Service Options on a Hierarchy of Services

Services linked as subordinated to another service can also be assigned one or more service options. During service instantiation, this assignment effectively filters the scope of included subordinated services to only those whose service option corresponds to the service option selected for the 'root' superior service being instantiated.

Example:

Let's have an 'Email Service' with subordinated services as depicted in the image below.

• When the service is instantiated for service option 'Gold', both 'User Helpdesk' and 'Mail Application Service' will be included. (Note: 'Mail Application Service' does not have a service option assigned and that is why it is used regardless of the service option specified during instantiation.)
• When the service is instantiated e.g. for service option 'Silver', only 'Mail Application Service' will be included. (The same note as above applies.)