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Setting Up Price Lists for Rate Plans

For rate plans, administrators use attribute-based pricing and tier-based pricing to give each variation of the master rate plan a rate. Therefore, administrators must first set up tier-based pricing and then set up price lists for the products.

This task is a step in Process of Setting Up Price Comparison.

Setting Up Tier-Based Pricing

To set up tier-based pricing, follow this procedure.

To set up tier-based pricing

1. Navigate to the Administration - Product screen.
2. In the More Info form, add a record, and complete the necessary fields.

   Some fields are described in the following table.

   Field	Comments
   Class	Select a class associated with the rate plan and usage products.
   Type	Select Multiple Attributes.
   Default Starting Adjustment Type	Select Tier Based.

3. Click the Attributes view tab.
4. In the Attributes list, add a record for each attribute that you want to affect the price.
5. Click the Adjustment Item Generator view tab, and complete the following steps:
   1. In the Adjustment Item Generator list, select the first attribute.
   2. In the Item Generator list, check all values that you want to affect the pricing.
   3. Repeat Step a and Step b for all attributes.
6. Click Generate, and complete the following steps:
   1. In the Items list, select an attribute combination.
   2. Click the select button in the Tier Price field, and add a record in the Tier Price dialog box for each tier.

      NOTE:  The minimum quantity of the first tier must be 1. Tiers must not overlap and there must be no gaps between tiers. A maximum quantity is not required for the last tier.

   3. Repeat Step a and Step b for each attribute combination.
7. Repeat this procedure until you create as many tier pricing items you need.

Setting Up Price Lists for Products

To set up price lists for products, follow this procedure.

To set up price lists for products

1. Navigate to the Administration - Pricing screen, then the Price Lists view.
2. Add a record for the price list.
3. For the Type field, select PC INHOUSE PRICE LIST or PC COMPETITOR PRICE LIST.
4. Drill down on the name of the price list.
5. Click the Price List Line Items view tab.
6. In the Price List Items list, add a record for each product (root product and usage subcomponent).
7. For each subcomponent product, select the appropriate tiered pricing in the Attribute Pricing field.
8. In the List Price field, enter the standing charge as the list price of the root product.