11i Advanced Pricing Fundamentals: D17037GC20 Edition 2.0 December 2004 D40099

11i Advanced Pricing
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D17037GC20
Edition 2.0
December 2004
D40099
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Table of Contents
Overview of Advanced Pricing .......................................................................................................................1-1
Overview of Advanced Pricing .....................................................................................................................1-2
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................1-3
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................1-5
What is Oracle Advanced Pricing..................................................................................................................1-6
Benefits of Advanced Pricing........................................................................................................................1-8
Overview of Advanced Pricing in the Order to Cash Process .......................................................................1-9
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................1-10
From Basic Pricing to Advanced ...................................................................................................................1-11
Advanced Pricing ..........................................................................................................................................1-12
Basic/Advanced Pricing Summary: Pricing Security ....................................................................................1-15
Basic/Advanced Pricing Summary: Price Lists .............................................................................................1-16
Basic/Advanced Pricing Summary: Agreements...........................................................................................1-18
Basic/Advanced Pricing Summary: Formulas ...............................................................................................1-19
Basic/Advanced Pricing Summary: Modifiers ..............................................................................................1-20
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................1-24
Pricing Engine Overview...............................................................................................................................1-25
Pricing Engine ...............................................................................................................................................1-28
Pricing Engine Process ..................................................................................................................................1-30
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................1-32
Advanced Pricing Features ............................................................................................................................1-33
The Advanced Pricing Process ......................................................................................................................1-34
Qualifiers .......................................................................................................................................................1-35
Qualifier Groups ............................................................................................................................................1-36
Modifiers .......................................................................................................................................................1-37
Accruals.........................................................................................................................................................1-39
Formulas ........................................................................................................................................................1-40
Price Lists ......................................................................................................................................................1-42
Pricing Attributes...........................................................................................................................................1-43
Contexts.........................................................................................................................................................1-44
Attribute Management...................................................................................................................................1-45
Responsibility Levels ....................................................................................................................................1-46
Oracle Pricing Administrator.........................................................................................................................1-47
Oracle Pricing Manager.................................................................................................................................1-48
Oracle Pricing User .......................................................................................................................................1-49
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................1-50
Oracle Advanced Pricing HTML User Interface (UI) ...................................................................................1-51
Description of Major Changes.......................................................................................................................1-52
Pricing Home Page (HTML UI) ....................................................................................................................1-53
Modifier Setup (HTML UI)...........................................................................................................................1-54
Shortcut Region from HTML Home page.....................................................................................................1-56
Shortcut Region (HTML Home page) ...........................................................................................................1-57
Summary........................................................................................................................................................1-58
Generic Implementation Setup.......................................................................................................................2-1
Generic Implementation Setup ......................................................................................................................2-2
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................2-3
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................2-4
Perform System Administration Steps...........................................................................................................2-5
Set Profile Options.........................................................................................................................................2-6
Set Multi-Currency Profile Options...............................................................................................................2-8
Perform System Sourcing ..............................................................................................................................2-9
Verify or Create Pricing Transaction Entity ..................................................................................................2-10
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Create Qualifier Contexts and Qualifier Attributes .......................................................................................2-11

