How do I Set up a Shadow File Price Escalation?
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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