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AccessSequences

Use
An accesssequence isasearchstrategythatthesystemusestofindvaliddataforaparticularcondition
type.Itdeterminesthesequenceinwhichthesystemsearchesfordata.Theaccesssequenceconsistsof
oneormoreaccesses.Thesequenceoftheaccessesestablisheswhichconditionrecordshavepriority
overothers.Theaccessestellthesystemwheretolookfirst,second,andsoon,untilitfindsavalid
conditionrecord.Youspecifyanaccesssequenceforeachconditiontypeforwhichyoucreatecondition
records.

Therearesomeconditiontypesforwhichyoudonotcreateconditionrecords(header
discountsthatyoucanonlyentermanually,forexample).Theseconditiontypesdonot
requireanaccesssequence.

Asalesdepartmentmayoffercustomersdifferentkindsofprices.Thedepartmentmay
create,forexample,thefollowingconditionrecordsinthesystem:
Abasicpriceforamaterial
Aspecialcustomerspecificpriceforthesamematerial
Apricelistformajorcustomers
Duringsalesorderprocessing,acustomermay,intheory,qualifyforallthreeprices.Theaccesssequence
enablesthesystemtoaccessthedatarecordsinaparticularsequenceuntilitfindsavalidprice.Inthis
example,thesalesdepartmentmaywanttousethemostfavourablepriceforacertaincustomer.Forthis
reason,itensuresthatthesystemsearchesforacustomerspecificprice.Thefollowingfigureshowshow
thesystemsearchesfortherelevantrecord.


AccessSequencesintheStandardR/3System
ThestandardR/3Systemcontainsaccesssequencesthatarepredefinedforeachofthestandardcondition
types.Thenamesoftheaccesssequencesoftencorrespondtotheconditiontypesforwhichtheywere
designed.Forexample,theaccesssequenceforamaterialdiscount(conditiontypeK004)isalsocalled
K004.

CreatingandMaintainingAccessSequences
YoucreateandmaintainaccesssequencesinCustomizing.Formoreinformation,seetheonline
ImplementationGuide forSalesandDistribution.
Toreachtheaccesssequencescreen,gototheinitialscreenforSalesandDistributionCustomizingand
choose:
1.BasicFunctions
PricingPricingControlDefineaccesssequences
Selectthetransactionthatyouwanttoexecute( Maintainaccess ).

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