Pricing Operations Utilizing a Uniform Abstract Sales Transaction Model

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a memory to store data, including data for pricing operations;
• and
• a computing platform including a pricing service to perform pricing operations, wherein the pricing service is to:
• receive a pricing request for pricing of a set of one or more sales items, the pricing request including a sales transaction, the sales transaction being a data structure that includes an input parameter, the input parameter including input data,
• perform pricing for each sales item of the set of one or more sales items based on the sales transaction to generate a pricing output,
• generate an output parameter utilizing the input parameter, and inserting the pricing output into the output parameter, and
• generate a pricing response, the pricing response including the sales transaction with the output parameter, wherein the sales transaction data structure is unchanged by the pricing service.

A method comprising:

• receiving a pricing request for pricing of a set of one or more sales items from a client, the pricing request including a sales transaction, the sales transaction being a data structure that includes at least a sales header data structure, a sales line item data structure including the one or more sales items, and an input parameter, the input parameter including input data;
• directing the sales transaction to a pricing engine for pricing of the one or more sales items;
• performing pricing for each sales item of the set of one or more sales items based on the sales transaction to generate a pricing output;
• generating an output parameter utilizing the input parameter, and inserting the pricing output into the output parameter;
• and
• generating a pricing response, the pricing response including the sales transaction with the output parameter, wherein the sales transaction data structure is unchanged by the pricing engine.