Sales Order - Lines (tdsls4100m900)

Use this session to view, enter, maintain, and process a specific sales order and linked sales order lines.

This session supports easy order entry. You can enter a sales order header and sales order lines on one screen. This session enables you to quickly enter the most important information for a sales order and to process the order. You can manually enter sales orders, you can use templates if orders reoccur, or you can use catalogs.

  • You can start this session from the Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000) overview session, by double-clicking a record, or by entering a new sales order. You can also start this session stand-alone.
  • To view the details of the sales order header, click Sales Order Details on the File menu of the current session. As a result, the Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000) details session starts.
  • To display fields from the Sales Orders (tdsls4100m000) details session in the current session, click Customize Form on the View menu. As a result, you can indicate which fields you want to hide and unhide.
  • To view the details of a sales order line, select and double-click a sales order line. As a result, the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session starts.
  • Only order lines are displayed in this session. Delivery lines are not displayed. To view and maintain these lines, select an order line and click Deliveries on the appropriate menu of the Lines tab.
Note

This session is mostly used by sales representatives that are in direct phone contact with customers who want to place an order or want to have information on an order, or by sales clerks that must enter a large amount of sales orders in high pace.

Sales order lines

The lines on the tabs refer to the following sessions:

  • Order Lines
    The lines on the Order Lines tab refer to the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session. On this tab, you can enter and view the lines of the sales order. Double-click the line for more detailed information.
  • Order Promising
    The lines on the Order Promising tab refer to the Sales Order Promising Lines (tdsls4101m400) session. On this tab, you can view the sales order lines'order promising status, check their inventory, and solve inventory shortages, if required.
  • Release to Warehousing
    The lines on the Release to Warehousing tab refer to the Release Sales Order Lines to Warehousing (tdsls4501m140) session. You can view the sales order lines that are waiting to be released to Warehousing. If you select a line, you can release the line to Warehousing. After the line is released, it is removed from the current tab.
  • Actual Delivery Lines
    The lines on the Actual Delivery Lines tab refer to the Sales Order Actual Delivery Lines / Sales Order Invoice Line (tdsls4106m000) session. On this tab, you can view the actual delivery information for the sales order lines.
  • Invoice Lines
    The lines on the Invoice Lines tab refer to the Sales Order Invoice Lines (tdsls4106m100) session. LN only displays lines on which delivery has taken place. After an invoice line is approved, you can release the line to Invoicing. On this tab, LN displays both lines that are waiting to be invoiced, and lines that are already released to Invoicing.
  • Back Orders
    The lines on the Back Orders tab refer to the Maintain and Confirm Back Orders (tdsls4125m000) session. You can maintain and confirm the sales order lines that are partially delivered and that have the Back Order Quantity field filled.
  • Relations
    The lines on the Relations tab refer to the Sales Order Line - Relations (tdcms0141m000) session. On this tab, you can view and link relations to sales order lines. This tab is disabled if the Linking of Relations On fields are set to Sales Order in the Commissions/Rebates Parameters (tdcms0100s000) session.
  • Monitor
    The lines on the Monitor tab refer to the Sales Order Lines Monitor (tdsls4510m100) session. You can view all the sales order lines that are linked to the sales order and their related data.
Note
  • If you cannot find a specific sales order line on the Release to Warehousing tab, or the Invoice Lines tab, the sales order line might not be ready yet for releasing. To find out whether another activity must be carried out before the sales order line can be released to Warehousing or Invoicing, start the Sales Order Line Status (tdsls4534s000) session by clicking Status on the appropriate menu of the Lines tab.
  • You can copy existing order lines to new order lines. If you select the order line(s) and click the Duplicate Sales Order Line button, all selected lines are copied into the current sales order.
  • If you select an order line(s) and click the Show attachments button, you can link document revisions to the sales order line in the Objects Links (dmcom8110m000) session and/or link files to the document revision in the Easy File Linking (dmdoc4540m002) session.

