Method Directive Logic

[jhecker (Jason Hecker)]

I have a Post-Processing BPM on SalesOrder.GetNewOrderRel that is quite simple:

It checks to see if ttOrderRel.RowMod = “A” and if it does, it sets ttOrderRel.EntryDate_c to today’s date.

That works fine when in the UI. I threw a textbox into the Order Entry > Releases > Detail tab that is bound to OrderRel.EntryDate_c, and it populates when I create a new release.

Is there a way to get that to trigger for releases that are created via EDI? I have ran a few EDI Imports and that field does not seem to be populating.

[knash (Ken Nash)]

I don’t think you need the condition check the GetNewOrderRel.

Action, set the added row. instead of changed row

[tsmith (Tyler Smith)]

EDI is probably not calling SalesOrder.GetNewOrderRel. You could run a client trace when you do the import, but it may be difficult to find exactly which methods are being called.

When I need logic to run no matter which methods get called, I use a Data Directive on the table. In this case I would create an In-Transaction data directive on OrderRel that checks if EntryDate_c is null (blank) and sets it to today’s date if it is. That way any OrderRel record that’s being saved will have the date filled in no matter where it comes from.

[gpayne (Greg Payne)]

You can try using DemandImportEntry.ImportEDIPostProcessingDemand like from the post below. I do a lot of EDI cleanup there, but I would just move it to a DD on OrderRel that checks for an added row. It will only fire on a new release regardless of where it came from.

EDI imports are creating blank DueDates in PartDtl

Since you are not using the BO and you are using the LINQ Method to directly update ReqDate, you are missing out of Epicor calling “AfterUpdate” which syncs PartDtl. I didnt mean like really change it but trigger a Fake Change. May I make a better recommendation. I am actually doing a similar project like you, but I placed my Logic inside: Erp.DemandImportEntry.ImportEDIPostProcessDemand This would happen after the Order Lines and Releases have been created, either from Demand WkBench or ED…

[jhecker (Jason Hecker)]

Data Directive was the way to go! Thank you!

EDIT: Changed the “the changed row” to “the added row”

[jhecker (Jason Hecker)]

I am trying to apply this same sort of BPM to the OrderDtl table, but it is throwing an error:

So I started from scratch on OrderDtl. The In-Transaction Data Directive on OrderDtl is this:

The conditional is:

The True/False Message Boxes are just that…they say either True or False.

How is the Conditional throwing a “Value cannot be null.” error?