "CEF Event Listener domain or functional role not Present. " +
+                    "Invalid use of this Processor";
+            throw new MessageProcessingException(errorMessage, LOG, new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage));
+        }
+        return super.preProcessor(processorContext);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getProcessorDescription() {
+        return "Applies TCA Policy rules to incoming CEF message. If any thresholds are violated attaches max " +
+                "Severity violated threshold to TCA Processor Context";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TCACEFProcessorContext processMessage(TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext) {
+
+        final String cefMessage = processorContext.getMessage();
+
+        // Determine domain and functional Role
+        final EventListener eventListener = processorContext.getCEFEventListener();
+        final String functionalRole = eventListener.getEvent().getCommonEventHeader().getFunctionalRole();
+
+        // Get Table containing Functional Role and Thresholds Field Path
+        final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy = processorContext.getTCAPolicy();
+        final Table<String, String, List<Threshold>> functionalRoleFieldPathsTable =
+                TCAUtils.getPolicyFRThresholdsTableSupplier(tcaPolicy).get();
+
+        // Get Policy Field Paths for that functional Role
+        final Map<String, List<Threshold>> policyFieldPathsMap = functionalRoleFieldPathsTable.row(functionalRole);
+        final Set<String> policyFieldPaths = policyFieldPathsMap.keySet();
+
+        // Get Json Values for Policy Fields
+        final Map<String, List<Long>> messageFieldValuesMap = TCAUtils.getJsonPathValue(cefMessage, policyFieldPaths);
+
+        // Determine all violated thresholds per message field Path
+        final Map<String, Threshold> violatedThresholdsMap = new HashMap<>();
+        for (Map.Entry<String, List<Long>> messageFieldValuesMapEntry : messageFieldValuesMap.entrySet()) {
+            final String messageFieldPath = messageFieldValuesMapEntry.getKey();
+            final List<Threshold> messageFieldAssociatedPolicyThresholds = policyFieldPathsMap.get(messageFieldPath);
+            if (messageFieldAssociatedPolicyThresholds != null) {
+                final Optional<Threshold> thresholdOptional = TCAUtils.thresholdCalculator(
+                        messageFieldValuesMapEntry.getValue(), messageFieldAssociatedPolicyThresholds);
+                if (thresholdOptional.isPresent()) {
+                    violatedThresholdsMap.put(messageFieldPath, thresholdOptional.get());
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // No threshold were violated
+        if (violatedThresholdsMap.isEmpty()) {
+
+            final String terminationMessage = "No Policy Threshold violated by the VES CEF Message.";
+            setTerminatingProcessingMessage(terminationMessage, processorContext);
+
+        } else {
+
+            // If there are policy violations then determine max priority violation
+            final Threshold maxSeverityThresholdViolation =
+                    TCAUtils.prioritizeThresholdViolations(violatedThresholdsMap);
+            final MetricsPerFunctionalRole violatedMetrics = TCAUtils.createViolatedMetrics(tcaPolicy,
+                    maxSeverityThresholdViolation, functionalRole);
+            // attach policy violation to processor Context
+            processorContext.setMetricsPerFunctionalRole(violatedMetrics);
+
+            final String finishMessage = String.format("Policy Threshold violation detected for threshold: %s",
+                    maxSeverityThresholdViolation);
+            setFinishedProcessingMessage(finishMessage, processorContext);
+
+        }
+
+        return processorContext;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFProcessorContext.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFProcessorContext.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30ebe9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFProcessorContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor;
+
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.service.processor.AbstractProcessorContext;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.MetricsPerFunctionalRole;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.TCAPolicy;
+
+/**
+ *  TCA CEF Policy Processor Context
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/7/2016.
+ */
+public class TCACEFProcessorContext extends AbstractProcessorContext {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1165992675657025413L;
+
+    private final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy;
+    private EventListener eventListener;
+    private MetricsPerFunctionalRole metricsPerFunctionalRole;
+
+    public TCACEFProcessorContext(final String message, boolean canProcessingContinue, final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy) {
+        super(message, canProcessingContinue);
+        this.tcaPolicy = tcaPolicy;
+        // present only if cef incoming message can be parsed successfully to Event Listener Object
+        this.eventListener = null;
+        // present only if there are any threshold violations are detected
+        this.metricsPerFunctionalRole = null;
+    }
+
+    // Auxiliary Constructor which default canProcessingContinue Flag to true
+    public TCACEFProcessorContext(final String message, final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy) {
+        this(message, true, tcaPolicy);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns {@link TCAPolicy} Object
+     *
+     * @return TCA Policy
+     */
+    public TCAPolicy getTCAPolicy() {
+        return tcaPolicy;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns Common Event Format {@link EventListener} if present else null
+     *
+     * @return CEF Event Listener
+     */
+    public EventListener getCEFEventListener() {
+        return eventListener;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Sets new {@link EventListener}
+     *
+     * @param eventListener set new value for CEF event listener
+     */
+    public void setCEFEventListener(final EventListener eventListener) {
+        this.eventListener = eventListener;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Returns TCA Policy {@link MetricsPerFunctionalRole} which was has violated Threshold for the CEF Message if
+     * present else null
+     *
+     * @return Violated Threshold Optional
+     */
+    public MetricsPerFunctionalRole getMetricsPerFunctionalRole() {
+        return metricsPerFunctionalRole;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Assign new TCA Policy {@link MetricsPerFunctionalRole} which was has violated Threshold for the CEF Message
+     *
+     * @param metricsPerFunctionalRole new value for Metrics Per Functional Role with violated threshold
+     */
+    public void setMetricsPerFunctionalRole(MetricsPerFunctionalRole metricsPerFunctionalRole) {
+        this.metricsPerFunctionalRole = metricsPerFunctionalRole;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCAAppConfig.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCAAppConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f7c32d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCAAppConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.cdap.settings.CDAPBaseAppConfig;
+
+
+/**
+ * Contains CDAP App Config Settings for TCA Application
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/2/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAAppConfig extends CDAPBaseAppConfig {
+
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -6775885444808279443L;
+
+    private String tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName;
+    private Integer thresholdCalculatorFlowletInstances;
+
+    private String tcaVESMessageStatusTableName;
+    private Integer tcaVESMessageStatusTableTTLSeconds;
+    private String tcaVESAlertsTableName;
+    private Integer tcaVESAlertsTableTTLSeconds;
+
+
+    public TCAAppConfig() {
+        appName = CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_NAME_APP;
+        appDescription = CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION_APP;
+        tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName = CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_SUBSCRIBER_OUTPUT_NAME_STREAM;
+        thresholdCalculatorFlowletInstances = AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_THRESHOLD_CALCULATOR_FLOWLET_INSTANCES;
+        tcaVESMessageStatusTableName = CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_VES_MESSAGE_STATUS_NAME_TABLE;
+        tcaVESMessageStatusTableTTLSeconds = AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_VES_MESSAGE_STATUS_TTL_TABLE;
+        tcaVESAlertsTableName = CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_VES_ALERTS_NAME_TABLE;
+        tcaVESAlertsTableTTLSeconds = AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_VES_ALERTS_TTL_TABLE;
+    }
+
+    public String getTcaSubscriberOutputStreamName() {
+        return tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName;
+    }
+
+    public String getTcaVESMessageStatusTableName() {
+        return tcaVESMessageStatusTableName;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getTcaVESMessageStatusTableTTLSeconds() {
+        return tcaVESMessageStatusTableTTLSeconds;
+    }
+
+    public String getTcaVESAlertsTableName() {
+        return tcaVESAlertsTableName;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getTcaVESAlertsTableTTLSeconds() {
+        return tcaVESAlertsTableTTLSeconds;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getThresholdCalculatorFlowletInstances() {
+        return thresholdCalculatorFlowletInstances;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return Objects.toStringHelper(this)
+                .add("appName", appName)
+                .add("appDescription", appDescription)
+                .add("tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName", tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName)
+                .add("thresholdCalculatorFlowletInstances", thresholdCalculatorFlowletInstances)
+                .add("tcaVESMessageStatusTableName", tcaVESMessageStatusTableName)
+                .add("tcaVESMessageStatusTableTTLSeconds", tcaVESMessageStatusTableTTLSeconds)
+                .add("tcaVESAlertsTableName", tcaVESAlertsTableName)
+                .add("tcaVESAlertsTableTTLSeconds", tcaVESAlertsTableTTLSeconds)
+                .toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCAAppPreferences.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCAAppPreferences.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8eddb3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCAAppPreferences.java
@@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.cdap.settings.CDAPAppPreferences;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_PUBLISHER_MAX_BATCH_QUEUE_SIZE;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_PUBLISHER_MAX_RECOVERY_QUEUE_SIZE;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_PUBLISHER_POLLING_INTERVAL_MS;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_SUBSCRIBER_POLLING_INTERVAL_MS;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ *     App Preferences for Analytics TCA (Threshold Crossing Alert) App
+ * <p>
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 10/4/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAAppPreferences implements CDAPAppPreferences {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -685010752560182764L;
+
+    // subscriber preferences
+    protected String subscriberHostName;
+
+    protected Integer subscriberHostPort;
+
+    protected String subscriberTopicName;
+
+    protected String subscriberProtocol;
+
+    protected String subscriberUserName;
+
+    protected String subscriberUserPassword;
+
+    protected String subscriberContentType;
+
+    protected String subscriberConsumerId;
+
+    protected String subscriberConsumerGroup;
+
+    protected Integer subscriberTimeoutMS;
+
+    protected Integer subscriberMessageLimit;
+
+    protected Integer subscriberPollingInterval;
+
+    // publisher preferences
+    protected String publisherHostName;
+
+    protected Integer publisherHostPort;
+
+    protected String publisherTopicName;
+
+    protected String publisherProtocol;
+
+    protected String publisherUserName;
+
+    protected String publisherUserPassword;
+
+    protected String publisherContentType;
+
+    protected Integer publisherMaxBatchSize;
+
+    protected Integer publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize;
+
+    protected Integer publisherPollingInterval;
+
+
+    public TCAAppPreferences() {
+
+        // subscriber defaults
+        subscriberPollingInterval = TCA_DEFAULT_SUBSCRIBER_POLLING_INTERVAL_MS;
+
+        // publisher defaults
+        publisherMaxBatchSize = TCA_DEFAULT_PUBLISHER_MAX_BATCH_QUEUE_SIZE;
+        publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize = TCA_DEFAULT_PUBLISHER_MAX_RECOVERY_QUEUE_SIZE;
+        publisherPollingInterval = TCA_DEFAULT_PUBLISHER_POLLING_INTERVAL_MS;
+
+    }
+
+    public String getSubscriberHostName() {
+        return subscriberHostName;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getSubscriberHostPort() {
+        return subscriberHostPort;
+    }
+
+    public String getSubscriberTopicName() {
+        return subscriberTopicName;
+    }
+
+    public String getSubscriberProtocol() {
+        return subscriberProtocol;
+    }
+
+    public String getSubscriberUserName() {
+        return subscriberUserName;
+    }
+
+    public String getSubscriberUserPassword() {
+        return subscriberUserPassword;
+    }
+
+    public String getSubscriberContentType() {
+        return subscriberContentType;
+    }
+
+    public String getSubscriberConsumerId() {
+        return subscriberConsumerId;
+    }
+
+    public String getSubscriberConsumerGroup() {
+        return subscriberConsumerGroup;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getSubscriberTimeoutMS() {
+        return subscriberTimeoutMS;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getSubscriberMessageLimit() {
+        return subscriberMessageLimit;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getSubscriberPollingInterval() {
+        return subscriberPollingInterval;
+    }
+
+    public String getPublisherHostName() {
+        return publisherHostName;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getPublisherHostPort() {
+        return publisherHostPort;
+    }
+
+    public String getPublisherTopicName() {
+        return publisherTopicName;
+    }
+
+    public String getPublisherProtocol() {
+        return publisherProtocol;
+    }
+
+    public String getPublisherUserName() {
+        return publisherUserName;
+    }
+
+    public String getPublisherUserPassword() {
+        return publisherUserPassword;
+    }
+
+    public String getPublisherContentType() {
+        return publisherContentType;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getPublisherMaxBatchSize() {
+        return publisherMaxBatchSize;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getPublisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize() {
+        return publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize;
+    }
+
+    public Integer getPublisherPollingInterval() {
+        return publisherPollingInterval;
+    }
+
+
+    public void setSubscriberHostName(String subscriberHostName) {
+        this.subscriberHostName = subscriberHostName;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberHostPort(Integer subscriberHostPort) {
+        this.subscriberHostPort = subscriberHostPort;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberTopicName(String subscriberTopicName) {
+        this.subscriberTopicName = subscriberTopicName;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberProtocol(String subscriberProtocol) {
+        this.subscriberProtocol = subscriberProtocol;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberUserName(String subscriberUserName) {
+        this.subscriberUserName = subscriberUserName;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberUserPassword(String subscriberUserPassword) {
+        this.subscriberUserPassword = subscriberUserPassword;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherHostName(String publisherHostName) {
+        this.publisherHostName = publisherHostName;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherHostPort(Integer publisherHostPort) {
+        this.publisherHostPort = publisherHostPort;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherTopicName(String publisherTopicName) {
+        this.publisherTopicName = publisherTopicName;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherProtocol(String publisherProtocol) {
+        this.publisherProtocol = publisherProtocol;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherUserName(String publisherUserName) {
+        this.publisherUserName = publisherUserName;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherUserPassword(String publisherUserPassword) {
+        this.publisherUserPassword = publisherUserPassword;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        return Objects.toStringHelper(this)
+                .add("subscriberHostName", subscriberHostName)
+                .add("subscriberHostPort", subscriberHostPort)
+                .add("subscriberTopicName", subscriberTopicName)
+                .add("subscriberProtocol", subscriberProtocol)
+                .add("subscriberUserName", subscriberUserName)
+                .add("subscriberContentType", subscriberContentType)
+                .add("subscriberConsumerId", subscriberConsumerId)
+                .add("subscriberConsumerGroup", subscriberConsumerGroup)
+                .add("subscriberTimeoutMS", subscriberTimeoutMS)
+                .add("subscriberMessageLimit", subscriberMessageLimit)
+                .add("subscriberPollingInterval", subscriberPollingInterval)
+                .add("publisherHostName", publisherHostName)
+                .add("publisherHostPort", publisherHostPort)
+                .add("publisherTopicName", publisherTopicName)
+                .add("publisherProtocol", publisherProtocol)
+                .add("publisherUserName", publisherUserName)
+                .add("publisherContentType", publisherContentType)
+                .add("publisherMaxBatchSize", publisherMaxBatchSize)
+                .add("publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize", publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize)
+                .add("publisherPollingInterval", publisherPollingInterval)
+                .toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCAPolicyPreferences.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCAPolicyPreferences.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbbf550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCAPolicyPreferences.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings;
+
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.cdap.settings.CDAPAppPreferences;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.TCAPolicy;
+
+/**
+ * A wrapper over {@link TCAPolicy} to act as app Preferences as TCA Policy is passed
+ * by controller as runtime arguments from CDAP app preferences
+ * <p>
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/29/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAPolicyPreferences extends TCAPolicy implements CDAPAppPreferences {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2957485388641574043L;
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapper.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f332681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.domain.config.DMaaPMRPublisherConfig;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAAppPreferences;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.ValidationUtils.isEmpty;
+
+/**
+ * Function which translates {@link TCAAppPreferences} to {@link DMaaPMRPublisherConfig}
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/17/2016.
+ */
+public class AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapper implements Function<TCAAppPreferences, DMaaPMRPublisherConfig> {
+
+    public static DMaaPMRPublisherConfig map(final TCAAppPreferences tcaAppPreferences) {
+        return new AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapper().apply(tcaAppPreferences);
+    }
+
+    @Nonnull
+    @Override
+    public DMaaPMRPublisherConfig apply(@Nonnull TCAAppPreferences tcaAppPreferences) {
+
+        // Create a new publisher settings builder
+        final DMaaPMRPublisherConfig.Builder publisherConfigBuilder = new DMaaPMRPublisherConfig.Builder(
+                tcaAppPreferences.getPublisherHostName(), tcaAppPreferences.getPublisherTopicName());
+
+        // Setup up any optional publisher parameters if they are present
+        final Integer publisherHostPort = tcaAppPreferences.getPublisherHostPort();
+        if (publisherHostPort != null) {
+            publisherConfigBuilder.setPortNumber(publisherHostPort);
+        }
+        final String publisherProtocol = tcaAppPreferences.getPublisherProtocol();
+        if (!isEmpty(publisherProtocol)) {
+            publisherConfigBuilder.setProtocol(publisherProtocol);
+        }
+        final String publisherUserName = tcaAppPreferences.getPublisherUserName();
+        if (!isEmpty(publisherUserName)) {
+            publisherConfigBuilder.setUserName(publisherUserName);
+        }
+        final String publisherUserPassword = tcaAppPreferences.getPublisherUserPassword();
+        if (!isEmpty(publisherUserPassword)) {
+            publisherConfigBuilder.setUserPassword(publisherUserPassword);
+        }
+        final String publisherContentType = tcaAppPreferences.getPublisherContentType();
+        if (!isEmpty(publisherContentType)) {
+            publisherConfigBuilder.setContentType(publisherContentType);
+        }
+        final Integer publisherMaxBatchSize = tcaAppPreferences.getPublisherMaxBatchSize();
+        if (publisherMaxBatchSize != null) {
+            publisherConfigBuilder.setMaxBatchSize(publisherMaxBatchSize);
+        }
+        final Integer publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize = tcaAppPreferences.getPublisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize();
+        if (publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize != null) {
+            publisherConfigBuilder.setMaxRecoveryQueueSize(publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize);
+        }
+
+        return publisherConfigBuilder.build();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapper.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0e7f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.domain.config.DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAAppPreferences;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.ValidationUtils.isEmpty;
+
+/**
+ * Function which translates {@link TCAAppPreferences} to {@link DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig}
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/17/2016.
