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Introduction

This document provides instructions for managing price lists using the Price List Editor.

Procedure

Add/Edit Price List

This option will create creates a new price list if one does not exist for the number you select. 

From the Optifacts main menu:              

Type Select Option 3 - Editor Utilities and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 4 – Pricing Database Editor and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 1 – Price Lists and press enterEnter.

Type Select Option 1 - Add/Edit Price List and press enterEnter.

First, you

get prompted for the price list number to add or edit. You may choose a number from 1 through 32767.

• Type Enter the price list number and press enter.

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Next, you

get prompted for the price list type (N)

Normal or (P)

Progressive, the price list title, and the

description. The title and description fields are for internal purposes only. Use the title and description to help you remember what types of prices are within the list and if the list

is a base, add on, or override type of list.

• Type Enter the information, pressing enter Enter past each field.

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If a price list exists for the specified number, you

can edit the list’s title, description, and contents (prices)

. However, you cannot edit the price list type once

created.

Instead, you have to delete the list and recreate it to change the price list type if needed.

A Normal price list

type

allows you to assign prices to lens types of the normal variety, such as Single Vision and Multi-focal.

In addition, there is a generic progressive column in the Normal list that all progressives

price from unless you assign progressive lenses to price from a Progressive type of list. A price list with a type of Progressive allows you to assign prices to individual progressive lens types. This type of list is needed if you charge different prices for different progressive lenses.

When entering prices for aspheric lenses, create a list with the type of Normal and then enter prices in the respective Single Vision and

multifocal columns. Later, when assigning the accounts to the price lists, we

specify aspheric lenses to price

.

Complete descriptions of all the pages within a price list

and valuable tips and techniques

for entering price lists are available on the following pages.

After entering past all fields, the price list

page menu gets displayed.

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In this section

, we try to cover everything about a price list.

We include how to move around in the price list, how the program expects

you to enter prices, and how to change itemization categories for certain fields within the price list.

Screenshots from various pages are included in this document to help you follow along

.

Please keep in mind that the

screenshots included are from the base distribution version of Optifacts, and your laboratory may have some customization, resulting in a screen that may not appear exactly as they do here.

At the very top of each window of the price list editor, the program

prints the price list type, either

Normal or

Progressive, the price list number, and the price list title. This view is a quick and easy reference for the user to know which price list is open for editing.

ALL billable items

appear in every price list you

create. The price list title and description are for reference to help remind you what sort of prices are in

the list. Which pricing options

are available to you in Order Entry

depends on the material type, glass or plastic. Therefore, entering a price for HARDEN LENS and then assigning that particular list to plastic material

only

results in the HARDEN LENS field never being used.

If you

edit

a price list, the menu you see below

shows which pages have

prices assigned by placing an asterisk (*) in front of the menu option. Menu options that do not have an asterisk

get filled with zero (0.00).

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Cursor Movements and Editing

The following help window is available once you select one of the menu options shown above.

Example: Type 1 and press

Enter to access the Sphere page.

Press (?) the question mark to view the special characters available in the Pricing Editor.  The screen below

is displayed.

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Most of the pages in the editor are too large to view the entire

content at one time. Your terminal acts similar to a

viewfinder looking at a larger picture. We need to keep moving the viewfinder to see more of the picture. Typing a

(?) question mark in the editor

pops up a display showing the cursor movement keys and editing options. See diagram above.

The cursor movement in the editor is very straightforward. The four

“arrows” or cursor movement keys are active at all times. You can move up, down, left, or right

one cell at a time with these keys. (A cell is

a location that you enter a value into.)

Pressing the letters U, D, L, or R

shifts the view window up, down, left, or right, one section at a time. A horizontal section is roughly three columns, and a vertical section is roughly

ten lines.

So, for example, the letter “H” takes the cursor “Home” or moves you immediately to the upper-left most part of the current page.

The

Enter or

Return key

moves your cursor to the right. You do not need to press the Enter key to accept an entry. Typing a number and pressing an arrow key

accepts the new value for that cell. The Backspace key only works within a cell to erase digits to the left of the cursor.

In addition to being able to move around very

quickly, working with the prices is also enhanced. A cell value can be carried upwards, downwards, forwards, or reversed through the whole page with a single press of a key

.

For example, holding down the

“Ctrl” or

Control key and simultaneously pressing the letter F, R, D or U

carries a preceding value forward, reverse, down, or upward.

The following example

represents the cursor location by highlighting a cell, or your screen may indicate a blinking cursor or a blinking underline. Locate the cursor on the cell in column D25, row 3.12-4.00 S. It

highlights a value of 31.50.

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Pressing “Ctrl-

f” takes the 999.00 to the left of the cursor and

carries it forwards throughout the spheres page, as indicated in the following example.

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Pressing “Ctrl-r” takes the 31.50 to the right of the cursor and

carries it reverse, as indicated in the following example.

