The operation type allows you to specify whether to credit or debit the client or the partner involved.
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Note: Operation types are set up on the Definition tab of charges included in charge plans. |
Example
Learn.com offers its customers a range of online training materials. It buys tutorials from specialized authors, converts them into electronic format, and adapts them to e-learning. Customers can buy these training materials in modules and download them. Costs may vary from module to module and can be determined by a module code. The Purchase Module charge is a master charge for the following reasons:
When a customer decides to buy a module, the cost self-triggers because it does not depend on another event.
The price to be paid can be calculated in the price plan of the Purchase Module charge without requiring the intermediary calculation of another price plan. Customers choose their module when executing a download command, which means the module code is part of the rating context. Once the Module Code user property has been created in the chargeable item package, this data may be used in the price plan of the Purchase Module charge to determine the price.