+ */
+public class AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapper implements Function<TCAAppPreferences, DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig> {
+
+    public static DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig map(final TCAAppPreferences tcaAppPreferences) {
+        return new AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapper().apply(tcaAppPreferences);
+    }
+
+    @Nonnull
+    @Override
+    public DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig apply(@Nonnull TCAAppPreferences tcaAppPreferences) {
+
+        // Create a new subscriber settings builder
+        final DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig.Builder subscriberConfigBuilder = new DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig.Builder(
+                tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberHostName(), tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberTopicName());
+
+        // Setup up any optional subscriber parameters if they are present
+        final Integer subscriberHostPortNumber = tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberHostPort();
+        if (subscriberHostPortNumber != null) {
+            subscriberConfigBuilder.setPortNumber(subscriberHostPortNumber);
+        }
+
+        final String subscriberProtocol = tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberProtocol();
+        if (!isEmpty(subscriberProtocol)) {
+            subscriberConfigBuilder.setProtocol(subscriberProtocol);
+        }
+
+        final String subscriberUserName = tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberUserName();
+        if (!isEmpty(subscriberUserName)) {
+            subscriberConfigBuilder.setUserName(subscriberUserName);
+        }
+
+        final String subscriberUserPassword = tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberUserPassword();
+        if (!isEmpty(subscriberUserPassword)) {
+            subscriberConfigBuilder.setUserPassword(subscriberUserPassword);
+        }
+
+        final String subscriberContentType = tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberContentType();
+        if (!isEmpty(subscriberContentType)) {
+            subscriberConfigBuilder.setContentType(subscriberContentType);
+        }
+
+        final String subscriberConsumerId = tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberConsumerId();
+        if (!isEmpty(subscriberConsumerId)) {
+            subscriberConfigBuilder.setConsumerId(subscriberConsumerId);
+        }
+
+        final String subscriberConsumerGroup = tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberConsumerGroup();
+        if (!isEmpty(subscriberConsumerGroup)) {
+            subscriberConfigBuilder.setConsumerGroup(subscriberConsumerGroup);
+        }
+
+        final Integer subscriberTimeoutMS = tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberTimeoutMS();
+        if (subscriberTimeoutMS != null) {
+            subscriberConfigBuilder.setTimeoutMS(subscriberTimeoutMS);
+        }
+        final Integer subscriberMessageLimit = tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberMessageLimit();
+        if (subscriberMessageLimit != null) {
+            subscriberConfigBuilder.setMessageLimit(subscriberMessageLimit);
+        }
+
+        // return Subscriber settings
+        return subscriberConfigBuilder.build();
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/TCAUtils.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/TCAUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27df27f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/TCAUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,825 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.RuntimeContext;
+import com.google.common.base.Function;
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
+import com.google.common.base.Predicates;
+import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
+import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
+import com.google.common.collect.HashBasedTable;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.google.common.collect.Table;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.DocumentContext;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.TypeRef;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.ImmutablePair;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.MessageProcessingException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.service.processor.AbstractMessageProcessor;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.service.processor.GenericMessageChainProcessor;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.CommonEventHeader;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventSeverity;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.Direction;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.MetricsPerFunctionalRole;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.TCAPolicy;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.Threshold;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.facade.tca.AAI;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.facade.tca.TCAVESResponse;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.util.AnalyticsModelJsonUtils;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance.TCAVESAlertEntity;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFJsonProcessor;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFPolicyDomainFilter;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFPolicyFunctionalRoleFilter;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFProcessorContext;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAAppPreferences;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAPolicyPreferences;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.validator.TCAPolicyPreferencesValidator;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.validator.TCAPreferencesValidator;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.SortedMap;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import static com.google.common.collect.Lists.newArrayList;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants.TCA_POLICY_METRICS_PER_FUNCTIONAL_ROLE_PATH;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.ValidationUtils.validateSettings;
+
+/**
+ * Utility Helper methods for TCA sub module only. Extends {@link AnalyticsModelJsonUtils} to get
+ * pre configured Json Object Mapper understand serialization and deserialization of CEF Message
+ * and TCA Policy
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 10/24/2016.
+ */
+public abstract class TCAUtils extends AnalyticsModelJsonUtils {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCAUtils.class);
+
+    /**
+     * Threshold Comparator which is used to order thresholds based on their severity e.g. ( CRITICAL, MAJOR, MINOR,
+     * WARNING )
+     */
+    private static final Comparator<Threshold> THRESHOLD_COMPARATOR = new Comparator<Threshold>() {
+        @Override
+        public int compare(Threshold threshold1, Threshold threshold2) {
+            return threshold1.getSeverity().compareTo(threshold2.getSeverity());
+        }
+    };
+
+
+    /**
+     * {@link Function} that extracts {@link TCAPolicy#getMetricsPerFunctionalRole()} from {@link TCAPolicy}
+     *
+     * @return TCA Policy Metrics Per Functional Roles List
+     */
+    public static Function<TCAPolicy, List<MetricsPerFunctionalRole>> tcaPolicyMetricsExtractorFunction() {
+        return new Function<TCAPolicy, List<MetricsPerFunctionalRole>>() {
+            @Nullable
+            @Override
+            public List<MetricsPerFunctionalRole> apply(@Nonnull TCAPolicy tcaPolicy) {
+                return tcaPolicy.getMetricsPerFunctionalRole();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * {@link Function} that extracts {@link MetricsPerFunctionalRole#getFunctionalRole()} from
+     * {@link MetricsPerFunctionalRole}
+     *
+     * @return Functional role or a Metrics Per Functional Role object
+     */
+    public static Function<MetricsPerFunctionalRole, String> tcaFunctionalRoleExtractorFunction() {
+        return new Function<MetricsPerFunctionalRole, String>() {
+            @Override
+            public String apply(@Nonnull MetricsPerFunctionalRole metricsPerFunctionalRole) {
+                return metricsPerFunctionalRole.getFunctionalRole();
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts {@link TCAPolicy} Functional Roles
+     *
+     * @param tcaPolicy TCA Policy
+     * @return List of functional Roles in the tca Policy
+     */
+    public static List<String> getPolicyFunctionalRoles(@Nonnull final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy) {
+        final List<MetricsPerFunctionalRole> metricsPerFunctionalRoles =
+                tcaPolicyMetricsExtractorFunction().apply(tcaPolicy);
+
+        return Lists.transform(metricsPerFunctionalRoles, tcaFunctionalRoleExtractorFunction());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A {@link Supplier} which caches {@link TCAPolicy} Functional Roles as they are not expected to
+     * change during runtime
+     *
+     * @param tcaPolicy TCA Policy
+     * @return a Supplier that memoize the Functional roles
+     */
+    public static Supplier<List<String>> getPolicyFunctionalRoleSupplier(@Nonnull final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy) {
+        return Suppliers.memoize(new Supplier<List<String>>() {
+            @Override
+            public List<String> get() {
+                return getPolicyFunctionalRoles(tcaPolicy);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a Table to lookup thresholds of a {@link TCAPolicy} by its Functional Role and Threshold Field path
+     *
+     * @param tcaPolicy TCA Policy
+     * @return A table with Keys of functional role and field path containing List of threshold as values
+     */
+    public static Table<String, String, List<Threshold>> getPolicyFRThresholdsTable(final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy) {
+        final Table<String, String, List<Threshold>> domainFRTable = HashBasedTable.create();
+        for (MetricsPerFunctionalRole metricsPerFunctionalRole : tcaPolicy.getMetricsPerFunctionalRole()) {
+            final String functionalRole = metricsPerFunctionalRole.getFunctionalRole();
+            final List<Threshold> thresholds = metricsPerFunctionalRole.getThresholds();
+            for (Threshold threshold : thresholds) {
+                final List<Threshold> existingThresholds = domainFRTable.get(functionalRole, threshold.getFieldPath());
+                if (existingThresholds == null) {
+                    final LinkedList<Threshold> newThresholdList = new LinkedList<>();
+                    newThresholdList.add(threshold);
+                    domainFRTable.put(functionalRole, threshold.getFieldPath(), newThresholdList);
+                } else {
+                    domainFRTable.get(functionalRole, threshold.getFieldPath()).add(threshold);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return domainFRTable;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * A {@link Supplier} which caches Policy Functional Role and Threshold Field Path Thresholds lookup table
+     *
+     * @param tcaPolicy TCA Policy
+     * @return Cached Supplier for table with Keys of functional role and field path containing thresholds as values
+     */
+    public static Supplier<Table<String, String, List<Threshold>>> getPolicyFRThresholdsTableSupplier
+    (final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy) {
+        return Suppliers.memoize(new Supplier<Table<String, String, List<Threshold>>>() {
+            @Override
+            public Table<String, String, List<Threshold>> get() {
+                return getPolicyFRThresholdsTable(tcaPolicy);
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Parses and validates Runtime Arguments to {@link TCAAppPreferences} object
+     *
+     * @param runtimeContext Runtime Context
+     *
+     * @return validated runtime arguments as {@link TCAAppPreferences} object
+     */
+    public static TCAAppPreferences getValidatedTCAAppPreferences(final RuntimeContext runtimeContext) {
+        // Parse runtime arguments
+        final Map<String, String> runtimeArguments = runtimeContext.getRuntimeArguments();
+        final TCAAppPreferences tcaAppPreferences =
+                ANALYTICS_MODEL_OBJECT_MAPPER.convertValue(runtimeArguments, TCAAppPreferences.class);
+
+        // Update values of app preferences based on controller passed arguments if required
+        final TCAAppPreferences updatedTCAAppPreferences =
+                updateDMaaPPubSubValues(runtimeArguments, tcaAppPreferences);
+
+        // Validate runtime arguments
+        validateSettings(updatedTCAAppPreferences, new TCAPreferencesValidator());
+
+        return tcaAppPreferences;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Updates DMaaP Subscriber and Publisher Urls if present in runtime arguments.
+     * Maps runtime arguments property - dmaap.in.event-input.dmaapUrl to Subscriber host, port and topic
+     * Maps runtime arguments property - dmaap.out.alert-output.dmaapUrl to Publisher host, port and topic
+     *
+     * @param runtimeArguments Runtime arguments passed in to TCA App by controller
+     * @param tcaAppPreferences TCA App Preferences
+     *
+     * @return TCA App Preferences which updated Publisher and Subscriber host,port and topic values
+     */
+    public static TCAAppPreferences updateDMaaPPubSubValues(final Map<String, String> runtimeArguments,
+                                                            final TCAAppPreferences tcaAppPreferences) {
+
+        final String subscriberPropertyKey = "dmaap.in.event-input.dmaapUrl";
+        final String subscriberPropertyValue = runtimeArguments.get(subscriberPropertyKey);
+
+        if (subscriberPropertyValue != null) {
+            LOG.debug("Updating value for DMaaP Subscriber to values provided in property: {} with value: {}",
+                    subscriberPropertyKey, subscriberPropertyValue);
+            final URL subscriberUrl = parseURL(subscriberPropertyValue);
+            tcaAppPreferences.setSubscriberProtocol(subscriberUrl.getProtocol());
+            tcaAppPreferences.setSubscriberHostName(subscriberUrl.getHost());
+            final int subscriberUrlPort = subscriberUrl.getPort() != -1 ?
+                    Integer.valueOf(subscriberUrl.getPort()) : getDefaultDMaaPPort(subscriberUrl.getProtocol());
+            tcaAppPreferences.setSubscriberHostPort(subscriberUrlPort);
+            tcaAppPreferences.setSubscriberTopicName(subscriberUrl.getPath().substring(1));
+        }
+
+        final String subscriberUserNamePropertyKey = "dmaap.in.event-input.dmaapUserName";
+        if (runtimeArguments.containsKey(subscriberUserNamePropertyKey)) {
+            tcaAppPreferences.setSubscriberUserName(runtimeArguments.get(subscriberUserNamePropertyKey));
+        }
+        final String subscriberPasswordPropertyKey = "dmaap.in.event-input.dmaapPassword";
+        if (runtimeArguments.containsKey(subscriberPasswordPropertyKey)) {
+            tcaAppPreferences.setSubscriberUserPassword(runtimeArguments.get(subscriberPasswordPropertyKey));
+        }
+
+        final String publisherPropertyKey = "dmaap.out.alert-output.dmaapUrl";
+        final String publisherPropertyValue = runtimeArguments.get(publisherPropertyKey);
+        if (publisherPropertyValue != null) {
+            LOG.debug("Updating value for DMaaP Publisher to values provided in property: {} with value: {}",
+                    publisherPropertyKey, publisherPropertyValue);
+            final URL publisherUrl = parseURL(publisherPropertyValue);
+            tcaAppPreferences.setPublisherProtocol(publisherUrl.getProtocol());
+            tcaAppPreferences.setPublisherHostName(publisherUrl.getHost());
+            final int publisherUrlPort = publisherUrl.getPort() != -1 ?
+                    Integer.valueOf(publisherUrl.getPort()) : getDefaultDMaaPPort(publisherUrl.getProtocol());
+            tcaAppPreferences.setPublisherHostPort(publisherUrlPort);
+            tcaAppPreferences.setPublisherTopicName(publisherUrl.getPath().substring(1));
+        }
+
+        final String publisherUserNamePropertyKey = "dmaap.out.alert-output.dmaapUserName";
+        if (runtimeArguments.containsKey(publisherUserNamePropertyKey)) {
+            tcaAppPreferences.setPublisherUserName(runtimeArguments.get(publisherUserNamePropertyKey));
+        }
+        final String publisherPasswordPropertyKey = "dmaap.out.alert-output.dmaapPassword";
+        if (runtimeArguments.containsKey(publisherPasswordPropertyKey)) {
+            tcaAppPreferences.setPublisherUserPassword(runtimeArguments.get(publisherPasswordPropertyKey));
+        }
+
+
+        return tcaAppPreferences;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up default DMaaP Port if not provided with DMaaP URL
+     *
+     * @param protocol protocol e.g. http or https
+     *
+     * @return default DMaaP MR port number
+     */
+    private static int getDefaultDMaaPPort(final String protocol) {
+        if ("http".equals(protocol)) {
+            return 3904;
+        } else if ("https".equals(protocol)) {
+            return 3905;
+        } else {
+            return 80;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parses provided DMaaP MR URL string to {@link URL} object
+     *
+     * @param urlString url string
+     *
+     * @return url object
+     */
+    private static URL parseURL(final String urlString) {
+        try {
+            return new URL(urlString);
+        } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+            final String errorMessage = String.format("Invalid URL format: %s", urlString);
+            throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException(errorMessage, LOG, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a {@link GenericMessageChainProcessor} of {@link TCACEFJsonProcessor},
+     * {@link TCACEFPolicyDomainFilter} and {@link TCACEFPolicyFunctionalRoleFilter}s to
+     * filter out messages which does not match policy domain or functional role
+     *
+     * @param cefMessage CEF Message
+     * @param tcaPolicy TCA Policy
+     * @return Message Process Context after processing filter chain
+     */
+    public static TCACEFProcessorContext filterCEFMessage(@Nullable final String cefMessage,
+                                                          @Nonnull final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy) {
+
+        final TCACEFJsonProcessor jsonProcessor = new TCACEFJsonProcessor();
+        final TCACEFPolicyDomainFilter domainFilter = new TCACEFPolicyDomainFilter();
+        final TCACEFPolicyFunctionalRoleFilter functionalRoleFilter = new TCACEFPolicyFunctionalRoleFilter();
+        // Create a list of message processors
+        final ImmutableList<AbstractMessageProcessor<TCACEFProcessorContext>> messageProcessors =
+                ImmutableList.of(jsonProcessor, domainFilter, functionalRoleFilter);
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext = new TCACEFProcessorContext(cefMessage, tcaPolicy);
+        // Create a message processors chain
+        final GenericMessageChainProcessor<TCACEFProcessorContext> tcaProcessingChain =
+                new GenericMessageChainProcessor<>(messageProcessors, processorContext);
+        // process chain
+        return tcaProcessingChain.processChain();
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts json path values for given json Field Paths from using Json path notation. Assumes
+     * that values extracted are always long
+     *
+     * @param message CEF Message
+     * @param jsonFieldPaths Json Field Paths
+     * @return Map containing key as json path and values as values associated with that json path
+     */
+    public static Map<String, List<Long>> getJsonPathValue(@Nonnull String message, @Nonnull Set<String>
+            jsonFieldPaths) {
+
+        final Map<String, List<Long>> jsonFieldPathMap = new HashMap<>();
+        final DocumentContext documentContext = JsonPath.parse(message);
+
+        for (String jsonFieldPath : jsonFieldPaths) {
+            final List<Long> jsonFieldValues = documentContext.read(jsonFieldPath, new TypeRef<List<Long>>() {
+            });
+            // If Json Field Values are not or empty
+            if (jsonFieldValues != null && !jsonFieldValues.isEmpty()) {
+                // Filter out all null values in the filed values list
+                final List<Long> nonNullValues = Lists.newLinkedList(Iterables.filter(jsonFieldValues,
+                        Predicates.<Long>notNull()));
+                // If there are non null values put them in the map
+                if (!nonNullValues.isEmpty()) {
+                    jsonFieldPathMap.put(jsonFieldPath, nonNullValues);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return jsonFieldPathMap;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Computes if any CEF Message Fields have violated any Policy Thresholds. For the same policy field path
+     * it applies threshold in order of their severity and record the first threshold per message field path
+     *
+     * @param messageFieldValues Field Path Values extracted from CEF Message
+     * @param fieldThresholds Policy Thresholds for Field Path
+     * @return Optional of violated threshold for a field path
+     */
+    public static Optional<Threshold> thresholdCalculator(final List<Long> messageFieldValues, final List<Threshold>
+            fieldThresholds) {
+        // order thresholds by severity
+        Collections.sort(fieldThresholds, THRESHOLD_COMPARATOR);
+        // Now apply each threshold to field values
+        for (Threshold fieldThreshold : fieldThresholds) {
+            for (Long messageFieldValue : messageFieldValues) {
+                final Boolean isThresholdViolated =
+                        fieldThreshold.getDirection().operate(messageFieldValue, fieldThreshold.getThresholdValue());
+                if (isThresholdViolated) {
+                    return Optional.of(fieldThreshold);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return Optional.absent();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Prioritize Threshold to be reported in case there was multiple TCA violations in a single CEF message.
