System Settings dialog box - Sales tab

Define global sales settings for products, pricing, and discounts.

License and role requirements

Requirement type You must have
License Dynamics 365 Sales Premium or Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise
More information: Dynamics 365 Sales pricing
Security roles System Administrator or System Customizer
More information: Predefined security roles for Sales

System settings for Sales

Learn about the system-level settings for Dynamics 365 Sales.

  1. Make sure that you have the System Administrator or System Customizer security role or equivalent permissions.

  2. In your app, select the Settings icon, and then select Advanced Settings.

    Advanced Settings link in the site map.

    The Business Management settings page opens in a new browser tab.

  3. On the navigation bar, select Settings, and then under System, select Administration.

  4. Select System Settings.

    Settings Description
    Select whether products should be created in the active state
    Create products in active state To set the products to active state by default after creation, click Yes. This option applies only to products that don’t have a parent product family. To create products in the Draft state, click No.
    Set whether the default pricelist for an opportunity should be selected via an inbuilt rule
    Allow selection of default pricelist for opportunity via inbuilt rule Click Yes if you want the default price list to be selected for an opportunity based on the inbuilt rule (based on the default price lists defined for territories). Otherwise, click No.
    Set maximum number of products in a bundle
    Maximum number of products in a bundle Type the maximum number of products a bundle can have.
    Set pricing calculation preference
    Use system pricing calculations Click Yes to use the pricing calculations of Customer Engagement (on-premises). To use custom pricing by using a plug-in, click No. When set to No, the default pricing calculations won’t be done on opportunity, quote, order and invoice records.
    Set whether a discount is applied as a line item or per unit
    Discount calculation method Select Per unit if you want the pricing engine to calculate the discount based on the prices per unit instead of a line item. By default, the calculations are done on a line item-basis.
    *See the table below that shows the difference between the two calculations.
    Set maximum number of properties allowed for a product or bundle
    Maximum number of properties that are allowed for a product or bundle Type the maximum number of properties (specifications) a product or bundle can have. Product properties are added to a product family record, and all the child products and bundles under the product family inherit the properties added to the parent product family. The number specified in this setting is applied only when you publish a product or a bundle with the associated properties.

    *Table: Difference between calculations

    Discount method Product Price per unit Quantity Discount Amount
    Line item Product 1 100 11 10 (100*11)-10=1090
    Per unit Product 2 100 11 10 (100-10)*11=990

Can't find the options in your app?

There are three possibilities:

  • You don't have the necessary license or role.
  • Your administrator hasn't turned on the feature.
  • Your organization is using a custom app. Check with your administrator for exact steps. The steps described in this article are specific to the out-of-the-box Sales Hub and Sales Professional apps.

See also

Create price lists and price list items to define pricing of products
Set up a discount list
Create product bundles to sell multiple items together
Use properties to describe a product
Administrator and Sales Manager Guide