Create Pricing Contexts, Pricing Attributes, and Product Attributes.............................................................2-12
Perform Attribute Management.....................................................................................................................2-13
Define Unit of Measure .................................................................................................................................2-14
Define Unit of Measure Conversions ............................................................................................................2-15
Define Item Category Sets and Item Categories............................................................................................2-16
Set Up Inventory Organization......................................................................................................................2-17
Define Item Information ................................................................................................................................2-18
Create Item Relationships..............................................................................................................................2-19
Define Pricing Lookups.................................................................................................................................2-20
Define Oracle Order Management Lookups..................................................................................................2-21
Define Shipping Lookups ..............................................................................................................................2-22
Set Up Customer Class and Profile Class......................................................................................................2-24
Define Customers and Customer Sites ..........................................................................................................2-25
Define Transaction Types..............................................................................................................................2-26
Define Freight Terms.....................................................................................................................................2-27
Define Freight Cost Type ..............................................................................................................................2-28
Define Payment Terms ..................................................................................................................................2-29
Enable Currencies..........................................................................................................................................2-31
Create Events and Phases ..............................................................................................................................2-32
Set up Pricing Security ..................................................................................................................................2-34
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................2-35
Advanced Pricing Concepts...........................................................................................................................2-36
Pricing Rules .................................................................................................................................................2-37
Pricing Actions ..............................................................................................................................................2-38
Pricing Controls.............................................................................................................................................2-39
Pricing Extensibility ......................................................................................................................................2-40
Attribute Mapping .........................................................................................................................................2-41
APIs ...............................................................................................................................................................2-42
Basic Flow of Pricing ....................................................................................................................................2-43
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................2-44
Methodology Steps ........................................................................................................................................2-45
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................2-46
Analyzing Pricing Needs ...............................................................................................................................2-47
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................2-50
Developing Pricing Solutions ........................................................................................................................2-51
Single or Multiple Currency Price Lists ........................................................................................................2-52
Customer Hierarchy.......................................................................................................................................2-54
Trading Community Architecture (TCA) Attributes .....................................................................................2-56
Product Hierarchy..........................................................................................................................................2-57
Item Categories and Category Sets................................................................................................................2-59
Structuring Your Pricing Rules and Actions .................................................................................................2-62
Establishing Pricing Controls ........................................................................................................................2-63
Defining Unit of Measure..............................................................................................................................2-65
Defining Unit of Measure Conversions .........................................................................................................2-66
Adjusting UOM Setups for Advanced Pricing ..............................................................................................2-67
Primary UOM Versus Pricing UOM .............................................................................................................2-68
Multiple Organizations and Pricing Actions..................................................................................................2-70
Using Qualifiers with Multiple Organizations...............................................................................................2-71
QP: Item Validation Organization .................................................................................................................2-72
Cross Order Volume Loader..........................................................................................................................2-73
Organization Specific Seeded Qualifiers and Pricing Attributes...................................................................2-75
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................2-77
Testing Your Pricing Solutions .....................................................................................................................2-78
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................2-79
Selected Advanced Pricing Lookups .............................................................................................................2-80

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Price List LOV in Order Management ..........................................................................................................2-81

Agreement Type ............................................................................................................................................2-82
Arithmetic Operator.......................................................................................................................................2-83
Comparison Operator ....................................................................................................................................2-84
Currency Precision Type ...............................................................................................................................2-85
Effective Date Types .....................................................................................................................................2-86
Incompatibility Groups..................................................................................................................................2-87
Incompatibility Resolution Code...................................................................................................................2-88
List Line Type Code ......................................................................................................................................2-89
List Type Code ..............................................................................................................................................2-93
Modifier Level Code .....................................................................................................................................2-95
Price Break Type Code..................................................................................................................................2-96
Price Formula Line Type Code......................................................................................................................2-97
Pricing Events................................................................................................................................................2-99
Pricing Buckets..............................................................................................................................................2-101
Related Modifier Group Type .......................................................................................................................2-102
Request Type .................................................................................................................................................2-103
Source System ...............................................................................................................................................2-104
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................2-105
Order Management Profile Options for Advanced Pricing ...........................................................................2-106
OM: Discounting Privileges ..........................................................................................................................2-107
OM: GSA Discount Violation Action ...........................................................................................................2-108
OM: Negative Pricing....................................................................................................................................2-109
OM: Promotion Limit Violation....................................................................................................................2-110
OM: Show Discount Details on Invoice ........................................................................................................2-111
Advanced Pricing Profile Options .................................................................................................................2-112
QP: Accrual UOM Class ...............................................................................................................................2-113
QP: Accumulation Attributes Enabled ..........................................................................................................2-114
QP: Administer Public Queries .....................................................................................................................2-115
QP: Allow Buckets for Manual Modifiers.....................................................................................................2-116
QP: Batch Size for Bulk Import.....................................................................................................................2-117
QP: Blind Discount Option............................................................................................................................2-118
QP: Break UOM Proration Allowed..............................................................................................................2-119
QP: Build Attributes Mapping Options .........................................................................................................2-120
QP: Cross Order Volume Period 1 ................................................................................................................2-121
QP: Custom Sourced .....................................................................................................................................2-125
QP: Debug .....................................................................................................................................................2-126
QP: Get Custom Price Customized................................................................................................................2-127
QP: High Volume Order Processing Compliance .........................................................................................2-129
QP: Insert Formula Step Values into Temp Table.........................................................................................2-130
QP: Inventory Decimal Precision ..................................................................................................................2-131
QP: Item Validation Organization .................................................................................................................2-132
QP: Licensed for Product ..............................................................................................................................2-134
QP: Limit Exceed Action ..............................................................................................................................2-135
QP: Line Volume UOM Code .......................................................................................................................2-136
QP: Line Weight UOM Code ........................................................................................................................2-138
QP: Modifier Find Window - Show records..................................................................................................2-140
QP: Multi-Currency Installed ........................................................................................................................2-141
QP: Multi Currency Usage ............................................................................................................................2-143
QP: Negative Pricing .....................................................................................................................................2-144
QP: Pass Qualifiers to Get_Custom_Price API .............................................................................................2-145
QP: Price Rounding .......................................................................................................................................2-146
QP: Pricing Transaction Entity......................................................................................................................2-148