+     * Grabs first highest priority violated threshold
+     *
+     * @param violatedThresholdsMap Map containing field Path and associated violated Thresholds
+     * @return First Highest priority violated threshold
+     */
+    public static Threshold prioritizeThresholdViolations(final Map<String, Threshold> violatedThresholdsMap) {
+
+        final List<Threshold> violatedThresholds = newArrayList(violatedThresholdsMap.values());
+
+        if (violatedThresholds.size() == 1) {
+            return violatedThresholds.get(0);
+        }
+        Collections.sort(violatedThresholds, THRESHOLD_COMPARATOR);
+        // Just grab the first violated threshold with highest priority
+        return violatedThresholds.get(0);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Creates {@link MetricsPerFunctionalRole} object which contains violated thresholds
+     *
+     * @param tcaPolicy TCA Policy
+     * @param violatedThreshold Violated thresholds
+     * @param functionalRole Functiona Role
+     *
+     * @return MetricsPerFunctionalRole object containing one highest severity violated threshold
+     */
+    public static MetricsPerFunctionalRole createViolatedMetrics(@Nonnull final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy,
+                                                                 @Nonnull final Threshold violatedThreshold,
+                                                                 @Nonnull final String functionalRole) {
+
+        final ArrayList<MetricsPerFunctionalRole> metricsPerFunctionalRoles = newArrayList(
+                Iterables.filter(tcaPolicy.getMetricsPerFunctionalRole(), new Predicate<MetricsPerFunctionalRole>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public boolean apply(@Nonnull MetricsPerFunctionalRole metricsPerFunctionalRole) {
+                        return metricsPerFunctionalRole.getFunctionalRole().equals(functionalRole);
+                    }
+                }));
+        // TCA policy must have only one metrics role per functional role
+        if (metricsPerFunctionalRoles.size() == 1) {
+            final MetricsPerFunctionalRole policyMetrics = metricsPerFunctionalRoles.get(0);
+            final MetricsPerFunctionalRole violatedMetrics = new MetricsPerFunctionalRole();
+            violatedMetrics.setFunctionalRole(policyMetrics.getFunctionalRole());
+            violatedMetrics.setPolicyScope(policyMetrics.getPolicyScope());
+            violatedMetrics.setPolicyName(policyMetrics.getPolicyName());
+            violatedMetrics.setPolicyVersion(policyMetrics.getPolicyVersion());
+            violatedMetrics.setThresholds(ImmutableList.of(violatedThreshold));
+            return violatedMetrics;
+        } else {
+            final String errorMessage = String.format("TCA Policy must contain functional Role: %s", functionalRole);
+            throw new MessageProcessingException(errorMessage, LOG, new IllegalStateException(errorMessage));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Computes threshold violations
+     *
+     * @param processorContext Filtered processor Context
+     * @return processor context with any threshold violations
+     */
+    public static TCACEFProcessorContext computeThresholdViolations(final TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext) {
+        final TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor policyThresholdsProcessor = new TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor();
+        return policyThresholdsProcessor.apply(processorContext);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates {@link TCAVESResponse} object
+     *
+     * @param processorContext processor Context with violations
+     * @param tcaAppName TCA App Name
+     *
+     * @return TCA VES Response Message
+     */
+    public static TCAVESResponse createNewTCAVESResponse(final TCACEFProcessorContext processorContext,
+                                                         final String tcaAppName) {
+
+        final MetricsPerFunctionalRole metricsPerFunctionalRole = processorContext.getMetricsPerFunctionalRole();
+        // confirm violations are indeed present
+        if (metricsPerFunctionalRole == null) {
+            final String errorMessage = "No violations metrics. Unable to create VES Response";
+            throw new MessageProcessingException(errorMessage, LOG, new IllegalArgumentException(errorMessage));
+        }
+
+        final String functionalRole = metricsPerFunctionalRole.getFunctionalRole();
+        final Threshold violatedThreshold = metricsPerFunctionalRole.getThresholds().get(0);
+        final EventListener eventListener = processorContext.getCEFEventListener();
+        final CommonEventHeader commonEventHeader = eventListener.getEvent().getCommonEventHeader();
+
+        final TCAVESResponse tcavesResponse = new TCAVESResponse();
+        // ClosedLoopControlName included in the DCAE configuration Policy
+        tcavesResponse.setClosedLoopControlName(violatedThreshold.getClosedLoopControlName());
+        // version included in the DCAE configuration Policy
+        tcavesResponse.setVersion(violatedThreshold.getVersion());
+        // Generate a UUID for this output message
+        tcavesResponse.setRequestID(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+        // commonEventHeader.startEpochMicrosec from the received VES measurementsForVfScaling message
+        tcavesResponse.setClosedLoopAlarmStart(commonEventHeader.getStartEpochMicrosec());
+        // Concatenate name of this DCAE instance and name for this TCA instance, separated by dot
+        // TODO: Find out how to get this field
+        tcavesResponse.setClosedLoopEventClient("DCAE_INSTANCE_ID." + tcaAppName);
+
+        final AAI aai = new AAI();
+        tcavesResponse.setAai(aai);
+
+        // vLoadBalancer specific settings
+        if (isFunctionalRoleVLoadBalancer(functionalRole)) {
+            // Hard Coded - "VM"
+            tcavesResponse.setTargetType(AnalyticsConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_TCA_VES_RESPONSE_TARGET_TYPE);
+            // Hard Coded - "vserver.vserver-name"
+            tcavesResponse.setTarget(AnalyticsConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_TCA_VES_RESPONSE_TARGET);
+            aai.setGenericServerId(commonEventHeader.getReportingEntityName());
+        } else {
+            // Hard Coded - "VNF"
+            tcavesResponse.setTargetType(AnalyticsConstants.TCA_VES_RESPONSE_TARGET_TYPE);
+            // Hard Coded - "generic-vnf.vnf-id"
+            tcavesResponse.setTarget(AnalyticsConstants.TCA_VES_RESPONSE_TARGET);
+            // commonEventHeader.reportingEntityName from the received VES measurementsForVfScaling message (value for
+            // the data element used in A&AI)
+            aai.setGenericVNFId(commonEventHeader.getReportingEntityName());
+        }
+
+        // Hard Coded - "DCAE"
+        tcavesResponse.setFrom(AnalyticsConstants.TCA_VES_RESPONSE_FROM);
+        // policyScope included in the DCAE configuration Policy
+        tcavesResponse.setPolicyScope(metricsPerFunctionalRole.getPolicyScope());
+        // policyName included in the DCAE configuration Policy
+        tcavesResponse.setPolicyName(metricsPerFunctionalRole.getPolicyName());
+        // policyVersion included in the DCAE configuration Policy
+        tcavesResponse.setPolicyVersion(metricsPerFunctionalRole.getPolicyVersion());
+        // Hard Coded - "ONSET"
+        tcavesResponse.setClosedLoopEventStatus(AnalyticsConstants.TCA_VES_RESPONSE_CLOSED_LOOP_EVENT_STATUS);
+
+        return tcavesResponse;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Determines if Functional Role is vLoadBlanacer
+     *
+     * @param functionalRole functional Role to check
+     *
+     * @return return true if functional role is for vLoadBalancer
+     */
+    private static boolean isFunctionalRoleVLoadBalancer(final String functionalRole) {
+        return functionalRole.equals(AnalyticsConstants.LOAD_BALANCER_FUNCTIONAL_ROLE);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Extract Domain and functional Role from processor context if present
+     *
+     * @param processorContext processor context
+     * @return Tuple of domain and functional role
+     */
+    public static Pair<String, String> getDomainAndFunctionalRole(@Nullable final TCACEFProcessorContext
+                                                                          processorContext) {
+
+        String domain = null;
+        String functionalRole = null;
+
+
+        if (processorContext != null &&
+                processorContext.getCEFEventListener() != null &&
+                processorContext.getCEFEventListener().getEvent() != null &&
+                processorContext.getCEFEventListener().getEvent().getCommonEventHeader() != null) {
+            final CommonEventHeader commonEventHeader = processorContext.getCEFEventListener().getEvent()
+                    .getCommonEventHeader();
+
+            if (commonEventHeader.getDomain() != null) {
+                domain = commonEventHeader.getDomain();
+            }
+
+            if (commonEventHeader.getFunctionalRole() != null) {
+                functionalRole = commonEventHeader.getFunctionalRole();
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        return new ImmutablePair<>(domain, functionalRole);
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Function that extracts alert message string from {@link TCAVESAlertEntity}
+     */
+    public static final Function<TCAVESAlertEntity, String> MAP_ALERT_ENTITY_TO_ALERT_STRING_FUNCTION =
+            new Function<TCAVESAlertEntity, String>() {
+                @Override
+                public String apply(TCAVESAlertEntity alertEntity) {
+                    return alertEntity == null ? null : alertEntity.getAlertMessage();
+                }
+            };
+
+    /**
+     * Extracts alert message strings from {@link TCAVESAlertEntity}
+     * @param alertEntities collection of alert entities
+     * @return List of alert message strings
+     */
+    public static List<String> extractAlertFromAlertEntities(final Collection<TCAVESAlertEntity> alertEntities) {
+        return Lists.transform(newArrayList(alertEntities), MAP_ALERT_ENTITY_TO_ALERT_STRING_FUNCTION);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Converts Runtime Arguments to {@link TCAPolicyPreferences} object
+     *
+     * @param runtimeContext CDAP Runtime Arguments
+     *
+     * @return TCA Policy Preferences
+     */
+    public static TCAPolicy getValidatedTCAPolicyPreferences(final RuntimeContext runtimeContext) {
+
+        final Map<String, String> runtimeArguments = runtimeContext.getRuntimeArguments();
+        final TreeMap<String, String> sortedRuntimeArguments = new TreeMap<>(runtimeArguments);
+
+        LOG.debug("Printing all Received Runtime Arguments:");
+        for (Map.Entry<String, String> runtimeArgsEntry : sortedRuntimeArguments.entrySet()) {
+            LOG.debug("{}:{}", runtimeArgsEntry.getKey(), runtimeArgsEntry.getValue());
+        }
+
+        // extract TCA Policy Domain from Runtime Arguments
+        final String policyDomain = sortedRuntimeArguments.get(AnalyticsConstants.TCA_POLICY_DOMAIN_PATH);
+
+        // create new TCA Policy object
+        final TCAPolicyPreferences tcaPolicyPreferences = new TCAPolicyPreferences();
+        tcaPolicyPreferences.setDomain(policyDomain);
+
+        // filter out other non relevant fields which are not related to tca policy
+        final Map<String, String> tcaPolicyMap = filterMapByKeyNamePrefix(sortedRuntimeArguments,
+                TCA_POLICY_METRICS_PER_FUNCTIONAL_ROLE_PATH);
+
+        // determine functional Roles
+        final Map<String, Map<String, String>> functionalRolesMap =
+                extractSubTree(tcaPolicyMap, 2, 3, AnalyticsConstants.TCA_POLICY_DELIMITER);
+
+        // create metrics per functional role list
+        tcaPolicyPreferences.setMetricsPerFunctionalRole(
+                createTCAPolicyMetricsPerFunctionalRoleList(functionalRolesMap));
+
+        // validate tca Policy Preferences
+        validateSettings(tcaPolicyPreferences, new TCAPolicyPreferencesValidator());
+
+        LOG.info("Printing Effective TCA Policy: {}", tcaPolicyPreferences);
+
+        return tcaPolicyPreferences;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates {@link TCAPolicy} Metrics per Functional Role list
+     *
+     * @param functionalRolesMap Map containing functional Roles as key and corresponding values
+     *
+     * @return List of {@link MetricsPerFunctionalRole}
+     */
+    public static List<MetricsPerFunctionalRole> createTCAPolicyMetricsPerFunctionalRoleList(
+            final Map<String, Map<String, String>> functionalRolesMap) {
+
+        // create a new metrics per functional role list
+        final List<MetricsPerFunctionalRole> metricsPerFunctionalRoles = new LinkedList<>();
+
+        for (Map.Entry<String, Map<String, String>> functionalRolesEntry : functionalRolesMap.entrySet()) {
+
+            // create new metrics per functional role instance
+            final MetricsPerFunctionalRole newMetricsPerFunctionalRole =
+                    createNewMetricsPerFunctionalRole(functionalRolesEntry);
+            metricsPerFunctionalRoles.add(newMetricsPerFunctionalRole);
+
+            // determine all threshold related values
+            final Map<String, String> thresholdsValuesMaps =
+                    filterMapByKeyNamePrefix(functionalRolesEntry.getValue(),
+                            AnalyticsConstants.TCA_POLICY_THRESHOLDS_PATH_POSTFIX);
+
+            // create a map of all threshold values
+            final Map<String, Map<String, String>> thresholdsMap =
+                    extractSubTree(thresholdsValuesMaps, 1, 2,
+                            AnalyticsConstants.TCA_POLICY_DELIMITER);
+
+            // add thresholds to nmetrics per functional roles threshold list
+            for (Map<String, String> thresholdMap : thresholdsMap.values()) {
+                newMetricsPerFunctionalRole.getThresholds().add(createNewThreshold(thresholdMap));
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        return metricsPerFunctionalRoles;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates new instance of TCA Policy {@link Threshold} with values extracted from thresholdMap
+     *
+     * @param thresholdMap threshold map with threshold values
+     *
+     * @return new instance of TCA Policy Threshold
+     */
+    public static Threshold createNewThreshold(final Map<String, String> thresholdMap) {
+        final Threshold threshold = new Threshold();
+        threshold.setClosedLoopControlName(thresholdMap.get("policy.closedLoopControlName"));
+        threshold.setVersion(thresholdMap.get("policy.version"));
+        threshold.setFieldPath(thresholdMap.get("policy.fieldPath"));
+        threshold.setDirection(Direction.valueOf(thresholdMap.get("policy.direction")));
+        threshold.setSeverity(EventSeverity.valueOf(thresholdMap.get("policy.severity")));
+        threshold.setThresholdValue(Long.valueOf(thresholdMap.get("policy.thresholdValue")));
+        return threshold;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create new {@link MetricsPerFunctionalRole} instance with policy Name, policy Version and policy Scope
+     * extracted from given functionalRolesEntry
+     *
+     * @param functionalRolesEntry Functional Role Entry
+     *
+     * @return new instance of MetricsPerFunctionalRole
+     */
+    public static MetricsPerFunctionalRole createNewMetricsPerFunctionalRole(
+            final Map.Entry<String, Map<String, String>> functionalRolesEntry) {
+        // determine functional Role
+        final String functionalRole = functionalRolesEntry.getKey();
+        // determine functional Role thresholds
+        final Map<String, String> metricsPerFunctionalRoleThresholdsMap = functionalRolesEntry.getValue();
+        final MetricsPerFunctionalRole metricsPerFunctionalRole = new MetricsPerFunctionalRole();
+        final List<Threshold> thresholds = new LinkedList<>();
+        metricsPerFunctionalRole.setThresholds(thresholds);
+        metricsPerFunctionalRole.setFunctionalRole(functionalRole);
+        // bind policyName, policyVersion and policyScope
+        metricsPerFunctionalRole.setPolicyName(metricsPerFunctionalRoleThresholdsMap.get("policyName"));
+        metricsPerFunctionalRole.setPolicyVersion(metricsPerFunctionalRoleThresholdsMap.get("policyVersion"));
+        metricsPerFunctionalRole.setPolicyScope(metricsPerFunctionalRoleThresholdsMap.get("policyScope"));
+        return metricsPerFunctionalRole;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts a flattened key/value map which has keys delimited by a given delimiter.
+     * The start Index and end index extract the sub-key value and returns a new map containing
+     * sub-keys and values.
+     *
+     * @param actualMap actual Map
+     * @param startIndex start index
+     * @param endIndex end index
+     * @param delimiter delimiter
+     *
+     * @return Map with new sub tree map
+     */
+    public static Map<String, Map<String, String>> extractSubTree(
+            final Map<String, String> actualMap, int startIndex, int endIndex, String delimiter) {
+
+        final SortedMap<String, Map<String, String>> subTreeMap = new TreeMap<>();
+
+        // iterate over actual map entries
+        for (Map.Entry<String, String> actualMapEntry : actualMap.entrySet()) {
+            final String actualMapKey = actualMapEntry.getKey();
+            final String actualMapValue = actualMapEntry.getValue();
+
+            // determine delimiter start and end index
+            final int keyStartIndex = StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf(actualMapKey, delimiter, startIndex);
+            final int keyEndIndex = StringUtils.ordinalIndexOf(actualMapKey, delimiter, endIndex);
+            final int keyLength = actualMapKey.length();
+
+            // extract sub-tree map
+            if (keyStartIndex != -1 && keyEndIndex != -1 && keyEndIndex > keyStartIndex && keyLength > keyEndIndex) {
+                final String thresholdKey = actualMapKey.substring(keyStartIndex + 1, keyEndIndex);
+                final Map<String, String> existingThresholdMap = subTreeMap.get(thresholdKey);
+                final String subMapKey = actualMapKey.substring(keyEndIndex + 1, keyLength);
+                if (existingThresholdMap == null) {
+                    Map<String, String> newThresholdMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+                    newThresholdMap.put(subMapKey, actualMapValue);
+                    subTreeMap.put(thresholdKey, newThresholdMap);
+                } else {
+                    existingThresholdMap.put(subMapKey, actualMapValue);
+                }
+
+            }
+        }
+
+        return subTreeMap;
+
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a view of underlying map that filters out entries with keys starting with give prefix
+     *
+     * @param actualMap Target map that needs to be filtered
+     * @param keyNamePrefix key prefix
+     *
+     * @return a view of actual map which only show entries which have give prefix
+     */
+    public static Map<String, String> filterMapByKeyNamePrefix(final Map<String, String> actualMap,
+                                                               final String keyNamePrefix) {
+        return Maps.filterKeys(actualMap,
+                new Predicate<String>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public boolean apply(@Nullable String key) {
+                        return key != null && key.startsWith(keyNamePrefix);
+                    }
+                });
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/validator/TCAAppConfigValidator.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/validator/TCAAppConfigValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05b0331
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/validator/TCAAppConfigValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.validator;
+
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.cdap.validation.CDAPAppSettingsValidator;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.validation.GenericValidationResponse;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAAppConfig;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.ValidationUtils.isEmpty;
+
+/**
+ *  <p>
+ *      TCA App Config Validator validates any TCA App Config parameter values
+ *  </p>
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 10/24/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAAppConfigValidator implements CDAPAppSettingsValidator<TCAAppConfig,
+        GenericValidationResponse<TCAAppConfig>> {
+
+    @Override
+    public GenericValidationResponse<TCAAppConfig> validateAppSettings(TCAAppConfig tcaAppConfig) {
+
+        final GenericValidationResponse<TCAAppConfig> validationResponse = new GenericValidationResponse<>();
+
+        if (isEmpty(tcaAppConfig.getTcaSubscriberOutputStreamName())) {
+            validationResponse.addErrorMessage("tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName",
+                    "tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName must be present");
+        }
+
+        if (isEmpty(tcaAppConfig.getTcaVESMessageStatusTableName())) {
+            validationResponse.addErrorMessage("tcaVESMessageStatusTableName",
+                    "tcaVESMessageStatusTableName must be present");
+        }
+        if (isEmpty(tcaAppConfig.getTcaVESAlertsTableName())) {
+            validationResponse.addErrorMessage("tcaVESAlertsTableName",
+                    "tcaVESAlertsTableName must be present");
+        }
+
+        return validationResponse;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/validator/TCAPolicyPreferencesValidator.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/validator/TCAPolicyPreferencesValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ff0eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/validator/TCAPolicyPreferencesValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.validator;
+
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.cdap.validation.CDAPAppSettingsValidator;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.validation.GenericValidationResponse;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventSeverity;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.Direction;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.MetricsPerFunctionalRole;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.Threshold;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAPolicyPreferences;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.ValidationUtils.isEmpty;
+
+/**
+ * Validates TCA Policy Preferences
+ * <p>
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/29/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAPolicyPreferencesValidator implements CDAPAppSettingsValidator<TCAPolicyPreferences,
+        GenericValidationResponse<TCAPolicyPreferences>> {
+
+    @Override
+    public GenericValidationResponse<TCAPolicyPreferences> validateAppSettings(
+            final TCAPolicyPreferences tcaPolicyPreferences) {
+
+        final GenericValidationResponse<TCAPolicyPreferences> validationResponse = new GenericValidationResponse<>();
+
+        // validate TCA Policy must domain present
+        final String domain = tcaPolicyPreferences.getDomain();
+        if (isEmpty(domain)) {
+            validationResponse.addErrorMessage("domain", "TCA Policy must have only one domain present");
+        }
+
+        // validate TCA Policy must have at least one functional role
+        final List<String> policyFunctionalRoles = TCAUtils.getPolicyFunctionalRoles(tcaPolicyPreferences);
+        if (policyFunctionalRoles.size() <= 0) {
+            validationResponse.addErrorMessage("metricsPerFunctionalRoles",
+                    "TCA Policy must have at least one or more functional roles");
+        }
+
+        final List<MetricsPerFunctionalRole> metricsPerFunctionalRoles =
+                tcaPolicyPreferences.getMetricsPerFunctionalRole();
+
+        // validate each Functional Role must have at least one threshold
+        for (MetricsPerFunctionalRole metricsPerFunctionalRole : metricsPerFunctionalRoles) {
+            if (metricsPerFunctionalRole.getThresholds().size() <= 0) {
+                validationResponse.addErrorMessage("thresholds",
+                        "TCA Policy Functional Role must have at least one threshold. " +
+                                "Functional Role causing this validation error:" + metricsPerFunctionalRole);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // validate each threshold must have non null - fieldPath, thresholdValue, direction and severity
+        for (MetricsPerFunctionalRole metricsPerFunctionalRole : metricsPerFunctionalRoles) {
+            final List<Threshold> functionalRoleThresholds = metricsPerFunctionalRole.getThresholds();
+            for (Threshold functionalRoleThreshold : functionalRoleThresholds) {
+                final String fieldPath = functionalRoleThreshold.getFieldPath();
+                final Long thresholdValue = functionalRoleThreshold.getThresholdValue();
+                final Direction direction = functionalRoleThreshold.getDirection();
+                final EventSeverity severity = functionalRoleThreshold.getSeverity();
+                if (isEmpty(fieldPath) || thresholdValue == null || direction == null || severity == null) {
+                    validationResponse.addErrorMessage("threshold",
+                            "TCA Policy threshold must have fieldPath, thresholdValue, direction and severity present."
