Topic overview

This article describes the procedures for using the Put-away restrictions application. The procedures contain instruction steps, e.g. how to add or edit a putaway restriction. It also informs about possible preconditions and effects.

The description of the Putaway restrictions application, which includes field and action descriptions, can be found in the Put-away restrictions article.

Entering a new put-away restriction

The following instructions for entering a new put-away restriction do not include the assignment to a warehouse. These instructions can be found in the chapter Assigning a put-away restriction to a warehouse. Please note that you can assign a put-away restriction to several warehouses. For this reason, you can search for Put-away restrictions and Put-away restrictions and warehouse.

Instructions

1. Open the Put-away restrictions application
2. Select the [New] button in the standard toolbar
3. Enter a unique identification for the new put-away restriction in the Put-away restriction field
4. Enter a name for the new put-away restriction in the Desciption field
5. Select the [Save] button in the standard toolbar

• The put-away restriction is saved.

Assigning a put-away restriction to a warehouse

1. Open the Put-away restrictions application
2. Enter the identification of the put-away restriction you want to assign to a warehouse in the Put-away restriction field
3. Select the [Refresh] button in the standard toolbar

• The putaway restriction is opened.

4. In the Warehouse field, enter the identification of the warehouse to which you want to assign the put-away restriction and for which you want to define the sequence in which the warehouse zones are to be taken into account for putaway
5. Select the [New] button in the standard toolbar

• The warehouse zones and the rows of the warehouse are displayed in the item list. The status of the application changes to In process.

6. Enter a sequence for the warehouse zones displayed in the item list. The warehouse zones are considered in ascending order for putaway. If two warehouse zones have the same value, it is not specified which one is taken into account first. A warehouse zone with the value zero is not taken into account.
7. Enter a sequence for the rows displayed in the item list. The rows of a warehouse zone are taken into account in ascending order for putaway. If two rows have the same value, it is not specified which one is taken into account first.

8. Select the [Save] button in the standard toolbar

• The put-away restriction with the warehouse assignment is saved. The application switches to view mode.

Opening and editing a put-away restriction

Even if a put-away restriction is already in use, the description and other data can be changed.

Instructions

1. Open the Put-away restrictions application
2. In the Put-away restriction field, enter the identification of the put-away restriction that you want to open and edit if necessary
3. Select the [Refresh] button in the standard toolbar

• The put-away restriction is opened.

4. If the put-away restriction is assigned to a warehouse for which you want to open and edit the defined data, enter the corresponding identification of the warehouse in the Warehouse field
5. Select the [Refresh] button in the standard toolbar

• The put-away restriction with the specifications for the entered warehouse is opened.

6. If necessary, change the description of the open put-away restriction or the sequence of the warehouse zones and rows displayed in the item list as well as the setting for the Random function

7. Select the [Save] button in the standard toolbar

• The put-away restriction with the changed data for the specified warehouse is saved.

Duplicating a put-away restriction

1. Open the Put-away restrictions application
2. Open the put-away restriction that you want to duplicate
3. If required, open the warehouse assignment that you want to duplicate by entering the identification of the warehouse
4. Select the [Update] button in the standard toolbar

• The put-away restriction is opened. The specification for the specified warehouse is displayed if it is entered accordingly.

5. Select the [Duplicate] button in the standard toolbar
6. Enter a new identification in the Put-away restriction field
7. Change the description of the duplicated put-away restriction
8. If you have specified a warehouse, change the sequence and the setting for Random function if necessary.

9. Select the [Save] button in the standard toolbar

• The put-away restriction is saved
• If a warehouse has been specified, the new put-away restriction is assigned to this warehouse
• The application switches to view mode

Marking or unmarking for deletion

You can mark the put-away restriction for deletion. This means that the put-away restriction is marked for later removal from the database by a reorganization application. As long as the put-away restriction has not been removed from the database, you can unmark it for deletion at any time.

Instructions

1. Open the Put-away restrictions application
2. Open the put-away restriction that you want mark or unmark for deletion
3. Select the [Mark for deletion] button in the standard toolbar or [Unmark for deletion] if it is already set

• The put-away restriction marked or unmarked for deletion.

Deleting a put-away restriction

If you have the corresponding authorization on the OLTP database, you can also delete a put-away restriction directly. To do this, use the [Delete] action instead of the [Mark for deletion] action.

Preconditions

You can only delete a put-away restriction if it is not being used. In particular, the put-away restriction must not be used in the following application:

• Items
• Classifications (inventory item classification 1)
• Put-away restrictions
• Warehouses
• Inventory order types

Instructions

1. Open the Put-away restrictions application
2. Open the put-away restriction you wish to delete
3. Select the [Delete] button in the standard toolbar

• A dialog box opens to confirm the deletion process.

4. Confirm that you want to delete the put-away restriction

• After a successful deletion check, the put-away restriction is deleted.