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QP: Promotional Limits Installed ..................................................................................................................2-150

QP: Qualify Secondary Price Lists ................................................................................................................2-151
QP: Return Manual Discounts .......................................................................................................................2-152
QP: Satisfied Qualifiers Option .....................................................................................................................2-155
QP: Security Control .....................................................................................................................................2-156
QP: Security Default Maintain Privilege ......................................................................................................2-157
QP: Security Default ViewOnly Privilege.....................................................................................................2-158
QP: Selling Price Rounding Options .............................................................................................................2-159
QP: Set Request Name ..................................................................................................................................2-161
QP: Source System Code...............................................................................................................................2-162
QP: Time UOM Conversion..........................................................................................................................2-164
Profile Options for UOM...............................................................................................................................2-166
QP: Accrual UOM Class ...............................................................................................................................2-167
QP: Line Volume UOM Code .......................................................................................................................2-168
QP: Line Weight UOM Code ........................................................................................................................2-169
QP: Unit Price Precision Type.......................................................................................................................2-170
QP: Valueset Lookup Filter ...........................................................................................................................2-171
QP: Verify GSA Violations ...........................................................................................................................2-172
Summary........................................................................................................................................................2-173
Pricing Security ...............................................................................................................................................3-1
Pricing Security .............................................................................................................................................3-2
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................3-3
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................3-4
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................3-5
Pricing Security Administrator ......................................................................................................................3-7
Levels of Pricing Security .............................................................................................................................3-8
Functional Security........................................................................................................................................3-9
PTE + Source System Code level Security....................................................................................................3-10
Levels of Pricing Security .............................................................................................................................3-11
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................3-12
Step 1: Mapping Security Requirements .......................................................................................................3-13
Step 2: Assign Existing Pricing Entities to Operating Units (Entity Usage) .................................................3-14
Assign Existing Pricing Entities to Operating Units (Entity Usage) .........................................................3-15
Solution - Assign Existing Pricing Entities to Operating Units (Entity Usage).........................................3-16
Step 3: Create Privileges for Existing Pricing Entities ..................................................................................3-18
Create a Privilege.......................................................................................................................................3-19
Solution - Create a Privilege......................................................................................................................3-20
Step 4: Set up Default Security Profile Options ............................................................................................3-24
Set up Default Security Profile Options.....................................................................................................3-25
Solution - Set up Default Security Profile Options....................................................................................3-26
Step 5: Turning Security On using the profile option QP: Security Control .................................................3-30
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................3-31
Multiple Organizations and Pricing Actions..................................................................................................3-32
Security for Operating Units..........................................................................................................................3-33
Entity Usage ..................................................................................................................................................3-34
Owned by Operating Unit..............................................................................................................................3-36
Global Usage .................................................................................................................................................3-37
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................3-38
Creating Privileges ........................................................................................................................................3-39
Privileges: Grantee Types..............................................................................................................................3-40
Privileges: Using Grantee Types/Grantees ....................................................................................................3-42
Privileges: Access Level................................................................................................................................3-43
Privileges .......................................................................................................................................................3-44
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................3-45
Entity Sets......................................................................................................................................................3-46