+                                    + "Threshold causing this validation error:" + functionalRoleThreshold);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        return validationResponse;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/validator/TCAPreferencesValidator.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/validator/TCAPreferencesValidator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7cbbf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/validator/TCAPreferencesValidator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.validator;
+
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.cdap.validation.CDAPAppSettingsValidator;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.validation.GenericValidationResponse;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAAppPreferences;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.ValidationUtils.isEmpty;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/3/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAPreferencesValidator implements CDAPAppSettingsValidator<TCAAppPreferences,
+        GenericValidationResponse<TCAAppPreferences>> {
+
+    @Override
+    public GenericValidationResponse<TCAAppPreferences> validateAppSettings(TCAAppPreferences appPreferences) {
+
+        final GenericValidationResponse<TCAAppPreferences> validationResponse = new GenericValidationResponse<>();
+
+        // subscriber validations
+        final String subscriberHostName = appPreferences.getSubscriberHostName();
+        if (isEmpty(subscriberHostName)) {
+            validationResponse.addErrorMessage("subscriberHostName", "Subscriber host name must be present");
+        }
+        final String subscriberTopicName = appPreferences.getSubscriberTopicName();
+        if (isEmpty(subscriberTopicName)) {
+            validationResponse.addErrorMessage("subscriberTopicName", "Subscriber topic name must be present");
+        }
+
+        // publisher validations
+        final String publisherHostName = appPreferences.getPublisherHostName();
+        if (isEmpty(publisherHostName)) {
+            validationResponse.addErrorMessage("publisherHostName", "Publisher host name must be present");
+        }
+        final String publisherTopicName = appPreferences.getPublisherTopicName();
+        if (isEmpty(publisherTopicName)) {
+            validationResponse.addErrorMessage("publisherTopicName", "Publisher topic name must be present");
+        }
+
+        return validationResponse;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMRPublisherJob.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMRPublisherJob.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a9a7ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMRPublisherJob.java
@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.worker;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.TxRunnable;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.common.Bytes;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.data.DatasetContext;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.CloseableIterator;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.KeyValue;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.dataset.lib.ObjectMappedTable;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.metrics.Metrics;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.worker.WorkerContext;
+import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPMetricsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.HTTPUtils;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.domain.response.DMaaPMRPublisherResponse;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.service.publisher.DMaaPMRPublisher;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance.TCAVESAlertEntity;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.persistance.TCAVESAlertsPersister;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils;
+import org.quartz.DisallowConcurrentExecution;
+import org.quartz.Job;
+import org.quartz.JobDataMap;
+import org.quartz.JobExecutionContext;
+import org.quartz.JobExecutionException;
+import org.quartz.PersistJobDataAfterExecution;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants.CDAP_ALERTS_TABLE_VARIABLE_NAME;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants.DMAAP_METRICS_VARIABLE_NAME;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants.DMAAP_PUBLISHER_VARIABLE_NAME;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants.WORKER_CONTEXT_VARIABLE_NAME;
+
+/**
+ * Quartz Job that will monitor any new alert messages in given TCA Alerts table and if any found publish them to
+ * DMaaP MR topic
+ *<p>
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/17/2016.
+ */
+@DisallowConcurrentExecution
+@PersistJobDataAfterExecution
+@SuppressFBWarnings("SIC_INNER_SHOULD_BE_STATIC_ANON")
+public class TCADMaaPMRPublisherJob implements Job {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCADMaaPMRPublisherJob.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute(JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext) throws JobExecutionException {
+
+        LOG.debug("Starting DMaaP MR Topic Publisher fetch Job. Next firing time will be: {}",
+                jobExecutionContext.getNextFireTime());
+
+        // Get Job Data Map
+        final JobDataMap jobDataMap = jobExecutionContext.getMergedJobDataMap();
+
+        // Fetch all Job Params from Job Data Map
+        final String cdapAlertsTableName = jobDataMap.getString(CDAP_ALERTS_TABLE_VARIABLE_NAME);
+        final WorkerContext workerContext = (WorkerContext) jobDataMap.get(WORKER_CONTEXT_VARIABLE_NAME);
+        final DMaaPMRPublisher publisher = (DMaaPMRPublisher) jobDataMap.get(DMAAP_PUBLISHER_VARIABLE_NAME);
+        final Metrics metrics = (Metrics) jobDataMap.get(DMAAP_METRICS_VARIABLE_NAME);
+
+        LOG.debug("Start looking for new message in Alerts Table: {}", cdapAlertsTableName);
+
+        // Get new alerts from alerts table
+        final Map<String, TCAVESAlertEntity> newAlertsMap = getNewAlertsMap(cdapAlertsTableName, workerContext);
+
+        // If no new alerts are found - nothing to publish
+        if (newAlertsMap.isEmpty()) {
+            LOG.debug("No new alerts found in Alerts Table name: {}. Nothing to Publisher....", cdapAlertsTableName);
+            metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_PUBLISHER_NO_NEW_ALERTS_LOOKUP_METRIC, 1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final int newAlertsCount = newAlertsMap.size();
+        LOG.debug("Found new alerts in Alerts Table name: {}. No of new alerts: {}", cdapAlertsTableName,
+                newAlertsCount);
+        metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_PUBLISHER_NEW_ALERTS_METRIC, newAlertsCount);
+
+        // Get alert message strings from alert Entities
+        final List<String> newAlertsMessages = TCAUtils.extractAlertFromAlertEntities(newAlertsMap.values());
+
+        // Publish messages to DMaaP MR Topic
+
+        try {
+
+            final DMaaPMRPublisherResponse publisherResponse = publisher.publish(newAlertsMessages);
+
+            final Integer responseCode = publisherResponse.getResponseCode();
+            final String responseMessage = publisherResponse.getResponseMessage();
+            final int pendingMessagesCount = publisherResponse.getPendingMessagesCount();
+
+            LOG.debug("Publisher Response Code: {}, Publisher message: {}, Pending Messages Count: {}", responseCode,
+                    responseMessage, pendingMessagesCount);
+
+            if (HTTPUtils.isSuccessfulResponseCode(responseCode)) {
+                LOG.debug("Successfully Published alerts to DMaaP MR Topic.");
+                metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_PUBLISHER_SUCCESSFUL_DMAAP_RESPONSE_METRIC, 1);
+            } else {
+                LOG.warn("Unable to publish alerts to DMaaP MR Topic. Publisher will try to send it later....");
+                metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_PUBLISHER_UNSUCCESSFUL_DMAAP_RESPONSE_METRIC, 1);
+            }
+
+        } catch (DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException e) {
+            LOG.error("Exception while publishing messages to DMaaP MR Topic: {}", e);
+        } finally {
+            // delete send message from alerts table
+            deleteAlertsByKey(cdapAlertsTableName, workerContext, newAlertsMap.keySet(), metrics);
+        }
+        
+        LOG.debug("Finished DMaaP MR Topic Publisher fetch Job.");
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets New Messages from alerts table as Map with row keys as keys and {@link TCAVESAlertEntity} as values
+     *
+     * @param cdapAlertsTableName alerts table name
+     * @param workerContext worker context
+     * @return Map with row keys as keys and {@link TCAVESAlertEntity} as values
+     */
+    private Map<String, TCAVESAlertEntity> getNewAlertsMap(final String cdapAlertsTableName,
+                                                           final WorkerContext workerContext) {
+        final Map<String, TCAVESAlertEntity> newAlertsMap = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        workerContext.execute(new TxRunnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run(DatasetContext context) throws Exception {
+                final ObjectMappedTable<TCAVESAlertEntity> alertsTable = context.getDataset(cdapAlertsTableName);
+                final Date currentTime = new Date();
+                final String rowKey = TCAVESAlertsPersister.createRowKey(currentTime);
+                final CloseableIterator<KeyValue<byte[], TCAVESAlertEntity>> scan = alertsTable.scan(null, rowKey);
+                while (scan.hasNext()) {
+                    final KeyValue<byte[], TCAVESAlertEntity> alertEntityKeyValue = scan.next();
+                    newAlertsMap.put(Bytes.toString(alertEntityKeyValue.getKey()), alertEntityKeyValue.getValue());
+                }
+            }
+        });
+        return newAlertsMap;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes rows in Alerts table for give rowKeys
+     *
+     * @param cdapAlertsTableName CDAP Alerts Table Name
+     * @param workerContext Worker Context
+     * @param rowKeys Row Key Set
+     * @param metrics CDAP metrics
+     */
+    private void deleteAlertsByKey(final String cdapAlertsTableName, final WorkerContext workerContext,
+                                   final Set<String> rowKeys, final Metrics metrics) {
+        LOG.debug("Deleting Published Alerts from alerts table with rowKeys: {}", Joiner.on(",").join(rowKeys));
+        workerContext.execute(new TxRunnable() {
+            @Override
+            public void run(DatasetContext context) throws Exception {
+                final ObjectMappedTable<TCAVESAlertEntity> alertsTable = context.getDataset(cdapAlertsTableName);
+                for (String rowKey : rowKeys) {
+                    alertsTable.delete(rowKey);
+                    metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_PUBLISHER_DELETED_ALERTS_METRIC, 1);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJob.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJob.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7212527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJob.java
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.worker;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.metrics.Metrics;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.worker.WorkerContext;
+import com.google.common.base.Optional;
+import com.google.common.base.Stopwatch;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPMetricsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.utils.HTTPUtils;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.domain.response.DMaaPMRSubscriberResponse;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.service.subscriber.DMaaPMRSubscriber;
+import org.quartz.DisallowConcurrentExecution;
+import org.quartz.Job;
+import org.quartz.JobDataMap;
+import org.quartz.JobExecutionContext;
+import org.quartz.JobExecutionException;
+import org.quartz.PersistJobDataAfterExecution;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static java.lang.String.format;
+
+/**
+ * Quartz Job which polls DMaaP MR VES Collector Topic for messages and writes them to
+ * a given CDAP Stream
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 10/24/2016.
+ */
+@DisallowConcurrentExecution
+@PersistJobDataAfterExecution
+public class TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJob implements Job {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJob.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public void execute(JobExecutionContext jobExecutionContext) throws JobExecutionException {
+
+        LOG.debug("Starting DMaaP MR Topic Subscriber fetch Job. Next firing time will be: {}",
+                jobExecutionContext.getNextFireTime());
+
+        // Get Job Data Map
+        final JobDataMap jobDataMap = jobExecutionContext.getMergedJobDataMap();
+
+        // Fetch all Job Params from Job Data Map
+        final String cdapStreamName = jobDataMap.getString(AnalyticsConstants.CDAP_STREAM_VARIABLE_NAME);
+        final WorkerContext workerContext =
+                (WorkerContext) jobDataMap.get(AnalyticsConstants.WORKER_CONTEXT_VARIABLE_NAME);
+        final DMaaPMRSubscriber subscriber =
+                (DMaaPMRSubscriber) jobDataMap.get(AnalyticsConstants.DMAAP_SUBSCRIBER_VARIABLE_NAME);
+        final Metrics metrics = (Metrics) jobDataMap.get(AnalyticsConstants.DMAAP_METRICS_VARIABLE_NAME);
+
+        final Optional<DMaaPMRSubscriberResponse> subscriberResponseOptional =
+                getSubscriberResponse(subscriber, metrics);
+
+        // If response is not present, unable to proceed
+        if (!subscriberResponseOptional.isPresent()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        final DMaaPMRSubscriberResponse subscriberResponse = subscriberResponseOptional.get();
+
+        // If response code return by the subscriber call is not successful, unable to do proceed
+        if (!HTTPUtils.isSuccessfulResponseCode(subscriberResponse.getResponseCode())) {
+            LOG.error("Subscriber was unable to fetch messages properly. Subscriber Response Code: {} " +
+                    "Unable to proceed further....", subscriberResponse.getResponseCode());
+            metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_SUBSCRIBER_UNSUCCESSFUL_RESPONSES_METRIC, 1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        LOG.debug("Subscriber HTTP Response Status Code match successful:  {}", subscriberResponse,
+                HTTPUtils.HTTP_SUCCESS_STATUS_CODE);
+
+        final List<String> actualMessages = subscriberResponse.getFetchedMessages();
+
+        // If there are no message returned during from Subscriber, nothing to write to CDAP Stream
+        if (actualMessages.isEmpty()) {
+            LOG.debug("Subscriber Response has no messages. Nothing to write to CDAP stream....");
+            metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_SUBSCRIBER_RESPONSES_WITH_NO_MESSAGES_METRIC, 1);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        LOG.debug("DMaaP MR Subscriber found new messages in DMaaP Topic. Message count: {}", actualMessages.size());
+        metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_SUBSCRIBER_TOTAL_MESSAGES_PROCESSED_METRIC, actualMessages.size());
+
+        // Write message to CDAP Stream using Stream Batch Writer
+        LOG.debug("Writing message to CDAP Stream: {}, Message Count: {}", cdapStreamName, actualMessages.size());
+        try {
+
+            for (String message : actualMessages) {
+                workerContext.write(cdapStreamName, message);
+            }
+
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_SUBSCRIBER_FAILURE_TO_WRITE_TO_STREAM_METRIC, 1);
+            final String errorMessage =
+                    format("Error while DMaaP message router subscriber attempting to write to CDAP Stream: %s, " +
+                            "Exception: %s", cdapStreamName, e);
+            throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException(errorMessage, LOG, e);
+        }
+
+        LOG.debug("DMaaP MR Subscriber successfully finished writing messages to CDAP Stream: {}, Message count: {}",
+                cdapStreamName, actualMessages.size());
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Get Subscriber response and records time taken to fetch messages. Returns Optional.None if Subscriber response
+     * is null or response status code is not present
+     *
+     * @param subscriber - DMaaP Subscriber
+     * @param metrics - CDAP Metrics collector
+     *
+     * @return - Optional of Subscriber Response
+     */
+    private static Optional<DMaaPMRSubscriberResponse> getSubscriberResponse(final DMaaPMRSubscriber subscriber,
+                                                                             final Metrics metrics) {
+
+        // Check how long it took for subscriber to respond
+        final Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();
+        stopwatch.start();
+
+        DMaaPMRSubscriberResponse subscriberResponse = null;
+        // Fetch messages from DMaaP MR Topic
+        try {
+            subscriberResponse = subscriber.fetchMessages();
+        } catch (DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException e) {
+            LOG.error("Error while fetching messages for DMaaP MR Topic: {}", e);
+        }
+
+        stopwatch.stop();
+        final long subscriberResponseTimeMS = stopwatch.elapsedMillis();
+
+        // If response is null is null or response code is null, unable to proceed nothing to do
+        if (subscriberResponse == null || subscriberResponse.getResponseCode() == null) {
+            LOG.error("Subscriber Response is null or subscriber Response code is null. Unable to proceed further...");
+            return Optional.absent();
+        }
+
+        LOG.debug("Subscriber Response:{}, Subscriber HTTP Response Status Code {}, Subscriber Response Time(ms): {}",
+                subscriberResponse, subscriberResponse.getResponseCode(), subscriberResponseTimeMS);
+
+        // Record subscriber response time
+        metrics.gauge(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_SUBSCRIBER_RESPONSE_TIME_MS_METRIC, subscriberResponseTimeMS);
+
+        // Record all response count from subscriber
+        metrics.count(CDAPMetricsConstants.TCA_SUBSCRIBER_ALL_RESPONSES_COUNT_METRIC, 1);
+
+        return Optional.of(subscriberResponse);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMockSubscriberWorker.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMockSubscriberWorker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d8d1968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMockSubscriberWorker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.worker;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.annotation.Property;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.worker.AbstractWorker;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.worker.WorkerContext;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAAppPreferences;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils.getValidatedTCAAppPreferences;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils.readValue;
+import static org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils.writeValueAsString;
+
+/**
+ * CDAP Worker which mocks fetching VES Messages from DMaaP MR topic.
+ * The mock instead of making DMaaP MR calls will actually take messages
+ * from file and send them to stream at subscriber polling interval
+ *
+ * TODO: To be removed before going to production - only for testing purposes
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/4/2016.
+ */
+public class TCADMaaPMockSubscriberWorker extends AbstractWorker {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCADMaaPMockSubscriberWorker.class);
+
+    // TODO: Remove this file before going to production - only for mocking purposes
+    private static final String MOCK_MESSAGE_FILE_LOCATION = "ves_mock_messages.json";
+    private static final TypeReference<List<EventListener>> EVENT_LISTENER_TYPE_REFERENCE =
+            new TypeReference<List<EventListener>>() {
+            };
+
+    private TCAAppPreferences tcaAppPreferences;
+    private boolean stopSendingMessages;
+    @Property
+    private final String tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName;
+
+    public TCADMaaPMockSubscriberWorker(final String tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName) {
+        this.tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName = tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void configure() {
+        setName("MockTCASubscriberWorker");
+        setDescription("Writes Mocked VES messages to CDAP Stream");
+        LOG.info("Configuring Mock TCA MR DMaaP Subscriber worker with name: {}", "MockTCASubscriberWorker");
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(WorkerContext context) throws Exception {
+        super.initialize(context);
+
+        final TCAAppPreferences tcaAppPreferences = getValidatedTCAAppPreferences(context);
+        LOG.info("Initializing Mock TCA MR DMaaP Subscriber worker with preferences: {}", tcaAppPreferences);
+        this.tcaAppPreferences = tcaAppPreferences;
+        this.stopSendingMessages = false;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        final Integer subscriberPollingInterval = tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberPollingInterval();
+        LOG.debug("Mock TCA Subscriber Polling interval: {}", subscriberPollingInterval);
+
+        final InputStream resourceAsStream = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream
+                (MOCK_MESSAGE_FILE_LOCATION);
+
+        if (resourceAsStream == null) {
+            LOG.error("Unable to find file at location: {}", MOCK_MESSAGE_FILE_LOCATION);
+            throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException("Unable to find file", LOG, new FileNotFoundException());
+        }
+
+
+        try {
+            List<EventListener> eventListeners = readValue(resourceAsStream, EVENT_LISTENER_TYPE_REFERENCE);
+
+            final int totalMessageCount = eventListeners.size();
+            LOG.debug("Mock message count to be written to cdap stream: ()", totalMessageCount);
+
+            int i = 1;
+            for (EventListener eventListener : eventListeners) {
+                if (stopSendingMessages) {
+                    LOG.debug("Stop sending messages......");
+                    break;
+                }
+                final String eventListenerString = writeValueAsString(eventListener);
+                LOG.debug("=======>> Writing message to cdap stream no: {} of {}", i, totalMessageCount);
+                getContext().write(tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName, eventListenerString);
+                i++;
+                try {
+                    Thread.sleep(subscriberPollingInterval);
+                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                    LOG.error("Error while sleeping");
+                }
+            }
+
+            LOG.debug("Finished writing mock messages to CDAP Stream");
+
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            LOG.error("Error while parsing json file");
+            throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException("Error while parsing mock json file", LOG, e);
+        }
+
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop() {
+        stopSendingMessages = true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPPublisherWorker.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPPublisherWorker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49f98fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPPublisherWorker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.worker;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.annotation.Property;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.metrics.Metrics;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.worker.AbstractWorker;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.worker.WorkerContext;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.DMaaPMRFactory;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.domain.config.DMaaPMRPublisherConfig;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.service.publisher.DMaaPMRPublisher;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.util.AnalyticsModelIOUtils;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAAppPreferences;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapper;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils;
+import org.quartz.JobBuilder;
+import org.quartz.JobDataMap;
+import org.quartz.JobDetail;
+import org.quartz.Scheduler;
+import org.quartz.SchedulerException;
+import org.quartz.SimpleScheduleBuilder;
+import org.quartz.SimpleTrigger;
+import org.quartz.TriggerBuilder;
+import org.quartz.impl.StdSchedulerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+import static java.lang.String.format;
+
+/**
+ * TCA DMaaP Publisher will monitor alerts table at regular intervals and publish any alerts to DMaaP MR Publishing
+ * Topic
+ * <p>
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/16/2016.
