Having the customer's Executive sponsors participate in the kickoff of a Revenue Cloud implementation is crucial for several reasons:
* A. To endorse project plan and timelines of the transformation efforts: Executive sponsorship is essential for endorsing and supporting the project plan and timelines. Their backing ensures that the project aligns with broader organizational goals and gets the necessary resources and attention.
* C. To assure project objectives are being met: Executive sponsors help in assuring that the project objectives align with the business's strategic goals. Their presence in the kickoff meeting reinforces the importance of these objectives and ensures they are clearly communicated and understood by all stakeholders.
* E. To provide finality in escalations paths: Involving executive sponsors in the kickoff provides a clear escalation path for addressing issues that might arise during the implementation. This setup helps in resolving conflicts or challenges swiftly, ensuring the project stays on track.
Executive involvement from the beginning underscores the strategic importance of the project, facilitates alignment on expectations and resources, and establishes a clear governance structure.

Salesforce Revenue Cloud, part of the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform, unites Configure, Price, and Quote (CPQ), Billing, Partner Relationship Management, and B2B Commerce functionality1. It aims to help businesses better manage their revenue streams, enhance forecasting capabilities, improve efficiencies, and accelerate growth across all sales channels1.
In the context of the user story, the company wants toreward loyal customers by including previously purchased quantities in pricing calculations on the quote. This can be achieved by using discount schedules with cross orders checked2.
Discount schedules in Salesforce Revenue Cloud allow businesses to implement dynamic pricingstrategies with rules that trigger changes when specified products are on a quote2. By checking cross orders,the system can consider the quantities of a product that a customer has purchased across multiple orders when applying bulk discounts2. This way, the more a customer purchases over time, the greater the discounts they can receive, thereby rewarding their loyalty2.
References
Salesforce Revenue Cloud
Understanding Salesforce Revenue Cloud

The matching ID field is used to link usage records to usage summaries based on a common identifier. This field is especially useful when there are amendments to the order products, as it allows usage records to be uploaded to the correct usage summary without having to change the order product ID or the usage summary ID. The matching ID field can be used as an external ID to simplify usage uploads after amendments, as it can be populated by a workflow rule or a formula based on certain criteria. 12 References:
* Usage Summary and Usage Fields - Salesforce
* Differences between the 'External ID' field and the 'Unique ID' field setting - Salesforce

When implementingSalesforce Revenue Cloud for a business unit that already uses a legacy CPQ system, the following considerations should be taken:
AMap legacy CPQ system capabilities to ensure there is no loss of logic from the older system: It's important to understand the capabilities of the legacy CPQ system and map these to the new system to ensurethat there is no loss of functionality or business logic12.
B: Transform the customer's business processes, capture new requirements for the new Revenue Cloud technology: Implementing a new system like Revenue Cloud often requires a transformation of existing business processes. It's crucial to capture new requirements that align with the capabilities of Revenue Cloud13.
D: Customize Revenue Cloud's user interface so the customer experiences no major interruption to the new system: To ensure a smooth transition, it can be beneficial to customize the user interface of Revenue Cloud to match the look and feel of the legacy system. This can help minimize disruption for end users14.
References
Salesforce Introduces Revenue Cloud to Help Businesses Accelerate Revenue Growth Across Any Channel - Salesforce Sales Salesforce Revenue Cloud: A Guide | BillingPlatform CRM Implementation Considerations- Salesforce The Ultimate Guide to Salesforce CRM and CPQ Integration Oracle CPQ Cloud and Salesforce.com Integration

Salesforce Revenue Cloud, which includes CPQ (Configure, Price, Quote), allows businesses to automate the entire process from product to cash1. This includes the creation of quotes2. However, for a user to create a quote, they must have the proper access to the quote object3. If a user does not have the proper access to the quote object, they would encounter errors when trying to create a quote3. Therefore, the issue that users are reporting could be caused by the lack ofproper access to the quote object. References Salesforce Revenue Cloud Salesforce CPQ User Permissions and Access