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Viewing and Changing the Reference Price

To give customers an accurate idea of the price they might expect to pay for a component-based product, Siebel ePricer calculates a reference price, which is the price of the product with its default options. The reference price is displayed to the customer in the Starting At Price field in the product catalog.

Siebel ePricer displays both the list price and the reference price for the component based product. The list price is the price for the root component. If you click Check Starting At Price, Siebel ePricer adds the list price and the price of all the default components. This calculation does not take account of any attribute pricing adjustments that would come from default attributes.

In the catalog, this value is displayed to customers in the Starting At field. This value is displayed only for component based products.

To change default the reference price, click the Edit button in the top applet. Then you can edit the reference price manually.

The value displayed to customers does not change unless the pricing administrator clicks the Check Starting At Price again or overwrites the reference price manually.

NOTE:  The reference price is used for products with components, including component-based products and bundles. It does not apply to attribute-based products.

To view the reference price

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Pricing Administration > Price List.

    2. The Price List view appears.

  2. In the Price Lists list, select the price list that contains the product.
  3. Click the Price List Line Items view tab to display the products in the price list.
  4. In the Price List Line Items list, click a customizable product's name.
  5. In the Price List Item form, click Check Starting At Price.

    6. The reference price is recalculated based on the default components of the product, and the result is displayed in the Reference Price field.


 Pricing Administration Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003