Inbound Activity screen configuration

To configure inbound activities:

Select Administration > Inbound Activity to open the Inbound Activity screen.
To create a new record, click New to access the Inbound Activity detail view.
Specify this information:

Facility

This field is pre-populated with the key to the facility record. A facility is a unique code identifying the warehouse location.

Facility Name

This field is pre-populated with the name of the facility.

Owner

Owner of the items being received in the inbound activity.
Note: Owner must be configured in the application.

Company

This field is populated with the selection of the Owner. The full name of the company associated with the owner.
Note: Customer must be configured on the Owner screen.

Ship From

Ship From of the items being received in the inbound activity.
Note: Ship From must be configured in the application.

Name

This field is populated with the selection or entering of the Ship From. The full name of the company associated with the ship From.
Note: Name must be configured as the Company on the Ship From screen.

Detail List view

Type

Select the type of inbound activity. Valid values are:

Generate Paper Putaway Tasks
Print Putaway Report
Print Putaway Labels

Active

Flag that allows the system to include the selected inbound activity type to be included as part of the inbound receipt process for the specified facility, owner, or ship from. Options are: Yes and No.

Automatic

Flag that determines whether the system automatically performs selected inbound activity type during the inbound receipt process for the specified facility, owner, or ship from. Options are: Yes and No.

Edit Date:

This field displays the date this activity was last edited.

Edit By:

This field displays the user ID of the user who last edited this activity.

Receipt Status for Activity

This field displays a list of ASN/Receipt Status Codes that can be used to trigger the automatic print and/or email notification. Possible values are:

In Receiving
Received Complete
Receipt Closed
Receipt Verified Closed

The field can only be used for selected activity types. Refer to the Inbound activities linked to status updates to see the types that are available.

Number of Copies to Print

Specify the number of copies to print.

Email Recipient

Select the option from the drop-down list of who should receive an email when the order or load reaches the specified status. The choices are:

None unless specified on owner reports. An email will not be sent unless a specific version of the report has been configured and an email is specified in that screen.
Only email addresses listed. Define the specific email addresses in the Email Address field.
Ship From email on Receipt. An email will be sent to the email address listed on the ASN/Receipt for the ship from (supplier/vendor).
Contact 1 Email on Ship From Master. Use the email defined for the contact 1 on the trading partner master for the ship from.
Contact 2 Email on Ship From Master. Use the email defined for the contact 2 on the trading partner master for the ship from.

Email Addresses

List the specific email address you want to send the notification to if needed. Use a comma between addresses when sending to multiple people.

Email Subject Line

Specify the text to display on the subject line of the email message. You can include any field(s) from the ASN/Receipt header in the subject line using a % sign around the column name. For example; Your Shipment %WarehouseReference% has been received on %ClosedDate%.

For a list of the database columns, refer to the Data Dictionary document for the RECEIPT table or use the receipt Excel import/export template.

Email Message Body

Specify the email message. The message body will not allow specific information to be included from the receipt as noted above for the subject line.