| # 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 In a pricing matrix, you can specify prices, discounts, promotions, or freight rates for customers, suppliers and/or items. These pricing matrices are available: Price matrix Discount matrix Promotion matrix Freight rate matrix Price matrix In these sessions, you can maintain matrix attribute values and links to sales prices, purchase prices, or transfer prices: Sales Price Matrices (tdpcg0130m010) Purchase Price Matrices (tdpcg0130m020) Transfer Price Matrices (tdpcg0130m030) Discount matrix In these sessions, you can maintain matrix attribute values and links to sales or purchase discounts: Sales Line Discount Matrices (tdpcg0130m110) Sales Total Discount Matrices (tdpcg0130m120) Purchase Line Discount Matrices (tdpcg0130m130) Purchase Total Discount Matrices (tdpcg0130m140) Promotion matrix In these sessions, you can maintain matrix attribute values and links to promotion discounts for sales orders and sales order lines: Line Promotion Matrices (tdpcg0130m210) Order Promotion Matrices (tdpcg0130m220) Freight rate matrix In these sessions, you can maintain matrix attribute values and links to carrier rate and client rate agreements: Client Freight Rate Matrices (tdpcg0130m310) Carrier Freight Rate Matrices (tdpcg0130m320) Elements for Pricing matrices Each Pricing matrix includes these 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 LN searches matrix definitions. If a matrix definition has no matrix priority, LN 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 Schedule (tdpcg0612m000)
Promotion | Promotions (tdpcg0140m000)
Freight rate book | Freight Rate Book (tdpcg0616m000)
Setting up Pricing matrices To set up a price matrix, refer to Setting 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 Setting up a promotion matrix To set up a freight rate matrix, refer to Setting up a freight rate matrix Related topics An outline of the pricing information retrieval processes Overview of Pricing |