Price stages in Sales

Price stages can be linked to and updated for sales quotation lines and sales order lines during the sales order process.

Blocking or signaling due to the price stage, is applicable only for sales order lines.

Sales quotations

In the Price Stage field of various sales quotation line sessions, you can link a price stage to a sales quotation line. It is mandatory to specify a price stage for a quotation line, if the Price Stage Mandatory check box is selected in the Sales Quotation Parameters (tdsls0100s100) session.

When processing the quotation to a sales order, the price stage is copied from the quotation line to the sales order line.

Sales orders

In the Price Stage field of various sales order line sessions, you can link a price stage to a sales order line. It is mandatory to specify a price stage for an order line, if the Price Stage Mandatory check box is selected in the Sales Order Parameters (tdsls0100s400) session.

The blocking definition that is linked to the price stage determines the phase at which the order process must be blocked or a signaling message must be displayed. Blocking or signaling can be done during these phases for a sales order line:

  • Order entry
  • Release to Warehousing
  • Confirmation of shipment

Sales order lines that are blocked because of the price stage, are displayed in the Blocked Sales Order (Lines) (tdsls4520m000) session. The value of the Hold Reason field is retrieved from the blocking definition that is linked to the price stage. The blocked lines cannot be released in the Blocked Sales Order (Lines) (tdsls4520m000) session. To unblock a line, you must update the price stage. Based on the new price stage, the order process can continue, a new blocking can be created, or only a signal may be displayed.

You can update the price stage for a sales order line only until the order line is processed in the Process Delivered Sales Orders (tdsls4223m000) session.

After confirmation of a shipment:

Note
  • Price stages are not applicable for sales orders with origins EDI, Intercompany EDI, Retro-Billing, or Consumption.
  • If a sales order is invoiced in installments, which you can specify in the Invoicing by Installments field in the Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000) session, the price stage code for all linked sales order lines must be the same.
  • If the blocking phase is set to Release (to Warehousing), the sales order line can still be released to Warehousing. This can be done only if the Allow Release to Warehouse check box is selected for the hold reason and business partner type in the Hold Reason by Business Partner Type (tdsls0193s000) session. The blocking is then applied to the related outbound order line.
Recalculating prices

If the item price and Price Stage are retrieved from a price book for the sales quotation or order line item, the Price Stage is defaulted again from the Price Book Lines (tdpcg0131m000) session. This value is defaulted when you recalculate prices for the sales quotation line or sales order line in the Price and Discount Recalculation Parameters (tdpcg0240s000) session.

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