Markets

Plants may often sell their materials to more than one location. Each of these different locations is a market. A market is usually a geographic area which receives products, and this market has its own demand which must be met by that plant.

Markets are often used in conjunction with sales or prices to define geographic groups for tiered pricing. For example, a plant may produce the same grade of gasoline, but sell to two different geographic regions with different prices. These two tranches are often associated with markets.

See Advanced grids for information on how to search and customize the grid on this page.

To add a market:

1. Do either of the following:

   • Click Add Market in the Markets group of the Home ribbon tab.

   • Right click anywhere on the grid and choose Add Market from the context menu.

2. A new row is added to the grid. In the new row, click the cell in the Name column and type a name for the new market.

3. In the Share column, choose the share where to publish the market.

4. Optionally, enter a description for the market in the Description column.

   Tip: You can quickly create a market using text held in the Clipboard. Right click anywhere in the grid and choose Paste New from the context menu. A new market is created, with name and description matching the text held in the Clipboard, and share set as Private Share.

To delete one or more markets:

5. Select the markets you want to delete.

6. Do either of the following:

   • Click Delete Market in the Markets group of the Home ribbon tab.

   • Right-click on the selected market and choose Delete Market from the context menu.

7. Click Yes in the confirmation dialog.

To edit a market, just modify the name and description in the corresponding row, and choose a different share if desired.