This chapter provides an overview of Promotions Management business units and discusses how to:
Establish Promotions Management business units.
Define promotions management options.
Before you implement Promotions Management for the organization, examine how you currently manage promotional activities. To make the most of our flexible design, decide how to map the operational business structures into Promotions Management.
PeopleSoft defines a business unit as an operational subset of an organization; defining the business units enables you to plan operations around the way that you work.
In Promotions Management, establish business units to:
Define the relationship of the Promotions Management business unit to the Billing and Payables business units.
Establish the General Ledger business unit where promotional activity will be posted.
To define Promotions Management Business Units, use the Promotions Definition component (BUS_UNIT_TBL_TD_GBL). This section discusses how to establish Promotions Management business units.
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
BUS_UNIT_TBL_TD1 |
Set Up Financials/Supply Chain, Business Unit Related, Promotions Management, Promotions Definition |
Establish Promotions Management business units and their relationships to the Billing and Payables business units. |
Access the Promotions Definition page.
Business Unit |
Select the Promotions Management business unit. The Default SetID field and the Create BU (create business unit) button appear when the Promotions Management business unit does not already exist for another PeopleSoft application. Note. The Promotions Management application was designed to have a one to one relationship between a Promotions Management business
unit and a General Ledger business unit. You cannot have multiple promotions management business units point to the same general
ledger unit. |
Description |
Enter a description for the Promotions Management business unit. |
Default SetID |
Select the default setID from the available options to create a business unit and associate it with an existing set ID, or enter the default setID that is equal to the Promotions Management business unit name that you entered. The default setID that you select determines the preliminary TableSet sharing setup by determining the setIDs that are assigned to each record group for the new business unit. The setID that is assigned to a record group determines which TableSet is used as valid values for that specific business unit. |
Create BU |
Click this button to establish the setID controls for the Promotions Management business unit. The Billing Unit and Payables Unit fields become available. |
Promotions Unit |
System defaults the promotions unit based on the Promotions Management business unit that you select for tracking promotional activities. |
Short Description |
Enter a brief description to identify the promotions definition. |
Billing Unit |
Select the Billing business unit to associate with the Promotions Management business unit. The Billing business unit determines where the system sends for payment all promotion claims that have a payment method of credit or deduction. After you select the Billing business unit, the system displays the General Ledger business unit that is associated with the Billing business unit that you selected. Note. If Billing is not installed, you cannot enter a Billing business unit. Note. The Billing business unit and Payables business unit must be associated with the same General Ledger unit. You receive an error message if the General Ledger business unit is not the same for both of these business units. |
Payables Unit |
Select the Payables business unit to associate with the Promotions Management business unit. The Payables business unit determines where the system sends for payment all promotion claims that have a payment method of check or field draft. Note. If Payables is not installed, you cannot enter a Payables business unit. |
General Ledger Unit |
Review the General Ledger business unit to associate with funds and promotions. This is where Promotions Management posts its accrual transactions and expenses. The general ledger unit will default based on the billing unit that you select. |
See Also
Processing Payments for Promotional Activity
To define promotions management options, use the Promotions Options component (TD_SETID_PREF_GBL). This section provides an overview of promotion options, lists prerequisites and common elements, and discusses how to:
Define general options.
Define payment options.
Define pricing options.
The system uses the options that you define in this component as default values when creating or processing a promotion or promotion payment. You can change some of the defaults when creating a new promotion or promotion payment.
To ensure that the promotional discounts are applied to sales orders correctly, you must set up some specific pricing key combinations on the arbitration plan. The combinations include:
Sold to customer.
Sold to customer and product.
Sold to customer and product group.
Customer group and product.
Customer group and product group.
Include each price type (extended price or quantity) that you use in the environment on the arbitration plan.
See Using the Arbitration Plan.
