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Creating a Multiplier

Multipliers allow you to create more complex compensation rules by multiplying the output of one rule by a percentage factor defined in the multiplier rule. For example, you might create a compensation plan with a rule that pays sales representatives 5% of each deal they close, and also ties compensation to a quota achievement. You might create a multiplier rule that contains a percentage factor based on the percentage of quota achieved.

When you work with multipliers:

• You can multiply plan rules from different plans
• The plan rules can have different attributes.
• The two plan rules must have the same measure period.

Multiplier Scenarios

The following scenarios show how multipliers can be used.

If a sales representative closes deals worth $100,000 in revenue and earns a %Quota achievement of 80%, then the calculation engine multiplies the $100,000 (output of the first rule) by 90% (factor defined in the multiplier rule), resulting in a compensation total of $4,500.

In this case, Plan A has a rate table different than the rate table for Plan B, and each plan uses different performance measures. One rule references the other as a multiplier rule. It has a different rate table with difference commission rates for each tier. In the multiplier rule, instead of a commission rate, the rule has some multipliers. Compensation on the normal rule is a combination of the payout of that commission multiplied by the multiplier. Table 19 illustrates this scenario.

In another example, you want to pay sales representatives a percentage based on the quarterly customer satisfaction percentage value. You set up a plan with one plan rule for revenue, and another plan rule for %Quota. The output of the revenue plan rule is multiplied by the percentage defined in the customer satisfaction plan rule. Each plan rule has different attributes.

• % Quota plan rule. Table 20 shows the attributes for this plan rule.

  Table 20.  % Quota Plan Rule

  Performance Measure	Low Value	High Value	Multiplier
  % Quota	70	80	70%
  % Quota	80	90	80%
  % Quota	90	100	90%
  % Quota	100		100%

• Revenue Commission plan rule. Table 21 shows the attributes for this plan rule.

  Table 21.  Revenue Commission Plan Rule

  Performance Measure	Low Value	High Value	% Deal
  Revenue	100,000	150,000	1%
  Revenue	150,000	200,000	2%
  Revenue	200,000	250,000	3%
  Revenue	250,000		4%

The %Quota plan rule contains multiplying factors in the rate table. The calculation engine multiplies the output of the revenue plan rule by one of these multipliers based on a %Quota achievement. For example, if a sales representative closes deals worth $230,000 for the month, and the sales representative's %Quota Achievement score is 85, the calculation engine performs the following calculation:

(230,000 × 3%) × 80%

The sales representative's total compensation is $5,520.

Selecting a Multiplier Plan Rule

Use the following procedure to specify the multiplier plan rule.

To select a multiplier plan rule for a plan rule

1. From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Incentive Compensation Administration > Plans.
2. In the Plans list, select a plan, and then drill down on the hyperlink in the Name field.
3. Click the Plan Rules view tab, and choose a rule.
4. In the Plan Rule form, click the select button in the Multiplier Plan Rule field.
5. In the Pick Plan Rule dialog box, select a plan rule, and then click OK.

   Plan rules with a matching measure period appear.