# Price groups ("the old way")

Price groups offer a basic way of linking job fees to job types. The logic is quite simple:

- For relevant Job types and Units, you specify a fee 
    - See screenshot below
- The fee is then automatically calculated based on, for example, the running time of the part

[![2022-03-07 18_13_29-Edit fees -- Plint.png](https://docs.plint.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-06/scaled-1680-/2022-03-07-18-13-29-edit-fees-plint.png)](https://docs.plint.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-06/2022-03-07-18-13-29-edit-fees-plint.png)

#### How to use

- Create a Price group (under Tools & Data / Price groups) 
    - This is the unchanging unit which you can connect to users
- Add at least one price list to the price group 
    - By using price groups, you can update the fees over time and specify a point in time when the new fees are used.
    - The jobs, as a consequence, need a Delivery date in order for the fee to be calculated
- Attach Price groups to users/people 
    - Here, as well, you can specify a date. These dates allow you to swap price groups for users over time without affecting the fees of old jobs.
- Specify that the jobs should use this form of calculation 
    - This is done on the "Job fee" tab, under Price list calculation: 
        - "Use project data" will combine project data such as the number of units for the part with a price group
        - "Use specifications" will let you specify, for example, a different number of units, but still make use of a price group. 
            - Example: the running time of the part is 100 minutes, but the freelancer only translated half of it.

#### Limitations

- A price group only supports a single currency
- Exceptions cannot be made for different target languages
- Prices remain dynamic even after jobs are accepted or grabbed
- All of these issues are addressed by using a [Resource matrix](https://docs.plint.com/books/plint-end-user-documentation/page/calculating-job-fees-with-a-resource-matrix) instead.