Promotion |
Refers to both national allowances and customer promotions, unless indicated otherwise. |
Page Name |
Object Name |
Navigation |
Usage |
TD_SETID_PREF |
Set Up Financials/Supply Chain, Business Unit Related, Promotions Management, Promotions Options |
Define basic setup and default options for Promotions Management. |
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TD_SETID_PREF1 |
Set Up Financials/Supply Chain, Business Unit Related, Promotions Management, Promotions Options |
Define payment-related options for Promotions Management. |
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TD_SETID_PREF2 |
Set Up Financials/Supply Chain, Business Unit Related, Promotions Management, Promotions Options |
Define pricing options for Promotions Management. |
Access the General Options page.
Note. Once you have started defining promotions, you cannot change the values that are associated with the Equivalent UOM, Per unit UOM, Base Currency, or Rate Type fields.
See Also
Establishing PeopleSoft Promotions Management Business Units
Access the Payment Options page.
Payment Authorization Required
Customer Promotions and National Allowances |
Select if you require manual authorization before a claim is made for activity against a customer promotion or a national allowance. Otherwise, the Accrual and Financial Update process (TD_FINUP) automatically authorizes for payment what has been incurred to date against the promotional activity. |
Billing Options
Credit Bill Type |
Select the credit bill type to send to Billing when you create a claim against a promotion by using a credit payment method. |
Credit Invoice Form |
(Optional) Select the form to send to Billing when you create a claim against a promotion by using a credit payment method. |
Bill Source |
Select the bill source to send to Billing during the Payments Load process (TD_PAYMENTS) when you create a claim against a promotion by using either a credit or deduction payment method. |
Deduction Bill Type |
Select the deduction bill type to send to Billing when you create a claim against a promotion by using a deduction payment method. |
Deduction Invoice Form |
(Optional) Select the form to send to Billing when you create a claim against a promotion by using a deduction payment method. |
Note. If Billing is installed in the environment, then Credit Bill Type, Deduction Bill Type, and Bill Source are required fields.
Payables Options
Voucher Prefix |
Select the prefix that the system uses in the Promotions Management integration process to Payables. The Payments Load process (TD_PAYMENTS) uses this voucher prefix when it creates vouchers for payments against promotions using either a check or field draft payment method. Defining a unique prefix for use by Promotions Management gives you a way to determine which vouchers were created from Promotions Management. |
Origin |
Select the origin that the system uses in the Promotions Management integration process to Payables. The Payments Load process (TD_PAYMENTS) uses this origin when it creates vouchers for payments against promotions using either a check or field draft payment method. |
Note. If Payables is installed in your environment, then Voucher Prefix and Origin are required fields.
General Ledger Options
Journal Template |
Select the journal template that the Journal Generator process (FSPGJGEN) uses to post the Promotions Management general ledger accrual transactions to General Ledger. TD_ACCRUE journal template is defined to use for posting Promotions Management general ledger accrual transactions to General Ledger. |
Accrual Account
GL Unit (general ledger unit) |
Select the general ledger unit to which the accrual entries post. The value for this field appears by default from the default general ledger unit that is defined on the Promotions Options - General Options page. |
ChartFields |
Select the G/L Unit, Account, Operating Unit, Fund Code, Department, Program Code, Class Field, Budget Reference, Product, Project, Affiliate, Fund Affiliate, and Operating Unit Affiliate ChartField values to use when creating accrual accounting entries for Promotions Management. If the General Ledger business unit is using balanced ChartFields, Promotions Management supports the Always Inherit ChartField inheritance option when generating accounting transactions. It uses these ChartFields to generate the transactions. |
Note. If General Ledger is installed in your environment, then the Journal Template and accrual account fields are required.
See Also
Setting Up Automatic Numbering
Defining and Using ChartFields
Using Interunit and Intraunit Accounting and ChartField Inheritance
Specifying Voucher Build Criteria
Access the Pricing Options page.
