Searching for and Displaying Price Lists

To Search for a Price List

1. Click Price Lists in the Pricing Administration panel on the Comergent eBusiness System home page.

   This displays the Price List Search Page (see Figure 376).

2. Search for the price list(s).
   1. Enter search criteria. You can use an asterisk (*) wild card character with all criteria to perform a wild card search.

      TABLE 39. Price List Search Fields 

      Field	Description
      Price List Name	Enter the name of the price list.
      Effective Date	You can search for price lists by specifying an effectivity date. Only those price lists that are effective on that date are displayed. Click the calendar icon to select the date you want.
      Currency	You can search for price lists by one or more currency.
      Customer Type	You can search for price lists by one or more customer types:
      Status	You can search for either active or inactive price lists or include both in your search.

   2. Click Search.

      You can also click Show All to display all the price lists in the system or you can click Advanced Search to perform a more custom search for a price list. See Advanced Search for Price Lists for more details.

      The search results are displayed as a list on the Price List Search page.

      Note:

      Partner administrators will only see price lists created by partner administrators in their own organization.

3. In the list of results, find the list whose details you want to view.
4. In the Price List Name column, click the name of the price list to view its details.

   This displays the Price List Detail page for that list.

The Price List Detail page comprises the following tabs:

• Edit Header: this tab displays header information about the price list:

  TABLE 40. Header Fields 

  Field	Description
  Name	Each price list must have a unique name. The price list name is displayed on the Price List Display page.
  Description	This provides a brief description of the price list and its purpose.
  Currency	The currency used in all of the prices of this price list. You cannot mix currencies in a price list.
  Customer Type	The type of customer (Education, Commercial) for this price list.
  Supplier	The partner key of the supplier for this price list. Enterprise administrators can accept the default value ("1") or enter a partner key for any storefront partner. Storefront administrators will see this field pre-populated with their partner key and they cannot change it.
  Starting Date	You can specify dates within which a price list is available. Click the calendar icon to select the dates you want.
  Ending Date
  Active	Check the box to make the price list active. You can assign an inactive price list to a partner, but the partner cannot see prices from an inactive list.

  You can also download the price list in the form of a text file by clicking Download, and make a copy of the price list by clicking Duplicate.

• Edit Items: use this tab to change prices of products that are already on the price list. You can search for a specific product or for products that belong to a specific product category.

• Assign Products: use this tab to add products to the price list. You can search for a specific product or for products that belong to a specific product category.

• Mass Update: use this tab to perform bulk operations on the price list. For example, you can increase the prices on the price list by a fixed or percentage amount.

• View Organization Assignments: use this tab to view the assignment of this price list to partners.

You can use a business rule to set the number of rows that are displayed in the pricing list. See CHAPTER 38, Business Rules Administration.

Advanced Search for Price Lists

By clicking Advanced Search on the Price List Search page, you can perform a more detailed search for a price list.

You can search using the following criteria:

TABLE 41. Price List Advanced Search Criteria 

Criteria	Comments
Price List Name	Enter a string. You can use * to denote a wild card. The search will return all price lists whose name matches the search string. For example, if you enter Com*, then price lists with names such as Commercial and Communications are found.
Partner Name	Enter a string. You can use * to denote a wild card. The search will return all price lists that are assigned to a partner whose name matches the search string.
Price List Status	Select Active, Inactive, or Active and Inactive.
Product ID	Enter a product ID. You can use * to denote a wild card. The search returns all price lists that have a product whose product ID matches the search string. For example, if you enter MXWS*, then price lists with products such as MXWS-7500 and MXWS-OLP are found.
Customer Type	Select one or more customer types. Price lists with these customer types are returned.
Currencies	Select one or more currencies. Price lists with these currencies are returned.
Effectivity Dates	Enter a Starting Date, Ending Date, or both. If you specify only a Starting Date, then all price lists whose start date is before the specified Starting Date are returned. If you specify only an Ending Date, then all price lists whose end date is after the specified Ending Date are returned. If you specify both, then all price lists that are effective between the your specified dates are returned. Note that price lists must be effective for the entire interval.

If you provide more than one search criteria, then the search returns only those price lists that match all the specified criteria.

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