Option 7.3. Substitute Orders in a Range
About this task
Order substitution lets you exchange one product's purchase order with another.
Substitution function blocks exchange one product item's associated order with another order. Substitution allows a “better” order to be selected for the product item currently under consideration. When making a substitution either:
- ONLY the item's order association will be swapped, or
- ALL item attributes and status bits will be swapped.
Substitute Attributes and Status | |
Substitute Order |
Order substitution requires an association between the Order items (tracked sales orders) and the Production item, i.e. physical part or completed assembly, that the order applies to. This association is made at the Item Type level.
To create an association between order items and the production item:
Procedure
Results
All attributes (system, standard and extended) of either item can be referenced within the program where ever the attributes of its associated item are available. The associated items attributes appear with an @ sign prefix.