 

Business Partner
Usually a customer's purchase department, the business partner who orders goods or services from your organization, that owns the configurations you maintain, or for whom you perform a project.

The agreement with the sold-to business partner can include the following:

  • Default price and discount agreements
  • Sales order defaults
  • Delivery terms
  • The related ship-to and invoice-to business partner
Address
The sold-to business partner's address code.

Click ... to start the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session, in which you can maintain and display the address code data.

Line of Business
The line of business under which the sold-to business partner is grouped.
Area
A region used to group business partners, customers, suppliers and employees on a geographical basis.

Default value

The default area that is assigned to the sold-to business partner is derived from the Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4510m000) session.

Order Discount
The order discount percentage that is applied to the sales order.
Note

For cost items and service items, no order header discount is calculated.

Default value

The default order discount percentage is derived from the Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4510m000) session.

Sales Price List
List of default prices and discounts for customers and suppliers. You can link price lists to items and item groups, and to sold-to and buy-from business partners.
Direct Delivery Price List
Note

If any of the order lines is delivered directly to the ship-to business partner, you can define special price agreements in the Pricing module.

BP Prices/Discounts
A business partner can be selected as parent. This means that the order discount specified for this business partner is the input for the relevant order.

If a parent business partner is defined on an order, LN first searches for the order discount defined for the parent business partner.

If an order discount is not specified for the parent or if no parent is specified, LN searches for the order discount that is specified for the business partner on the order.

BP Texts
A business partner can be selected as 'parent'. This means that the texts that are specified for this business partner are the input for the relevant order.

If a parent business partner is defined on an order, LN first searches for texts as defined for the parent business partner.

If texts are not specified for the parent or if no parent is specified, LN searches for the texts that are specified for the business partner on the order.

Promotion Discount
The total promotion discount based on all applied promotions.
Multiple Promotion Method
Indicates the application method of multiple promotions if you select multiple promotions at the sales order header level.
ZIP Code/Postal Code
The business partner's ZIP code.
Contact

Click ... to start the Contact (tccom1640m000) session, in which you can maintain and display the contact code data.

Full Name
The contact's full name.
Phone
Your contact's (direct) telephone number.
Customer Order
The number the sold-to business partner assigned to the order. In the automotive industry, it can represent the sold-to business partner's purchase contract number.
Reference A
The first extra reference by which the order or request for quotation can be identified. This reference is printed on various order documents and lists.
Reference B
The second extra reference field that you can fill with extra information. This reference is printed on the order documents and lists.
Contract
A customer-oriented contract, agreed upon by buy-from business partners and sold-to business partners that is used to record specific agreements for specific projects. A special contract can also be a promotional contract.

For special contracts, an overlap in effectivity periods is allowed for the same item/business partner combination.

After the contract number is entered, the order header data is loaded with the default values in the header of the contract. Specific addresses are also copied. In this way, the contract terms are adopted on the order level, allowing adoption of the contract price and/or contract discount as well.

The purpose of this field is to serve as a default for the Contract field of the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session. However, the action LN takes depends on the value of the Several Special Contracts Allowed by Sales Order check box in the Sales Contract Parameters (tdsls0100s300) session.

Note

The contract must be:

  • Active. The check whether a contract is active or not is performed based on the Price Date Type parameter in the Pricing Parameters (tdpcg0100m000) session.
  • Of the Special Contract type.
Original Document Type
The document type that is linked to the original document if the sales order type is a return order.
Original Document No
The financial company on the invoice where the delivered goods are stored for the return order.
Original Document No
The transaction type code on the document for the return order.
Original Document No
The original document number for the return order.
Note
  • If the fields in the Returns group box are filled and you click Copy from Original Document on the appropriate menu, dependent on the Original Document Type, a session starts from which you can select the lines of the original document to be copied to the current order. As a result, a link is created between the original order line and the return order line.
  • When a return order is linked to an original Order and you click Copy from Original Document on the appropriate menu, the original sales/issue integration transactions are reversed. When copy from original order is not carried out, fixed transfer price (FTP) is used to create the financial integration transactions for the sales return order.
Return Reason
The reason why the delivered goods are rejected and returned.

