New Override Price Books Preference

Merchandisers can now define a hierarchical override model that lets store-level prices override parent price book prices. The feature is controlled by a new preference, Enable Price Books Override, which can be found in the new Pricing Preferences module. This feature is helpful for merchants with repeated price entries in store-level price books because reducing the total price entries can optimize storefront lookup prices.

Where: To access the global admin preference, go to Administration > Global Preferences > Pricing Preferences > Enable Price Books Override.

How: Define a parent-child relationship by setting one price book to be based on another. Define this relationship on either the Price Book screen or via XML imports. If you disable the preference, the cheapest price is returned rather than the price from the child price book. Prices defined in the child price book override prices in the parent price book. If the prices in the child price book are empty, the engine inherits the prices from the parent price book for the product.