Product Group Prefix |
Select the prefix. The Pricing Load process (TD_LOADPRC) uses the value in this field to automatically create a product group if a customer promotion or national allowance has more than 15 products defined for a promotion group. |
Customer Group Prefix |
Select the prefix. The Pricing Load process (TD_LOADPRC) uses the value in this field to automatically create a customer group if a national allowance has more than 15 customers defined for it. |
Price Rule Prefix |
Select the prefix. The Pricing Load process (TD_LOADPRC) uses the value in this field to automatically create price rules for each merchandising activity that is defined on a customer promotion or for each adjustment type that is defined on a national allowance. |
Price List Prefix |
Select the prefix. The Pricing Load process (TD_LOADPRC) uses the value in this field to automatically create price lists for each customer promotion that uses the Send Prices option. |
First Price Date |
(Required) Select the date that you use to apply price adjustments in Order Management. Values are:
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Second Price Date |
(Optional) Select a second date. The date options are the same as the options for the first price date. If you select a second price date, this date is passed to all price rules that are created through the Pricing Load process (TD_LOADPRC), and the first price date and second price date are checked before applying the promotional discount to the sales order. |
Third Price Date |
(Optional) Select the third date. The date options are the same as the options for the first price date. If you select a third price date, this date is passed to all price rules that are created through the Pricing Load process (TD_LOADPRC), and the first price date, second price date, and third price date are checked before applying the promotional discount to the sales order. Note. Enter at least a first price date. If you enter a second price date, it must be different from the first price date. If you enter a third price date, it must be different from the first price date and second price dates. You cannot enter a third price date if a second price date is not entered. If all three dates are entered here, they are passed to Enterprise Pricer and a promotional discount is applied only if the corresponding dates on the sales order fall within the dates specified on the promotion. |
Price Type |
Select a type. Values are: Extended Price or Quantity. The price type determines how the price rules are created when you execute the Pricing Load process (TD_LOADPRC). The system uses the price type that you select on this page as the default value when creating promotions, but you can override it. |
Price Action Type |
Select an action type. Values are: Product Add or Discount. The price action type determines the type of discount that you offer for the promotion. The system uses the price action type that you select on this page as the default value when creating promotions, but you can override it.
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Cascading/Summed |
Select a value. Values are: Cascading or Summed. The cascading/summed value determines how discounts are applied if multiple discounts are applied to a sales order. The system uses the value that you select on this page as the default value when creating promotions. You can override this value when creating promotions. For example, suppose that you have two discounts that are eligible for the promotion, a 10 and 20 percent discount. If the Cascading/Summed field is defined as Summed, and the original line amount was 100.00 USD, the system applies discounts in this manner: the 10 percent and 20 percent discounts are combined, for 30 percent of 100.00 USD. The unit price for the order line is 70.00 USD. If the Cascading/Summed field is defined as cascading, the system applies the discounts in this manner: 10 percent off of 100.00 USD and 20 percent off of 90.00 USD. The unit price for the order line is 72.00 USD. |
Pricing Default Type |
Select a pricing default type. Values are: Full Pricing Simulation, Inventory Business Unit, or Lowest Price List Price.The pricing default type value provides a method to determine how the system will retrieve the product price to default to the customer promotion. Note. The Default Inventory BU field on the General Options page is the business unit used by the system to determine the default price for the full price simulation and inventory business unit selection in the Pricing Default Type field. |
Applicable to List Price |
Select applicable to list price if you want the promotional discount to be applicable to a list price. The system uses the value that you select on this page as the default value when creating promotions. You can override this value when creating promotions. |
Applicable to Cost Base |
Select applicable to cost base if you want the promotional discount to be applicable to the unit cost. The system uses the value that you select on this page as the default value when creating promotions. You can override this value when creating promotions. |
Applicable to Alter Cost Base (Applicable to Alternate Cost Base) |
Select applicable to cost base if you want the promotional discount to be applicable to the alternate unit cost. The system uses the value that you select on this page as the default value when creating promotions. You can override this value when creating promotions. |
Applicable to Buying Agreement |
Select applicable to cost base if you want the promotional discount to be applicable to a buying agreement price. The system uses the value that you select on this page as the default value when creating promotions. You can override this value when creating promotions. |
Product Add and Product Add Type |
Select a product add and product add type default. For Product Add, values are Any Product or On Product Tree.For Product Add Type, values are List Price or Product Cost. The Product Add value will determine the prompt used on the product add Product field to determine which products are valid for the promotion. The Product Add Type value will be used as the default value when creating promotions, but you can override this value. |
See Also