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SAP Condition Technique: This diagram illustrates the relationships between different components involved in the pricing and condition determination process within SAP. It shows how the pricing procedure is broken down into various components that interact with each other to determine the final pricing for orders, quotes, or invoices. This hierarchical structure ensures that the pricing process is flexible and can accommodate various business scenarios. |
Key Insights of SAP Condition Technique
These are the key insights of the SAP Condition Technique:
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This structure is fundamental for businesses that need robust and flexible pricing mechanisms to handle diverse and dynamic market conditions.
Breakdown of SAP Condition Technique
The SAP Condition Technique is the core technical foundation for pricing in SAP. It consists of the following key components used in SAP Pricing:
Pricing Procedures
Serves as the central framework that defines how the final price for a sales document is calculated within the SAP system.
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Pricing procedures define the steps and condition types that are used to calculate the price for a sales document.
The pricing procedure acts as a "price waterfall", containing a sequence of condition types that are applied.
Examples of condition types include list price, customer discount, invoice price override, and final invoice price.
Condition Types
They serve as the building blocks for the pricing process, these condition types represent the various pricing elements that can be applied in SAP, such as list prices, discounts, surcharges, taxes, and the final invoice price.
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NOTE: Pricefx needs to align its own pricing elements and logic with the corresponding condition types used in SAP to ensure consistent and accurate pricing calculations across the integrated systems. |
Access Sequence
These defines the prioritized order in which condition records are looked up and retrieved from the SAP condition tables. Each condition type in SAP is associated with a specific access sequence that determines the key fields and search order to be used. The access sequence is structured as a series of "access steps," where each step corresponds to a condition table in the SAP system.
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NOTE: Understanding and aligning with these SAP access sequence definitions is crucial for external pricing solutions like Pricefx. Pricefx needs to map its own pricing logic and data structures to the corresponding access sequences used in SAP, enabling it to properly manage and synchronize pricing condition records and ensure consistent pricing calculations across the integrated systems. |
Condition Tables
Condition tables are a fundamental component of the SAP Condition Technique, as they are the storage location for the actual pricing condition records used in the pricing process.
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NOTE: When pricing a sales document, SAP will use the defined access sequence to navigate through the condition table structure, searching for the most specific combination of key fields that match the sales document context. Once the appropriate condition record is found, SAP can then apply the corresponding pricing value, such as the discount percentage, to the final price calculation. |
Condition Records
These represent the individual pricing elements that are used in the overall pricing process and each condition record is defined by the following key components:
Condition Type
Defines the purpose of the pricing element, such as list price, customer discount, surcharge, or tax and can be standard SAP types or custom types defined using the Y/Z namespace.
Key Combination
Identifies the specific context for the pricing element, such as product, customer, sales organization, or distribution channel. The key combination structure aligns with the access sequence definitions used to look up the condition records.
Valid-From and Valid-To Dates
Specify the time period during which the condition record is applicable, this alows for dynamic pricing adjustments over time.
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