Tariff Service Charge fields - General tab

Condition /Option

Charge ID: The Charge ID for the tariff charge. Refers to a master condition/option. Editable only in Create mode. When creating a condition, must refer to a condition. When creating an option, must refer to an option. Secondary search will exclude charges that have already been assigned to the tariff service.
Charge Description: Defaults from the Description for the selected master charge. Can be overridden.
Apply Charge at Trip/Booking Level: Applicable only for conditions. Not applicable for tariff charges on customer specific tariffs. When selected, rating for trips or bookings is performed once using attributes for the entire trip or booking, else rating is performed separately for each load on the trip or booking. Not applicable when rating other entities. Not editable for conditions on a referential tariff. This check box cannot be selected when tariff service Assign to Booking is TRUE and a Supersede Charge ID has been specified for this condition, another condition for this tariff service refers to this condition as the Supersede Charge ID, or tariff service Assign to Booking is set and another tariff service charge already has this field set.

Note: Trip/Booking conditions having Apply Charge at Trip/Booking Level enabled are reflected on Load Rating pages. The sum of each trip/booking level condition is divided equally across attached loads. When more than one condition applies, the allocated sum is displayed under a single Charge Code (that which sorts to the top in an alpha sort).

Alert Carrier: Applicable only for options. Not applicable for tariff charges on customer specific tariffs. When selected, option is highlighted on the tender to alert the carrier to highlight additional service requirements.
Charge Based on Carrier: Applicable only for tariff charges on customer specific tariffs. Indicates that charge to customer will be based on corresponding charges incurred from the carrier. Cannot be true when Supersede Charge ID has been defined for this tariff charge. Cannot be true when other tariff charges for the same tariff service refer to this tariff charge as the Supersede Charge ID. Cannot be edited for conditions on a referential tariff. Cannot be set to True when current tariff has referential tariffs that are not customer specific tariffs.
Rates by Date: Indicates whether date specific rates will be defined for this tariff charge. Not editable for conditions on referential tariffs. Cannot be modified once at least one rate has been defined for this tariff charge. If the Fuel Surcharge flag for the corresponding master charge is True, Rates by Date will be True and read-only.
Applicability: Indicates in which rating contexts the tariff charge is considered/processed. The options include: Execution, Optimization, and All.

There are two primary uses of Applicability (besides All):
- Charges can be modeled which affect the plan built during optimization, without having to process these charges during execution or financial processes. These charges could be used to influence plan building without being exposed to non-optimization planners, carriers, or financial processes.
- Charges can model approximate costs of LTL/VLTL/Parcel movements to avoid the performance impact of calling external rating partners during optimization. In this use case, equivalent charges with an applicability of Execution would be used to retrieve exact costs from the external rating partners. Retrieving rates from an external rating partner can be multiple orders of magnitude slower than calculating costs using the rating model. Therefore, modeling approximate costs can take significantly less time during an optimization.
External Cost Type: Indicates the external cost type to reference from the external costs of the entity. If one or more external costs exist with a matching cost type for the entity being rated, cost information from the external costs will be used instead of calculating a cost. If departure information is present, that information will constrain scheduling.
External Charge Code: An entry in this field requires a selection in External Cost Type. Indicates the external charge detail to reference from the external cost of the entity; if external costs are present for the entity being rated matching the External Cost Type, and if an external charge detail with the referenced External Charge Code exists, the cost information from the external charge detail will be used instead of calculating a cost.

Responsible Customer

Note: The Responsible Customer section is only presented when maintaining conditions or options for a Customer Specific Tariff.

Responsible Customer: Mandatory. This is used to control which customer will be responsible for paying amount associated with this tariff charge. By default, the tariff's customer will be responsible. When Data Accumulation Level for the corresponding master charge is Transaction or Container, this field cannot be Shipping Location. When Data Accumulation Level is Pick Location, Drop Location or Pick and Drop Location, this field cannot be Origin Shipping Location or Destination Shipping Location.
Customer ID: Optional when value for Responsible Customer (see above) is Other. When defined, charge details generated for this tariff charge will be assigned to a voucher for the designated customer. If Responsible Customer is not Other, value cannot be specified. The Customer ID cannot be equal to the Customer ID associated with the current tariff.
Customer Name: The Customer Name associated with the Responsible Customer ID. Always read-only.

Payable Carrier

Note: The Payable Carrier section is only presented when maintaining conditions or options for a Carrier Specific Tariff or a Customer Specific Carrier Tariff.

Payable Carrier: Mandatory. Controls the carrier who will receive the amounts associated with this tariff charge. By default, the tariff's carrier will be paid.
Carrier ID: Optional when value for Payable Carrier (see above) is "Other". When defined, charge details generated for this tariff charge will be assigned to a voucher for the designated carrier. If Payable Carrier is not "Other", value cannot be specified. The Carrier ID cannot be equal to the Carrier ID associated with the current tariff.
Carrier Name: The Carrier Name associated with the Payable Carrier ID. Always read-only.