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Find the Column Number of a Service Option Element

When you specify a conditions based on the attributes of service option elements, you include the column number. This column number is the position of the service option element in its service option. This requirement applies to both global and attached policies. For global policies only, you also specify the row number of the service option in its service option group.

Follow these steps:

1. Click Catalog, Service Offerings.

   The Services Offerings tree appears and displays the folders containing services, organized hierarchically according to categories.

2. Click the Option Groups tab.

   The Option Groups tree appears and lists alphabetically all service option groups for the business unit.

3. Click the service option group of interest.

   The details for the service option group appear.

4. Click the Definition tab.

   The service options in the group appear, listed one after the other.

5. Edit the service option of interest.

   The service option Details page opens, and the service option elements appear.

6. Edit or add the service option element of interest, for example, a rate, reservation, or text element.

   The Service Option Element Definition dialog appears.

7. Click the Options tab and view the Column field near the top of the dialog. Record the number for use in conditions.

   Note: Column numbers start at 1 and increase sequentially by 1 as you add service option elements to a service option.

You have found the column number of the service option element. You can now use the column number in a condition based on the attributes of a service option element.

Examples

For example, a service option group lists these service options, in sequential order: Gold, Silver, and Bronze. The Gold service option is in row 1, the Silver service option is in row 2, and the Bronze service option is in row 3. Each service option has a rate service option element in column 5.

The following examples apply to global policies only:

To specify a condition for the Gold service option, use the following format:

$(_.sog['sogname'].serviceoption[1].soe[5].attribute operator 'value')

Similarly, to specify a condition for the Silver service option, use the following format:

$(_.sog['sogname'].serviceoption[2].soe[5].attribute operator 'value')

The following example applies to attached policies only:

To specify a condition for any of the three options, use the following format:

$(_.serviceoption.soe[5].attribute operator 'value')