Topic overview
The Output inventory application provides an overview of inventories at the current time. You can use this application to find out where an item is located and in what quantity.
This article informs you in particular about the parameters of the application with which you define what the report document to be output contains. You will also find information about the output result. The possible output settings in this application correspond to the setting options in the dialog window for any output. You will find a description of the possible output settings in the Operating guidelines.
The procedures for using the application can be found in the Procedures: Output report documents article.
Definitions of terms
Warehouse inventory management
Warehouse inventory management is an update of the current warehouse inventories. The inventory management server performs this update after every inventory posting with a quantity transaction. Warehouse inventory management is performed at the lowest structural level of the warehouse and item or identifier. If the item possesses several item units, the quantities are stored per unit. Inventory quantities can have different properties, such as subdivision into different quality statuses.
Back order
The back order is the total of all uncovered demands. The back order is calculated in principle from the total demands minus the available inventory quantity.
Reservation
A reservation is a guarantee that a certain good will be deliverable at a specific date. Reservations represent the link of a demand origin (element) to a demand coverage (element). A reservation is only possible if both items and warehouses match between demand origin (element) and demand coverage (element).
Report document
A voucher document or report document is generated when a report is output to an output device, such as a printer or to a file. The report document contains a list of objects, e.g., a list of addresses. A voucher document always concerns one object—a sales order, for example. The documents may be archived or forwarded to a partner, for example, as a fax or by e-mail.
Application description
The Output inventory report provides an overview of inventories at the current time. You can use this report to find out where an item is located and in what quantity.
You can enter the identifications of multiple inventory owners, warehouses or items as search criteris. The inventories determined are grouped according to the following fields:
- Inventory owner
- Warehouses
- Item
Optionally, you can also display the inventories of the individual identifiers for identifier-managed items.
Parameters section
Use the parameters to define the search criteria and, as a result, the output result. Parameters are therefore used for data set selection.
The parameters available in the Output inventory application are explained below:
Report title – this parameter contains the title of the report document. The name of the underlying report is usually specified as the default value. The title can be defined individually.
Inventory owner – enter one or more partner identifications for inventory owners as search criteria.
Warehouse – enter one or more identifiers for warehouses as search criteria.
Inventory item – enter one or more item identifiers as search criteria.
Display identifiers – activate this parameter if you also want the inventory of the individual identifiers to be displayed for identifier-managed items. The Display identifiers parameter is only displayed if the Identifiers function is activated in the Customizing application, under the Inventory management function.
Output result
A table row is output for each item or for each identifier for which inventory is available. The data is grouped by warehouse and output on a new page for each inventory owner. If cross-owner inventory exists in a warehouse, this is output at the beginning of the report document.
A table row contains the following columns:
Warehouse/item/identifier – the identification and description of the warehouse and the item and, if applicable, the identifier are output.
Reserved – the reserved quantity of inventory is issued. If the customizing function Multiple inventory owners is activated, the quantity is made up of the sum of the reserved quantities of the specific inventory owner and the reserved quantity that relates to several inventory owners.
Back order – the quantity of uncovered demands is issued. If the customizing function Multiple inventory owners is activated, the quantity is made up of the sum of the back order quantities of the specific inventory owner and the back order quantity that relates to several inventory owners.
Blocked – the quantity for which the quality status Blocked is set is output.
Quarantine – the quantity for which the quality status In quarantine is set is output.
Released – the quantity for which the quality status Released is set is output.
Total – the entire inventory of the item or identifier is output, regardless of the quality status.
Customizing
The Display identifiers function is only displayed if the Identifiers sub function is activated in the Customizing application, under the Inventory management function.
Report
The following report is relevant for the Output inventory application:
Inventories: com.cisag.app.inventory.rpt.WarehouseOnhand
Authorizations
Authorization can be assigned using the authorization roles as well as by assigning an organization. The authorization concept can be found in the technical article Authorizations“.
Special capabilities
There are no special capabilities for the Output inventory application.
Organization assignments
For a person to use the Output inventory application, an organization must be assigned to them in the partner master data that is integrated into at least one of the following organizational structures:
- Inventory management
Special features
The Output inventory application has no special features.
Authorizations for business partners
The Output inventory application is not released for business partners.