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  • 1.  TMF634 valueType in CharacteristicSpecification and CharacteristicValueSpecification

    TM Forum Member
    Posted Apr 18, 2024 11:05

    Hi All,

    could you please share, what is the difference between valueType property in CharacteristicSpecification and in CharacteristicValueSpecification, see picture.

    They both have the same description: "A String. A kind of value that the characteristic value can take on, such as numeric, text and so forth."



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    Anna Berdnikova
    Deutsche Telekom AG
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  • 2.  RE: TMF634 valueType in CharacteristicSpecification and CharacteristicValueSpecification

    TM Forum Member
    Posted Apr 21, 2024 03:05

    Hi Anna

    Thanks for the question.

    At least in principle, the valueType should be the same in both of these sub-entities. It probably doesn't make sense that a characteristic spec defined as "number" could have a list of valid values with different types, e.g. "string".

    However the model allows for maximum flexibility, I suppose just in case that there is a use case where the values are specified in one way and the base characteristic is specified in a different way.

    Hope it helps



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    Jonathan Goldberg
    Amdocs Management Limited
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  • 3.  RE: TMF634 valueType in CharacteristicSpecification and CharacteristicValueSpecification

    TM Forum Member
    Posted Apr 25, 2024 02:58

    Hi Jonathan,

    Thank you for the reply. I can't imagine the proper use case, but let it be 😊



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    Anna Berdnikova
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