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Constraints on Pricing Models for Component-Based Products

Pricing models for component-based products have the following constraints:

• All factors in a pricing model for a component-based product must refer to some element in the component-based product, and must not reference any product or element outside of that product. The flexibility of the Pricing Model Manager user interface allows you to specify an inappropriate business component when creating a pricing factor for a pricing model for a product with components, which will result in errors.
• Aggregate type pricing factors may not be used in a pricing model for a component-based product. If they are used, the model will base logical tests on the prices of components and of noncomponent items, and to use the prices on these items to determine the price of your component-based product. The result will be incorrect and unpredictable pricing.
• The pricing model for the component-based product must have a start date and end date that are within the start date and end date of any price list that includes the customizable product.
• If a single pricing model includes elements of a component-based product and other elements of a price list, there will be errors because of double-counting problems and crossover problems. To avoid errors:
  • If you are creating a pricing model for a price list, do not reference the customizable product (CP) business components shown in Table 21.
  • If you are creating a pricing model for a component-based product, reference only the customizable product (CP) business components shown in Table 21.