Displaying Business Rules

The Business Rules tab displays the rules that apply to the rate plan. This tab enables you to check that your rate plan is configured with the right conditions and that it is distributed through the right channels.

The association of a rule to the rate plan is made from the rule settings and not from the rate plan. However, you must at least create a rate plan's main attributes before you can associate any rule.

The following rules can be associated to a rate plan: viewership, sequencing and commission. You can also associate other rate plans and map the rate plan to a specific inventory allotment.

Viewership rules make rate plans available to distribution channels connected to the system. Viewership rules are set and managed in the Channel Management module.

For more information, see How to Create Viewership Rules .

Sequencing rules define the order in which rate plan and room type pairs are returned for an availability request made through a specific distribution channel. Sequencing rules are set and managed in the Channel Management module.

For more information, see How to Create Sequencing Rules .

Commission rules determine commissions received by intermediaries, identified by their IATA or TIDS numbers, when they make a reservation. The commission rules listed are the ones that apply specifically to the rate plan. Commission rules are set and managed in the Rate Plans module.

For more information, see Setting Rate Plan Commission Rules .

Other rate plans can be connected in some way to the current rate plan. For example, this is the case when the current rate plan has child rate plans or when the rates of some products in the rate plan are linked to product rates in another rate plan.

Lists the inventory allotment targeted when rooms are sold through the rate plan. If you do not map the rate plan to target an allotment, the rate plan sells all the room types belonging to the rate plan that are available in the General Inventory.

For more information, see What Is Allotment-to-Rate Plan Mapping? .