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Oracle Advanced Pricing User's Guide
Release 12.1
Part Number E13427-04
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Modifiers

Overview of Modifiers

Modifiers enable you to set up price adjustments (for example, discounts and surcharges), benefits (for example, free goods and coupons), and freight and special charges that can be applied immediately to pricing requests or accrued for later disbursement. Using modifiers, you can:

Using the HTML User Interface with Modifier Lists and Modifier

Oracle Advanced Pricing provides an HTML-based user interface (UI) that features guided steps, user-friendly pages, and shortcut links for setting up and maintaining modifiers, price lists, and qualifiers.

You can use this HTML format for many tasks that were previously available only using the Oracle Forms-based interface. Tasks that can be completed in HTML are identified with the words HTML Interface in the task title, for example, Creating a Modifier List (HTML Interface).

Related Topics

Using Modifiers in the HTML User Interface

Modifier Concepts

Using modifiers, you can set up price adjustments, benefits, freight and special charges, and promotional limits to control spending or usage. You can define simple discounts and surcharges as well as more advanced deals and promotions. The following list describes the main modifier concepts and related entities:

The following diagram provides an overview of modifiers and related concepts, such as modifiers, modifier lists, and qualifiers:

Modifier Overview

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Modifier Lists and Lines

Using modifier lists, you can create groupings of price adjustments, benefits, and freight and special charges that you offer and report together to meet various business needs. At the header level of the modifier list, you define criteria that is common to the modifier lines.

Create modifier lines for a modifier list to define the type of price adjustments, benefits, or freight and special charges that the pricing engine applies to pricing requests.

Adjustment Method

The adjustment method (also known as the application method in the forms-based UI) determines how the modifier applies the price adjustment. You can select from the following adjustment methods:

The following table shows examples of how the pricing engine uses the adjustment method to calculate the extended selling price of an order line:

List Price Item Quantity Ordered Adjustment Method Value Price Adjustment Extended Selling Price
10 Item A 200 Amount 5 5 per unit 1,000
10 Item A 200 Percent 5 5% per unit 1,900
10 Item A 200 New Price 5 5 1,000
10 Item A 200 Lumpsum 5 5 off for the entire line 1,995

The adjustment method for a modifier line depends on the level selected for that modifier line: Order, Line, or Group of Lines. The following tables show the adjustment methods available for each level: Order Level, Line Level, or Group of Lines. The Formula column shows if you can use a formula for the value of the modifier:

Level Modifier Type Adjustment Method Available Use with Formula?
Order Level Discount Percent Yes
Order Level Surcharge Percent Yes
Order Level Freight/Special Charges Lumpsum Yes
Line Level Discount Percent, Amount, New Price, or Lumpsum Yes
Line Level Surcharge Percent, Amount, New Price, or Lumpsum Yes
Line Level Freight/Special Charges Percent, Amount, Lumpsum Yes
Line Level Other Item Discount (Get) Percent, Amount, New Price, or Lumpsum No
Line Level Price Break Percent, Amount, New Price, or Lumpsum Yes
Line Level Promotional Good (Get) Percent, Amount, New Price, or Lumpsum No
Group of Lines Level Discount Percent, Amount, New Price, or Lumpsum Yes
Group of Lines Level Surcharge Percent, Amount, New Price, or Lumpsum Yes
Group of Lines Level Other Item Discount (Get) Percent, Amount, New Price, or Lumpsum No
Group of Lines Level Price Break Percent, Amount, New Price, or Lumpsum Yes
Group of Lines Level Promotional Good (Get) Percent, Amount, New Price, or Lumpsum No

Lumpsum Adjustment Method with Group of Lines

When Lumpsum is selected as the adjustment method for a modifier line, the pricing engine creates a price adjustment for the defined lumpsum amount. The lumpsum can be based on group quantity (sum of item quantities) or an item amount (a monetary amount).

Note: When the modifier is automatic, the lumpsum is treated as a lumpsum for the entire order. When the modifier is manual, the lumpsum is applied to the line. If the manual modifier is applied to the next line on the order, then an additional lumpsum is applied to the order.

For example, consider a lumpsum modifier of 1000 that is applied to an order with two lines. When the modifier is automatic, the order has a total discount of 1000. When the modifier is manual and applied to the first line, then a lumpsum discount of 1000 is applied. Now apply the lumpsum modifier to the second line, and a discount of 1000 is applied to the second. Therefore, the order has a lumpsum discount of 2000; whereas, when the modifier is automatic, no matter how many order lines, the order has a lumpsum discount of 1000.

Two examples are provided to compare how the lumpsum amount is calculated if either 1) Group Quantity or 2) Item Amount is selected.

The following Discount list modifier is used in each example.

Level Modifier Type (line level) Product Attribute Product Attribute Value Value Adjustment Method
Group of Lines Discount All Items All 1000 Lumpsum

Lumpsum calculations (Group Quantity Selected)

The following example demonstrates how the adjustment amount is calculated when the Lumpsum modifier is applied against the group quantity of an order:

Line Item Quantity Price Adjustment Amount Calculated when Lumpsum Modifier Applied
1 AS54888 10 $80 $20 * 10 qty
2 AS54999 40 $20 $20 * 40 qty

The pricing engine calculates the adjustment amount as follows:

  1. The pricing engine calculates the Group Quantity value, which is the sum of all item quantity lines. Therefore, the Group value is 50 (10 + 40).

    Group value for Line 1: 50

    Group value for Line 2: 50

  2. To obtain the adjusted amount, the value (from the Value field of the modifier - in this case, 1,000) is divided by the group value (50):

Lumpsum Calculations (Item Amount Selected)

The following example demonstrates how an adjustment for lumpsum modifier is calculated based on the item amount (the monetary amount for each item). Suppose the Lumpsum modifier is applied against the following items on a sample sales order:

Line Item Quantity Price Adjustment Amount
1 AS54888 10 $80 50
2 AS54999 40 $20 12.5

The engine calculates the lumpsum based on item amount as follows: value divided (/) by group value:

  1. Group value is calculated as follows:

    Group value = Sum of all lines' unit price * quantity/unit price per line:

    Total group value= $80*10 + $20*40 = 1600

  2. To obtain the adjusted amount per unit, the value (from the Value field of the modifier, in this case, 1,000) is divided by the group value for each line:

Using Modifiers with Negative Unit Selling Prices

A Discount or Surcharge modifier can be used to adjust the final unit selling price, regardless of whether the item list price is a positive or negative value.

Example 1: Positive priced item

If a product is $100 and the customer gets a 40 percent discount, then the customer gets a $40 discount, which means the price would be $60.

The following calculations are used to get this result:

List price * modifier percent = line discount amount

List price - line discount amount = line price

Example 2: Negative priced item

If a product is <-$100> and the customer gets a 40 percent discount, then the customer gets a <-$40> discount, which results in a price of <-$60>.

Note: The brackets (<>) indicate a negative price.

The following calculations are used to get this result:

<list price> * modifier percent = <line discount amount>

<list price> - <line discount amount> = <list price> + line discount amount = <line price>

Example 3: Surcharge with negative-priced items

The following example shows the results when a Surcharge modifier is applied to a price list line with a negative price:

  1. Create a simple modifier (ABC-MN) with type = Surcharge of 10 percent.

  2. Create a price list line (ABC-N) with a value of <-$100>.

  3. Enter a sales order with price list ABC-N and the item of the price list ABC-N.

  4. Save the order.

  5. The surcharge is applied, and the unit selling price is <$-110.00>.

Incompatibility Processing

When a customer is eligible for more than one modifier, you can use incompatibility processing to determine which of the modifiers the pricing engine should select and apply to an order or order line. For more information, see Changing Modifier Incompatibility.

Buckets

When setting up a modifier, you can assign a modifier line to a particular bucket, such as Bucket 1, 2, or 3, to define cascading price adjustments. This setup controls how discounts and other benefits are calculated.

Manual Modifiers

For manual modifiers, the modifier adjustment is not applied automatically. Rather, you must manually select the adjustment to be applied to an order line. The following modifier types can be manual:

Manual modifiers can also be used with price break lines. You can set manual modifiers at the order, line, and group of lines levels, and can override them.

Pricing Buckets with Manual Modifiers

Pricing buckets can be used with manual modifiers at the line or group of line level for the discounts, surcharges, freight and special charges, and price break modifiers. You can use this feature if the profile option QP: Allow Buckets for Manual Modifiers is set to Yes.

Once created, the manual modifier can be selected from the View Adjustments window in Order Management or the Price Adjustments window in Oracle Quoting. If a manual modifier is applied in an earlier bucket, then all subsequent adjustments will be recalculated. Alternately, when you overtype the selling price on the order line in Order Management, you can only apply manual adjustments in the null bucket. See the Oracle Order Management User's Guide, Pricing chapter and the Oracle Quoting User's Guide for more information on using manual modifiers.

Events

Events are points in the process flow when the calling application sends a pricing request to the pricing engine (similar to a workflow event). The information that the pricing engine returns, for example, base prices, price adjustments, promotions, or freight charges, depends on the pricing phases of the event.

For example, if you need to price sales orders at shipment, use the Reprice Line event and insert the Reprice Line workflow activity into the order process workflow to invoke the repricing. The pricing engine uses the price list and modifiers that are in effect at order entry to meet booking requirements such as credit check.

Accruals

You can create monetary and non-monetary accruals. For example, a customer accrues 10 airline frequent flyer credits for each item they purchase. The pricing engine uses the accruals in price calculations and passes them to the calling application.

Accruals:

You can:

Accruals Using Buckets

The following table shows how accruals are calculated using buckets. In this table:

Bucket Modifier Price Adjustment Bucket Subtotal Selling Price
Null Null Null Null 100.00
Null Null Null Null Null
1 Null Null (7.00) 93.00
2 Null Null (5.00) 88.00
3 Null Null (6.80) 81.20
Null Bucket Null Null (15.00) 66.20
Null Null Null Null Null
1 10% accrual (10.00) Null Null
1 5% accrual (5.00) Null Null
2 10% accrual (9.30) Null Null

Example of Nonmonetary Accruals

The following is an example of a setup for a non-monetary accrual.

If an accrual conversion rate is used, then the value equals the monetary value of the points. The value in the Accrual Value field is calculated using the Benefit Quantity value * the Accrual Conversion Rate value:

Qualifier Groups and Grouping Numbers

When qualifiers are assigned to qualifier groups, all the qualifiers in the qualifier group are attached to the modifier. Before you attach multiple qualifier groups, you must indicate how the process should coordinate the grouping numbers.

