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Viewing and Modifying Distribution List Categories (End User)

End users can view the products on an account's distribution list, add unauthorized products to a subaccount's distribution list, and modify an account's distribution list.

This task is a step in Process of Managing Product Distribution.

To view or modify category distribution list products

1. Navigate to the Accounts screen, then the Accounts List view.
2. Drill down on the Name field hyperlink for an account, and click the Category Distribution view tab.
3. In the Category Distribution list, create a new record.
4. Click the select button in the Category Name field.
5. In the Category Products dialog box, select a product record and click OK.
6. Enter values in the fields. The following table lists some fields.

   Field	Description
   Category Name	Name of the category.
   Description	Description of the category.
   Effective Start Date	Date on which the distribution becomes effective.
   Effective End Date	Date on which the distribution ends.
   Bench Price	The usual price the retailer charges consumers. The regular retail price.
   Bench Price Effective Date	Date on which the bench price becomes effective.
   Bench Price Updated	A check mark in this field indicates that the Bench Price field was changed and used by the workflow.
   Customer Cost Price	The cost of the product to the customer. For wholesalers and direct retailers, this is the same price as the list price, but for indirect retailers, who buy from wholesalers rather than direct from the manufacturer, this is the wholesaler to retailer price. This price is not stored anywhere in the system. To set this price, a sales representative must enter it manually or import it from a source, such as a Demand Signal Repository (DSR), which may have spin data or sell-though data.
   Customer Cost Effective Date	Date on which the customer cost price becomes effective.
   Customer Cost Updated	A check mark in this field indicates that the Customer Cost field was changed and used by the workflow.

7. To add all the products associated with the category to the category product, click the Product button.
8. To update the Bench Price, Bench Price Effective Date, Customer Cost Price, and Customer Cost Price Effective Date fields from category to all the associated products, click the Update Products button.
9. To update the respective baseline products records that match the effective dates and account, click the Update Price/Cost button.