Defining a Characteristic for a Deal

Prerequisites

To define a characteristic for a deal, you should have:

  • Characteristic types defined in the application (where the characteristic entity is set to Deal)

Procedure

To define a characteristic for a deal:

  1. Ensure that the Characteristics section is expanded in the Deal zone when you are defining a deal.

    The Characteristics section contains the following fields in a grid:

    Field Name Field Description Mandatory (Yes or No)
    Effective Date Used to specify the date from when the characteristic is effective for the deal. Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required while defining a characteristic for the deal.
    Characteristic Type Used to indicate the characteristic type.
    Note: The list includes only those characteristic types where the characteristic entity is set to Deal.
    Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required while defining a characteristic for the deal.
    Characteristic Value Used to specify the value for the characteristic type.
    Note:

    If you select a predefined characteristic type, the Search (The Search Icon) icon appears corresponding to the Characteristic Value field. On clicking the Search icon, the Predefined Characteristic Search window appears.

    On specifying the value for a predefined characteristic type, the description of the characteristic value appears corresponding to the Characteristic Value field.

    Yes (Conditional)
    Note: This field is required while defining a characteristic for the deal.
  2. Enter the required details in the Characteristics section.
  3. If you want to define more than one characteristic for the deal, click the Add (The Add Icon) icon and then repeat step 3.
    Note: However, if you want to remove a characteristic from the deal, click the Delete (The Delete Icon) icon corresponding to the characteristic.
  4. Click Save.
    The characteristic is defined for the deal.

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