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Internal Sales Representative
The sales representative of your company who is responsible for contact with the sold-to business partner.
External Sales Representative
The sales representative of your company who calls on the sold-to business partner, mainly by visits.
Header Text
If this check box is selected, header text exists for the sales order. This text is printed on the sales invoice.
Footer Text
If this check box is selected, footer text exists for the sales order. This text is printed on the sales invoice.
Order Type
The order type, which determines the sessions that are part of the order procedure and how and in which sequence this procedure is executed.

Default value

The default value is the order type assigned to the customer in the Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4110s000) session. If no order type is assigned to the sold-to business partner, the default is the order type assigned to the user's logon code in the User Profiles (tdsls0139m000) session.

Note

If the warehouse is WMS controlled, and the Collect Orders check box is cleared for the warehouse in the WMS Integration Parameters (whwmd2105m000) session, you cannot enter a collect order type in this field.

Number
A unique control number assigned to each new customer order, usually during order entry. A sales order number is often used by order promising, master scheduling, cost accounting, invoicing, and so on. For some make-to-order products, a sales order number can also take the place of an end item part number by becoming the control number that is scheduled through the finishing operations.
Origin
The origin of the sales order.

Allowed values

Origin of Sales Order

Order Date
The date on which the order is manually entered into the system or is automatically generated.

Default value

system date

Text
If this check box is selected, header or footer text exists for the sales order.
Rush Order
If this check box is selected, this order is a rush order.

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Sales Office
A department that is identified in the company business model to manage the business partner's sales relations. The sales office is used to identify the locations that are responsible for the organization's sales activities.

Default value

When you enter a sales order, LN retrieves the sales office from the User Profiles (tdsls0139m000) session. This value can be changed. If no sales office is found in the User Profiles (tdsls0139m000) session, LN searches the Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4110s000) session. If no sales office is found in the Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4110s000) session either, no sales office is defined. As a result, LN cannot retrieve a default sales office.

Financial Department
The department that determines the financial company to which the transaction must be posted and which is responsible for the tax declaration in the tax country of the order. The financial company's home country must be the tax country of the order. The financial department is an accounting office of the financial company.

If the financial company of the administrative department has a tax number in the tax country of the order, the financial department is the same department as the administrative department.

The financial department enables you to process financial transactions for an order in another financial company than the financial company of the sales office.

Note
  • The financial department must have a tax ID in the tax country.
  • This field is only visible if the Use Tax Numbers of other Financial Companies check box is selected in the Tax Parameters (tctax0100m000) session.

Default value

  • This field is defaulted from the Sales Office field.
  • This field retrieves the default financial data of its financial company for the sales order.
Planned Delivery Date
The planned date on which the items on the order/schedule line must be delivered. The planned delivery date cannot occur before the order date/schedule generation date.

Default value

The default value is the Order Date.

However, the planned delivery date can deviate from the order date if:

  • You change the planned delivery date manually.
  • You recalculate the planned delivery date with the Calculate button.
Planned Receipt Date
The planned date for the customer to receive the goods.

Default value

The default value is the Planned Delivery Date.

However, the planned receipt date can deviate from the planned delivery date if:

  • You change the planned receipt date manually.
  • You recalculate the planned receipt date with the Calculate button.
Order Confirmation Date
The date on which the buy-from business partner confirmed the purchase order, or the date on which the sales order is confirmed to the sold-to business partner.

The order confirmation date is used for the calculation of order confirmation objective ratings in vendor rating. The buy-from business partner is given a rating according to the time interval between the order date and the order confirmation date.

Note

This field can only be filled if the Use Confirmation (Sales) check box is selected in the Implemented Software Components (tccom0100s000) session.

Shipping Constraint
The terms and conditions related to the shipment of goods.

Default value

This field is defaulted as follows:

  1. From the Sales Order Types (tdsls0594m000) session.
  2. If the Shipping Constraint is Not Applicable in the Sales Order Types (tdsls0594m000) session, from the Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4510m000) session.

