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Creating Time-Based Offering Product Attributes (Administrator)

Product attributes are characteristics of a product that a user can select. A product attribute has two parts: the name of the attribute, and the possible values of the attribute. For more information about product attributes, see the chapter on products with attributes in Siebel Product Administration Guide.

To define time-based discounts as discount products, you must create several product attributes. To create the time-based offering product attributes, follow this procedure.

CAUTION:  The values for all attributes must match the values used by Oracle Application Integration Architecture. If the values do not match, then the integration will fail.

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

To create time-based offering class attributes

1. Navigate to the Administration - Product screen, then the Attribute Definitions view.
2. Follow the steps for creating attribute definitions, as described in the chapter on products with attributes in Siebel Product Administration Guide.
3. In the Attribute Definitions list, add a record, enter Duration in the Attribute field, and perform the following steps.
   1. In the Versions list, click the link in the Version field of the selected row.
   2. In the Version view, click the Details view tab and complete the fields listed in the following table.

      Field	Value
      Data Type	Number
      Domain Type	Enumerated NOTE:  You must configure this attribute value as Enumerated so that the value is included in promotion constraints.

   3. In the Attribute Values list, add 31 records with values as shown in the table that follows.

      Value	Sequence
      1	1
      2	2
      3	3
      . . .	. . .
      31	31

4. In the Attribute Definitions list, add a record, enter DurationUnitOfMeasure in the Attribute field, and perform the following steps.
   1. In the Versions list, click the link in the Version field of the selected row.
   2. In the Version view, click the Details view tab and complete the fields listed in the following table.

      Field	Value
      Data Type	Text
      Domain Type	Enumerated NOTE:  You must configure this attribute value as Enumerated so that the value is included in promotion constraints.

   3. In the Attribute Values list, add records with values as shown in the table that follows.

      Value	Sequence
      Days	1
      Months	2
      Years	3

5. In the Attribute Definitions list, add a record, enter DurationValidityStart in the Attribute field, and perform the following steps.
   1. In the Versions list, click the link in the Version field of the selected row.
   2. In the Version view, click the Details view tab and complete the fields listed in the following table.

      Field	Value
      Data Type	Text
      Domain Type	Enumerated NOTE:  You must configure this attribute value as Enumerated so that the value is included in promotion constraints.

   3. In the Attribute Values list, add records with values as shown in the table that follows.

      Value	Sequence
      Now	1
      Original Start	2
      Original End	3