Receive (Easy Entry)

The Receive (Easy Entry) option is used to link the following types of records to a receipt:

  • Advance shipment notices (ASNs)
  • Shipment notice references
  • Expected orders
  • Expected order lines
  • Handling units
  • Planned loads and shipments

If you select a record of any of the previous types, the order lines associated with the record are linked to the receipt.

The Receive (Easy Entry) option consists of the following easy entry fields that you can use to quickly look up the records that you want to link to a receipt:

  • Name
  • Number
  • Line

It depends on how you personalize the Warehouse Receipts (whinh3512m000) session whether the easy entry fields are available in the Warehouse Receipts (whinh3512m000) session or in the Receipts Easy Entry (whinh3224m000) session.

You can access the Receipts Easy Entry (whinh3224m000) session from the toolbar or the appropriate menu of the Warehouse Receipts (whinh3512m000) session. For more information, refer to How to personalize the easy entry fields.

Easy entry fields shown in the Warehouse Receipts (whinh3512m000) session

To link records to a receipt, you can use either the Name field or the Number and the Line field:

  • In the Name field, enter the ID number of the item or the ship-from business partner associated with the records that you want to link to the receipt.

    In the Name field, you can also zoom to the Items - General (tcibd0501m000) session or the Ship-from Business Partners (tccom4521m000) session to select a record. To select a record using the zoom function, proceed as follows:

    1. Click the zoom function (the triangle next to the Name field).

    2. In the zoom dialog box that appears, select the required session and click OK.

    3. In the session that appears, select the record whose associated order lines you want to link to the receipt and click OK.

  • In the Number field, enter the ID number of the record that you want to link to the receipt.

    In the Number field, you can also zoom to the applicable session to select a record. To select a record, proceed as follows:

    1. Click the zoom function (the triangle next to the Number field).

    2. In the zoom dialog box that appears, select the required session and click OK.

    3. In the session that appears, select the record whose associated order lines you want to link to the receipt and click OK.

    4. Optionally, enter the required line number in the Line field to link a specific order line to the receipt.

  • After you enter or select a record in the Name field, the Number field, or the Line field, click [...], or on the Receive menu, select Receive.

    As a result, inbound order lines to be received that are associated with the records entered or selected are linked to the receipt.

    If you entered a line number in the Line field, order lines belonging to orders associated with the ID number entered in the Number field and whose line number matches the line number entered in the Line field will be linked to the receipt. If you do not enter a line number, all associated order lines are linked to the receipt.

Easy entry fields in the Receipts Easy Entry (whinh3224m000) session

To link records to a receipt, proceed as follows:

  1. In the Warehouse Receipts (whinh3512m000) session, click [...], or select Receive on the Receive menu.
  2. In the Receipts Easy Entry (whinh3224m000) session that appears, use the Name field, the Number field and/or the Line field to link records to the receipt as described previously.

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