+ */
+public class TCADMaaPPublisherWorker extends AbstractWorker {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCADMaaPPublisherWorker.class);
+
+    /**
+     * DMaaP MR Publisher
+     */
+    private DMaaPMRPublisher publisher;
+    /**
+     * Quartz Scheduler
+     */
+    private Scheduler scheduler;
+    /**
+     * Determines if scheduler is shutdown
+     */
+    private AtomicBoolean isSchedulerShutdown;
+    /**
+     * Store runtime metrics
+     */
+    private Metrics metrics;
+
+    @Property
+    private final String tcaVESAlertsTableName;
+
+    public TCADMaaPPublisherWorker(final String tcaVESAlertsTableName) {
+        this.tcaVESAlertsTableName = tcaVESAlertsTableName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void configure() {
+        // configure
+        setName(CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_DMAAP_PUBLISHER_WORKER);
+        setDescription(CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_DMAAP_PUBLISHER_DESCRIPTION_WORKER);
+        LOG.debug("Configuring TCA MR DMaaP Publisher worker with name: {}",
+                CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_DMAAP_PUBLISHER_WORKER);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(WorkerContext context) throws Exception {
+        super.initialize(context);
+
+        // Parse runtime arguments
+        final TCAAppPreferences tcaAppPreferences = TCAUtils.getValidatedTCAAppPreferences(context);
+
+        LOG.info("Initializing TCA MR DMaaP Publisher worker with preferences: {}", tcaAppPreferences);
+
+        //  Map TCA App Preferences to DMaaP MR Publisher Config
+        final DMaaPMRPublisherConfig publisherConfig = AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapper.map(tcaAppPreferences);
+
+        LOG.info("TCA DMaaP MR Publisher worker will be polling TCA Alerts Table Name: {}", tcaVESAlertsTableName);
+
+        // Create an instance of DMaaP MR Publisher
+        LOG.debug("Creating an instance of DMaaP Publisher");
+        publisher = DMaaPMRFactory.create().createPublisher(publisherConfig);
+
+        // initialize a new Quartz scheduler
+        initializeScheduler(tcaAppPreferences);
+        // initialize scheduler state
+        isSchedulerShutdown = new AtomicBoolean(true);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        // Start Publisher scheduler
+        try {
+            scheduler.start();
+            isSchedulerShutdown.getAndSet(false);
+
+        } catch (SchedulerException e) {
+            final String errorMessage =
+                    format("Error while starting TCA DMaaP MR Publisher scheduler: %s", e.toString());
+            throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException(errorMessage, LOG, e);
+        }
+
+        LOG.info("TCA DMaaP MR Publisher Scheduler started successfully");
+
+        // indefinite loop which wakes up and confirms scheduler is indeed running
+        while (!isSchedulerShutdown.get()) {
+            try {
+
+                Thread.sleep(AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_WORKER_SHUTDOWN_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS);
+
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+
+                final String errorMessage =
+                        format("Error while checking TCA DMaaP MR Publisher worker status: %s", e);
+                throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException(errorMessage, LOG, e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        LOG.info("Finished execution of TCA DMaaP MR Publisher worker thread");
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop() {
+        // Stop Publisher - which will flush any batch messages if present
+        try {
+            publisher.close();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+
+            final String errorMessage = format("Error while shutting down DMaaP MR Publisher: %s", e);
+            throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException(errorMessage, LOG, e);
+
+        }
+        // Stop Publisher scheduler
+        try {
+
+            LOG.info("Shutting TCA DMaaP MR Publisher Scheduler");
+
+            scheduler.shutdown();
+            isSchedulerShutdown.getAndSet(true);
+
+        } catch (SchedulerException e) {
+
+            final String errorMessage =
+                    format("Error while shutting down TCA DMaaP MR Publisher scheduler: %s", e);
+            throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException(errorMessage, LOG, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes a scheduler instance for DMaaP MR Publisher Job
+     *
+     * @throws SchedulerException SchedulerException
+     */
+    private void initializeScheduler(TCAAppPreferences tcaAnalyticsAppConfig) throws SchedulerException {
+
+        // Initialize a new Quartz Standard scheduler - settings settings are in quartz-publisher.properties file
+        final StdSchedulerFactory stdSchedulerFactory = new StdSchedulerFactory();
+        final String quartzPublisherPropertiesFileName = AnalyticsConstants.TCA_QUARTZ_PUBLISHER_PROPERTIES_FILE_NAME;
+        LOG.debug("Configuring quartz scheduler for TCA DMaaP MR Publisher with properties file: {}",
+                quartzPublisherPropertiesFileName);
+        final Properties publisherProperties =
+                AnalyticsModelIOUtils.loadPropertiesFile(quartzPublisherPropertiesFileName);
+        stdSchedulerFactory.initialize(publisherProperties);
+        scheduler = stdSchedulerFactory.getScheduler();
+
+        // Create a new JobDataMap containing information required by TCA DMaaP Publisher Job
+        final JobDataMap jobDataMap = new JobDataMap();
+        jobDataMap.put(AnalyticsConstants.CDAP_ALERTS_TABLE_VARIABLE_NAME, tcaVESAlertsTableName);
+        jobDataMap.put(AnalyticsConstants.WORKER_CONTEXT_VARIABLE_NAME, getContext());
+        jobDataMap.put(AnalyticsConstants.DMAAP_PUBLISHER_VARIABLE_NAME, publisher);
+        jobDataMap.put(AnalyticsConstants.DMAAP_METRICS_VARIABLE_NAME, metrics);
+
+        // Create a new job detail
+        final JobDetail jobDetail = JobBuilder.newJob(TCADMaaPMRPublisherJob.class)
+                .withIdentity(AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DMAAP_PUBLISHER_QUARTZ_JOB_NAME,
+                        AnalyticsConstants.TCA_QUARTZ_GROUP_NAME)
+                .usingJobData(jobDataMap).build();
+
+        // Create a new scheduling builder
+        final Integer publisherPollingInterval = tcaAnalyticsAppConfig.getPublisherPollingInterval();
+        final SimpleScheduleBuilder simpleScheduleBuilder = SimpleScheduleBuilder.simpleSchedule()
+                .withIntervalInMilliseconds(publisherPollingInterval) // job will use custom polling schedule
+                .repeatForever(); // repeats while worker is running
+
+        // Create a trigger for the TCA Publisher Job
+        final SimpleTrigger simpleTrigger = TriggerBuilder.newTrigger()
+                .withIdentity(AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DMAAP_PUBLISHER_QUARTZ_TRIGGER_NAME,
+                        AnalyticsConstants.TCA_QUARTZ_GROUP_NAME)
+                .startNow() // job starts right away
+                .withSchedule(simpleScheduleBuilder).build();
+
+        scheduler.scheduleJob(jobDetail, simpleTrigger);
+        LOG.info("Initialized TCA DMaaP MR Publisher Scheduler");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPSubscriberWorker.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPSubscriberWorker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d773e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPSubscriberWorker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.worker;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.annotation.Property;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.metrics.Metrics;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.worker.AbstractWorker;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.worker.WorkerContext;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.CDAPComponentsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.DMaaPMRFactory;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.domain.config.DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.service.subscriber.DMaaPMRSubscriber;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.util.AnalyticsModelIOUtils;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAAppPreferences;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapper;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils.TCAUtils;
+import org.quartz.JobBuilder;
+import org.quartz.JobDataMap;
+import org.quartz.JobDetail;
+import org.quartz.Scheduler;
+import org.quartz.SchedulerException;
+import org.quartz.SimpleScheduleBuilder;
+import org.quartz.SimpleTrigger;
+import org.quartz.TriggerBuilder;
+import org.quartz.impl.StdSchedulerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+import static java.lang.String.format;
+
+/**
+ * TCA DMaaP Subscriber will read messages and post them to cdap stream at regular intervals
+ * <p>
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 10/14/2016.
+ */
+public class TCADMaaPSubscriberWorker extends AbstractWorker {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TCADMaaPSubscriberWorker.class);
+
+    /**
+     * DMaaP MR Subscriber
+     */
+    private DMaaPMRSubscriber subscriber;
+    /**
+     * Quartz Scheduler
+     */
+    private Scheduler scheduler;
+    /**
+     * Determines if scheduler is shutdown
+     */
+    private AtomicBoolean isSchedulerShutdown;
+    /**
+     * Store runtime metrics
+     */
+    private Metrics metrics;
+
+    /**
+     * CDAP output stream name
+     */
+    @Property
+    private final String tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName;
+
+    public TCADMaaPSubscriberWorker(final String tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName) {
+        this.tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName = tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName;
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void configure() {
+        // configure
+        setName(CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_DMAAP_SUBSCRIBER_WORKER);
+        setDescription(CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_DMAAP_SUBSCRIBER_DESCRIPTION_WORKER);
+        LOG.debug("Configuring TCA MR DMaaP Subscriber worker with name: {}",
+                CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_DMAAP_SUBSCRIBER_WORKER);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize(WorkerContext context) throws Exception {
+        super.initialize(context);
+
+        // Parse runtime arguments
+        final TCAAppPreferences tcaAppPreferences = TCAUtils.getValidatedTCAAppPreferences(context);
+
+        LOG.info("Initializing TCA MR DMaaP Subscriber worker with preferences: {}", tcaAppPreferences);
+
+        // Map TCA App Preferences to DMaaP MR Subscriber Config
+        final DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig subscriberConfig = AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapper.map(tcaAppPreferences);
+
+        LOG.info("TCA DMaaP MR Subscriber worker will be writing to CDAP Stream: {}", tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName);
+
+        // Create an instance of DMaaP MR Subscriber
+        LOG.debug("Creating an instance of DMaaP Subscriber");
+        subscriber = DMaaPMRFactory.create().createSubscriber(subscriberConfig);
+
+        // initialize a new Quartz scheduler
+        initializeScheduler(tcaAppPreferences);
+
+        // initialize scheduler state
+        isSchedulerShutdown = new AtomicBoolean(true);
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public void run() {
+        // Start scheduler
+        try {
+            scheduler.start();
+            isSchedulerShutdown.getAndSet(false);
+
+        } catch (SchedulerException e) {
+            final String errorMessage =
+                    format("Error while starting TCA DMaaP MR Subscriber scheduler: %s", e.toString());
+            throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException(errorMessage, LOG, e);
+        }
+
+        LOG.info("TCA DMaaP MR Subscriber Scheduler started successfully");
+
+        // indefinite loop which wakes up and confirms scheduler is indeed running
+        while (!isSchedulerShutdown.get()) {
+            try {
+
+                Thread.sleep(AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DEFAULT_WORKER_SHUTDOWN_CHECK_INTERVAL_MS);
+
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+
+                final String errorMessage =
+                        format("Error while checking TCA DMaaP MR Subscriber worker status: %s", e);
+                throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException(errorMessage, LOG, e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        LOG.info("Finished execution of TCA DMaaP MR Subscriber worker thread");
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void stop() {
+
+        // Stop scheduler
+        try {
+
+            LOG.info("Shutting TCA DMaaP MR Subscriber Scheduler");
+
+            scheduler.shutdown();
+            isSchedulerShutdown.getAndSet(true);
+
+        } catch (SchedulerException e) {
+
+            final String errorMessage =
+                    format("Error while shutting down TCA DMaaP MR Subscriber scheduler: %s", e);
+            throw new DCAEAnalyticsRuntimeException(errorMessage, LOG, e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Initializes a scheduler instance for DMaaP MR Subscriber Job
+     *
+     * @throws SchedulerException SchedulerException
+     */
+    private void initializeScheduler(TCAAppPreferences tcaAppPreferences) throws SchedulerException {
+
+        // Initialize a new Quartz Standard scheduler - settings settings are in quartz-subscriber.properties file
+        final StdSchedulerFactory stdSchedulerFactory = new StdSchedulerFactory();
+        final String quartzSubscriberPropertiesFileName = AnalyticsConstants.TCA_QUARTZ_SUBSCRIBER_PROPERTIES_FILE_NAME;
+        LOG.debug("Configuring quartz scheduler for TCA DMaaP MR Subscriber with properties file: {}",
+                quartzSubscriberPropertiesFileName);
+        final Properties subscriberProperties =
+                AnalyticsModelIOUtils.loadPropertiesFile(quartzSubscriberPropertiesFileName);
+        stdSchedulerFactory.initialize(subscriberProperties);
+        scheduler = stdSchedulerFactory.getScheduler();
+
+        // Create a new JobDataMap containing information required by TCA DMaaP Subscriber Job
+        final JobDataMap jobDataMap = new JobDataMap();
+        jobDataMap.put(AnalyticsConstants.CDAP_STREAM_VARIABLE_NAME, tcaSubscriberOutputStreamName);
+        jobDataMap.put(AnalyticsConstants.WORKER_CONTEXT_VARIABLE_NAME, getContext());
+        jobDataMap.put(AnalyticsConstants.DMAAP_SUBSCRIBER_VARIABLE_NAME, subscriber);
+        jobDataMap.put(AnalyticsConstants.DMAAP_METRICS_VARIABLE_NAME, metrics);
+
+        // Create a new job detail
+        final JobDetail jobDetail = JobBuilder.newJob(TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJob.class)
+                .withIdentity(AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DMAAP_SUBSCRIBER_QUARTZ_JOB_NAME,
+                        AnalyticsConstants.TCA_QUARTZ_GROUP_NAME)
+                .usingJobData(jobDataMap).build();
+
+        // Create a new scheduling builder
+        final Integer subscriberPollingInterval = tcaAppPreferences.getSubscriberPollingInterval();
+        final SimpleScheduleBuilder simpleScheduleBuilder = SimpleScheduleBuilder.simpleSchedule()
+                .withIntervalInMilliseconds(subscriberPollingInterval) // job will use custom polling schedule
+                .repeatForever(); // repeats while worker is running
+
+        // Create a trigger for the TCA Subscriber Job
+        final SimpleTrigger simpleTrigger = TriggerBuilder.newTrigger()
+                .withIdentity(AnalyticsConstants.TCA_DMAAP_SUBSCRIBER_QUARTZ_TRIGGER_NAME,
+                        AnalyticsConstants.TCA_QUARTZ_GROUP_NAME)
+                .startNow() // job starts right away
+                .withSchedule(simpleScheduleBuilder).build();
+
+        scheduler.scheduleJob(jobDetail, simpleTrigger);
+        LOG.info("Initialized TCA DMaaP MR Subscriber Scheduler");
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/resources/quartz-publisher.properties b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/resources/quartz-publisher.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17d564d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/resources/quartz-publisher.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+# ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+# dcae-analytics
+# ================================================================================
+#  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+#
+org.quartz.scheduler.instanceName=TCA_DMaaPMRPublisher_Scheduler
+org.quartz.threadPool.threadCount=3
+org.quartz.jobStore.class=org.quartz.simpl.RAMJobStore
+org.quartz.scheduler.skipUpdateCheck=true
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/resources/quartz-subscriber.properties b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/resources/quartz-subscriber.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78a968f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/resources/quartz-subscriber.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#
+# ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+# dcae-analytics
+# ================================================================================
+#  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+#
+org.quartz.scheduler.instanceName=TCA_DMaaPMRSubscriber_Scheduler
+org.quartz.threadPool.threadCount=3
+org.quartz.jobStore.class=org.quartz.simpl.RAMJobStore
+org.quartz.scheduler.skipUpdateCheck=true
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/resources/ves_mock_messages.json b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/resources/ves_mock_messages.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..483c1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/main/resources/ves_mock_messages.json
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+[
+  {
+    "event": {
+      "measurementsForVfScalingFields": {
+        "measurementInterval": 10,
+        "measurementsForVfScalingVersion": 1.1,
+        "vNicUsageArray": [
+          {
+            "multicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "bytesIn": 20445,
+            "unicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "multicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "packetsOut": 0,
+            "bytesOut": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "packetsIn": 700,
+            "unicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "vNicIdentifier": "eth1"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "commonEventHeader": {
+        "reportingEntityName": "zdfw1fwl01fwl02",
+        "startEpochMicrosec": 1484335735737754,
+        "lastEpochMicrosec": 1484335745737754,
+        "eventId": "61542",
+        "sourceName": "Dummy VM name - No Metadata available",
+        "sequence": 61542,
+        "priority": "Normal",
+        "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+        "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+        "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+        "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available",
+        "version": 1.1
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "event": {
+      "measurementsForVfScalingFields": {
+        "measurementInterval": 10,
+        "measurementsForVfScalingVersion": 1.1,
+        "vNicUsageArray": [
+          {
+            "multicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "bytesIn": 20445,
+            "unicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "multicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "packetsOut": 0,
+            "bytesOut": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "packetsIn": 300,
+            "unicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "vNicIdentifier": "eth1"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "commonEventHeader": {
+        "reportingEntityName": "zdfw1fwl01fwl02",
+        "startEpochMicrosec": 1484335735737754,
+        "lastEpochMicrosec": 1484335745737754,
+        "eventId": "61542",
+        "sourceName": "Dummy VM name - No Metadata available",
+        "sequence": 61542,
+        "priority": "Normal",
+        "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+        "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+        "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+        "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available",
+        "version": 1.1
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "event": {
+      "measurementsForVfScalingFields": {
+        "measurementInterval": 10,
+        "measurementsForVfScalingVersion": 1.1,
+        "vNicUsageArray": [
+          {
+            "multicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "bytesIn": 20445,
+            "unicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "multicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "packetsOut": 0,
+            "bytesOut": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "packetsIn": 400,
+            "unicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "vNicIdentifier": "eth1"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "commonEventHeader": {
+        "reportingEntityName": "zdfw1fwl01fwl02",
+        "startEpochMicrosec": 1484335735737754,
+        "lastEpochMicrosec": 1484335745737754,
+        "eventId": "61542",
+        "sourceName": "Dummy VM name - No Metadata available",
+        "sequence": 61542,
+        "priority": "Normal",
+        "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+        "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+        "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+        "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available",
+        "version": 1.1
+      }
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/BaseAnalyticsTCAIT.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/BaseAnalyticsTCAIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dedf98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/BaseAnalyticsTCAIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.util.AnalyticsModelIOUtils;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.util.json.AnalyticsModelObjectMapperSupplier;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCATestAppConfig;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCATestAppPreferences;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.test.BaseDCAEAnalyticsIT;
+
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 10/25/2016.
