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Basic Vs Advanced Pricing Comparison v1
Basic Vs Advanced Pricing Comparison v1
E. DiLegge
Rolta TUSC
2/26/2010
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Comparison of Oracle Basic Pricing to Advanced Pricing
Pricing Feature Basic Pricing 11.5.10 Advance Pricing 11.5.10 Advance Pricing R12
Archive / Purge Pricing Basic Pricing supports removal of price list and modifier list Same capability as Basic Pricing. Supports removal of price list and modifier list lines data
Entities lines data no longer required for current operations. no longer required for current operations
Pricing Security The Pricing Security Administrator responsibility can grant Advanced Pricing includes the Basic Pricing Security features Same as 11.5.10 plus:
access privileges across Operating Units to the following plus the Pricing Entity type: Entity Set Using the Entity Set The Pricing Security Administrator responsibility can
pricing entity types: Page, the Pricing administrator can create sets’ of pricing grant access privileges to the following pricing entity
• Standard Price List objects that can be used as a grant object and grant access types:
• Modifier roles to any grantee type and grantee. • Standard Price List
• Agreement Price List • Modifier
• Agreement Price List
Pricing Security (Access The following access levels are supported by site level profile Access levels and Privileges same as in Basic Pricing Access levels and Privileges same as in Basic Pricing
levels) settings:
• View Only
• Maintain
Pricing Security You can grant access privileges to the following Grantee Access levels and Privileges same as in Basic Pricing. In addition to those in basic pricing, you can grant
(Privileges) Types: access
ccess privileges to the following Grantee Types:
• Global Responsibility and User.
• Operating Unit
Pricing Security supports authorization roles for creating
maintaining, and viewing pricing data. Security Privileges
are set up and managed in the HTML user interface.
Enables you to set up: Advanced Pricing includes all Basic price list features and Same as 11.5.10 plus:
Price list • Price List Header/Lines adds the capability to define point and range price breaks on All price breaks have been made continuous, which
• One currency per list a price list. means that the high value of one break would be the
• Effective date at list low value of the next break.
• Rounding factors
• Attach payment terms
• Attach freight terms·
• Attach freight carriers
• Percentage price for service items
• Service price
• Active Flag
• Mobile Download
• Global Flag to support Security Feature
• Security enabled rules checking
Pricing attributes on In Basic Pricing, you can use one data source, called a Advanced Pricing adds capability to support multiple
Price List context, per order line. Each context can have 100 contexts. You can use seeded values or you may define your Same as 11.5.10
attributes. own contexts. You are limited to 100 attributes per context.
Secondary price lists One secondary price list is supported Advanced Pricing adds capability to define and use unlimited Same as 11.5.10
secondary lists. The chaining of secondary lists is NOT
supported.
A profile option enables a qualifier check for secondary price
lists.
Qualifiers: Price Lists Basic Pricing supports Product Context for Item number, Advanced Pricing includes the product contexts in Basic Qualifiers are fully supported for price lists
Item Category, and All_Items. Pricing, and adds capability to define additional contexts or in Advanced Pricing:
Qualifiers are not supported for price lists in basic pricing. In attributes using the Attribute Mapping feature. • Ability to attach qualifier groups or enter qualifiers for
Oracle Order Management, you can create defaulting rules the price list.
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Pricing Feature Basic Pricing 11.5.10 Advance Pricing 11.5.10 Advance Pricing R12
that define when (and thus qualify) a price list is defaulted Note: You can define additional attributes for the product • All seeded context values for Advanced
to the sales
ales order header or line. As an example, you can context, but you cannot create additional product contexts. Pricing as well as user-defined qualifiers (requires
qualify a price list based on order type, customer, and other Attribute Mapping) are supported.
attributes from Order Management. • Precedence is derived from the Precedence Number
field on the Contexts Setup window and can be
configured by the user in Advanced Pricing.
• Multiple with and/or relations between qualifiers is
possible.
• Qualifiers enable you to define unlimited price lists for
an item.
• Note: You cannot define Order Amount as a qualifier.
Product hierarchy price Basic pricing only supports flattened categories. Advanced Pricing supports hierarchical and flattened
list notes categories.
Price breaks on price Not supported in basic pricing. Enables price breaks on price lists. The following price break Same as 11.5.10
lists quantity ’drivers’ are supported:
• Quantity
• Amount (excluding Item Amount)
• Weight
• Other user defined attributes
Basic Pricing gives you the capability to attach formulas to • Dynamic Formula Expansion: Dynamic expansion enables
price lists. Formulas in Basic Pricing can include the pricing engine to dynamically calculate the formula price
mathematical operators, numeric operands, and PL/SQL at based on variable values available at run time.