Cross Order Volume

You can provide extra benefits to customers after they place a certain amount of business with you. The cross order volume feature allows you to create modifiers that are qualified across an accumulation of orders and applied when a customer meets certain volume levels. It accumulates and sums order amount, item quantity, and item amount across the orders of each customer.

Related Topics

Cross Order Volume Load concurrent program

Cross Order Volume Report

Using Qualifier Grouping Numbers across Qualifier Groups

Creating a Modifier List

Using modifier lists, you can create groupings of price adjustments, benefits, and freight and special charges that you offer and report together to meet various business needs. At the list level, you define criteria such as the modifier currency that applies to the modifier and any modifier lines you add to the modifier list.

Note: Oracle Advanced Pricing also provides an HTML-based UI for setting up and maintaining most modifier and modifier line types. For information on using the HTML UI with modifiers, see Using Modifiers in the HTML User Interface.

You can create the following modifier list types:

To create a modifier list

  1. Navigate to the Advanced Pricing-Define Modifier window.

    Note: If you cannot query or update the modifier after saving it or exiting, consult your Pricing Administrator for access privileges. Your security privileges may not allow you to access this window.

    Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window

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  2. On the Main tab, select the a Modifier Type.

  3. Enter a modifier list value in the Number field.

  4. Select or clear the Active check box. The pricing engine evaluates the modifier only if the Active check box is selected (inactive modifiers are not evaluated further by the pricing engine). The pricing engine performs more effectively if the Active check box is cleared for expired modifiers. You can query inactive modifier lists.

  5. Select or clear the Automatic check box:

  6. Enter a value in the Name field to identify the modifier.

    The modifier name should be unique across all Pricing Transaction Entities (PTEs), otherwise an error occurs. For example, if a modifier named Corporate is created in the Order Management PTE, an error message appears if you create a Corporate modifier in the Purchasing PTE.

  7. A Global check box appears if the Pricing Security Control Profile is set to ON. If the check box is selected, the modifier list can be used by all operating units for pricing transactions. If cleared, the modifier's use is restricted to the operating unit of the user creating the modifier list.

  8. Enter a version if the modifier Type is Promotion or Deal.

  9. Enter the Start and End Date range for the modifier.

  10. Choose one of the following:

  11. Enter a description for the modifier list. If the modifier list Type is Promotion or Deal, select the Advanced tab.

  12. Save your work.

On the Advanced tab

  1. If the modifier list Type is Promotion or Deal, select the Advanced tab.

    Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window: Advanced tab

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    Note: The modifier list types of Promotion and Deal have a parent-child relationship for reporting purposes. A Deal modifier list must be associated with a parent Promotion by providing the promotion name and version. Since this association is for reporting purposes, information that you define on the promotion is independent of and does not affect the information on the Deal modifier.

  2. Enter the Parent Number and Parent Version to specify the promotion to which the deal is associated.

  3. Select the Ask for box to create an Ask for modifier. This means the customer must specifically request that the modifier benefit be applied (for example, by providing a special discount number), otherwise it will not be applied. The Ask for box is only available for modifier list types of Deal and Promotion.

    Note: If the pricing engine selects multiple modifiers to apply to an order line, Ask for promotions receive a higher preference than other modifiers.

  4. In the Date Type I field, specify Order Date and a date range.

  5. In the Date Type II field, specify Scheduled Ship Date and a date range. The Order Date and Scheduled Ship Date are passed by Order Management and cannot be changed. If you enter dates for both Order Date and Scheduled Ship Date, the sales order must meet both dates to be eligible for the modifier

  6. Save your work.

    Note: The same results can be achieved by creating qualifiers for Order Date and Ship Date and attaching them to the modifier. These qualifiers are sourced and the user can override the mapping rules for these qualifiers.

On the Other tab

  1. This tab displays the following information including details about any related sales agreement:

    Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window: Other tab

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Related Topics

Creating List Level Qualifiers

Overview of Promotional Limits

Creating List-Level Qualifiers

You can create qualifiers to determine the eligibility of who can receive modifiers at the list level. If an order is not eligible for a modifier list, it is not eligible for the line-level modifiers of that list even if the lines have qualifiers for which the order is eligible.

Warning: The effective dates defined for the qualifier determine the effective dates for the price list or modifier list, not the effective dates defined in the price list or modifier list window (when the qualifier is attached to the price list or modifier). For example, suppose you create a price list with an effective start date of 23-NOV-2007 and no end date. Then you create a qualifier at the header level with effective dates of 10-NOV-2007 and 12-NOV-2007 for customer Computer Service and Rentals. However, after 12-NOV-2007, the price list will not be valid for Computer Service and Rentals or any other customer.

To create list-level qualifiers

  1. Navigate to the Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window.

  2. On the Main tab, click List Qualifiers to display the Qualifier Groups window. If qualifiers are associated with the modifier list, then the Qualifier Groups window does not display.

    Qualifier Groups window

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  3. If you do not want to add qualifiers from qualifier groups, click Cancel. Alternately, to add qualifiers from qualifier groups, select one or more qualifier groups that you want to attach.

  4. Select one of the grouping options (Retain Grouping Numbers Across Qualifier Groups or Generate Unique Grouping Numbers Across Qualifier Groups). For more information, see: Using Qualifier Grouping Numbers across Qualifier Groups.

  5. Click OK for the system to display the Qualifier window. In this window, the qualifiers associated with the qualifier groups are listed.

    QUALIFIER - Header Level Qualifiers

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  6. You can add, change, and delete individual qualifiers and change the grouping numbers or dates. If you have attached qualifier groups, verify that the grouping numbers in the window display the correct combination of and and or conditions.

  7. Enter the Grouping Number. Qualifiers with the same grouping number generate an and condition, and qualifiers with different grouping numbers generate an or condition. If -1 is used as a qualifier grouping number, the qualifier is used as an and condition for each qualifier group so you do not have to manually add it to each qualifier group. For more information, see: Using Qualifier Grouping Numbers.

  8. Enter the Qualifier Context and Qualifier Attribute.

    Note: After you save a qualifier with Qualifier Context of Modifier List and Qualifier Attribute of Coupon Number, you cannot modify or delete it because the pricing engine has generated coupons and a qualifier for each coupon.

  9. Enter the Operator, Value From, and Value To.

  10. The Value From Meaning field provides additional details about the selected qualifier. For example, if the qualifier context is CUSTOMER and the attribute is Ship To, the Value From displays the customer name and Value From Meaning displays the site use location for the customer. If the context/attribute combination has no additional details, Value From and Value From Meaning are identical.

  11. The Applies To Party Hierarchy check box is enabled only for attributes that are based on Oracle TCA (Trading Community Architecture) Parties and for which the Party Hierarchy Enabled flag was selected for this attribute on attribute management setups. Select the Applies To Party Hierarchy check box to use the party hierarchy functionality for the qualifier attribute. See the Oracle Advanced Pricing Implementation Guide for more details.

    Hierarchies consist of tiered relationships wherein one party ranks higher than another; for example, a corporate hierarchy where different companies are related as parent, subsidiary, headquarters, division, and so on. If Applies To Party is selected, then the modifier adjustment or price list (depending on what the qualifier is set up for) would be available to the parent party specified in the Attribute Value field and its subsidiaries. This setting saves you time from creating multiple qualifiers, one for each subsidiary or division.

    Note: The Applies To Party Hierarchy check box is not available in Basic Pricing. The profile option QP: Pricing Party Hierarchy Type enables the use of TCA hierarchy-enabled attributes.

  12. Click Copy Groups to add qualifiers from other qualifier groups, and enter Start and End dates of the qualifier. For more information on qualifiers, see Oracle Advanced Pricing User's Guide, Qualifier Groups.

  13. View and, if necessary, adjust the precedence numbers that default from the qualifier definition.

    The pricing engine uses the Precedence to resolve incompatibility. If multiple modifiers are eligible within the same phase and incompatibility level, the modifier with the lowest precedence is applied.

  14. Click OK and save your work.

    Note: The start and end dates of the list qualifiers must be within the start and end date of the modifier list.

Creating Modifier Lines

You can add modifier lines to a modifier list to define the type of price adjustments, benefits, or freight and special charges that the pricing engine applies to pricing requests.

Note: Oracle Advanced Pricing also provides an HTML-based user interface (UI) for setting up and maintaining most modifier and modifier line types. For more information, see Using Modifiers in the HTML UI.

For each list type that you define, you can select certain modifier line types. The following modifier types can be selected at the modifier line level:

The following table details the modifier line types that can be used with a selected modifier list type. The modifier line types are listed in the left column, and the modifier list types are listed in the top row. A Yes in a row indicates that you can use the modifier line type with a particular list type, and a No indicates that you cannot:

Modifier Line Type (listed in column below) Deal Discount List F&S Charge List Promotion Surcharge List
Coupon Issue Yes No No Yes No
Discount Yes Yes No Yes No
Freight/Special Charge No No Yes No No
Item Upgrade Yes No No Yes No
Other Item Discount Yes No No Yes No
Price Break Header Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Promotional Goods Yes No No Yes No
Surcharge Yes Yes No Yes Yes
Terms Substitution Yes No No Yes No

After you have created and saved a modifier line, you cannot edit or change the Product Attribute Value (or primary buy item) for the line. To change the Product Attribute Value for a line, you should end date the existing modifier and create a new modifier.

This following section describes general setup information common to most modifier line types. For information on setting up specific modifier line types, see the following tasks:

To create general modifier line information

  1. Navigate to the Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window.

    Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window

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  2. On the Modifiers Summary tab, in the Modifier No field, a default modifier number identifies the modifier line. You can change this value; however, the Modifier No for each modifier line must be unique within the modifier list.

  3. Select the level at which the modifier is applied:

  4. Select a modifier type.

  5. Enter the Start/End Dates for the modifier line.

    Note: The start and end date for the modifier line must be between the start and end date on the modifier list. The pricing engine confirms that the dates for the modifier line are valid so that the modifier line can be applied.

    The Print On Invoice field is reserved for future use.

  6. Select or clear the Automatic box:

  7. Select Override to enable the modifier adjusted price to be manually overridden. If not selected then the modifier adjusted price cannot be overridden.

  8. Enter the Pricing Phase for this modifier line. Only valid phases for this modifier level appear in the list of values.

    Note: If you attach a phase with a PRICE event to the following promotional modifier types - Promotional Goods/Other Item Discount/Item Upgrade/Terms Substitution/Coupon Issue - and save the modifier line, then the following error message appears:

    The pricing phase for this modifier is attached to a PRICE event and cannot be used for this modifier type. Please change the pricing phase or remove a PRICE event for this phase from the Event Phases form.