+ */
+public class BaseAnalyticsTCAIT extends BaseDCAEAnalyticsIT {
+
+    protected static ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void beforeClass() {
+        final AnalyticsModelObjectMapperSupplier analyticsModelObjectMapperSupplier =
+                new AnalyticsModelObjectMapperSupplier();
+        objectMapper = Suppliers.memoize(analyticsModelObjectMapperSupplier).get();
+        objectMapper.enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT);
+    }
+
+    protected static final String TCA_CONTROLLER_POLICY_FILE_LOCATION =
+            "data/properties/tca_controller_policy.properties";
+
+    // App Settings
+    protected static final String DCAE_ANALYTICS_TCA_TEST_APP_NAME = "dcae-tca";
+    protected static final String DCAE_ANALYTICS_TCA_TEST_APP_DESC =
+            "DCAE Analytics Threshold Crossing Alert Application";
+    
+    // Subscriber App Preferences
+    protected static final String SUBSCRIBER_HOST_NAME = "mrlocal-mtnjftle01.homer.com";
+    protected static final Integer SUBSCRIBER_PORT_NUMBER = 3905;
+    protected static final String SUBSCRIBER_TOPIC_NAME = "com.dcae.dmaap.mtnje2.DcaeTestVESSub";
+    protected static final String SUBSCRIBER_USERNAME = "m00502@tca.af.dcae.com";
+    protected static final String SUBSCRIBER_PASSWORD = "Te5021abc";
+    protected static final String SUBSCRIBER_HTTP_PROTOCOL = "https";
+    protected static final String SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT_TYPE = "application/json";
+    protected static final Integer SUBSCRIBER_POLLING_INTERVAL = 20000;
+
+    protected static final String SUBSCRIBER_CONSUMER_ID = "c12";
+    protected static final String SUBSCRIBER_CONSUMER_GROUP_NAME = AnalyticsConstants.DMAAP_GROUP_PREFIX + 
+            SUBSCRIBER_CONSUMER_ID;
+    protected static final int SUBSCRIBER_TIMOUT_MS = -1;
+    protected static final int SUBSCRIBER_MESSAGE_LIMIT = -1;
+
+    // Publisher App Preferences
+    protected static final String PUBLISHER_HOST_NAME = "mrlocal-mtnjftle01.homer.com";
+    protected static final Integer PUBLISHER_PORT_NUMBER = 3905;
+    protected static final String PUBLISHER_TOPIC_NAME = "com.dcae.dmaap.mtnje2.DcaeTestVESPub";
+    protected static final String PUBLISHER_USERNAME = "m00502@tca.af.dcae.com";
+    protected static final String PUBLISHER_PASSWORD = "Te5021abc";
+    protected static final String PUBLISHER_HTTP_PROTOCOL = "https";
+    protected static final String PUBLISHER_CONTENT_TYPE = "application/json";
+    protected static final Integer PUBLISHER_BATCH_QUEUE_SIZE = 10;
+    protected static final Integer PUBLISHER_RECOVERY_QUEUE_SIZE = 100000;
+    protected static final Integer PUBLISHER_POLLING_INTERVAL = 20000;
+
+    protected static TCATestAppConfig getTCATestAppConfig() {
+        final TCATestAppConfig tcaTestAppConfig = new TCATestAppConfig();
+        tcaTestAppConfig.setAppName(DCAE_ANALYTICS_TCA_TEST_APP_NAME);
+        tcaTestAppConfig.setAppDescription(DCAE_ANALYTICS_TCA_TEST_APP_DESC);
+        return tcaTestAppConfig;
+    }
+
+    protected static TCATestAppPreferences getTCATestAppPreferences() {
+        final TCATestAppPreferences tcaTestAppPreferences = new TCATestAppPreferences(getTCAPolicyPreferences());
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberHostName(SUBSCRIBER_HOST_NAME);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberHostPortNumber(SUBSCRIBER_PORT_NUMBER);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberTopicName(SUBSCRIBER_TOPIC_NAME);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberUserName(SUBSCRIBER_USERNAME);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberUserPassword(SUBSCRIBER_PASSWORD);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberProtocol(SUBSCRIBER_HTTP_PROTOCOL);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberContentType(SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT_TYPE);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberConsumerId(SUBSCRIBER_CONSUMER_ID);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberConsumerGroup(SUBSCRIBER_CONSUMER_GROUP_NAME);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberTimeoutMS(SUBSCRIBER_TIMOUT_MS);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberMessageLimit(SUBSCRIBER_MESSAGE_LIMIT);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberPollingInterval(SUBSCRIBER_POLLING_INTERVAL);
+
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherHostName(PUBLISHER_HOST_NAME);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherHostPort(PUBLISHER_PORT_NUMBER);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherTopicName(PUBLISHER_TOPIC_NAME);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherUserName(PUBLISHER_USERNAME);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherUserPassword(PUBLISHER_PASSWORD);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherProtocol(PUBLISHER_HTTP_PROTOCOL);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherContentType(PUBLISHER_CONTENT_TYPE);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherMaxBatchSize(PUBLISHER_BATCH_QUEUE_SIZE);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize(PUBLISHER_RECOVERY_QUEUE_SIZE);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherPollingInterval(PUBLISHER_POLLING_INTERVAL);
+        return tcaTestAppPreferences;
+    }
+
+
+    protected static Map<String, String> getTCAPolicyPreferences() {
+        final Map<String, String> policyPreferences = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        final Properties policyPreferencesProps =
+                AnalyticsModelIOUtils.loadPropertiesFile(TCA_CONTROLLER_POLICY_FILE_LOCATION);
+        for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> propEntry : policyPreferencesProps.entrySet()) {
+            policyPreferences.put(propEntry.getKey().toString(), propEntry.getValue().toString());
+        }
+
+        return policyPreferences;
+    }
+
+    protected static String serializeModelToJson(Object model) throws JsonProcessingException {
+        return objectMapper.writeValueAsString(model);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38e4ce1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.Direction;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.TCAPolicy;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.Threshold;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.util.json.AnalyticsModelObjectMapperSupplier;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCATestAppPreferences;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.test.BaseDCAEAnalyticsUnitTest;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 10/25/2016.
+ */
+public class BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest extends BaseDCAEAnalyticsUnitTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Object mapper to be used for all TCA Json Parsing
+     */
+    protected static final ObjectMapper ANALYTICS_MODEL_OBJECT_MAPPER =
+            Suppliers.memoize(new AnalyticsModelObjectMapperSupplier()).get();
+
+    protected static final String TCA_POLICY_JSON_FILE_LOCATION = "data/json/policy/tca_policy.json";
+    protected static final String CEF_MESSAGES_JSON_FILE_LOCATION = "data/json/cef/cef_messages.json";
+    protected static final String CEF_MESSAGE_JSON_FILE_LOCATION = "data/json/cef/cef_message.json";
+    protected static final String CEF_MESSAGE_WITH_THRESHOLD_VIOLATION_JSON_FILE_LOCATION =
+            "data/json/cef/cef_message_with_threshold_violation.json";
+
+    protected static final String TCA_CONTROLLER_POLICY_FILE_LOCATION =
+            "data/properties/tca_controller_policy.properties";
+
+
+    /**
+     * Provides TCA Policy that can be used for testing
+     *
+     * @return test TCA Policy Object
+     */
+    protected TCAPolicy getSampleTCAPolicy() {
+        return deserializeJsonFileToModel(TCA_POLICY_JSON_FILE_LOCATION, TCAPolicy.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides list containing 350 CEF messages
+     *
+     * @return CEF Test Message
+     * @throws Exception Exception
+     */
+    protected List<EventListener> getCEFMessages() throws Exception {
+        final String cefMessageAsString = fromStream(CEF_MESSAGES_JSON_FILE_LOCATION);
+        final TypeReference<List<EventListener>> eventListenerListTypeReference =
+                new TypeReference<List<EventListener>>() {
+                };
+        return ANALYTICS_MODEL_OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(cefMessageAsString, eventListenerListTypeReference);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides 1 valid CEF messages which does not violate Threshold as String
+     *
+     * @return CEF Test Message String
+     * @throws Exception Exception
+     */
+    protected String getValidCEFMessage() throws Exception {
+        return fromStream(CEF_MESSAGE_JSON_FILE_LOCATION);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Provides single CEF Test Message
+     *
+     * @return CEF Test Message
+     * @throws Exception Exception
+     */
+    protected EventListener getCEFEventListener() throws Exception {
+        final String cefMessageAsString = fromStream(CEF_MESSAGE_JSON_FILE_LOCATION);
+        return ANALYTICS_MODEL_OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(cefMessageAsString, EventListener.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deserialize given Json file location to given model class and returns it back without any validation check
+     *
+     * @param jsonFileLocation Classpath location of the json file
+     * @param modelClass       Model Class type
+     * @param <T>              Json Model Type
+     * @return  Json model object
+     */
+    public static <T> T deserializeJsonFileToModel(String jsonFileLocation, Class<T> modelClass) {
+        final InputStream jsonFileInputStream =
+                BaseDCAEAnalyticsUnitTest.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(jsonFileLocation);
+        Assert.assertNotNull("Json File Location must be valid", jsonFileInputStream);
+        try {
+            return ANALYTICS_MODEL_OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(jsonFileInputStream, modelClass);
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            LOG.error("Error while doing assert Json for fileLocation: {}, modelClass: {}, Exception {}",
+                    jsonFileLocation, modelClass, ex);
+            throw new RuntimeException(ex);
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                jsonFileInputStream.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                LOG.error("Error while closing input stream at file location: {}", jsonFileLocation);
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides a test application preference for unit testing
+     *
+     * @return tca app preferences
+     */
+    protected static TCATestAppPreferences getTCATestAppPreferences() {
+        final TCATestAppPreferences tcaTestAppPreferences = new TCATestAppPreferences();
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberHostName("SUBSCRIBER_HOST_NAME");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberHostPortNumber(10000);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberTopicName("SUBSCRIBER_TOPIC_NAME");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberUserName("SUBSCRIBER_USERNAME");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberUserPassword("SUBSCRIBER_PASSWORD");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberProtocol("https");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberContentType("application/json");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberConsumerId("SUBSCRIBER_CONSUMER_ID");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberConsumerGroup("SUBSCRIBER_CONSUMER_GROUP_NAME");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberTimeoutMS(10);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberMessageLimit(100);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setSubscriberPollingInterval(1000);
+
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherHostName("PUBLISHER_HOST_NAME");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherHostPort(1234);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherTopicName("PUBLISHER_TOPIC_NAME");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherUserName("PUBLISHER_USERNAME");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherUserPassword("PUBLISHER_PASSWORD");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherProtocol("https");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherContentType("application/json");
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherMaxBatchSize(100);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize(100);
+        tcaTestAppPreferences.setPublisherPollingInterval(6000);
+        return tcaTestAppPreferences;
+    }
+
+    protected static Map<String, String> getPreferenceMap() {
+        Map<String, String> preference = new HashMap<>();
+        preference.put("subscriberHostName", "mrlocal-mtnjftle01.homer.com");
+        preference.put("subscriberHostPort", "3905");
+        preference.put("subscriberTopicName", "com.dcae.dmaap.mtnje2.DcaeTestVESPub");
+        preference.put("subscriberProtocol", "https");
+        preference.put("subscriberUserName", "m00502@tca.af.dcae.com");
+        preference.put("subscriberUserPassword", "Te5021abc");
+        preference.put("subscriberContentType", "application/json");
+        preference.put("subscriberConsumerId", "123");
+        preference.put("subscriberConsumerGroup", "testTCAConsumerName-123");
+        preference.put("subscriberTimeoutMS", "-1");
+        preference.put("subscriberMessageLimit", "-1");
+        preference.put("subscriberPollingInterval", "30000");
+
+        preference.put("publisherHostName", "publisherHostName");
+        preference.put("publisherHostPort", "3905");
+        preference.put("publisherTopicName", "publisherTopicName");
+        preference.put("publisherProtocol", "https");
+        preference.put("publisherUserName", "publisherUserName");
+        preference.put("publisherContentType", "application/json");
+        preference.put("publisherMaxBatchSize", "1000");
+        preference.put("publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize", "100");
+        preference.put("publisherPollingInterval", "6000");
+        return preference;
+    }
+
+    protected static Threshold getCriticalThreshold() {
+        Threshold criticalThreshold = new Threshold();
+        criticalThreshold.setClosedLoopControlName("CL-LBAL-LOW-TRAFFIC-SIG-FB480F95-A453-6F24-B767-FD703241AB1A");
+        criticalThreshold.setThresholdValue(5000L);
+        criticalThreshold.setFieldPath("$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].packetsIn");
+        criticalThreshold.setDirection(Direction.GREATER_OR_EQUAL);
+        return criticalThreshold;
+    }
+
+    protected static List<Threshold> getThresholds() {
+        Threshold majorThreshold = new Threshold();
+        majorThreshold.setClosedLoopControlName("CL-LBAL-LOW-TRAFFIC-SIG-FB480F95-A453-6F24-B767-FD703241AB1A");
+        majorThreshold.setFieldPath("$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].packetsIn");
+        majorThreshold.setVersion("Test Version");
+        majorThreshold.setThresholdValue(500L);
+        majorThreshold.setDirection(Direction.LESS_OR_EQUAL);
+
+        Threshold criticalThreshold = new Threshold();
+        criticalThreshold.setClosedLoopControlName("CL-LBAL-LOW-TRAFFIC-SIG-FB480F95-A453-6F24-B767-FD703241AB1A");
+        criticalThreshold.setThresholdValue(5000L);
+        criticalThreshold.setFieldPath("$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].packetsIn");
+        criticalThreshold.setDirection(Direction.GREATER_OR_EQUAL);
+        return Arrays.asList(majorThreshold, criticalThreshold);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/it/TCAnalyticsAppConfigIT.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/it/TCAnalyticsAppConfigIT.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ed5252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/it/TCAnalyticsAppConfigIT.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.it;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.BaseAnalyticsTCAIT;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCATestAppConfig;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCATestAppConfigHolder;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCATestAppPreferences;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 10/25/2016.
+ */
+public class TCAnalyticsAppConfigIT extends BaseAnalyticsTCAIT {
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void createTestAppConfigJson() throws Exception {
+        final TCATestAppConfig tcaTestAppConfig = getTCATestAppConfig();
+        final TCATestAppConfigHolder appConfigHolder = new TCATestAppConfigHolder(tcaTestAppConfig);
+        final String appConfigJson = serializeModelToJson(appConfigHolder);
+        LOG.info("AppConfigJson: \n{}", appConfigJson);
+        writeToOutputTextFile("appSettings/tca_app_config.json", appConfigJson, TCAnalyticsAppConfigIT.class);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void createTestAppPreferencesJson() throws Exception {
+        final TCATestAppPreferences tcaTestAppPreferences = getTCATestAppPreferences();
+        final String appPreferencesJson = serializeModelToJson(tcaTestAppPreferences);
+        LOG.info("AppPreferences: \n{}", appPreferencesJson);
+        writeToOutputTextFile("appSettings/tca_app_preferences.json",
+                appPreferencesJson, TCAnalyticsAppConfigIT.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFJsonProcessorTest.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFJsonProcessorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05efcd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFJsonProcessorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.MessageProcessingException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/9/2016.
+ */
+public class TCACEFJsonProcessorTest extends BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest {
+
+
+    // A valid CEF Message
+    @Test
+    public void testCEFJsonProcessorWithValidCEFMessage() throws Exception {
+
+        final String cefMessageString = fromStream(CEF_MESSAGE_JSON_FILE_LOCATION);
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext =
+                new TCACEFProcessorContext(cefMessageString, getSampleTCAPolicy());
+
+        TCACEFJsonProcessor tcacefJsonProcessor = new TCACEFJsonProcessor();
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext finalProcessorContext = tcacefJsonProcessor.apply(tcacefProcessorContext);
+
+        final EventListener cefEventListener = finalProcessorContext.getCEFEventListener();
+
+        assertNotNull("CEF Event Listener must be present", cefEventListener);
+
+    }
+
+    // Even if message is not a valid CEF format but still a Json - Json Processor will parse it
+    @Test
+    public void testCEFJsonProcessorWithValidJson() throws Exception {
+
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = new TCACEFProcessorContext(
+                " { \"key\" : \"value\" } ", getSampleTCAPolicy());
+
+        TCACEFJsonProcessor tcacefJsonProcessor = new TCACEFJsonProcessor();
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext finalProcessorContext = tcacefJsonProcessor.apply(tcacefProcessorContext);
+        final EventListener cefEventListener = finalProcessorContext.getCEFEventListener();
+
+        assertNotNull("Even if message is not a valid CEF format but a valid Json.Json Processor must be able to " +
+                        "parse it",
+                cefEventListener);
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = MessageProcessingException.class)
+    public void testCEFJsonProcessorWithCEFMessageAsNull() throws Exception {
+
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = new TCACEFProcessorContext(null, getSampleTCAPolicy());
+
+        TCACEFJsonProcessor tcacefJsonProcessor = new TCACEFJsonProcessor();
+        tcacefJsonProcessor.apply(tcacefProcessorContext);
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCEFJsonProcessorWithCEFMessageIsBlank() throws Exception {
+
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = new TCACEFProcessorContext("   ", getSampleTCAPolicy());
+
+        TCACEFJsonProcessor tcacefJsonProcessor = new TCACEFJsonProcessor();
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext finalProcessorContext = tcacefJsonProcessor.apply(tcacefProcessorContext);
+        assertFalse("Blank message must terminate processing of message chain", finalProcessorContext
+                .canProcessingContinue());
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCEFJsonProcessorWithCEFMessageWhichIsNotValidMessage() throws Exception {
+
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = new TCACEFProcessorContext(" Invalid Message ",
+                getSampleTCAPolicy());
+
+        TCACEFJsonProcessor tcacefJsonProcessor = new TCACEFJsonProcessor();
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext finalProcessorContext = tcacefJsonProcessor.apply(tcacefProcessorContext);
+        assertFalse("Invalid message must terminate processing of message chain", finalProcessorContext
+                .canProcessingContinue());
+    }
+
+
+    @Test(expected = MessageProcessingException.class)
+    public void testCEFJsonProcessorWithCEFMessageWhichIsNotValidJson() throws Exception {
+
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = new TCACEFProcessorContext(
+                " { \"Invalid Event Listener Json\" } ", getSampleTCAPolicy());
+
+        TCACEFJsonProcessor tcacefJsonProcessor = new TCACEFJsonProcessor();
+        tcacefJsonProcessor.apply(tcacefProcessorContext);
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessorTest.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d83307
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.service.processor.ProcessingState;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/9/2016.
+ */
+public class TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessorTest extends BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCEFPolicyThresholdProcessorWithNoThresholdViolation() throws Exception {
+
+        final String cefMessageString = fromStream(CEF_MESSAGE_JSON_FILE_LOCATION);
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = new TCACEFProcessorContext(cefMessageString,
+                getSampleTCAPolicy());
+        tcacefProcessorContext.setCEFEventListener(getCEFEventListener());
+
+        AbstractTCAECEFPolicyProcessor policyThresholdsProcessor = new TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor();
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext finalProcessorContext = policyThresholdsProcessor.apply(tcacefProcessorContext);
+
+        assertFalse("Process Context can Processing Continue flag should be false", finalProcessorContext
+                .canProcessingContinue());
+        assertThat("Policy Threshold Processor State must be terminated early",
+                policyThresholdsProcessor.getProcessingState(), is(ProcessingState.PROCESSING_TERMINATED_EARLY));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCEFPolicyThresholdProcessorWithThresholdViolation() throws Exception {
+
+        final String cefMessageString = fromStream(CEF_MESSAGE_WITH_THRESHOLD_VIOLATION_JSON_FILE_LOCATION);
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = new TCACEFProcessorContext(cefMessageString,
+                getSampleTCAPolicy());
+
+        final EventListener eventListener = getCEFEventListener();
+        tcacefProcessorContext.setCEFEventListener(eventListener);
+
+        AbstractTCAECEFPolicyProcessor policyThresholdsProcessor = new TCACEFPolicyThresholdsProcessor();
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext finalProcessorContext = policyThresholdsProcessor.apply(tcacefProcessorContext);
+
+        assertTrue("Process Context can Processing Continue flag should be true", finalProcessorContext
+                .canProcessingContinue());
+        assertThat("Policy Threshold Processor State must be successful",
+                policyThresholdsProcessor.getProcessingState(), is(ProcessingState.PROCESSING_FINISHED_SUCCESSFULLY));
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFProcessorContextTest.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFProcessorContextTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d955d81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/processor/TCACEFProcessorContextTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/14/2016.
