What's New in Administering Pricing

Get a summary about content that's new or significantly revised in each update of Administering Pricing.

To get details about:

New features in each update, see Order Management in Oracle Cloud Release Readiness.
Known issues for each update, see Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud Functional Known Issues and Maintenance Packs (Doc ID 1563075.1).

Update 24A

Topic	Description
Guidelines for Importing Cost Lists	Revised. See the new Update a Large Number of Cost Lists subtopic.
Manage Price Lists That Have Rate Plans	Revised. Entirely revised topic. Includes new details about pricing your rate plan according to attribute values and using the Pricing Administration work area to do it.

Update 23D

Topic	Description
Guidelines for Importing Cost Lists	New. Use file-based data import to import a large number of cost lists.
Pricing Matrix	Revised. You can add up to 25 conditions and results in a pricing matrix when you create a pricing rule.
Promote Pricing Algorithms Into the Latest Update	Revised. You must promote all of your pricing algorithms as soon as you upgrade to a new update. We recommend that you promote your algorithms in every update.
Manage Modifications Through Updates	Revised. See the new procedural details.
Manage Price Lists That Have Rate Plans	Revised. See the new Manage Rate Plans for Subscriptions subtopic.
Create Discounts That Accumulate or Cascade	Revised. We updated the sequence of code in one of the examples. Search for Cascade your discount modifications according to the adjustment basis.
Troubleshoot Your Pricing Setups	Revised. EnableCache comes predefined as False. Don't set it to True.

Update 23C

Topic	Description
Apply Price According to Minimum and Maximum Quantity	New. Specify the minimum and maximum quantities that you want to use when calculating the price on an order line.
Export Price Lists	New. Export your price lists so you can migrate, convert, and maintain them.
Create Price Lists for Each Customer Create Discounts That Accumulate or Cascade	Revised. Contains some updated technical changes.
Use Rate Plans with Your Subscriptions Use REST API to Manage Pricing Details	Revised. Has new details about rate plans.
Manage Pricing Charge Definitions	Revised. Has new details about how to set the code and name.
Manage Price Lists	Revised. Don't use the Ceiling Price List or the Floor Price List types.
Override Base List Price	Revised. Use this procedure only with a standard item. You can't use it with a coverage item or subscription item.

Update 23B

Topic	Description
Manage Price Lists That Have Rate Plans	New. Set up a rate plan so you can create and manage charges for your subscriptions.
Currency Conversion Lists	Revised. Use the Pricing Strategies REST API to manage an override currency for a pricing strategy.
Manage Pricing Parameters	Revised. Get details about the new Algorithm Exception Details parameter.
Use REST API to Manage Pricing Details	Revised. See the new Import Rate Plans subtopic and the new Create and Approve a Price List subtopic.
Import Batches of Price Lists	Revised. See the revised End a Charge and Create a New One subtopic.
Import Batches of Price Lists Import Batches of Discount Lists	Revised. You can use FBDI to import pricing details on the Microsoft Windows or on the Apple macOS operating systems.
Import Price Lists	Revised. We recommend that you use PriceListsImportBatchTemplate.xlsm instead of PriceListImportTemplate.xlsm.

Update 23A

Topic	Description
Manage Your Effectivity Dates	New. Make sure your effectivity dates work correctly when you price an item in Order Management or when you use the PriceSalesTransaction REST API.
Pricing Rules	Revised. If your rule references another object, then you can't use Edit Rules Table Columns to delete a part of the rule. You must first remove the reference, and then do the delete.
Manage Pricing Parameters	Revised. You must specify All Business Units in the Business Unit attribute for at least one organization.
Import Batches of Price Lists	Revised. Has new details about how to use the End Insert operation.
Integrate Pricing Algorithms Without Using Integration Cloud Service	Removed. You must use Integration Cloud Service to integrate a Pricing Algorithm. For more, see Get Details for Pricing from Your Systems.

Update 22D

Topic	Description
Use REST API to Manage Pricing Details	New. Get pricing details for configured items. Troubleshoot your REST API calls.
Assign Pricing Strategy According to Business Unit	Revised. We changed MatrixDomanAMLocal to MatrixDomainAMLocal.
Get Costs for Pricing from Your Systems	Revised. If you encounter setup problems, you can now click a link to access a document that will help you troubleshoot your setup.

Update 22C

Topic	Description
Choices That You Can Select in Pricing Matrixes	Revised. See the Value Set subtopic for a new example.

Update 22B

Topic	Description
Get Costs for Pricing from Your Systems	Revised. In your code, you must use `type="ItemCostInput" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"` instead of only `type="ItemCostInput"`.
Manage Pricing Matrix	Revised. Get the latest details about the Date Effectivity Enabled option.
Guidelines for Using Pricing Spreadsheets	Revised. Get the latest details to avoid problems.
Choices That You Can Select in Pricing Matrixes	Revised. Get values for an attribute on a pricing matrix according to a value set. Use the Domain Type attribute in a pricing matrix or matrix class to specify the value set.
Set Up Roles and Privileges for Pricing Administrators	Revised. Learn how to add an administrator to a business unit.
Troubleshoot Importing Price Lists	Revised. Includes new tips to troubleshoot your imports.
Guidelines for Importing Batches of Discount Lists	Revised. Assume you have an existing price list and charges for that list. If you want to update only the charges, use No-Op for the price list, and use Update for the charges.
Import Batches of Price Lists	Revised. Set up a schedule when you delete pricing data so the scheduled process runs at regular intervals.
Guidelines for Using Pricing Spreadsheets	Revised. Includes some helpful new guidelines.
Pricing Spreadsheets	Revised. Manage a low to moderate amount of data. If you have a large amount of data or you must do a massive update, don't use Application Development Framework Desktop Integration (ADFDI). Use File-Based Data Import instead.

