Special Pricing – System Control Parameters

This section describes the System Parameters that are used by the Special Pricing System when it is calculating the Target Price for a specific customer, item number and quantity.  The System Parameters listed in this section are stored in the System Control File (File 248:FVPAR)

Please Note: Some of the parameters listed in this section can be overridden using advanced options that require creating records in the Longcode file.  These Advanced options are described in a following section of this document.

SOTARGET – The SOTARGET Parameter is used to determine which of the Price Calculations are performed when calculating the target price for a customer, item, quantity, and optional contract combination. – This parameter contains a string listing the pricing routines to be used on the system.  Valid String Options include the following (all to be used should be included in the INFO field of the control record.

Code	Description
B	Buying Groups	Enable Buying Group Pricing
C	Contract Pricing	Enable Contract Pricing
D	Class Discounts	Enable Class Discounts
F	Force Contract	Enable Force Contract
G	GSA Pricing	Enable GSA Pricing
Q	Quantity Pricing	Enable Quantity Pricing
M	Manufacturer Pricing	Enable Manufacturer Pricing
S	Sale Pricing	Enable Sale Pricing

SOFUDGEC – The SOFEDGEC parameter is used to define the Commission Cost “Fudge Factor”.  The StreamV system uses the commission cost in each inventory item (or the commission cost defined in a special pricing record) when calculating and displaying the margin for each order line.  The SOFUDEC parameter allows you to define a factor to be used to adjust the commission cost for each item.  This allows you to add a cushion to the item costs to handle things like inbound freight or duty costs.  The system defaults to use a factor of 1 if the system parameter is not defined or it is missing.

SODECIMP – The SODECIMP parameter is used to determine the precision or number of decimal places that are used by the system when calculating the target price.  The parameter will default to 2 decimal places if the parameter is not set or if it is missing, but it can also be set to up to 4 places as required.

SOPQDSPL – Apply PQDS to Product Line Prices.  A “Y” should be entered for this parameter if Product Line Prices should be adjusted based on information in the PQDS system.  An “N” should be entered for this parameter if you do not wish to apply PQDS adjustments to Product Line Prices.  NOTE:   The "Product Line Pricing" flag in the product line table must be set to "Y" to enable this feature on a product line by product line basis.  When the product line pricing routine is run, either at sales order save time, or when selected, the system reads through the SOTEMP (Temporary Line Item) file, using the product line index to calculate the quantity totals, and prices the units using the cumulative quantities.

SOPQDSDS - Apply PQDS to Company Discounted Price Level Price.  A “Y” should be entered for this parameter if Company Discount Price Level Prices should be adjusted based on information in the PQDS system.  An “N” should be entered for this parameter if you do not wish to apply PQDS adjustments to Company Discount Price Level Prices.

SOPQDCON - Apply PQDS to Contract Prices.  A “Y” should be entered for this parameter if Contract Prices should be adjusted based on information in the PQDS system.  An “N” should be entered for this parameter if you do not wish to apply PQDS adjustments to Contract Prices.

SOPQDCLS – Apply PQDS to Class Discount Prices.  A “Y” should be entered for this parameter if Class Discount Prices should be adjusted based on information in the PQDS system.  An “N” should be entered for this parameter if you do not wish to apply PQDS adjustments to Class Discount Prices.

BCAG0001 - This parameter stores the number of digits from the Inventory Item Product Line to be used by the PQDS system.  The Product Line in the Inventory Master file and Product Line Table can be up to 8 characters long.  The product Line field in the  PROGDISC File (Class Discount Table), QADJUST File (Quantity Adjustments Table), VADJUST File (Value Adjustments Table), and  PROGEX (Class Exception Table) is 4 digits long.  By setting the parameter and organizing product lines together using up to the first 4 characters, you can minimize the amount of information that needs to be maintained in the PQDS Tables (for example you could have product lines for computer drives organized into product lines such as DRIVCD, DRIVDVD, DRIVIDE, DRIVESDI, DRIVSCSI, and apply the same quantity and value discounts to all product lines for Drives by setting switch to 4 and entering PQDS records for DRIV – which would apply to all product lines in this example).

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Special Pricing - Advanced Options/Longcode Records