- Click the Manage Price Books link under the Maintenance section, near the bottom of the page. A Price Book page appears with a related list for recent price books.
- Click the New button on the Recent Price Books related list. A New Price Book page appears in Edit mode.
- Complete the fields. Select the Active check box if you want to make the price book available.
- When you’re done, click Save. The Price Book detail page for your new price book appears with a Products related list.
Full Answer
What is a price book in Salesforce?
Once a company has created product records in Salesforce, it can create Price Books to reflect prices associated with products. By default, Salesforce creates Standard Price Book: a master list of all products and services with their baseline prices.
How do we see the price of a product in Salesforce?
We see those products in the Products list view. Each of those products has a standard price. When you create products in Salesforce, you add a standard price to each one. Then those products appear in the standard price book, which is accessible from each product or from the App Launcher.
How do I create a price book?
From the App Launcher, Maria searches for Price Books, and selects it from the Items list. To create a price book, Maria clicks New, and then adds the specifics.
Can You track more than one price in Salesforce?
Sometimes, though, you want to track a product that has more than one price. That’s when you create multiple price books. Say, for example, you sell coffee grinders at different prices depending on whether you’re selling to domestic or non-domestic customers. Ursa Major’s Salesforce admin, Maria Jimenez, works with multiple sales teams.
What is standard price book in Salesforce?
By default, Salesforce creates Standard Price Book: a master list of all products and services with their baseline prices.
Why use price books in Salesforce?
Using Price Books, sales reps can manage their Salesforce Opportunities more efficiently, apply correct pricing information and avoid mistakes. In turn, marketing and sales managers can get vital sales information to introduce new products at bargain prices and support strategic business planning.
Can a sales rep choose a wrong price book?
If a company uses numerous Price Books, a sales rep can easily get confused and choose a wrong price book. To avoid this situation, companies can use Salesforce Process Builder, which allows automating Price Book assignment based on the Opportunity record type.
Add Price Book Navigation Item for Ian
Since Ian's profile is Administrator, setting his navigation is independent from his sales team, whose profile is Custom: Sales Profile. The Price Book navigation item also needs to be added for the Custom: Sales Profile which is done in a later step.
Create Custom Price Books
Now create price books for Nonprofit and Enterprise while identifying the region each price book supports using the picklist you just created.
Add Products to the Price Books
Now that you’ve created two new custom price books, add products to each. Since you’re already on the page, start with the Enterprise price book.
Verify Step
You’ll be completing this project in your own hands-on org. Click Launch to get started, or click the name of your org to choose a different one.
