| # Matrix structure To retrieve the correct pricing information for calculating the price, discount, or transportation costs of an order, load, or shipment, you can specify pricing matrices. A matrix is a structure in which pricing information is grouped according to particular criteria. Pricing matrices Pricing information is grouped by criteria in pricing matrices. In a pricing matrix, you can specify prices, discounts, promotions, or freight rates for customers, suppliers and/or items. The following matrix types are available: Price matrix In the Price Matrices (tdpcg0130m000) session, you can maintain matrix attribute values and links to sales, purchase, and transfer prices. Discount matrix In the Discount Matrices (tdpcg0130m100) session, you can maintain matrix attribute values and links to the following types of discounts: Sales Line Discount Sales Total Discount Purchase Line Discount Purchase Total Discount Promotion matrix In the Promotion Matrices (tdpcg0130m200) session, you can maintain matrix attribute values and links to promotion discounts for sales orders and sales order lines. Freight rate matrix In the Freight Rate Matrices (tdpcg0130m300) session, you can maintain matrix attribute values and links to carrier rate and client rate agreements. Elements for Pricing matrices Each Pricing matrix includes the following elements: Matrix type A matrix type is used to define the type of matrix definition and pricing matrix. The matrix type is linked to a set of matrix attributes. Each type of pricing matrix has its own matrix attributes. Matrix definition A matrix definition includes a group of matrix attributes and a matrix type. Matrix attributes Matrix attributes are the elements for which you want to set up a price, discount, promotion, or freight rate. Matrix attributes are table fields from the following sessions: Business Partners (tccom4500m000) Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000) Purchase Orders (tdpur4100m000) Items - General (tcibd0501m000) Matrix priority A matrix priority is used to define the order in which ERP Enterprise searches matrix definitions. If a matrix definition has no matrix priority, ERP Enterprise does not search the Pricing matrices that use that definition. Pricing information Pricing information, such as price books, discount schedules, promotions, or freight rate books must be specified for sets of matrix attributes and values. The pricing elements can be specified in these sessions:
Pricing element | Session
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Matrix type, matrix definition, matrix attributes, matrix priority | Matrix Definition - Priorities (tdpcg0610m000)
Price book | Price Books - Lines (tdpcg0611m000)
Discount schedule | Discount Schedules (tdpcg0121m000) Discount Schedule - by Origin (tdpcg0121m100) Discount Schedules for Promotions (tdpcg0121m300)
Promotion | Promotions (tdpcg0140m000)
Freight rate book | Freight Rate Books (tdpcg0150m000)
Setting up Pricing matrices To set up a price matrix, refer to To set up a price matrix To set up a discount matrix, refer to Setting up a discount matrix To set up a promotion matrix, refer to To set up a promotion matrix To set up a freight rate matrix, refer to To set up a freight rate matrix Related topics An outline of the pricing information retrieval processes Overview of Pricing |