Creating PackagesYou create product categories specifically for product packages
in the normal manner on the Product Hierarchy
page.
You assign the product categories the following relationship types:
Sales Components
SCSLC Sales Components (SC)
SCP2G Product Groups for SC
SCTXS Explanations for SC
Dependent Components
SCDEC Dependent Components (DC)
SCP2D Product Groups for DC
SCTXD Explanations for DC
SCCFD Value Propagation for DC
Rate Plan Combinations
SCRPC Rate Plan Combinations
Cross-Selling
SCCRS Cross-Selling (C-S)
SCTXC Explanations for C-S
Up-Selling
SCUPS Up-Selling (U-S)
SCTXU Explanations for U-S
SCCFU Value Propagation for U-S
For more information about working with product hierarchies, see Creation of Categories and Hierarchies.
To work with product packages, a product role has to be assigned
to the product categories being used. You do this in Customizing for Customer
Relationship Management
under
The product role defines the nature of the product hierarchy and therefore the type of products that are created.
There are three product roles available:
Sales Package
Combined Rate Plan
Rate Plan
On the Product
page, search for
the product you require, or create a new product.
Assign the product to a category. Enter a category to which one of the roles is assigned, otherwise the system cannot handle the product accordingly when running the product configuration and determining the assignment of products.
The component structure is a hierarchical table with all sales package components. The sequence of the components is important, as it is applied at runtime. The structure includes products and groups.
Create relationships as follows:
Sales components
You assign various components
to the main sales package product using the Sales Components
relationship
type. You can link other products to these assigned products using other relationship
types, such as Dependent Components
. However,
the link between the top package product and the products on the top level
of the sales package hierarchy must be maintained using the Sales
Components
relationship type.
Dependent components
You use this type to
create links between a main product and dependent products. You can only create
these links between the components and the main product using the Dependent
Components
relationship type.
Combined rate plan packages
You create an
overall combined rate plan package and assign the various rate plans to it
using the Rate Plan Combinations
relationship
type. You can only assign rate plans to a combined rate plan. The superordinate
package product has the product role Combined Rate Plan
.
Assign individual products or groups to the component structure.
Set the following indicators if applicable:
Optional
Sets the product to optional so that the customer can deselect this product in the order or quotation. The product is not mandatory for the sale of the package.
Default
Sets the product to the default product option. The customer can deselect the product.
Maintain the necessary rules.