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User Properties for Pricing Calculator Methods

Pricing Calculator methods use these user properties:

• XA Name - Area. Name of the product attribute used to store the service area where the rate plan is being offered.
• XA Name - Usage Type. Name of the product attribute used to store the usage breakdown category of the rate plan. Out of the box, the value of this property is Usage Type.
• Usage Type n. Valid values for the Usage Type attribute specified by the XA Name - Usage Type user property.

  For example:

  Name	Value
  Usage Type 1	Peak
  Usage Type 2	Off Peak
  Usage Type 3	Threshold

  NOTE:  For instructions on adding a new usage type, see To add a new usage type for the pricing calculator.

• Threshold Usage Type. Value of the Usage Type attribute that is handled as the threshold usage (that is, the number of units charged at a specified price before applying other pricing rules). Out of the box, the value is Threshold.
• Peak. Name of the field of the SIS OM PC Usage Profile business component that is used to store the Peak category of usage breakdown.
• Off Peak. Name of the field of the SIS OM PC Usage Profile business component used to store the Off Peak category of usage breakdown.
• Must Match XA n. Names of product attributes that an internal rate plan must possess in order to be qualified as a match to the current rate plan used by the prospective customer.

  For example:

  Name	Value
  Must Match XA 1	MeterType
  Must Match XA 2	Region

• PC Type n. Names of all the basic (non-dual) service types of products used in the Pricing Calculator functionality.

  For example:

  Name	Value
  PC Type 1	Electricity
  PC Type 2	Gas

• Dual Fuel Service Type. Name of the service type of products designated for dual fuel discount processing.
• SIS OM ViewName. Default view to use when displaying the PC SmartScript. It is used by the Run SmartScript method.
• SIS OM AppletName. Default applet to use when displaying the PC SmartScript. It is used by the Run SmartScript method.
• SIS OM ScriptName - HI. Default SmartScript script to use in high interactivity mode. It is used by the Run SmartScript method.
• SIS OM ScriptName - LI. Default SmartScript script to use in standard interactivity mode. It is used by the Run SmartScript method.

To add a new usage type for the pricing calculator

1. Add the new value to the attribute specified by the user property XA Name - Usage Type.
2. Add a new user property Usage Type n to specify this new value.
3. Add both a new field to the SIS OM PC Usage Profile business component and a new column to its underlying table for the data storage.
4. Add a new user property with this new usage type as the name and the Business Component field name added above as the value.