--- schema_version: "1" id: 64fd6ec469049a8cb2265a08952ef607902bc977126bbf624699fb8637bd1d0b title: Product Catalog Naming Conventions collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/ind/264-0-0/comms_epc_name_conventions.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.comms_epc_name_conventions.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 04e4b8da58fbedcafc8c17544ccda4d234c299d8f7d0cb9275fc39247cf78b1c description: When you create catalog entities, using naming conventions for each type of entity makes the codes consistent. Sales agents and product modelers alike can more easily and quickly identity that they use the right type of entity. products: - Communications - Media - Energy and Utilities release: "264" --- # Product Catalog Naming Conventions When you create catalog entities, using naming conventions for each type of entity makes the codes consistent. Sales agents and product modelers alike can more easily and quickly identity that they use the right type of entity. ## Examples of Code Naming Conventions You can define name conventions, such as a suffix or prefix, for your organization to identify entities in the product catalog. Salesforce provides some examples of code prefixes.

EPC Entity	Code Prefix	Example Code	Notes
Attribute	ATT_(TYPE)_		You can add code for the type of attribute, such as RT for Run-Time, DT for Design-Time, or DC for Decomposition (used in Industries Order Management).
		ATT_RT_PAY_TYPE	Payment type (full or monthly plans) (run-time)
		ATT_DT_CON	Connection type (design-time)
Attribute Category	ACAT_	ACAT_PHONES
		ACAT_GAS
Context Action	CA_
Context Dimension	DIM_	DIM_ACCOUNTTYPE	Account type
		DIM_SLA	Service Level Agreement
		DIM_PRIORITY	Priority
Context Scope	SCOPE_	SCOPE_ORDER	Root scope for Order sObject
		SCOPE_ASSET	Root scope for Asset sObject
Discount	ACCT_	ACCT_10M_Discount	Account discount 10% off monthly charges for the account for a year
	OD	OD_10_OT	Order discount 10% off one-time charges for whole order or quote.
	CD_	CD_15_MONTHLY_1YR	Contract discount Discount all monthly charges by 15% for one year.
Function	FN_	FN_2PHONES_FAM	Customer with more than two phones who might qualify for family plan.
Picklist	PKL_	PKL_BAND_COLOR PKL_METERTYPE	Band color for smartwatch Meter type
Picklist Item	PLI_	PLI_CLR_GREY PLI_MTR_SMART	Grey color Smart meter
Price List	PL_	PL_B2B	Price list for B2B
Pricing Element	OT_(PRICE)		One-time price
	RM_(PRICE)		Recurring monthly
	OT_FREE		One-time free
	RM_FREE		Recurring monthly free
	LP_(PRICE)_OT		One-time loyalty points
	LP_(PRICE)_RM		Recurring monthly loyalty points
	ADJ_(PERCENTAGE)_OFF		One-time adjustment percentage
	M_ADJ_(PERCENTAGE)_OFF		Recurring monthly adjustment percentage
	ADJ_(AMOUNT)_OFF		One-time adjustment amount
	M_ADJ_(AMOUNT)_OFF		Recurring monthly adjustment amount
Pricing Variable	EFF_OT_LTY_TOTAL		Effective one-time loyalty total
	EFF_OT_STD_PRC_TOTAL		Effective one-time standard price total
	EFFECTIVE_QUANTITY		Effective quantity
	EFF_REC_MNTH_STD_PRC_TOTAL		Effective Recurring monthly standard price total
	LINE_QUANTITY		Line quantity
	OT_FEE		One-time fee
	OT_LTY		One-time loyalty
	OT_LTY_TOTAL		One-time loyalty total
	OT_STD_PRC		One-time standard price
	OT_STD_PRC_ADJ_ABS		One-time standard price adjustment absolute
	OT_STD_PRC_ADJ_PCT		One-time standard price adjustment percentage
	OT_STD_PRC_CALC		One-time standard price calculated
	OT_STD_PRC_DISC_PCT_MAN		One-time
	OT_STD_PRC_TOTAL		One-time
	REC_MNTH_STD_PRC		Recurring monthly standard price
	REC_MNTH_STD_PRC_ADJ_ABS		Recurring monthly standard price adjustment absolute
	REC_MNTH_STD_PRC_ADJ_PCT		Recurring monthly standard price adjustment percentage
	REC_MNTH_STD_PRC_CALC		Recurring monthly standard price calculated
	REC_MNTH_STD_PRC_DISC_PCT_MAN		Recurring monthly standard price discount percentage manual
	REC_MNTH_STD_PRC_TOTAL		Recurring monthly standard price total
	ROLLUP_OT_LTY_TOTAL		Rollup one-time loyalty total
	ROLLUP_OT_STD_PRC_TOTAL		Rollup one-time standard price total
	ROLLUP_REC_MNTH_STD_PRC_TOTAL		Rollup recurring monthly standard price total
	USAGE		Usage
Product	C_	C_FIXED_ENERGY	Commercial product Basic consumer fixed energy product.
	T_		Technical product (resource, service)
Promotion	PROMO_	PROMO_STUDENTINTERNET PROMO_PHONE10_01	20% off phone 10 plus $20 data plan for 6 months with 2-year subscription.
Rule	RULE_		Codes for rules shouldn't have spaces.
		RULE_NEW_ACCTS	Selects new customer accounts.
		RULE_EXCLUSIVE_REGION	Selects accounts in exclusive regions.
Rule Condition	RC_	RC_NEW_ACCTS	AccountStatus equals New
		RC_WEST_REGION	Region equals West
Time Plan	TP_(X)M	TP_36M	Time plan where X is the number and M is the unit of time (months in this case).
Time Policy	TPOL_(DATE\|DURATION)		Time policy with duration or date information.
		TPOL_ACTSTART_ENDPLAN	Time policy with the start and end dates. ACTSTART is Activation Start, and ENDPLAN is End of Plan Duration
		TPOL_CYCLESTART	CYCLESTART is Cycle Start Date, and it is supposed to have as Cycle End Date as End Time Policy.
		TPOL_FIRSTDAY	FIRSTDAY is First Day of Month
		TPOL_PURCHASEDATE	Where PURCHASEDATE is the start Time Policy
		TPOL_PURCHASEDATE_ENDPLAN	PURCHASEDATE is the start Time Policy and ENDPLAN is the End Plan Duration