Revenue Categories

A product detail definition includes revenue types for reporting purposes and charge codes for tax, charge, and fee calculations.

Products are grouped into revenue parent categories, revenue categories, and revenue subcategories to help organize and administer them and for revenue rollup purposes. Function space revenues are associated with revenue parent categories for revenue rollup purposes.

Siebel Hospitality includes predefined revenue categories that can be used as revenue parent categories. Examples of predefined revenue categories include A/V, Banquet, Beverage, Billing, Food, Rental, Sleeping Room, and Special. The Special category allows users to group unique items for an event, such as fountains, paintings, signboards, and billboards.

The following image shows the relationship between a revenue parent category, a revenue category, a revenue subcategory, a product, and an asset. As shown in this image, the relationship is as follows:

• For each revenue parent category, there can be multiple revenue categories.

• For each revenue category, there can be multiple revenue subcategories.

• For each revenue subcategory, there can be multiple products.

• For each product, there can be multiple assets.

Note: Revenue Category Administration within Siebel Hospitality is different from Category Administration in standard Siebel Business Applications. In Siebel Hospitality, products are categorized for revenue purposes. In a standard Siebel application, however, products are categorized for similarities, and revenue is not affected. For more information about standard product categories, see Siebel Product Administration Guide.