Order Lines Sub-Tab

This section includes the fields and descriptions for the Order Lines sub-tab.

Field Description
Item No. Here you enter the number of the item ordered. Items are created in the window Item Information Card in the Inventory module. Maconomy verifies that the item belongs in the warehouse specified in the card part.

To create a text line, leave this field blank. You enter the text in the “Description” field, and leave all other fields blank.

Quantity Here you enter the quantity of items ordered. The items are reserved in the warehouse. If your company uses the “By Reservation” back order principle, Maconomy creates back orders for any items not available at this time. Maconomy also updates the “Orders” and “Available” fields in the table part of the Item Information Card and Item Information windows in the Inventory module.

If you enter values in the “Length” and “Width” fields, Maconomy calculates a quantity here by multiplying the length with the width. The facility is useful for entering column measurements for newspaper or magazine advertisements, for example. If you change the quantity found by Maconomy, the “Length” and “Width” fields will be reset.

If the line is a text line, leave the field blank.

If the item is a BOM with inventory control, it is reserved in the same way as standard items. If the item is a BOM without inventory control, and if it is itemized on the sales order, it will be reserved at BOM part level, at the highest level with inventory control. In the Order Lines window you can handle the BOM parts for BOMs which are being shown in full on the sales order.

Furthermore, if you change the quantity on a line containing an item with price control, Maconomy makes a recalculation of the prices.

Unit Here you select the unit the item is sold in. Maconomy suggests the unit entered in the item’s information card, but you can change it.
Description This is the item text, retrieved from the “Description Lang. 1” field in the Item Information Card. The text can be changed.

If the line is a text line, you enter the text here.

Unit Price In this field, you can enter the item’s unit price on the sales order.

If the order is assigned to a price list, and the item is included in the price list, Maconomy suggests the price from the price list.

If the quantity justifies a quantity discount, or if a fixed price step has been specified on the order, the unit price suggested in this field will be the price on the price step in question as specified in the window Quantity Discounts in the Inventory module. However, the suggested price can be changed here if you and the customer have agreed on a special price.

If the item is not included in the price list, or if you have not selected a price list for the order, Maconomy suggests the current cost of the item in the warehouse in question and adds the gross margin percentage, both of which are retrieved from the item’s information card. This functionality only applies if the field “Sales Price Costing” has not been marked on the item’s information card. If sales price costing is used for the item, the price is still transferred from the price list, but in this case, the cost is determined by the sales price, using the gross margin percentage. The cost is not shown, but it is used when posting the cost of sales. If the item is not in the price list, Maconomy suggests the price 0.

Please note that the unit price of BOMs can be reduced if the following scenario occurs: If the item is a BOM with inventory control that does not use price control, this means that the price in this field should be calculated from the unit prices of the BOM parts. If the unit price of one of these BOM parts is calculated from cost and the BOM part is not assigned to the warehouse on the current line (by means of a warehouse assignment line in the table part of the window Item Information Card), the unit price of that BOM part is set to zero, which affects the price in this field.

Maconomy uses the preferred delivery date in the card part of the order to determine which price list should be used in the calculation of prices.

See also the description of the BOM Information Card for a more detailed description of BOM pricing.

If the line is a text line, leave the field blank.

Discount % This shows a discount % if the customer is entitled to a discount from the Discount Tables window in the Inventory module or from a customer or item discount agreement. You can change the suggested discount %, but you cannot change both the percent and the discount amount in the “Discount” field, since these two are related. The discount % is calculated from the discount amount.

If you change the value — In this field, Maconomy verifies that you have user access to doing so. Access to changing price information, and thus to change the discount %, is given to users in the window Actions in the Set-Up module.

If the item is a BOM which is not being shown on the sales order, the discount % is calculated as described above for standard items, and you can change it here.

If the item is a BOM which is to be shown in full, the discount % is the total discount on all the BOM parts in proportion to the total price of the BOM. The calculation is based on the item on the highest level with price control. A BOM part contributes to the total discount if it has price control and if it is not an item in a BOM with price control. This functionality applies to any number of levels in the BOM. If you change the discount % here, the new value is copied to all the BOM lines, after which the discount amount is recalculated as described for the “Discount” field.

