Requisition Interface (RQ500)

Processing effect

The loaded requisitions must pass through all the required requisition edits. If an inventory item is not available in the requested quantity, the application determines whether a replacement can be made. If the item is not available in the requested quantity and there is a replacement item for the original item, the application makes a replacement. In addition, if needed, the application places any remaining quantities on backorder for the replacement item. No messages display to indicate replacements, substitutions, or backorders.

The program prints the requester and requisition number for requisitions that processed successfully. Additional header or line detail is printed for requisitions with exceptions. Drill around capabilities are provided for you to view additional requisition detail from the report.

Run this program in report mode or in update mode. Report mode lets you review and correct exceptions before updating the database. When you run in update mode, the input file is deleted when processing is complete.

Any records with exceptions are written to an error file named RQ500MTDYHRMNSC. In this file name, MT is the month, DY is the day, HR is the hour, MN is the minute, and SC is the second when the program started. You may correct the exceptions, either in the database or in the input file. To run exception records through RQ500 again, you must correct the errors, create applicable header records, and remove requisition numbers that are assigned to line records that are in error. Be aware that you cannot simply append to existing requisitions.

You can run RQ500 (Requisition Interface) to process files uploaded by the handheld terminal and routed to RQ500 by IC588 (Handheld Processing). To process handheld terminal transactions, you must set up RQ500 jobs and parameters according to the requirements for handheld processing.

Troubleshooting

For abnormal terminations (jobs needing recovery), such as might occur from a hard drive head crash, the application creates an error print file. However, jobs that need recovery are not available in Print Manager. The abnormally terminated job resides in the normal Lawson print directory, ($LAWDIR/print/user/jobname/jobstep) (UNIX) or (LAWDIR/print/user/jobname/jobstep) (IBM i), and can be viewed with the lashow command. To recover, you rerun the job. The interface program automatically appends the output from the recovery run to the output from the original run. In the print file, a page break separates the recovery run from the original output. Date and time stamps on the page headers also indicate whether the page is from the original or recovery run.

More information

If you create released (not zip-released) requisitions, note the following ProcessFlow services.

If the ProcessFlow Requisition Approval service is enabled, you can send a requisition approval request when you release the requisition. The ProcessFlow Requisition Approval service sends the request in the form of an e-mail or work object.

If the ProcessFlow Rush Item service is enabled, you can send a rush item request in the form of an e-mail or work object when you release the requisition.