Process

Enter a company code that the system uses to determine the currency to display on all amount fields. The system retrieves the currency from the Company Constants table (F0010). If you are using line of business, this value restricts results to only customers who belong to this company. You must select a specific company. The value 00000 is not valid.

Specify the amount of time between periods. You must enter a value between 1 and 4. Values are:

1: Weekly

2: Monthly

3: Quarterly

4: Yearly

Enter a numeric value that the system uses as the default value in the Periods field. You can change the value while you are using the application.

There is a limit to the number of periods you can use. The limit varies based on two factors: the chart types that the system displays and the amount of data that the chart displays. When the system exceeds the limit for one or both factors, the system displays an error message to indicate that the system has exceeded display limits.

If you leave this option blank, the system displays zero as the number of periods when you access the Profitability Simulator program. When you enter data and click the Simulate button, the system displays an error indicating that the number of periods is invalid. Therefore, you should enter a value greater than zero.

You use the order template to get a standard quantity for an item/customer that the system uses to find a future price using advanced pricing. If you do not specify a template or the system does not find the item/customer for the specified template, the system uses a quantity of one to get a future price.

Select a value from the Order Template (40/OT) UDC table that the system uses for simulations. For this option to function, you must:

Activate Advanced Pricing.
Enter a valid order template for this processing option.
Select the Use Advanced Price option when you work with the Profitability Simulator program.

If you select the Use Advanced Price option, the system validates the item, quantity, and customer found in the order template to calculate pricing for the profit simulation. The quantity is important because you can set up pricing based on quantity breaks.

The system does not display the Order Template form to allow edits. The system uses the order template default values only.

Specify whether the system opens the Profitability Simulator form in comparison or single mode. Values are:

Blank: Comparison mode; the system displays two scenarios to simulate in a side-by side view with the criteria in a tab view.

1: Single mode; the system displays one scenario to simulate and expands the size of the form to display all criteria without any tabs.