  9. Select an Incompatibility Group. For more information about incompatibility groups, see Changing Modifier Incompatibility .

  10. Enter a Bucket value.

    Note: The Proration Type field is reserved for future use.

  11. Enter a numeric Comparison Value. The pricing engine uses this value to compare modifier types of Item Upgrade, Other Item Discount, and Term Substitution to resolve incompatibilities and determine which modifiers to apply. This value is used when the pricing phase incompatibility resolution is Best Price.

  12. Select a Product Attribute value such as Item Number, Item Category, or All Items. Use All Items to define a modifier that applies to all items in your product hierarchy.

  13. Select a Product Attribute Value. If you select ALL_ITEMS for Product Attribute, the Product Attribute Value is ALL.

    If you do not enter values for Product Attribute and Product Attribute Value, the Pricing Engine applies the modifier line as if you selected ALL_ITEMS for Product Attribute.

  14. The Precedence value will appear by default based on the precedence value defined with the product attribute. For example, the precedence value for item number is 220. This value can be updated.

    If precedence processing cannot be resolved for two or more modifiers, then the engine uses best price processing to resolve the issue without going below the established precedence.

  15. Enter a Volume Type, such as Item Quantity and Item Amount, to instruct the pricing engine which volume attribute to use when qualifying for a modifier.

  16. Select either Point or Recurring as the break type.

    The break type is optional for the following modifier types:

    Example of Point Break Setup

    The following table provides an example of the setup for a point break.

    Field Value
    Break Type Point
    Modifier Line Type Discount
    Product Attribute Item
    Product Attribute Value Item A
    Volume Type Item Quantity
    Operator Between
    UOM Cases
    Value From 100
    Application Method Amount
    Value 2

    The pricing engine interprets this point setup as follows:

    Example of a Recurring Discount Setup

    The following table details an example setup for a recurring discount (recurring is not supported for price break):

    Field Value
    Break Type Recurring
    Modifier Line Type Discount
    Product Attribute Item
    Product Attribute Value Item A
    Volume Type Item Quantity
    Operator Between
    UOM Cases
    Value From 100
    Application Method Lumpsum (Application method will be always Lumpsum when break type is Recurring.)
    Value 2

    The pricing engine interprets this recurring setup as follows:

  17. Select a volume type to calculate the volume break.

  18. Select an Operator value such as = or BETWEEN; for example, item quantity = 5 or item quantity BETWEEN 5 and 20. If you select Recurring for the Break Type, you must select BETWEEN.

  19. Select the unit of measure (UOM) for the item or item category. If the line type is Promotional Goods, Other Item Discount, Item Upgrade and Volume Type is Item Quantity, then the UOM is mandatory.

    Note: For promotional limits:

  20. To create greater than and less than conditions, leave From Value and To Value blank, as follows:

To create a Discount modifier line

Creates a negative price adjustment, such as a 10 percent discount.

  1. Navigate to the Define Modifier window, Discounts/Charges tab.

    In the Discount/Charges tab

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  2. Complete your entries in the Discounts/Charges tab:

To create a Freight/Special Charge modifier line

  1. Enter the following information in the Modifiers Summary tab:

    Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window: Discounts/Charges tab

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  2. On the Discounts/Charges tab, select a Charge Name such as Transportation Charge.

  3. The Include on Returns check box is only relevant for modifiers of type Freight and Special charge List. The Include on Returns box is selected by default so that freight charges are included with returns. Alternatively, if Include on Returns is cleared, then pricing will not apply the charge automatically on the return line.

    When you create a return order (and the price on the original order for which the return line is being created is retained), Oracle Order Management copies all the adjustments and only those freight charges that have the Include on Returns check box selected. If a return line is repriced , then all the charges are evaluated and applied. To have certain charges applied to a return line when the line is repriced, create a qualifier with a not= condition.

  4. Enter a Formula name to use a formula to calculate a discount, surcharge, or freight charge.

  5. Select an Application Method that defines how the modifier is applied. For more information, see Application Method.

    Note: For Freight/Special Charge modifiers, you must select Lumpsum as the Application Method.

  6. Enter a Value unless you are using a formula.

  7. Save your work.

    Notes

To create an Item Upgrade modifier

In the Promotion Upgrades tab, you can define an Upgrade Item that replaces a specific item ordered for the same price. The item upgrade item is applied on the same order.

Note: Item upgrade is supported for standard items only.

  1. Navigate to the Define Modifier window, Modifiers Summary tab.

    Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window: Promotion Upgrades tab

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  2. Select Item Upgrade as the Modifier Type.

  3. In the Promotion Upgrades tab, define the Upgrade Item that replaces a specific item ordered for the same price.

To create a Term Substitution modifier line

Create a Term Substitution modifier line in the Promotion Terms tab to replace freight charges, shipping charges, and payment terms with typically more favorable charges. When the Operating Unit field appears:

  1. Navigate to the Define Modifier window.

    Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window: Promotion Terms tab

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  2. In the Modifiers Summary tab, select Term Substitution as the Modifier Type.

  3. On the Promotion Terms tab, enter the new terms in the Terms Attribute and Terms Value fields. The pricing engine substitutes the terms on the order or order line with the terms that you specify.

To create a Coupon Issue modifier line

You can issue a coupon for an order that a customer can redeem for a price adjustment or other benefit on a later order. When setting up a coupon issue, two modifier lines must be set up: the first defines the benefit or price adjustment, such as a 10 percent discount, and the second defines the coupon issue details, such as the coupon name and expiration date. The following steps outline how to create a coupon issue modifier.

Note: Both the coupon issue and coupon benefit lines must be defined on the same modifier list.

To define the coupon benefit

  1. On the Modifiers Summary tab, create a modifier line to define the benefit or adjustment issued when the coupon is redeemed. For example, a 10 percent discount or $6 off the order. Select a modifier line type of Discount or Promotional Goods to define the benefit.

    The modifier number (Modifier No) on the modifier line generates a unique number series for the coupon, and the coupon number is passed to the calling application. The customer must quote the coupon number to redeem the coupon in the calling application.

    When the customer redeems the coupon, the pricing engine validates the coupon number against the qualifier. It also validates the qualifiers for the discount or promotional goods benefit.

    Note: Typically, the coupon is issued for an order and the actual discount line (the benefit the coupon applies) is applied to a subsequent order when the coupon is redeemed. However, if you set up a line-level qualifier for the discount line with the following settings, then both the discount line and coupon line can be applied to the same order:

    If you intentionally include a line-level qualifier on the discount line that has a grouping number not equal to any of the coupon modifier numbers and not equal to –1, it means that you actually want the discount to be applied independent of coupon redemption.

    All qualifier conditions with grouping number = -1 must also be met in order to redeem the coupon benefit modifier.

To define the coupon issue details

In a second modifier line, you define the coupon details, such as the coupon name and its expiration date. This line is the Coupon Issue line. After you define the coupon details, you link the benefit line to the coupon issue line:

  1. Select Coupon Issue as the Modifier Type.

  2. Enter a Redemption Rate to specify the percentage probability that customers might redeem this coupon.

  3. Enter the Expiration Date, which is the last date that the customer can redeem the coupon.

    Alternatively, if you enter values for the Expiration Start Date, Expiration Period, and Expiration Period Type, the pricing engine automatically calculates the Expiration Date. For example, for the following coupon setup, the pricing engine calculates an expiration date of 20 July:

    If you do not enter an Expiration Period Start Date, the pricing engine will use the date when the calling application issued the coupon.

  4. Enter the Coupon Modifier Number (from the coupon benefit line) to link the Coupon Issue modifier line to the benefit modifier line.

    Note: The Benefit Quantity, Benefit UOM, and Coupon Conversion Rate fields are not supported for a coupon issue line.

To create a Promotional Goods and Other Item Discount modifier lines

To reward a customer who orders one or more specified items in the same order, you can create a Promotional Goods modifier line to add a new item to an order and provide a price adjustment or benefit for the item. The reward item does not need to be in the original order. Even if the item is in the order, the pricing engine creates a new line for the item.

You must specify a quantity, and you can use any UOM set up on your system.

Other Item Discount

When the customer orders one or more other specified items (the buy items) on the same order, the Other Item Discount modifier provides a price adjustment or benefit to another item (the get item) on the order. The buy item (including additional buy) and get items must all be on the same order for the benefit to apply. The Other Item Discount modifier must be applied at the Group of Lines level.

Note: Recurring other item discounts are not supported.

To enter promotional goods

Complete the following fields to create promotional goods:

  1. On the Modifiers Summary tab, define the required buy product (or category) that the customer must order to get the benefit. For example, buy a toothbrush and get a free bottle of mouthwash.

  2. Click Define Details to display the Define Modifier Details window. In the Products tab > Additional Buy Products region, define any additional products that the customer must buy in addition to the original product defined in the Modifiers Summary tab:

    Additional Buy Products Region

  3. In the Get region, define the get product that the customer receives. For promotional modifiers (such as buy one, get one), when you define the Get Product, the Get Price field does not display lines for service items with formulas, block price, percent price, or price break lines.

    Get Region

    You should not define a Get Line for a PRG using price list lines with the following setups:

    Note: Once you save the Promotional Goods or Other Item Discount line, you cannot update the Primary Buy, Additional Buy, or Get Product attributes.

    If you manually delete or change a free good line for an order or a quote line on the order (for example, change the number of free good items from three to two on the Sales Order pad), for subsequent repricing calls, the overridden manual entry is retained.

    For example, suppose a customer buys Item A and gets two of Item B free. If you manually change the quantity of free goods that the customer gets from two to one on the Sales Order pad, then on subsequent repricing, the manually overwritten amount is retained and the customer gets the one free good.

    Examples of Promotional Goods Modifiers

    You can create as many must buy items as desired and as many get items as required. Here are some sample scenarios of must buy and get promotional modifiers:

    However, you cannot create a combination of must buy products or get products where the promotional goods modifier must evaluate multiple items. For example, the customer receives 20 units free of the following products or a combination of products A, B, C if the customer buys at least 20 units from the specified products (X or Y) or a combination.

    Instead you must specify explicit must buy and get amounts; for example, the customer must buy 10 of Product X and 10 of Product Y to get 20 free units of Product A.

    Note: If you are using Promotional Good (PRG) type of Modifier Line with Multi-Currency, see Using Promotional Good type of Modifier Line.

    Using a Promotional Modifier as a Qualifier for Another Modifier

    You need to consider the following when setting up a promotional modifier as a qualifier for another modifier:

    Situation: Suppose you want to apply two automatic, promotional modifiers named XXXX and YYYY using the following setups:

    In this setup, the second modifier YYYY will not get applied to the order because the qualifier attribute of Promotional Number is not mapped at runtime. (Its attribute mapping method is User Entered, and will not be evaluated during the pricing call.)

