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Introduction

The previous lecture outlined the configuration of contract logics, so that end-users could set up promotions. When a contract was approved, a price record was created out of every contract line item.

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This lecture will primarily focus on the use of promotions in Quoting, as it is the most common usage.

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Promotions in Quoting

When an end-user — typically a sales representative — create a quote in the Quoting, he/she may not be aware of

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The second part is trivial in the special case where the promotion is a simple discount. Therefore, this part will be left out of this document, but will be covered in the laboratory exercise.

Finding Promotions

The first challenge is to find the promotions that applies to a given product. The quote logic will be querying the Price Records table, and as such, rely on the fact that the price records stores all the conditions that were set up on the contract line item. Common conditions are

Validity

The time period during which the promotion is valid. Stored in the (price record) fields validAfter and expiryDate.

Customer group

A set of customers that can benefit from the promotion. Technically, it is a filter for the Customer Master table. Stored in the (price record) field customerGroup.

Product group

A set of products for which the promotion applies. Stored in the (price record) field productGroup.

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The same type of filter can be used in other contexts, such as in dashboards — to find the promotions related to specific products and customers.

Summary

To apply promotions to quote line items, query the Price Record table. As an argument, provide a list of filters to find the applicable promotions. Common filters are

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filters << Filter.or(
    api.productToRelatedObjectsFilter("PR", productId),
    Filter.isNull("productGroup")
)
filters << Filter.or(
    api.customerToRelatedObjectsFilter("PR", customerId),
    Filter.isNull("customerGroup")
)

References

Developer Documentation

Documentation (Classic)

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Accelerators (access based on credentials)

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