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Pressing Ctrl-

d takes the 31.50 above the cursor and

carries it

downward, as indicated in the following example.

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Pressing Ctrl-

u takes the 37.50 below the cursor and

carries it upwards, as indicated in the following example.

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Another

helpful command, +$ (a plus sign with a

dollar value), such as +3

, opens another window allowing you to enter

$3.00 to each row below where the cursor is sitting.

Example:

Let’s say that the SV price is 14.80 up to a power of 4.00, and you want to add $3.00 incrementing for the row below power 4.00. Enter 14.80 in the top row and move down to 1.12-2.00

s—Press “ctrl-d” to copy down. Then move down to the 4.12-5.00 s row

: press +3, and the following window displays.

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• Press

• Enter and notice that each row below

• increments by $3.00.

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Changing Itemizations

Pressing the letter

“I” while adding or editing a price list page

opens a small window showing the itemization categories for each page row

. This

feature allows you to enter a new itemization category for any of the rows.

Unfortunately, you can only

make Itemizations to existing categories

. However, you can make a new

Itemization category

if necessary with the Invoice Master Category Editor.

The following chart

illustrates which pages you can

itemize within the price list editor. If you cannot itemize a page

within the price list editor, then another editor

Price List Page

Can Change Itemization within the Price List

1

Spheres

YES

2

Compounds, 1^st

YES

3

Compounds, 2^nd

YES

4

Lenticulars

YES

5

Over Power

YES

6

Prism

YES

7

Oversize on FA

YES

8

Oversize on Dia

YES

9

Oversize on Col

YES

10

Specials 1

YES

11

Specials 2

YES

12

Index Add-ons

YES

13

Tints

YES

14

Lens Colors

NO – Done in Color Itemizations

15

Light-ups

NO – Done in Lite-up Options

16

Dr. Redo

YES

17

Balance Lens

YES

18

Billing

YES

specific to the page can edit itemizations for the line items.

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The following example shows the DR. Redo page of a price list with the itemization window open. The itemizations within this window can be changed, or you can add new itemizations

where the entry contains a (-) dash. Any prices

grouped into the categories you itemize here will discount the percentage you specify.

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The example below shows the Index Add-ons page from the price list with the itemization window open.

The $65.00 charge from the D28 column

gets added to

“LENS.” So, for example, if the base price for a D28 lens was $20.00 and the index of the lens is less

than 1.54 but equal to or greater than 1.52, then the invoice would display a price of $85.00 for the category

“LENS.”

The $55.00 charge for the D28 lens

gets added to

“SPECIAL.” So, for example, if the base price for a D28 lens was $20.00 and the index of the lens is less than 1.60 but equal to or greater than 1.59, then the invoice would display a price of $20.00 for the category

“LENS” and a price of $55.00 for the category

“SPECIAL.”

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Editing Price Lists

Sphere Page

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The sphere page allows entry of prices for sphere powers. There are ten ranges for which to enter prices, any sphere ranges over +/- 10 diopters will price additional from the Over Power page.

If the price list is going to be a Base price list, the sphere page requires entries in order for any billing to take place. Prices are entered as per pair pricing. Any entries of 0.00 will error at billing with a message stating ‘NO SPHERE/COMPOUND PRICES. WILL NOT POST’.  This applies to LENS costs only, most of the add-on prices will bill at 0.00. As an Add-on list, prices entered here would be added to any dollar value in the same row and column of the base price list. As an Override list, prices entered here will replace any dollar value in the same row and column of the base price list.

With the default setting, an entry of 999.00 will automatically reject an item from being processed, as the price would be too high as set by the maximum amount to bill on page 18. By default, (set to 0), the value for MAX INVOICE OK is at $499.00. This can be changed to whatever the particular needs may be, and the changes will affect the dollar value needed to enter to force an item not to bill.

For a Base List, it has been recommended to fill the page with 999.00 first and then change values to the price to be charged, thus forcing any non-carried items to reject at invoicing with a message. In the example above, a D22 would not price and the lower portion of the work ticket would state ‘INVOICE TOO HIGH. WILL NOT POST’.

The D30 item in the above example will not bill either. The error message for this item would state ‘NO SPHERE/COMPOUND PRICES. WILL NOT POST’. Remember that an entry of $0.00 will not invoice or post to accounts receivable ONLY if it is taken from the Spheres or Compounds pages. Any other item will be processed at no charge with an entry of $0.00. For this reason, it is recommended filling areas with $999.00 if you DO NOT want that item to be available to your customer. This practice can save you from mistakes at Order Entry and under priced products from escaping your attention. This practice will also prevent any item from being billed at $0.00 and mailed to the customer. Of course, for services that your lab will provide at no charge, you must enter $0.00 for that item.