    To ensure that you can use the Promotional Number as a qualifier in another modifier, you need to complete the following steps:

    1. Create a custom qualifier attribute by writing a function to source the attribute: its values will be TRUE or FALSE based on if the modifier XXXX is applied to that particular line or not.

    2. Use this custom qualifier attribute in the modifier YYYY.

    3. Attach the modifier XXXX to the pricing phase List Line Adjustments and attach modifier YYYY to the pricing phase All Lines Adjustments.

    When the order line is entered, the modifier XXXX will get applied first and then, while saving the order line, modifier YYYY will get applied because the modifier XXXX has already been applied while entering.

To enter other item discount

  1. On the Modifiers Summary tab, define the required buy product (or category) that the customer must order to get the benefit. For example, buy a toothbrush and get a discount on a bottle of mouthwash.

  2. Click Define Details to display the Define Modifier Details window.

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  3. In the Products tab - Additional Buy Products region, define any additional products that the customer must buy in addition to the original product defined in the Modifiers Summary tab:

  4. In the Products tab - Get region, define the other item discount product (the get item) that the modifier provides a price adjustment or benefit for on the order:

    Note: After you save the Promotional Goods or Other Item Discount line, you cannot update the Primary Buy, Additional Buy, or Get Product attributes.

To create a price break modifier line

Create a price break modifier line to apply a variable discount or surcharge price adjustment to a pricing request based on the price breaks.

  1. Complete the following fields:

  2. Select the Price Breaks tab.

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  3. Select an adjustment Type such as Discount or Surcharge.

  4. Select an Accumulation Attribute if you are setting up range price breaks that accumulate across orders. This option is available for Range breaks only. See Using Accumulated Range Breaks for more information.

  5. The Net Amount Calculation field enables you to calculate the selling price based on the net amount (bucketed amount). You can select from the following values:

    Note: To use net amount, the following values must also be selected:

    Promotional Goods and Net Amount Calculation

    Promotional goods amounts will not be included in the net amount calculation. For example, if an order line gets a promotional good (buy A, get B free or discounted), the new line will not contribute to any net amount calculation of any modifier in the order.

    For examples, see Examples of using net amount in price breaks.

  6. To use the price break to calculate an accrual, select Accrue.

    Note: The Accrual box can only be used if Discount is selected as the Adjustment Type.

    1. If using accruals, enter an Expiration Date to specify when the accrued transactions expire.

    2. Enter Expiration Start Date, Expiration Period, and Period Type. The pricing engine calculates expiration date. The expiration period begins when the item begins to accrue.

      Credit Memo, which is the Rebate Transaction Type default, is reserved for future use.

  7. Click Define Details to display the Define Modifier Details window.

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  8. The values for Break Line Type, Break Type, and Net Amount Calculation are provided by default from the modifier line.

  9. Enter Value From and Value To values.

    Note: If you leave Value To of the last break blank, a value of 99999.. (15 digits) automatically defaults. This value is hidden from the end-user and does not display in the Value To field.

  10. Optionally, select a Formula.

  11. Select an Application Method. For more information, see Application Method.

  12. For nonmonetary accruals, enter the Accrual Conversion Rate to specify the conversion of Benefit UOM to the modifier primary currency. For example, if 1 air mile is 0.50 currency units, the Accrual Conversion Rate is 0.5.

  13. If applicable, enter the Benefit Quantity and Benefit UOM.

  14. Save your work.

    Examples of Using Net Amount in Price Breaks

    The Net Amount Calculation field enables you to calculate the selling price based on the net amount (bucketed amount). For example, suppose you create a price break modifier line with the following setup:

    If this modifier is applied to the following order, then all order lines that match the product defined in the price break modifier line (for example, Item Number = AS54888) are grouped together for the net amount calculation (regardless of other qualifying criteria):

    Order Line Product Pricing Attribute
    1 Item Number: AS54888 Red
    2 Item Number: AS54888 Blue
    3 Item Number: AS54888 Red

    The item amount is based on the item amount for all three lines, but the discount will be applied to lines 1 and 3:

    The following table displays a modifier setup that will calculate the net amount for an order using a break range type of Point:

    Modifier Setup Bucket Discount Break Ranges
    Line 1: Discount A 1 40% n/a
    Line 2: Discount B 1 30% n/a
    Line 3: Price Break Header (PBH) C 2 5% $0-1,000
    - - 7% $1,000-2,000
    - - 10% $2,000-9,999

    Suppose this modifier were applied to the following order:

    Order Item List price Order quantity
    AS54888 $2,000 each (per unit) 2

    If the modifier were applied to this order, the Net Amount selling price would be calculated as follows:

    1. First Discount A (40 percent) is applied resulting in the unit adjusted amount of $800.

    2. Then Discount B (30 percent) is applied resulting in a unit adjusted amount of $600.

    3. The unit selling price at the end of Bucket 1 is $2,000 - ($800+$600) = $600. This amount becomes the unit selling price for the next bucket.

    4. For PBH C to apply: the Net Amount Calculation is ($2,000*2) - (800*2) - (600*2) = $1,200. This amount qualifies for the second break of C, which is 7 percent.

    5. PBH C applied: the unit adjustment amount is 7 percent*600 = $42. This amount is applied to the unit selling price of the previous bucket.

      The final unit selling price is $600 - 42 = $558.

Using Accumulated Range Breaks

Setting up modifiers with accumulated range breaks provides additional flexibility to existing price break processing. Using accumulated range breaks, you can set up range price breaks that accumulate within and across orders based on some attribute value (for example, quantity) that is accumulated from previous orders or order lines.

The pricing engine uses the accumulation value as the starting point of the break calculation. Oracle Advanced Pricing does not store these accumulated values. The value is passed by the calling application in the engine request or the engine dynamically sources the attribute from a customer API.

Values can be accumulated across different orders or within an order. For example, suppose a customer places the following two orders:

Under regular range price break processing, each order would be evaluated independently of the other. However, with accumulated range price breaks, the accumulated quantity value from Order A is the starting point for evaluating the range break for Order B.

The value of the accumulation attribute is sourced from the pricing request when evaluating accumulated range price breaks for modifiers. Customers are responsible for accumulating and maintaining the values from previous transactions in any manner they choose. This value is the starting point for range price breaks in subsequent transactions that are passed to the pricing engine.

Setting the Profile Option and Volume Attribute

To begin using the accumulation attribute feature, the profile QP: Accumulation Attributes Enabled must be set to Yes. Typically, this value is set by the System Administrator. The profile option also enables the Accumulation Attribute field in the Price Breaks tab on the Define Modifier window. Complete the following steps to set up this feature (no seeded attributes are provided for this feature).

  1. You can create two types of accumulation volume attributes in Attribute Management to use this feature:

  2. Set the profile QP: Accumulation Attributes Enabled to Yes at Site, Application, or both levels. The profile enables the Accumulation Attribute field in modifier lines. Price break details are defined in Define Details.

  3. Define a modifier line with the following setup:

Using Accumulated Range Break Across Orders

When using accumulated range breaks, the accumulation total must be passed as the starting point for each pricing request. For example, suppose the following discount is set up to give a discount across orders.

Volume Attribute From Volume Attribute To Adjustment Amount
0 5 5%
5 10 10%
10 15 15%

If a customer then places three separate orders for five items each, then the adjustment amount is calculated as follows:

Order No. Quantity Accumulated Value Adjustment Amount
1 5 0 5%
2 5 5 10%
3 5 10 15%

The adjustment calculations for the preceding example are as follows:

Using Accumulated Range Breaks Within an Order

Accumulated range price breaks can be used to evaluate the volume of order lines within the same order.

For example, if a customer orders three lines of the same item that is eligible for a discount, then each line is priced based on the accumulated value of the previous qualifying line for the same product.

Suppose a price break modifier is set up with the following volume ranges and adjustment amounts:

Volume Attribute From Volume Attribute To Adjustment Amount (Percent)
0 5 5%
5 10 10%
10 15 15%

When this discount is applied, the accumulated values and adjustment amounts are calculated as follows:

Line No. Quantity Accumulated Value Adjustment Amount
4.1 3 0 5%
4.2 6 3 8.33%
4.3 4 9 13.75%

The accumulation value and discounts are evaluated as follows:

Attaching Pricing Attributes to Modifier Lines

You can attach attributes to the items and item categories that you define for modifier lines. When the pricing engine determines eligibility for a modifier, it validates the pricing attributes along with the item number or item category.

Note: Pricing attributes apply only to the primary items that you define in the Modifiers Summary tab. They do not apply to items that you define for additional buy items and get items.

To attach pricing attributes to modifier lines

  1. Navigate to the Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window.

  2. Select the Modifiers Summary tab and select a modifier line.

  3. Click Pricing Attributes to display the More Pricing Attributes window.

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  4. Enter a Pricing Context.

  5. Enter a Pricing Attribute.

  6. Enter an operator value such as = or BETWEEN.

  7. Enter a Value From and a Value To.

    Note: Enter Value To only when the Operator is BETWEEN.

  8. Click OK and save your work.

Excluding Items from a Modifier

Use this process to exclude items from a modifier. When the pricing engine evaluates order lines, if an order line contains an item or item category that is defined as an excluded item or item category, then these lines are considered ineligible and will not be evaluated for the modifier.

The following example shows the difference between a modifier defined without an excluded item and one defined with an excluded item.

Example of a Modifier Without an Excluded Item

The following example shows the effects of applying a modifier when no excluded item is defined for the modifier. The modifier, Modifier_Shampoo1, is set up with the following criteria:

To be eligible for the modifier, the item category of the ordered items must be Shampoo and the total item quantity of the eligible order lines must be greater than 100.

Suppose a customer then places the following order for two shampoo items and one conditioner item:

Order Line ID Qty Item Category
1 100 Shampoo1 Shampoo
2 20 Shampoo2 Shampoo
3 30 Conditioner1 Conditioner

The modifier will be applied because the item total for the eligible group of lines is 120 (the sum of 100 + 20).

