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# Sales Prices and Discount Groups

## Sales prices from DATANORM

DATANORM is a format for supplier data – the list price is your supplier's **purchase list price**, not your sales price. That is why **Write Sales Price Lists** is **off** by default.

Enable the option if you want to use the list price as a starting point for sales. The app then writes it into a shared sales price list for **all customers**.

<table><thead><tr><th width="230">Property</th><th>Value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Code</strong></td><td>Prefix with the price type, for example <code>DN-SAL</code>.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Description</strong></td><td><em>DATANORM sales prices</em></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Source type</strong></td><td>All Customers</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Status</strong></td><td>From <strong>Price List Status</strong> in the setup.</td></tr></tbody></table>

{% hint style="warning" %}
Before enabling this, consider whether you really want to sell at the purchase list price. The app applies no mark-up. Keep your margin in a separate price list or in a Business Central costing setup.
{% endhint %}

## Recommended approach

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

#### Purchasing first

Let the app maintain the purchase prices, see [Purchase Price Lists](/datanorm-item-import/datanorm_en_us/prices/purchase-price-lists.md). That is the part DATANORM is designed for.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### Calculate sales prices yourself

Keep sales prices in a price list of your own, based on the DATANORM purchase prices. Your calculation then stays traceable and is not overwritten by the next import.
{% endstep %}

{% step %}

#### Use the status stage

Set **Price List Status** to **Draft** if every price change should be approved before it takes effect in sales.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

## Discount groups in purchasing

The DATANORM discount group describes the discount **you** receive from your supplier. Two routes are available:

<table><thead><tr><th width="290">Route</th><th>Effect</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Apply Discount Groups to Purchase Price</strong> off (default)</td><td>The price from the file is written. You maintain your terms separately in Business Central.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Apply Discount Groups to Purchase Price</strong> on</td><td>The app applies the discount group's discounts to the list price and writes the net price into the price list.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Discounts are chained **multiplicatively**, as DATANORM specifies: 20% and 10% amount to 28% total discount, not 30%.

{% hint style="info" %}
The second route pays off when your supplier really does deliver the terms in the `.RAB` file. Many suppliers ship 0% there and agree discounts separately – in that case leave the option off. See [Discount Groups](/datanorm-item-import/datanorm_en_us/master-data-and-mappings/discount-groups.md).
{% endhint %}

## How the settings work together

<table><thead><tr><th width="270">Goal</th><th>Settings</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Maintain purchase prices only</td><td>Write Purchase Price Lists: on · Write Sales Price Lists: off</td></tr><tr><td>Take the supplier's net prices</td><td>Source: <em>Net Price then List Price</em> · Apply discount groups: off</td></tr><tr><td>Derive net from list price and discount</td><td>Source: <em>List Price</em> · Apply discount groups: on · import <code>.RAB</code> first</td></tr><tr><td>Sales prices with approval</td><td>Write Sales Price Lists: on · Price List Status: <em>Draft</em></td></tr></tbody></table>


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