Functions such as min/max may be embedded
mbedded in a formula. Dynamically expanded formulas can be attached to either
Sixteen seeded formulas are included (these can be price lists or modifiers.
updated):
• Eight Cost-to-Charge formulas Note: Price lists that have a dynamic formula with a Modifier
• Eight Cost-to-Charge with Markup Formulas Value as a component cannot be attached to a price list line.
Formula components Component types include: Advanced Pricing includes all formula component types Same as 11.5.10
• numeric values available in Basic Pricing, and adds the following:
• one product context (item) • List price of an item in a specific price list (product and
• factor list service) pricing attribute.
• One
ne pricing context throughout formula with up to 100 • Modifier Value is entered in the Modifier Value field on the
attributes. Context must match context on price list line that modifier setup window for a modifier line as a component to
formula is being attached to. a formula.
• A FUNCTION type which calls Advanced Pricing API
Adjustment factors (factor list): basic pricing supports Get_Custom_Price.
multiple factors. However, there is limitation
on in basic pricing • Adjustment Factors: Advanced Pricing supports multiple
of one pricing attribute context throughout formula with up adjustment factors. Both context - seeded and user-defined
to 100 attributes. Seeded context must be used. Context contexts and attributes can be used as adjustment factors.
must
ust match context on price list line to which the formula is • Multiple pricing contexts for pricing attributes.
attached.
Price List Maintenance Not available in Basic Pricing. Advanced Pricing provides search and maintenance capability Same as 11.5.10
for a single price list or across multiple price lists.
Use the Bulk Change feature for mass updates or update
individual price list lines.
Updates can be made to price list lines for:
• Value
• Static and Dynamic Formula
• Price List Line effective dates
Modifier application Basic Pricing supports the following Basic methods and provides the Ask For promotion and Deals Same as 11.5.10
methods modifier application methods: application method.
• Manual
• Automatic
• Overrideable
Active box on Modifier Not enabled in Basic Pricing. Enabled in Advanced Pricing. Same as 11.5.10
header
Modifier levels and level Order, order line level. Basic level codes and adds Line Group. Same as 11.5.10
code
Modifier header Basic Pricing provides seeded qualifier contexts including: Includes Basic Pricing features, plus Advanced Same as 11.5.10
qualifiers and attributes • Customer Pricing adds these capabilities:
• Price List • User assignment and override of precedence is possible.
• Unlimited price lists (new OM feature) • Qualifiers can be used with both seeded and user defined
• Seeded attributes within contexts. contexts possible.
• Users can define attributes with user defined contexts. Up
Customer context includes these attributes: Customer class to 100 attributes can be defined for each context, and there is
(defined in RA customers); Site; and Customer Name. no limit to the number of contexts that users can define.
• Seeded qualifier attributes can be redirected to other data
Note: Modifier List Type of Freight and Special Charges sources using attribute mapping feature (see attribute
supports additional modifier header qualifiers and mapping topic).
attributes. Security-enabled rules checking. • Users can control qualifier precedence.
• Entered Context: Seeded and user-defined is possible.
• User control of attribute precedence possible.
• Attaching qualifier groups to modifier headers possible.
Modifiers: line types Types available include: Advanced Pricing includes the Basic Pricing types and adds:· Same as 11.5.10
• Discount: Fixed amount, Percent, New Price • Coupon Issue
• Surcharge: Fixed amount, Percent, New Price • Item Upgrade
• Freight Charges: Fixed amount, Percent, Lumpsum • Other Item Discount
• Price Break • Terms Substitution
• Promotional Goods
Modifiers: line qualifiers Basic Pricing provides the following fixed qualifiers Advanced Pricing includes the line level qualifiers Same as 11.5.10
and attributes including: provided in Basic Pricing and adds:
• Agreement Name • Define unlimited number of qualifiers.
• Agreement Type • Can attach qualifier groups as qualifiers.
• Order type • Can use seeded contexts and define additional contexts.
• Customer PO • User-defined contexts active.
• Multiple qualifiers with AND/OR conditions can be created.
Usable Product Attributes include: Product attributes in Advanced Pricing include those defined
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Pricing Feature Basic Pricing 11.5.10 Advance Pricing 11.5.10 Advance Pricing R12
• Item in Basic Pricing and adds user-defined “alternative” product
• Item categories hierarchy contexts from outside Oracle inventory structure.
• All items An unlimited number of pricing attributes can be created in
Advanced Pricing. The user can change the precedence.
Usable pricing attributes:·
• Limited to one context when product attribute is ALL Items
Types of Limits:
• Soft Limit (If limit is exceeded, give the full
benefit)
• Hard Limit (If limit is exceeded, adjust or deny
the benefit)
This information was compiled using Oracle’s Advanced Pricing Users Guides. Please refer to the Oracle Users Guides for a mo
more detailed explanation of
these features.
Ernie DiLegge
Sr. Management Consultant
dileggee@tusc.com
Rolta-TUSC
333 E. Butterfield Rd
Lombard IL, 60148
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