8BAutomaticPolicyNumber

112BDescription

This business rule generates the PolicyNumber when a new policy is stored. In order for this functionality to be invoked the <AutomaticPolicyNumber> tag should be set to Yes or optional in the PolicyScreen business rule.

AutomaticPolicyNumber Element\Attribute Table

Element/Tag	Definition	Attribute	Element/Attribute Value and Description
<AutomaticPolicyNumber>	The opening and closing tag.
<Part>	Indicates the value of the field parts to define and format the PolicyNumber.	TYPE	VALUE - Defines a set value and what the value will be for the PolicyNumber. SYSTEMDATE- Indicates that a portion of the current date will be used in the creation of the PolicyNumber. Used in conjunction with the FORMAT attribute. FIELD- Defines that a value from a field will be used in the PolicyNumber. SEQUENCE- Indicates the value is in AsSequence table. The value of the table is inserted according to the number of digits specified in the FORMAT attribute.
<Part>		FORMAT	Indicates the formatting to be performed on the type attributes. YY - Used to indicate that the last two digits of the current year should be used. '0xxxxx'- Used to indicate the number of places that the sequence number should be generated to.

114BXML Example

<Part TYPE="FIELD">StatutoryCompany</Part>

<Part TYPE="SEQUENCE" FORMAT="000000">PolicyNumber</Part>

</AutomaticPolicyNumber>

Builds a policy number similar to this format AVA043000001.

Schema Example

In the PolicyScreen Business Rule

</PolicyScreen>

In the AutomaticPolicyNumber Business Rule

<Part TYPE="FIELD" LEFT="1">Carrier</Part>

<Part TYPE="SEQUENCE" FORMAT="000000">SubmissionNumber</Part>