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Creating Volume Discount Line Items

This task is a step in Process of Setting Up a Volume Discount.

Volume discount line items include information about quantity range and the corresponding price adjustments.

Add a volume discount line item for each quantity range in the volume discount. For example, if you want to apply a 10 percent discount when the quantity is between five and ten, and a 20 percent discount when the quantity is 11 or more, then you must add two volume discount line items.

When you add volume discount line items, be careful not to create gaps or overlapping quantities, which result in the following errors:

• If you leave a gap in a simple discount, then quantities that fall within the range of the gap receive no discount at all.
• If you leave a gap in a tiered discount, then quantities that fall within the range of the gap default to the lower tier.
• If you create overlapping discount items and quantity ranges, then the discounting behavior is not predictable.

How the discounts in the line items are applied depends on whether this is a simple or tiered volume discount, as described in About Volume Discounts.

To create a volume discount line item

1. Navigate to the Administration - Pricing screen, then Volume Discount view.
2. Select the volume discount for which you want to create line items.
3. Click the Volume Discounts Line Items view tab.
4. In the Volume Discounts Line Items list, add a new record and complete the necessary fields. Some fields are described in the following table:

   Field	Comments
   Name	Enter a name for this volume discount line item. This name appears in the quotes that your sales representatives create for customers, so use a name that describes the discount, such as "10 percent Discount for Buying 5 to 10." The value in this field is also used to create an upsell message about the additional quantity to purchase in order to get a bigger discount.
   Min Qty	Enter the minimum quantity that must be purchased to get this discount rate.
   Max Qty	Enter the maximum quantity that gets this discount rate. If this field is blank, then this discount rate applies to all quantities above the minimum quantity.
   Adjustment Type	Select the type of the adjustment that the discount will apply. Options are Discount Amount, % Discount, Markup Amount, % Markup, Price Override.
   Adjustment Amount	The value in the Adjustment Type field determines how the adjustment amount is applied, as follows: If the Adjustment Type is Discount Amount, then the value in the Adjustment Amount field is subtracted from the price. If the Adjustment Type is % Discount, then the value in the Adjustment Amount field is treated as a percentage and is subtracted from the price. For example, if the Adjustment Amount is 10, then 10 percent is subtracted from the price. If the Adjustment Type is Markup Amount, then the value in the Adjustment Amount field is added to the price. If the Adjustment Type is % Markup, then the value in the Adjustment Amount field is treated as a percentage, and is added to the price. If the Adjustment Type is Price Override, then the value in the Adjustment Amount field is used instead of the price.