Help - MCPS Product

The "View MCPS Product" and "Edit MCPS Product" views are accessed from the "UK License" tab when viewing an album. Both the view and edit modes provide details surrounding all variables used for MCPS reporting.

"Album" section:

The "Album" section of the MCPS Product page contains information that is associated with the selected product. All product information in this section is pulled from the Product Page which is accessed and configured through the "Main" tab of an album.

"MCPS Data" section:

Product Type

- Notes which product is being viewed or edited for associated MCPS data.

Product ID

- Notes the associated product ID for the MCPS product being viewed or edited. The Product ID variable is pulled from the "Product" page which is accessed and configured through the "Main" tab of an album. If the Product ID is incorrect it can be edited by accessing the "Main" tab and then updating the product information in the "Products" section.

MCPS ID

- Notes the MCPS ID for the products associated MCPS data. The MCPS ID variable is configured in the edit mode of the MCPS product page. The MCPS ID is reported on MCPS related statements.

Product Status

- Notes the status of the product. The Status variable is pulled from the "Product" page which is accessed and configured through the "Main" tab of an album. If the Status is incorrect it can be edited by accessing the "Main" tab and then updating the product information in the "Products" section. Note that a product can either be active or inactive in the system. Inactive products will not be reported on any royalty statements.

Release Date

- Notes the associated release date for the MCPS product being viewed or edited. The release date variable is pulled from the "Product" page which is accessed and configured through the "Main" tab of an album. If the release date is incorrect it can be edited by accessing the "Main" tab and then updating the product information in the "Products" section.

Current Default Price

- Notes the default price setting for the MCPS product being viewed or edited. The default price variable is pulled from the "Product" page which is accessed and configured through the "Main" tab of an album. The default price tier is used for sales that are imported into the system without a price tier being defined. If a price tier is included in the imported sales file, the default price tier is ignored. If the current default price is incorrect it can be edited by accessing the "Main" tab and then updating the product information in the "Products" section.

Note: Price tiers are not used if the system is configured for MCPS reporting by "Sales Document Pricing" which is configured in the MCPS section of the Admin tab.

Payor

- Note: Price tiers are not used if the system is configured for MCPS reporting by "Sales Document Pricing" which is configured in the MCPS section of the Admin tab.

Supplier Code

- Notes the MCPS supplier code that is reported to MCPS for the assigned payor. The supplier code variable is pulled from the Payor page which is accessed and configured through the "Manage payor" section of the "Admin" tab. The Payor Supplier Code is reported on all statements generated for MCPS reporting.

TV Advertised

- Sets the associated product as being TV advertised. The TV advertised setting directly affects retention rates as noted in the MCPS retention rates section of the "Manage MCPS" section of the "Admin" tab. Products that are TV advertised would set this variable to "Yes."

Initial Periods Completed

- Determines what the system considers to be the starting period for the first MCPS reporting run. Selectable from 0 to 5+.

• 0 means that the system will start from scratch with no retentions periods having occurred in the past for this product.
• 1 means that the first retention period has been held.
• 4 means that all four retention periods have been held and in the next reporting run all retentions will be released.
• 5+ means that all retention and liquidations periods have been completed with no further retention or liquidation activities taking place.

Note: The Periods Completed variable can only be edited before the first MCPS reporting run for the associated product. After the first run is committed the variable can only be viewed.

Historical Retentions

- Area where historical retention unit numbers and associated price tier can be entered into the historical retentions table. The number of available historical periods to be filled in is configured by the "Initial Periods Completed" variable noted above.

Note: The historical retentions table can be edited until retentions are released, which occurs in period five. Once the associated royalty run where retentions are released has been committed the table will become view only.

Retentions Overview

- The Retentions Overview section is only seen in the view mode of the MCPS Products page and reports the current status of retentions for the product license being viewed. The table notes the current retention period as well as historical retentions held. Note that the current retention period is incremented and new retentions reported only after a royalty run has been committed.