For pricing progressives, there is a progressive column labeled ‘PROGS’ included on the normal price list and using it will price ALL progressive types the same price. You may opt to use 999.00 in the progressive column so that if the lens type does not have an override price list, it will not pass mail out. In this example, if the lens type does not have an override price list, it will default to 65.00.

Creating a Progressive type price list will allow you to enter separate prices for each of the progressive lens types, and the through the price list assignments you can point progressive lenses to that list as a base, add-on or override list. If the Progressive type price list will be assigned as an override list, keep in mind that an entry of 0.00 in the override list will result in the price in the ‘PROGS’ column to be used.

Trifocal Pricing Logic

It will depend on the segment's width.  Here is the full trifocal logic flow; the first one that matches is how it will price:

• If the width is less than 28, it will price from the 7X25 column.
• If the width is less than 35, it will price form the 7X28 column.
• If the width is 35 or greater, it then looks at the intermediate size:
  • If the intermediate is less than 8, it will price from the 7X35 column.
  • If the intermediate is less than 10, it will price from the 8X35 column.
  • If the intermediate is less than 14, it will price from the 10X35 column.
  • If none of the above, it will price from the 14X35 column.

Example: 12x35 trifocal will price from the 10x35 column of the Spheres page.

Compounds 1^st Div.

The compounds page allows you to enter a different price for prescriptions with a cylinder value. The sphere ranges are the same as on the spheres page and you are allowed to enter the cylinder range on the bottom row. A ‘CYLINDER TO’ entry of 2.00 would mean to price all compounds from the page up to and including a 2 diopter cylinder. If the first row of this page is set to 0.00, this page is skipped and cylinder charges will be applied from page 5, the Over Power page.

In the example above the SV column has some entries in it, thus any SV lens with a cylinder up to and including 2.00 diopters would price from this page. Any SV lens with a cylinder power over 2 diopters will price from the Compounds 2 page and/or the Over Power page. Sphere powers over 10.00 diopters will price from the Over Power page 5. All multifocal with ANY cylinder will price cylinder charges from page 5, Over Power.

Compounds 2^nd Div.

This page is included if you wish to price differently for yet another cylinder range. Any Rx with a cylinder between the ‘CYLINDER TO” value on page 2 and up to/including the ‘CYLINDER TO’ value set on this page will price from this page. If the top row of this page is set to 0.00, this page is skipped and cylinder charges will be applied from page 2, COMPOUNDS 1^st DIV. and page 5 Over Power. Note: Page 2 will not be used if the top row of page 2 is also set to 0.00, only page 5 would be used is such a case.

In the examples shown for the compounds pages, all cylinder charges for multifocal will be taken from price list page 5 since the top row is set to 0.00 on both pages 2 and 53. Single Vision lenses will bill up to 2.00 diopters cylinder from page 2 and anything over 2.00 diopters from the Over Power page.

Lenticulars

This page is where prices for lenticular lenses are entered. ONLY the lens style with a prefix of AL, or LS will price from this page. The bottom row can contain a 1.00 if the price from the spheres/compounds page is to be added to the amount on this page, or set to 0.00 to bill the prices as entered on this page.

In the example above, an aspheric lenticular or a lenticular sphere single vision lens will price at a flat $45.00 for a sphere power, or at $53.00 for a compound power or a balance lens. The aspheric lenticular D22 lens is simply a #30.00 add-on to the base prices found on the spheres and/or compound pages. NOTE: The ADD-ON FLAG setting on the bottom row.

Full-fields or aspheric lenses (not lenticular in style) are handled a little bit differently. Create a new price list with a type of Normal, like normal lenses and assign to a price through the Price Lists Assignments menu option where the price list is created as a Normal Type list but is  assigned as a Full-Field list. For most laboratory needs, creating a new list with prices under the spheres and compounds pages for Single Vision, Flat Tops, Curve Tops and/or Round Segs and then assigning the list as a full-field list would suffice for pricing needs. Please see the documentation on assigning price lists for more information regarding aspherics and pricing.

Over Power

The Over Power page handles pricing for sphere and cylinder powers that are not cove red in the spheres or compounds pages. This page has the ability to set all range limits for spheres and cylinders.

Note: Any row ending with a plus symbol (+) is a dollar value. All of the other rows would be entered as sphere or cylinder range limits in diopters. Optifacts will round these values up to the nearest diopter, so an entry of 3.25 becomes 3.00 and 3.50 becomes 4.00. Rows ending with the plus symbol also add together. Keep this in mind when entering prices.

The sphere and cylinder diopter limits for LMT1 must be greater than the last value set on the spheres or compounds page. This would be greater than 10.00 for the spheres, since that value is hard coded into the spheres page. For the cylinder value however, you must be careful to ensure your limit 1 value is greater than the value ‘CYLINDER TO’ on your compounds page(s). Failing to do this will result in no pricing since the equation (if CYL RANGE LMT > CYLINDER TO then get price from CYL LMT 1+) would fail.

