Sales Order Processing Implications

Update Sales Order Headers

If you amend a sales order header that has one or more of its details linked to purchase orders (whether the purchase orders have been raised yet or not) then you are warned that you cannot change the Credit Order status flag on this order

Change Sales Order Status

If you change the sales order status of an order that has one or more of its details linked to purchase orders, then it next wants to change the status on its order details.First, however, you are warned

The issue here is that changing the status of a sales order will not do anything about the purchase order status flag, nor to any purchase orders already raised against this sales order.

Delete Sales Orders

If you try to delete a sales order that has one or more details linked to purchase orders, then again you are warned. If you elect to proceed, then the sales order and its details are deleted, but no changes are made to any linked purchase orders.

Change Sales Order Details

There are no implications to changing a sales order detail if the purchase order has yet to be generated.You can switch the ‘Purchase?’between Y and N as often as you like.

Once you’ve generated the purchase order and the purchase order status flag is set at P, then you are warned

You can still proceed .However, you are prevented from changing the stock code, order quantity and ‘Purchase?’ flag (although you can use <F7-Option on the warning message to override this). No changes that you may make to other fields are updated into the associated purchase order detail.

Once you’ve received the full quantity ordered, and the purchase order status is set to D, you can still make further changes to the sales order detail line, excepting that you are prevented from changing the Purchase? flag.

Delete Sales Order Detail

If you try to delete a sales order detail that has a purchase order status of P, then you are warned that it is linked to a purchase order. When you press <Enter> to return to the order details menu bar or sub-menu (Again <F7-Option is available to override this restriction). If the purchase order status flag has any other value, then you can delete the order line.