5.4 Managing Card Rate Definition

The Card Rate Definition Window enables you to manage the card rates for Pricing Definition.

To access the Card Rate Definition screen, click Price Creation and Discovery, and then select Card Rate Definition.

The Card Rate Definition Summary screen is displayed.

Figure 5-12 Card Rate Definition

The Card Process involves finding a suitable price for the customer based on a pre-determined (set of) options available for that product and other dimensional combinations. Similar criteria cannot be provided with different rates. An error message is displayed when a criterion is being repeated (duplicated) within a defined time window.

The system checks for the following conditions to identify the repetition of criteria:

• If the defined criteria are similar to another criterion within the same definition.
• If there is any overlap in the effective dates. The conditions are as follows:
  • The Effective Start Date of a created criteria is greater than the Effective Start Date of existing criteria but less than the Effective End Date of the same existing criterion.
  • The Effective End Date of created criteria is greater than the Effective Start Date of existing criteria but less than the Effective End Date of the same existing criterion.

If all the above conditions are met, then the criteria are repetition (duplication). An error message is displayed when repetition (duplication) occurs indicating that the two defined Card Rates have different rates for similar criteria. You can either edit the Card Rate Criteria or delete it.

You can define the card rates using following methods:

• Using the Excel upload method
• Manual meth