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Use this window to define default settings for document types in SAP Business One. On the General tab, you define settings for sales and purchasing documents.

To access the tab, choose   Administration   System Initialization   Document Settings   General  .

General Tab Fields
Calculate Gross Profit

Select the Calculate Gross Profit checkbox to activate gross profit calculation in sales documents of both item and service types.

Base Price Origin

Appears only when the Calculate Gross Profit checkbox is selected.

Select from the list menu the origin for the base price to be used by SAP Business One for calculating gross profit in sales documents of item type:

  • Price Lists — select one of the price lists defined in SAP Business One. The item prices defined in the selected price list are considered as base prices when the gross profit is calculated.

  • Last Purchase Price — select this option to have the gross profit calculated based on the item price the last time the item was purchased. If the purchasing price of an item changes from time to time, the gross profit calculation considers it.

  • Last Evaluated Price — select this option to calculate the gross profit based on the price calculated the last time the Inventory Valuation Simulation Report was generated.

    Note Note

    In companies that do not manage a perpetual inventory system, the gross profit is based on the price calculated the last time the Inventory Valuation Report was generated.

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  • Item Cost — select this option to calculate the gross profit based on the item cost calculated in   Item Master Data   Inventory Data   tab. The item cost may vary from time to time, depending on the valuation method defined for the item.

Default Gross Profit % for Service Documents

This field appears only when the Calculate Gross Price checkbox is selected.

Enter the gross profit percentage rate to be used by default for calculating gross profit in sales documents of service type.

Calculate % Gross Profit as:

This field appears only when the Calculate Gross Profit checkbox is selected.

Define whether to calculate the gross profit percentage as the base price or the sales price.

Example Example

You have an item with a base price of $30 and a sales price of $40.

  • Calculated according to the base price, the gross profit would be:

    gross profit/base price x 100 = (40-30)/30 x 100 = 33%

  • Calculated according to the sales price, the gross profit would be:

    gross profit/sales price x 100 = (40-30)/40 x 100 = 25%

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Document Remarks Include:

Select whether the remarks on the marketing documents include the base document number, or the customer or vendor reference number.

When you enter a sales document with a reference to a base document, the number of the base document appears. The displayed number can either be an internal number assigned to the document by SAP Business One, or the customer/vendor reference number from the base document.

When you choose to display the customer/vendor reference number and no such number is entered in the base document, the relevant field remains blank in the document that is created with reference to the base document.

For a Sales BOM in Documents, display:

Select the Price and Total for Parent Items Only if you only want to display the total price for the sold product. Select the Price for Components if you want to display the prices of the components. In this case, the total price is calculated as the total of the component prices.

If a sales bill of materials is defined for a product, this BOM appears in the sales document. The sales document displays both the sold product and the components that contribute to this product. When you select this radio button, you determine whether the sales price of the item should be displayed at the level of the sold product or at the level of the components in the sales document.

Response to Release/Receipt of Inventory Outside Defined Range:

Define the system response when the inventory level of an item falls below the minimum quantity as the result of a sales document/goods issue, or exceeds the maximum quantity as the results of a goods receipt.

Note Note

The minimum and maximum inventory levels are defined in the Item Master Data window, on the Inventory Data tab. If you do not define a minimum inventory level for an item, SAP Business One treats the item as if its minimum inventory level were zero. If you do not define a maximum inventory level for an item, SAP Business One does not validate the maximum level on quantities of goods received.

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Select one of the following options:

  • Without Warning — Prevents any notification from SAP Business One.

  • Warning Only — A warning message appears. The user can choose whether to continue (and fall below the minimum level or exceed the maximum level), or to make the required adjustments first, such as issue/receive only a partial quantity, search for alternative items, and so on.

  • Block Release — An error message appears. The user is prevented from completing the document and falling below the minimum level/exceeding the maximum level defined for the item.

The selected response is triggered when one of the following occurs:

  • A delivery is created (also when created from the Pick List window or from the Pick and Pack Manager window)

  • Either an A/R invoice not based on a delivery is created or when an A/R invoice + payment is created

  • A goods issue is created

  • Items are released to a pick list from the Open drawer in the Pick and Pack Manager window

  • The Released quantity is updated in the Released drawer of the Pick and Pack Manager window

  • A goods receipt is created

  • A goods receipt PO is created

  • An A/P invoice not based on a goods receipt PO is created

Block Negative Inventory

Select to block documents that would cause the level of inventory to fall below zero. Deselect the checkbox to allow negative inventory. If you deselect the checkbox, the following message appears:

Negative inventory usage is not in accordance with accounting rules. Are you sure you want to enable negative inventory usage?

When you select the Block Negative Inventory By checkbox, you have the following 3 options for defining negative inventory in SAP Business One:

  • Company

    When you specify Block Negative Inventory By Company, SAP Business One blocks an item only when its cumulative inventory quantity across all warehouses in your company goes below 0.

