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Feature · Quote pricing

Quote pricing

Calculate line and quote amounts in USD against the intended quote and price-book revisions.

OverviewQuote Review Queue
CPQ for Solar & Renewable Energy · Quote pricing

Quote Review Queue

Approval waits for the pricing reviewer

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Record numberSubjectOrganizationOwnerCounterpartyRevision
QTS-40481Review qts-918ORG-6730CST-7023690
QTS-47964Review qts-288ORG-3270CST-6204900
QTS-64714Review qts-433ORG-7094CST-7450260
QTS-25075Review qts-702ORG-9059CST-3012870
QTS-49549Review qts-119ORG-8873CST-9978260
6 of 6 records
Review qts-918Quotes · QTS-40481
Review
OrganizationORG-6730
CounterpartyCST-7023
Revision690
Net amount USD870
Valid until14 Oct
Example screen with sample data

What you can do

Give the reviewer an explainable price

Quote Specialist prepares a Draft quote with its customer, subject, validity date and price-book revision. Each line belongs to that quote and records its line number, revision and product code. Quantity, unit price and discount provide the basis for the line amount; unit cost remains available for the pricing discussion.

The pricing action calculates each net line amount as quantity multiplied by unit price, less the line discount. It then sums the line amounts into the quote’s USD net amount. Organization scope, draft state and revision checks keep the calculation attached to the intended commercial proposal before it reaches review.

How the work is organized

  • Quote revision. Quote Specialist works on the current Draft and submits the expected revision with the pricing request. A stale request must be resolved against the current record before a price is committed.
  • Line calculation. Quantity and unit price produce the gross line amount, and the discount reduces that amount once. The specialist checks the line’s product and revision before asking the reviewer to rely on the total.
  • Price-book context. The recorded price-book revision identifies the pricing basis used for the proposal. Agree its source during setup and carry that identity through the review discussion.

What to agree during setup

Agree how product codes and prices enter the quote. The team should know which commercial source supplies the current price-book revision and who resolves an outdated value. Rehearse the pricing request with the same entry method specialists will use during live work.

Set the operating rules for line discounts and numeric validation before the first offer. The calculation treats the discount as an amount deducted from the line total. Decide how the team reviews unusual values and which changes require a fresh quote revision. Keep the quoted amounts in USD throughout the calculation and reconcile any separate customer-currency presentation through the agreed connection.

Agree how a specialist recovers from an uncertain pricing response. Checking the current quote revision and operation evidence should precede another attempt. The reviewer needs a consistent set of lines and a total that can be recomputed from them.

Check the handoff on an actual case

Prepare a sample panel line with quantity 12, a USD unit price of 200 and a USD line discount of 100. The expected net line amount is USD 2,300. Add the rest of the quoted scope and confirm that the quote net amount equals the sum of the priced lines.

Have another authorized session change the Draft revision before the first session submits its pricing request. The stale request should be refused without overwriting the current lines or total. Refresh the intended revision, correct the request and repeat the calculation. Pricing Reviewer should then be able to explain the resulting amount from the line values and the recorded price-book revision.

What your team sees

  • Draft Pricing Queue — Draft quotes with revision, price-book reference and validity ready for the pricing check.
  • Pricing Lines — Quantity, unit price, discount and computed line amount for the quote discussion.

Follow the work through

Follow Prepare and price a quote, then Review and accept a quote before recording acceptance.

What it keeps track of

Data model
Quotes
Solar quote headers with lifecycle, revisions and USD net amounts.
Quote lines
Priced line items belonging to exactly one quote.
Customers
Counterparties eligible to receive solar quotes within an organization.
Organizations
Selling and servicing organizations that scope quotes, team membership and customer eligibility.
Operation receipts
Auditable receipts for guarded operations with stable operation keys.

Who uses it

Permissions
Quote Specialist
Prepares and prices the Draft.
Pricing Reviewer
Examines the priced revision.
Auditor
Reads the pricing and operation evidence within authorized scope.

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