Technical reference manual
The options
Four options are available to handle discount information, offering various levels of flexibility and (to some degree) complexity.
- 1: Discount by agreement
- 2: Bilateral EDU-DEX feed
- 3: Discounts applied by EDU-DEX
- 4: Pre-calculated pricing
Please take your time and consider all options carefully. Explanations are available through the links and tabs above.
If anything on this page needs further clarification, don't hesitate to use the Feedback button at the top. We take your comments seriously and will respond within 24 hours.
Discount by agreement
Only the provider's public feed plays a role in this approach. Learning provider and data consumer (LMS or intermediary) agree on how discounts are being applied to the publicly available pricing information. No EDU-DEX functionality is used in this form of communication
Use this approach when
- The discount rules are simple and can easily be applied by the consumer of the public feed;
- Provider and data consumer have ample experience in this way of working.
Since this option does not imply any EDU-DEX involvement, it will not be covered further here.
If anything on this page needs further clarification, don't hesitate to use the Feedback button at the top. We take your comments seriously and will respond within 24 hours.
Bilateral EDU-DEX feed
A client specific feed in EDU-DEX format is transferred from supplier to data consumer. It will contain pre-calculated prices and possibly be filtered compared to the provider's public feed (if any).
Use this approach when
- The discount rules or filtering are too complex to be described using any other option;
- Provider and data consumer have ample experience in this way of working.
Since this option does not imply any EDU-DEX involvement, it will not be covered further here.
If anything on this page needs further clarification, don't hesitate to use the Feedback button at the top. We take your comments seriously and will respond within 24 hours.
Discounts applied by EDU-DEX
Apart from its public feed, the learning provider publishes discount information for all targeted data consumers in a closed, i.e. key protected context. The feeds involved are only available to the EDU-DEX service; no other parties should be able to access them.
Use this approach when
- The discount rules can be described in the clientDiscount format;
- The data consumer wishes to receive all information (both public and specific, and originating from all its providers), accessing one resource.
A detailed description of the steps involved is available on this page.
If anything on this page needs further clarification, don't hesitate to use the Feedback button at the top. We take your comments seriously and will respond within 24 hours.
Pre-calculated pricing
Apart from its public feed, the learning providers publishes program information specific for all targeted data consumers in a closed, i.e. key protected context. The feeds involved are only available to the EDU-DEX service; no other parties should be able to access them. The EDU-DEX service will send both publicly available information, plus data consumer specific program data with applied discounts, to each targeted data consumer.
Use this approach when
- The discount rules can not be described in the clientDiscount format;
- The data consumer wishes to receive all information (both public and specific, and originating from all its providers), accessing one resource.
A detailed description of the steps involved is available on this page.
If anything on this page needs further clarification, don't hesitate to use the Feedback button at the top. We take your comments seriously and will respond within 24 hours.