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Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................3-47
Security Implementation Steps Setting up Default Security Profile Options .............................................3-48
Security Implementation Steps Turning Security On .................................................................................3-50
After the Security Upgrade: Impact of Changes............................................................................................3-52
Summary........................................................................................................................................................3-53
Qualifiers and Qualifier Groups ....................................................................................................................4-1
Qualifiers and Qualifier Groups ....................................................................................................................4-2
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................4-3
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................4-5
Overview of Qualifiers ..................................................................................................................................4-6
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................4-8
Creating Qualifiers for Price Lists or Modifiers ............................................................................................4-9
Creating List Qualifiers in Creation Flow (HTML UI) .................................................................................4-10
Creating Line Qualifiers in Creation Flow (HTML UI) ................................................................................4-11
Typical Qualifier Setup (HTML UI) .............................................................................................................4-12
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................4-13
Qualifier Terminology...................................................................................................................................4-14
Example of Qualifier Hierarchy ....................................................................................................................4-15
Qualifiers (HTML UI) ...................................................................................................................................4-16
Unique Qualifiers (HTML UI) ......................................................................................................................4-17
Common Qualifiers (HTML UI) ...................................................................................................................4-18
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................4-19
Creating Qualifier Groups .............................................................................................................................4-20
Qualifier Grouping Number ..........................................................................................................................4-21
Practice - Create a Qualifier Group ...........................................................................................................4-23
Solution Create a Qualifier Group ..........................................................................................................4-25
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................4-29
Appending Qualifier Groups .........................................................................................................................4-30
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................4-31
Entering Qualifier Information (Forms UI) ...................................................................................................4-32
Qualifier Grouping Number (Forms UI) .......................................................................................................4-34
Selected Qualifier Groups..............................................................................................................................4-35
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................4-36
Appending Qualifier Groups (Forms UI) ......................................................................................................4-37
Retaining Grouping Numbers Across Qualifier Groups................................................................................4-38
Generating Unique Grouping Numbers Across Qualifier Groups.................................................................4-39
Summary........................................................................................................................................................4-40
Price Lists .........................................................................................................................................................5-1
Price Lists ......................................................................................................................................................5-2
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................5-3
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................5-5
Overview of Pricing Process .........................................................................................................................5-6
Price Lists Overview .....................................................................................................................................5-7
Price List Information....................................................................................................................................5-8
Basic List Information ...................................................................................................................................5-10
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................5-12
Bulk Uploading of Price Lists .......................................................................................................................5-13
Bulk Loader for Price List .............................................................................................................................5-14
Setting up Bulk Loader for Price List Step 1: Loading Data ........................................................................5-15
Setting up Bulk Loader for Price List Step 2: Pre-Processing Steps ............................................................5-16
Setting up Bulk Loader for Price List Step 3: Importing Data .....................................................................5-17
Bulk Loader Processing.................................................................................................................................5-18
Bulk Loader: Profile Options.........................................................................................................................5-19
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................5-22
Creating Price Lists .......................................................................................................................................5-23
Creating Price Lists: Flow .............................................................................................................................5-26

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Create List: General Information...................................................................................................................5-27

Secondary Price List......................................................................................................................................5-29
Secondary Price List Region: Precedence .....................................................................................................5-30
QP: Qualify Secondary Price Lists ................................................................................................................5-32
Create List: List Qualifier..............................................................................................................................5-33
Create List: Review .......................................................................................................................................5-35
Practice - Create a Price List......................................................................................................................5-37
Solution - Creating a Price List..................................................................................................................5-39
Adding Price List Lines (HTML UI).............................................................................................................5-47
Price List Lines..............................................................................................................................................5-48
Default UOM for Price Lists .........................................................................................................................5-50
List Line Information.....................................................................................................................................5-51
Price List Line Values ...................................................................................................................................5-53
Price List Lines Example...............................................................................................................................5-55
Practice - Create Price List Lines ..............................................................................................................5-56
Solution - Create Price List Lines..............................................................................................................5-58
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................5-65
Overview of Price Breaks..............................................................................................................................5-66
Types of Price Breaks....................................................................................................................................5-67
Price Breaks...................................................................................................................................................5-68
Block Pricing .................................................................................................................................................5-72
Usage Proration of Price Breaks....................................................................................................................5-73
Advantages of Usage Proration .....................................................................................................................5-74
Usage Proration of Price Breaks....................................................................................................................5-75
Usage Modification - Proration Dependencies and Interactions...................................................................5-77
Practice - Create Point and Range Price Breaks for Price List Items ........................................................5-78
Solution - Working with Point and Range Price Breaks............................................................................5-81
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................5-92
Price List Maintenance Feature .....................................................................................................................5-93
Practice - Use Price List Maintenance to Find and Change Price Lists .....................................................5-94
Solution - Use Price List Maintenance to Find and Change Price Lists ....................................................5-96
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................5-103
Overview of Multi-Currency Conversion Lists .............................................................................................5-104
Multi-Currency Conversion Lists ..................................................................................................................5-106
Attributes .......................................................................................................................................................5-107
Markup Values and Formulas........................................................................................................................5-108
Implementation Decisions for Creating Multi-Currency Conversion Lists ...................................................5-109
Combining Price Lists ...................................................................................................................................5-111
Rounding .......................................................................................................................................................5-113
Rounding Behavior During Currency Conversion Calculations: Non-Service Items....................................5-114
Rounding Behavior During Currency Conversion Calculations: Service Items............................................5-115
QP: Selling Price Rounding Options = Individual.........................................................................................5-116
QP: Selling Price Rounding Options = N (No)..............................................................................................5-117
Profile: QP Multi-Currency Installed ............................................................................................................5-118
Multi-Currency Conversion Lists ..................................................................................................................5-120
Using Conversion Types ...............................................................................................................................5-121
Creating a Multi-Currency Conversion List ..................................................................................................5-123
Creating Conversion Criteria Detail ..............................................................................................................5-125
Example of Using Precedence .......................................................................................................................5-127
Attaching Multi-Currency Conversion Lists to Price Lists or Agreements ...................................................5-129
Multi-Currency Changes to Price Lists and Agreements...............................................................................5-132
Upgrading from Single Currency to Multi-Currency Price Lists...................................................................5-134
Using Multi-Currency Price Lists with Other Oracle Products .....................................................................5-136
Practice - Create a Multi-Currency Conversion List .................................................................................5-137
Solution - Create a Multi-Currency Conversion List.................................................................................5-139
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................5-145
Maintaining Price Lists..................................................................................................................................5-146

