Pricing Models
Each bundle picks one of three pricing models via the parent product’s
PricingModel__c field (or the configurator settings default). The
model decides how the parent total relates to the child line totals.
Standard
The parent has its own list price. Children persist with UnitPrice = $0 and TotalPrice = $0 — they’re present for configuration tracking
but carry no dollars. No magic — the bundle is essentially a
convenience wrapper around the parent product’s price.
When to use: “fixed-price bundle, options are decorative.” The parent always costs the same; the option choice doesn’t affect the total.
Roll-Up
The parent’s price is the sum of the child line totals, then divided by the parent quantity. Children carry the line totals; the parent shows the rolled-up unit price.
Worked example. Parent quantity = 1, children total $1,200 across three options. Parent unit price = $1,200. Parent quantity = 4, same children but each scaled by the effective-qty rule above producing $4,800 in child totals. Parent unit price = $4,800 / 4 = $1,200.
When to use: “bundle price is determined by what’s in it.” A customer’s hardware-and-services bundle where the rep picks options and the parent total reflects what was picked.
Itemized
Each child carries its own line total independently, and the parent shows a rolled-up total that equals the sum of children. The difference from Roll-Up: the children are the canonical lines, and the parent is a header. Itemized bundles show every option as its own row on the quote PDF.
When to use: “the customer cares about the line-by-line breakdown.” Multi-year subscription bundles, professional-services bundles where each line is invoiced separately, etc.
Related
- Bundle Math — Effective Quantity — how each child’s quantity is derived before the model runs.
- The Universal Invariant — the equation that holds across all three models.