Create specification relationships, quantity mapping, and decomposition rules for Sales CRM for Telecommunications

Create the specification relationships and optional decomposition rules that define the associations between the product, service, and resource specifications for a product that you offer. These relationships impact how an order is fulfilled for a customer.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_prd_pm.product_catalog_manager

About this task

Specification relationships define the relationships and associations between the product, service, and resource specifications. They designate how an order that contains the source specification is decomposed, fulfilled, and delivered to the customer. For example, if you have a product that you deliver through a service specification, you can designate that it is composed of three unique service specifications (product, service, or resource).

Note:

The target product, service, or resource specification you select in the Target Specification field can be in any state, including a Draft state. The selected specification does not have to be published before selecting it in this field.

You can also select the characteristic options of the quantity characteristic for the specification relationship to provide the quantity of the target specifications. The order decomposition process refers to the mapped quantity to decompose the order for the source specification and creates the required number of domain orders for the target specification.

Optionally, you can create decomposition rules for the selected source and target specification relationships. The specification relationships can have product, service, or resource specifications as the source specifications.

Note:

To learn more, see Order decomposition.

Procedure

1. Open CSM Configurable Workspace.
2. Navigate to List > Specifications and select a specification type.
   • Product Specifications
   • Service Specifications
   • Resource Specifications
   A list of specification records is displayed.
3. Select a record you want to modify.
4. Navigate to the Specification Relationships tab.
5. Select New.
6. On the form, fill in the fields.

   Table 1. Specification Relationship form

   Field	Description
   Source specification	Product, service, or resource specification that you create the relationship from.
   Target type	Type of specification: Product Specification Service Specification Resource Specification
   Target specification	The target product, service, or resource specification you select can be in any state, including a Draft state. The selected specification does not have to be published before selecting it in this field.
   Mandatory	Option that designates if the relationship between the selected source and target specifications is mandatory and should always exist when a customer orders the product. If selected, the target specification is always included with the source specification. During the ordering process,you must select the characteristics and characteristic values for the target specification. If cleared, it is an optional target specification and is only included with the product if the customer selected it during the ordering process.
   Relationship type	Type of relationship that designates how an order that contains the source specification decomposes for fulfillment after you receive and approve it. Composed of is applicable for following specification: If the source specification is product specification and selected target is product specification. An order that contains the source specification and characteristics decompose into a single service order. If the source specification is service specification and selected target is service specification. If the resource specification is source specification and selected target is also resource specification. Realized as is applicable for following specification: If the source specification is product specification and selected target is service specification. If the source specification is service specification and selected target is service specification. Bundles is applicable for following specification: If the source specification is product specification and selected target is product specification. An order that contains the source specification and characteristics decompose into unique order line items for each of the target specifications bundled from that parent product specification. If the source specification is service specification and selected target is service specification. If the resource specification is source specification and selected target is also resource specification. Requires is applicable for following specification: If the product specification is product specification and selected target is resource specification. To enable the delivery of the promised services in the specification, an order that contains the source specification and characteristics also requires the target resource specification. If the service specification is service specification and selected target is resource specification.
   Order	Enter a numeric value that represents the order in which this relationship is applied, if there is more than one relationship.
   Minimum quantity	Required minimum number of specifications for an order.
   Default quantity	Default quantity if there is no selected amount.
   Maximum quantity	Maximum quantity of specifications.
   Quantity characteristic	Source specification characteristic that is used for quantity mapping. The quantity characteristic is supported only for a specification relationship in a product specification.

7. Select Save.

What to do next

Optionally, create decomposition rules for selected specification relationships that have a product, service, or resource specification as the source specification. For more information, see: .