Product Overview

OIPA allows plans to be arranged together into Products for easy navigation and selection. Rules can be overridden at the plan level as well as the Product level.

When plans are grouped, they fall into two categories: Parents and Children. Parent plans are the grouping entities. The plans that typically exhibit the features of the insurance products are the Child plans. However, Parent plans may also define general features of insurance products that the Child plans may or may not override.

Activating Products

Products are controlled through an application setting. They are not controlled by configuration. The build manager will determine if Products are used by controlling the setting in the Web Application Utility. If Products are turned on, then a Product field will appear on the following screens in OIPA:

• Policy screen
• Create New Policy screen
• Unit Values screen
• Disbursement Search screen

Important

Transactions and segments are not supported at the Product level.

Plan and Product Database Tables

There are three database tables that store plan information.

1. AsPlan: stores the information entered when a new plan is created.

2. AsPlanFields: stores values for the plan. These values can be edited through the Plan Data folder in the Main Explorer.

3. AsPlanGroup: stores GUIDs of the parent and child plans.

Security

Security is available at the child plan level. It is not available at the Product level.

Deleting Products

A Product can be deleted if all child plans are removed from the Product and placed in another Product. Once all child plans are removed from the Product, the user may right-click on the Product and select the delete option.