You can see the BOM part lines in the Order Lines window, where you can change the discount % on items on the lowest BOM level.

If the line is a text line, leave the field blank.

Discount This shows a discount if the customer is entitled to a discount from the Discount Tables window in the Inventory module or from a customer or item discount agreement. You can change the suggested discount, but you cannot change both the discount amount and the percent in the “Discount %” field, since these two are related. The discount % is calculated from the discount amount.

If you change the value Maconomy verifies that you have user access to doing so. Access to changing price information, and thus to change the discount, is given to users in the window Actions in the Set-Up module.

If you have Maconomy Bill of Materials and if the item is a BOM which is not being shown in full on the quote, the discount is calculated in the same way as for standard items and you can change it afterwards.

If the item is a BOM which is to be shown in full, you cannot change the discount here. The discount is the total discount on all the BOM parts in the BOM. The calculation is based on the item on the highest level with price control. A BOM part contributes to the total discount if it has price control and if it is not an item in a BOM with price control. This functionality applies to any number of levels in the BOM. If you change the discount, the discount % is recalculated from the calculated unit price and is copied to all the BOM lines. The discount amount is then recalculated for every BOM part and is summed up in this field.

You can see the BOM part lines in the Order Lines window, where you can change the discount on items on the lowest BOM level.

If the line is a text line, leave the field blank.

Extended Price This is the extended price for the line. It is calculated by multiplying the item quantity by the unit price, dividing this sum by the pricing unit and deducting any discount. This extended price is transferred to the “Price” field in the Order Sum island in the card part of the window. It cannot be changed here.

Maconomy alerts you if the extended price causes the bill-to customer’s credit limit to be exceeded. When checking if the bill-to customer's credit limit has been exceeded, Maconomy checks the current customer's credit limit at enterprise level as well as at company level. See the description of the fields in the island Credit Limit in the windows Payment Information and Company Specific Payment information in the A/R module for further information about how credit limits are handled in Maconomy.

Deliv. Date Here you can enter a preferred delivery date, applicable to the item line. Maconomy suggests the preferred delivery date specified in the card part of the window, but you can change it.

If the line is a text line, you cannot enter a date here.

If the item is not fully available on the given date, Maconomy calculates the expected delivery date from the item’s delivery time in the Item Information Card. If the item also has an inventory profile, the delivery date is calculated to the first possible delivery using the current purchase volume.

The delivery date can be changed as you please. If the delivery date is changed to an earlier date, Maconomy checks if the item can be delivered on this date. If this is not the case, the date will automatically be changed to the date on which the item can be delivered. If you want to update the delivery date so that it reflects the latest developments in availability (for instance changes in the expected availability date of purchased items), you can delete the date in the field and press Enter. Maconomy will then calculate the earliest possible delivery date based on delivery time, the current purchase, production and order volumes, and quantity in stock. However, whether you enter an earlier date or a blank value, the original date will be kept (that is, the date registered before the change was made) if the date found during the search is later than the original date.

You can also select the action “Update Delivery Dates” to recalculate the delivery date on all the lines on the order, or use the window Update Item Reservations to update delivery dates on a range of order lines. In this case, however, Maconomy does not keep the original delivery date in case the search results in a later date. Please note that when delivery dates are updated using the action “Update Delivery Dates,” each line is treated as if it were a line being created, while all other item reservations stay the same and thereby have first priority. However, when delivery dates are changed in batch in the window Update Item Reservations, all the affected lines are re-reserved, and lines concerning the same item are prioritized based on their current delivery dates, resulting in a fairer re-reservation, as lines with earlier delivery dates are more likely to benefit from items received earlier than expected.

