How do I Set up a Shadow File Price Escalation?

Summary

This article explains how to set up a Shadow File Price Escalation.

More Information

Shadow File Price Escalations may be useful in lots of situations - for instance if a "Shadow File" only has a "Cost Price:" and no "Retail Price:" the Escalation can automatically set the Retail Price for you.

Go to " Stock Control Maintenance Options Shadow File Maintenance Price Escalations Maintenance".

• At "Shadow Supplier:", enter the two digit Shadow File code for whom you want to set the Price Escalation and then press <Enter>.
• At "Calculation:", enter a number for your Price Escalation then press <Enter>.

You can set up to one hundred different Price Escalations for each Shadow Supplier, i.e. "0-99".

• At "Description:" enter a brief description of what your Price Escalation is going to do.

Set Retail Price

• At "Destination:", enter the type of Price Escalation that will apply. 'S' is for a Sales or Retail Price, 'P' is for a Purchase Price.
• At "Price Code:", enter the Price Code you want the Escalation to apply to and then press <Enter>. Leave this blank to modify the standard sales price.
• At "Decimal Places:", enter how many decimal places you require from the calculation then press <Enter>.
• At "Formula:", enter the calculation for your Price Escalation, then press <Esc> and <Accept>.

If you press <F11> while you are at "Formula:" you will see a list of the variables you can use for the price escalation and an example Calculation.

Your Price Escalation will be applied when you copy a Stock Code into your main Stock File, or when you re-Sync your Stock and Shadow File.

See also

• Available Parts Files
• What is updated with a parts/price update?
• Parts Files
• What is a Shadow Stock code?
• Creating a stock item
• Shadow supplier default settings - group

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