Allowed values

Shipping Constraint

Note

If the warehouse is WMS controlled, the Ship Line Complete, Ship Order Complete, and Ship Set Complete check boxes in the WMS Integration Parameters (whwmd2105m000) session determine whether you can select the Ship Line Complete, Ship Order Complete, and/or Ship Set Complete value in this field.

Warehouse
A place for storing goods. For each warehouse, you can enter address data and data relating to its type.
Route
The route according to which the sales order is normally delivered. By default, LN retrieves this information from the ship-to business partner data.
Carrier
The company responsible for the transportation of goods to the ship-to business partner.
Terms of Delivery
The agreements with the business partner, concerning the way the goods are delivered. Relevant information is printed on various order documents.

Default value

If this order is a rush order, this field is defaulted from the Rush Terms of Delivery field in the Sales Order Parameters (tdsls0100s400) session. However, you can change the default value.

Shipment
The shipment to which the shipment based additional costs are linked.
Note

This field is automatically filled and disabled for sales orders with the Shipment origin. You can manually enter a shipment ID for sales cost orders with the Manual origin.

Title Passage
The point at which the legal ownership changes. At this point, the risk passes from the seller to the buyer.

Related topics

Motive of Transport
A reason code that indicates why transportation takes place, for example, Repair, Sales, Transfer, and so on.

Related topics

Delivery Code
A reason code that indicates who is to pay for the transportation of the goods.

Related topics

Business Partner
The business partner to which you send invoices. This usually represents a customer's accounts payable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, invoicing method and frequency, information about the customer's credit limit, the terms and method of payment, and the related pay-by business partner.

The default value in this field is taken from the Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4110s000) session or from the Invoice-to Business Partners (tccom4112s000) session. If no Invoice-to BP is found in the Sold-to Business Partners (tccom4110s000) session, LN searches the Invoice-to Business Partners (tccom4112s000) session. If no Invoice-to BP is is found in the Invoice-to Business Partners (tccom4112s000) session either, no Invoice-to BP is defined, and LN cannot enter a default value.

The Invoice-to BP entered in this field is taken as the default value in the Sales Order Lines (tdsls4101m000) session.

Address
The address of the invoice-to business partner.
Status
The status of the sales order.
Invoicing by Installments
You can indicate if and how the sales order is invoiced in installments.
Note

This field is disabled if the sales order:

  • Is a cost order, a collect order, a consignment order, a return order, or a retrobilled order.
  • Contains lines with a different Tax Code and the Apply Tax to Installments check box is selected in the Sales Order Parameters (tdsls0100s400) session.
  • Contains lines with a different Project and the Link Installments to Projects check box is selected in the Sales Order Parameters (tdsls0100s400) session.
  • Contains lines with a different Sales Type.

Related topics

Self Billed Invoice
If this check box is selected, self-billing is applicable. In this case, the invoice is created by the sold-to business partner.
Tax Classification
An attribute of order headers and order lines that you can use to define tax exceptions for the transaction. LN retrieves the default tax classification from the invoice-from and invoice-to business partners.

For example, you can use the tax classification to indicate:

  • That payments to an invoice-from business partner are subject to withholding tax and social contributions
  • To group business partners that have the same tax aspects for your company, for example, subcontractors, or agents
  • That the tax must be paid in a country other than the sales office or service office's home country

Default value

This field is defaulted from the Business Partner Tax Classification field of the Invoice-to Business Partners (tccom4112s000) session.

Freight Costs to be Invoiced
If this check box is selected, the invoice-to business partner is invoiced for the freight costs you make.
Freight Costs Based On
A company can invoice freight rates to the invoice-to business partner, based on one of the following:
  • Freight Costs
  • Freight Costs (Update Allowed)
  • Client Rates
Note

The default value of this field is taken from the Invoice for Freight Based On field in the Invoice-to Business Partners (tccom4112s000) session.

