Commitments and Allocations Inquiry
The Commitments and Allocations inquiry displays details of lots that have been allocated or are committed on other unposted Sales and Inventory transactions. This represents the details of the summarized Allocation and Commitment values in the Item and Lot Balance Inquiries. This inquiry can be accessed from the Inquiries page or from the Item Balances Inquiry and Lot Balances Inquiry List Views by selecting a one or more line item(s) and clicking "View Commitments and Allocations" toolbar icon.
The grid also contains columns for each Attribute that is set up for the 'Items' attribute type. Because these are user defined, they are not included in the default view but can be added a saved column layout. Item attributes are not included in the help documentation.
Software Version: 2024.04.12 and newer
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Search Options | Description |
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Auto Hide Filters | A non-required text box that defaults as checked and is used to determine if the Search Options should be hidden when the Inquiry runs or is refreshed.
Users can only change the default value of this setting with a custom search in the "Saved Searches" lookup. If you change the default setting but do not save it in a custom search, it will only remain this way while the page is opened. Refer to this FAQ for advanced search options. |
Auto Refresh on Open | A non-required text box that defaults as checked and is used to determine if the inquiry opens with or without data in the grid.
Users can only change the default value of this setting with a custom search in the "Saved Searches" lookup. Refer to this FAQ for advanced search options. |
Item | Identifies the Item, displayed as Item ID: Item Description. This is a multi-select standard lookup that is required to return results. It defaults as blank. Item IDs are the unique identifier for Items. The lookup contains a list of all Items in the Items master file. |
Site | Used to select one or more Sites. This is a multi-select standard lookup that is required to return results. It defaults as blank. Sites represent Plants, Warehouses, Distribution Centers, or virtual objects that are used to store and/or maintain perpetual inventory balances. The lookup contains a list of all active Sites. |
Saved Searches | Displays the saved searches lookup and related icons. This tool allows users to select previously saved search options, create a new set of search options, save changes to existing search options, forget/delete saved search options and/or assign a saved search option as the default for the page. Once changes are made to the search options, the user can click the Save Options icon and save the changes. Saving search options will also save the preferences for 'Auto Refresh on Open' and 'Auto Hide Filters'. The new search option can also be set as the default. Default searches can be removed by clicking the 'Set as Default' button again when the current default search is selected. Refer to this FAQ for advanced search options. |
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Column Filter Show/Hide | Toggles between displaying and hiding a filter row in the grid under the column headers. The filter row will be displayed by default if the Quick Column Filter is also implemented in the page. When enabled, this will allow users to type in text to filter by a specific column. |
Excel | Exports the contents of the grid to an Excel file that will automatically download. The contents that export are those that are visible to the user. Therefore, if the user has filtered the view, or excluded columns, only the contents in the grid will be exported. |
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Help | Opens the online WIKI help page for the current page. |
More Actions | Displays a drop down menu of related actions. The list of options includes:
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Quick Column Filter | Used to filter across all columns in the grid. When the user types text into the Quick Column Filter text box, the grid's Filter Row will be automatically hidden. The text in the Quick Column Filter text box automatically replaces any existing Filter Row filters. The results of the data immediately refresh as you enter text. |
Refresh | Re-queries the contents of the grid/page based on the Search Options or the default values for grids that do not support Search Options. This ONLY re-queries the contents of columns that are currently visible, if you add a new column the contents will be empty until you click 'Refresh' again. |