Any price entered here needs to be entered as a pair price. If a charge of $2.25 per diopter/per lens then $4.50 would be entered on this page. The calculation program will split this price into a per lens charge.

On the example shown above, the charge is $2.25 per diopter /per lens for any sphere powers over 10 diopters and up to 99 diopters. This is shown on the upper part of the diagram. Shown on the lower part of the diagram, is a flat rate charge of $2.25 per pair for any cylinder up to 2 diopters. Shown in the center part of the diagram a charge of $2.25 per diopter/per lens for any cylinder powers over 2 diopters and up to 99 diopters.

The following example shows how pricing will work for different ranges.

In the diagram above, over power for sphere powers is priced on per diopter/per lens method for three separate ranges. Cylinder powers are priced on a per pair method for two ranges.

Since sphere powers up to 10 diopters are handled on the spheres page, the SPH.DIOP.LMT1 row will refer to sphere power range 10 up to 12 (the range indicated in this example), so the sphere range is 10.1-12.0 diopters.

The next row is SPH 10.1-LMT+ contains a dollar value of $4.00. NOTE: Rows with a + at the end refer to entries for dollar amounts. Since LMT1 is defined as 12.0 diopters, it will price $2.00 per diopter/per lens for any sphere power between 10.1 and 12.0 diopters.

The SPH DIOP. LMT2 row shows an entry of 15, thus defining another sphere range from 12.1-15. This range will price at $3.00 per diopter/per lens as defined in the SPH LMT1-LMT2+ row. The SPH > LMT2+ row has an entry of $8.00 showing a charge of $4.00 per diopter/per lens for any sphere power greater than 15 diopters.

The + symbol also means that these rows do add together. This means that a single lens with a sphere power of +/- 18.00 diopters would be charged the base price from the sphere page 9.12-10.00 S row PLUS $4.00 for the range 10.1-12 PLUS $9.00 for the range 12.1-15 PLUS $12.00 for the range over 15 diopters.

In the same diagram, the bottom three rows reflect the charges for cylinder powers by range. For any cylinder value up to and including 2.00 (CYL RANGE LMT1) diopters, a flat price of $2.25 (CYL LMT1*) will be charged per pair. For any cylinder over 2.00 diopters, another flat price of $5.00 (CYL > LMT1+) will be added to $2.25.

The following example shows that the pricing scheme for sphere powers remains the same but the pricing for cylinders come from the center portion of the page per diopter.

Assuming that the compounds page(s) is not being used and all cylinders will be priced from the Over Power page, the CYL DIOP. LMT1 is set to 2 diopters. With CYL DIOP. LMT1+ set to 0.00, no additional charge would be added for a cylinder up to 2 diopters. For cylinder values between 2 and 5 diopters (taken from CYL DIOP. LMT1 and CYL DIOP. LMT2 for the power range and CYL LMT1-LMT1+ for the price) the charge would be $3.00 per diopter per pair, or $1.50 per diopter per lens. For cylinder values between 5 and 8 diopters (from CYL DIOP. LMT2 and CYL DIOP. LMT3 for the power range and CYL LMT2-LMT3+ for the price) the charge would be $5.00 per diopter per pair, or $2.50 per diopter per lens. For cylinder powers greater than 8 (from CYL DIOP. LMT3 for the power and CYL > LMT3+ for the price) the charge would be $10.00 per diopter per pair, or $5.00 per diopter per lens.

For an Rx with a cylinder value of 2 diopters there would be no charge. For a pair of lenses with cylinders of 5, the charge would be a total of $9.00, or $3.00 for each range 2-3, 3-4 and 4-5. For a cylinder of 10, the charge would be $44.00 ($3.00 for each range 2-3, 3-4, 4-5 and $5.00 for each range 5-6, 6-7, 7-8 and $10.00 for each range 8-9, 9-10).

Note: Each lens will price independent of the other. If the left right lens had a cylinder of 2.00, there would not be a charge for it. If the left lens had a cylinder of 3.00, there would be a charge of $1.50.

Prism

The upper portion of the Prism page prices total prism, and the lower portion prices prism per diopter per lens. Setting the PAIR FLAG on the bottom row will alter prices on this page to price per pair or per lens. If set to 0 then the price is per lens. If set to 1 then the price is per pair.

In the example below, there are three ranges specified. Any prescribed prism amount up to 3 diopters will be charged at $5.00 per pair (TTL to 1 + and no charge to TTL 1.1-2 + and TTL 2.1-3 +). Prism between 3 and 6 diopters will be charged at $7.00 per pair. NOTE: The entries add together so the $5.00 from TTL to 1 + adds to the $2.00 from TTL 3.1-4 +, and prism over 6 diopters will charge $10.00.

In the example below, all the prism pricing is being done on a per diopter per lens basis. NOTE: The PAIR FLAG is set to 0 so the prices entered are per lens. In this example, the charge is $0.75 per diopter per lens for prescribed prism.

