Warnings in the Deal Composer

The Deal Composer warns you when the items' selling total approaches or exceeds the deal's value, or when the margin – overall or in a category – falls below the threshold.

The warnings appear at the top of the Deal Composer, in the Warnings strip, as soon as there is at least one item.

• Budget – the deal's Value field is taken as the target budget. A bar shows what share of it the items' selling total reaches: amber from 95%, red above 100%, when the message Deal exceeds the target budget. also appears. If the deal has no value, this check does not run.
• Overall margin – when the deal's total margin is below the threshold (default: 15%).
• Category margin – when the margin of a category's items is below the threshold; the warning names the category.

What can you do? Raise the markup, pick a cheaper supplier quote, or ask the AI for ideas with Optimize for Budget.