On orders without partial delivery, this field cannot be changed, once the order is approved or assigned to a consignment, as the value of this field will then always reflect the corresponding field in the card part of the window. The date can, however, always be changed on a blocked line. It is possible to add a line that cannot be delivered on the delivery date for an approved order which does not have partial delivery and is not assigned to a consignment. If this is the case, Maconomy changes all delivery dates on the order to the date on which the new line can be delivered.

If the field “Urgent” is marked in the card part of the window, you can manually enter a delivery date in this field. Marking the order as urgent will prevent Maconomy from changing the delivery date according to the availability of the items in the warehouse. As a consequence, deleting the delivery date and pressing Enter as described above has no effect on urgent orders, as the value is returned to the one specified before it was deleted. Please note, however, that it is only possible to enter a delivery date in this field on an urgent order if the field “Partial Delivery” has been marked. If the field “Partial Delivery” has not been marked, the delivery date of an urgent order can only be changed in the card part of the window.

Deliv. Week This is the number of the week the delivery date in the “Deliv. Date” is in. You cannot change it here.
Remarks Here you can enter a remark about the delivery of the item. The note is transferred to any item purchase orders created from the sales order.
Consignment No. In this field, you can specify a consignment number if you want to manually assign the current line to a consignment. The field is only relevant for orders with partial delivery, as the value otherwise has no influence on the order handling. Therefore, the following description is based on the assumption that the order has partial delivery.

Assigning an order line to a consignment means that the line will be part of a joint delivery of different order lines to the same destination on the same date and with the same combination of carrier, delivery mode, delivery terms, and consignment type.

It is possible to assign each line to a separate consignment. However, if you specify a consignment in the card part, all lines in the table part are automatically also assigned to this consignment whether the order has partial delivery or not.

It is also possible to have Maconomy automatically assign each order line on the order to a consignment by selecting the action “Assign Order to Consignment.” When you select this action, Maconomy will attempt to find a consignment which matches the order’s terms with regard to destination, carrier, delivery mode, delivery terms, and consignment type. If a destination has been specified on the order, and the system parameter “Automatically assign order lines to consignment” has been marked, Maconomy automatically runs this action every time an order line is created, or an existing line is changed in a manner which results in a changed delivery date.

When the field is completed, the delivery date on the line is changed to the packing date of the consignment. See “Appendix B: Assign Quote/Order to Consignment” for further information about assigning order lines to a consignment.

When the order is approved, Maconomy carries out certain actions to ensure that all lines in the table part are assigned to the same consignment. This can involve moving lines to other orders so that only lines pertaining to one consignment are left on the order, or simply rejecting the approval. When the order is approved, Maconomy also copies the consignment left in the table part to the consignment field in the card part, thus ensuring that all lines added to the table part are assigned to the same consignment. For further information on the approval of orders and on moving lines to other orders, please see the action “Approve Order” and the field “Blanket Order.”

Packing Date If the line is assigned to a consignment, this field displays the date on which packing for the consignment in question should commence. The value is retrieved from the corresponding field in the window Consignments for the consignment in question. When the line is assigned to a consignment, the delivery date of the line is changed to the date in this field, and the contents of the field can no longer be changed.
Consignment Date If the line is assigned to a consignment, this field displays the expected date of departure for the consignment in question. The value is retrieved from the corresponding field in the window Consignments for the consignment in question.
Arrival Date If the line is assigned to a consignment, this field displays the expected date of arrival at the destination. The value is retrieved from the corresponding field in the window Consignments for the consignment in question.
Warehouse You can specify a warehouse in this field. A warehouse can be specified until the order is approved, and only if the field “Get Inventory From Item” in the window System Information in the Set-Up module has been marked. If the item on the line has serial number control, it also applies that changing the warehouse only is possible if no serial numbers have been entered for the line in the window Serial Number Reporting.

The warehouse stated as primary warehouse in the field “Primary Warehouse” on the item information card is shown by default. If nothing is stated in that field, the warehouse will be transferred from the card part of the order. Once a warehouse has been specified, the item will be reserved in the warehouse in question.