Oversize on FA

This page is utilized to charge oversize based upon the ‘A’ measurement of the frame. These values do add together and can be flagged to be active for all jobs, uncut jobs only or edged jobs only by setting the EDGED/UNCUT FLG on the bottom row (0 prices all jobs, 1 prices edged jobs only and 2 prices uncut jobs only from this page).

In the example shown above, a SV job with a frame A of 56 be charged $8.00 for oversize taken from the FA > - 54+ ($4.00) added to FA > = 56+ ($4.00). Oversize for SV will price from this page for both edged and uncut work based up the EDGED/UNCUT FLG setting of 0.

Oversize for a D22 lens will only be taken from this page if it is an edged lens, due to the EDGED/UNCUT FLG being set to 1 for D22. A D25 lens will only price oversize from this page it is an uncut job.

Oversize on Diameter

This page will price oversize charges based upon the blank diameter used. There is also an EDGED/UNCUT FLG on this page and its function is identical to the same flag on the Oversize on FA page of the price list.

The row that reads OVSZ ON DIA WKS translates into a yes/no (or 1/0 setting) for pricing over-sized based on the lens blank needed rather than the lens blank used. This option is only active if blank selection and inventory are being run. This is especially helpful if a job would only require a 68.7mm lens for cut out and the inventory program reports that your lab is temporarily out of stock of 70mm blanks in that line item. Inventory would substitute a 75mm lens but not charge the customer for oversize usage. Oversize pricing would be based upon the blank required for cut out (68.7mm) and not the actual lens used (75mm).

Another option on this page is the last row, USE LARGEST ONLY. If both Oversize on FA and Oversize on Diameter are set up for pricing set the USE LARGEST ONLY flag to 1 (yes) and Optifacts will only charge the greater of two prices.

Note The prices on this page add together so the above diagram is demonstrating an oversize charge in SV of $5.00 for 75mm and $8.00 for 80mm.

Oversize on Color

The Oversize on Color page is used when your oversize charges for PGX differ from White (clear) lenses. By entering oversize charges on the page AND setting the PGX FRM THIS PG flag to 1, PGX tinted lenses will price diameter oversize from this page. All other colors will price oversize from page 8. NOTE: This page only prices oversize for PGX tinted glass.

In the diagram above, a SV PGX lens will price oversize charges from this page at $8.00 for a 71mm lens and at $15.00 for a 75mm lens. The D25 and D28 PGX lenses will NOT price from this page, because the PGX FRM THIS PG flag is set to 0 for these lens styles.

The presence of this page is a carry-over from previous versions of Optifacts. The price list assignment editor has much greater power for pricing oversize charges based on PGX, or ANY color, as well as diameter and manufacturers.

Specials 1

This page allows you to define prices for various add on options. All of the prices on this page are added to the total cost of the Rx. Some of these options will price automatically based upon operator entries, other options will require the operator to highlight an option in the PF2 (or F2 on the console) Calculation Options menu in the Order Entry screen.

DECENTERED BLANK

• Price entered in this column will be added to invoice if the inset of the bifocal is greater than 0. Normally used for executive or progressive style lenses but will pick up charges for any multi-focal product that has entries in the price list. Pricing is done automatically based upon the ‘Seg Inset’ value found in the lens database or given from operator input.

PRISM THIN

• Currently for progressive lens styles only. This price is added to invoice whenever Prism Thinning is lit in the Calculation Options Menu either by the operator or through the Special Lens Types Configuration Editor settings for progressive lenses.

SPECIAL INTER

• This option is for trifocal lenses only but not executive trifocals. Price is added to invoice when Special Intermediate option is highlighted by the operator in the Calculation Options Menu.

GRIND SLAB OFF

• Added to invoice when Slab-Off is lit in the Calculation Options menu by the operator.

MFR SLAB OFF

• Added to invoice when ‘Manuf. Slab-Off Lens’ is lit in the Calculation Options Menu by the operator.

BI-CONCAVE

• Added to invoice automatically when a concave base curve is used and the curves ground into lens are also concave. (Minus base with minus curves)

BI-CONVEX

• Added to invoice automatically when a convex base curve is used and the curves ground into lens are convex. (Plus base with plus curves)

PRISM SEG LENS

• Added to invoice when Segment Prism is lit in the Calculation Options Menu by the operator and an entry greater than 0 is given for Near Prism Used. When Segment Prism is lit, a Near Prism window will appear after the Billing Options screen. In this screen the operator will be prompted to enter the amount of segment prism (near prism) prescribed in the Rx. Then, the operator is prompted for amount of prism used (prism already used in lens). If prism used is greater than 0, Optifacts assumes the prism is in the lens already. The Billing Options lite up of ‘Press on Prism’ will override this charge regardless of the value of prism used.

