Defining a Product Service

Prerequisites

To define a product service, you should have:

  • Characteristic Type defined in the application (where the characteristic entity is set to Product Service)

  • Price Item business object defined in the application.

Procedure

To define a product service:

  1. Click the Menu link in the Application toolbar.
    A list appears.
  2. From the Menu list, select Pricing Management, and then click Product Service.
    The sub-menu appears.
  3. Click the Add option from the Product Service sub-menu.

    The Product Service screen appears. It contains the following sections:

    • Main - Used to specify basic details of the product service.

    • Characteristics - Used to define the characteristics for a product service.

    • Price Items - Used to define price item for a product service.

    The Main section contains the following fields:

    Field Name Field Description Mandatory (Yes or No)
    Product Service Used to specify the product service.
    Note: While defining a product service, ensure that at least one price item is associated with the product service.
    		 Yes
    Description Used to specify the description of a product service. Yes
    Start Date Used to specify the date from when the product service is effective.
    Note: The product service end date cannot be earlier than the product service start date.
    		 Yes
    End Date Used to specify the date till when the product service is effective.
    Note: The product service end date cannot be earlier than the product service start date.
    		 Yes
    Note:

    If the product service is used in one or more product versions, the product service's end date cannot be earlier than the product version's effective date.

  4. Enter the required details in the Main section.
    Note:

    The Start Date field is mandatory.

  5. Define the characteristics for a product service, if required.
  6. Define the price item for a product service.
  7. Click Save.
    The product service is defined.

Related Topics

For more information on... See...
Defining the characteristics for a product service Defining a Characteristics for a Product Service
Associating the product service with a Price Item Associating a Product Service with a Price Item