Price Changes: Understanding the Scoreboard

Written By ehaxhiu (Administrator)

Updated at October 21st, 2024

The detail window of the price changes scoreboard allows surge price adjustments in RTL. This scoreboard assists in tracking and understanding price adjustments across various products and locations.

Price Changes Scoreboard

Price Change Filter Options

Use the dropdown to filter the price change window by Schedules Changes, Current Prices, By Adjustments, Historical Changes or All Prices. The detail window bar will adapt according to the filter selected.

 
 

New Price Adjustment

The New Price Adjustment function is used for the user to create a mass price adjustment in RTL. 

 
 

Search Here

The price change window includes smart contextual searching capabilities in the Search Here field that include:

  • Description
  • Price Adjustment
  • Adjustment To/From
  • User
 
 

Price Change Details

The details in the Price Changes bar adapt according to the Price Changes Filter Option chosen by the user.

 
 

 

Accessing the Item Management

Double-Click

Double-clicking on an item in the price changes scoreboard navigates the user to the item management window, where they can view the price changes scoreboard within the point of sale section.

 
 

 

Price Changes Details & Actions per Filter

 

Scheduled Changes

The price change landing page filtered by Scheduled Changes includes: 

  • Effective Date
  • Item #
  • Description
  • Category
  • Price Adjustment
  • Price
  • Created By
  • Actions (Deleting Price Rule & Editing Price Rule)
    • Deleting Price Rule: The 'Delete Price Rule' action within the Scheduled Changes filter view allows the user to quickly delete the price rule on the line item. 

 

  • Editing Price Rule: The 'Edit Pricing Rule' action within the Scheduled Changes filter view allows the user to update the existing rule.

 
 

Current Prices

The price change filtered by Current Prices includes: 

  • Effective Date
  • Item #
  • Description
  • Category
  • Price Adjustment
  • Price
  • Exported On
  • Created By
  • Notes
  • Actions (Schedule New Price Change & Print Label)
    • Schedule New Price Change: The "Schedule New Price Change" action in the Current Prices filter view enables users to save a new scheduled price adjustment. After creating a new retail item, you can use this action in the Price Change scoreboard to set its initial price. 
      • Note: When scheduling a price adjustment, it’s important to consider the timing of any scheduled job runs to ensure a smooth and effective process.

  • Print Label: The 'Print Label' action within the Current Prices filter view allows the user to print the retail label for the line item. Expand the preview section to review the label prior to printing. 

 
 

By Adjustments

The price change filtered by By Adjustments includes: 

  • Effective Date
  • Expires
  • % Change
  • Amount Change
  • Adjust From
  • Adjust To
  • Created By
  • Distinct Items
  • Rules Created
  • # Integrated
  • Actions (Delete)
    • Delete: The 'Delete' action within the By Adjustments filter view allows the user to delete the selected adjustment. 

 
 

Historical Changes

The price change filtered by Historical Changes includes: 

  • Effective Date
  • Item #
  • Category
  • Price Adjustment
  • Price
  • Exported On
  • Removed On
  • Created By
  • Notes
 
 

All Prices

The price change filtered by All Prices includes: 

  • Effective Date
  • Item #
  • Category
  • Price Adjustment
  • Price
  • Exported On
  • Removed On
  • Created By
  • Notes
 
 

 

Steps for Creating a New Price Adjustment

Step 1: New Price Adjustment

  1.  Click “New Price Adjustment”
 
 

Step 2: Product Selection

1. Fill out the commodity required field on the Product Selection window.

  • As more fields are filled out, the price adjustment becomes increasingly specific.

Entering Information into the Fields

If the price adjustment applies to all leave the field blank

If the price adjustment is specific to a field, then select from the dropdown

For example: Select a specific unit for Cigarettes, depending if the price adjustment is for a carton vs pack.

 

 
 

Step 3: Price Adjustment

1. Fill out the required fields on the Price Selection window: 

  • Effective Date (automatically selected as next day); be mindful of the job run.
  • Select an Adjustment Percentage or Dollar Value
  • Adjust From (Current Price, MSRP or Retail Base Price)
  • Rollback To (Current Price, MSRP or Retail Base Price)
  • Rounding (Round the price by 5,10, 50 or 99 cents or the nearest dollar)

 
 

Step 4: Preview

1. In the Preview window review all information, then select “create adjustment” 

 
 

Step 5: Finished

1. The price adjustment completion window informs the user about the creation of adjustments and provides totals for errors, warnings, and newly created items.

 
 

 

 

Double-Click

Double-clicking on an item in the price changes scoreboard navigates the user to the item management window, where they can view the price changes scoreboard scoreboard within the point of sale section.