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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/performance/td/P000007_price_rate_discount_control" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>Price, rate, and discount control</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1384600">
         <Level1>Valid for ERP LN FP0, FP1, FP2, FP3, FP4, FP5, FP6, Infor10, 10.2 ERP Enterprise</Level1>
         <Level2>price, rate, and discount control</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1384605">
         <Level1>Effect on CPU</Level1>
         <Level2>price, rate, and discount control</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0100m000" role="session">Pricing Parameters (tdpcg0100m000)</GUIRef> session, the following <Emphasis>Control</Emphasis> fields determine the following:</ListIntro>
         <ListItemHead>Price control</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Which sales price or purchase price must be used from price
		  books found by a price matrix.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Freight rate control</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Which client freight rate or carrier freight rate must be used
		  from freight rate books found by a freight rate matrix.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>Discount control</ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>Which sales discount or purchase discount must be used from
		  discount schedules found by a discount matrix.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>You can select the following values for these
		fields:</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListTitle>Price control</ListTitle>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.prco#first" role="option">First Price</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>For a specific matrix definition, ERP Enterprise uses the first price
		  found in the price matrix with the most recent effective date.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.prco#lowest" role="option">Lowest Price</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>For a specific matrix definition, ERP Enterprise retrieves the first
		  price found in the price matrix with the most recent effective date. However,
		  if other relevant matrix definitions are applicable, ERP Enterprise continues searching
		  these other price matrices for lower prices. ERP Enterprise uses the lowest
		  price found in a matrix.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListTitle>Freight rate control</ListTitle>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.frct#first" role="option">First Rate</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>For a specific matrix definition, ERP Enterprise uses the first
		  freight rate found in the freight rate matrix with the most recent effective
		  date.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.frct#lowest" role="option">Lowest Rate</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>For a specific matrix definition, ERP Enterprise retrieves the first
		  freight rate found in the freight rate matrix with the most recent effective
		  date. However, if other relevant matrix definitions are applicable, ERP Enterprise continues searching
		  these other freight rate matrices for lower rates. ERP Enterprise uses the lowest
		  freight rate found in a matrix.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <List>
         <ListTitle>Discount control</ListTitle>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.dsco#first" role="option">First Discount</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem> ERP Enterprise uses the first valid discount found in the level and ignores any other valid
		  discounts. The first valid discount is the one with the lowest matrix sequence
		  number. If more than one discount has the lowest sequence number, the first
		  discount is the one with the latest <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pcg/tdpcg0130m100#tdpcg030.efdt" role="manual">Effective Date</GUIRef>. When the first discount is found, the
		  search for discounts stops.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.dsco#best" role="option">Best Discount</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>ERP Enterprise uses
		  the best discount found for the level and disregards the matrix sequence
		  priorities.</ListItem>
         <ListItemHead>
            <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.dsco#accum" role="option">Accumulate</GUIRef>
         </ListItemHead>
         <ListItem>All valid discounts are retrieved and returned as one
		  aggregated percentage. The maximum aggregated discount percentage is 100.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>For maximum system performance, to retrieve prices, select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.prco#first" role="option">First Price</GUIRef>, to retrieve freight rates, select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.frct#first" role="option">First Rate</GUIRef>, and to retrieve discounts, select <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pcg.dsco#first" role="option">First Discount</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Performance aspects</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListItem>Effect on CPU: Yes</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Effect on database growth: Not applicable</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000381" role="manual">Price retrieval</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000384" role="manual">Freight rate retrieval</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000382" role="manual">Discount retrieval</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>