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Feature · Activity and Evidence

Activity and Evidence

Trace pricing decisions, quote attachments and operation results when the team needs to explain what happened.

OverviewReceipt Exceptions
Commercial Furniture CPQ · Activity and Evidence

Receipt Exceptions

Operation receipts

New
Operation keyActionParentExpected revisionResult stateOccurred at
OK-665ACT-890QTS-42157450Pending13 Oct
OK-207ACT-414QTS-5365360Failed18 Oct
OK-354ACT-748QTS-18566280Needs review24 Oct
OK-775ACT-712QTS-50233690Pending18 Oct
OK-418ACT-955QTS-45893640Failed17 Oct
6 of 6 records
OK-665Operation receipts · OR-16393
Pending
ActionACT-890
ParentQTS-42157
Expected revision450
Occurred at13 Oct
External referenceER-697
Example screen with sample data

What you can do

Explain the outcome with the retained record

A furniture quote can appear complete to one person while a downstream action is still waiting. Operation receipts retain the requested action, expected revision and actual result state. Review decisions retain who decided and why. Quote attachments provide supporting files with an Internal or Shared visibility choice.

The Operations Overview brings open and accepted quote value together with review demand and persisted exceptions across authorized organizations. The Pricing Reviewer can use that overview to identify work needing attention, then inspect the underlying receipt or decision. The Auditor follows the same evidence without changing the commercial record or executing a recovery action.

How the work is organized

  • Keep supporting material with the quote. The Quote Specialist records an attachment title, evidence type and visibility. The upload date and uploader help a colleague understand where the supporting file came from.
  • Investigate actual results. Receipts distinguish Pending, Completed, Failed and Needs review. Read the failure reason and effect references before deciding whether a handoff or correction needs further attention.
  • Reconcile before closing. The reconciliation action compares receipt claims with the parent quote, priced lines and review decisions. It records completion with real evidence or identifies a discrepancy that needs review.

What to agree during setup

Agree a simple evidence naming practice. A title should explain whether the file supports a room finish, customer acceptance or a commercial exception. Decide who can mark material Shared and what the team checks before using that material in a customer discussion. Visibility is an access choice and should be rehearsed with actual users.

Agree who follows pending operations and how an unresolved failure is escalated. Reconciliation is read-first: the reviewer examines the existing evidence before considering another execution. If accepted scope needs correction, decide how the reviewer will approve a compensating action while keeping the earlier decision and receipt available.

Check the handoff on an actual case

Take an accepted reception quote whose order connection returned an unclear result. Open the receipt and inspect its expected revision and external reference. Compare that claim with the accepted quote and its review decision. If the evidence does not support completion, the discrepancy should remain visible in Needs review with a concrete reason.

Next, rehearse a correction to accepted scope. The Quote Specialist prepares the requested correction and the independent Pricing Reviewer authorizes the compensating action. Confirm that the original acceptance and supporting records remain available. Finish by opening the case as an Auditor and checking that the evidence can be read while editing and execution remain denied.

What your team sees

  • Receipt Exceptions — Operations needing a result check, with the action, revision and failure reason together.
  • Shared Quote Evidence — Supporting quote files marked for the shared audience.
  • Review Decision History — The reason and reviewer attached to each recorded pricing decision.

Follow the work through

Read correction and reconciliation and accepted quote handoff for the evidence required at each boundary.

What it keeps track of

Data model
Operation receipts
Idempotent operation receipts with stable operation keys and actual result state.
Record attachments
Evidence files attached to a quote with visibility scope.
Review decisions
Independent pricing review decisions recorded against a quote revision.
Quotes
Priced quote headers with revision, lifecycle status and USD net amount.
Quote lines
Priced line items belonging to exactly one quote parent.
Team members
Authenticated platform identities with an organization role scope.

Who uses it

Permissions
Pricing Reviewer
, Quote Specialist, Auditor.
The reviewer investigates discrepancies, the specialist supplies quote evidence, and the auditor checks the trail within authorized scope.

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