Use this form to keep track of consumption or to report productions as finished. Click for a brief definition of the different kinds of journal forms you can use. To create a new journal, press CTRL+N. To add entries to the journal, click .

Navigating the form

The following links and tables provide descriptions for the controls in this form.

Tabs

Tab

Description

Overview tab

Select or view the journal type, name and journal number. You can check the status of the journal to see whether it is posted or blocked. You can also monitor how the journal is handled when it is posted, that is, whether negative picking is permitted or certain kinds of errors are accepted.

General tab

View or edit general identification and voucher information, posting details and automatic back flushing for the selected journal.

Setup tab

View or edit setup information that was used to create the selected journal type.

Blocking tab

Edit user access to the journals. To exclude users or user groups from the journal, either select the check box or define a group in the field. For security reasons, only one user at a time can enter lines in a particular journal.

History tab

View the most recent posting information for the selected journal, including the date of the last transaction and who made it. For the most recent posting, click .

Buttons

Button

Description

Create or view lines in the selected journal.

Check that the current transaction on the tab for errors.

Post the journal. You can post transactions that have no errors and transfer incorrect transactions to a new journal. If there are errors, you receive an error message.

Create a new journal. A new line appears in the tab. For a definition of the main characteristics of the journal type you are creating, see .

View posting errors.

Print the selected journal.

Create picking-list journal lines for the selected journal in the dialog box.

Fields

Field

Description

Specify the name of the current journal. You can choose from the existing Journal name, Production (form).

Sequential numbering of journal number.

There are four types of journals:

  • - The Picking list journal is used when a release from inventory is registered.

  • - The Reported as finished journal is used for the actual material consumption. See Production journal lines, report as finished (form)for a detailed description of release lines.

  • - Route cards are used when feedback on the time of an operation is created.

  • - Job cards are used when feedback is given on the time consumption for , , , , or .

Note Note

When a , or journal is posted, the realized price calculation for the production is executed.

Description of the journal.

Identification of production. If you complete this field while you are creating a journal, you can record consumption for this production only in the corresponding journal lines.

Number of journal lines.

The journal lines that have been posted to the ledger.

When will a new voucher number automatically be picked?

When will a new voucher be allocated?

The connected purchase order number when the is created automatically under one of these conditions:

  • All journal lines reference the same operation, and the operation is the vendor type.

  • One of the journal lines is a production BOM line of the vendor type, and the BOM line references a purchase order where the item is the service type.

If you create the journal manually, you can edit the field.

Specify summation level.

Delete journal lines when posting is completed.

Waiting for automatic creation and posting of lines.

Good quantity items.

Error quantity items.

Number for determining sequence in routes.

Execute end job.

If you mark this field, the inventory on-hand can become negative inventory at release. If you do not mark this field, picking from inventory takes place only if the item consumption is physically available. If the item consumption is not available, an error log is created. For a detailed description of the negative inventory at release, see .

Indicates whether the material consumption in the physical inventory in-hand should be reduced to physical inventory. If you do not mark this field, the material consumption remains unchanged. If you have not accepted that inventory in-hand can become negative, an error log is created if the physical inventory is not available. For a detailed description of physical reduction at release see section .

Indicates whether the advance sale quantity is to control and write up the corresponding inventory transactions.

If you select this field, errors are ignored and reporting as finished is carried out. If you do not mark the field, errors are displayed in a log. Production journal (form)describes possible errors.

Indicates whether the attached BOM lines are automatically picking-list consumed. Setup is copied from the default value in the production parameters.

Journal name to be used in connection with automatic BOM consumption.

Indicates whether BOM consumption for current operations is automatically picking-list updated. Setup is copied from the default value in the production parameters.

Indicates whether feedback from the last operation is automatically reported as finished for production. Setup is copied from the default value in the production parameters.

Journal name to be used in connection with automatic reporting-as-finished. The name is copied from the default value in the production parameters.

User for whom the journal is private.

When this field is selected, the journal is closed to other users.

User group for whom the journal is private.

Date and time the journal was posted.

User who posted the journal.

Journal number that the lines are transferred from.

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