Saved Layouts | Displays the column layout lookup and related icons. This tool allows users to select a previously saved layout, create a new layout, save changes to a layout, forget/delete a layout and/or assign a saved layout as the default for the page. Once changes are made to the layout, such as columns are added or removed, the user can click the Save Layout icon and save the changes to the column layout. The visibility of the Filter Row is also saved with a saved layout. The new layout can also be set as the default. This is useful for creating specific views to separate master files or transaction types (i.e. Invoice specific vs. Credit Memo specific). Default layouts can be removed by clicking the 'Set as Default' button again when the current default layout is selected. Please note that existing saved grid layouts will display the Filter Row as hidden by default. |
Search Options | Toggles between displaying and hiding the Search Options portion of the page. |
Fields | Description |
Checkbox | Used to select one or more records to perform an action, such as Mass Update, More Actions, or Delete. |
Allocated (+) | Displays the allocated quantity to be added to the Available balance for an Inventory Lot or Item. The Allocated (+) balance is the quantity, that has been allocated, on an open transaction containing incoming product. The Allocated (+) balance increases the Available balance. Unlike Committed (+) which represents "requested" balances, Allocated (+) represents "assigned" balances. For example, a Customer may order 15 Cases and only be shipped 10. The 10 Cases would signify what was actually shipped. The Allocated (+) balance is comprised of:
Note: each of the Inventory Transactions can be conditionally included/excluded from the Allocated balances based on the "Include open ### transactions in Available balances" Inventory Preference. If the preference are set to "Yes", they will be included in Allocated balances and used to update the Available balances, if they are set to "No", they will not be included in Allocated so they will not update Available balances. Additionally, for Production Order Outputs, these can be conditionally included/excluded from the Allocated balances based on the "First status to include Production Order Outputs in Available balances" Inventory Preference. If the transaction is set to a status equal to or greater than the Preference value, and is not in a status of Closed and not set to "Do Not Include", it will be included in Allocated balances and used to update the Available balances, otherwise if the status is set to a value less than the Preference value, it will not be included in Allocated so they will not update Available balances. Database Fields: ERPx_IMTransactionDetail.EffectOnInventoryUnits or ERPx_IMTransactionDetail.EffectOnInventoryWeight |
Allocated (-) | Displays the allocated quantity to be subtracted from the Available balance for an Inventory Lot or Item. The Allocated (-) balance is the quantity, that has been allocated, on an open transaction containing outgoing product. The Allocated (-) balance reduces the Available balance. Unlike Committed (-) which represents "requested" demand on product, Allocated (-) represents the quantity that has been "assigned" and has/will ship. For example, if a Customer orders 15 cases and only 10 are allocated, the Available balance will be reduced by 15 made up of Allocated (-) of 10 cases and Committed (-) of 5 cases. The Allocated (-) balance is comprised of:
Note: Each of the Inventory Transactions can be conditionally included/excluded from the Allocated balances based on the "Include open ### transactions in Available balances" Inventory Preference. If the preference are set to "Yes", they will be included in Allocated balances and used to update the Available balances, if they are set to "No", they will not be included in Allocated so they will not update Available balances. Additionally, for Production Order Inputs, these can be conditionally included/excluded from the Allocated balances based on the "First status to include Production Order Inputs in Available balances" Inventory Preference. If the transaction is set to a status equal to or greater than the Preference value, and is not in a status of Closed and not set to "Do Not Include", it will be included in Allocated balances and used to update the Available balances, otherwise if the status is set to a value less than the Preference value, it will not be included in Allocated so they will not update Available balances. Database Fields: ERPx_IMTransactionDetail.EffectOnInventoryUnits or ERPx_IMTransactionDetail.EffectOnInventoryWeight |
Committed (+) | Displays the requested quantity to be added to the Available balance for an Inventory Lot or Item. The Committed (+) balance is the ordered (requested) quantity, that has not yet been allocated, on an open transaction containing incoming product. The Committed (+) balance increases the Available balance. The Committed (+) balance is comprised of:
