A Package That Is Always Eligible

If a package is always eligible, it still needs an eligibility group. Good examples of such packages are shown under An Easier Way To Create One Time Charges. A package that is always eligible would require the following eligibility information:


Group No.	Group Description	If Group is TRUE	If Group is FALSE
1	Always eligible	Eligible	Eligible

The following criteria will be required for this group:


Group 1: Always eligible
Seq	Field to Compare	Comparison Method	If TRUE	If FALSE	If Insufficient Data
10	Algorithm: retrieve order's account	Algorithm: Always true	Group is true	Group is true	Group is true

This group's criterion is odd in that it's not comparing anything. In order to setup this criterion, you have to use the following "trick":

Field to Compare. You can pick any miscellaneous field on the campaign. If the campaign has no miscellaneous fields, you'll need to setup an algorithm to retrieve a field from the order (refer to PKEL-ENRFLD for an example of this type of algorithm). In the above example, we used an algorithm to retrieve the order's account.
Comparison Method. We chose a comparison algorithm that always returns a value of TRUE (refer to PKCC-DEFAULT for an example of this type of algorithm).
You'll notice that if a value of TRUE is returned, the Group is true (and we've setup the group to indicate a true group means the customer is eligible for the package).

We understand this is a little complicated, but this design provides the power necessary to support very complex criteria. The following sections provide more examples to help you form a better understanding of these concepts.