Processing Associations in the Trading Execution Workbench 

Use

You can process the association of an existing document using the Trading Execution Workbench (TEW). You can display and process the association independently of any logistics processes.

Procedure

Create/change association

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        1.      In the TEW initial screen, define the necessary parameters in the Task area.

Select a mode that corresponds to association maintenance.

        2.      Define the source document selection range, and choose Select.

The system lists source documents in the lower screen.

        3.      Select the item to be processed from the second group of documents.

Association is not possible at header level.

        4.      If you create a new association or want to change an existing one, choose Read data for association.

The association partners and candidates are transferred to the lower part of the association maintenance screen while the item to be processed is displayed in the upper half of the same screen. For association partners the associated quantity is displayed in the field New quantity and you can change it directly. If you want to create a new association for an association candidate, select the appropriate item and choose Change entries.

If you want to change the existing association data, choose Read data for reassociation. In this case only the list of association partners is displayed. You can already make changes to the New quantity field.

        5.      Change the quantity in the New quantity field and choose Enter to confirm it.

        6.      Choose Save.

Display Association

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        1.      In the TEW initial screen, define the necessary parameters in the Task area.

Select a mode that corresponds to association maintenance. 

        2.      Define the source document selection range, and choose Select. The system lists source documents in the lower screen.

        3.      Select the item to be processed from the second grouping of documents.

Association is not possible at header level.

        4.      Choose Display association data. The selected data and all the association partners are copied to the screen area for association maintenance.

Delete association

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        1.      In the TEW initial screen, define the necessary parameters in the Task area. Select a mode that corresponds to the association maintenance.

        2.      Define the source document selection range, and choose Start Selection.

The system lists source documents in the lower screen.

        3.      Select the item to be processed from the second grouping of documents.

Association is not possible at header level.

        4.      Choose Association data to be deleted.

The system displays the association partners. Select the associations to be deleted and choose Delete association.

        5.      Choose Save.