When the order is approved, Maconomy carries out certain actions to ensure that all lines in the table part are assigned to the same warehouse. This is done by moving lines to other orders so that only lines pertaining to one warehouse are left on the order. For further information on the approval of orders and on moving lines to other orders, please see the action “Approve Order” and the field “Blanket Order.”

Stock Location No. In this field, you can specify the location in the selected warehouse from which the items on the current line are to be shipped. When you create a line, Maconomy checks if a standard picking location has been specified in the table part of the item’s information card on a line pertaining to the warehouse specified on the current order line. If a standard picking location has been specified and if this location is also marked as a shipping location in the window Warehouse Information Card, the item’s standard picking location is suggested In this field, but the value can be changed manually. If no standard picking location has been specified for the item or if the item has a standard picking location for the warehouse but it is not a shipping location, Maconomy suggests a blank value in this field.

If the item is a BOM without inventory control, Maconomy uses the same method to derive a location for the automatically created lines representing items on the highest level with inventory control in the window Order Lines.

If the field is blank, the location number specified in the card part of the window will apply to the line. For further information on the effects of the location number on a sales order, please see the descriptions of the actions in this window.

You cannot select any of the actions that result in the creation of a warehouse transaction until you have either entered a location in the card part or on the individual item lines.

For Packing Here you enter how many item units to pack. The number for packing is an indication of the number of units to be dispatched in the next shipment of items on the order. Therefore, this quantity is suggested on the warehouse transaction created when you select the action “Create Warehouse Transaction” or one of the other actions resulting in the automatic creation of a warehouse transaction, to tell the warehouse personnel that a certain number of items should be moved to the packing area. If a packing list is created for the order without first creating a warehouse transaction (neither by selecting the action “Create Warehouse Transaction” nor by selecting “Create Picking List”), this quantity is used on the packing list. This allows you to split the order into different deliveries. Maconomy verifies that the quantity is divisible by the item’s minimum sales unit.

If your company uses the “By Packing” back order method, Maconomy suggests that all the items be packed. Maconomy verifies that the value in this field does not exceed the difference between items ordered and items already delivered.

If your company uses the “By Reservation” back order method, Maconomy suggests the quantity of items currently available in the warehouse as the quantity for packing. Maconomy verifies that the value in this field does not exceed the difference between items ordered and items already delivered. Maconomy puts unavailable items on back order.

However, if the system parameter “Reset quantity to pack to 0” has been marked, the quantity in this field will be zero, even if the current line belongs to an urgent order.

If the field “Urgent” has been marked in the card part of the window, the number in this field is automatically set to the quantity specified in the field “Quantity” on the current line, regardless of the availability of the items in the warehouse. However, the quantity for packing can be changed manually.

If you have Maconomy Bill of Materials, and the item is a BOM without inventory control, the value here will always be “0” and cannot be changed. Packing selection is made for the individual BOM parts in the Packing List Lines window.

If you have assigned an item purchase order line with direct delivery, that is, if the “Item Purchase Order No.” field has a value and the “Drop Ship” field is marked, the value in this field will always be zero. Order lines which are delivered directly from vendor to customer will therefore not be included in packing lists or packing slips.

If the line is a text line, leave the field blank.

Discount Desc. This is the discount description printed on all external order documents. If the description of the discount (be it item discount, customer discount or a discount from a discount table) granted on the line has been translated into the language specified in the card part of the order, the translation in question is shown here. If no such translation exists, Maconomy suggests the discount description specified for the discount in question in the window Item Discount Agreements, Customer Discount Agreement or Discount Tables, depending on the type of discount granted. However, you can change the text here.

Translations are created in the window Language Texts in the Set-Up module.

If you have entered a discount manually, you can enter a text here to describe the discount. The text is printed on all external order documents.

If the line is a text line, leave this field blank.

Pricing Unit This is quantity of units included in the item’s unit price. The value is retrieved from the Item Information Card and cannot be changed here.
Note No. In this field, you can specify the number of a note to be assigned to the current line for further specification. Notes are created and edited in the window Notes in the Set-Up module.
Note Description This field shows a description of the note specified in the field “Note No.” above.
Item Note No. If the item specified on the line is a template item, that is, an item for which a template note has been specified in the window Item Information Card, a copy of the template note from the item information card is created, and the copy is assigned to the current order line by means of this field.