Update 22A

Topic	Description
Get Details for Pricing from External Systems	Revised. You must use Oracle Pricing to calculate pricing. You can't call your own application to do the calculation.
Import Batches of Price Lists	Revised. Import or update a large number of pricing tiers. Improve performance. Delete pricing data from interface tables after you're done importing.
Currency Conversion Lists	Revised. Get details about the Currency Conversion matrix class.
Troubleshoot Pricing Setup	Revised. Make sure your attribute values match each other exactly, including upper case and lower case.

Update 21B

Topic	Description
Use Financial Orchestration and Pricing Administration to Price an Internal Transfer	New. Learn how to use Financial Orchestration and Oracle Pricing to price an item that you transfer between organizations that are part of the same company.
Include Return Amounts in Pricing Totals	New. See how you can include amounts from a return line in the pricing totals for each sales order.
How Rounding and Precision Affects Price	New. See how rounding and precision affects prices on order lines.
Troubleshoot Pricing Setup	Revised. Avoid having to troubleshoot `An Application Error Occurred`. Make sure the End Date on your pricing objects hasn't expired.
Select a Technology to Manage Your Pricing Data	Revised. Get details about the different technologies you can use to manage pricing.
Create Discounts That Accumulate or Cascade	Revised. Make sure the algorithm applies your rules in the sequence that you expect. See the Modify the Pricing Algorithm That Applies Pricing Terms subtopic.
Assign Pricing Strategy According to Customer	Revised. Get new details about how to use the customer number or customer name.

Update 21A

Topic	Description
Assign Pricing Strategy According to Customer	New. Examine this use case to see you can assign a pricing strategy according to the value that you set for the Customer attribute on the sales order.
Refund a Shipping Charge	New. Set up pricing so you can refund a shipping charge.
Apply Discount According to Time	New. Check it out. Its pretty cool.
Get Costs for Pricing from External Systems	Revised. Use a predefined integration instead having to create one. Revised topic also includes some revised code and a revised attribute name.
Pricing for Covered Items	Revised. You can apply a discount on a subscription. You can't apply a discount on a coverage.
Manage Pricing Segments	Revised. We recommend that you add at least one row that Pricing can use as the default pricing segment.
Troubleshoot Pricing Setup	Revised. Includes a new section for importing pricing.
Select a Technology to Manage Your Pricing Data	Revised. If you create a sales order, submit it, and modify the price list that you use to price the sales order, then you can't use REST API to update pricing on the sales order with the modified price list.
Use the Import Template	Revised. See an example that reflects the structure of the Oracle Database.

Update 20D

Topic	Description
Get Costs for Pricing from External Systems	Revised. Updated URLs and namespace details.
Integrate Pricing Algorithms Without Using Integration Cloud Service	Revised. Includes some new details about what you need to do.

Update 20C

Topic	Description
Assign Pricing Strategy According to Business Unit	New. Create a strategy assignment that assigns your pricing strategy according to the pricing segment that you assign to your customer and the business unit on the sales order header.
Set Up User Roles and Privileges for Pricing Administration	New. Set up user roles and privileges to manage the authentication and authorization that Pricing Administration uses to secure processing for pricing, including web service usage and allowing users to approve price lists.
Select a Technology to Manage Your Pricing Data	New. Evaluate the different technologies you can use to manage and maintain your pricing data.
Create Your Own Condition for a Pricing Guideline	New. Modify a matrix class so you can add your own condition to a pricing guideline.
Add Your Own Lookup to Charge Types	New. Use the Manage Pricing Lookups page to add your lookup to a charge type, then select that lookup when you set up a charge definition on the Manage Pricing Charge Definitions page.
Sort Records in Pricing Strategies	Revised. Use the Up One and Down One arrows on the Edit Pricing Strategy page to change the sequence of records that display according to the Precedence attribute.
Allow Users to Return Items Without Original Sales Order	Revised. You can modify the predefined pricing behavior.
Manage Rounding Rules	Revised. Refresh the Order Promising server each time you add, modify, or remove a rounding rule.
Types of Rounding Rules	If you set the Type attribute to Round to Range on the Manage Rounding Rules page, then you must create at lease one range.
Manage Pricing Guidelines	Revised. If the list for the Component attribute is empty or it doesn't have the component you need, you can add it.
Add Your Own Lookup to a Charge Type	New. Use the Manage Pricing Lookups page to add your lookup to a charge type, then select that lookup when you set up a charge definition on the Manage Pricing Charge Definitions page.
Troubleshoot Pricing Setup	Revised. Troubleshoot an unreferenced return line that doesn't have a price.
Import Price Lists	Revised. If you import a batch of lists, then make sure you set the Import Process parameter to Import Price Lists Batch when you run the Load Interface File for Import.

Update 20B

Topic	Description
Set Price Periodicity to a Granular Level	New. Set Price Periodicity to a sufficiently granular value so it meets your customer's requirements.
External Systems	Revised section. Includes new and revised topic about how to get price details from systems that reside outside of Oracle Pricing.
Pricing Rules	Revised. Search for older pricing rules that have expired or are about to expire.
Import Price Lists	Revised. Use an Excel spreadsheet to import a batch of price lists.
Manage Pricing Strategy	Revised. Add a check mark to the Allow Price List Override option only if you modify a pricing algorithm so it supports a price override.