About the Decomposition of Multi-Site Quotes

The decomposition process creates the order line items for the services that are associated with the products in a multi-site quote. You must understand Siebel Order Management to understand the decomposition process for multi-site quotes. For more information about Siebel Order Management, see Siebel Order Management Guide.

The basic principles of the decomposition process follow:

• An order line item is generated for a service that is associated with a product in a multi-site quote when an overlap is created. An overlap is created when part of the period for a site in a product group of the multi-site quote is the same as part of the period for a product in that product group. The entry and exit dates denote the period for a site, and the inclusion and retirement dates denote the period for the service of a product.

• For each overlap, the service start date for the order line item is the later of the following dates:

  • The entry date for the site

  • The inclusion date for the service of the product

• For each overlap, the service end date for the order line item is the same as the exit date for the site. If the exit date for the site is blank, then the service end date for the order line item is blank.

• If an order line item has a site in a product group that has a service account and a service point, then only the products in that product group that are associated with the service type for that service point are valid products for the order line item. Order line items with invalid products are not created. For more information, see About the Service Type Field for Multi-Site Quotes.

• The billing account for the order line item is determined by the billing account associations with the sites for all the product groups in the multi-site quote.