Creating Adjustments for Geographic and Vehicle Attributes

When you create a price list, you will adjust the list price for each vehicle based on attributes that represent its geographic location and its customizable features. In this step, you create these attribute adjustments.

The attributes are visible in the Administration - Product screen, More Info, More Info view. The list price in the price list is the base line price for these vehicles, and the price is adjusted based on the value of these attributes: for example, the price might be higher if a vehicle has a more powerful engine.

This task is a step in Process of Setting Up Pricing for Auction Events

To create adjustments for Geographic and Vehicle Attributes

1. Navigate to the Administration - Pricing screen, then the Attribute Adjustments view.

2. In the Attribute Adjustments list, add a new record and complete the necessary fields, as described in the following table:

   Field	Value
   Name	Auto CF Asset Pricing Adjustments
   Class	The Product Class of the Product
   Type	Single Dimension
   Effective From	Enter the start date of the time period when this attribute adjustment is active
   Effective To	Enter the end date of the time period when this attribute adjustment is active

3. Specify Dimensions and Domains for the attributes you created:

   1. In the Attribute Adjustments list, select the attribute adjustment whose dimensions you are specifying.

   2. In the More Info view, click Create Result Dimensions.

   3. Click the Dimensions view tab.

   4. In the Dimensions list, add a record for each dimension that affects the price and complete the necessary fields, as described in the following table:

      Dimension Type	Name	Op	Var Map Type	Var Name	Data Type	Domain Type	Bounded	LOV	Sort Order	Sort Method
      Condition	Geographic Location	=	Row	Geographic Location	Text	LOV	Y	STATE_ABBREV	1	Asc
      Condition	Transmission	=	Row	Transmission	Text	LOV	Y	AUTO_TRANSMISSION_TYPE	1	Asc
      Condition	Engine	=	Row	Engine	Text	LOV	Y	AUTO_ENGINE_TYPE	1	Asc
      Condition	Exterior Color	=	Row	Exterior Color	Text	LOV	Y	AUTO_EXTERIOR	1	Asc

4. Add conditions, which are the rules that state the result of the adjustment for each combination of condition dimensions:

   1. In the Attribute Adjustments list, select the attribute adjustment whose rules you are specifying.

   2. Click the Conditions view tab.

   3. The conditions list appears, with a Name column for the name of each condition.

   4. If all domain values of each dimension impact price, you can generate rules as follows:

      • In the Attribute Adjustment form, click Generate Rules. Records are added to the Rules list with every possible combination of domain values of the condition dimensions domains.

      • In the Rules list, enter the Adjustment Type and Adjustment Value for each record.

      • In the Conditions form, enter the rules.

5. Associate variable maps with these pricing adjustments:

   1. Navigate to the Administration - Pricing screen, Attribute Adjustments, then the Variable Map view.

   2. Select the appropriate row set and context variable maps from the pick lists.