Defining a Characteristic for a Policy Type

Prerequisites

To define a characteristic for a policy type, you should have:

Characteristic types defined in the application (where the characteristic entity is set to Policy Type).

Procedure

To define a characteristic for a policy type:

Ensure that the Characteristics section is expanded when you are defining, editing, or copying a policy type.

The Characteristics section contains the following fields in a grid:

Field Name	Field Description	Mandatory (Yes or No)
Characteristic Type	Used to indicate the characteristic type. Note: The list includes only those characteristic types where the characteristic entity is set to the Policy Type.	Yes (Conditional) Note: This field is required when you are defining a characteristic for the policy type.
Characteristic Value	Used to specify the value for the characteristic type. Note: If you select a predefined characteristic type, the Search () icon appears corresponding to the Characteristic Value field. On clicking the Search icon, the Predefined Characteristic Search window appears. 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 policy type.

Enter the required details in the Characteristics section.
If you want to define more than one characteristic for the policy type, click the Add () icon and then repeat step 2.

Note: However, if you want to remove a characteristic from the policy type, click the Delete () icon corresponding to the characteristic.

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