Siebel Pricing: Aggregate Volume Discount article was much appreciated by readers. A reader has problem in enabling Tiered Volume Discount for an order having multiple order line items of same product . Lets look in to complete query and its resolution suggested by us.

I am back with yet another post and this time it’s Variable Maps Variable Maps are nothing but the property sets that define the structure of data to be passed to the Pricing Procedures; based on which the price calculation is done. Variable maps are used by the PSP engine to build the context and Row Sets.

Component-based pricing is a pricing method that will allow you to price a customizable product. You need to have a good understanding of customizable product and eConfigurator to understand the possibilities of Component-based pricing.

Dynamic pricing was enabled in Siebel (8.1.1) and a reader has problem in enabling contract-based pricing. Lets look in to complete query and its resolution suggested by us.

Aggregate Volume Discount
We have seen in the Volume Discount article that this type of discount works line item by line item. with some customers this could be a debate and some would prefer to change this behaviour:
Volume Discount should be calculated based on all instances of the same product (Quantity aggregation).
Fortunately the PSP architecture shipped with Siebel 7.8 and above introduces a new pricing engine. Since price calculations are done in Workflows and Business Services, we can change them.

Volume Discount
Volume Discount is probably the easier discount to understand and to implement.The idea is to give a discount if you buy more of the same product. Example:

If you buy 4 products ABC, you get 3%
If you buy 5 products ABC, you get 3.5%
If you buy more than 6 products ABC, you get 4%

You add product ABC to the Quote/Order, you update the Qty field to a value of 4 or greater and you will see your volume discount applied.

This article will introduce the basics concepts of Siebel Pricing features. Many sections will summarize the Bookshelf and some will give some hints and advice that are not necessarily explained in the Bookshelf. Also, the logic of these articles is really to explain you what you can do with Siebel Pricing. It is not intended to explain you how to do it.
Introduction
Siebel Pricing has been significantly changed in version 7.8. If you already use Siebel Pricing in earlier versions, there is a chance that you will need to redo most …