Business Partner
The business partner from which you receive payments. This usually represents a customer's accounts payable department. The definition includes the default currency and exchange rate, the customer's bank relation, the type of reminders you send to the business partner, and the frequency of sending reminders.
Address
The address of the pay-by business partner.
Terms of Payment
Agreements about the way in which invoices are paid.

The payment terms include:

  • The period within which invoices must be paid.
  • The discount granted if an invoice is paid within a given period

The payment terms allow you to calculate:

  • The date on which the payment is due
  • The date on which the discount periods expire
  • The discount amount

Default value

If this order is a rush order, this field is defaulted from the Rush Terms of Payment field in the Sales Order Parameters (tdsls0100s400) session. However, you can change the default value.

Related topics

Late Payment Surcharge
The percentage that is charged over the goods amount or over rendered services that the recipient of the invoice must pay if the invoice is not paid within a specified period.
Payment Method
The method used to create a payment (purchase invoice) or a receipt (sales invoice).

The payment method defines details such as:

  • The maximum amount
  • The due date
  • Allowance of foreign currencies and other details which must be printed on the report

These are default values that you can change on the order or on the invoice.

Sales Acknowledgment
The sales acknowledgment code for the sales order header.
Change Order Sequence
The change order sequence number for the sales order header.
Change Reason
The change reason code for the sales order header.
Change Type
The change type for the sales order header.
Order Reference
The reference to the order number of another application.
Business Partner
The business partner to which you ship the ordered goods. This usually represents a customer's distribution center or warehouse. The definition includes the default warehouse from which you send the goods, the carrier who carries out the transport, and the related sold-to business partner.
Address
The ship-to business partner's address code.

Click ... to start the Addresses (tccom4130s000) session, in which you can maintain and display the address code data.

Note

If the sales order is of the Consignment Replenishment type, you can zoom to the Warehouses (tcmcs0503m000) session to display all consignment owned warehouses that are linked to the ship-to business partner. After a consignment warehouse is selected and the consignment replenishment sales order is released to Warehousing, LN uses the ship-to address for determining the warehouse that must be replenished and that must be used on the warehouse transfer order.

If the ship-to address is a default address, LN checks whether it is linked to a consignment owned warehouse for the ship-to business partner in the Warehouses (tcmcs0503m000) session. If yes, the address is accepted. If not, the address of the first consignment owned warehouse that is linked to the ship-to business partner, is used.

Order Weight
The total weight of the items ordered on the sales order lines. The weight is calculated based on the ordered quantity and is expressed in the company's base weight unit, as defined in the Weight field of the MCS Parameters (tcmcs0100s000) session.

The order weight is the sum of the weight of the order lines. The order line weight is calculated as follows :

(Ordered Quantity * Conversion Factor Sales to Inventory Unit) * (Item Weight * Conversion Factor Item Weight to Base Unit Weight)
Note

An item's weight can be defined in the Item - General (tcibd0101s000) session.

The following order lines are excluded from the order weight calculation:

  • Order lines with a negative quantity
  • Canceled lines
  • Potential back order lines
  • Total lines
Note
  • You must click the Calculate button to calculate the order weight.
  • Blocked lines and direct delivery lines are included in the order weight calculation.
  • Back orders lines are included in the order weight calculation, but the order line's delivered quantity is used in the order weight calculation.
  • The packaging weight is not taken into account.
  • The line weight of a sales order line that contains a Sales BOM is the sum of the weight of the related BOM lines.
  • The line weight of a sales order line that contains Component Lines is the sum of the weight of the related component lines.
Currency
The currency in which the sales order amounts are expressed.
Note

If sales order lines are already recorded, you cannot change the currency.

Order Amount
The sales order's total order amount.
Exchange Rate Type
A way to group currency exchange rates. You can assign different currency exchange rates to different invoice-to business partners and/or to different types of transactions (purchase, sales, and so on).
Rate Determiner
The method to decide which date is used to determine the exchange rates.