Example of a Modifier with an Excluded Item

The following modifier, Modifier_Shampoo2, has been set up, and the item Shampoo1 is defined as the excluded item:

Suppose a customer then places the following order for two shampoo items and one conditioner item, as in the previous order:

Order Line ID Item Quantity (Qty) Category
1 Shampoo1 100 Shampoo
2 Shampoo2 20 Shampoo
3 Conditioner1 30 Conditioner

To be eligible for this modifier, the item category of the ordered items must be Shampoo and the item quantity of the eligible order lines must be greater than 100. However, the item Shampoo1, which is defined as an excluded item for this modifier, will not be evaluated. The group of lines from the order is evaluated against the modifier requirements as follows:

Then, the modifier evaluates the total quantity of the eligible order lines. If the total item quantity is greater than 100, then the modifier is applied. Since the quantity of the eligible lines is 20 (Order Line 2), the modifier will not be applied.

To add exclude items to a modifier

  1. Navigate to the Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window (Summary tab) and select a modifier. You cannot add excluded items if the modifier level is Order.

  2. Click Exclude to display the Exclude Items window.

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  3. Enter a Product Attribute and Product Value to be excluded.

  4. Select Exclude and click OK.

  5. Save your work.

Creating Line-Level Qualifiers

You can create qualifiers for modifiers at the line level. The pricing engine evaluates qualifiers to determine eligibility for line-level modifiers. The pricing engine evaluates line-level qualifiers in addition to the header-level qualifiers to qualify the modifier against the order header or line

If the item is evaluated from the secondary price list, the customer does not receive the discount unless the qualifier also includes Price List B.

To create line-level qualifiers

  1. Navigate to the Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window.

  2. Choose the Modifiers Summary tab and select a modifier line.

  3. Click the Line Qualifiers button.

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  4. If this modifier line has no qualifiers, the Qualifier Groups window appears. Do one of the following:

  5. In the Qualifier - Line Level Qualifiers window, you can add, change, and delete qualifiers, change the grouping numbers, and change the dates.

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  6. If you are entering a new qualifier, enter a Grouping Number. Qualifiers with the same grouping number generate an AND condition, while qualifiers with different grouping numbers generate an OR condition. For more information on grouping numbers, see Using Qualifier Grouping Numbers.

  7. Enter the Qualifier Context.

  8. Enter the Qualifier Attribute.

    Note: After you save a qualifier with Qualifier Context of Modifier List and Qualifier Attribute of Coupon Number, you cannot modify or delete it. Since the pricing engine creates coupons (and a qualifier for each coupon), these coupon qualifiers are not subject to manual changes and deletions.

    View the Precedence numbers that appear by default from the qualifier definition. The pricing engine uses precedence for resolving incompatibility. If multiple modifiers are eligible within the same phase and incompatibility level, the modifier with the lowest precedence is applied.

  9. Select or clear the Applies To Party Hierarchy check box. This check box is enabled only for attributes that are based on Oracle TCA (Trading Community Architecture) Parties and if the Party Hierarchy Enabled flag has been selected for this attribute on attribute management setups. The Applies To Party Hierarchy check box must be selected to use the party hierarchy functionality for the qualifier attribute. See the Oracle Advanced Pricing Implementation Guide for more details.

    Hierarchies consist of tiered relationships where one party is ranked above another; for example, a corporate hierarchy where different companies are related as parent, subsidiary, headquarters, division, and so on. If Applies To Party is selected, then the modifier adjustment or price list (depending on what the qualifier is set up for) would be available to the parent party specified in the Attribute Value field and its subsidiaries. This setting saves you time because you don’t have to create multiple qualifiers, one for each subsidiary or division.

    Note: The Applies To Party Hierarchy check box is not available in Basic Pricing. The profile option QP: Pricing Party Hierarchy Type enables the use of TCA hierarchy-enabled attributes.

  10. Enter the Operator, Value From, and Value To (if applicable).

  11. Enter additional details about the selected qualifier in the Value From Meaning field. For example, if the qualifier context is CUSTOMER and the attribute is Ship To, then the Value From field displays the customer name and the Value From Meaning field displays the site-use location for the customer. If the context/attribute combination has no additional details, then Value From and Value From Meaning are identical.

  12. Click Copy Group to add qualifiers from other qualifier groups.

  13. Click OK.

  14. Save your work.

    Note: The start and end dates of the line qualifiers must be within the start and end date of the modifier list.

Copying a Modifier List

You can create a new modifier list by copying an existing one. The following modifier information is copied from the original modifier to the new one:

When you copy a modifier, you can enter a unique number and name for the new modifier and either update or keep the effective dates for the modifier list and lines. The combination of modifier name, number, and version must be unique across modifier lists. Although it is possible to copy an existing modifier name, you must enter a unique number for the new modifier.

Promotional limits attached to the original modifier are not copied. The promotional limits must be created again for the new modifier. You can review the newly converted price breaks in the View Log of the concurrent request.

To copy a modifier list

  1. Navigate to the Copy Modifiers window.

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  2. In the Copy From region:

  3. In the Copy To region:

  4. Click Submit to copy the modifier. A Request ID number appears so that you can track your copy request. Select View > Requests and search by your Request ID number to view your request status.

    Important: The copied modifier list is always inactive, so you must select the Active check box to make the modifier active.

  5. Search for the new modifier in the Find Modifier Lists window.

  6. Select the modifier, and then select Active to activate the modifier.

Copying a Modifier Line

You can quickly copy an existing modifier line to a new line record in the Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window. The following information is copied to the new modifier line:

All fields that are copied can be updated except for the Level and Modifier type fields. The Product Attribute and Product Value fields can be updated even after you click Define Details. However, once the new modifier line is saved, these fields cannot be updated.

To copy a modifier line

  1. Display the modifier in the Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window.

  2. Select the modifier line to be copied, and click the New icon in the toolbar to create a new blank line beneath the original line.

  3. Choose Edit > Duplicate > Record Above to duplicate the original line. Alternately, select the SHIFT+F6 keys.

  4. Once the line is duplicated, you can modify or save it.

  5. Save your work.

Using Modifiers in the HTML User Interface

Oracle Advanced Pricing provides an HTML-based user interface (UI) that features guided steps, user-friendly pages, and shortcut links for setting up and maintaining modifiers, price lists, and qualifiers.

You can use the HTML UI to complete many of the pricing tasks that you previously completed using the Oracle Forms-based UI, such as:

Oracle Advanced Pricing provides the Oracle Forms-based interface for features and tasks currently unavailable in the HTML format, such as creating qualifier groups.

Note: Pricing security can affect the View and Maintain features associated with the Update and Details icons in the HTML UI. For more information, see Oracle Advanced Pricing Implementation Guide, Pricing Security.

Pricing Security (HTML Interface)

Pricing security settings affect the Update and Details icons for price lists and modifiers in the HTML UI in the following ways:

When Pricing Security is Off

When Pricing Security is On

Creating a Modifier List (HTML Interface)

A modifier list contains general information that applies to all modifier lines created for the list. You can use modifier lists and lines to adjust net prices either up or down through modifier actions such as discounting, adding surcharges, charging for shipping, or adjusting price based on promotional pricing.

In the HTML UI, you can create the following modifier list types.

For each modifier list type, you can create modifier lines that define the price adjustment or benefit to be applied to the pricing requests. To view which modifier line types are supported for each modifier list, see Creating Modifier Lines (HTML Interface).

Creating a modifier list and modifier lines involves the following steps:

  1. Enter general modifier list information.

  2. Create qualifiers that define eligibility rules for the modifier list. For example, the customer must be a Gold class customer to receive the adjustments and benefits for the modifier list.

  3. Review and then save the modifier list.

  4. Add modifier lines to the modifier list to define the type and amount of price adjustment or benefit offered.

  5. Make the modifier list active by navigating to the General Information page and clicking the Active check box.

Modifier List Concepts

Currency

The pricing engine applies modifiers to sales orders of the same currency. If a specific currency is selected, such as U.S. dollars (USD), then the modifier list can only be used with a price list with a matching base currency or to currency (for a multi-currency price list).

Optional Currency

Select Optional Currency if currency is not used as a criteria to select modifiers for the order (this selection leaves the Currency field in the modifier list blank). Selecting optional currency can provide the following advantages to your business:

Pricing for Global Use and Operating Unit

The Pricing For Global Use box identifies if this modifier list and lines are available to all operating units or a specific operating unit.

The Pricing For Global Use check box appears only after you run the Security Control concurrent program to turn on security. To confirm the security status for your installation, view the profile QP: Security Control to see if security is on or off. Once security is on, all newly created modifier lists will have the global box selected as a default. For more information on pricing security, see the Oracle Advanced Pricing Implementation Guide.

By Request Only

If the By Request Only check box is selected, the customer must specifically request to have the modifier benefit applied (for example, by providing a special discount number), otherwise it will not be applied. This check box is only available for modifier list types of Deal and Promotion.

Note: If the pricing engine selects multiple modifiers to apply to an order line, the modifiers for By request only receive a higher preference than other modifiers.

To create a modifier list

  1. Navigate to the Modifier Lists page.

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  2. Select the type of modifier to be created:

  3. Click Go to display the Create [Modifier Type] General Information page.

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    Note: The page name and details may vary slightly depending on the modifier list type being created.

    The Type field displays the modifier list type you are creating. The Pricing Transaction Entity and Source System values appear by default from the profiles QP: Pricing Transaction Entity and QP: Source System Code.

  4. Enter a Name for the modifier list. You can use an alphabetic or alphanumeric combination to identify the modifier, for example, Promo Modifier or Mod1234.

    Note: The modifier Name should be unique across PTEs, otherwise an error occurs. For example, if a modifier named Corporate is created in the Order Management PTE, an error message displays if you create a Corporate modifier in the Purchasing PTE.

  5. Enter a modifier list Number. This can be an alpha-numeric combination.

  6. Enter a Version Number.

  7. Enter a Description for the modifier list.

  8. Perform one of the following actions:

  9. Enter a Start Date and an End Date.

  10. Enter an Order Date From and an Order Date To range.

  11. Enter a Requested Shipped Date From date and a Requested Shipped Date To date.

  12. The Pricing For Global Use box identifies if this modifier list and lines are available to all operating units or a specific operating unit. For more information, see Pricing For Global Use.

  13. For modifier types of Deal and Promotion, the By request only check box displays. If selected, the customer must specifically request that the modifier benefit be applied. For example, the customer must provide a special discount number or the benefit will not be applied. If the pricing engine selects multiple modifiers to apply to an order line, the modifiers for By request only receive a higher preference than other modifiers.

    For modifier types of Promotion and Deal, in the Parent Promotions Detail region, a parent-child relationship appears for reporting purposes. A Deal modifier list must be associated with a Parent Promotion by providing the promotion name and version. Since this association is for reporting purposes, information that you define on the promotion is independent of and does not affect the information on the Deal modifier. The Promotion must already exist before you can select it.

  14. Click Next to display the Qualifiers page where you can define eligibility rules for the modifier list. See Creating Qualifiers (HTML Interface).

