Sitecore Experience Commerce: Pricing Calculation Logic – Part 2

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In this article, we highlight the expected pricing outcomes through decision tables.

For a high-level look at the important aspects of the business logic that determine list and sell prices, see Pricing Calculation Logic – Part 1.

Pricing Transparency (Advanced)

The following decision tables can be utilised to help understand and troubleshoot pricing outcomes.

Important notes:

  • The business logic applies to the OOTB Sitecore Commerce solution.
  • Price cards are resolved by the price book associated to the catalog.
  • These findings do not take into consideration promotions, specifically those that affect sellable item/variant sell price.

Sellable Item Price Calculation

These messages will be applied to the MessagesComponent of a  SellableItem entity.

In simplying the table, I took a few shortcuts to note:

  • ‘Valid snapshot’ conditions assume a price card has been resolved by name or tag. Refer to the previous flow diagrams in Pricing Calculation Logic – Part 1 to understand the more complex conditions.
  • For ‘Has variants?’, ‘Calculate item list price in depth?’, and ‘Has list price for currency?’ conditions, the Rules that state a group ‘N’. However, I actually mean that some, but not all, of these conditions can be true.

Variant Price Calculation

These messages will be applied to the MessagesComponent of a  ItemVariationComponent within the SellableItem entity.

In simplying the table, I took a few shortcuts to note:

  • ‘Valid snapshot’ conditions assume a price card has been resolved by name or tag. Refer to the previous flow diagrams in Pricing Calculation Logic – Part 1 to understand the more complex conditions.

Cart Item Calculation (Sellable Item)

These messages will be applied to the MessagesComponent of a sellable item CartLineComponent.

Messages will be applied in the following order:

  1. Sellable Item Price Calculation
  2. Cart Item Calculation (Sellable Item)

Cart Item Calculation (Variant)

These messages will be applied to the MessagesComponent of a variant CartLineComponent.

Messages will be applied in the following order:

  1. Sellable Item Price Calculation
  2. Variant Price Calculation
  3. Cart Item Calculation (Variant)

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