Dynamic user applications for CPQ?

Dynamic user applications for CPQ?

Hi, I've been enjoying getting to know CPQ, the Product Configurator and Price Rules components have been very useful, albeit with some issues.

I have noticed that I don't have the power to decide which level of sales staff has permissions when it comes to overriding price rules (for example).
Our junior sales staff should never be able to override something like the volume discount price within the Quotes module in CRM, so I would like the price rules to trigger on Create AND Edit for these roles. However, our senior sales staff have the authority to override some of these bulk discount prices when need be; I'm unable to set Price Rules up to cater for both realities leaving my junior sales team with the capacity to override prices on editing as quote in order to accommodate for senior sales' needs.

Is there any way to introduce a feature that allows me to specify to what degree a rule activates and for which roles? I would assume it would be functionally similar to the Canvas feature that allows me to decide which profiles are viewing which Canvas layout.

Happy to provide more information 

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