About the Service Type Field for Multi-Site Quotes

The Service Type field denotes the type of service that an energy services company provides at a service point, for example, gas or electricity. It is a required field for a service point and an optional field for a product.

For the quote and order capture module, the Service Type field is used to enforce the validity of the products that are associated with order line items. Order line items with invalid products cannot be created. If an order line item has a service account and a service point, then only the products that are associated with the service type for that service point are valid products for the order line item. If an order line item has a service account and does not have a service point, then all eligible products are valid products for the order line item.

For the multi-site ordering module, the Service Type field as well as the sites and products in a product group are used to enforce the validity of the products that are associated with the sites for order line items. Order line items with invalid product and site associations cannot be created. If a site in a product group 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. If a site in a product group has a service account and does not have a service point, then all products in that product group are valid products for the order line item.

Note: When you define the child components for a parent product, make sure that the service type for the child components is the same as the service type for the associated parent product. Otherwise, incorrect order line items are created.

The following image shows example data for the sites and products in a product group and the order line items that are created from this example data:

1. The Sites are as follows:

   • Site 1 (Service Account 1 and Service Point 1) has Service Type A

   • Site 2 (Service Account 1 and Service Point 2) has Service Type B

   • Site 3 (Service Account 1 and Service Point 3) has Service Type C

   • Site 4 (Service Account 1 and no Service Point) has no Service Type

2. The products are as follows:

   • Product 1 has Service Type A

   • Product 2 has Service Type D

   • Product 3 has Service Type C

3. The following Order Line Items are created from Sites and Products:

   • Site 1 and Product 1 (Service Type A matches)

   • Site 3 and Product 3 (Service Type C matches)

   • Site 4 and Product 1 (No Service Type matches)

   • Site 4 and Product 2 (No Service Type matches)

   • Site 4 and Product 3 (No Service Type matches)

For the multi-site ordering module, developers can configure more restrictions regarding how the Service Type field is used to enforce the validity of products that are associated with order line items. Also, they can remove the use of the Service Type field when enforcing the validity of products that are associated with order line items. For more information, see About the Validation of Multi-Site Quotes.

For help with configuring the Service Type field, create a service request (SR) on My Oracle Support. Alternatively, you can phone Oracle Global Customer Support directly to create a service request or get a status update on your current SR. Support phone numbers are listed on My Oracle Support.