A template item is an item where the generic item information is not specific enough, as certain details may change from order to order. An example of a template item is a business card where the basic information about the card such as the paper type and background color is static, but each time a batch of cards is ordered, the title, name and address to be printed on the card are different. It is therefore important that a number of additional fields are made available so that a user ordering a business card is allowed to enter this information. Once the order line has been created and this field has automatically been completed, you can enter the additional information required for the template item by opening the window Notes in the Set-Up module, selecting the note — In this field, and specifying the relevant data in the table part.

For further information on the use and set-up of template items, see the description of the field “Template Note No.” in the window Item Information Card.

The information entered in the note is also printed on external order documents.

Item Note Description This field shows a description of the note specified in the field “Item Note No.” above.
External Desc. This is the item description printed on all external order documents. If a translation exists for the current item in the language specified in the card part of the order, the translation in question is shown here. If no such translation exists, the item text from the field “Item Description, Language 1” is suggested instead. You can change the text here. Translations are created in the window Language Texts in the Set-Up module.

If the line is a text line, you cannot enter a text here.

Internal Desc. This is the internal item text from the Item Information Card. You can change this text. The text is printed on the packing list and is suitable for messages to warehouse employees. You can, for example, specify how the item should be handled and packed. The text is not printed on external order documents.

If the line is a text line, you cannot enter a text here.

Extra Text 1-10 In these fields, you can enter supplementary text for a further description of the current item. In the first three fields, Maconomy suggests the value from the corresponding fields in the item information card. You can change the suggested texts and enter additional information in the remaining seven fields.
Popup 1-5 In these fields, you can enter further information about the current item. Maconomy suggests the value from the corresponding fields in the item information card, but you can change the value for the current sales order line. The pop-up options are created in the window Popup Fields in the Set-Up module.
Orig. Quantity In this field, you can specify how many units of the current item were originally ordered. When creating a line or when converting a quote to an order, Maconomy will copy the value in the field “Quantity” to this field, but you can change the value later.
Delivered This field shows how many item units have been delivered. The value cannot be changed.

If you have Maconomy Bill of Materials, and the item is a BOM without inventory control, you can split it up and deliver it in parts. The quantity shown here is the quantity of whole BOMs. The exact quantity of delivered BOM parts is shown in the table part of the Order Lines window.

Invoiced This field shows how many item units have been invoiced. The value cannot be changed.

If you have Maconomy Bill of Materials, and the item is a BOM without inventory control, you can invoice part of it. The number here will show how many complete BOMs you have invoiced.

The exact number of invoiced BOM parts is shown in the table part of the Order Lines window.

Transferred to Job Cost This field shows how many units of the item have already been transferred to the Job Cost module from the item line. It cannot be changed here.

An item is transferred to the Job Cost module by printing a packing slip or releasing for invoicing, provided the order is marked in the “Invoice in Job Cost” field. Item deliveries transferred to the Job Cost module cannot be invoiced in the Sales Orders module.

Back Orders This field shows how many item units are on back order. The value cannot be changed here. To deliver a back order item, enter the quantity in the “For Packing” field.

If you have Maconomy Bill of Materials, and the item is a BOM without inventory control, the value will always be “0.” You must enter a quantity for each BOM part in the “For Packing” field in the Order Lines window.

If the customer does not wish to receive the back order items, they can be deleted and the sales order can be closed. Back order items are deleted by deleting the line with the back order or by changing the quantity ordered in the “Quantity” field to equal the value in the “Delivered” field.

