Option clause terms in visualized product

Option clause terms let you choose from a predefined list of options. Option terms can have labels like 100, 500, or Statutory. Each option term has a numeric value. In the visualized product you can set the return value for each term. The term labeled 100 might return 100 or a multiplier of 100. The Statutory term also returns a numeric value.

To view option clause terms in a visualized product, go the coverage, condition, or exclusion, and select Terms to display the Clause Terms popup. The terms are listed in a table. Select Definition in a clause term to view the Drop-Down Definition popup. The option clause terms have a Value column. The label Value is editable. Change Value to an appropriate short name for the clause term options.
Drop-down Type is Option. The Value column type is Other. The Label and Value on the first option clause term is 49.95. The Label and Value on the second is 99.95.

Mind map

The following mind map shows coverages with Number, Decimal, and Monetary Amount option coverage terms.Coverages clause category has Number Liability, Decimal Liability, and Monetary Liability coverage children. Number Liability has Number Options drop-down list with children 1 and 5 numbers. Decimal Liability has Decimal Options drop-down list with 49.95 and 99.95 decimal children. Monetary Liability has Monetary Options drop-down list with 500.00 and 1000.00 monetary amount children.

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Visualized product

When you import or update the mind map into PolicyCenter, the Money, Number, and Decimal list items are imported as option clause terms.

If you select Default Additional Fields when you import or update the mind map, the topic text of option coverage terms becomes the Value and Description. For example, 49.95 and 99.95 become the Value and Description of the drop-down list items. If the marker type is Money in the mind map, Currency is set to the default currency.

In the Drop-Down Definition popup, the Drop-Down Type is Option. If the list item marker type is Money in the mind map, the clause term Value defaults to Money type in the visualized product. If the marker type is Number or Decimal, the clause term Value defaults to Other. You can change the Value to a more appropriate type such as Count, Days, Hours, Money, or Percent.

Changing Text markers to option clause terms

For option clause terms with text labels, Guidewire recommends that you use the marker appropriate for the value, such as Number, Decimal, or Monetary Amount. Text items do not import by default to option clause terms in the visualized product. However, if the mind map has Text markers for the option clause terms, you can change them to option clause terms in the visualized product.

If the marker type is Text in the mind map, then the drop-down list defaults to a typelist in the visualized product. Change this to an option clause term on the Drop-Down Definition popup by changing Drop-Down Type from Typelist to Option. The label Value is editable. Change Value to an appropriate short name for the clause term options.