SEG PSM/BLCKING

• Added to invoice when Segment Prism is lit in the Calculation Options Menu by the operator and an entry of 0 is given for Near Prism Used. When Segment Prism is lit a Near Prism window will appear after the Billing Options screen. In this screen the operator will be prompted to enter the amount on segment prism (near prism) prescribed in the Rx. Then the operator is prompted for amount of prism used (prism already used in lens). If prism used is equal to 0 Optifacts assumes the lab will block and de-center the lens blank to achieve the near prism. The billing Options lite up of ‘Press on Prism’ will override this charge regardless of the value of prism used.

(open): These fields are reserved for future use.

Specials 2

This page allows you to define prices for various add-on options. All of the prices on this page are added to the total cost of the Rx. Some of these options will price automatically based upon operator entries while other options will require the operator to highlight an option in the F2 Calculation Options menu in Order Entry.

SPCL SEPARATION

• This price is added to the invoice if the seg separation is not 13mm. A Misc. Blank Info window will display after filling in the Multi-focal Blank window prompting for the upper add value as well as the segment separation. Any segment separation value above or below 13mm will result in this charge being added to the invoice. The seg separation value is only used on double segment or quadrifocal jobs. In the example shown above there is a $35.00 add-on charge for this item.

SEG HGT LIMIT

• This field is not a price but an adjustable parameter for the laboratory to set. If there is to be an extra charge for multi-focal jobs at or above a certain seg height then this field is used to enter the value equal to the seg height limit at which to begin charging the value entered in the next field, SEG HGT ADD-ON.

SEG HGT ADD-ON

• This is a charge added to the invoice for multi-focal jobs when the seg height is at or above the value entered in SEG HGT LIMIT. In the example shown above there is an $8.00 charge for CRT Exec Rx’s when the seg height is at 25mm or higher.

SEG <= 24MM

• This price is added to the invoice when a segment width is equal to or less than 24mm. In the example above $15.00 is being added under the 2D25 column. Whenever a 2D22 (or any 2D with a seg width of 24mm or less) is calculated it will pick up the additional charge of $15.00 from this field.

25MM SEG

• This price is added to the invoice when a segment width is equal to 25mm. In the example above the price of $10.00 will be added to double round seg Rx’s if it is a 2R25.

28MM SEG

• This price is added to the invoice when a segment width is equal to 28mm. In the example above the price of $20.00 will be added to double round seg Rx’s if the style code is 2R28.

SEG > 28MM

• This price is added to the invoice when a segment width is greater than 28mm. In the example above $15.00 will be added is a double flat top has a seg greater than 28mm. A 2D35 lens would price at $15.00 more than a 2D28 Rx in the example.

ADDS < 1.00

• This price is added to the invoice when the add power is less than 1.00 diopter. In the example above there is a charge of $5.00 for add powers under 1.00 diopter.

ADDS > 3.00

• This price is added to the invoice when add powers are greater than 3.00 diopters. In the example above a there is a $7.00 charge for add powers over 3.00 diopters and less than 4.00 diopters.

ADDS > 4.00

• This price is added to the invoice when add powers are greater than 4.00 diopters. In the example above there is a charge for $25.00 for add powers over 4.00 diopters. This price in this row does NOT add to the row ‘ADDS > 3.00’.

Index Add-ons

This page is used for Add-on prices for different index materials. This page adds prices based upon the ACTUAL REFRACTIVE INDEX and not the commonly ‘rounded’ or ‘marketing’ references to index. An example of this is with plastic 1.60 index material or material code PU in Order Entry. The value 1.60 is ‘rounded’ or ‘marketing index. The actual refractive index is 1.597.

Printing a Material Database report (Optifacts menu 5-8) is very helpful when working with this page as it will list the actual refractive index along with the Order Entry material code and description for your reference.

The example above is from a plastic list. For SV $40.00 is being added for a 1.60 high index lens which is material code PU as entered in Order Entry. The actual refractive index of this lens is 1.597 so the entry needs to be placed in the INDEX < 1.60 row.

There is also an add-on charge of $80.00 for a 1.66 high index SV lens which is material code PX and has a refractive index of 1.660. This entry needs to be placed in the INDEX < 1.68 row.

Using this page is not mandatory. An alternative is to create a new list for different material codes and assign then via the Account Price List Assignments menu. In addition, if a new material code is created whose index falls into the same category as another material it may be easier to create override price lists for materials rather than using the Index Add-ons page.

For reference the following is a modified report to assist with determining where to place add-on prices for different materials.

Index Add-on Reference List

Tints

This page currently deals only with polarized lenses. Pricing for Manufacturer lens colors appears in the Lens Colors page. Pricing for lab added tints appears in the lite-ups section.

