Defining a Characteristics for a Product Service

Prerequisites

To define a characteristic for a product service, you should have:

  • Characteristic Type defined in the application (where the characteristic entity is set to Product Service)

Procedure

To define a characteristic for a product service:

  1. Ensure that the Characteristics section is expanded when you are defining, editing, or copying a product service.

    The Characteristics section contains the following fields:

    Field Name Field Description Mandatory (Yes or No)
    Effective Date Used to specify the date from when the characteristic is effective for the product service. Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for the product service.
    Characteristic Type Used to indicate the characteristic type.
    Note: The list includes only those characteristic types where the characteristic entity is set to Product Service
    		Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for the product service.
    Characteristic Value Used to specify the value for the characteristic type.
    Note:

    If you select a predefined characteristic type, the Search (The Search Icon) icon appears corresponding to the Characteristic Value field. On clicking the Search icon, you can search for a predefined characteristic value.

    On specifying the value for a predefined characteristic type, the description of the characteristic value appears corresponding to the Characteristic Value field.

    		 Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for the product service.
  2. Enter the required details in the Characteristics section.
  3. If you want to define more than one characteristic for the product service, click the Add (The Add Icon) Icon and then repeat step 2. However, if you want to remove a characteristic from the product service, click the Delete (The Delete Icon) icon corresponding to the characteristic.
  4. Select an appropriate characteristic type from the Characteristic Type list.

Related Topics

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How to define a product service Defining a Product Service
How to edit a product service Editing a Product Service
How to copy a product service Copying a Product Service