About Comparators

Note: You can use the Comparators components in a price plan, in a pricing macro, in a charging plan, or in the refill logic.

A comparator component compares properties of the same type. The comparator component can compare properties of chargeable item classes, parameters, counters or properties generated by another component. When you insert it in the decision tree, the comparator component creates one or more branches depending on the type of comparison.

Several types of comparator component are available depending on the type of property used for comparison. For example, you can use:

A Numerical Comparator component to compare the value of a numerical property with another value
A Date Comparator component to compare a date property type with time slots

Comparator components

The following comparator components are available with SAP Convergent Charging®:

Icon	Name	Action/Usage
	Date / Time Slot	Compares two date properties with five comparison operators: - Daily - Weekly - Monthly - Yearly
	Dates	Compares the value of a date property with one or several of the following criteria: - Day of week - Day of month - Month - Year
	Interval Switching	Compares a numerical property with intervals or values.
	Mapping Table	Allows you to use an existing Mapping Table Class in a plan.
	Numbers	Compares the value of a numerical property with a value or another numerical property.
	Prefix Switching	Compares a string property with prefixes of string type.
	Public Holidays	Compares a date property with one or more public holidays.
	Strings	Compares the value of a string property with a value or with another string property.
	Switching	Compares the state of a prepaid account with one or more predefined values (Active, Blocked, Locked, or Closed).