A pricing administrator needs to set up pricing so that a calculated discount is spread evenly across all line items in a quote or order. How should…

The Discount Distribution Service element is the designated tool within the Salesforce Industries pricing procedure framework for this specific task. Its core function is to take a header-level price adjustment, such as a total calculated discount, and allocate it down to the individual child line items of a quote or order. This service can be configured to distribute the amount proportionally or evenly. Placing it as one of the final steps in the pricing procedure ensures that all preceding calculations are complete before the final distribution is applied across all relevant lines.

A. The Formula Based Pricing element is used to calculate a price or adjustment for a single line item based on a formula, not to distribute a total value across multiple lines.

B. The Aggregate Price element performs the opposite function; it sums values from multiple line items up to the header level, rather than distributing a header-level value down.

1. Salesforce Help, Industries CPQ Pricing Elements, "Discount Distribution Service": This document explicitly states, "The Discount Distribution service distributes header-level price adjustments to the child line items of a quote, order, or basket." It details the service's purpose and configuration for distributing amounts.

2. Salesforce Help, Industries CPQ Pricing Elements, "Pricing Procedure Steps": This guide provides an overview of the various elements available in a pricing procedure. It implicitly positions the Discount Distribution Service as the correct tool for allocation tasks, contrasting it with calculation elements like Formula Based Pricing and summation elements like Aggregate Price.