    Warning: When a qualifier is attached to a price list or modifier header, the effective dates of that QUALIFIER determine the effective dates for the price list or modifier list NOT the effective dates defined in the price list or modifier list window. For example, suppose you create a price list with an effective start date of 23-NOV-2005 and no end date; then you create a qualifier at the header level with effective dates of 10-NOV-2005 and 12-NOV-2005 for customer Computer Service and Rentals. However, after 12-NOV-2005, the price list will not be valid for Computer Service and Rentals or any other customer and the price list becomes expired.

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  15. Complete your entries, then choose one of the following:

    Important: All modifier (and price lists) created in HTML are created as inactive lists. You must select the Active field (which only appears after the list is created) from the Update General Information page to make the modifier list active.

Related Topics

Creating Modifier Lines (HTML Interface)

Creating a Discount Modifier Line (HTML)

Creating a Promotional Goods Modifier Line (HTML)

Creating a Price Break Modifier Line (HTML Interface)

Creating a Surcharge Modifier Line (HTML Interface)

Creating Modifier Lines (HTML Interface)

Once you create the modifier list, you can add modifier lines that define the type of price adjustments and benefits that the pricing engine applies to pricing requests. The following table shows the type of modifier line types you can create for a selected modifier list type:

For the following Modifier List Types.. You can create these Modifier Line Types
Deal Discount, Price Break, Promotional Goods, or Surcharge
Discount List Discount, Price Break, or Surcharge
Promotion List Discount, Price Break, Promotional Goods, or Surcharge
Surcharge List Price Break, Surcharge

Note: Pricing security can affect the View and Maintain features associated with the Update and Details icons in the HTML user interface.

To create modifier lines

  1. Navigate to the Create Line page to complete your entries.

  2. Complete your entries:

Related Topics

Creating a Discount Modifier Line (HTML)

Creating a Promotional Goods Modifier Line (HTML)

Creating a Price Break Modifier Line

Creating a Surcharge

Defining Controls for Modifier Lines (HTML Interface)

In the Controls page, you define pricing controls that govern how the modifier line should be applied.

To define controls for a modifier line (HTML Interface)

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  1. Select a Modifier Level at which the modifier line should be applied:

  2. Select from other pricing controls:

Creating a Discount Modifier Line (HTML Interface)

You can create a discount modifier line to create a negative price adjustment. For example, to give a 10 percent discount.

To create a discount modifier line

  1. Navigate to the Create Line page. For more information, see Creating Modifier Lines (HTML Interface).

  2. Select Discount as the Modifier Type.

    The modifier Line Number defaults and can be updated. Each modifier line number must be unique within the modifier list (the line number cannot be duplicated).

  3. Click Continue to display the Create Discount Line: Controls page. In this page, you can define controls for the modifier line. For more information on setting up and using controls, see Defining Controls.

  4. After you have set up the controls, click Next to display the Create Discount Line: Product and Benefit page.

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  5. Enter information about the product and product volume.

    Note: The Product and its related fields will not display if you selected Modifier Level = Order in the Controls page. This means that all products on the order will receive the pricing adjustment you define.

    If you select a Volume Method, then the following fields display:

  6. In the Pricing Attributes region, define the attributes for the selected product:

    Benefit region

  7. Click Next to display the Qualifiers page where you can define eligibility rules for the modifier line.

  8. Complete your entries, and click Next to proceed to the review page, or click Finish to skip the review page and save the line.

    A Confirmation message confirms if the modifier line is successfully created.

Related Topics

Creating Qualifiers (HTML Interface)

Creating a Price Break Modifier Line (HTML Interface)

You can use a price break modifier to apply a variable discount or surcharge price adjustment to a pricing request based on the conditions of the break type. You can use both point and range type breaks:

The following table provides an example of a price break sequence:

Product Attribute Value From Value To Value (%)
Item A 0 100 5
Item A 100 200 10
Item A 200 Null 15

Suppose a customer is eligible for the preceding price break, and places an order for a quantity of 150 of Item A. The pricing engine calculates the discount differently depending on the type of price break selected:

Continuous Price Breaks

Price Break Feature Example of Price Break Setup
All newly-created price breaks are created as continuous price breaks. These are price break lines without gaps between subsequent price break ranges.
Example: The first break (0-100) means greater than 0 but less than or equal to 100. A quantity of 100 is eligible for the first price break range (0-100), but a quantity of 100.1 would be eligible for the second price break range (100-200).
0-100
100-200
200-300
Value From of first break range starts with 0. 0-100
(greater than 0 to less than or equal to 100)
Value From of the current price break (other than the first break range) matches the Value To of the previous break.
  • 100-200

  • 200-300

Important: If you copy a price break from a pre-R12 release (for example, by copying a price list or modifier list with price breaks or copying a price break line--actions you can complete in the Forms-based UI) , then the price breaks are converted automatically to the continuous format. This conversion changes the price break setup and processing; therefore, you must review the converted price breaks to ensure they continue to achieve your desired pricing results. The following table describes the continuous price break features:

To create a price break line

  1. Navigate to the Create Line page. For more information, see Creating Modifier Lines (HTML Interface).

  2. Select Price Break as the Modifier Type.

    The modifier Line Number defaults and can be updated. Each modifier line number must be unique within the modifier list (the line number cannot be duplicated).

  3. Click Continue to display the Create Price Break Line: Controls page. In this page, you can define controls for the modifier line. For more information on setting up and using controls, see Defining Controls.

  4. After you have set up the controls, click Next to display the Products page.

    Create Price Break Line: Products page

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  5. Enter information about the product and product volume that the customer must buy to get the benefit.

  6. In the Pricing Attributes region, select the attribute information:

  7. In the Price Break Benefits region, define the price break benefits for the modifier line:

  8. Optionally, select Net Amount Calculation to calculate the selling price based on the bucketed Item Amount volume. For more information, see Using Net Amount with Price Breaks.

    To use Net Amount Calculation, the following fields must also be selected.

  9. After you have set up the products, click Next to see the Benefits page.

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  10. Define the following values for each price break:

  11. Click Next to see the Qualifiers page, where you can define eligibility rules for the modifier line.

  12. Complete your entries, and click Next to proceed to the review page, or click Finish to skip the review page and save the line.

    A Confirmation message confirms if the modifier line is successfully created.

    Caution: After you save can the price break lines, they cannot be removed. However, they can still be updated.

Creating a Promotional Goods Modifier Line (HTML Interface)

When the customer orders one or more specified items on the same order, you can create a Promotional Goods modifier line to add a new item to an order and provide a price adjustment or benefit for the item . The item does not need to be originally on the order. Even if the item is on the order, the pricing engine creates a new line for the item.

Note: Recurring other item discounts are not supported.

To create a promotional goods modifier line

  1. Navigate to the Create Line page, and select Promotional Goods as the Modifier Type.

  2. The modifier Line Number defaults and can be updated. Each modifier line number must be unique within the modifier list (the line number cannot be duplicated).

  3. Select a Start and End Date range when the modifier line is effective. You should specify a range that coincides with the period of time that the benefit is offered. If no End Date is entered, then the modifier line does not expire.

  4. Click Continue to display the Create Promotional Goods Line: Controls page. In this page, you can define controls for the modifier line. For more information on setting up and using controls, see Defining Controls.

  5. After you have set up the controls, click Next to display the Required Products page.

    Create Promotional Goods Line: Required Products

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  6. Define the required buy product (or category) that the customer must order to get the benefit. For example: you must buy a toothbrush to get a free bottle of mouthwash.

    If you selected a Volume Method, the following fields display:

  7. In the Pricing Attributes region, select pricing attributes that further define how you want to price the product such as by color or size. The Context value defaults and is display only.

  8. In the Excluded Products region, select the product level and product to be excluded from the Item Category or All Items selected in the Product Level field. You can exclude certain products so that the pricing adjustments from the modifier line will not be applied to those products.

    For example, suppose you set up a Discount modifier line for the Item Category of shoes but you wanted to exclude designer shoes from the price adjustment. Therefore, in the Excluded Products region, you would select designer shoes to be excluded from the price adjustment.

    Note: The Excluded Products region does not appear if Item Number is selected as the Product Level or if the Product Level field is left blank.

  9. After you have set up the products, click Next to display the Benefits page.

    Create Promotional Goods Line: Benefits page

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  10. Define the product the customers get after they purchase the buy product defined in the Required Products page. For example, if they buy a toothbrush, the toothpaste is automatically added to the order line at a 10 percent discount.

  11. Optionally, click Add Another Row to add additional benefit lines, or click Remove to remove a selected line. However, once the benefit line is created and saved, you cannot remove this benefit line or update the product.

  12. Click Next to display the Qualifiers page where you can define eligibility rules for the modifier line.

    If you are using a promotional modifier as a qualifier for another modifier, see Using a Promotional Modifier as a Qualifier for Another Modifier.

  13. Complete your entries and click Next to proceed to the review page, or click Finish to skip the review page and save the line. A Confirmation message confirms if the modifier line is successfully created.

Notes

Related Topics

Creating Modifier Lines (HTML Interface)

Creating Qualifiers (HTML Interface)

Creating a Surcharge Modifier Line (HTML Interface)

You can use a Surcharge modifier line to add a positive price adjustment. For example, to apply a 10 percent special charge to a customer's order.

  1. Navigate to the Create Line page and select Surcharge as the Modifier Type.

    The modifier Line Number defaults and can be updated. Each modifier line number must be unique within the modifier list (the line number cannot be duplicated).

  2. Select a Start and End Date range when the modifier line is effective. You should specify a range that coincides with the period of time that the benefit is offered. If no End Date is entered, then the modifier line does not expire.

  3. Click Continue to display the Controls page. In this page, you can define controls for the modifier line. For more information on setting up and using controls, see Defining Controls.

  4. After you have set up the controls, click Next to display the Create Surcharge Line: Product and Benefit page.

    Create Surcharge Line: Product and Benefit page

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  5. Select the product(s) that will receive the surcharge:

    Note: The Product and its related fields will not display if you selected Modifier Level = Order in the Controls page. This means that all products on the order will receive the pricing adjustment you define.

    If you selected a Volume Method, then the following fields display:

  6. In the Pricing Attributes region, select the pricing attributes that further define how you want to price the product such as by color or size. The Context value defaults and is display only.

  7. In the Excluded Products region, select the product level and product to be excluded from the Item Category or All Items selected in the Product Level field. You can exclude certain products so that the pricing adjustments from the modifier line will not be applied to those products.