+ */
+public class TCACEFProcessorContextTest extends BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testProcessorContextSerialization() throws Exception {
+        TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = new TCACEFProcessorContext(getValidCEFMessage(),
+                getSampleTCAPolicy());
+        testSerialization(tcacefProcessorContext, TCACEFProcessorContextTest.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCATestAppConfig.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCATestAppConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e057cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCATestAppConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings;
+
+/**
+ * TCA Test App Config is used for testing purposes only
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/3/2016.
+ */
+public class TCATestAppConfig extends TCAAppConfig {
+
+    public void setAppName(String appName) {
+        this.appName = appName;
+    }
+
+    public void setAppDescription(String appDescription) {
+        this.appDescription = appDescription;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCATestAppConfigHolder.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCATestAppConfigHolder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e854cac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCATestAppConfigHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings;
+
+/**
+ * Holder for TCA Test App Config
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/3/2016.
+ */
+public class TCATestAppConfigHolder {
+
+    private final TCATestAppConfig config;
+
+    public TCATestAppConfigHolder(TCATestAppConfig config) {
+        this.config = config;
+    }
+
+    public TCATestAppConfig getConfig() {
+        return config;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCATestAppPreferences.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCATestAppPreferences.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8a0474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/settings/TCATestAppPreferences.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings;
+
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * TCA Test App Preferences are used for testing purposes only
+ *
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/3/2016.
+ */
+public class TCATestAppPreferences extends TCAAppPreferences {
+
+    private Map<String, String> policyPreferences;
+
+    public TCATestAppPreferences() {
+    }
+
+    public TCATestAppPreferences(final Map<String, String> policyPreferences) {
+        this.policyPreferences = policyPreferences;
+    }
+
+    @JsonAnyGetter
+    public Map<String, String> getPolicyPreferences() {
+        return policyPreferences;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberHostName(String subscriberHostName) {
+        this.subscriberHostName = subscriberHostName;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberHostPortNumber(Integer subscriberHostPort) {
+        this.subscriberHostPort = subscriberHostPort;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberTopicName(String subscriberTopicName) {
+        this.subscriberTopicName = subscriberTopicName;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberProtocol(String subscriberProtocol) {
+        this.subscriberProtocol = subscriberProtocol;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberUserName(String subscriberUserName) {
+        this.subscriberUserName = subscriberUserName;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberUserPassword(String subscriberUserPassword) {
+        this.subscriberUserPassword = subscriberUserPassword;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberContentType(String subscriberContentType) {
+        this.subscriberContentType = subscriberContentType;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberConsumerId(String subscriberConsumerId) {
+        this.subscriberConsumerId = subscriberConsumerId;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberConsumerGroup(String subscriberConsumerGroup) {
+        this.subscriberConsumerGroup = subscriberConsumerGroup;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberTimeoutMS(Integer subscriberTimeoutMS) {
+        this.subscriberTimeoutMS = subscriberTimeoutMS;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberMessageLimit(Integer subscriberMessageLimit) {
+        this.subscriberMessageLimit = subscriberMessageLimit;
+    }
+
+    public void setSubscriberPollingInterval(Integer subscriberPollingInterval) {
+        this.subscriberPollingInterval = subscriberPollingInterval;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherHostName(String publisherHostName) {
+        this.publisherHostName = publisherHostName;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherHostPort(Integer publisherHostPort) {
+        this.publisherHostPort = publisherHostPort;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherTopicName(String publisherTopicName) {
+        this.publisherTopicName = publisherTopicName;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherProtocol(String publisherProtocol) {
+        this.publisherProtocol = publisherProtocol;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherUserName(String publisherUserName) {
+        this.publisherUserName = publisherUserName;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherUserPassword(String publisherUserPassword) {
+        this.publisherUserPassword = publisherUserPassword;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherContentType(String publisherContentType) {
+        this.publisherContentType = publisherContentType;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherMaxBatchSize(Integer publisherMaxBatchSize) {
+        this.publisherMaxBatchSize = publisherMaxBatchSize;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize(Integer publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize) {
+        this.publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize = publisherMaxRecoveryQueueSize;
+    }
+
+    public void setPublisherPollingInterval(Integer publisherPollingInterval) {
+        this.publisherPollingInterval = publisherPollingInterval;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapperTest.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d66ef52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.domain.config.DMaaPMRPublisherConfig;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCATestAppPreferences;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+/**
+ * @author Manjesh Gowda. Creation Date: 11/21/2016.
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapperTest extends BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testMapTCAConfigToSubscriberConfigFunctionGood() {
+        DMaaPMRPublisherConfig dMaaPMRPublisherConfig =
+                (new AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapper()).apply(getTCATestAppPreferences());
+        assertEquals(dMaaPMRPublisherConfig.getHostName(), "PUBLISHER_HOST_NAME");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMapTCAConfigToSubscriberConfigFunctionMap() {
+        DMaaPMRPublisherConfig dMaaPMRPublisherConfig = AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapper.map(
+                getTCATestAppPreferences());
+        assertEquals(dMaaPMRPublisherConfig.getHostName(), "PUBLISHER_HOST_NAME");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMapTCAConfigToSubscriberConfigFunctionAllNull() {
+        DMaaPMRPublisherConfig dMaaPMRPublisherConfig =
+                (new AppPreferencesToPublisherConfigMapper()).apply(new TCATestAppPreferences());
+        assertNull(dMaaPMRPublisherConfig.getHostName());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapperTest.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapperTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6963201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapperTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.domain.config.DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCATestAppPreferences;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+/**
+ * @author Manjesh Gowda. Creation Date: 11/21/2016.
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapperTest extends BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMapTCAConfigToSubscriberConfigFunctionGood() {
+        DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig dMaaPMRSubscriberConfig =
+                (new AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapper()).apply(getTCATestAppPreferences());
+        assertEquals(dMaaPMRSubscriberConfig.getHostName(), "SUBSCRIBER_HOST_NAME");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMapTCAConfigToSubscriberConfigFunctionMap() {
+        DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig dMaaPMRSubscriberConfig =
+                AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapper.map(getTCATestAppPreferences());
+        assertEquals(dMaaPMRSubscriberConfig.getHostName(), "SUBSCRIBER_HOST_NAME");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testMapTCAConfigToSubscriberConfigFunctionAllNull() {
+        DMaaPMRSubscriberConfig dMaaPMRSubscriberConfig =
+                (new AppPreferencesToSubscriberConfigMapper()).apply(new TCATestAppPreferences());
+        assertNull(dMaaPMRSubscriberConfig.getHostName());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/TCAUtilsTest.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/TCAUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19c80d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/utils/TCAUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,357 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.utils;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.RuntimeContext;
+import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import com.google.common.collect.Table;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
+import org.junit.Rule;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.exception.MessageProcessingException;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.CommonEventHeader;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.Event;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventListener;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.cef.EventSeverity;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.MetricsPerFunctionalRole;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.TCAPolicy;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.domain.policy.tca.Threshold;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.facade.tca.TCAVESResponse;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.model.util.AnalyticsModelIOUtils;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.processor.TCACEFProcessorContext;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.settings.TCAAppPreferences;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.isA;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsInAnyOrder;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rajiv Singla. Creation Date: 11/9/2016.
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class TCAUtilsTest extends BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetPolicyFunctionalRoles() throws Exception {
+
+        final TCAPolicy sampleTCAPolicy = getSampleTCAPolicy();
+        final List<String> policyFunctionalRoles = TCAUtils.getPolicyFunctionalRoles(sampleTCAPolicy);
+
+        assertThat("Policy Functional Roles must contain vFirewall and vLoadBalancer", policyFunctionalRoles,
+                containsInAnyOrder("vFirewall", "vLoadBalancer"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetPolicyFunctionalRoleSupplier() throws Exception {
+        final TCAPolicy sampleTCAPolicy = getSampleTCAPolicy();
+        final Supplier<List<String>> policyFunctionalRoleSupplier = TCAUtils.getPolicyFunctionalRoleSupplier
+                (sampleTCAPolicy);
+        final List<String> policyFunctionalRoles = policyFunctionalRoleSupplier.get();
+        assertThat("Policy Functional Roles must contain vFirewall and vLoadBalancer", policyFunctionalRoles,
+                containsInAnyOrder("vFirewall", "vLoadBalancer"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testProcessCEFMessage() throws Exception {
+        final String cefMessageString = fromStream(CEF_MESSAGE_JSON_FILE_LOCATION);
+        final TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = TCAUtils.filterCEFMessage(cefMessageString,
+                getSampleTCAPolicy());
+        assertThat("TCAECEFProcessor Processor Context can continue flag is true", tcacefProcessorContext
+                .canProcessingContinue(), is(true));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetPolicyFRThresholdsTableSupplier() throws Exception {
+        final Table<String, String, List<Threshold>> policyFRThresholdPathTable = TCAUtils
+                .getPolicyFRThresholdsTableSupplier(getSampleTCAPolicy()).get();
+
+        final Map<String, List<Threshold>> vFirewall = policyFRThresholdPathTable.row("vFirewall");
+        final Map<String, List<Threshold>> vLoadBalancer = policyFRThresholdPathTable.row("vLoadBalancer");
+
+        final Set<String> vFirewallThresholdPaths = vFirewall.keySet();
+        final Set<String> vLoadBalancerPaths = vLoadBalancer.keySet();
+
+        assertThat("vFirewall threshold field path size must be " +
+                        "\"$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].bytesIn\"",
+                vFirewallThresholdPaths.iterator().next(),
+                is("$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].bytesIn"));
+
+        assertThat("vLoadBalancer threshold field path size must be " +
+                        "\"\"$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].packetsIn\"",
+                vLoadBalancerPaths.iterator().next(),
+                is("$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].packetsIn"));
+
+        final List<Threshold> firewallThresholds = policyFRThresholdPathTable.get("vFirewall",
+                "$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].bytesIn");
+        final List<Threshold> vLoadBalancerThresholds = policyFRThresholdPathTable.get("vLoadBalancer",
+                "$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].packetsIn");
+
+        assertThat("vFirewall Threshold size must be 2", firewallThresholds.size(), is(2));
+        assertThat("vLoadBalancer Threshold size must be 2", vLoadBalancerThresholds.size(), is(2));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetJsonPathValueWithValidMessageAndPolicy() throws Exception {
+        final String cefMessageString = fromStream(CEF_MESSAGE_JSON_FILE_LOCATION);
+        final String jsonPath = "$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].bytesIn";
+        final ImmutableSet<String> fieldPaths = ImmutableSet.of(jsonPath);
+        final Map<String, List<Long>> jsonPathValueMap = TCAUtils.getJsonPathValue(cefMessageString, fieldPaths);
+        assertThat("Json Path value must match", jsonPathValueMap.get(jsonPath).get(0), is(6086L));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetJsonPathValueWithValidPath() throws Exception {
+        final String cefMessageString = fromStream(CEF_MESSAGE_JSON_FILE_LOCATION);
+        final String jsonPath = "$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].invalid";
+        final ImmutableSet<String> fieldPaths = ImmutableSet.of(jsonPath);
+        final Map<String, List<Long>> jsonPathValueMap = TCAUtils.getJsonPathValue(cefMessageString, fieldPaths);
+        assertThat("Json path value must be empty", jsonPathValueMap.size(), is(0));
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetValidatedTCAAppPreferences() throws Exception {
+        RuntimeContext runtimeContext = mock(RuntimeContext.class);
+        when(runtimeContext.getRuntimeArguments()).thenReturn(getPreferenceMap());
+        TCAAppPreferences validatedTCAAppPreferences = TCAUtils.getValidatedTCAAppPreferences(runtimeContext);
+        assertEquals(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getSubscriberHostName(), "mrlocal-mtnjftle01.homer.com");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetValidatedTCAAppPreferencesWhenDMaaPUrlArePresent() throws Exception {
+        RuntimeContext runtimeContext = mock(RuntimeContext.class);
+        final Map<String, String> preferenceMap = getPreferenceMap();
+        preferenceMap.put("dmaap.in.event-input.dmaapUrl",
+                "http://zldcmtd1njcoll00.research.com/unauthenticated.SEC_MEASUREMENT_OUTPUT");
+        preferenceMap.put("dmaap.out.alert-output.dmaapUrl",
+                "http://zldcmtd1njcoll00.research.com/unauthenticated.TCA_EVENT_OUTPUT");
+
+        preferenceMap.put("dmaap.in.event-input.dmaapUserName", null);
+        preferenceMap.put("dmaap.in.event-input.dmaapPassword", null);
+        preferenceMap.put("dmaap.out.alert-output.dmaapUserName", null);
+        preferenceMap.put("dmaap.out.alert-output.dmaapPassword", null);
+
+        when(runtimeContext.getRuntimeArguments()).thenReturn(preferenceMap);
+        TCAAppPreferences validatedTCAAppPreferences = TCAUtils.getValidatedTCAAppPreferences(runtimeContext);
+
+        assertEquals(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getSubscriberProtocol(), "http");
+        assertEquals(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getPublisherProtocol(), "http");
+
+        assertEquals(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getSubscriberHostName(), "zldcmtd1njcoll00.research.com");
+        assertEquals(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getPublisherHostName(), "zldcmtd1njcoll00.research.com");
+
+        assertEquals(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getSubscriberHostPort(), new Integer(3904));
+        assertEquals(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getPublisherHostPort(), new Integer(3904));
+
+        assertEquals(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getSubscriberTopicName(), "unauthenticated.SEC_MEASUREMENT_OUTPUT");
+        assertEquals(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getPublisherTopicName(), "unauthenticated.TCA_EVENT_OUTPUT");
+
+        assertNull(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getSubscriberUserName());
+        assertNull(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getSubscriberUserPassword());
+        assertNull(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getPublisherUserName());
+        assertNull(validatedTCAAppPreferences.getPublisherUserPassword());
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateNewTCAVESResponse() throws Exception {
+        TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = mock(TCACEFProcessorContext.class);
+
+        MetricsPerFunctionalRole metricsPerFunctionalRole = mock(MetricsPerFunctionalRole.class);
+        when(metricsPerFunctionalRole.getThresholds()).thenReturn(getThresholds());
+        when(metricsPerFunctionalRole.getPolicyScope()).thenReturn("Test Policy scope");
+        when(tcacefProcessorContext.getMetricsPerFunctionalRole()).thenReturn(metricsPerFunctionalRole);
+        when(metricsPerFunctionalRole.getFunctionalRole()).thenReturn("vLoadBalancer");
+
+        when(tcacefProcessorContext.getCEFEventListener()).thenReturn(getCEFEventListener());
+        TCAVESResponse tcaVESResponse = TCAUtils.createNewTCAVESResponse(tcacefProcessorContext, "TCA_APP_NAME");
+
+        //TODO :  Add proper assertions, as the usage is not clearly understood
+        assertThat(tcaVESResponse.getClosedLoopControlName(),
+                is("CL-LBAL-LOW-TRAFFIC-SIG-FB480F95-A453-6F24-B767-FD703241AB1A"));
+        assertThat(tcaVESResponse.getVersion(), is("Test Version"));
+        assertThat(tcaVESResponse.getPolicyScope(), is("Test Policy scope"));
+    }
+
+    @Rule
+    public ExpectedException expectedIllegalArgumentException = ExpectedException.none();
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateNewTCAVESResponseNullFunctionalRole() throws Exception {
+        expectedIllegalArgumentException.expect(MessageProcessingException.class);
+        expectedIllegalArgumentException.expectCause(isA(IllegalArgumentException.class));
+        expectedIllegalArgumentException.expectMessage("No violations metrics. Unable to create VES Response");
+
+        TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = mock(TCACEFProcessorContext.class);
+        TCAVESResponse tcaVESResponse = TCAUtils.createNewTCAVESResponse(tcacefProcessorContext, "TCA_APP_NAME");
+        assertNotNull(tcaVESResponse.getClosedLoopControlName());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPrioritizeThresholdViolations() throws Exception {
+
+        Map<String, Threshold> thresholdMap = new HashMap<>();
+        Threshold majorThreshold = mock(Threshold.class);
+        when(majorThreshold.getSeverity()).thenReturn(EventSeverity.MAJOR);
+        thresholdMap.put("MAJOR", majorThreshold);
+
+        Threshold result1 = TCAUtils.prioritizeThresholdViolations(thresholdMap);
+        assertEquals(result1.getSeverity(), EventSeverity.MAJOR);
+
+        Threshold criticalThreshold = mock(Threshold.class);
+        when(criticalThreshold.getSeverity()).thenReturn(EventSeverity.CRITICAL);
+        thresholdMap.put("CRITICAL", criticalThreshold);
+
+        Threshold result2 = TCAUtils.prioritizeThresholdViolations(thresholdMap);
+        assertEquals(result2.getSeverity(), EventSeverity.CRITICAL);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateViolatedMetrics() throws Exception {
+        TCAPolicy tcaPolicy = getSampleTCAPolicy();
+        Threshold violatedThreshold = getCriticalThreshold();
+        String functionalRole = "vFirewall";
+        MetricsPerFunctionalRole result = TCAUtils.createViolatedMetrics(tcaPolicy, violatedThreshold, functionalRole);
+        assertThat(result.getPolicyScope(), is("resource=vFirewall;type=configuration"));
+        assertThat(result.getPolicyName(), is("configuration.dcae.microservice.tca.xml"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreateViolatedMetricsWrongFunctionalRole() throws Exception {
+        expectedIllegalArgumentException.expect(MessageProcessingException.class);
+        expectedIllegalArgumentException.expectCause(isA(IllegalStateException.class));
+        expectedIllegalArgumentException.expectMessage("TCA Policy must contain functional Role: badFunctionRoleName");
+
+        TCAPolicy tcaPolicy = getSampleTCAPolicy();
+        Threshold violatedThreshold = getCriticalThreshold();
+        String functionalRole = "badFunctionRoleName";
+        MetricsPerFunctionalRole result = TCAUtils.createViolatedMetrics(tcaPolicy, violatedThreshold, functionalRole);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetDomainAndFunctionalRole() {
+        TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = mock(TCACEFProcessorContext.class);
+        EventListener eventListener = mock(EventListener.class);
+        Event event = mock(Event.class);
+        CommonEventHeader commonEventHeader = mock(CommonEventHeader.class);
+
+        Pair<String, String> result = TCAUtils.getDomainAndFunctionalRole(tcacefProcessorContext);
+        assertNull(result.getLeft());
+        assertNull(result.getRight());
+
+        when(tcacefProcessorContext.getCEFEventListener()).thenReturn(eventListener);
+        result = TCAUtils.getDomainAndFunctionalRole(tcacefProcessorContext);
+        assertNull(result.getLeft());
+        assertNull(result.getRight());
+
+        when(eventListener.getEvent()).thenReturn(event);
+        result = TCAUtils.getDomainAndFunctionalRole(tcacefProcessorContext);
+        assertNull(result.getLeft());
+        assertNull(result.getRight());
+
+        when(event.getCommonEventHeader()).thenReturn(commonEventHeader);
+        result = TCAUtils.getDomainAndFunctionalRole(tcacefProcessorContext);
+        assertNull(result.getLeft());
+        assertNull(result.getRight());
+
+        when(commonEventHeader.getDomain()).thenReturn("testDomain");
+        when(commonEventHeader.getFunctionalRole()).thenReturn("functionalRole");
+
+        result = TCAUtils.getDomainAndFunctionalRole(tcacefProcessorContext);
+        assertEquals(result.getLeft(), "testDomain");
+        assertEquals(result.getRight(), "functionalRole");
+
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testComputeThresholdViolationsNotPresent() throws Exception {
+        TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = mock(TCACEFProcessorContext.class);
+        when(tcacefProcessorContext.canProcessingContinue()).thenReturn(true);
+        when(tcacefProcessorContext.getMessage()).thenReturn(getValidCEFMessage());
+
+        when(tcacefProcessorContext.getTCAPolicy()).thenReturn(getSampleTCAPolicy());
+        when(tcacefProcessorContext.getCEFEventListener()).thenReturn(getCEFEventListener());
+
+        TCACEFProcessorContext result = TCAUtils.computeThresholdViolations(tcacefProcessorContext);
+        assertNotNull(result);
+        verify(result, times(0)).setMetricsPerFunctionalRole(Mockito.any(MetricsPerFunctionalRole.class));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testComputeThresholdViolationsPresent() throws Exception {
+        TCACEFProcessorContext tcacefProcessorContext = mock(TCACEFProcessorContext.class);
+        when(tcacefProcessorContext.canProcessingContinue()).thenReturn(true);
+        final String cefMessageString = fromStream(CEF_MESSAGE_WITH_THRESHOLD_VIOLATION_JSON_FILE_LOCATION);
+        when(tcacefProcessorContext.getMessage()).thenReturn(cefMessageString);
+
+        when(tcacefProcessorContext.getTCAPolicy()).thenReturn(getSampleTCAPolicy());
+        when(tcacefProcessorContext.getCEFEventListener()).thenReturn(getCEFEventListener());
+
+        TCACEFProcessorContext result = TCAUtils.computeThresholdViolations(tcacefProcessorContext);
+        verify(result, times(1)).setMetricsPerFunctionalRole(Mockito.any(MetricsPerFunctionalRole.class));
+    }
+
+
+    @Test
+    public void testConvertRuntimeContextToTCAPolicy() throws Exception {
+
+        final Properties controllerProperties =
+                AnalyticsModelIOUtils.loadPropertiesFile(TCA_CONTROLLER_POLICY_FILE_LOCATION);
+
+        Map<String, String> runtimeArgs = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> property : controllerProperties.entrySet()) {
+            runtimeArgs.put(property.getKey().toString(), property.getValue().toString());
+        }
+
+        RuntimeContext runtimeContext = mock(RuntimeContext.class);
+        when(runtimeContext.getRuntimeArguments()).thenReturn(runtimeArgs);
+        final TCAPolicy tcaPolicy = TCAUtils.getValidatedTCAPolicyPreferences(runtimeContext);
+
+        assertThat("Policy Domain must be measurementsForVfScaling",
+                tcaPolicy.getDomain(), is("measurementsForVfScaling"));
+
+        assertThat("Policy must have 2 metrics per functional roles",
+                tcaPolicy.getMetricsPerFunctionalRole().size(), is(2));
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJobTest.java b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJobTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc8a6f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/java/org/openecomp/dcae/analytics/tca/worker/TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJobTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+ * dcae-analytics
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+ * ================================================================================
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ * ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+ */
+
+package org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.worker;
+
+import co.cask.cdap.api.metrics.Metrics;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.worker.WorkerConfigurer;
+import co.cask.cdap.api.worker.WorkerContext;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.common.AnalyticsConstants;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.dmaap.service.subscriber.DMaaPMRSubscriber;
+import org.openecomp.dcae.analytics.tca.BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest;
+import org.quartz.JobDataMap;
+import org.quartz.JobExecutionContext;
+
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+
+/**
+ * @author Manjesh Gowda. Creation Date: 11/18/2016.
