About Fund Request Management

Fund requests are used to support MDF requests and SPA requests. MDF requests can be made so that a partner can have access to market development funds. SPA requests are requests from partners for price adjustments that are submitted for approval. Oracle CRM On Demand for Partner Relationship Management allows brand owners to approve or reject each request. Within the fund request, the relationship to an opportunity can be defined, if applicable. This definition allows a brand owner to review and understand the opportunity that the fund request supports.

The following table describes the fields that support the fund request requirements for Oracle CRM On Demand for Partner Relationship Management.

Table Fields Supporting Fund Requests in Oracle CRM On Demand for Partner Relationship Management

Field	Description
Fund	The fund associated with the fund request.
Type	Defines the type of request. The options are as follows: MDF (Market Development Fund) SPA (Special Pricing Authorization)
Opportunity	The opportunity that the fund request is associated with.
Opportunity Account	The account associated with the created opportunity.
Begin Date	The start date on which the preapproval is valid.
End Date	The date when the preapproval is no longer valid.
Owner Account	Read-only. The value is automatically populated after the record is saved. The field is populated with the record owner’s partner organization as defined on the user record.
Channel Manager	Read only. This field is populated with the channel manager's name derived from the channel manager field on the partner record.
Approver	The next approver for fund requests. The next approver must be an employee of the brand owner company.