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The rule setup screen is organized into expandable/collapsible sections, as outlined below. This setup screen opens automatically when you create a rule. To open this setup screen later, on the project page > Rebates tab, click the blue rule name.

Active

Rules are active by default, as indicated by the selected Active checkbox at the bottom of the screen. You can only calculate rebates for active rules. In addition to this setting, two other conditions must be met for a rule to be active:

• A rule type must be selected (Receivable or Payable).

• The corresponding project must be active.

Name & Scope

The Name & Scope section defines the rule’s name, timeframe, and specific data items to which it applies.

• Rule name: This is the name that displays in the rule list when you open the project. This name rule’s name. It is displayed in the grid on the project’s page. It must be unique.

• This rule is: The type of rules that were enabled for this particular project:This is the type of rule. The available options come from the project setup.

  • Receivable: Typically based on a Purchasing database; these are , this type of rule is used for the rebates that you receive from a supplier.

  • Payable: Typically based on a Sales database; these are , this type of rule is used for the rebates that you pay , such as to your customer basecustomers, buying group groups, and so on.

  • Child: Allows This type of rule allows you to create a parent/ use a parent-child relationship, where the result of a calculation for one rebate rule is applied to other rebates rules but with additional conditions. See Create child rebates for more information.

• That occur from (: Often referred to as the validation period): The , this is the timeframe that determines which source database transactions count towards the rebate calculation. They are typically the dates in Note this is not the same as the Calculation Period (discussed later).

  • The dates typically come from the contract or agreement with the third party to whom the rule relates.

  Note this is not the same as the Calculation Period (discussed later)

  • For example, this could be a month, quarter, 12 months, or even an indefinite period of time.

  • The start date is mandatory. It defines the first date from the nominated of the period for which transactions in the source database stream for which transactions will count towards toward the calculation, which . This date is usually the same as the start date for the agreement.

  • The Indefinitely/Until option allows you to clearly specify if the rule is applicable valid indefinitely or valid until a particular end date. This setting makes it explicit that the rule does or does not have an end date, removing any doubt. If you select the Until option, the end date setting becomes available so you can define the last date for which transactions will be included in the calculations.

• Based On: Who on: This defines to whom or what the rule applies to, and on what basis it applies. You If you used the Multiple rules based on a dimension option when creating the rule, this setting is prepopulated with your selected dimensions and entities, and you cannot change it. Otherwise, you must specify:

  • The dimension containing that contains the entities on which the rule is based.

  • The entity within that dimension on which the rule is based. You can select the checkboxes of the entities one at a time, click and drag to select multiple entities at the same time , or click the checkbox above the list to select all of the entities.

  • You can further refine define the dimensions and entities to get the exact data you need to calculate the rule by including or excluding specific entities, such as specific individual customers or products and so on. For example, you might want a rule to be based on the Item Class dimension but exclude certain products from that dimension.

    • Include: The dimension containing items to which you want to limit inclusions in the calculation. For example, you could set a restriction to include entities such as customers, product lines, brands, and so on. No limits apply if this setting is left blank.

    • Exclude: The dimension containing items you want to exclude

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  • • from the calculation. For example, you could set a restriction to exclude entities such as customers, product lines, brands, and so on.

  No exclusions apply if

  • • If this setting is left blank, no exclusions apply.

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Suppose you want to give your customers a rebate for buying from a specific item class but don't want to create a rule for each customer. This scenario involves two dimensions: Customer and Item Class. When creating the rule, you select the Multiple rules based on a dimension option, then select the Customer dimension and the applicable customers (entities). This one rule creation process will result in the creation of multiple rules. In the rule setup, you see the Based on setting is unavailable, as you have already selected the dimension and entities upon which the rule is based. Image Added The Include and Exclude settings are available. Here, you specify the rebate's target. You can include or exclude specific dimensions and entities as required. In this case, you include two particular item classes. Image Added

Brackets

The Brackets section contains several settings that determine the bracket conditions, followed by a grid that sets out the bracket parameters. It is common to have a tiered schedule of rates for a rule. Together, they determine how the rebate is calculated.

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Bracket conditions

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• Calculation Method: Select This is the method used to calculate the rebate:

• Percentage: A percentage rebate is applied if a certain amount is spent (a certain target is achieved). For example, you might pay a 5% rebate on each dollar spent on sales.

• Fixed Amount: A fixed rebate per item is applied if a certain volume or quantity is purchased or sold. This method is suitable when you're using a measure related to quantity or volume. For example, you might pay a $1 rebate for every unit sold or $500 for every 1,000 pounds sold.

. You can select from Percentage, Fixed Amount, Fixed Amount per Qty and Percentage

: The rebate applied is based on a percentage of spend (or sales) plus a fixed amount per item. This method combines the percentage and fixed amount methods. For example, you might pay a 2% rebate on sales plus $1 for each unit sold.

• Fixed Value: A fixed rebate is applied based on spending or purchasing a certain (target) amount. For example, you might have a target of $10,000 in sales for a customer and when the customer reaches that target, you pay a fixed rebate of $500.

See Rebates calculation methods for more information and examples.

• Calculation Type: Select the type of calculation:

  Absolute (default) is

  , and Fixed Value.

• Calculation Type: This is the type of calculation.

  • By default, calculations are Absolute, which means they’re based on the absolute value of the transaction amounts for the period (current year). The rebate is paid if a certain amount (quantity or value) of a specific product is purchased. For example, for every unit the customer buys, you give them a $1.00 rebate. This rebate is typically calculated every quarter.

