Add the Tier-Based Rate Discount Element

Here’s how you can add the Tier-Based Rate Discount element to your rating procedure.

Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience

Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions with the Revenue Cloud Advanced license

User Permissions Needed
To create, update, and delete rating procedures:	Rate Management Design Time User

Important Ensure that you complete these prerequisites before you calculate a usage resource’s volume discount.

• Add Rating Setting as the first element in the rating procedure.
• To set rates for your usage resource, use the Base Rate element or set the adjustment type for the rate card entries to Override.

1. From the App Launcher, find and select Rating Procedures.
2. To open the rating procedure record, click the procedure name.
3. To open the rating procedure in the Rating Procedure builder, click the rating procedure version.
4. Define the Rating Setting element and the base rate of the usage resource.
   See Rating Setting and Base Rate.
5. Click , and then select the Tier-Based Rate Discount element from the list.
6. In the Lookup Table Details field, search for and select a lookup table.
   

   Note To calculate non-negotiable rates, use the Rate Adjustment by Tier Entries 2 lookup table. For negotiable rates, use the Tier-based Rate Adjustment by Rate Card Entry ID.
7. Map your variables to the appropriate context tags.
8. Click , and enter 1 as the rank number.
   

   Note When more than one enabled version matches a rating procedure, choose the version with the highest rank. For example, if two enabled versions have rank values set to 1 and 2, choose the version with rank 2.
9. Click , select Include in Output, and save your rating procedure.
10. Click Simulate.
    Salesforce shows the Simulation Details with the input mode selected as Simplified by default.
11. In the Input tab, enter variable values.
    You can enter the values either in JSON format (Advanced) or in the fields (Simplified).
12. In the Input tab, click Simulate.
    Verify that the calculations are as per your rating settings.
    The Waterfall View shows every step of the rating calculation.
13. When you’re happy with the simulation result, click Activate.

Example Sample JSON input values:

{
  "UsageRatableSummary": [
    {
      "RatingDecisionDateTime": "2024-08-07T12:59:47.403Z",
      "OverageQuantity": "5",
      "NetUnitRateUom": "0hEDU00000000Vf2AI",
      "ProductSellingModel": "",
      "UsageResource": "1BRDU00000000UP4AY",
      "SellableProduct": "",
      "BaseRateCard": "1CIDU00000000SJ4AY",
      "UsageRatableSummaryId": "1GuDU00000000My4AI",
      "TierRateCard": "1CIDU00000000SO4AY"
    }
  ]
}