Introduction

This learning path is for technical developers (ie. Configuration Engineers) that are responsible for managing and maintaining the configuration of the Price Setting Package Accelerator.

This series is designed to provide our Configuration Engineers (CEs) with the recommended concepts and knowledge necessary to effectively install, configure, extend, and configure the Price Setting Package accelerator according to their customers' specific requirements. By following this series, CEs will gain a comprehensive understanding of the accelerator's capabilities and learn how to tailor it to meet the unique needs of each customer, ensuring a successful implementation and optimal performance.

Learning Prerequisites

This learning path assumes that you understand and comprehend the following topics:

• Price Setting Package Accelerator-Learning Path for All Audiences

• Price Setting Package Accelerator-Learning Path for Administrators

• Price Setting Technical Core

• Role of Pricefx Logics

• Use of Feature Flags

• Price Setting Types

• Price Lists vs Live Price Grids

• Matrix Price List

• Multi-pass Calculations

Learning Synopsis

The following path contain the foundational knowledge you need to thrive in your configuration of the PSP Accelerator. Use the path to expand your understanding of best practices associated with the Price Setting Package Accelerator. You will also learn core technical concepts, use case customization, practice scenarios and all the details you need to sign up for certification.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion you will be able to install and configure the Price Setting Package for your needs, utilizing the out-of-the-box features of the package:

• Depict how core technical concepts are integrated into the use of the PSP Accelerator

• Understand the customization tiers for price setting in the PSP Accelerators

• Illustrate how to perform standard troubleshooting within PSP by identifying and resolving configuration issues quickly and efficiently

• Demonstrate common configurations within PSP for data flows, pricing strategies, calculation engines and dependent and independent pricing

• Perform standard customizations for PSP tables

• Illustrate role and use of the PSP Warning Manager

• Understand how to extend and customize PSP for column additions, new price strategies, modifying existing strategies and creating publishing templates

🚘 Learning Journey

This learning path is separated into multiple sections that provide a basic roadmap for building your technical knowledge and understanding of the Price Setting Package Accelerator and its capabilities. Below are the parts for this learning path:

Part 1: Core Technical PSP Concepts

• Customization Tiers

  • PSP Modules

  • Module Dependencies

PSP Configuration

• Data Flows in PSP

  • Price Strategies

  • Dependent Price List Calculations

  • Independent and Dependent Pricing

  • Calculation Engines

  • Dependency Mapping

  • PSP Data Lookups

  • Caching Results

  • Volume Breakdown

Part 2: PSP Configuration and Customization

• PSP Architecture

Common Configurations

• Add New Dependency Level

  • Rename Dependency Level

  • Change Price Setting Level

  • Change Product Segmentation

Table Configuration

• Standard Configuration

  • Configure Company Parameters

Troubleshooting

• Warning Handler

  • Error Handling

  • Troubleshoot Price Lists

  • PSP Configuration Wizard

Extend and Customize

• Add and Modify Columns

  • New Price Calculation Strategy

  • Update Existing Price Calculation Strategy

  • Create Publishing Template

Part 3: Hands-on Learning

• PSP Business Use Case

PSP Preparation and Setup

• Create Empty Partition

  • Install Demo Data

Installation and Configuration

• Install Price Setting Accelerator

  • Set up the Live Price Grid

  • Initial Setup of Accelerator Pricing Modules

Price Strategy Configuration

• Cost Plus Pricing

  • Competition Based Pricing

  • Attribute Pricing

  • Dependent and Independent Pricing

Customer Customization

• Add Custom Fields in Price List/Grid

  • Add Custom Price Strategy

Part 4: CE PSP Certification

To attain your CE-level Price Setting Package Accelerator Certification, you will need to complete three all three phases in the certification process. These steps are shown below:

• Step 1-Demonstration of PSP Skills

  • Complete and validate all steps in the business use case in Part 3 of this series within allowed time period.

  • Send an email to michael.deskis@pricefx.com with subject line of “CE PSP Certification” and include in the body of the email your partition name and login credentials.

  • Your partition will be reviewed for completion of all business use case requirements.

• Step 2-Validation of PSP Technical Concepts

  • After a successful review, you will receive the link to a PSP certification exam.

  • This multiple-choice exam will verify your comprehension of the core technical concepts of PSP.

  • You will have 30 minutes to complete the exam.

  • The exam will be either PASS or FAIL.

• Step 3-Build a PSP Solution

  • Upon successfully passing the PSP certification exam, you will receive the final component that will require you to convert business scenario into a PSP solution.

  • You will be required to implement a working solution that solves all requirements using PSP.

  • This task will be separated into two phases:

    • Coding Challange, where you will have 3 hours to build and test your solution.

    • Interview Challenge, where you will present your solution to an Interviewer for evaluation

  • Your solution will be evaluated as either PASS or FAIL result.

  • After receiving a passing score, you will receive an email with a PDF on your PSP certification.

Part 5: PSP Reference Links

• PSP Admin User Reference

  • PSP Technical User Reference

  • Glossary of Terms

  • Release Notes

Time commitment: For this path you should dedicate approximately 6 hours.