Starting Decision Points

Decision Points guide you in identifying the flows and deciding on the features for which you want to opt in as part of your implementation.

The following decision points help you to evaluate what you must implement:

Sell Side

1. Identify the flows you want and their respective user communities.
2. If you require the Deductions and Settlement flow, then under the Order Management offering, you must opt in to the function area Channel Revenue Management. Now, opt in to the feature Deductions and Settlement.
3. Use the following table to decide on the additional flows you require.

   Supported Coexistence Scenarios	Opt into Deduction and Settlement	Opt into Customer Channel Management
   Settlement of nonpromotional claims	Yes	No
   Settlement of nonpromotional and promotional claims	Yes	Yes
   Promotional rebates and payment, without bringing in short pays from AR	No	Yes

Buy Side

1. Identify the flows you want and their respective user communities.
2. If you require the Deductions and Settlement flow, then under the Order Management offering, you must opt in to the function area Channel Revenue Management. Now, opt in to the feature Deductions and Settlement.
3. If you require any buy side flow, then consider whether your user communities already use other Procurement Cloud applications.
4. If a user community requires access from Procurement, then under the Procurement offering you must opt in to the functional area: Supplier Incentives under the Purchasing functional area, and then opt in to the feature: Supplier Channel Management.
5. If a user community requires access from Order Management, then under the Order Management offering you must opt in to the functional area: Channel Revenue Management, and opt in to the feature: Supplier Channel Management.