POLARIZD ADD ON

• This is a dollar amount to add to the invoice if the job is a polarized color. Over power charges and oversize charges are still valid with this add-on price. In the example above $30.00 is added to the base price for a polarized SV lens. (NOT a Plano Rx, refer to POL PLANO FIXED)

POLARIZD FIXED

• This is a FLAT charge for polarized product. Over power charges and oversize charges are no longer valid. The example above shows a flat price of $52.00 for a polarized D28 lens.

POL PLANO FIXED

• This is a FLAT charge for a polarized Plano Rx. The example shows a flat price of $18.00 for a SV lens with no prescription.

(open): This row(s) reserved for future use.

All the items on this page will be itemized under LENS on the invoice. The itemization category can be changed by pressing the letter ‘I’ while in this screen. For more information on changing itemizations refer to ‘Changing Itemizations’ section in this document.

Lens Colors

This page consists of add-on charges for lens colors. These charges are picked up through the lens color as entered in Oder Entry. 

All color codes that exist in the color database may be given a price on this page. Use the cursor movement keys to access all of the different colors and lens styles.

If pricing polarized product from page 13 Index Add-ons prices should NOT be put on this page (page 14) for polarized product. Doing so will result in prices being taken from both areas and invoiced. Price polarized product from page 13 or page 14 but never both on the same price list.

Lite-ups (Pricing Options)

This page opens another menu to the lite-ups (pricing options) options. After choosing page 15 from the menu the sub menu will display as shown above. Then choose one of these sub-menus to work in. The diagram shown has 16 columns of available lite-ups. You may see as little as 16 or as many as 48 depending on your lab  parameters.

All sub-menus are available for use and modifications. This document will cover only sub-menus 1 through 4)

Lite-up options can be added, deleted and modified via the Lite-ups Editor, and once created or edited, the changes can be seen and the prices entered through the price list editor on this page.

Note: Lite-up column names shown in the diagram above may vary by lab.

Examples:

Edging

All prices on this page are added to the invoice. Prices may be entered for various types of edging or finish related items. The description fields along the left column are printed just as they will display in Order Entry on the Pricing Options screen. All prices in this page are activated via lite-ups in column 1.

Note: Lite-up options shown in the following diagram may vary by lab.

Tints/Coats

All prices on this page are added to the invoice. Prices may be entered for various types of tinting or coating related items. The description fields along the left column are printed just as they will display in Order Entry on the Pricing Options screen. All prices in this page are activated via lite-ups in columns 2.

Note: Lite-up options shown in the following diagram may vary by lab.

Specials

All prices on this page are added to the invoice. Prices may be entered for various types of specials or special processing related items. The description fields along the left column are printed just as they will be in Order Entry in the Pricing Options screen. Most prices in this page are activated via lite-ups in column 3. Others will price based upon operator input throughout Order Entry.

Some of the items on this page will only affect their apparent lens style such as Trifocal 10x25 lens style. HARDEN LENS is only applicable to glass lenses.

Note: Lite-up options shown in the following diagram may vary by lab.

Billing

All prices on this page are added to the invoice. Prices may be entered for various types of specials or special processing related items. The description fields along the left column are printed just as they will display in Order Entry on the Pricing Options screen. All prices in this page are activated via lite-ups in column 4.

Note: Lite-up options shown in the following diagram may vary by lab.

Dr. Redo

Use this page to enter the percentage of discount that is to be applied to various itemization categories when the operator lights up DR REDO in the Pricing Options Screen. Any row item that is set to 0.00 will not apply any percentage discount.

The example above shows 15% discount on lens cost, 10% discount on any coatings and 25% discount on frame costs. No other discounts apply since the other entries contain a 0.00.

Balance Lens

This page allows you to enter a percentage of a lens cost to charge for balance lenses. The prices from this page are taken when the operator highlights BALANCE R or BALANCE L in the Pricing Options screen.

If 25% of the cost for ALL balance items is to be charged then the example above would work. Any row item that is left at 0.00 will not apply any percentage discount. If the balance discount percentage is to be applied only to the lens cost then only the BALANCE LENS row would be filled in.

Billing

This page contains special billing charges and flags that are used by the calculations module. An itemized description of each row item follows.

1/2 PAIR CHARGE

• Automatically added to the invoice if the job run is a half-pair Rx. This is a dollar amount to charge NOT a percentage.

UNCUT DEDUCT $

• Automatically deducted from the invoice if the job run is an Uncut Rx. It does not matter if you enter a value in positive or negative format. The absolute value will be deducted from the invoice. NOTE: If a price list is assigned in such a way that uncut jobs do not bill from the list then this row item become functionless.

NET BILL FLAG

• Setting this row to 1.00 will result in any invoice billing from this list to be posted to accounts receivable as a NET invoice. Leaving this row at the default setting of 0.00 will allow invoices being from this list to have discounts, if any, applied at statement run time.

REVERT LIMIT

• This row determines the invoice dollar limit at which to revert to another price list. The price list number to revert to is taken from the next row, REVERT PRC LIST.

