Order entry

Epicor ERP 10
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Hi,

I’m just wondering if someone can help me understand what the “ready to process” and “ready to fulfill” checkboxes in the order entry screen does.

I was under the impression that demand or unfirmed jobs will not be created unless those boxes are checked. But that does not appear to be the case.

Thank you.

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Hi Metesh,

Explanation Below:

Ready To Process

Indicates when you both want to update all cost and tax amounts on the current sales order and then send the updated tax amounts to the Avalara® AvaTax® website. When you select this check box, you launch several dynamic calculations; only select this check box when you are ready to complete the sales order. You typically will have better order entry performance when this check box is clear, as this prevents the additional processing and Internet data transfer from placing demands against your network resources.

The following describes what calculations are run when this check box is selected and the sales order is saved:

  • If the record contains updated sales tax amounts, the entire order is recalculated line by line. When the calculations finish processing a line, the program automatically launches TaxConnect, uploading the sales tax amount due on this line to the Avalara AvaTax website. The calculations are then run against the next detail line, and the process continues against all of the detail lines on the sales order. When this process is complete, the entire sales order is updated with current quantities, sales order amounts, and sales tax amounts.
  • If the record is a transfer sales order, selecting this check box causes data from the sales order header record to be recalculated and recorded within the intermediate sales order header (IMOrderHed) table. The sales order header information is then available in all of the companies linked to the transfer sales order. Likewise, when you clear the Ready to Process checkbox, the intermediate header table is updated again to ensure the transfer order data is accurate.
  • The Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance process is initiated. The process moves through all of the sales order releases to check for RoHS compliance. As long as the Ready to Process check box remains selected, the RoHS compliance process runs every time an order line detail or order release is changed.
  • The process updates the BookOrd, BookDtl, and BookRel tables. All sales order detail lines (OrderDtl table) are evaluated by the process to determine whether a BookDtl record needs to be recalculated; if no changes were made, the detail line is ignored. This process is also the same on sales order releases (OrderRel table); if no changes were made, the release line is ignored. These changes are based on the last calculated BookDtl or BookRel record.

Tip: This check box can be automatically selected by default through the Company Configuration program. You define this option on the Orders Configuration sheet. To learn how to do this, review the Company Configuration>Orders Configuration topic. Likewise, to use Tax Connect, you first need to define some parameters within Company Configuration on the Tax Interface sheet; review the Company Configuration>Tax Interface topic. For an overview of the Tax Connect functionality, review the Epicor Tax Connect topic.

Under some conditions, certain calculations automatically run even if the Ready to Process check box is not selected:

  • If a sales order detail line or release was deleted, this change is automatically recorded within the BookDtl or BookRel table.
  • If an order detail or release is closed or reopened, this change is automatically calculated and recorded.
  • If another process, like demand processing, needs to update sales order amounts, the Epicor application will automatically recalculate these amounts on the OrderDtl and OrderRel tables

Ready to Fulfill

Indicates that the releases in the sales order are ready to be fulfilled. When you select all releases as Ready to Fulfill , all release items for the order appear in the Fulfillment Workbench where you can allocate or reserve material required to fulfill each release in the order. By default, the Ready to Fulfill check box value in the parent order applies to all releases in the order but you can override the Ready to Fulfill check box value for an individual release on the Release > Detail and Release > List sheets. You can also choose not to update sales order releases when you update the value on the Ready to Fulfill check box on the parent order. If a sales order release is not selected as Ready to Fulfill , the release items do not appear in the Fulfillment Workbench .

Indicates that the releases in the sales order are ready to be fulfilled. This is the default value for the Ready to Fulfill check box located on the Release > Detail and Release > List sheets but you can override the default on individual release. When you select an order release as Ready to Fulfill , the release items load into the Fulfillment Workbench where you can allocate or reserve material required to fulfill the release. If a sales order release is not selected as Ready to Fulfill , the release items do not appear in the Fulfillment Workbench .

You can use this check box to update the values for all sales order releases. When you change this value and have existing releases, a prompt appears that asks you if you want to refresh the value for all releases.

  • If you click Yes , the Ready to Fulfill check box value for all releases updates with the value in the parent sales order. If you select the Ready to Fulfill check box in the parent order and update all releases, all release items for the order appear in the Fulfillment Workbench . If you clear the Ready to Fulfill check box in the parent order and update all releases, no release items for the order appear in the Fulfillment Workbench .
  • If you click No , the Ready to Fulfill check box value for all releases does not change. Only release items with a selected Ready to Fulfill check box on the release appear in the Fulfillment Workbench . If the Ready to Fulfill check box for the release is clear, the release items for that release do not appear in the Fulfillment Workbench .

Note: The check box value defaults from the Ready to Fulfill check box located on the Company Configuration > Modules > Sales > Order sheet.

Note: This field is available on if you use the Advanced Material Management module. If you do not use this module, this field appears disabled.

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Thanks Ben. This is helpful.

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Just going to point something out here and I hope it is not taken the wrong way.

@Burnsb1990 info is from the Help. All you need to do is press F1 when you are on the Order entry form and Click on the links to the corresponding tabs. There is an absolute wealth of information in the help, more than a lot of people realize.

Finally I’m going to point people at. It’s in the notices in the top of the post as well.

Tips for asking question on the forum.

As a polite reminder.

Cheers and Nice to see people like @Burnsb1990 taking the time to respond.

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For five years, this has been the only thing we have been able to see when we press F1.

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@DWright
5 Years wow!

As the error mentions have the three errors in the message been investigated?

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Yes. I know. Yes. They have.

I’ve been told that it has something to do with needing to update our servers and all.

I don’t know and I’ve given up asking.

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Pop this url into the Epicor help url field in company maintenance: https://help.epicor.com/102300

See if that works. Epicor moved to Azure hosted help so you do not need to install help on your app server anymore.

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You can also set for your install in syconfig.

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