Maintain and Confirm Back Orders (tdsls4125m000)

Use this session to maintain and confirm backorders. Backorders can be confirmed one by one or in a batch.

Note: For a processed sales order line, you cannot maintain or delete linked backorder lines if these lines are unconfirmed. Therefore, before processing a sales order line, make sure no unconfirmed backorder lines are available.

Field Information

Order

The sales order for which the backorder is created.

Sales Order Status

The status of the sales order.

Allowed values

Suspended

The order is being created or handled by another application/process and cannot be maintained.

Sales orders with an origin other than Manual can obtain this status.

Free

An order obtains this status if:

  • The order is created, or confirmed from a Suspended status.
  • All lines of an approved sales order are deleted.

A free order waits for approval.

Approved

The order is approved.

Approval can be done using Approve Sales Orders (tdsls4211m000) session.

When the order is approved the sales order line activities (tdsls4534s000) can be performed. The next activity can be performed automatically, if the sales order is approved.

Modified

An order obtains this status if:

  • Order lines are added, changed, canceled, or deleted after the order is approved. Or directly related objects, such as component lines (tdsls4163m000) or Material Price Information (tcmpr1600m000), are changed after the order is approved.
  • A blocked sales order is unblocked.
  • Order header is changed.
  • A modified sales order must be approved again, before you can continue with the sales order procedure.

A modified sales order must be approved again.

In Process

The order can be at various stages in the delivery procedure.

When the first activity of a sales order line is successfully performed, the status of the sales order is set to In Process.

Most common activities are Print Sales Order Acknowledgements (tdsls4401m000), Release Sales Order to Warehousing (tdsls4246m000), Release Sales Orders to Invoicing (tdsls4247m000) and Process Delivered Sales Orders (tdsls4223m000).

Closed

All steps in the order procedure are executed for the sales order type.

The last activity for each sales order line is Process Delivered Sales Orders (tdsls4223m000). When this activity is successfully performed for every sales order line of a sales order then the status of the sales order can be set to Closed.

A closed order can be modified only if a change must be done then the Reopen Closed Sales Order action must be perfomed and the status of the sales order is set to In Process.

Canceled

All lines in the order are canceled and are no longer available for further execution.

An order can be canceled using the Cancel Sales Order (tdsls4201s300) session.

Blocked

The order is blocked and is (temporarily) not available for further execution.

The status blocked can be set manually using the Block Order (tdsls4120ms000) session or a result of a check, like the credit limit check.

Released

A technical/temporary status during the release to warehousing activity.

Sold-to Business Partner

sold-to business partner

Line

position number of an order line

Sequence Number

sequence number

Back Order Quantity

The backorder quantity expressed in the sales unit, or another unit.

The backorder quantity is calculated as follows:


               Ordered Quantity - Delivered Quantity
            
Back Order Quantity Unit

The unit in which the Back Order Quantity is expressed.

Back Order Quantity in Inventory Unit

The backorder quantity expressed in the inventory unit.

The backorder quantity is calculated as follows:


               Ordered Quantity in Inventory Unit - Delivered Quantity in Inventory Unit
            
Inventory Unit

inventory unit

Back Order Quantity in Order Unit

The backorder quantity expressed in the sales order unit.

The backorder quantity is calculated as follows:


               Ordered Quantity - Delivered Quantity
            
Sales Unit

sales unit

Planned Delivery Date

planned delivery date

Note: If a backorder has planned components linked in the Sales Order Line - BOM Components (tdsls4532m000) session, and the backorder is confirmed, this field displays the latest planned delivery date that is calculated for one of the components based on the available-to-promise values in the components' master plan.
Confirmed

If this check box is selected, the back order is a confirmed backorder.

Item

item

Ordered Quantity

The quantity of items ordered by the sold-to business partner, expressed in the sales unit.

Note: 

This field is filled with the value of the:

  • Confirmed Quantity field if this confirmed quantity is greater than zero.
  • Required Quantity field if the Confirmed Quantity is equal to zero.
Ordered Quantity in Inventory Unit

The ordered quantity on the sales order, expressed in the inventory unit.

Note: 

This field is filled with the value of the:

  • Confirmed Quantity in Inventory Unit field if this confirmed quantity is greater than zero.
  • Required Quantity in Inventory Unit field if the Confirmed Quantity in Inventory Unit is equal to zero.
Required Quantity

The quantity of items that is required by the sold-to business partner.

Required Quantity Unit

The unit in which the Required Quantity is expressed.

Required Quantity in Inventory Unit

The quantity of items that is required by the sold-to business partner, expressed in the inventory unit.

Confirmed Quantity

The ordered quantity that is confirmed to the customer.

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

The unit in which the Confirmed Quantity is expressed.

Confirmed Quantity in Inventory Unit

The ordered quantity that is confirmed to the customer, expressed in the inventory unit.

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

The manually entered part of the ordered quantity that is kept from being released when the backorder is released to Warehousing . This quantity is expressed in the sales unit.

This field enables you to:

  • Only release a part of the Ordered Quantity to Warehousing . In this way, you can assign limited stock to several business partners, instead of to only one business partner.
  • Notify the business partner in advance on what the expected backorder quantity will be.