AccountResolution

Program ID

MetraPipeline.AccountResolution.1

Description

AccountResolution plug-in is used to get account information listed in outputs section, based on either _AccountId or LoginName (Payer) and namespace pair. This way or another is determined by resolvewithIDflag. If it's set, then _AccountID is expected in session, otherwise Payer and Namespace properties are expected to be in session. If ResolveWithIDFlag property is already in session, it will override the one set in this configuration file. 

Required Input Properties

Tag name

Value type

Description

payer

string

Reference to an account in the external system.

name_space

string

Namespace that uniquely identifies the username.  Usually, it is the identifier associated with the customer, such as MT for MetraTech.

accountID

integer

A unique value generated for the created account.  No two users in the MetraTech system will have the same account ID.

resolvewithIDflag

Boolean

Flag indicating if the resolution done based on login and namespace or account ID.

Required Output Properties

Tag name

Value type

Description

tariffID

integer

Associated tariff ID of the customer

geocode

integer

A unique number used for Rating within the pipeline.  It is unique to a city, state and zip.

taxexempt

string

A one character string indicating whether a user is tax-exempt or not

timezoneID

integer

A unique identifier corresponding to a specific timezone

timezoneoffset

decimal

Offset with respect to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

paymentmethod

integer

A number to denote the payment method.  1 à None and 2 à Credit Card

accountstartdate

string

The start date associated with the account

accountenddate

string

The end date associated with the account

tariffname

string

Name of the tariff

usagecycletype

string

String indicating which cycle type. See the Usage Server Guide for more details.

On-demand
Daily
Weekly
Bi-weekly
Semi-monthly
Monthly
Quarterly
Annually

Additional Configuration Tags

None

Configuration Example

<configdata>
          <payer>payer</payer>
          <namespace>namespace</namespace>
          <tariffID>tariffID</tariffID>
          <geocode>GeoCode</geocode>
          <taxexempt>taxexempt</taxexempt>
          <timezoneID>timezoneID</timezoneID>
          <timezoneoffset>timezoneoffset</timezoneoffset>
          <paymentmethod>paymentmethod</paymentmethod>
          <accountstartdate>accountstartdate</accountstartdate>
          <accountenddate>accountenddate</accountenddate>
          <tariffname>TariffName</tariffname>
          <usagecycletype>usagecycletype</usagecycletype>
          <accountID>_AccountID</accountID>
          <resolvewithIDflag ptype="BOOL">FALSE</resolvewithIDflag>
<!--

          <createinstantaccountflagptype="BOOL">TRUE</createinstantaccountflag>
          <accountcreated>accountcreated</accountcreated>
-->

</configdata>

Remarks

Account Resolution can be done in two ways.  The external account and namespace can be used to resolve or the account ID itself.  If resolution through ID is desired, then resolvewithIDflag should be set to TRUE, otherwise FALSE.