What is pre-step in SAP SD-BF-PR - Pricing and Conditions?

SAP Term: pre-step

• Component: SD-BF-PR

• Component Name: Pricing and Conditions

• Description: A requirement for document that is used in pricing to improve the runtime performance of the pricing logic. The pre-step is used to decide whether a condition type or an access is taken into account at all. Only if the pre-step succeeds, the condition type or access is applicable for any of the business document items.

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• Key Concepts: 
  Pre-step is a feature in the SAP SD-BF-PR Pricing and Conditions component that allows users to define a set of conditions that must be met before a pricing procedure can be applied. This feature is useful for ensuring that the correct pricing procedure is applied to a given transaction. 
  
  How to use it: 
  To use pre-step, users must first define the conditions that must be met before the pricing procedure can be applied. This can be done by creating a condition table and assigning it to the pre-step. Once the conditions have been defined, they must be assigned to the pricing procedure in the pricing procedure determination. 
  
  Tips & Tricks: 
  When defining conditions for pre-step, it is important to consider how they will interact with other conditions in the pricing procedure. For example, if two conditions are defined in pre-step that conflict with each other, then neither condition will be applied. 
  
  Related Information: 
  For more information on pre-step and how to use it, please refer to SAP Help documentation on Pricing and Conditions.