--- schema_version: "1" id: 9ba7cdba22ac0e195d9831113718562d9a6089dbfce3f7a0f3f5a15299ad7a92 title: Define Costs in the Pricing Designer collection: admin version: current locale: en-us portal_url: https://docs.salesforce.com/admin/current/en-us/ind/264-0-0/comms_define_costs_in_the_pricing_designer.md canonical_url: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.comms_define_costs_in_the_pricing_designer.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 source_site: help.salesforce.com content_type: documentation content_hash: 1d575d4a665eb770608744c1875bbd8dccc402ae5a30536cd7fc87ff0919746a description: Similar to the way you define a price for a product, you can define costs for a product. Adjustments and overrides do not apply to costs. products: - Communications - Media - Energy and Utilities release: "264" --- # Define Costs in the Pricing Designer Similar to the way you define a price for a product, you can define costs for a product. Adjustments and overrides do not apply to costs. Before You Begin Before you configure costs, you must define pricing elements for the costs first. See [Creating a Pricing Element for Costs](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=ind.comms_create_a_pricing_element_for_costs_in_the_pricing_designer.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "A pricing element is the base element of a Price List. It can indicate a charge, cost, or adjustment to apply to a Product, Bundle, or Promotion. It consists of a pricing variable that identifies a one-time or recurring charge and a value for different currencies or loyalty points."). The base price and virtual price fields do not apply to costs and are ignored at runtime. 1. From the App Launcher, click Vlocity Pricing Designer. 2. Click Price Lists from the navigation menu. ![Price Lists highlighted in the navigation menu for the Pricing Designer](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-ind-comms_media_energy_managed-264-0-0-production-enus/ff4079f6-a384-475c-b863-578bbbb0ef9b/resources-product/images/vpd_navmenu.png) 3. Click a price list from the **Price List Name** column. 4. Click the Costs tab. 5. Click the New Cost button. 6. Enter the following information in the **New Cost** panel. Fields marked with an asterisk are required.

Field	Dedscription
General Properties
Product	Search for the product to which the new cost applies.
Display Name	Type a display name for the product.
Effective Date
Effective From	Enter the Effective From date and time for the cost. This is the date the cost becomes active. If you don't enter a date, the current date is set as the Effective Start Date. This field must have a set date.
Effective To	Enter the Effective To date and time for the cost. This is optional. If you choose an effective to date, the cost doesn't apply after that date. The end date can be empty, or you can select a date. The Effective To must be greater than or equal to Effective From.
Active	Mark the costs as Active so it can be evaluated by the pricing service.
Pricing Details
Charge Type	Select a charge type: Recurring: If selected, set the Recurring Frequency. One-time Usage: If selected, set the usage unit of measure (Usage UOM).
Amount	Enter a numerical value.
Currency	The default currency is set to USD.
Recurring Frequency	Appears if you choose the recurring charge type. Select the frequency to find pricing variables that match the frequency to associate with the pricing element. Indicates the frequency of the recurring charge. The options are Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly.

7. Click Done.