Glossary - D

DataType

This is the type of data in a request or response. Our system uses SQL Server so the datatypes defined follow SQL server definitions. The datatypes available are:

• Bit

• Boolean

• Decimal

• Integer

• String

Date Of Birth

The date of birth of the customer in the format YYYY-MM-DD e.g. 1999-05-19 is the 19th May 1995.

Date Due

The date by which a payment should be made.

Decimal

Decimal is a signed numerical data type with a decimal place. In general, most decimal datatypes in iVectorConnect are configured to contain a maxmum of 16 digits to the left of the decimal place and 2 digits to the right of the decimal place. There are many exceptions to this however, depending on where this is used.

The maximum value is where every digit is a 9, the minimum value is where the decimal is a negative and every digit is a 9.

Default Baggage Description

DefaultBaggageDescription

Default Baggage Price

The price of baggage on the flight by default.

Default Baggage Price Basis

This describes the basis for setting prices for baggage on flight bookings by default.

Departure Airport

This is the airport that a flight or outbound flight will be departing from.

Departure Airport ID

Unique identifier in iVectorConnect for the departure airport.

Departure Airport Group

This is the departure airport group that an outbound flight will be departing from. For example, an airport group might be London All. If this airport group is searched for in a flight search, flights from all airports in this group will be searched, for example flights from London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London Stansted and London Luton might all be returned in the search results.

Departure Airport Group ID

Unique identifier in iVectorConnect for the departure airport group.

Departure Date

This is the local departure date of a leg of a journey, in the format YYYY-MM-DD. For example the 28th of June 2015 is represented 2015-06-28.

Departure Parent Type

This describes the type of departure point for a transfer. This will be one of Property, Resort, Region, Airport, Port or Station

Departure Parent Type ID

Unique identifier for the type of location from which a transfer will depart.  If the DepartureParentType is a

• Property, the DepartureParentTypeID will be the PropertyReferenceID of this property,

• Resort, the DepartureParentTypeID will be the GeographyLevel3ID of this resort,

• Airport, the DepartureParentTypeID will be the AirportID of this airport,

• Port, the DepartureParentTypeID will be the PortID of this port, or

• Station, the DepartureParentTypeID will be the StationID of this station.

Departure Time

This is the time that the journey departs in local time. The time must be a valid time on the 24 hour clock in the format hh:mm, e.g. 00:35 means 12:35 in the morning, 12:00 means 12 o'clock noon.

Description (Flight Extra)

A string field containing a brief description of the flight extra.

Difference Baggage Price

The total difference between price of baggage with default baggage and without default baggage on a flight for all passengers on the booking.

Difference Total Price

The difference between the total price of a flight with default baggage applied and without default baggage applied.

Difference Seat Price

The total difference between the customer price per seat with default baggage and without default baggage on a particular flight.

Discount

An amount a customer price or rate will be reduced by, offering a saving to the customer.

Duration

This defines the number of nights a holiday stay will be. The datatype is an integer and the value cannot be negative.