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Copying Price Lists .......................................................................................................................................5-147

Practice - Copy a Price List .......................................................................................................................5-150
Solution - Copy a Price List.......................................................................................................................5-151
Copying Price List Lines ...............................................................................................................................5-155
Adding Inventory Items to Price Lists...........................................................................................................5-156
Adding Items to Price Lists ...........................................................................................................................5-157
Updating Prices Manually for Price List Lines..............................................................................................5-159
Adjusting Price Lists .....................................................................................................................................5-160
Querying Price List Lines..............................................................................................................................5-163
Deleting Price List Information .....................................................................................................................5-165
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................5-166
Creating Agreements .....................................................................................................................................5-167
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................5-169
Overview of General Services Administration (GSA) Pricing ......................................................................5-170
What is GSA? ................................................................................................................................................5-171
Creating GSA Price Lists ..............................................................................................................................5-172
Main Tab Information ...................................................................................................................................5-174
Modifiers Summary Tab Information............................................................................................................5-175
Discounts/Charges Tab Information..............................................................................................................5-176
Creating GSA List Qualifiers ........................................................................................................................5-177
Creating GSA Price Lists ..............................................................................................................................5-182
OM: Allow Negative Pricing.........................................................................................................................5-184
Overview of Creating Agreements ................................................................................................................5-185
Generic or Customer Specific Agreements....................................................................................................5-188
Types of Agreements.....................................................................................................................................5-189
Standard Price List.........................................................................................................................................5-190
Agreement Price List .....................................................................................................................................5-191
Merging Customers .......................................................................................................................................5-192
Creating Agreements .....................................................................................................................................5-193
Agreement Tab Information ..........................................................................................................................5-194
Pricing Tab Information ................................................................................................................................5-195
Payment Tab Information ..............................................................................................................................5-196
Creating Agreement Lines for Standard Price Lists ......................................................................................5-197
Creating Agreement Lines for Agreement Price Lists...................................................................................5-198
Creating Agreement Lines.............................................................................................................................5-199
Defining Pricing Attributes............................................................................................................................5-201
Defining Price Breaks....................................................................................................................................5-202
Revising Existing Agreements ......................................................................................................................5-203
Create Revision Window...............................................................................................................................5-206
Finding Agreements ......................................................................................................................................5-207
Deleting Agreements .....................................................................................................................................5-208
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................5-209
Blanket Sales Agreement (BSA) ...................................................................................................................5-210
Changes To Price List for Blanket Sales Agreements ..................................................................................5-211
Summary........................................................................................................................................................5-212
Formulas...........................................................................................................................................................6-1
Formulas ........................................................................................................................................................6-2
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................6-3
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................6-5
Overview of Formulas ...................................................................................................................................6-6
Formulas ........................................................................................................................................................6-7
Component Types..........................................................................................................................................6-8
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................6-10
Types of Formulas .........................................................................................................................................6-11
Static Calculation...........................................................................................................................................6-12
Dynamic Calculation .....................................................................................................................................6-13

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Pricing Formulas ...........................................................................................................................................6-14

