Hierarchical Lookups
Configuration Of Bootstrapping
Configuration tables for Hierarchical Lookups are created dynamically by bootstrapping. Bootstrapping receives 4 inputs:
There is 1-6 hierarchical attributes configured for any lookup in PriceSettingDimensions PP. These are the keys of newly created Price Parameters. Hierarchical lookups are configs not intended to be configured for a product, but for a group of products. However, the decision how to split products into groups is up to the user. Splitting products per SKU into 1-element group will work just fine.
There are 13 features to be configured and one general fallback. It decides which configs (from above) are put in which Price Parameters as keys.
Most of the Hierarchical Lookups have one table per Dependency Level + 1 (universal fallback). Dependency Configuration should be prepared before bootstrapping: DependencyConfiguration PP
Bootstrapping expects to find on the partition the below listed Price Parameters. These PPs will be removed during the run. Since the amount of PPs might be very big (for a lot of Dependency Levels), each Price Parameter is placed where related PPs should be generated.
AdditionalDiscountTempHook
AdjustedPriceCorridorTempHook
BaseStrategySelectionTempHook
CostPlusTempHook
CostSelectionTempHook
DependencyLevelAdjustmentTempHook
DiscountTempHook
ListPriceCorridorTempHook
MinMarginTempHook
PriceIncreaseTempHook
RelevantCompetitionDataTempHook
StrategySelectionTempHook
VolumeBreakdownTempHook
All of these are handled by PlatformManager in the standard deployment scenario. For edits after deployment, follow Change Product Segmentation.
Hierarchical Config Lookup
After generating hierarchical tables, these should be filled with data:
Attributes
Attributes of hierarchical tables are described on their pages.
Keys
Each hierarchical table has 1-6 keys. Each key is a product attribute. If there was no name to the product column, “ProductColumn-attributeXX” name is used. The user should describe groups of products, with the ability of using “*” fallback. Order of entries is irrelevant – the most detailed config is chosen.
If no entry has been chosen, the user might create a general fallback with only an asterisk (“*“).
If no “asterisk fallback” is used, hierarchical fallback will be utilized. It means there is no need to create configs for very detailed dependency levels on which we do not perform segmentation: Dependent Price Lists and Data Fallbacks | Lookup Keys Config Fallbacks.
Example:
Lookup List
The "TempHooks" PPs listed above each correspond to a single lookup.
AdditionalDiscount
AdjustedPriceCorridor
BaseStrategySelection
CostPlus
CostSelection
DependencyLevelAdjustment
Discount
ListPriceCorridor
MarginAlertsForPriceLists
MinMargin
PriceIncrease
RelevantCompetitionData
StrategySelection
VolumeBreakdown