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Creating a Time-Based Offering Product Class (Administrator)

Product classes provide a way to organize and administer product attributes. When you assign a product to a product class, that product inherits all the attributes defined for that product class. For more information about product classes, see the chapter on products with attributes in Siebel Product Administration Guide.

To define time-based discounts as discount products, you must create a product class that has the attributes you set up in Creating Time-Based Offering Product Attributes (Administrator). This product class will be reusable for any time-based product and discount.

To create a time-based offering product class, follow this procedure.

This task is a step in Process of Setting Up Time-Based Offerings.

To create a time-based offering product class

1. Navigate to the Administration - Product screen, then the Product Classes view.
2. Follow the steps for creating product classes, as described in the chapter on products with attributes in Siebel Product Administration Guide.
3. In the Product Classes list, add a record.
4. In the Product Class field, enter a name for this class; for example, Time-Based Offering.
5. In the Versions list, click the link in the Version field of the selected row.
6. In the Version view, click the Attributes subview tab.
7. In the Attributes list, add records for the following attributes:
   • Duration
   • DurationUnitOfMeasure
   • DurationValidityStart