Creating Plugin Script

Question

Hi Friends,
I want to create plugin script for algorithm ,can any one pls explain me doubts to crate this plugin
1.In Plugin Script How can i get the soft paramenters (like in service script we have schema containts local variables(parms) for getting values from ui)
2.how can we include new hard parameters into Algorithm entity(should we place use=input/output)
My Requirment is the plugin script should take accountid and return boolean value by validating contracted quantity.
i tested this requirment with one simple ui and service script which use Bussiness Service .how can i convert service script to plugin script
For creating plugin script i am taking Ratecomponet as algorithm entity.here how can i get accountid and how can i send boolean value as a result.
thanks&regards
sivaram

Answer 1

Your requirements are a bit confusing, when you say "contracted quantity", are you referring to the Contract Quantity defined on the Service Agreement (if maintained)? OR since you have mentioned Account, is the "contracted quantity" defined on the Account as a Characteristic?
If the latter then you don't need any Algorithm or Plug-in Script to do the task, you can configure Rate Component Eligibility - Criteria Field as 'Characteristic' and specify Account as the Characteristic Entity and choose the characteristic type. Also, use Rate Component Eligibility - Criteria Comparison and specify the logical operator for comparing the retrieved "contracted quantity" on the Account. Alternatively, you could also configure a SQ Rule having SQ Algorithm of type 'Characteristic Value' and retrieve the "contracted quantity" from the Account. In this case you can then have Rate Component Eligibility - Criteria Field to be 'Service Quantity', select the SQI defined on the SQ Rule and do the comparison.
If the former, you need to define a SQ Rule (also configured on the Rate Schedule) to fetch the Contract Quantity of a specific type on the SA and assign it to the SQ Array of your choice.
In either case you don't need a custom Plug-in Script / Algorithm (I assume Rate Component - Criteria Field spot/entity).
Nevertheless, if you still want to define an Algorithm for Rate Component - Criteria Field entity, you should keep following points in mind (considering your requirement):
- Account Id is not available in the given script schema, although SA Id is available, hence you'd need a Business Service to retrieve the Account Id from the SA Id.
- After evaluation, you need to return a boolean for following"output" parameters, either true or false:
parm/hard/isSingleCriteriaFieldValue
parm/hard/singleCriteriaFieldValue
parm/hard/isCriteriaFieldFound- Thereafter, compare the boolean value under Rate Component Eligibility - Criteria Comparison and set the "If True" and "If False" conditions as per your requirements.