    Example Example

    Item01 has two locations: WH01 and WH02. This also implies that a specific warehouse can have a negative quantity as long as the sum of all warehouses is positive. For example, you store item 1 in both WH01 and WH02. Now WH01 has 150 in stock, and WH02 has -20 in stock. This situation is allowed as the cumulative stock quantity is 130, which is positive.

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  • Warehouse

    When you specify Block Negative Inventory By Warehouse, SAP Business One blocks an item if its inventory goes below 0 in any warehouse to which it has been assigned.

  • Item Setting

    When you specify Block Negative Inventory By Item Setting, SAP Business One blocks negative inventory either at company level or for each warehouse, depending on the status of the Manage Inventory by Warehouse checkbox in the item master data.

    • On the Inventory Data tab of the Item Master Data window, when you select the Manage Inventory by Warehouse checkbox, SAP Business One blocks an item if its inventory goes below 0 in any warehouse to which it has been assigned. The scenario is the same as when you specify Block Negative Inventory By Warehouse.

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    • On the Inventory Data tab of the Item Master Data window, when you deselect the Manage Inventory by Warehouse checkbox, SAP Business One blocks an item only when its cumulative inventory quantity across all warehouses in your company goes below 0. The scenario is the same as when you specify Block Negative Inventory By Company.

When you deselect the Block Negative Inventory By checkbox, you allow negative inventory in your company. Each item can contain negative inventory at company or warehouse level. Only the option selected according to the document setting Response to Release/Receipt of Inventory Outside Defined Range applies to the defined minimum stock level for the item.

Rounding Method

Select whether the amounts and prices that appear in marketing documents should be rounded by currency or by document.

Exchange Rate Base Date (A/P Documents)

Chooses the date on which the system calculates the exchange rate:

  • Posting Date

  • Document Date

Display Rounding Remark

Select to determine whether a remark will be displayed in the Remarks field of the sales document when an amount has been rounded. If you select the checkbox, a remark in a foreign-currency invoice for a customer is displayed stating that the discount amount is different from the discount percentage due to rounding.

Use Warehouse Address

Select if you want the Ship To address of the purchase document (Logistics tab) to be the warehouse address. If this checkbox is deselected, the Ship To address will be the address of the company as defined in   Administration   System Initialization   Company Details   General   tab.

Manage Freight in Documents

Select to add a Freight field in all sales and purchasing documents. This field lets you calculate additional costs connected to a document, such as delivery charges and deposit tax.

Block Documents with Earlier Posting Date

Enables blocking the posting process of documents that automatically create accounting journal entries (invoice, credit memo, deposit, payment and inventory posting documents).

Note Note

When this checkbox is selected, the corresponding checkbox on the Per Document tab is automatically selected for all relevant document types. You can deselect this checkbox for a specific document type, if required

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Allow Future Posting Date

Select to be able to create documents with future posting dates. Companies can create documents with future posting dates at the company level and then decide whether to apply this option to all the documents or only to those selected.

Display Cancelled and Cancellation Marketing Documents in Reports

Select this checkbox to report cancelled and cancellation marketing documents. However, some reports are not affected by the setting of this checkbox. For more information, see Reporting for Canceled and Cancellation Documents.

Max. No. of Days for Canceling Marketing Documents Before or After Posting

Specify the time range within which you are allowed to cancel a marketing document with a cancellation document. If your company allows future posting, you may be able to cancel a document on a date that is earlier than the posting date.

Note Note

This field is irrelevant to cancellation of orders, quotations, or purchase requests. For more information, see Canceling Sales and Purchasing Documents.

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Example Example

The posting date of a delivery is August 1, 2012. The following table displays when you can cancel this delivery, depending on the value you enter in the Max. No. of Days for Canceling Marketing Documents Before or After Posting field:

Field Value

Date on Which You Can Cancel the Delivery

Do Not Allow Future Posting

Allow Future Posting

/ (Blank)

All

All

0

None

None

1

August 1, 2012

August 1, 2012

2

August 1, 2012 and August 2, 2012

July 31, 2012, August 1, 2012, and August 2, 2012

End of the example.
Country-Specific Field: Brazil
Reuse Nota Fiscal Numbers of Canceled Documents

Select this checkbox to assign the nota fiscal numbers of canceled documents to new documents. For more information, see Reusing Nota Fiscal Numbers (BR).

Country-Specific Field: India
Allow Negative Tax Amount in Rows

Select to allow negative tax amount in rows.

Country-Specific Field: Italy
Display Warning for Documents Exceeding 1,500 EUR Without CIG and CUP

Select to display a warning when adding documents whose total amount is over 1,500 EUR and for which you have not defined the CIG and CUP codes. It is unselected by default.

Country-Specific Field: Japan and Korea
Rounding Rule for Tax & WTax

Specify the default rounding rule for tax and withholding tax.

Country-Specific Field: Russia
Reuse Canceled Document and Cancellation Document Numbers

Select this checkbox to assign the document numbers of canceled documents and cancellation documents to new documents. For more information, see Reusing Document Numbers (RU).