You can operate with one of the following two back order principles:

  1. By Reservation — If your company keeps items in stock, you can choose to put an item on back order immediately the order line is created (that is, when the item is reserved in the warehouse) if the order is for more of the item than you currently have in stock. Maconomy ensures that only the available quantity is selected in the next picking list and packing list.
  2. By Packing — If your company orders items from your vendor when your customer places an order, you can select all the ordered items to be picked and packed, even though Maconomy tells you that some of the items are unavailable. The items might be back in stock when a picking list or packing list is printed on the delivery date. If they are not, this is reported back from the warehouse, at which time the item is in back order. This takes place in the Packing Lists window.

    You select a back order method in the System Information window in the Set-Up module.

For Purchase If the item line is attached to an item purchase order, this field shows how many units you are buying. The quantity is in sales units, but the item quantity will always correspond to a whole number of the item’s minimum purchase unit. You can enter the value manually in the Sales Order to Item Purchase Orders window, or calculate it automatically from the back order quantity or the not yet delivered quantity.
Currently Received If the item line is attached to an item purchase order, this field shows how many units you have received so far for the item purchase order line. The quantity is in sales units.
Price List This is the price list according to which the item line is priced. Maconomy suggests the price list from the card part of the window, unless the customer is tied to another price list by a discount agreement, which then is suggested instead. The value cannot be changed here.

If you have Maconomy Bill of Materials, and the item is a BOM without price control, the field will be blank. The extended price will be calculated from the sum of the BOM parts, which are priced according to the price list in the card part.

Price Step This is the price step in the price list according to which the item is priced. Maconomy suggests the value justified by the amount of items ordered. But if the customer is tied to a fixed price step, this price step is applied instead. You cannot change the value of this field.

If you have Maconomy Bill of Materials, and the item is a BOM without price control, the value will be “0.” The extended price is calculated from the sum of the prices of the BOM parts.

Keep Price In this field, you can specify whether the unit price and discount percentage on the current line should be recalculated when changing the quantity. If you mark the field, a change in quantity will not cause the current unit price or discount percentage to be recalculated, even if the new quantity results in, for example, a different price step. However, you can change the unit price and discount percentage manually. Maconomy suggests the value from the corresponding field in the card part, but you can change it for the individual order lines.
Price at Step 1 This is the price of one pricing unit, if the sales order is assigned to a price list and if the item price is included in the price list. If not, the value here will correspond to the unit price. The value cannot be changed here.
Quantity Disc. This is the discount amount. It is defined as the difference between the price at price step 1 and the actual unit price, multiplied by the item quantity and divided by the pricing unit. It is usually the total discount on the item line. The value cannot be changed here.
Bill of Materials This field shows whether the item is a standard item or a BOM. If the field is marked, the item is a BOM. The individual parts of the BOM can be changed in the Order Lines window if the BOM is being shown in full. The BOM information card shows whether the BOM parts are to be shown on the sales order.
Location In this field, you can enter a value for the dimension Location. If you do not manually enter a value, Maconomy will attempt to derive a value, using the order of priority set up in the window Dimension Derivation in the G/L module. However, any manually entered value will be overwritten if Maconomy can derive a value for which overwriting has been selected. If no value can be derived, Maconomy transfers the value from the field “Location” in the card part of the window.

See the section on dimension derivation in the chapter “Introduction to the G/L module” as well as the description of the window Dimension Derivation for further information about dimension derivation.

Entity The functionality of this field is similar to that of the field “Location” above.
Project The functionality of this field is similar to that of the field “Location” above.
Purpose The functionality of this field is similar to that of the field “Location” above.
Spec. 1-3 The functionality of these fields is similar to that of the field “Location” above.
Local Spec. 1-3 The functionality of these fields is similar to that of the field “Location” above.
Last Deliv. Date This is the date of the last delivery of items on the item line. Maconomy suggests today’s date when you deliver items, that is, print a packing slip. You can change the date.
Latest Promised Deliv. Date Here you can enter the latest date you promised to deliver by.
Confirmed Delivery Date In this field, you can enter the last date which has been communicated to the customer as the delivery date. In other words, this is the date which the customer has been informed as the day on which he can expect to receive the items on the line. By comparing the date in this field with the one in the field “Deliv. Date” on the line (or “Arrival Date” if a consignment has been specified on the line), you can determine whether the customer needs to be informed of any delivery date changes. You can enter a date manually, but when you print an order confirmation, Maconomy overwrites the value as follows: If the line has not been assigned to a consignment, the field is assigned the line’s delivery date. If the line has been assigned to a consignment, the field is assigned the arrival date of the consignment in question.
Length Here you can enter the length of the item. If you also enter a width below, Maconomy will calculate “Quantity” by multiplying length by width. If you complete the “Quantity” field, the length and width are reset.

