| Bookshelf Home | Contents | Index | Search | PDF | |
Pricing Administration Guide > Matrix-Based Pricing Factors >
About Matrix-Based Pricing
To use matrix-based pricing, you must set up a business component in addition to the pricing factor:
- Matrix-pricing business component. Allows you to define an entire list of pricing adjustments, which are can depend on other fields in addition to the product.
- Matrix-based pricing factor. Specifies which matrix-pricing business component to use, and which fields to search in to see if the discount applies.
For example, you want to give your customer accounts different discounts on a variety of products. Among other discounts, you want to give the A. K. Parker account 10% off when they purchase the product called Laptop 123. You want to give other accounts different discounts on this product.
You create a a matrix pricing business component that lists the discount rates that you will give to each account for each product. It includes the following:
You also create a matrix-based pricing factor that identifies this business component and specifies that Siebel ePricer should search the Account field and the Product field to see whether a discount applies.
When a user purchases products using Siebel quotes, orders, or shopping cart, Siebel ePricer searches through the matrix to see if there is a match. If the Account is A. K. Parker, and the Product is Laptop 123, it gives a 10 percent discount.
NOTE: You must be an advanced user to work with business components. If you are not familiar with Siebel Tools and Siebel application architecture, work with a Siebel system administrator. For information about Siebel business components, see Siebel Tools Reference.
| Bookshelf Home | Contents | Index | Search | PDF | |
Pricing Administration Guide Published: 18 April 2003 |