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Use this window to display inventory transfer information.

To access the window, from the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose   Inventory   Inventory Transactions   Inventory Transfer  .

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This topic documents fields and other elements in this window that either are not self-explanatory or require additional information.

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General Area Fields
Number

Displays the number of the inventory transfer document. The system assigns the numbers automatically and consecutively. You cannot change this number.

Series

You define the series and numbers for inventory transfers when you configure the system.

Posting Date

Specify the posting date. The default value for this field is the current date on which the inventory transfer is created. If required, change the date.

Document Date

Specify the document date. The default value for this field is the current date on which the inventory transfer is created. If required, change the date.

From Warehouse

Specify the warehouse from which the items are withdrawn.

By default, the field displays the warehouse you specified in the Default Warehouse field on the General Settings: Inventory Tab.

The warehouse you specify in this field is taken as the default to the From Warehouse field in the document rows.

To Warehouse

Specify the receiving warehouse for the transferred items.

By default, the field displays the warehouse you specified in the Default Warehouse field on the General Settings: Inventory Tab.

The warehouse you specify in this field is taken as default to the To Warehouse field in the document rows.

Contents Tab Fields
From Warehouse

Specify the warehouse from which the item is withdrawn.

By default, the field displays the warehouse you specified in the From Warehouse field in the document header.

From Bin Locations

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The field is available only if you have enabled bin locations for at least one warehouse.

If you have not enabled bin locations for the warehouse you specified in the document row, this field is blank and not editable.

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Displays how many items are allocated from bin locations.

You must allocate the same quantity of an item from bin locations as the quantity you specified in the document row; otherwise, the field is marked in red and you cannot add the document.

To manually allocate items from bin locations, click Link Arrow (Link Arrow) to open one of the following windows:

Once the document is added, clicking the link arrow in this field opens Inventory Posting List.

To Warehouse

Specify the receiving warehouse for the transferred item.

By default, the field displays the warehouse you specified in the To Warehouse field in the document header.

To Bin Locations

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The field is available only if you have enabled bin locations for at least one warehouse.

If you have not enabled bin locations for the warehouse you specified in the document row, this field is blank and not editable.

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Displays how many items are allocated to bin locations. You must allocate the same quantity of an item to bin locations as the quantity you specified in the document row; otherwise, the field is marked in red and you cannot add the document.

To manually allocate items to bin locations, click Link Arrow (Link Arrow) to open one of the following windows:

Once the document is added, choosing the link arrow in this field opens Inventory Posting List.

Quantity

Enter the quantity of the item to be transferred.

Price

The system automatically copies the price of the item from the price list, based on the price list selected in the lower part of this window.

You can change the price manually here.

Tax Code

Displays the tax code included in inventory transfer documents in the VAT and EU reports.

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In Spain, the EU flag is enabled in input and output taxes. In other countries, the EU flag is enabled only in input taxes.

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Total

The system calculates the total amount for the row and for the document from the specified price and the quantity of goods received.

Remarks

Enter your own text to describe the inventory transfer.

Journal Remark

Enter your own text to describe the inventory transfer. This text is copied to the journal entry when the goods receipt is posted in Accounting.

Price List

SAP Business One displays Last Purchase Price price list here (or, if a customer consignment is being handled, the price list valid for the customer). When the item is entered, its price becomes the system default, on the basis of the selected price list. You can change the item prices manually.

Sales Employee

Select the sales employee responsible for the inventory transfer.

Inventory UoM

Define whether the quantity displayed in the Items per Unit field is a single item unit as follows:

  • No – If you specified a sales unit of measure for the item on the Sales Data tab in the Item Master Data window that is different than 1, the number of item units issued from the warehouse equals the number specified in the Quantity field, multiplied by the Items per Units value.

    Example Example

    Quantity x Items per Unit = Qty (Inventory UoM).

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  • Yes – The default value. The number of item units issued from the warehouse equals the number specified in the Quantity or Qty (Inventory UoM) field. The Items per Unit value is 1.

    Example Example

    Quantity x 1 (Items per Unit) = Qty (Inventory UoM).

