Business Chain on Rental Agreement

A business chain is a specific ID for a business partner representing a group of customers. In many situations, the business chain and customers included in it are processed the same way. The chain is made up of customers connected to one another on different levels such as the parent company and its subsidiaries.

In rental, you can use a business chain, but it is limited to only control pricing and discount of sales lines on a rental agreement.

A condition that is connected to one level can also apply to the lower levels. When a condition is connected to the highest level, then it applies to all members of the group. A condition connected to level 2 applies to level 2, 3, 4, etc.

To trigger the check for business chain on a rental agreement, you must activate the setting to check business chain on 'Rental Agreement Order Type. Open' (STS020/E).

When entering a rental agreement with this setting activated on the order type, there is a check for valid business chains. If a valid business chain is found, this is saved in on the agreement header and displayed in 'Rental Agreement. Open' (STS100), panel F.

If several business chains are found to be valid, a message is displayed during agreement entry, to select one business chain. When you confirm the message, 'Business Chain. Connect Customer' (OIS039) opens, and you can select a business chain from the list.

If several business chains are found to be valid when entering the agreement header using STS100MI (Short term rental agreement head), you must set the correct business chain as input fields in the MI. All levels must match a valid business chain in (OIS039).

If the customer is connected only to one business chain, you can leave the business chain fields blank in STS100MI, and the business chain is set automatically according to the set up in (OIS039).

The validity of a business chain (valid from and valid to date) is compared against the registration date of the agreement header.

If a business chain is saved on an agreement header, this value is used if the controlling object &CHAIN is set up to retrieve the sales price and discount in these areas:

• Sales price list
• Sales costing model
• Sales discount.