An administrator at Northern Trail Outfitters creates a new Product record for a consulting service. The administrator needs to make this product available for sales representatives to add to opportunities using custom price books. What prerequisite step must be completed before the product can be added to any custom price book?
- Create an active price entry for the product in the Standard Price Book.Answer
- BMap custom product fields to the Opportunity Line Item object using Lead Conversion settings.
- CLink the product to an active Sales Process assigned to the opportunity record type.
- DAdd the product directly to a custom price book, which will automatically generate the standard price.
Answer
Create an active price entry for the product in the Standard Price Book.
In Salesforce, creating an active price entry in the Standard Price Book is a mandatory prerequisite before a product can be associated with any custom price book.
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Standard Price Book entry requirement prior to custom price book assignment