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UoM Name

When a UoM code is specified, SAP Business One takes the corresponding UoM name from the UoM setup.

You can edit this field only when the UoM group of an item is Manual.

Distr. Rule

If required, specify a distribution rule for the row.

Items per Unit

The number of items defined for the selected unit of measure.

In addition, to set default values for the following fields, click Form Settings (Form Settings) in the toolbar.

Form Settings, Document Tab Fields
To Warehouse

Specify the receiving warehouse for the inventory transfer document.

By default, the field displays the warehouse you specified in the Default Warehouse field on theGeneral Settings: Inventory Tab.

The warehouse you specify in this field is taken as default to the To Warehouse fields in the general area and document rows.

To Bin Location

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The field is available only if you have enabled bin locations for at least one warehouse.

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Specify the bin location in the warehouse for receiving transferred items. The bin location you specify in this field is taken as default to the inventory transfer document rows for receiving items.

Automatic Allocation

Select the method by which items are picked from bin locations for transfer.

The method you specify here is taken as the default method for allocating items from bin locations in the inventory document rows.

For more information, see the Automatic Allocation field in Bin Location Allocation - Issue Window.

Allocate Items By

Select whether you want to allocate an item from and to bin locations by the item's inventory UoM or the UoM you specified in the document row.

The selection here will apply to all items in the inventory transfer document.

Discount %

Enter the discount to be calculated for the items at inventory transfer. You can overwrite the entry in each row in the line information.

Project

Assign inventory transfer to a project defined in the system. You can overwrite the entry in each row in the line information.

Country-Specific Fields: Chile
Folio Number

The folio number assigned to the document while it was printed, or afterward, by using the Folio Number Assignment function. You cannot change the displayed data. For a document that has not yet been printed, this field is empty.

Country-Specific Fields: India
VAT

Select this checkbox in the case of interstate inventory transfer. By default this checkbox is not selected.

Once an inventory transfer is flagged as VAT, you will find the Transaction Category field and the Form No. field in the inventory transfer document.

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If the inventory transfer happens during the course of interstate sales, it is required, as per State Level VAT rules, that input credit of tax be restricted. Credit is allowable only to the extent of tax paid on inputs in excess of 4%.

You need to scroll back to Inventory Transfer to create a JE. The Journal Entry window opens with the filled data on right-click and for posting a reversal of VAT.

If a JE has been created, then you can see the JE by right-clicking and choosing Show VAT JE.

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Form No.

Specify the Form No. for the transaction.

Transaction Category

Specify the category from the dropdown list.

Excisable

Specify whether the item row is excisable by selecting or deselecting the checkbox in the Excisable column. Excise invoices include only item rows where the Excisable checkbox selected. If you do not want to post OEI or IEI as goods that are being transferred from one warehouse to another within the same location, make sure that the Excisable checkbox is deselected.

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If both Item and To Warehouse are excisable, the Excisable checkbox is selected by default. If an Item field or To Warehouse field is not excisable, the Excisable checkbox is inactive.

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SAP Business One provides a query that identifies all excise-relevant inventory transfer documents for which users have not created corresponding OEI and IEI.

To access the query, from the SAP Business One toolbar, choose:

  Tools   Queries   System Queries   Open Excisable Inventory Transfer Documents  .

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Seq. Name

Specify a sequence from the dropdown list. The system generates the sequence automatically.

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This field appears only for documents that are assigned a sequence.

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Info Price

Goods transferred from one warehouse to another are at Normal Transactional Value (NTV). This price is recorded in the Info Price field of the inventory transfer document line.

The price in OEI and IEI is defaulted from this Info Price field of the inventory transfer and is used for excise duty calculation.

Duty Status

Specify whether this invoice is with or without payment of duty.

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When you copy an invoice transfer document to an outgoing excise invoice (OEI), or copy an OEI to an incoming excise invoice (IEI), the duty status property inherits the value of the duty status property of the invoice transfer document, and is not editable.

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After the inventory transfer is added, the system reminds you to create a corresponding OEI.

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