Note: Each of the Inventory Transactions can be conditionally included/excluded from the Committed balances based on the "Include open ### transactions in Available balances" Inventory Preference. If the preference are set to "Yes", they will be included in Committed balances and used to update the Available balances, if they are set to "No", they will not be included in Committed so they will not update Available balances. Additionally, for Production Order Outputs and unreceived Purchase Order quantities, these can be conditionally included/excluded from the Committed balances based on the "First status to include ##### in Available balances" Inventory Preferences. If the transaction is set to a status equal to or greater than the Preference value, and is not in a status of Closed and not set to "Do Not Include", they will be included in Committed balances and used to update the Available balances, otherwise if the status is set to a value less than the Preference value, they will not be included in Committed so they will not update Available balances. Database Fields: ERPx_IMTransactionDetail.EffectOnInventoryUnits or ERPx_IMTransactionDetail.EffectOnInventoryWeight |
Committed (-) | Displays the requested quantity to be subtracted from the Available balance for an Inventory Lot or Item. The Committed (-) balance is the ordered (requested) quantity, that has not yet been allocated, on an open transaction containing outgoing product. The Committed (-) balance reduces the Available balance. The Committed (-) balance is comprised of:
Note: Each Inventory Transaction can be conditionally included/excluded from the Committed balances based on the "Include open ### transactions in Available balances" Inventory Preference. If the preference are set to "Yes", they will be included in Committed balances and used to update the Available balances, if they are set to "No", they will not be included in Committed so they will not update Available balances. Additionally, for Production Order Inputs, these can be conditionally included/excluded from the Committed balances based on the "First status to include Production Order Inputs in Available balances" Inventory Preference. If the transaction is set to a status equal to or greater than the Preference value, and is not in a status of Closed and not set to "Do Not Include", it will be included in Committed balances and used to update the Available balances, otherwise if the status is set to a value less than the Preference value, it will not be included in Committed so they will not update Available balances. Database Fields: ERPx_IMTransactionDetail.EffectOnInventoryUnits or ERPx_IMTransactionDetail.EffectOnInventoryWeight |
Customer Name | Identifies the name of the Customer record or for the Customer assigned to a transaction. Identifies the name of the customer assigned to the sales transaction. This field comes from the 'Customer Name' property on the Properties tab of the Customer record view. Note: This is only displayed for Transaction Types 'Order' and 'Return'. Database Fields: ERPx_ARCustomer.CustomerName, ERPx_SOOrderHeader.CustomerSK |
Days until Expiration | Identifies the number of days before a Lot "expires". This is calculated using the 'Batch Expiration Date' on the Properties tab of the Production Batch Record View and subtracting the current date. This can be edited by changing the 'Batch Expiration Date' field on the Properties tab of the Production Batch record view. This is not stored in the database. If the Batch Expiration Date is:
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Item: Description | Identifies the Item, displayed as Item ID: Item Description. This comes from and can be edited from the 'Item Description' field on the Properties tab of the Item record view. Database Fields: ERPX_IMItem.ItemID, ERPX_IMItem.ItemDescription, ERPx_IMTransactionDetail.ItemSK, ERPx_SOOrderItem.ItemSK |
PO# | Identifies the Purchase Order number (PO number) entered for the transaction or transaction line item. Displays the Purchase Order number that was entered on the Inventory Receipt transaction or Sales transaction. This field comes from and can be edited from the 'Purchase Order' field on the Home tab of the Receipt transaction record view or Sales Order record view while the transaction is in a Status of 'New'. Note: This is only displayed for Transaction Type 'Receipt' or 'Order'. Database Field: ERPx_IMTransactionHeader.PONumber, ERPx_SOOrderHeader.PurchaseOrder |
Production Batch | Identifies the Production Batch ID of the Lot. This value defaults from the 'Production Batch' value specified on the Inventory transaction that created the Production Batch. This can be edited from the 'Production Batch' field on the Properties tab of the Production Batch record view. If the inventory lot is committed and the item is not lot tracked, this value will display as "Item Tracked". If the inventory lot is committed and the item is not tracked, this value will display as "Commitments". A Production Batch is the identifier that contains all the Traceability information (Production Batch Properties and Attributes) for Lot Tracked Items. This number stays attached to the product, even if it is transferred to another Site. Production Batch is one of the 5 components that make up a unique Inventory Lot and it is required when entering a transaction line for a Lot Tracked Item. This value will be blank and/or disabled for all non-Lot Tracked items on screens that include a Production Batch field. An Inventory Lot is the most granular level that item balances (quantities of Units and/or Weight) are stored within NorthScope. Inventory Lots are created for all Inventory Items assigned an Item Type of “Inventory', regardless of whether the Item is Lot Tracked (i.e., balances are maintained by Production Batch) or the Site containing the product is 'Warehouse Lot' tracked or not. An Inventory Lot is unique by combination of:
