Basic Setup

  1. Select Settings > Basic Setup.
  2. Specify this information:
    Max number of items
    The max number of items hard coded in IPW is 1000. Updating IPW with warehouse group containing many warehouses and APS policy containing all item numbers in M3 would retrieve almost all data in M3 and limit database access for other users. The max number of items avoid this issue. If max is reached, then adjust APS policy and warehouse group to limit number of items retrieved by IPW.
    Forecast type
    Specify the MDS version for the forecast type that is going to be used in the application.
    Manual forecast type
    Specify the MDS version for storing manual forecast adjustments performed from within the application.
    Note: The MDS version for manual forecast type can either be identical to or different from the MDS version for forecast type.

    If manual forecast type is equal to forecast type, then original forecast is overwritten. With such a configuration, you cannot track the changes to the forecast performed from within the application.

    You can understand the effect of last minute forecast changes and how these changes affects your forecast accuracy by defining an MDS-version for Manual forecast that is different from the original forecast.

    Structure type
    Specify a value for the structure type that is going to be used when creating manufacturing orders.
    Time zone
    Controls IPW display time zone. The API transfers data in system time then user controls if data are displayed in system time or if data are converted to another time zone.
    1. If Time zone is not selected, then IPW displays system time zone. User time zone is defined in MNS150 and is used as IPW display timezone.
    2. If Time zone is selected and the selected time zone exists, then IPW converts from system time to the selected time zone. The selected time zone is also used as IPW display timezone.
    3. If Time zone is selected and the selected time zone does not exist, then IPW converts from system time to the user time zone. User time zone is defined in MNS150 and is also used as IPW display timezone.
    Note: In Controls, Date and time is also converted to IPW display time zone.
    Write to log file
    Select this check box to enable writing to the log file. You can export the log file to a text file and use as an attachment when reporting an incident.
    Note: Use Ctrl + A and Ctrl + C to copy everything to Notepad for further analysis.
    List separator
    Select a list separator to use when exporting a report to Excel.
    Thousands separator
    Select a thousand separator to be used for values from 1000 and above in grid.
    Note: Thousand separator is ignored if decimal separator has same value.
    Always retrieve data
    You can perform local filtering of retrieved items without triggering a new update of M3 data.
    If Always retrieve data is not selected, then data is not retrieved if only parameters in the following tabs have been changed:
    • Display
    • Coloring
    • Item Filter
    • Item Bucket Filter
    • Miscellaneous
  3. Click OK.