Pricing Formula Example ..............................................................................................................................6-15
Linking Formulas ..........................................................................................................................................6-16
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................6-18
Component Types..........................................................................................................................................6-19
Component Type: Function ...........................................................................................................................6-20
Component Type: List Price..........................................................................................................................6-21
Component Type: Factor List........................................................................................................................6-22
Component Type: Modifier Value.................................................................................................................6-24
Component Type: Numeric Constant ............................................................................................................6-25
Component Type: Price List Line..................................................................................................................6-26
Component Type: Pricing Attribute ..............................................................................................................6-27
Advanced Pricing-Pricing Formula Window.................................................................................................6-28
Practice - Define a Simple Pricing Formula ..............................................................................................6-29
Solution Define a Simple Pricing Formula .............................................................................................6-31
Practice - Enter Sales Orders Using Simple Pricing Formulas ..................................................................6-41
Solution - Enter Sales Orders Using Simple Pricing Formulas .................................................................6-42
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................6-46
Creating Pricing Formulas.............................................................................................................................6-47
Creating Pricing Formula Lines.....................................................................................................................6-48
Build Formula Package .................................................................................................................................6-50
Formula Line Types.......................................................................................................................................6-51
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................6-53
Factor List Details .........................................................................................................................................6-54
Defining Factor List Details ..........................................................................................................................6-55
Finding Formula Factor Lines .......................................................................................................................6-58
Null Values in Formulas................................................................................................................................6-61
Null Values Example.....................................................................................................................................6-62
Updating Formula Prices Window ................................................................................................................6-64
Updating Formula Prices for Static Formula Calculations ............................................................................6-65
Practice - Define a Formula Using Pricing Attributes and Factors............................................................6-67
Solution - Practice - Define a Formula Using Pricing Attributes and Factors ...........................................6-73
Practice - Enter a Sales Order Using the Car Options Formula .................................................................6-97
Solution - Enter a Sales Order Using the Car Options Formula ................................................................6-99
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................6-105
Get_Custom_Price API .................................................................................................................................6-106
GET_CUSTOM_PRICE Example ................................................................................................................6-107
Customizing GET_CUSTOM_PRICE ..........................................................................................................6-109
Using GET_CUSTOM_PRICE .....................................................................................................................6-110
GET_CUSTOM_PRICE Parameters.............................................................................................................6-111
Implementing Get Custom Price ...................................................................................................................6-112
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................6-114
Seeded Freight and Special Charge Formulas ...............................................................................................6-115
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................6-116
Formula Step Values Window.......................................................................................................................6-117
Using the Formula Step Values Window ......................................................................................................6-119
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................6-121
Setting up Formula Profiles ...........................................................................................................................6-122
QP: Debug .....................................................................................................................................................6-123
QP: Set Request Name ..................................................................................................................................6-124
QP: Insert Formula Step Values into Temp Table.........................................................................................6-125
QP: Get Custom Price Customized................................................................................................................6-126
QP: Unit Price Precision Type.......................................................................................................................6-128
QP: Verify GSA Violations ...........................................................................................................................6-129
Order Management Profiles...........................................................................................................................6-130
OM: GSA Discount Violation Action ...........................................................................................................6-131
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................6-132

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Formula Scenario 1........................................................................................................................................6-133

Formula Scenario 2........................................................................................................................................6-137
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................6-140
Pricing Formula Problem and Solution .........................................................................................................6-141
Summary........................................................................................................................................................6-144
Modifiers ..........................................................................................................................................................7-1
Modifiers .......................................................................................................................................................7-2
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................7-3
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................7-5
Overview .......................................................................................................................................................7-6
Modifiers in Business Scenario Process ........................................................................................................7-7
Pricing Concept: Modifiers............................................................................................................................7-8
Example of Modifier Use ..............................................................................................................................7-9
Example of Surcharge Modifier ....................................................................................................................7-10
Modifier Components....................................................................................................................................7-11
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................7-12
Modifier Setup...............................................................................................................................................7-13
Modifier Setup (HTML UI)...........................................................................................................................7-14
Create Modifier List Flow (HTML UI) .........................................................................................................7-15
Types of Modifier Lists .................................................................................................................................7-16
Create List: General Information...................................................................................................................7-17
Currency ........................................................................................................................................................7-18
Optional Currency .........................................................................................................................................7-19
General Information: Optional Currency.......................................................................................................7-20
General Information: Optional Currency Modifier Advantages....................................................................7-21
Create List: List Qualifier..............................................................................................................................7-22
Create List: Review .......................................................................................................................................7-24
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................7-25
Adding Modifier Lines ..................................................................................................................................7-26
Modifier List and Line Type Relationships ...................................................................................................7-27
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................7-29
Create Modifier Line Flow (HTML UI) ........................................................................................................7-30
Modifier Line Types......................................................................................................................................7-32
Discount Modifier..........................................................................................................................................7-34
Practice - Create a Discount Modifier with a Qualifier Group ..................................................................7-35
Solution - Create a Discount Modifier with a Qualifier Group .................................................................7-38
Surcharge Modifier........................................................................................................................................7-55
Practice - Create a Surcharge Modifier......................................................................................................7-56
Solution - Create a Surcharge Modifier .....................................................................................................7-58
Freight and Special Charges Modifier ...........................................................................................................7-70
Creating Freight and Special Charges Modifiers...........................................................................................7-71
Practice - Create a Freight and Special Charge List Modifier ...................................................................7-72
Solution Create a Freight and Handling Charges Modifier ....................................................................7-77
Promotional Goods Modifier.........................................................................................................................7-98
Practice - Create a Promotional Goods (Free Good) Modifier ..................................................................7-99
Solution Creating the Benefit that Customers Receive...........................................................................7-102
Term Substitution Modifier ...........................................................................................................................7-114
Practice - Create a Terms Substitution Modifier .......................................................................................7-115
Solution Create a Terms Substitution Modifier ......................................................................................7-117
Item Upgrade Modifier..................................................................................................................................7-126
Implementation Considerations: Item Upgrade Modifier..............................................................................7-127
Practice - Create an Item Upgrade Modifier..............................................................................................7-128
Solution Create an Item Upgrade Modifier ............................................................................................7-131
Other Item Discount Modifier .......................................................................................................................7-140
Coupon Issue Modifier ..................................................................................................................................7-141
Practice - Create a Coupon Issue Modifier ................................................................................................7-142