Database Field: ERPx_IMProductionLot.ProductionLotID |
Quoted (-) | Displays the allocated quantity to be subtracted from the Available balance for an Inventory Lot or Item. This is a calculated field and not stored in the database. The Quoted (-) balance is the allocated quantity on an open Quote transaction containing outgoing product. The Quoted (-) balance reduces the Available balance if the “Include Quote transactions in Available balances” preference is set to “Yes”. If the lot is not yet allocated, the Quoted (-) column will be blank. Once Quote transactions are saved as Approved (and therefore converted to a Sales Order), the Quoted (-) quantity for the corresponding item/lot will be blank and will be displayed in the Allocated (-) column. Note: Each Quote Transaction can be conditionally included/excluded from the Quoted balance based on the "Include Quote transactions in Available balances" Inventory Preference. If the preference are set to "Yes", they will be included in Quoted balances and used to update the Available balances, if they are set to "No", they will not be included in Quoted so they will not update Available balances. |
Salesperson - Inside | Identifies the Inside Salesperson associated with the transaction. This can be edited from the 'Salesperson - Inside Sales' field on the Properties tab of the transaction record view. Salespeople are individuals that sell goods and services to other entities. Inside Salespeople typically work in the office and are involved with sales over the telephone, email, or other cyber communication methods. Database Fields: ERPx_SOSalesperson.SalespersonName, ERPx_SOOrderHeader.InsideSalespersonSK |
Salesperson - Outside | Identifies the Outside Salesperson associated with the transaction. This can be edited from the 'Salesperson - Outside Sales' field on the Properties tab of the transaction record view. Salespeople are individuals that sell goods and services to other entities. Outside Salespeople typically work outside the office and are involved with face to face meetings with active and prospective customers. Database Fields: ERPx_SOSalesperson.SalespersonName, ERPx_SOOrderHeader.OutsideSalespersonSK |
Site ID | Identifies the unique Site ID (warehouse ID) of the Site the transaction, shipment, item, or lot is associated with. This defaults from the 'Site' field on the 'Home' tab of the Inventory transaction or the 'Default Site' field on the 'Home' tab of the Sales Order/Return transaction. This is not editable after the transaction has been Saved. Sites represent Plants, Warehouses, Distribution Centers, or virtual objects that are used to store and/or maintain perpetual inventory balances. Database Fields: ERPx_MFSite.SiteID, ERPx_IMTransactionHeader.SiteSK, ERPx_SOOrderHeader.SiteSK |
Transaction ID | Identifies the unique Transaction ID for each transaction. This value is system generated when the transaction is created and is not editable. Transaction numbers are system assigned IDs to differentiate unique transactions. Transaction ID's are unique by the unique combination of 'Transaction Type' + 'Transaction Class'. Database Fields: ERPx_IMTransactionHeader.TransactionID, ERPx_SOOrderHeader.OrderID |
Transaction Status | Identifies the Status of the transaction. This can be edited from the 'Status' field on the 'Home' tab of the inventory transaction record view or the sales order record view. This is always editable while the inventory transaction or sales order/return has not been posted. Status is used to identify where a transaction, Purchase Order, Price List, BOM, or Master File record is in its life cycle. Records start in a Status of 'New' and progress sequentially through additional statuses until they are 'Posted' or 'Closed'. The list of potential Statuses changes depending on the transaction type. The Statuses that apply to transactions in this inquiry include: New: This is the default Status for all new Transactions. While in the Status of 'New' transactions are considered open and all editable fields are open for edit, no posting or approval validations are performed, GL Dates are not assigned, and journal entries are not created. If the transaction was moved back from Approved to New, the GL Date will be assigned and a Journal Entry will exist. |