  • A Growth calculation is based on the growth of the value of transactions based on a reference period (often the equivalent period in the previous year). This rebate is calculated once within a specified period, such as every 12 months.

    • The rebate is paid when a specified growth target or milestone is achieved. For example, you pay a 2% rebate to a customer if they grow between 5% and 10% year on year, and you pay a 3% rebate if they grow by more than 10%.

    • This type of rebate rewards customers for buying more than they normally buy, therefore, it gives them an incentive to buy more. For example, if a customer usually buys $10,000 worth of products each year, rather than giving them a rebate on what you expect they’d spend anyway, you can offer them a 5% rebate on everything over $10,000 this year.

    • This rebate is typically not used for new customers, as you have no spending pattern on which to base the growth estimates.

• Amounts Per: This setting becomes available when the Calculation Type is set to Absolute. Select It allows you to select how you want to calculate the total:

• For the calculation period: Calculate the total for the current period (number of months). For example, if you calculate for two months, you will get different results from calculating the two months separately because if you calculate the months separately, things in the second month start from a total of 0 and get put into a lower bracket. This option is suitable for calculating a promotion or for use in a shorter calculation period.

Year: Calculate the total since the start of the year, so the calculation starts in the correct bracket. Transactions in the calculation period are then added to this total, and rebates are paid in the right bracket. Calculating the months individually and the whole year in one calculation should give the same rebate amounts.

rebates, which can be quarters, months, years, or the whole rule period.

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• Previous Year based on: This setting becomes available when the Calculation Type is set to Growth. Select and it allows you to select the variance period in the previous year:

  • Validation Date

  • Transaction Start/End

  • Custom. Select the variance period’s start and end month.

    

• Pro Rata: This setting becomes available when the Calculation Type is set to Absolute, thebracket Amounts Per is set to Year, and Retrospective is set to Yes. Select You can select Off, Linear, or Seasonal.

  

• Retrospective: Select This is whether the bracket application is retrospective (yes) or not (no).

  • Yes: The calculation method is retrospective; the higher bracket percentage/value is applied to all the transactions in the calculation period. In other words, the highest relevant bracket is applied to the entire transaction amount. The retrospective amount appears as an additional row when you run a calculation for this rule.

  • No: The calculation method is NOT retrospective; the bracket percentage/value is only applied to the component of the transactions in that bracket. This method works like income tax brackets.

  For example, if brackets were set up so that $0: $5,000 resulted in 2% and $5,000: $10,000 in 3%, and the customer spent $7,000, the rebate amount would be:

  • Retrospective Yes: $210 (the entire $7000 x 3%).

  • Retrospective No: $160 ($100 + $60).

  Bracket Basis: Select . There are several options for applying retrospective rebates: to the full amount, from the start of growth (growth rules only), from the lowest bracket, from a specific amount, or from a specific percentage of growth (growth rules only).

• Bracket Basis: This is the measure that forms the basis of the given brackets. Brackets are typically based on cost, quantity, or value measures. For example, select Qty (quantity) if you want the bracket based on selling a number of something, such as 1000 to 10001 units.

  

Brackets

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grid

In the grid, you set the bracket parameters (tiers or levels) that apply to the

rebate rule

rule. A higher rebate is earned as the purchase quantity or value reaches higher thresholds. The available settings depend on the selected bracket conditions.

It is common to have a tiered schedule of rates for a rule.

For example, in the image at the start of this section, the overall range is $0 to $15,000 and there are 4 brackets, each assigned a different rebate amount.

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1. Enter the From (starting) value and an Up to and including value. This value corresponds to the Bracket Basis setting. For example, if you select a bracket basis such as Value or Cost, enter the monetary amounts, and if you select the Quantity bracket basis, enter the quantity amounts (a count of something).

2. Enter the rebate you receive (receivable rebate) or pay (payable rebate) into the We receive (pay) for this tier box. The rebate format depends on the calculation method, so this might be a percentage, fixed amount (quantity), or fixed value.

3. Click the Add button to add another row to the grid and repeat the above steps to configure the additional brackets, as required.

Info

How individual transactions can affect brackets If a transaction spans two brackets, the transaction is effectively split and the lower rate is applied to the portion within the first bracket, and the higher rate to the portion that crossed into the higher bracket. For example, looking at the image above, if total transactions were approaching the amount to of 10,000 (i.e., the running total stood at $9500) and a new transaction for $700 was processed, taking the total to $10,200, the lower rate is applied to the amount within the first bracket ($500), and the higher rate to the amount that crossed into the higher bracket ($200).

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Results

See The Results section displays theView calculation results page.

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Categorization

Although this section The Categorization section displays extra information for reference purposes. It doesn't affect the calculation of the rebate, the extra information can be useful. For example, you might want to display who a rebate is paid to (or received from) and how often. You can update this information without making any difference to the rebate results.

Payment Details

• Description: Optional, additional information about the rule. Brief descriptions are automatically generated , based on selections you make in the Based on, Include, and Exclude sections. You can edit the description to provide users with more descriptive text, for example, Vendor ABC rebate for summer campaign 2023. 

• Groups: The group(s) groups to which the rule belongs to. You can attach labels to rules for grouping purposes.

• Frequency: Select from monthly, quarterly, half yearly, yearly or other)None, Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly, Yearly, or Other. Your selections here do not affect the bracket period selection in the Brackets section.

• Dimension and Entity: Select the dimension and entity within that dimension. Your selections here do not affect the Based On selections in the rule Name and & Scope section.

• Audit

This information is read:only. It displays who created and last modified the rule and when.

Attachments

See Add an attachment or comment to a rebate.

Comments

See Add an attachment or comment to a rebate.