Sampling Inventory Management15% of the exam
Sample limit templates and territory quantity allocations
How account-level sample limits (template types, enforcement, priority, product assignments, sample limit jobs, automatic initialization and job recovery) differ from territory product quantity allocations, and how each is set up and validated during visits.
Given a scenario, configure and manage Sample Limits and Allocations to ensure reps stay within defined quantities.
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What the exam expects
- Choose the sample limit template type (default country-specific, default generic, custom generic, advanced) and its enforcement type from a compliance requirement.
- Assign templates to products, change product rules and pick the sample limit job that creates, updates or deletes provider sample limit records.
- Set up automatic initialization for new HCP and HCO accounts, and recover when it fails.
- Choose between account sample limits and territory product quantity allocations, and configure each visit validation.
Key terms:
- Sample limit template: a record holding the rules, operations and limits evaluated for each assigned product and account.
- Provider sample limit: the per-account, per-product limit record that a sample limit job or trigger handler creates from a template.
- Account segment: a reusable group of accounts built as a Salesforce actionable list.
- Territory product quantity allocation: a record setting how much of a sample product a territory can distribute in a time period.
Key facts
Default templates
- Detail
- Predefined; can't be edited or deleted
Warning enforcement
- Detail
- Custom generic, or advanced not Required by Law
Rules per advanced template
- Detail
- Up to 3
Sample Limit Rules page
- Detail
- Default generic template products only
Accounts job scope
- Detail
- All accounts, a specific account or a segment
No auto-initialization
- Detail
- Custom generic templates
Source field value
- Detail
- Template API name in a custom Account field
DTP shipped quantities
- Detail
- CalculateShippedQuantityHandler updates remaining limits
Allocated Quantity
- Detail
- Ship allocations only
Allocation prerequisites
- Detail
- Time Period ranges, territories, products, product territory alignments
Sources for this section (8)
- Template Typeshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Advancedhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Ruleshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Initializehelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Automatehelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- HCP Limits Validationhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Allocation Validationhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Set Up Allocationshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- When an existing account's custom template field is changed, what must the admin do to apply the new template?
- When a product already carries a custom generic template, which template type can no longer be assigned to it?
- When the Territory Quantity Allocation Validation Mode is Warning, what happens as a rep goes over an allocation limit?
- What does the Ordered Quantity field on an allocation record hold?
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