How to Work with Price Books and Products

Introduction

This guide shows how to manage price books and products in Easy8 CRM. You will learn how to create price books, assign them to projects, add and manage products, and create product bundles. Price books allow you to sell the same product at different prices depending on the agreement with each customer.

Target audience

User

How to Access Price Books

1. Go to Global menu >> Administration >> Price books.
2. The price book dashboard opens. Click Customise to change layout.
3. Use the right sidebar menu to access:
   • Price books
   • Products
   • Global price overview

Creating a New Price Book

1. Click Price books in the right sidebar.
2. In the list view, hover over a price book to Edit or Delete it.
3. Click New price book to create a new one.
4. Fill in:
   • Name
   • Description
   • Brand and Product version
   • Set it as Active
   • Check the "update" checkbox only if this is a new version
   • Upload file attachments if needed
5. Assign the price book to projects. You can use the default CRM structure with regional subprojects or create your own.

6. Click Save or Update.

Quotation Template and File Management

• Quotation templates are Word (.docx) documents with tokens that are replaced by CRM data, such as the customer name, quote items and prices.
• Attach the template file to the price book. Every file attached to a price book used by the project is offered when you generate a quotation.
• Use versioning tools to manage and restore older file versions.
• To set up a template, including tables of quote items and totals, see How to Create Quotation Templates for CRM Quotes.

Creating a New Product

1. Click New product in the sidebar or in the product list.
2. Fill in:
   • Name
   • Description
   • Product code
   • Product category (e.g. Software, Support Services)
   • Set as Active
3. Click Save.

Add Product to Price Books

1. After saving, click Add to price books in the sidebar.
2. In the modal window, check one or more price books and click Save.

Set Units and Prices

1. Select a price book tab (e.g. Services, SAP One Cloud).
2. Click Add to define:
   • Unit (e.g. Month)
   • Price
   • Currency
3. Click Update to save.

Creating a Product Bundle

1. In the price book edit view, click New bundle.
2. Enter:
   • Name
   • Description
   • Bundle code
   • Set as Active
3. Add units or existing products to the bundle.
4. Set the weight for each product (e.g. 50% each).
5. Click Save.

Bundle Options

• Copy and create new: create a new bundle based on an existing one.
• Move bundle: assign the bundle to a different price book.

Conclusion

Managing price books and products in Easy8 allows you to handle various pricing models for different customer types and sales regions. With dynamic tokens and templates, you can generate accurate and customized offers quickly. Product bundles and project assignment features support flexible quoting structures.

Further Reading

• How to Work with Opportunities (How-To)
• How to Work with Contracts (How-To)
• How to Work with Accounts (How-To)

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