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Object documentationDocument Settings: Per Document Tab

 

Use this window to define information for the following documents:

  • Sales and purchasing

  • Banking and accounting

  • Inventory

  • Production

To determine the settings that apply to a specific document type, click , and in the Document field, choose a document type. SAP Business One displays the relevant fields for the selected document type.

To access the tab, from the SAP Business One Main Menu, choose Start of the navigation path Administration Next navigation step System Initialization Next navigation step Document Settings Next navigation step Per Document End of the navigation path.

Sales Documents Fields - Sales Quotation
Include Tax in Quotation

Select to determine whether to calculate and display tax amount in sales quotation documents.

If you create an order that refers to a quotation, SAP Business One calculates the tax according to the rules defined for the customer and the item.

Allow Copying Closed Quotations to Target Doc.

Define whether sales quotations remain open or closed after you copy them to target documents.

Select to make the sales quotation available for creating repeated target documents. The sales quotation then appears in the list of possible reference documents when you create a target document. You can repeatedly select the sales quotation and copy it to target documents.

Once you have copied the sales quotation to a higher-level document, it is considered closed. It is then no longer displayed for selection when you create a sales document with reference. Deselect the checkbox to activate this option.

Allow Future Posting Date

Lets you create sales quotations with future posting dates. If you have selected it on the Document Settings: General tab, you can select this checkbox.

Sales Documents Fields - Sales Order
Default Days for Order Cancellation

Enter the number of days during which you can cancel the sales order.

Allow Changes to Existing Orders

Select this option to allow authorized users to make changes in existing sales orders.

Caution Caution

After a sales order is added, this option becomes disabled, and the status of the checkbox cannot be changed.

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Activate Automatic Availability Check

The application automatically checks available quantities for items included in a sales order before they are added, and offers different solutions when the available quantity is less than the quantity in the sales order.

Note Note

This field is not available when you select the Enable Advanced Available to Promise checkbox on the General tab. For more information, see Enabling Advanced ATP.

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Sales Order Approved

Enables copying sales orders to a higher level sales document. When selected, the checkbox Approved in the Logistics tab in Sales Order window is selected by default, and the status of a newly added sales order is set by default to Open.

Reopen Doc. by Creating Returns/Goods Returns/Credit Memos Based on It

If you select this checkbox, you can decide whether to reopen a sales or purchasing order when you create a return or goods return document that is based on the sales or purchasing order, or when you create a credit memo based on an invoice. The application prompts you for a decision every time you create a return, goods return, or credit memo.

Without User Confirmation

If you select this checkbox, you always reopen a sales or purchasing order when you create a return or goods return document that is based on a sales or purchasing order.

This field is available only if the checkbox Reopen Doc. by Creating Returns/Goods Returns/Credit Memos Based on It is selected.

Sales Documents Fields - Delivery, A/R Invoice
Recommend Packaging from Item Master Data

If you select this checkbox, when you enter a quantity for an item during the creation of a delivery document or an A/R invoice, SAP Business One automatically calculates the number of packages according to the packaging definition entered on the Sales Data tab of the Items Master Data window. The application fills in the recommended number of packages automatically and updates it accordingly when you update the quantity. Correspondingly, packaging information is filled in on packing slips.

Note Note

If a document has a base document with an existing packing slip, SAP Business One does not recommend packaging again.

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Sales Documents Fields - Sales Order, Delivery, Returns, A/R Down Payment, A/R Invoice, A/R Credit Memo
Allow Future Posting Date

Enables creating sales documents with future posting dates. Checkbox enabled only if you have selected it on the Document Settings: General tab.

Purchasing Documents Fields - Purchase Request
Send E-Mail When Creating PO or Goods Receipt PO

When selected, an E-mail is automatically sent to the creator of the purchase request once it is drawn into purchase order or goods receipt PO. You can change the status of this checkbox at any time. This checkbox appears in the purchase request document as well, and its default status is derived from your selection.

Send Alert When Creating PO or Goods Receipt PO

When selected, an alert is sent to the creator if of the purchase request once it is drawn into purchase order or goods receipt PO. You can change the status of this checkbox at any time.

Purchasing Documents Fields - Purchase Quotation
Create Online Quotation

When selected, the Create Online Quotation checkbox is selected by default in Start of the navigation path Purchasing — A/P Next navigation step Purchase Quotation Next navigation step Logistics tab End of the navigation path. Once the user adds the purchase quotation, an e-mail notification is sent to the contact person of the vendor, inviting the vendor to send respective proposal to the company. To enable this process make sure that the e-mail address at the contact person of the vendor is defined (Start of the navigation path Business Partners Next navigation step Business Partner Master Data Next navigation step Contact Person tab End of the navigation path) and the e-mail address of the current SAP Business One user is defined in Start of the navigation path Administration Next navigation step Setup Next navigation step General Next navigation step Users End of the navigation path. In addition, the Request for Quotation scenario has to be activated and configured. For more information see the Administrator's Guide for the Integration Component.

