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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Reference: Linear Pricing for Purchase Items

Reference: Linear Pricing for Purchase Items

You enable linear pricing for purchase items when you select the
Calculate Pricing based on Conversion Factor
check box on purchase item tasks. Use this topic to reference the best practices for maintaining linear pricing.

Maintain Linear and Nonlinear Pricing on the Workday Platform

Enter prices for only the default UOMs on the
Ordering Pricing
and
Just in Time
tables. Workday calculates the linear price for the rest of the UOMs.
For ordering or just-in-time, when you:
  • Enter the default UOM, Workday calculates the price for the remaining UOMs.
  • Add new UOMs, Workday calculates the linear price.
  • Enter a new default UOM price, Workday recalculates the linear pricing.
With linear price calculation, each row on the
Advanced Pricing
grid represents special pricing regardless of the UOM you order in. Workday populates the linear price for alternate UOMs of price rules on procurement transactions. Don't create the same price rule for different UOMs on the
Advanced Pricing
grid.
When you enable linear pricing, Workday doesn't recalculate existing pricing, which remains nonlinear.

Maintain Linear Pricing with Web Services

When you update purchase items with web services, Workday recommends that you submit pricing for only the default just-in-time and ordering UOMs. The rest of the linear pricing updates when you update only the default UOM price.
You can use web service filters to update nonlinear pricing, while keeping linear pricing the same, by submitting only the nonlinear pricing you want to update.
Use these filters for the
Get Purchase Item
or
Get Supplier Items
web services to populate the
Put Purchase Item
or
Submit Supplier Items
web services:
  • Exclude Pricing Calculated by Conversion Factor
    : Returns nondefault UOMs without linear pricing.
  • Only Default UOMs with Calculate Price Enabled
    : Returns only just-in-time and ordering default UOMs with linear pricing.