REVERT PRC LIST

• This row determines which price list number to price from if the total invoice amount taken from the current price list exceeds the limit given in the row above, REVERT LIMIT. If doing package pricing, entering a negative value here will drop the package pricing and do pricing from the original price list. The Account/Material configuration contains an option for Pricing Revert which must be set to ‘Yes” in order to enable this feature.

MAX INVOICE OK

• This row determines the invoice limit at which the calculations module will error and print the message “INVOICE TOO HIGH. WILL NOT POST” on work tickets and invoices. By default or with an entry of 0.00 the calculations module will error at $499.00. Keep in mind that this value is a total invoice dollar amount. You will need to allow for half pair Rx’s thus entering $999.00 will result in a charge of $499.50 for a half pair Rx which exceeds the default entry for MAX INVOICE OK. NOTE: The value in this field can be adjusted to reflect higher priced items as in the example above.

OVRRIDE LST FLG

• This row determines if an override price list will override both the base list and add-on lists (set to 0.00 by default) or if the override list will just override the base list (set to 1.00).

INDUST. ADD-ON

• This value is added to the invoice if the job is run with the Industrial Flag (I) in the lens style code. A negative amount may be entered to deduct.

STOCK ADD-ON

• This value is added to the invoice if the job is run with the Stock Flag (ST) in the lens style code. A negative value may be entered to deduct.

0% PL DISCOUNT

• This field is utilized only on override or add-on price lists. By entering a value in this field any price taken from another list that has this field set to 0 will have this discount applied to it. The example above shows a value of 15.00 (15%). This is useful for accounts that have a set of special prices that are a set percentage lower than regular prices. Rather than creating an entire set of prices, one list could be created as an override for all materials and a discount amount placed in this field. This field also works well for accounts with a few special lens prices and the rest are discounted from the regular price list(s).

PRINT DISC FLAG

• This field works with the above field and determines when to print the discount amount on the invoice. Setting this field to 0 will never print the discount percentage, 1 will print the discount percentage for edged work only, 2 will print the discount percentage for uncut work only and 3 will print the discount percentage for all jobs. NOTE: The discount is always applied but by printing the percentage amount, the discount percentage applied can be seen by sub-totaling it on the invoice.

(open): Reserved for future use.

Copy Entire Price List

This option will allow you to copy an entire list to another price list number. If the destination list exists, only the prices are copied into that list, preserving the price list title and description of the destination list.

If the destination list exists, it MUST be the same type (Normal or Progressive) as the original list or you will not be allowed to make the copy.

If the destination list does not exist, then an exact copy is made, including the prices, price list title and description as well as the price list type. The program does display some information on the screen so you will know if the destination list exists before beginning the copy process. You are prompted to verify this option before it is made.

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 3 – Editor Utilities and press enter.

Type 4 – Pricing Database Editor and press enter.

Type 1 – Price Lists and press enter.

Type 2 - Copy Entire Price List and press enter.

• Enter the number of the price list to be copied from and press enter.
• Enter the price list number to copy to and press enter.

Is this Okay (y/n)?

• Type Y to continue.
• Type N and C to discard.

The copy will process and display a confirmation when complete.

• Press C to continue.

• Press escape to exit the screen.

Copy Partial Price List

This option is very similar to copying an entire price list, but it allows you to copy those sections you want rather than the whole list at one time.

If the destination list exists it must be of the same type (Normal or Progressive) and you can only copy like pages (I.e. You cannot copy lens colors page to a prism page).

If the destination list does not exist then the price list title and description will be copied into the destination list with the section to be copied. The program will display information on the source and destination lists before a copy is performed. You are prompted to verify this option before it is made.

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 3 – Editor Utilities and press enter.

Type 4 – Pricing Database Editor and press enter.

Type 1 – Price Lists and press enter.

Type 3 - Copy Partial Price List and press enter.

• Enter the number of the price list to be copied from and press enter.
• Enter the page number to copy from and press enter.
• Enter the price list number to copy to and press enter.
• Enter the page number to copy to and press enter.

Is this Okay (y/n)?

• Type Y to continue.
• Type N and C to discard.

The copy will process and display a confirmation when complete.

• Press C to continue.

• Press escape to exit the screen.

Delete Entire Price List

This option will permanently erase a price list specified by number. This will then free up that price list number to be used again.

You cannot delete a price list if it is being used in a price list assignment. You must first delete the assignment to the price list from the price lists assignment menu. You are prompted to verify this option before it is made.

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 3 – Editor Utilities and press enter.

Type 4 – Pricing Database Editor and press enter.

Type 1 – Price Lists and press enter.

Type 4 - Delete Entire Price List and press enter.

• Type the price list number to delete and press enter.

Is this Okay (y/n)?

• Type Y to continue.
• Type N and C to discard.

The delete request will process and display a confirmation when complete.

• Press C to continue.

• Press escape to exit the screen.

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