Mandatory Data (Price Setting)

This is a list of mandatory and optional data for the Price Setting Package. It helps you identify what data you need from the customer to set up and configure the package.

You can start with requirements for Core (Product Data) and at least mandatory data for one pricing strategy.

Type	Data	Fields	Mandatory for Use Case

Type	Data	Fields	Mandatory for Use Case
Master Data	Products	SKU Field(s) to be used as Lookup Key	Core Technically SKU could be SKU, but this would probably make no sense – you could completely “skip” the lookup key concept by defining SKU as the only Lookup Key Dimension and configure everything with the “*” value.
	Product Cost	Mandatory: SKU Cost Pricing Level Identifier (e.g. Country) Optional: Validity Period Currency	Pricing Strategy: Cost+ Margin Calculation / Margin Checks
	Advanced Cost Definition	Per Advanced Cost type: The same as Product Cost Optionally, you can use SUM, AVG when you want to use multiple cost entries and combine them into one	Advanced Cost Module
	Discount Structure	Discount Groups and Discount Values	Pricing on List Price → Net Price level
	Exchange Rates	Currency and Conversion Rates	Dependent pricing in different currencies
	Competition Data	Mandatory: SKU Competition Price Optional: Competitor Name Validity Dates Currency Relevant Competition Definition	All Competition Based Pricing Strategies
	Price List Data	SKU Pricing Level (Country, Global, Channel, …)	Initial Prices All checks and KPI regarding price increase Pricing Strategy: Price Increase
	Stock Data	SKU Pricing Level Identifier (e.g. Country) Stock Optional: Validity Dates	KPI Days of Cover (DoC) DoC related Pricing Strategies
	Product References	SKU Reference SKU	Pricing Strategies: Anchor Pricing, Attribute Based Pricing
	BoM (Kit List)	SKU Sub-Component SKU Quantity	Pricing Strategy: Kit Pricing
Business Data	Plus for Product	Lookup Key Plus %	Pricing Strategy: Cost+
	Price Increase	Lookup Key Price Increase	Pricing Strategy: Price Increase
	Pricing relevant Attributes	Attributes in P/PX Value Impacts of Pricing Attributes	Pricing Strategy: Attribute Based
	Pricing Level Adjustment	Pricing Level Adjustment %	Dependent Pricing of Parent (e.g. Global Reference Price List → Country Price List)
	Sales Forecast	SKU Sales Volume Forecast Date Pricing Level Identifier (e.g. Country) Optional: Currency	Lookup Based Forecast (optionally, you can use Lookup Based or Transaction Based Forecast)
Transaction Data	Sales Data (Transactions)	SKU Sales Volume Sales Turnover (Sold Price) Transaction Date Pricing Level Identifier (e.g. Country) Optional: Currency (you need filled CCY DM when using CCY)	All KPI regarding “Sales History” Historical Sales/Turnover Forecast based on historical data