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Solution Create the Coupon Issue Modifier............................................................................................7-146

Price Breaks Modifier....................................................................................................................................7-161
Price Break Modifiers: Point Break...............................................................................................................7-163
Price Break Modifiers: Range Breaks ...........................................................................................................7-164
Price Breaks: Net Amount .............................................................................................................................7-165
Price Breaks: Net Amount Example..............................................................................................................7-166
Accumulated Range Breaks...........................................................................................................................7-168
Practice - Create a Modifier with Point and Range Breaks .......................................................................7-171
Solution - Create a Modifier with Point and Range Breaks.......................................................................7-175
Modifier Line: Start/End Dates .....................................................................................................................7-197
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................7-199
Controls .........................................................................................................................................................7-200
Pricing Controls Hierarchy ............................................................................................................................7-201
Controls: Implementation Considerations .....................................................................................................7-202
How Pricing Engine Processes Pricing Controls ...........................................................................................7-203
Controls: Modifier Level ...............................................................................................................................7-204
Controls: Pricing Phase .................................................................................................................................7-205
Seeded Pricing Phases ...................................................................................................................................7-206
Events ............................................................................................................................................................7-208
Events and Phases: Table ..............................................................................................................................7-211
Seeded Phases Example.................................................................................................................................7-212
Phase and Event Implementation Decision ...................................................................................................7-213
Event Phases..................................................................................................................................................7-214
Event Phases: Line Event ..............................................................................................................................7-215
Event Phases: Order Event ............................................................................................................................7-216
Event Phases: Book and Ship Events ............................................................................................................7-217
Event Phases: Batch Event ............................................................................................................................7-218
Controls: Buckets ..........................................................................................................................................7-219
Buckets: Implementation Considerations ......................................................................................................7-221
Null Buckets ..................................................................................................................................................7-223
Buckets For Manual Modifiers......................................................................................................................7-224
Controls: Incompatibility...............................................................................................................................7-226
Controls: Incompatibility Groups Implementation Decisions .......................................................................7-227
Controls: Determining Incompatibility Groups .............................................................................................7-228
Controls: Resolving Modifier Incompatibility...............................................................................................7-229
Exclusivity.....................................................................................................................................................7-230
Exclusivity: Implementation Considerations.................................................................................................7-231
Best Price.......................................................................................................................................................7-232
Create Product ...............................................................................................................................................7-234
Define Product...............................................................................................................................................7-235
Product: Excluded Products...........................................................................................................................7-236
Precedence Value ..........................................................................................................................................7-237
Precedence Number.......................................................................................................................................7-238
Define Benefit ...............................................................................................................................................7-239
Adjustment Methods......................................................................................................................................7-240
Modifier Implementation Considerations: Accruals......................................................................................7-241
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................7-243
Overview of Promotional Limits ...................................................................................................................7-244
Limit Types ...................................................................................................................................................7-245
Hard Limit .....................................................................................................................................................7-246
Soft Limit.......................................................................................................................................................7-247
Limits: Viewing Transactions........................................................................................................................7-248
Limits: Exceptions.........................................................................................................................................7-250
Practice - Create a Discount Modifier Using Promotional Limits .............................................................7-251
Solution Create a Discount Modifier with Promotional Limits ..............................................................7-254
Summary........................................................................................................................................................7-262

