National Program qualification hierarchy

National Program status is determined by the system in a hierarchical manner. You can define National Program details for specific customers and products, or for groups of customer and products.

For example, an individual product is not specifically flagged as a National Program product. Rather, a product is qualified for a National Program during processing.

During Sales Order Entry and during processing functions, line items are qualified by the system by searching the hierarchy from most to least specific levels. Qualification stops when the first match is found. In the hierarchy, level 1 is the most specific level. Gaps are left in level numbers to allow for future flexibility. The function PD Pricing Setup-National Program drives the hierarchy.

This table shows the National Program qualification hierarchy. The x-axis shows the record type, such as customer or group; the y-axis shows the product levels, such as product, model, brand. The values displayed at the intersections of the options indicate the hierarchy number for the combinations:


Customer ----> Product	One Customer/ShipTo [ARSC, ARSS]	Customer Master Group [ARSG]	Customer Price Types [ARSC, ARSS, ARSPT]	All Customers
one product	1	11	21	41
model	2	12	22	42
brand	3	13	23	43
product category	4	14	24	44
product line	5	15	25	45
product price type	6	16	26	46
product rebate type / sub type	7	17	27	47
all products	30	31	32	50