Special offers and discounts to customers are frequently offered as part of a sales promotion based on accumulated sales order data. For example, when your customers place orders for a new product, you may offer them an introductory allowance up to a specified total value (for example, up to USD 5,000). As a customer places orders for the new product, the system must be able to keep track of the cumulative discount total. With Release 2.1, it was possible to accumulate values based on invoices for the purpose of processing rebate agreements. In Release 2.2 this idea was extended to include a new, more general condition update function.

Condition update is controlled by the condition type in setting Customizing for Sales. If you set the condition update for a particular condition type, the system subsequently updates the corresponding condition records whenever you process relevant sales and billing documents.

Condition update provides the basis for the following pricing functions:

• Maximum Value
• Maximum quantity
• Maximum Number of Sales Orders

These functions are described in more detail in the following section: