Anchor class report

Use the Anchor Class report to assign the Is Anchor attribute to Brand classes and families.

About this task

When you define the Anchor Class rule for scenario optimizations, only the non-anchored products will move in price to adhere to the Brand rule in a Rules Based Price scenario. For example, if the anchored brand is the National brand and if there are Brand rule exceptions, then the scenario will move the prices of only the Private Label brand (since National is anchored) to enforce compliance to the Brand rule.

The Anchor Class report can contain the Brand families, Brand classes, categories, and the Is Anchor or Is Default Anchor attribute. Only one Brand class can be the anchor class for a Brand family when using the Brand Class & Family aggregation, or for a category when using the Brand Class aggregation.

Anchored Brand classes can also be imported into the DemandTec by Acoustic system using an Excel file. See Data import methods for more information. If more than one class is set as the anchor in the import file, the anchor class defined last will override the ones previously defined. The Anchor Class report can be updated with the most current Anchor Class information by clicking the Update button.

Defining Anchor Classes

When using the Brand Class & Family aggregation, you set the Is Anchor attribute for each Brand class that you want anchored in the Anchor Class report. You can also use the Brand Class aggregation to set the default anchor class for any given category.

To define anchored Brand classes:

Procedure

  1. Choose Data > Data Maintenance to open the Data Maintenance page.
  2. Choose the Anchor Class report from the Report drop-down menu. The Anchor Class report displays.
  3. In the report, set the checkbox in the Is Anchor or Is Default Anchor column to anchor a Brand class. Only one Brand class under the same Brand family can be the anchor.
  4. Click Save.
  5. You can click Update to update the report with the most recently imported anchor classes.