During the composing process, all amounts in foreign currencies are converted to the home currency, based on the determined exchange rate.

Rate/Rate Factor
The factor by which an amount in a different currency is multiplied to calculate the amount in the currency base.
Rate Factor
The factor by which the amount in the transaction currency or the invoice currency is divided before LN converts it to a home currency. A rate factor is often used for currencies that have a relatively low price, for example, Korean Won.
Rate/Rate Factor
The conversion between the home currency and the currency that is used on the sales order.
Tax Amount
The sales order's total VAT amount, expressed in the order currency.
Note

Click Calculate to calculate the tax amount for the sales order. This amount is not saved.

Amount Including Tax
The outcome of this field is the sum of the Order Amount and Tax Amount fields.
Available Credit
The value of this field is calculated as follows:

The value of the Credit Limit field minus the sum of the following fields in the Invoice-to Business Partner Balances (tccom4513m000) session:

  • Order Balance
  • Balance Receivable
  • Open Billing Request Amount
Credit Limit
The maximum financial risk that you accept or are insured against concerning an invoice-to business partner, or that an invoice-from business partner accepts concerning you.

When you create orders, LN continually checks that the total amount of created and invoiced orders does not exceed the credit limit. When you exceed the limit, LN gives a warning message.

Currency
The currency in which the Available Credit and the Credit Limit are expressed.

 

Calculate
Recalculates the planned delivery date.

LN recalculates the planned delivery date as follows:

Planned Receipt Date - transport lead time of the goods. 

If a route is entered, the recalculation includes the route time.

Calculate
Recalculates the planned receipt date.

LN recalculates the planned receipt date as follows:

Planned Delivery Date + transport lead time of the goods. 
Release Sales Orders to Warehousing
Release Sales Orders/Schedules to Invoicing
Sales Invoices - by Invoice-to BP
Starts the Sales Invoices (tfacr2522m000) session.
Sales and Warehouse Invoice Data
Starts the Invoicing 360 (cisli3600m000) session.
Tax Numbers by Business Partner
Activities by Order Type
Sales Order - Installments
Generate Purchase Order Advice for Sales Order
Generate Purchase Orders...
Generate Production Orders...
Generate (Project) Structure for Sales Orders
Change Order Sequence Numbers
Sales Order Main Items
Shipments
Starts the Shipments (whinh4630m000) session.
Process BOM Changes to Sales Order
Sales Order - Relations
Sales Order History
Sales Order Margin
Process Delivered Sales Orders
Demand Order - Assembly Order Status
Generate Freight Orders
Print with Deviation in the Shipment Dates(Dummy for FM)
Starts the Print Orders with Deviating Shipment Dates (fmlbd3450m000) session.
Rush Order
Converts the sales order into a rush order.
Release Manual Activities
Delete Sales Orders
Reopen Closed Sales Order
Reopens a sales order with the Closed status and changes its status to Modified. As a result, you can add new order lines and/or you can change the sales order header.
Recalculate Price/Discounts Entire Order
Calculate Standard Cost Price for Configured Standard Items
Calculates the cost price of standard items that are created from a product variant. Only the cost price of items without standard cost price is calculated.

To calculate the cost price of customized items that are created from a product variant, use the Calculate Cost Prices by Project (tipcs3250m000) session. To calculate the cost price of normal standard items, use the Calculate Cost and Valuation Prices (ticpr2210m000) session.

Lines Monitor
Blocked Sales Order (Lines)
Maintain Deliveries
Block Order
Cancel
Copy from Original Document
Starts the Sales Order Line History (tdsls4551m000) session if you want to copy sales order lines from history. If not, the Select Sales Order Lines for Copying (tdsls4535m000) session is started.
Approve
Approves the particular sales order.
Approve...
Starts the Approve Sales Orders (tdsls4211m000) session, in which you can approve a range of sales orders.
Print Sales Order Acknowledgements/RMAs
Sales Order - Lines - Synchronization
Pegging
Calculate
Calculates the tax amount for the sales order. This amount is not saved.