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VIPR Pricing Files

Distributor guide to the VIPR (BudNet) pricing file layout from Encompass and which customers, frontline zones and promotions it includes, to troubleshoot missing pricing or products. Requires v23.01+.

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Written by Bailey Naas-Thornton

Minimum Version Required: 23.01

Pre-Conditions

  • Communicating VIPR pricing through EDI
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  • Legacy Front Line Zone needs to be set on Distribution Area

  • Legacy Front Line Zone needs to tied to Frontline Promotions

Steps

VIPR File Format:
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​Line number:
Description of line and related fields
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Header:

PHDR00: File Name
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​Areas and Zones
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01: Legacy Front line zones tied to distribution areas (Format = AR + ZoneID of the legacy frontline zone on the distribution area)
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02: Promotion Zones tied to pricing (Format = ZN + ZoneID)
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​Customers:
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10: CustomerID
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11: Distribution Area Legacy Front line zone this customer is associated with
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12: Pricing areas this customer is associated with
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​Frontlines:
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20: Product Information
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21: Pricing information associated with a specific Legacy Front line zone
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​Promotions:
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40: Promotion/Product Line
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45: Zones where this promotion applies
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50: EDI Codes
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51: Discount amount
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54: Product ID and Unit Discount/price

Fields And Definitions

What customers are commincated through VIPR:
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Customers found by below checks will be in the BudNet VIPR file:
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  1. CustomerListTempTable.CustomerID = Customers.CustomerID
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  2. Customers.AccountStatus = Active or CustomerID in CustomerIDAccountStatusChangeArr or CustomerID in CustomerIDHasInvoiceOnLastSentDateArr
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  3. Customers.CustomerType -> CustomerTypes.CustomerAccountType = 1
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  4. Customers.DistributionArea -> Areas.Location = SuppliersReports.Location.

What pricing is included in a VIPR File:
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Promotions found by below checks will be in the BudNet VIPR file:
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1. The PromotionsProducts or the Line Products of Promotions.Line have Inventories with VALID Inventory.SupplierProductNumEffective and TRUE Inventory.ActiveEffective.

A. Products.IncludeinSupplierReports <> Exclude.
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B. Inventory.SupplierProductNumEffective<> NULL.
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C. Inventory.SupplierProductNumEffective recorded in the Suppliers Products table.
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D. The SuppliersProducts.Supplier of theSupplier Products in item(c.) recorded in the Suppliers Reports table with ReportType=BudNet.
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E. SuppliersReports.LocationID in item (d.) = Inventory.LocationID.
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F. SuppliersReports.SupplierID = Inventory.SupplierIDEffective.
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2. The PromotionsZones, PromotionsChains or PromotionsCustomers enable them to buy the products.
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3.The Promotions.PromotionType should be of the below four types.
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A. Discount
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B. Case Discount
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C. Price
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D. Case Price

Best Practices

  • Check the file to determine how to correct the issue.
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  • Is pricing not reported correctly? Are the right zones tied to the promotion? Is the promotion Active? Does it meet the requirements outlined in fields and definitions?
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  • Is a product not reporting? Can that customer purchase the product? Is it active? Does it meet the requirements outlined in fields and definitions?

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