Participant Determination 

Purpose

In the commission system, you can determine the individual participants in business transactions. Incentive and Commission Management differentiates between direct participants and indirect participants.

·        Information on direct participants is determined in the inbound interface of the commission case.

·        Information on indirect participants is determined by using organizational management.

Participants are put into entitlement groups by being assigned an entitlement category and an entitlement object type.

Use

Direct participants are normally grouped into one entitlement group.

Indirect participants, on the other hand, are grouped into several entitlement groups.

You can create an entitlement group based on any criteria, such as functions (is the boss of…) and activities (presales, sales, and so on).

You can create more than one participation, and each participant can be assigned to more than one participation. A differentiation is made between participation constellation and participation relationship.

Participation constellation

The participation constellation defines which participation role and which commission contract types are permitted in a participation. Additionally, the maximum number of participants who can have this participation role as well as the same commission contract type are specified.

Participation relationship

These define the relationships between the various participants in a participation.

The relationships can exist across multiple entitlement groups as well as within one particular group.

If the entitlement of a participant is derived from entitlement category 3 “head of the organizational unit of a participant”, it is not possible to have a participation relationship for this participant since the entitlement is already derived from entitlement category 3.

Process Flow

To configure the participation in commission management, carry out the necessary steps in Customizing under Incentive and Commission Management ® Basic and Master Data ® Standard Commission Contract ® Participation Agreement.

 

Graphic: Participant Constellation