Tariff management rule
Description
Tariff management rules are rules that you can link to articles and tariffs, to refine their configuration. You can distinguish three types of rules, each with a specific purpose:
Access rules
Access rules are linked to articles. They define when (e.g. not during the weekend, not during rush hours…) and where (e.g. only on a particular line, only at particular stops…) the article can be used.
You can distinguish five types of access rules:
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Type |
Description |
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Stop access rule |
Indicates if you are allowed or not allowed to use (validate) the article at a particular stop or at particular stops. Example You issue a special bus ticket for a music festival. You can then indicate that the ticket can only be used at the temporary stops for the festival bus. |
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Line access rule |
Indicates if you are allowed or not allowed to use (validate) the article at a particular line or at particular lines. Example Bus tickets for speed lines between large cities are more expensive than bus tickets for regular lines. You can then indicate that regular tickets cannot be used at these lines. |
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Zone access rule |
Indicates if you are allowed or not allowed to use (validate) the article in a particular zone or in particular zones. Example A ticket for the coast tram can only be used in the zones located along the coast. You can then create a zone access rule that indicates that the ticket is allowed in these zones. As a result, the ticket will automatically be listed as “not allowed” in all other zones. |
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Period access rule |
Indicates if you are allowed or not allowed to use (validate) the article during a particular period. Example Students can buy a pass to travel back and forth to their university. In holiday periods, however, they cannot use their pass. You can then create a period access rule for all holiday periods, indicating that the pass cannot be used in these periods. |
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Time access rule |
Indicates if you are allowed or not allowed to use (validate) the article on particular days, during particular hours. Example Students can buy a pass to travel back and forth to their university. In the weekend, however, they cannot use their pass. You can then create a time access rule for Saturday and Sunday, indicating that the pass cannot be used on these days. |
Sales rules
Sales rules are linked to tariffs. They define to who (e.g. people under 25…), where (e.g. only in particular ZIP codes…) and via which channels (e.g. online…) articles can be sold at a particular tariff.
You can distinguish four types of sales rules:
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Type |
Description |
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Profile sales rule |
Indicates to which social profiles an article can or cannot be sold at a particular tariff. Example Orphans can get a Season pass at a lower price. You can then indicate that this lower tariff is only valid for people with an “orphan profile”. |
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Age sales rule |
Indicates to which age range an article can or cannot be sold at a particular tariff. Example Kids and youngsters from 6 through 25 can get a seasonal pass at a lower price. You can then indicate that this lower tariff is only valid for people from 6 through 25. |
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Location sales rule |
Indicates where, in which ZIP codes, an article can or cannot be sold (at a particular tariff). Example Tickets for the coast tram can only be sold at the coast. You can then indicate in which ZIP codes these tickets can be sold. |
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Channel sales rule |
Indicates via which sales channel a product can or cannot be sold at a particular tariff. Example Customers have to pay extra if they buy a ticket on the bus itself. You can then indicate that this higher tariff only applies when the ticket is sold on the bus. |
Price rules
Price rules are linked to tariffs. They allow you to create derivatives from the tariff for particular people (e.g. people under 25, family members…) and for particular sales channels (e.g. online, shop…).
You can distinguish four types of price rules:
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Type |
Description |
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Profile price rule |
Allows you to create a derivative tariff for people with a certain social profile. Example For a particular article, orphans only have to pay 50% of the normal price. |
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Age price rule |
Allows you to create a derivative tariff for people in a particular age range. Example For a particular article, people under 25 only have to pay 70% of the normal price. |
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Family price rule |
Allows you to create a derivative tariff for members of the same family that buy the same article at the same time. Example If three members of the same family are buying a Season Pass at the same time: - The first family member pays the normal price (base price) - The second family member pays 80% of the normal price - The third family member pays 50% of the normal price |
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Channel sales rule |
Allows you to create a derivative tariff in case the article is sold via a particular sales channel. Example If a traveler buys his ticket on the bus, he has to pay 150% of the normal price. |