Recurring pricing doesn't show in total if the item cost is \$0

KB15
Giga Guru

I have an issue with catalog items if the price does not include a fixed number. If the item only has a recurring cost, I don't see any of the monthly pricing in the cart.

What's the best way of dealing with this so that the total appears correctly as a total?   Has anyone else run into a similar issue and is this by design?

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KB15
Giga Guru

SN response is that this is by design. It normally separates these costs since technically a recurring cost doesn't account for the cost of the item.



Since I didn't see what I saw earlier during testing, a possible solution is to add the recurring cost information in the approval screen along with the item's price of $0 and a change in the notification on the item level.



The notification script would show anything that would have an item cost of $0 but have a recurring cost to ensure that any approver would see that it's free. Anything that is $0 would not show a price. Anything that has a price and a recurring cost would show both including a quantity.



I'm not sure if this is the best solution but it could work out. If we decided that automatic approval is not a good idea on the request level, I would guess to factor in the monthly cost into the cost threshold in the workflow.


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KB15
Giga Guru

SN response is that this is by design. It normally separates these costs since technically a recurring cost doesn't account for the cost of the item.



Since I didn't see what I saw earlier during testing, a possible solution is to add the recurring cost information in the approval screen along with the item's price of $0 and a change in the notification on the item level.



The notification script would show anything that would have an item cost of $0 but have a recurring cost to ensure that any approver would see that it's free. Anything that is $0 would not show a price. Anything that has a price and a recurring cost would show both including a quantity.



I'm not sure if this is the best solution but it could work out. If we decided that automatic approval is not a good idea on the request level, I would guess to factor in the monthly cost into the cost threshold in the workflow.