3 | "Price Copy" Scheduled Job

This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to use the “Price Copy” Schedu

This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to use the “Price Copy” Scheduled Job to automatically implement Price Changes as needed

This an alternate method to manually completing Price Copy changes in BackOffice

Price Copy changes can be scheduled for recurring periods such as holidays, days of the week, or even specific hours

Getting Started

To get started, navigate in BackOffice to System Setup > Scheduled Jobs
With the Scheduled Jobs window open, select the Add Job option from the header ribbon to open a New Job Maintenance window
Add a Job Name and select the following:

Job Type: External DLL
DLL Name: Jobstd.Dll
ClassName: Price Copy
Feel free to configure additional settings such as Venue filter, Override Job, or Chained Job as well as adding a Schedule
The Setup Rules will need to be completed, but the Job must first be saved

Setup Rules

After saving and re-opening the Price Copy Scheduled Job, the Setup Rules can now be configured
The options here will look exactly the same as in the standard Change by Range Price Copy feature that is used within the Product List

Note that the default Product Group selected is the Base Product Group meaning that ALL Products in the database will be included; select another Product Group as desired

The following options are available:

Flags/ Fields	Description
From Store	Select the store from which the prices are being copied
To Venue	Select Venue(s) in which the prices are being copied to
To Store	Select Store(s)in which the prices are being copied to
From Price Number	Select the Price Number from which the prices are being copied
To Price Number	Select the Price Number in which the prices are being copied to
All Sizes	If this flag is ON, all Size’s Prices will be copied; else use the From Size and To Size to select specific Sizes
From Size	When the “All Sizes” flag is disabled, this drop-down allows for selecting a specific Size from which the Price will be copied
To Size	When the “All Sizes” flag is disabled, this drop-down allows for selecting a specific Size to which the Price will be copied
Use ‘From Store’ Price Modes	When this flag is enabled, the currently configured Price Modes for each Product/Size will be copied; this will also disable the “Price Mode” drop-down
Create Product Store if Destination does not exist	This flag, if enabled, will create a Product Store even if there is no destination Prod Store set up
Create Product Store even if Source does not exist	This flag, if enabled, will create a Product Store even if there is no Source Prod Store set up
Price Mode	If the “Use ‘From Store’ Price Modes” flag is disabled, this drop-down will be available and can be used to select the Price Mode for the Copied Price
Prod Profile	This will select the Product Profile for the Copied Price
Percentage	This will set the percentage of the Price to copy
Round To	This will set the rounding figure for the Price
Add Amount	This will add a specific monetary amount to the copied Price
Round Type	This will set the round type – either Nearest, Up, or Down

After completing the Setup Rules, you can optionally click the "Preview Changes" button to see which Price Copy changes will be made when the Job runs

3 | "Price Copy" Scheduled Job

This article provides a step-by-step guide on how to use the “Price Copy” Schedu

Flags/ Fields

Description