Pricing

Question 1

What is a pricing procedure composed of?

Answer 1

Condition Types and Subtotals.

Question 2

What are standard categories of condition types?

Answer 2

Prices, Discounts and Surcharges, Freight Charges, Sales Taxes.

Question 3

What is an Access Sequence?

Answer 3

A search strategy that the system uses to find valid condition records.

Question 4

What is a Condition Table?

Answer 4

A combination of fields used to store condition records.

Question 5

What is the use of Approval Workflows in Pricing?

Answer 5

Are used in cases when pricing need to be approved by a designated person before they are used in pricing.

Question 6

How is a Pricing Procedure determined?

Answer 6

Sales Area, Document Pricing Procedure, Customer Pricing Procedure

Question 7

What are the Incoterms?

Answer 7

International Commercial Terms that establish the respective liabilities of both the shipping party and the recipient.

Question 8

How is Tax determined in Sales Order?

Answer 8

Based on Departure Country, Destination Country, Customer Tax Classification, Material Tax Classification.

Question 9

In Tax Condition Record, where does the Tax Rate(%) come from?

Answer 9

Tax Code

Question 10

How should a Condition Type be set in order to be used in a Modular Pricing Procedure (Sub procedure)?

Answer 10

Inclusion Point indicator ON

Question 11

What is one difference between the Header Pricing Screen and the Item Pricing Screen?

Answer 11

In the Header Pricing Screen no automatic pricing takes place, but rather displays a summary of the pricing calculations for the items in the order

Question 12

What happens if a Header Condition Type is marked as Group Condition? What happens if not?

Answer 12

The condition amount is distributed proportionally across the items in the order. If not, the condition amount is copied to every item in the order.

Question 13

What is a price report?

Answer 13

A report which display information about pricing data stored in the system. ( Condition records, condition types, condition tables

Question 14

How can you change the outlook of a transaction/report?

Answer 14

By creating a screen variant

Question 15

What is the Release Status?

Answer 15

A status which can be set to a condition record in order to determine the status of the condition and where it can be used. ( Released, Blocked, Simulation)

Question 16

How can you set a Release Status?

Answer 16

1. Define a Processing Status
2. Assign a Release Status to a Processing Status
3. Enter the Processing Status in the Condition Record

Question 17

What is the use of assigning a Text Procedure and Text ID to a Pricing Condition Type?

Answer 17

By make this assignment you make it possible to enter Condition Texts in the Pricing Condition Records.

Question 18

What is the purpose of the Text ID in the Pricing Condition Type?

Answer 18

It determines the type of Condition Text in the Condition Record.

Question 19

What are Pricing Scales used for?

Answer 19

Are used in cases when you want to charge the customer a different amount based on how much of a particular product he orders.

Question 20

What happens if a Scale Type is set in Customizing for a Condition Type?

Answer 20

The Scale Type cannot be changed when creating a Condition Record.

Question 21

What is a Condition Supplement used for?

Answer 21

Is used in cases when you want to include a supplement (discount, surcharge etc. ) when a you apply a price.

Question 22

What are the Prerequisites of using a Condition Supplement?

Answer 22

1. Define a main condition type
2. Define one or several condition types which can be used as condition supplements.
3. Define a Pricing Procedure containing the main condition type and the condition supplements. Main Condition Type must come first.
4. Assign the Pricing Procedure to the Main Condition Type.
5. Make sure that the Main Condition Type and the Condition Supplements are included in the Main Pricing Procedure

Question 23

What happens when entering a Condition Exclusion to a condition record or condition type?

Answer 23

The upcoming related condition types in the pricing procedure will be ignored.

Question 24

In which case will a condition type, which should have been excluded because of an Exclusion Indicator, appear in the pricing procedure of a document?

Answer 24

This will happen if the requirement field of that particular condition type will be empty.

Question 25

How can you apply the same Price Change to multiple Condition Records?

Answer 25

1. Select the Condition Record for which you apply the change 2. Click on "Change Amount" 3. Apply the price change either as Percentage or Absolute Amount.

Question 26

What are the prerequisites for copying a Condition Record?

Answer 26

1. Same Condition Type - Same Condition Table 2. Different Condition Type - Same Condition Table. -> each Condition Type must have the same calculation rule, scale type, condition class, and plus/minus indicator. 3. Same Condition Type - Different Condition Table -> The Condition Table contain the same number of fields, only ONE field can be different between the 2 tables

Question 27

What are the procedures of deleting a Condition Record and where are they maintained?

Answer 27

1. Deletion flag 2. Physical deletion The option are maintained in customizing for the condition type.

Question 28

What is Condition Update checkbox used for?

Answer 28

Is used to track cumulative values of the particular Condition Type. e.g., Cumulative discount value

Question 29

Which fields is the Condition Update used with?

Answer 29

It can be used with one of the following: 1. Max. condition value 2. Max number of orders 3. Max cond. base value (nr. of PC)

Question 30

What is Condition Index used for?

Answer 30

Is used to maintain and display Condition Records, regardless of Condition Type, based on previously defined fields (Index).

Question 31

What is an Index?

Answer 31

Similar to a Condition Table, it is a combination of fields which can be used to display condition records.

Question 32

How can you make sure that a Condition Type is taken into consideration for a Condition Index?

Answer 32

1. Check "Condition Index" in Customizing for the Condition Type. 2. Reactive Index

Question 33

What are Promotions?

Answer 33

Marketing plan for a certain product line. One promotion can include multiple Sales Deals.

Question 34

What are Sales Deals?

Answer 34

Marketing deal for a certain product. Can be allocated to a Promotion.

Question 35

Describe the process of Creating Customized Promotions and Sales Deals.

Answer 35

1. Create Promotion Type 2. Create Sales Deal Type 3. Assign Promotion Type and Sales Deal Type to Number Range 4. Define Condition Type Groups 5. Assign Condition Types to Condition Type Groups 6. Assign Condition Type Groups to Sales Deal Type

Question 36

Where can you set the Release Status of Sales Deal?

Answer 36

In the Sales Deal Type or when creating a Sales Deal.

Question 37

What Release Status will the Condition Records of a Sales Deal have?

Answer 37

The Release Status of the Sales Deal.

Question 38

What happens when you creating a Condition Record and assign it to a Sales Deal?

Answer 38

The Release Status of the Condition Record will be updated to the Release Status of the Sales Deal.

Question 39

How do you set up the Tolerance for the Customer Expected Price?

Answer 39

1. Define a Condition Type for the Threshold value with: - Calculation type: fixed amount - Condition function: DCEV - Access sequence: DCEV 2. Add the condition type in the Pricing Procedure with Formula 8 before the Condition Type for the Customer Expected Price 3. Define the Threshold Value by creating a Condition Record for the Condition Type.

Question 40

How does the Free Goods Determination take place?

Answer 40

Based on Condition Technique

Question 41

Which are the 2 Free Goods Categories?

Answer 41

Inclusive and Exclusive

Question 42

How can you specify whether certain messages are sent as errors or as warnings?

Answer 42

1. Customizing for S&D 2. Sales-> Sales Documents-> Define Variable Messages

Question 43

What happens when using Free Goods Category 3, Incls. w/o Item Generation?

Answer 43

1. No Subitem is generated in the Sales Order 2. Condition Type NRAB appears in the procedure, calculating the value of the Free Goods as a Discount.