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJobTest extends BaseAnalyticsTCAUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testExecute() throws Exception {
+
+        DMaaPMRSubscriber mockDMaaPMRSubscriber = mock(DMaaPMRSubscriber.class);
+        Metrics mockMetrics = mock(Metrics.class);
+
+        WorkerContext workerContext = mock(WorkerContext.class);
+        WorkerConfigurer workerConfigurer = mock(WorkerConfigurer.class);
+        //when(workerContext.getRuntimeArguments()).thenReturn(getPreferenceMap());
+
+        JobExecutionContext mockJobExecutionContext = mock(JobExecutionContext.class);
+        JobDataMap mockJobDataMap = mock(JobDataMap.class);
+        when(mockJobExecutionContext.getMergedJobDataMap()).thenReturn(mockJobDataMap);
+
+        /*when(mockJobDataMap.getString(AnalyticsConstants.CDAP_STREAM_VARIABLE_NAME))
+                .thenReturn(CDAPComponentsConstants.TCA_FIXED_SUBSCRIBER_OUTPUT_NAME_STREAM);*/
+
+        when(mockJobDataMap.get(AnalyticsConstants.WORKER_CONTEXT_VARIABLE_NAME))
+                .thenReturn(workerContext);
+
+        when(mockJobDataMap.get(AnalyticsConstants.DMAAP_SUBSCRIBER_VARIABLE_NAME))
+                .thenReturn(mockDMaaPMRSubscriber);
+
+        /*when(mockJobDataMap.get(AnalyticsConstants.DMAAP_SUBSCRIBER_METRICS_VARIABLE_NAME))
+                .thenReturn(mockMetrics);*/
+
+        TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJob tcaDMaaPMRSubscriberJob = new TCADMaaPMRSubscriberJob();
+        tcaDMaaPMRSubscriberJob.execute(mockJobExecutionContext);
+
+        verify(mockJobDataMap, times(1)).getString(Mockito.anyString());
+        verify(mockJobDataMap, times(3)).get(any());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/cef/cef_message.json b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/cef/cef_message.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52cf53b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/cef/cef_message.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "event": {
+    "measurementsForVfScalingFields": {
+      "measurementInterval": 10,
+      "measurementsForVfScalingVersion": 1.1,
+      "vNicUsageArray": [
+        {
+          "bytesIn": 6086,
+          "multicastPacketsIn": 0,
+          "multicastPacketsOut": 0,
+          "unicastPacketsIn": 0,
+          "broadcastPacketsOut": 0,
+          "packetsOut": 42,
+          "bytesOut": 7156,
+          "packetsIn": 93,
+          "broadcastPacketsIn": 0,
+          "vNicIdentifier": "eth0",
+          "unicastPacketsOut": 0
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "commonEventHeader": {
+      "reportingEntityName": "vpp-test",
+      "startEpochMicrosec": 1477070210290442,
+      "eventId": "375",
+      "lastEpochMicrosec": 1477070220290442,
+      "priority": "Normal",
+      "sequence": 375,
+      "sourceName": "Dummy VM name - No Metadata available",
+      "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+      "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+      "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+      "version": 1.1,
+      "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/cef/cef_message_with_threshold_violation.json b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/cef/cef_message_with_threshold_violation.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfb1672
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/cef/cef_message_with_threshold_violation.json
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{
+  "event": {
+    "measurementsForVfScalingFields": {
+      "measurementInterval": 10,
+      "measurementsForVfScalingVersion": 1.1,
+      "vNicUsageArray": [
+        {
+          "bytesIn": 20000,
+          "multicastPacketsIn": 0,
+          "multicastPacketsOut": 0,
+          "unicastPacketsIn": 0,
+          "broadcastPacketsOut": 0,
+          "packetsOut": 42,
+          "bytesOut": 7156,
+          "packetsIn": 93,
+          "broadcastPacketsIn": 0,
+          "vNicIdentifier": "eth0",
+          "unicastPacketsOut": 0
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    "commonEventHeader": {
+      "reportingEntityName": "vpp-test",
+      "startEpochMicrosec": 1477070210290442,
+      "eventId": "375",
+      "lastEpochMicrosec": 1477070220290442,
+      "priority": "Normal",
+      "sequence": 375,
+      "sourceName": "Dummy VM name - No Metadata available",
+      "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+      "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+      "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+      "version": 1.1,
+      "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/cef/cef_messages.json b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/cef/cef_messages.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc7a924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/cef/cef_messages.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12952 @@
+[
+  {
+    "event": {
+      "measurementsForVfScalingFields": {
+        "measurementInterval": 10,
+        "measurementsForVfScalingVersion": 1.1,
+        "vNicUsageArray": [
+          {
+            "bytesIn": 6086,
+            "multicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "multicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "unicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "packetsOut": 42,
+            "bytesOut": 7156,
+            "packetsIn": 93,
+            "broadcastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "vNicIdentifier": "eth0",
+            "unicastPacketsOut": 0
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "commonEventHeader": {
+        "reportingEntityName": "vpp-test",
+        "startEpochMicrosec": 1477070210290442,
+        "eventId": "375",
+        "lastEpochMicrosec": 1477070220290442,
+        "priority": "Normal",
+        "sequence": 375,
+        "sourceName": "Dummy VM name - No Metadata available",
+        "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+        "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+        "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+        "version": 1.1,
+        "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "event": {
+      "measurementsForVfScalingFields": {
+        "measurementInterval": 10,
+        "measurementsForVfScalingVersion": 1.1,
+        "vNicUsageArray": [
+          {
+            "bytesIn": 5403,
+            "multicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "multicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "unicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "packetsOut": 28,
+            "bytesOut": 4530,
+            "packetsIn": 78,
+            "broadcastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "vNicIdentifier": "eth0",
+            "unicastPacketsOut": 0
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "commonEventHeader": {
+        "reportingEntityName": "vpp-test",
+        "startEpochMicrosec": 1477070260383311,
+        "eventId": "380",
+        "lastEpochMicrosec": 1477070270383311,
+        "priority": "Normal",
+        "sequence": 380,
+        "sourceName": "Dummy VM name - No Metadata available",
+        "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+        "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+        "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+        "version": 1.1,
+        "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available"
+      }
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+        "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+        "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+        "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+        "version": 1.1,
+        "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "event": {
+      "measurementsForVfScalingFields": {
+        "measurementInterval": 10,
+        "measurementsForVfScalingVersion": 1.1,
+        "vNicUsageArray": [
+          {
+            "bytesIn": 4406,
+            "multicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "multicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "unicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "packetsOut": 42,
+            "bytesOut": 7156,
+            "packetsIn": 65,
+            "broadcastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "vNicIdentifier": "eth0",
+            "unicastPacketsOut": 0
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "commonEventHeader": {
+        "reportingEntityName": "vpp-test",
+        "startEpochMicrosec": 1477073306133613,
+        "eventId": "684",
+        "lastEpochMicrosec": 1477073316133613,
+        "priority": "Normal",
+        "sequence": 684,
+        "sourceName": "Dummy VM name - No Metadata available",
+        "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+        "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+        "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+        "version": 1.1,
+        "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "event": {
+      "measurementsForVfScalingFields": {
+        "measurementInterval": 10,
+        "measurementsForVfScalingVersion": 1.1,
+        "vNicUsageArray": [
+          {
+            "bytesIn": 3974,
+            "multicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "multicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "unicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "packetsOut": 28,
+            "bytesOut": 4644,
+            "packetsIn": 51,
+            "broadcastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "vNicIdentifier": "eth0",
+            "unicastPacketsOut": 0
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "commonEventHeader": {
+        "reportingEntityName": "vpp-test",
+        "startEpochMicrosec": 1477073316150514,
+        "eventId": "685",
+        "lastEpochMicrosec": 1477073326150514,
+        "priority": "Normal",
+        "sequence": 685,
+        "sourceName": "Dummy VM name - No Metadata available",
+        "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+        "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+        "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+        "version": 1.1,
+        "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "event": {
+      "measurementsForVfScalingFields": {
+        "measurementInterval": 10,
+        "measurementsForVfScalingVersion": 1.1,
+        "vNicUsageArray": [
+          {
+            "bytesIn": 6375,
+            "multicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "multicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "unicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "packetsOut": 28,
+            "bytesOut": 4538,
+            "packetsIn": 94,
+            "broadcastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "vNicIdentifier": "eth0",
+            "unicastPacketsOut": 0
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "commonEventHeader": {
+        "reportingEntityName": "vpp-test",
+        "startEpochMicrosec": 1477073386268859,
+        "eventId": "692",
+        "lastEpochMicrosec": 1477073396268859,
+        "priority": "Normal",
+        "sequence": 692,
+        "sourceName": "Dummy VM name - No Metadata available",
+        "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+        "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+        "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+        "version": 1.1,
+        "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  {
+    "event": {
+      "measurementsForVfScalingFields": {
+        "measurementInterval": 10,
+        "measurementsForVfScalingVersion": 1.1,
+        "vNicUsageArray": [
+          {
+            "bytesIn": 4458,
+            "multicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "multicastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "unicastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "broadcastPacketsOut": 0,
+            "packetsOut": 31,
+            "bytesOut": 5418,
+            "packetsIn": 66,
+            "broadcastPacketsIn": 0,
+            "vNicIdentifier": "eth0",
+            "unicastPacketsOut": 0
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "commonEventHeader": {
+        "reportingEntityName": "vpp-test",
+        "startEpochMicrosec": 1477073536542160,
+        "eventId": "707",
+        "lastEpochMicrosec": 1477073546542160,
+        "priority": "Normal",
+        "sequence": 707,
+        "sourceName": "Dummy VM name - No Metadata available",
+        "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+        "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+        "reportingEntityId": "No UUID available",
+        "version": 1.1,
+        "sourceId": "Dummy VM UUID - No Metadata available"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+]
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/policy/tca_policy.json b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/policy/tca_policy.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bf9e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/json/policy/tca_policy.json
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+{
+  "domain": "measurementsForVfScaling",
+  "metricsPerFunctionalRole": [
+    {
+      "functionalRole": "vFirewall",
+      "policyScope": "resource=vFirewall;type=configuration",
+      "policyName": "configuration.dcae.microservice.tca.xml",
+      "policyVersion": "v0.0.1",
+      "thresholds": [
+        {
+          "closedLoopControlName": "CL-FRWL-LOW-TRAFFIC-SIG-d925ed73-8231-4d02-9545-db4e101f88f8",
+          "version": "1.0.2",
+          "fieldPath": "$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].bytesIn",
+          "thresholdValue": 4000,
+          "direction": "LESS_OR_EQUAL",
+          "severity": "MAJOR"
+        },
+        {
+          "closedLoopControlName": "CL-FRWL-HIGH-TRAFFIC-SIG-EA36FE84-9342-5E13-A656-EC5F21309A09",
+          "version": "1.0.2",
+          "fieldPath": "$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].bytesIn",
+          "thresholdValue": 20000,
+          "direction": "GREATER_OR_EQUAL",
+          "severity": "CRITICAL"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "functionalRole": "vLoadBalancer",
+      "policyScope": "resource=vLoadBalancer;type=configuration",
+      "policyName": "configuration.dcae.microservice.tca.xml",
+      "policyVersion": "v0.0.1",
+      "thresholds": [
+        {
+          "closedLoopControlName": "CL-LBAL-LOW-TRAFFIC-SIG-FB480F95-A453-6F24-B767-FD703241AB1A",
+          "version": "1.0.2",
+          "fieldPath": "$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].packetsIn",
+          "thresholdValue": 500,
+          "direction": "LESS_OR_EQUAL",
+          "severity": "MAJOR"
+        },
+        {
+          "closedLoopControlName": "CL-LBAL-LOW-TRAFFIC-SIG-0C5920A6-B564-8035-C878-0E814352BC2B",
+          "version": "1.0.2",
+          "fieldPath": "$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].packetsIn",
+          "thresholdValue": 5000,
+          "direction": "GREATER_OR_EQUAL",
+          "severity": "CRITICAL"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/properties/tca_controller_policy.properties b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/properties/tca_controller_policy.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0e333b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/data/properties/tca_controller_policy.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#
+# ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+# dcae-analytics
+# ================================================================================
+#  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+# ================================================================================
+#  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#  limitations under the License.
+# ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+#
+
+domain=measurementsForVfScaling
+
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.policy.functionalRole=vFirewall
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.policyName=configuration.dcae.microservice.tca.xml
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.policyVersion=v0.0.1
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.policyScope=resource=vFirewall;type=configuration
+
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.0.policy.closedLoopControlName=CL-FRWL-LOW-TRAFFIC-SIG-d925ed73-8231-4d02-9545-db4e101f88f8
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.0.policy.fieldPath=$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].bytesIn
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.0.policy.thresholdValue=4000
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.0.policy.direction=LESS_OR_EQUAL
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.0.policy.severity=MAJOR
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.0.policy.version=1.0.2
+
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.1.policy.closedLoopControlName=L-FRWL-HIGH-TRAFFIC-SIG-EA36FE84-9342-5E13-A656-EC5F21309A09
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.1.policy.fieldPath=$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].bytesIn
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.1.policy.thresholdValue=20000
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.1.policy.direction=GREATER_OR_EQUAL
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.1.policy.severity=CRITICAL
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vFirewall.thresholds.1.policy.version=1.0.2
+
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.policy.functionalRole=vLoadBalancer
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.policyName=configuration.dcae.microservice.tca.xml
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.policyVersion=v0.0.1
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.policyScope=resource=vLoadBalancer;type=configuration
+
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.0.policy.closedLoopControlName=CL-LBAL-LOW-TRAFFIC-SIG-FB480F95-A453-6F24-B767-FD703241AB1A
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.0.policy.fieldPath=$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].packetsIn
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.0.policy.thresholdValue=500
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.0.policy.direction=LESS_OR_EQUAL
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.0.policy.severity=MAJOR
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.0.policy.version=1.0.2
+
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.1.policy.closedLoopControlName=CL-LBAL-LOW-TRAFFIC-SIG-0C5920A6-B564-8035-C878-0E814352BC2B
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.1.policy.fieldPath=$.event.measurementsForVfScalingFields.vNicUsageArray[*].packetsIn
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.1.policy.thresholdValue=5000
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.1.policy.direction=GREATER_OR_EQUAL
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.1.policy.severity=CRITICAL
+configuration.metricsPerFunctionalRole.vLoadBalancer.thresholds.1.policy.version=1.0.2
diff --git a/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1cb987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dcae-analytics-tca/src/test/resources/logback-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ ============LICENSE_START=========================================================
+  ~ dcae-analytics
+  ~ ================================================================================
+  ~  Copyright © 2017 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
+  ~ ================================================================================
+  ~  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~  limitations under the License.
+  ~ ============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+  -->
+<configuration debug="false">
+
+    <!--
+      Disabling some chatty loggers.
+    -->
+    <logger name="org.apache.commons.beanutils" level="ERROR"/>
+    <logger name="org.apache.zookeeper.server" level="ERROR"/>
+    <logger name="org.apache.zookeeper" level="ERROR"/>
+    <logger name="com.ning" level="WARN"/>
+    <logger name="org.apache.spark" level="WARN"/>
+    <logger name="org.spark-project" level="WARN"/>
+    <logger name="org.apache.hadoop" level="WARN"/>
+    <logger name="org.apache.hive" level="WARN"/>
+    <logger name="org.quartz.core" level="WARN"/>
+    <logger name="org.eclipse.jetty" level="WARN"/>
+    <logger name="io.netty.util.internal" level="WARN"/>
+
+    <logger name="org.apache.twill" level="WARN"/>
+    <logger name="co.cask.cdap" level="INFO"/>
+    <logger name="org.openecomp" level="DEBUG"/>
+
+    <appender name="Console" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{ISO8601} - %-5p [%t:%C{1}@%L] - %m%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="ERROR">
+        <appender-ref ref="Console"/>
+    </root>
+
+
+</configuration>
+