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Attribute Management....................................................................................................................................8-1
Attribute Management...................................................................................................................................8-2
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................8-3
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................8-4
What is Attribute Management? ....................................................................................................................8-5
Common Terms .............................................................................................................................................8-7
Attributes in Advanced Pricing .....................................................................................................................8-9
Attributes and Contexts .................................................................................................................................8-10
How Can Attributes Control Pricing Actions? ..............................................................................................8-11
Steps in Creating Attributes...........................................................................................................................8-12
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................8-13
Overview of Pricing Transaction Entity (PTE) .............................................................................................8-14
Components of a Pricing Transaction Entity .................................................................................................8-16
Source Systems and Request Types...............................................................................................................8-18
Example: Order Fulfillment PTE...................................................................................................................8-19
Reviewing Available PTEs............................................................................................................................8-20
Role of PTEs in Attribute Management ........................................................................................................8-21
PTE in Attribute Creation Process.................................................................................................................8-22
Linking Attributes to a PTE...........................................................................................................................8-23
Creating a New Pricing Transaction Entity ...................................................................................................8-25
Defining Pricing Transaction Entity Associations.........................................................................................8-27
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................8-28
What is a Context?.........................................................................................................................................8-29
Context Examples..........................................................................................................................................8-30
Understanding Contexts ................................................................................................................................8-31
Contexts.........................................................................................................................................................8-32
Qualifier Contexts..........................................................................................................................................8-34
Qualifier Context Examples ..........................................................................................................................8-35
Product Contexts............................................................................................................................................8-36
Pricing Contexts ............................................................................................................................................8-37
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................8-38
Context/Attribute Creation Process ...............................................................................................................8-39
Creating Attributes for Contexts....................................................................................................................8-40
Attribute Selection: Pricing Engine Processing.............................................................................................8-41
Pricing Attributes and Flexfields ...................................................................................................................8-42
Practice - Create a Pricing Qualifier Context and Attributes.....................................................................8-46
Solution Create a Pricing Qualifier Context and Attributes.....................................................................8-48
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................8-52
Overview of Attribute Mapping Methods .....................................................................................................8-53
Stages in Attribute Creation...........................................................................................................................8-54
Linking Attributes to a Pricing Transaction Entity........................................................................................8-55
Advanced PricingPTEAttribute Linking Window.....................................................................................8-56
Setting Attribute Levels.................................................................................................................................8-58
Attribute Levels .............................................................................................................................................8-60
Attributes and Pricing Window LOVs...........................................................................................................8-61
Disabling an Attribute from a PTE ................................................................................................................8-63
Practice - Link Attributes to a Pricing Transaction Entity (PTE) ..............................................................8-64
Solution Link the Attribute to a Pricing Transaction Entity (PTE).........................................................8-66
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................8-69
Assigning an Attribute Mapping Method ......................................................................................................8-70
Attribute Mapping .........................................................................................................................................8-72
Setting Up a New Mapping Rule for a Qualifier/Pricing Attribute ...............................................................8-73
Attribute Mapping Window...........................................................................................................................8-75
Practice - Use Attribute Mapping to Define an Attribute ..........................................................................8-77
Solution Use Attribute Mapping to Define an Attribute.........................................................................8-80
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................8-86

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Build Attribute Mapping Rules Program.......................................................................................................8-87

Build Attribute Mapping Rules Program Checklist.......................................................................................8-89
Restoring Defaults .........................................................................................................................................8-91
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................8-93
QP: Source System Code...............................................................................................................................8-94
Seeded Values for Source System Applications............................................................................................8-96
QP: Source System Code Example................................................................................................................8-97
Summary........................................................................................................................................................8-101
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................9-1
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................................9-2
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................9-3
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................9-4
Overview of the Pricing Engine Request Viewer ..........................................................................................9-5
Setting Profile Options for Pricing Engine Request Viewer..........................................................................9-7
Pricing Engine Request Viewer.....................................................................................................................9-8
Using the Pricing Engine Request Viewer ....................................................................................................9-9
Pricing Engine Request Viewer Window ......................................................................................................9-10
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................9-11
Debug Log window .......................................................................................................................................9-12
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................9-13
Pricing Engine Messages and Diagnosis .......................................................................................................9-14
Summary........................................................................................................................................................9-15

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Create Qualifier Contexts and Qualifier Attributes .......................................................................................2-11

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Price List LOV in Order Management ..........................................................................................................2-81

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QP: Promotional Limits Installed ..................................................................................................................2-150

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Create List: General Information...................................................................................................................5-27

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Copying Price Lists .......................................................................................................................................5-147

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Pricing Formulas ...........................................................................................................................................6-14

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Formula Scenario 1........................................................................................................................................6-133

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Solution Create the Coupon Issue Modifier............................................................................................7-146

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Build Attribute Mapping Rules Program.......................................................................................................8-87

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