Purchasing Documents Fields - Purchase Order
Split PO

Select to determine whether to split a purchase order that relates to more than one warehouse.

If you select the checkbox, SAP Business One prompts you to create child purchase orders. Confirm the message to create separate child purchase orders for each warehouse.

Purchase Order Approved

Select to enable dragging of purchase orders to target documents.

Reopen Doc. by Creating Returns/Goods Returns/Credit Memos Based on It

If you select this checkbox, you can decide whether to reopen a sales or purchasing order when you create a return or goods return document that is based on the sales or purchasing order, or when you create a credit memo based on an invoice. The application prompts you for a decision every time you create a return, goods return, or credit memo.

Without User Confirmation

If you select this checkbox, you always reopen a sales or purchasing order when you create a return or goods return document that is based on a sales or purchasing order.

This field is available only if the checkbox Reopen Doc. by Creating Returns/Goods Returns/Credit Memos Based on It is selected.

Purchasing Documents Fields
Allow Future Posting Date

Lets you create purchasing documents with future posting dates.

This checkbox is enabled only if you have selected it on the Document Settings: General tab.

Banking Fields - Incoming Payment
Split BP/Account in Journal Entry

Select to have one row to appear for each payment method.

According to the default setting, only one row appears for the customer or vendor account in the accounting document for an incoming payment, even when different payment methods are specified for the payment. Several rows appear for the posting on the offsetting side: one for each payment method.

Maximum No. of Documents in Payment

Enter the value to define how many documents you include in each incoming payment.

Split Credit Voucher

Select to split the credit voucher in the accounting document by date on the customer or vendor side when a credit card payment is received.

Display All Transactions by Default

Select to display all open business partner transactions in the incoming payment.

Banking Fields - Deposit
Split BP/Account in Journal Entry:

Select to indicate the type of deposit for which the accounting document will be split. You can define this setting for cash checks, postdated checks, or credit voucher documents resulting from credit card payments.

Banking Fields - Outgoing Payment
Split BP/Account in Journal Entry

Select to have one row to appear for each payment method.

According to the default setting, only one row appears in the accounting document for outgoing payment, even when different payment methods are specified for the payment. Several rows appear for the posting on the offsetting side: one for each payment method.

Maximum No. of Documents in Payment

Specify the maximum number of documents to include in each outgoing payment.

Display All Transactions by Default

Displays all open business partner transactions in the outgoing payment.

Create Capitalization Credit Memo for Fixed Assets with Cash Discounts

Note Note

The field is available only if you have enabled fixed assets.

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When you acquire a fixed asset using an A/P invoice, a capitalization document is automatically generated upon the creation of the invoice. If you pay the invoice with cash discounts, you can select this checkbox to let the system automatically generate a capitalization credit memo document for the discounted part of the asset.

Banking Fields - Postdated Deposit
Split BP/Account in Journal Entry

Select to indicate the type of deposit for which the accounting document will be split. You can define this setting for postdated checks or postdated credit vouchers resulting from credit card payments.

Accounting Fields - Journal Entry
Block Unbalanced FC Journal Entry

Disallows unbalanced foreign currency entries.

Allow Multiple Currency Transactions

Select to permit creation of journal entries that involve more than one currency.

Block Editing of Totals in System Currency

Prevents document amounts from being edited in the system currency.

Note Note

Whichever currency you choose for displaying a document – local, system, or, when relevant, foreign – SAP Business One automatically calculates the amount in system currency.

If you want to enable system currency editing, do not select this checkbox. SAP Business One will calculate the amounts in the local currency and – when relevant – in the foreign currency, and you can access the system currency fields and change their values, if required.

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Block Posting Date Editing Per Row

Prevents a different posting date from being entered for individual entry rows.

Note Note

By default, SAP Business One sets the posting date for the entire accounting document. Leaving the checkbox clear enables you to enter a separate posting date for each row in the accounting document.

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Block Updating of Doc. Date After Posting Per Row

Prevents you from editing the document date in the header and rows of existing journal entries, after the journal entries are added.

Use Automatic Tax

Defines that VAT is calculated automatically according to the default VAT group defined for each account.

Inventory Fields - Pick List
Allow Pick Lists with Empty Bin Location

Note Note

The checkbox affects companies that have enabled the bin location function only.

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Select the checkbox to let you create pick lists without including any bin location information. The checkbox takes effect on the company level.

