Product Editor Properties Tab

Use the Properties tab to define product import information, to associate fulfillment patterns to the product, and to extend a product from another product.

Field	Use
Effective Start Date and Effective End Date	Displays start and end date information if included during a product import.
Extends	(Optional) Extend the product from another product. When you extend one entity from another, the target entity inherits all of the data elements defined for the extended entity. Do one of the following: Click Extends to create and extend a new source product. Click Select to extend an existing source product.
Fulfillment Pattern	Associate fulfillment patterns to the product. Fulfillment patterns realize as Oracle Communications Order and Service Management (OSM) fulfillment patterns. See "Working with Fulfillment Patterns" for more information. Do one of the following: Click Select to associate an existing fulfillment pattern to the product. Click Add to create a new fulfillment pattern and associate the new fulfillment pattern to the product. Select a value in the Fulfillment Pattern field and click Open to open the fulfillment pattern in the Fulfillment Pattern editor. Select a value in the Fulfillment Pattern field and click Remove to remove the association between the fulfillment pattern and the product.
Key	Enter a value to enable the Order and Service Management order transformation manager to identify the payload of a line item at run time. The default value for this field is the name of the entity. You can define a different key value for an entity if your business processes require a naming convention less restrictive than then entity name requirements.