Eligibility for Offer and Price Engine

The following models of eligibility are supported:

• Segment eligibility

  Segment eligibility is configured in the product catalog. Each product is configured with one to many segments. Eligibility is determined by specifying a list of segments on the request message. For each segment specified in the request, there must be an exact match on the product for it to be returned. The product might have additional segments and still be eligible. The list of products matching the specified segments is then returned, adjusted by the specified filters. This method is suitable for all order management environments. It also reduces the number of relationships to be configured in the catalog.

• Filters
  The use of filters whenever applicable is encouraged. Using filters has the following advantages:

  • All commercial products are not evaluated for offerings and prices.
  • Increases performance, because only a limited set of offers is evaluated.