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About the Pricing Factor Flow Chart Designer

When you define a pricing model, each factor has a sequence number that defines the default order in which the factor is executed within the model.

The Pricing Factor Flow Chart Designer allows you to redefine the sequence in which pricing factors are executed using branching logic, also known as decision flow logic. This logic uses the outcome of a pricing factor to determines which pricing factor is executed next.

The Pricing Factor Flow Chart Designer allows you to define the decision flow logic using an interactive graphical user interface, where you drag and drop elements to create the flow chart.

The decision flow logic determines how pricing factors should be sequenced, when factors should be skipped, and when to exit a pricing model. It can also execute different pricing factors in different sequences, depending on the data in a quote, order or agreement.

If you do not use the Pricing Factor Flow Chart Designer, Siebel ePricer processes the pricing factors in the order specified by the numbers in their Sequence field. In many pricing models, this numerically ordered sequence is all you need to manage the processing order of the pricing factors. For more information about pricing factor sequence numbers, see Creating Pricing Factors.

NOTE:  When discussing the Pricing Factor Flow Chart Designer, the term single factor is sometimes used to refer to any factor that applies to single line items; this includes single, matrix-based, and script-based type pricing factors. The term aggregate factor is sometimes used to refer to any factor that applies to multiple line items; this includes aggregate and bundling type pricing factors.


 Pricing Administration Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003