When the checkbox is selected, the bin location field is empty in the generated pick lists, even though you have specified bin location-related selection criteria when generating the pick lists. If the item is managed by serial numbers or batches, neither the bin location nor the serial numbers or batches information is included in the pick lists you generated.

Note Note

The same checkbox exists on the Table subtab of the Document tab of the Form Settings – Pick and Pack Manager window. That checkbox takes effect on the user level.

The checkboxes take effect according to the following rules:

  • When you open the Pick and Pack Manager window for the first time, the default status of the Allow Pick Lists with Empty Bin Location checkbox in the Form Settings - Pick and Pack Manager window is that of the same checkbox in the Document Settings window.

  • Once you have opened the Pick and Pack Manager window, the status of the Allow Pick Lists with Empty Bin Location checkbox in its Form Settings window remains unchanged, even if you later change the status of the same checkbox in the Document Settings window. When you choose the Restore Default button in the Form Settings - Pick and Pack Manager window, the status of the Allow Pick Lists with Empty Bin Location checkbox is set to the current status of the same checkbox in the Document Settings window.

  • When you create pick lists through the Pick and Pack Managerwindow, the checkbox in the Form Settings - Pick and Pack Manager window takes effect.

  • When you create pick lists through choosing the Generate Pick List option in the context menu of the Sales Order window, the checkbox in the Document Settings window takes effect.

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Inventory Fields – Inventory Counting
Counting Type Is Single Counter: Highlight Rows with Variance Greater Than

If the counted quantity varies from the in-warehouse quantity recorded in the system, and the variance percentage exceeds the defined acceptable limit, the system highlights the corresponding row in red. For more information, see the description about the Variance % field in Inventory Counting Window.

Counting Type Is Multiple Counters: Highlight Rows with Max Variance Greater Than, Highlight Rows with Counters' Difference Greater Than

For multiple counters, you can define two limits. The system highlights the corresponding row in red in either of the following scenarios:

  • The individual counters' counted quantities and the team counted quantity vary from the in-warehouse quantity recorded in the system, and the biggest variance percentage exceeds the defined limit.

  • The biggest difference between the counted quantities exceeds the defined limit.

For more information, see the descriptions about the Max. Variance % field and the Counters' Diff. % field in Inventory Counting Window.

When Changing from Single to Multiple Counters, Set Selected Counter As

If you need to change the counting type of an open inventory counting document from Single Counter to Multiple Counters (for example, because of unplanned changes after creating the document), be sure to check this setting before you change the counting type. Depending on your setting, the existing counter becomes an individual counter or a team counter; the latter type of counter's counting results are considered part of the entire team's effort.

For more information, see Inventory Counting.

When Copying Inventory Counting to Inventory Posting, Close Counted Rows with Zero Diff.

With this checkbox selected, if you create an inventory posting document based on inventory counting documents, then after you add the inventory posting document, the system closes each row that meets the following requirements:

  • There is no variance between counted quantities and the recorded in-warehouse quantity.

  • The Counted checkbox is selected.

If you also select the Without User Confirmation checkbox, SAP Business One performs this task without requesting your confirmation during the process.

Note Note

After posting your counting results, you must ensure that each relevant inventory counting document is closed. Otherwise, you cannot record new transactions for items that are on open rows.

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Inventory Fields – Inventory Posting
Allow Inbound Posting with Zero Price

Typically, in order to record the inventory value variance in the journal, you must define a positive price for an item whose counted quantity varies from the in-warehouse quantity recorded in the system.

If you select this checkbox, you can enter 0 for prices in inventory posting documents when the counted quantity is larger than the in-warehouse quantity recorded in the system. In such cases, inventory value variances are not reflected in the journal, although inventory quantity variances are still recorded in the system.

Highlight Rows with Variance Greater Than

If the counted quantity varies from the in-warehouse quantity recorded in the system, and the variance percentage exceeds the defined acceptable limit, the system highlights the corresponding row in red. For more information, see the description about the Variance % field in Inventory Posting Window.

Enable On Release Only for Serial and Batch Numbers Management in Inventory Posting

You are not obligated to assign or create serial or batch numbers for an item managed by serial numbers or batches if the following requirements are met:

  • This checkbox is selected.

  • The item itself is managed on release only, which is determined by the management method defined in the item master data. For more information, see Managing Serial Numbers on Release Only and Managing Batch Numbers on Release Only.

  • On the count date, the counted quantity is higher than the in-warehouse quantity. This means that you need to "receive" some more units of the item (identified by serial numbers or batch numbers) into the system rather than releasing some units.

Inventory Fields - Inventory Counting, Inventory Posting
Calculate In-Whse Qty on Count Date Based On

This setting determines the basis on which the system calculates each item's in-warehouse quantity on the count date. For more information, see Calculation of In-Warehouse Quantities on Count Date.

