A database record controls a license to use a computational component. An
input receives an order identifier associated with an order related to a
computational component and an interface retrieves order information
associated with the identifier. The order information comprises at least
one material code. A material code mapping agent compares the material
code with at least one material code mapping table to identify
corresponding computational component information associated with the
material code. In another configuration, a transaction record includes
first information associated with the order, the order relates to at
least a first computational component and/or feature thereof, a
configuration file includes second information different from the first
information, the configuration file relates to at least one
telecommunication switch/server, and a configuration file processing
agent compares some of the first information with some of the second
information to form a system record having both first and second
information.