Creating sales definition

Select the “Create Sales definition” link under the “Cost Center Rule Definition” business component.

The “Create Sales Definition” page appears.

Note: This page will not open if you have set the "Cost Center for Sale based on Parameters" to "No" in the "Set Function Default" activity.

Enter the following fields:

Company	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the company for which sales cost center rule has to be defined.
Event	Use the drop-down list box to specify the event for which cost center rule has to be defined. The system provides the following options: Part Sale – Select this option if you want to record transactions of sales of parts. Service Sale – Select this option if you want to record transactions for sales of services. Rentals – Select this option if you want to record rental sale transactions. Service sale - Fixed Monthly Charges – Select this option if you want to record the transactions of sales of the fixed monthly charges services. Service Sale - Maint.based - Part - Select this option if you want to record the transactions maintenance based service sales having part number. Note: For the “Service Sale-Fixed Monthly Charges” event, the cost center rule definition can be made only with 'Sale Type', 'Billing Element', 'Aircraft Model', 'Part Category', 'Part Group' and 'Component Type' as attributes.
Account Code	The code identifying the Cost / Revenue account.
	Help facility available.

Note: If the “Event” is “Part Sale” or "Rentals", specify a “Cost Of Goods Sold” account code or Sales Account code in the “Account Code” field. If the “Event” is “Service Sale”, specify a “Cost Of Services Rendered” account code or a Service Sale Account code in the “Account Code” field.

Customer Group #	The number identifying the customer group for which cost center rule has to be defined.
Numbering Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the numbering type for which cost center rule has to be defined.

To define the cost center rule

Enter the following in the “Part Sale” multiline:

Pack Slip Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the pack slip category.
Ordering Location	Use the drop-down list box to select the ordering location.
Shipping Location	Use the drop-down list box to select the shipping location.
Warehouse #	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the warehouse.
Part #	The part number for which the cost center has to be identified (Alphanumeric, 40).
Part Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the part type.
Part Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the part category.
Condition	Use the drop-down list box to select the condition.
Stock Status	Use the drop-down list box to select the stock status.
Cost Center	The code identifying the cost center for the parameters specified above (Alphanumeric, 10).
	Help facility available.

The system displays the following:

CC Description

The textual description of the cost center selected.

Enter the following:

Effective From Date

The date from which the parameters are valid for the cost center.

Note: The cost center specified in each multiline row is mapped to the combination of parameters specified in that multiline row as well as the parameters specified in the header. You can have many such combinations in the multiline. When the user creates a transaction and specifies the required parameters, the system checks whether the combination of parameters entered in the transaction is available in the definition. If the mapping exists, the cost center specified in this mapping is automatically considered in the transaction

Enter the following in the “Service Sale” multiline:

Order Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the order category.
Ordering Location	Use the drop-down list box to select the ordering location.
Execution Facility	Use the drop-down list box to select the execution facility.
Repair Order/Exec. Location	Use the drop-down list box to select the repair order/execution location.
Work Center #	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the work center.
Sale Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the sale type. The system lists all the ‘active’ entities of “Service Sale Type” defined in the “Define Process Entities” activity of the “Common Master” business component. The system leaves the field blank, by default.
Billing Element	Use the drop-down list box to select the billing element. The system lists all the ‘active’ category codes of Entity ‘MRO Service Sales’ defined in the “Maintain Category Codes” activity of the “Category” business component. The system leaves the field blank, by default.
Aircraft Model	Use the drop-down list box to select the aircraft model code.
Part Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the part category.
Part Group	Use the drop-down list box to select the part group of the service sale. The system lists the parts groups defined in the Part Administration component with the purpose specified in the "Part Group Purpose for Service Sale CCRD" of the Set Function Default activity.
Component Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the component type.
Cost Center	The code identifying the cost center for the parameters specified above (Alphanumeric, 10).
	Help facility available.

The system displays the following:

CC Description

The textual description of the cost center.

Enter the following:

Effective From Date

The date from which the parameters are valid for the cost center.

Enter the following in the “Rentals” multiline:

Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the category.
Ordering Location	Use the drop-down list box to select the ordering location.
Issue Location	Use the drop-down list box to select the issue location.
Warehouse	Use the drop-down list box to select the warehouse.
Part #	The part number for which the cost center has to be identified (Alphanumeric, 40).
Part Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the part type.
Part Category	Use the drop-down list box to select the part category.
Return Location	Use the drop-down list box to select the return location.
Cost Center	The code identifying the cost center for the parameters specified above (Alphanumeric, 10).
	Help facility available.

The system displays the following:

CC Description

The textual description of the cost center.

Enter the following:

Effective from Date

The date from which the parameters are valid for the cost center.

The cost center specified in each multiline row is mapped to the combination of parameters specified in that multiline row as well as the parameters specified in the header. You can have many such combinations in the multiline. When the user creates a transaction and specifies the required parameters, the system checks whether the combination of parameters entered in the transaction is available in the definition. If the mapping exists, the cost center specified in this mapping is automatically considered in the transaction.

Click the “Create” pushbutton to create the sales definition.

Note: If the “Cost Center for Sale based on parameters” field is set to “Yes” in the “Set Function Default” activity, the system allows you to select a value for all the parameters available and specify the cost center definition for these parameters. If the field is set to “No”, the system will allow you to specify the details only in the “Company”, “Event”, “Account code” and “Customer Group” fields.

Creating Sales definition – An overview

This page allows you to create the sales cost center definition. If the “Cost Center for Sale based on parameters” field is set to “Yes” in the “Set Function Default” activity, the system allows you to define all the parameters and specify the cost center definition for these parameters. If the field is set to “No”, the system will not allow you to set the parameters for the cost center other than “Company”, “Event”, “Account code” and “Customer Group” fields.