Note Note

You cannot change this setting while there is any open inventory counting document. In addition, the settings for inventory counting documents and inventory posting documents must be the same.

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Inventory Fields - Inventory Counting, Inventory Posting, Inventory Opening Balances
Allow Inclusion of Inactive Items in Document

Some items are inactive on the count date or posting date. If you still want to include these inactive items in the document, you need to select this checkbox. For example, you stock up some products for future sales; these products are temporarily set as inactive in the system but are actually in storage. In this case, you may not want to exclude them from inventory counting.

If you deselect this checkbox, you can only add items whose activity periods cover the count dates (for inventory counting documents) or the posting dates (for inventory posting documents and inventory opening balance documents).

Example Example

Item I001 is active from 2014.05.01 to 2014.05.31, and inactive from 2014.06.01.

Create an inventory counting document and set the count date to 2014.05.25. Add item I001 to the document and then add the document. Then do the following:

  • Change the count date in the inventory counting document to 2014.06.02.

    Result: You cannot update the inventory counting document.

  • Copy the inventory counting document to an inventory posting document and set the posting date to 2014.06.02.

    Result: You cannot add the inventory posting document.

  • Change the activity period of item I001 and set it to be active from 2014.05.01 to 2014.05.15.

    Result: You cannot update the inventory counting document unless you manually delete or close relevant item rows.

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Selection and deselection of the checkbox is synchronized for inventory counting documents and inventory posting documents. In other words, when you select or deselect the checkbox for inventory counting documents, the checkbox for inventory posting documents is selected or deselected accordingly (and vice versa). This synchronization is irrelevant for inventory opening balance documents.

Production Fields
Use for Components Transactions

Choose one of the following options:

  • Component WIP Accounts - Uses the default component WIP accounts throughout the production process.

    Note Note

    • The default WIP account of an item component depends on the definition of the Set G/L Accounts By field on the Inventory tab of the item's Item Master Data window. The WIP Inventory account can be used at the warehouse, item group, or item level. If advanced G/L account determination rules are defined for the warehouse, item group, or the item component in question, other WIP Inventory accounts may be used. If you define a different account in the WIP Account field of the Production Order window for the item component, then that account is used as the WIP account.

    • For a resource component, the Resource WIP account defined on the Resources tab of the G/L Account Determination window applies, unless an advanced G/L account rule requires a different Resource WIP account. If you define a different account in the WIP Account field of the Production Order window for the resource component, then that account is used as the WIP account.

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  • Parent Item WIP Accounts - Uses the parent item WIP account as the WIP account in transactions (both for item and resource components) throughout the production process.

    Note Note

    Depending on the definition of the Set G/L Accounts By field on the Inventory tab of the parent item's Item Master Data window, the WIP Inventory account defined at the warehouse, item group, or item level can be used. If advanced G/L account determination rules are defined for the warehouse, item group, or the parent item in question, other WIP accounts may be used.

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Highlight Rows for Which the Variance Is Greater Than

If the variance in a row exceeds the percentage you defined here, SAP Business One highlights the row in red.

Posting Schemas for Manufacturing

Appears when you choose a production order document.

Choose one of the following:

  • Accounting with Balance Sheet Accounts Only

    The application uses the WIP accounts and inventory accounts only, while it does not use the offset accounts for the journal entries of Receipt from Production and Issue for Production.

    WIP accounts include both WIP and WIP variance accounts.

  • Accounting with Balance Sheet Accounts and Profit & Loss Accounts

    The application uses the WIP accounts, inventory accounts, WIP offset accounts, and inventory offset accounts for the journal entries of Receipt from Production and Issue for Production.

    For non-inventory items, Expense Clearing Account is not used for production postings.

Pick List Fields
Automatically copy all open rows from the sales order or reserve invoice

Copies all open rows from a selected sales order or reserve invoice to a delivery in the pick and pack process.

When you create a delivery in the pick and pack process, all the open items from the selected sales order or reserve invoice are displayed in the delivery, even if you have not selected all of them. All the unselected items are drawn to the delivery without a quantity.

Example Example

You do the following:

  1. Create a sales order for customer 01 with the following items:

    • Item A with quantity 10

    • Item B with quantity 5

  2. In the pick and pack manager, select the sales order row with item A and deliver.

As a result, one of the following situations occurs:

  • If the checkbox is selected, item A and item B appear in the Delivery window as follows:

    • Item A with a quantity of 10

    • Item B without a quantity

    Before you add the delivery, you can modify the quantity for both.

  • If the checkbox is not selected, only item A with quantity 10 appears in the Delivery window.

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