    For example, suppose you set up a Discount modifier line for the Item Category of shoes but you want to exclude designer shoes from the price adjustment. Therefore, in the Excluded Products region, you would select designer shoes to be excluded from the price adjustment.

    Note: The Excluded Products region does not appear if Item Number is selected as the Product or if the Product field is left blank.

  8. Optionally, click Add Another Row to add additional benefit lines, or click Remove to remove a selected line. However, once the benefit line is created and saved, you cannot remove this benefit line or update the product.

  9. In the Benefit region, select the following values:

  10. Click Next to display the Qualifiers page where you can define eligibility rules for the modifier line. For more information, on setting up qualifiers, see Creating Qualifiers (HTML Interface).

  11. Complete your entries, and click Next to proceed to the review page, or click Finish to skip the review page and save the line.

    A Confirmation message confirms if the modifier line is successfully created.

Related Topics

Creating Modifier Lines (HTML Interface)

Searching for Modifier Lists (HTML Interface)

In the Modifier Lists Search page, you can use searches to quickly retrieve information about modifiers. This helps you find information essential to your business such as:

Once the search results are returned, you can view a summary of modifier lists, view general information about the modifier list such as Name, Number, Type, Start/End Dates, and Active status, or select a specific modifier list to view additional details.

In addition to viewing the modifier lists, you can choose to update, and create a new modifier list.

Note: You must be assigned Maintain privileges in pricing security to update or create a new modifier. The Details icon is enabled if you have view or update privileges assigned through pricing security.

To search for modifier lists

  1. Navigate to the Modifier Lists Search page.

    Modifier Lists Search page

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  2. Select a search category from the Search list, then enter additional criteria next to the Search list to narrow your search results. Select from the following search categories:

  3. Click Go to display the following search results in a table:

    Optionally, click Update to update the modifier list, or click Details to view additional details about the modifier list.

    Note: When pricing security is turned off, either the Details or Update icon displays depending on the profile QP: Source System. If the modifier list is created in a different source system within the same PTE, you can only view the list. You can only update the modifier list that matches your PTE and Source System.

Related Topics

Oracle Advanced Pricing Home page (HTML Interface)

Creating a Modifier List (HTML Interface)

Updating a Modifier (HTML Interface)

Updating a Modifier (HTML Interface)

You can update a modifier to change information such as its effective start and end dates then save your changes. All fields can be updated except for the List Type, Pricing Transaction Entity (if there are modifier lines), Source System (if there are modifier lines), Name, and Number.

Note: Pricing security can affect the View and Maintain features associated with the Update and Details icons in the HTML user interface. For more information, see Pricing Security (HTML Interface).

To update a modifier

  1. Navigate to the Update [Modifier Type]: General Information page.

    Note: The actual page name depends on the type of modifier being updated.

    Update [Modifier Type]: General Information page

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  2. Update the fields that require changes:

  3. Select or clear the By Request Only check box (if applicable).

  4. Select or clear the Active box:

  5. Click Apply to save the changes.

    A Confirmation pages displays to advise you if the changes were updated successfully.

Related Topics

Creating a Modifier List (HTML Interface)

Creating Modifier Lines (HTML Interface)

Updating a Qualifier (HTML Interface)

Updating a Modifier Line (HTML Interface)

You can update an existing modifier line to change information such as controls, products and benefits, and qualifiers. You can add additional qualifiers, excluded items, and additional buy and get products.

However, you cannot update the following:

The following fields cannot be updated: List Type, Pricing Transaction Entity/Source System, Name, Number, Product Level, Product, Modifier Level, and Line Number.

Note: Pricing security can affect the View and Maintain features associated with the Update and Details icons in the HTML user interface. For more information, see Oracle Advanced Pricing Implementation Guide, Pricing Security.

To update a modifier line

  1. Navigate to the Update [Modifier Type]: Modifier Lines page.

  2. To find modifier lines for the selected modifier, select a Search category and enter additional criteria for the selected category:

  3. Click Go to display the search results.

  4. Click Update to display the Update Line page.

    Update Line page--Controls tab

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  5. Select the Controls tab to update controls that define how the modifier line is applied such as the Start/End Dates, Pricing Phase, Bucket, and Incompatibility Levels. See Defining Controls for Modifier Lines (HTML Interface).

  6. Select the Products tab to update information related to the selected product such as UOM and Precedence. You cannot update the Product Level or Product in the update mode.

    Note: A Products tab and Benefits tab display when you are updating a price break line. For other line types, a combined Product And Benefit tab displays instead.

    Products tab

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  7. In the Pricing Attributes region (if applicable), you can update, add, or remove pricing attributes related to the product.

  8. In the Price Break Benefits region (if applicable), you can update the Adjustment Type, Volume Based on, Volume Method, and related fields.

  9. Select the Benefits tab to update the benefit information for the modifier line such as Value From/To, Adjustment Value, Adjustment Method, and Formula. For example, you could change the Adjustment Value from 10 to 15 for the Adjustment Method of Percent.

    Benefits tab

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  10. Select the Qualifiers tab to update qualifiers and qualifier groups currently associated with the modifier line. You can update the qualifier information, add new qualifiers by clicking Create Qualifier, or append qualifier groups by clicking Append Group.

    Qualifiers tab

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  11. After you have completed all your updates, click Apply to save your changes.

Related Topics

Creating Modifier Lines (HTML Interface)

Updating a Qualifier (HTML Interface)

Appending a Qualifier Group (HTML Interface)

Deleting a Qualifier (HTML Interface)

Redeeming Accruals

You can mark accrued price adjustments as redeemed and record redemption transaction information. In addition, you can cancel coupons recorded as redeemed in error.

To redeem accruals

  1. Navigate to the Redeem Accruals window.

    Note: You cannot create an accrual record in this window.

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  2. Do a query to retrieve the accruals. For example, query by Customer name to find all unredeemed accruals for that customer. The window only displays accrual records that the pricing engine created.

  3. Select the accrual record.

  4. Do the following steps for each accrual that you want to redeem:

    Note: You cannot mark an accrual record as partially redeemed. For example, a customer purchases a computer and accrues 100 air miles. You cannot mark 60 air miles redeemed at one time and 40 air miles redeemed later.

  5. Select the Redeemed box.

  6. Enter the Transaction Reference number for the system that redeemed the accrual.

  7. Enter the Payment System that issued the payment for the accrual.

  8. Enter the Redeemed Date (the default is the current date).

    Alternately, to mark a redeemed accrual record as unredeemed, clear Redeemed. Verify that the Transaction Reference, Payment System, and Redeemed Date fields are blank.

  9. Save your work.

Changing Modifier Incompatibility

When you create modifier lines, you can assign a phase and an incompatibility group to each modifier line. Multiple incompatibility groups can be assigned to each pricing phase.

Pricing business rules allow the pricing engine to apply only one modifier for each incompatibility level and phase combination; any incompatibilities must be resolved.

You can review and change incompatibilities in the Incompatibility Groups window. For each incompatibility group within a specific phase, you can view the modifier lines assigned to one incompatibility group or reassign them to another group.

Note: If you are unable to access or update this window, you may not have the appropriate access privileges. Ask your Pricing Administrator.

Incompatibility between modifiers can be resolved using either Precedence or Best Price:

During precedence processing if two or more modifiers tie based on precedence processing, then the engine resolves using best price processing WITHOUT going below the established precedence.

The following table shows an example of the pricing engine using precedence to resolve incompatibilities. The Engine Applies column indicates whether the pricing engine selects the modifier.

Modifier Phase Incompatibility Level Precedence Engine Applies
10% Discount 30 1 260 No
$100 Promotion 30 1 240 Yes
Free Promotional Good 30 2 260 Yes
$50 Lumpsum 30 3 200 Yes
3% Discount 30 3 240 No
$25 Deal 40 1 260 Yes

Note: Refer to the phase event mapping discussion to learn how to set phase incompatibility resolution.

Freight and Special Charges Modifier and Incompatibility Processing

Incompatibility processing considers all the modifier types such as Freight and Special Charges and evaluates them as a single entity. Once the incompatibility processing is complete, only one modifier remains which may or may not be the Freight and Special Charge modifier type depending on the incompatibility setup.

Note: For Freight/Special Charges: If an Incompatibility Group is not selected for the modifier line, then the pricing engine will use Best Price incompatibility processing instead of Precedence. The type of engine processing can be defined in the Incompatibility Resolve Code field in the Event Phases window.

Exclusive Modifiers and Incompatibility Processing

You can create one exclusive modifier in each pricing phase. When the pricing engine encounters an exclusive modifier, it suspends incompatibility pricing for the phase and applies only the exclusive modifier. However, during exclusive and/or incompatibility processing, an order level modifier will not be compared to a Line level or Group of Lines level modifier.

To change modifier incompatibility

  1. Navigate to the Incompatibility Groups window.

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  2. Click the Search icon to display the Find Incompatibility Groups window (if you are in a blank Incompatibility Groups window). elect your search criteria to find modifier lines associated with a particular phase or those assigned to a particular Incompatibility Group:

  3. Click Find to view the search results in the Incompatibility Groups window.

  4. To change the assigned incompatible group for a modifier:

  5. Save your work.

Archiving and Purging Modifiers

You can archive pricing entities such as modifiers and modifier lines by copying pricing data from the pricing application tables to archive tables for long-term data storage. Pricing data that is archived into the permanent pricing archive tables is deleted from the pricing application tables.

By archiving and purging records, the number of pricing records that need to be queried or processed by the pricing engine is reduced, potentially resulting in improved performance.

When the archived data is no longer required or does not need to be retained for legal retention purposes, then you can use the purge feature to purge the data from the archive tables.

Related Topics

Archiving Pricing Entities

Purging Pricing Entities

Using the Pricing Organizer

Use the Pricing Organizer for creating and saving queries (searches) so you can manage and track your modifiers more efficiently.

You can save frequently-used queries and re-run them without having to re-enter the query criteria. The query can be saved as either a Personal or Public query: a Personal query is not shared with other users while a Public query is shared with other users. When saving a query, select the Public check box to save it as a public query in the Public Folder; otherwise it is saved as a personal query in the Personal Folder.

Once you have saved your queries, you can rename an existing query, move queries between Public and Personal folders, or delete a query that is no longer required.

To create a modifier query

  1. Do a query in the Find Modifiers window to display the search results.

  2. Right-click the Search Results folder in the left pane to display the query menu.

  3. Choose Save to display the User Defined Queries window.

  4. Enter a Name for the query.

  5. Select Public to save the query as a Public query that can be shared with other users. Otherwise, it is saved as a Personal query.

