Combo

A combo is a subscription that contains multiple publications or multiple delivery methods and uses a single rate. For example, a newspaper may want to combine a 6-day publication (Mon-Sat) with a Sunday-only publication to create a multiple-product subscription. Another example would be a bundled package that includes a print publication and an online publication. In both cases, a single bill is created for the subscription, and payments are allocated among the different publications.

This option is used to define the combinations that will be offered as subscriptions. See Circulation FAQ #116 for more information on combos.

To set up combos:

1. Select Combo from the Business menu to display the Combo setup window.

   
2. In the Combo panel, click the Add Combo button and complete the following fields.

   Field	Type	What to enter
   COMBO	open (8)	Enter an ID for this combination of products/delivery methods. Note: A combo ID cannot match a product ID.
   START DATE END DATE	date	Enter the date range within which this combo can be used.
   DESCRIPTION	open (30)	Enter a description for this combo.
   MUST STOP TOGETHER	yes/no	Indicate if subscriptions in this combo should always temp stop and perm stop together.
   DEFAULT ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS	yes/no	Indicate if this combo should default during the entry of temp stop/perm stop and restart transactions. This checkbox will be selected automatically if MUST STOP TOGETHER is selected.
   SHOW ON WEB	yes/no	Indicate if this combo should be displayed in iServices.
   ENTER ON WEB	yes/no	Indicate if this combo can be selected when entering transactions in iServices.
   WEB DEFAULT	yes/no	Indicate if this combo should default when entering transactions in iServices.
   WEB DESCRIPTION	open (30)	Enter a description for this combo that will be displayed in iServices (if SHOW ON WEB is selected).
   WEB DISPLAY ORDER	integer (3)	Enter the order in which this combo should be displayed in iServices (e.g., 10, 20, etc.)

3. Click OK.

4. In the Combo Product Mix panel, click the Add Combo Product Mix button and complete the following fields.

   Field	Type	What to enter
   PRODUCT	setup	Select a product to add to the combo.
   DELIVERY METHOD	predefined	Select the delivery method of the product (route, mail, or online).
   DELIVERY SCHEDULE	setup	Select the delivery schedule for this product.
   EDITION	setup	The field opens only if the delivery method is “Online”—for other delivery methods, Edition is set to “*”. A specific edition may be defined for an online delivery method when setting up combos. This allows multiple online editions of a product to be defined for the same combo, as long as the delivery schedules are different. Note: Label Group Publication is used to determine the publication for an online edition used with a combo. So in order to be valid for this field, an edition must only have one active Label Group Publication record defined with Is Online set to “y.”
   OVERRIDE TAX PRODUCT	setup	If this product should be taxed based on Tax Authority Publication setup for a different product, select that product here. For example, if your state does not require you to tax online subscriptions, but does require tax on online portions of a combo subscription, you would set the online component up to use the print component for taxing. If no override product is specified, the component will be taxed based on its own taxing setup. In order to select a publication as a Tax Override Product, the publication must be a component in the combo.
   OVERRIDE TAX DISTRIB METHOD	predefined	If an override product is specified in the field above, an override distribution method (carrier, motor, etc.) must also be selected here. This allows the correct Tax Authority Publication setup to be matched.
   PRIMARY	yes/no	Indicate if this product is the primary product. Only one of a combo’s products can be the primary, which is used to determine taxes, which billing run will bill the subscriber, and which subscription receives leftover money that cannot buy a full day of the combo.
   REQUIRE AAM RESTATING	yes/no	The Require AAM Restating checkbox should be selected if: • This component of the combo is considered the “paid” product for AAM purposes, regardless of the delivery method. This is how Circulation identifies the paid product. • The delivery method is “online” and the product does not meet AAM’s incremental pricing standard. This digital product will be subject to AAM’s access-interval standards and should be considered when running the Restate AAM History report.
   PRIMARY DIGITAL	yes/no	Check Primary Digital if the combo has multiple digital editions, and AAM draw should be stored under this edition. This field opens only for digital editions in combos where all digital components are for the same product. Only one edition may be flagged as the primary digital within a combo. Note: This setting only pertains if the subscriber’s rate code has a Digital Restate Type of “One Digital” and a Digital Draw Type of “Best Digital Only”.

5. Click OK to add the product to the combo.

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for additional products in the combo.

Note: Once combos are set up, you can move existing subscriptions to the combo using the Comboizer tool. Also note that once a rate code is set up for a combo, you will no longer be able to add, modify or delete the combo setup.