The Concatenate Operator component allows you to concatenate two or more string properties or character strings. The Concatenate Operator component allows you to concatenate two or more string properties or character strings.
For reporting purpose, an operator needs to create a CSV file which must contain some information such as customer name, service, consumption date, and duration. In a price plan, the operator uses a Concatenate Operator component to generate a computed property from the properties of the price plan. For example, the operator can build sentences like this one: "John Smith consumed the Internet service QuickAccess on Monday the 03 of October 2011 at 11:55:26 during 15 seconds".
Name: Type the name of the component (mandatory).
Description: Allows you to type the description of the component (optional).
Computed Property Name: Type the name of the new string property that retrieves the concatenation result.
Fields Separator: Provides the set of separators that is used to separate the concatenated properties. Select a separator (Semicolon, Tabulation, and so on), or click Other, and then type a character that you want as a separator.
No Separator: Select this option if you do not want to separate the concatenated properties
Semicolon: Select this option if you want a semicolon as a separator
Tabulation: Select this option if you want a tabulation as a separator
Comma: Select this option if you want a comma as a separator
Space: Select this option if you want a space as a separator
Slash: Select this option if you want a slash as a separator
Other: Type a character that you want as a separator
Elements to Concatenate: Allows you to choose the string properties or type the character strings that you want to concatenate. The Concatenate Operator concatenates the values of properties or character strings in the order of the table from the top to the bottom of the table. To add a property to the table, click 
, and then select a property or type a new property.
: Adds a row to the table.
: Deletes a row from the table.
: Moves a row up in the table to change the order of properties or character strings.
: Moves a row down in the table to changes the order of properties or character strings.