Information about the applied purchase price and discount

Article • 4/3/2023 • 14 min read

When creating a purchase price line for a vendor that is set up with the Advanced Pricing method, the system will apply a price and discount according to the hierarchy mentioned in the topic Advanced pricing method hierarchy. The newly added Applied Purchase Price and Discount page, at the purchase price line level, gives more information about the applied price and discount on the purchase price line.

In this example, a purchase order line is created for item number “0015”, the base unit of measure is a can, and the vendor is set up with the Advanced Pricing method.

The system automatically calculates the unit price and line discount based on the Advanced Pricing method. The Applied Purchase Price and Discount page shows all relevant information about the selected purchase price line and purchase discount line on which these values are based. The conversion of the unit price to the Direct Unit Cost on the purchase price line is explained by considering different units of measures, different currencies, and including/excluding the VAT difference.

Open the Applied Purchase Price and Discount page from the following purchase documents:

Purchase Order

The following example explains how to access the Applied Purchase Price and Discount page from a Purchase Order.

  1. On the Purchase Order page, in the action bar, click Line > Applied Purchase Price and Discount. The page Applied Purchase Price and Discount can also be opened by clicking directly on the row button on the purchase order line on the Lines FastTab.
  2. In the Type field, select the context menu , and then select Applied Purchase Price and Discount.

The Applied Purchase Price & Discount page has four FastTabs, as explained below:

You can view how the unit price from the purchase price line (Direct Unit Cost from Purchase Price Line field) is converted into the direct unit cost on the purchase price line (Direct Unit Cost in Purchase Price Line field), taking into consideration the unit of measure code and/or the currency code from the applied purchase price line can differ from the codes on the purchase price line. The same calculation applies if the direct unit cost in the purchase price line is expressed including VAT, whereas the direct unit cost on the purchase price line is expressed excluding VAT (or vice versa).

On the action bar,

FieldDescription
Freeze Price & DiscountFreeze the applied purchase price and purchase discount. When frozen, these will not change anymore when you adjust the fields like order quantity or UoM in the purchase line.
Unfreeze Price & DiscountUnfreeze the applied purchase price and discount. When unfrozen, the system will automatically update every time you change the fields like order quantity or UoM in the purchase line.
Manual PriceRegister the manual purchase price (Alt+S).
Manual DiscountRegister the manual purchase discount (Alt+D).

Purchase Invoice

Purchase Return Order

Purchase Credit Memo

Posted Purchase Invoice

A Posted Purchase Invoice can be created by

Posted Purchase Credit Memo

Archived Purchase Quote


You can view the global lot attribute and the location code fields along the Applied Purchase Price Line and Applied Purchase Discount Line of all purchase documents (Purchase Order, Purchase Return Order, Purchase Invoice, Purchase Credit Memo, Purchase Quote, and Blanket Purchase Order) only if Aptean Advanced Attributes extension is installed and Attribute Driven Pricing toggle on the Purchase Price List page is turned on.