You can use this facility for entering column measurements for newspaper and magazine advertisements, for example.

When the sales order is invoiced, the length and width are transferred to the invoice line, except in the case of part-deliveries.

Width Here you can enter the width of the item. If you also enter a length above, Maconomy will calculate “Quantity” by multiplying length by width. If you complete the “Quantity” field, the length and width are reset.

You can use this facility for entering column measurements for newspaper and magazine advertisements, for example.

When the sales order is invoiced, the length and width are transferred to the invoice line, except in the case of part-deliveries.

Item Purchase Order No. If the item line is attached to an item purchase order, this field shows the number of the item purchase order. It cannot be changed here.
Drop Ship If you have created or are going to create an item purchase order from the sales order line for direct delivery (drop-shipment), this field will be marked. The mark cannot be removed or set manually.
Order Date Here you can see the date the order line was created.
Activity No. In this field, you can enter an amount activity if the current line relates to an activity and the sales order is assigned to a job. When you create a line on an order on which a job number has been specified, Maconomy attempts to derive an activity number using the following procedure:
  1. If the user manually enters an activity number, this number is used.
  2. If no value is entered manually, Maconomy checks the information card of the item specified on the line to see if an activity number has been specified there (see the window “Activity No.” in the card part of the window Item Information Card). If so, the activity number in question is transferred to this field.
  3. If no activity number was found in step 2, the activity number specified in the corresponding field in the card part of the order is used.
  4. If no activity was found in step 3, the activity number to be derived from the standard task of the task list assigned to the job on the order is used.

If no job has been specified on the order, any manually entered value is changed to a blank value, as you cannot specify an activity to a line which does not pertain to a job.

Task In this field, you can enter the name of a task if the order is linked to a job. If the corresponding field in the card part of the window contains a value, it will automatically be suggested in this field.
Orig. Order No. This field shows the number of the sales order on which the item line was originally created.
Customer’s Item Purchase No. This field shows the customer’s item purchase order number, if the original sales order was created on the basis of an item purchase order from the customer. The number is transferred from the card part, but it can be changed on the order lines.
Vendor In this field you can enter a vendor number. The vendor is used when creating purchase orders in the window Sales Order to Item Purchase Orders. The default value is the vendor number from the item information card, if a vendor has been specified for the item.
Vendor Name This field shows the name of the vendor in the field “Vendor” above.
Campaign No. In this field, you can enter the number of a campaign if the current sales order line is connected to a certain campaign in the Contact Management module. If you enter a campaign number in the card part, Maconomy transfers the number to this field when creating lines. The campaign number can be used for, for example, statistical purposes.
Blocked This field is used for specifying whether the current line is blocked. A mark in this field indicates that the line cannot be delivered in a satisfactory way for instance because the items are not available by the delivery date. When one or several lines are blocked, none of the items on the order can be picked, packed or delivered. This means that you cannot select any of the actions that involve picking, packing or creating packing slips as long as the order contains blocked lines.

Lines can be blocked and unblocked manually, but you can have Maconomy unblock lines which have become valid for unblocking, for example, because the items have become available on the delivery date or because some lines can be moved to orders where they match the delivery information. This is done by selecting the action “Activate Lines.” Maconomy can also block and unblock lines automatically in the procedures of certain other actions in the Action menu. For further information on Maconomy’s procedures for blocking and unblocking lines, please see the descriptions of the actions “Update Delivery Dates,” “Split Line,” “Assign to Consignment,” “Approve Order,” and “Activate Lines.”