  6. Click OK to save the query.

To open a queried modifier (from the Pricing Organizer)

You can select a record from either the Headers or Lines tabs and click Open Modifier to view additional details about the modifier or modifier line.

Note: If you select Restrict Lines and click Open Modifier, only those lines that meet the query criteria on the Find Modifiers window are displayed. They display in the Modifiers Summary tab of the Advanced Pricing - Define Modifier window.

To rename a saved modifier query

  1. Find the saved query to be renamed in either the Personal Folders or Public Folders.

  2. Right-click the query name to display the menu, then choose Rename Query to display the User Defined Queries window.

  3. Enter the new name and click OK.

To move a saved query between the Personal or Public folder

  1. Find the saved query to be moved in either the Personal Folders or Public Folders.

  2. Right-click the query name to display the menu, then choose Rename Query to display the User Defined Queries window.

  3. Select or clear the Public box and click OK. The selected query has now moved over.

To delete a modifier query

  1. Select the query to be deleted in either the Personal Folders or Public Folders.

  2. Right-click the query name, then select Delete to display the Decision window.

  3. In the Decision window, click Yes to delete or No to return to the Pricing Organizer window.

  4. Save your work.

Finding Modifiers (Pricing Organizer)

In the Find Modifiers window, you can create queries to find specific modifier and modifier line information essential to your business such as:

You can enter you query criteria in one tab or across multiple tabs to reduce your search results. After you select the query criteria, click Find to retrieve the search results. The modifier(s) that match all the specified search criteria display in the Pricing Organizer window:

Select a modifier header or line detail from the Headers or Lines tab to view the modifier details. You can open a specific modifier from the Pricing Organizer window.

  1. From the Find Modifiers window, enter at least one query criteria then click Find to run the query.

    Note: Alternatively, to run a saved query, just double-click the query name in the Personal or Public folder in the Pricing Organizer window.

    Lines tab

    You cannot query the following:

    Additional Lines Criteria tab

    You can select query criteria if Coupon Issue, Price Break Header, or Discount is selected as the Modifier Type in the Lines tab or if a modifier type is not selected in the Lines tab. Otherwise, the fields are grayed you cannot make any selections.

    Product Attributes tab

    Pricing Attributes tab

    Qualifiers tab

    Examples of using AND/OR operators to query Pricing Qualifiers

    You can select up to three qualifiers by specifying the OR/AND operators:

Related Topics

Using the Pricing Organizer

Overview of Promotional Limits

Oracle Advanced Pricing enables you to set limits for benefits that a customer can receive for a promotion, deal, or other modifier. By limiting the amount of a benefit that can be received, you can keep promotional spending within budget and prevent promotion budget overruns.

Note: If you cannot access the Promotional Limits window or make updates, you may not have the appropriate access privilege. To make any changes or updates to the windows, you must have Maintain privileges. Contact your Pricing Administrator.

For example, promotional limits could be used to provide a 10 percent discount on the first 500 units of an item sold, or a 10 percent discount for an item until the promotional limit is reached; for example, once the promotion reaches $100,000. In addition to setting limits on promotional spending, you can also monitor current and cumulative promotional spending in real time, order by order.

You can set limits for a specific monetary value, such as the first $500, or by a specific category, such as a customer. Oracle Advanced Pricing enables you to set limits in terms of accrual units, discount cost, gross revenue, item quantity, and usage by customer, by promotion, by promotion and customer. Within a promotion, deal, or modifier, you can also set eligibility for limits by customer, product, or other entity:

If multiple organizations exist for your corporation, you can set a different limit for each sales organization, group of organizations in your company hierarchy, or give the same limit for all. When entering a limit, you can select if you want to consider to set this limit

You can define a limit across the current transaction or across all transactions to which a promotion or modifier has been applied.

Enforcing Limits

Oracle Advanced Pricing enables you to set up an enforcement policy to manage transactions if the promotional limits are exceeded. When the benefit amount for a transaction or transaction lines exceed the set limit or available limit balance, the default handling method resolves the situation.

For example, if a customer close to their promotional limit places a new order that exceeds their limit amount, under a soft limit the customer gets the full promotion benefit applied to the order. A status message is sent to the calling application (such as Order Management) that the limit has been exceeded.

The default limit enforcement is set up by the System Administrator in the QP: Limit Exceed Action profile option. You can accept the default or optionally, select an alternative handling method. The following limit handling methods are available:

In addition to setting hard and soft limits you can also make the following adjustments when the limit is exceeded:

Related Topics

Creating Limits

Viewing Limit Balances and Transaction Details

Updating an Existing Limit Balance

Adjusting the Limit Amount

Creating Limits

Oracle Advanced Pricing enables you to create monetary or usage limits that a customer can receive for a promotion, deal, or other modifier. You can create limits at the:

You can define header and line level limits using accrual units, discount cost, gross revenue, item quantity and usage (by customer, promotion, or by promotion and customer). The limit can be defined by a specific value or a limit for each element that receives a promotion; for example, a limit of $100 for each customer. The following examples illustrate different ways limits can be applied:

Customers

You can define limits for all individual customers, group of customers, or specifically named customers; for example:

Individual stock-keeping units (SKUs) or groups of SKUs

You can define limits for individual SKUs or groups of SKUs that are being promoted; for example:

Individual or aggregated transactions

You can define limits that apply to individual transactions or aggregated transactions; for example:

When setting up a limit, you must select a basis that defines the unit being monitored for limit checking. Available limit bases are accrual units, charge amount, cumulative discount amount, gross revenue, item quantity, and usage.

For example, if accrual units were used as the basis for monitoring units such as air miles, the limit would monitor the number of air miles accrued.

Note: If the effective end date for a modifier has been reached, you can still attach limits. However, the modifier and associated limit will not be applied if the limit date is expired.

If you plan to set up promotional limits for the modifier, confirm using the following table whether you can apply promotional limits to the desired modifier line type:

Modifier Line Type Can Promotional Limits be applied?
Coupon Issue No
Discount Yes
Item Upgrade No
Other Item Discount No
Price Break Header Yes
Promotional Goods No
Surcharge Yes
Term Substitution No

Prerequisites

To create limits

  1. Click List Limits to enter a limit at the modifier header level, or Line Limits to enter a limit at the modifier line level. The Automatic box for the modifier list or modifier line must be selected otherwise the List Limits button or Line Limits button may be grayed out.

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  2. Complete your entries in the Define Limits window:

Related Topics

Overview of Promotional Limits

Viewing Limit Balances and Transaction Details

Updating an Existing Limit Balance

Adjusting the Limit Amount

Viewing Limit Balances and Transaction Details

Oracle Advanced Pricing enables you to view balances including the amounts available and consumed (used) for a selected limit or across transaction limits. For a selected balance, you can view the transactions that have consumed the balance. The available balance is calculated using the following formula:

Available balance = Limit Amount - sum of (Consumed Amounts from saved Transactions)

Manual versus Automatic Updating of Limit Balances

For most transactions, limit balances are updated automatically when orders are re-priced or when the limit amount is changed. However, some balances must be manually updated to reflect the new balances: for example, for returned, cancelled, and deleted orders or when a manual transaction is added to adjust limit balances. To update the limit balances manually, you must click Update balances to view the updated balance.

As transactions are processed, cumulative promotional spending is subtracted from the available limit balance. The pricing engine updates the available balance for transactions that complete successfully such as a booked order line or transactions in progress; for example, a sales order line that is entered but not saved or booked.

However, if a transaction in progress was rolled back or exited abnormally from a calling application (for example, Order Management), the balance is still updated and therefore the available limit balance may not reflect the true balance. When this occurs, you must manually update the balance to reflect the true balance.

Once the order or order line is saved and booked, then the available limit balance is reduced by the amount of the completed transaction(s).

To view a limit balance

  1. Navigate to the Define Limits window.

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    The limits and their balances display in the Balances region. If the limit is arranged by category such as sales organizations, product attributes, or qualifier attributes, one limit balance displays for each category.

    Note: A limit and sub-limits only appear if transactions have posted against them.

  2. The Available field displays the amount of the limit or sub-limit remaining. If the limit is set up by category, then the following Organization (Org) fields display:

To view limit transaction details

  1. Navigate to the Define Limits window.

  2. In the Balances section, select the balance whose transaction details you want to view.

  3. Click Transactions to view transaction details in the Define Transactions window:

Related Topics

Overview of Promotional Limits

Creating Limits

Updating an Existing Limit Balance

Adjusting the Limit Amount

Updating an Existing Limit Balance

Oracle Advanced Pricing provides a running available balance so you know the amount consumed (used) and available for a selected limit. Balances for limits are updated automatically when orders are re-priced or when the limit amount is changed.

In certain cases such as returned, cancelled, and deleted orders, the limit balances are not updated automatically and the balance must be manually updated using the Update balances button. If a manual transaction is added to adjust limit balances, you must click Update balance to view the new available limit balance.

To update an existing limit balance

  1. Navigate to the Define Limits window.

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  2. Verify that the balances match the sum of the transactions. Click Update balance or run the concurrent process QP: Update Limit Balance.

  3. Click Transactions to display the Transactions window. Confirm that the transactions are correctly applied to the balance.

  4. To change the limit balance, enter a transaction in the Transactions window. Enter a positive quantity in the Amount field to lower the available balance or use a negative quantity to raise the available balance.

  5. Recalculate the balances in the Define Limits window by choosing the Update balance button or by running the concurrent process QP: Update Limit Balance.

Related Topics

Overview of Promotional Limits

Creating Limits

Viewing Limit Balances and Transaction Details

Adjusting the Limit Amount

Adjusting the Limit Amount

You can increase or decrease an already existing limit for a promotion, deal, or modifier and have the adjustment reflected in the available balance. However, you cannot decrease it lower than the amount by which orders have consumed it. For example, if two orders, each for $100 have consumed the limit, you cannot lower the limit below $200.

Note: A limit (header or line level) that has been created by a different source system code cannot be updated or deleted by a user who has logged in using a different source system. For example, if a limit was created for a modifier by a Trade Management user, the same limit can only get updated or deleted by a Trade Management user. A user logged in Advance Pricing can view limits for the modifier but cannot edit the existing limits.

If the promotion, deal, or modifier is inactive because the limit was previously exceeded, the promotion, deal, or modifier will be re-activated once the limit is increased.

To adjust the limit amount

  1. Navigate to the Define Limits window.

    Define Limits window

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  2. Enter the new Amount for the limit. If decreasing the limit, you cannot decrease it lower than the amount by which orders have consumed it.

Related Topics

Overview of Promotional Limits

Creating Limits

Viewing Limit Balances and Transaction Details

Updating an Existing Limit Balance