In some cases, you may want to change the destination of a purchase line, for example:
If you had ordered a part for production file A, but production file B is given higher priority. You want to use the part for production file B, and then order the same part for production file A later. This is a scenario where you would change the destination of the purchase line.
You have ordered a long lead-time item. This situation may occur if you are using engineering and you have to order a long lead-time item before the finished product is completed in engineering. Once the engineering data have been synchronized to production, the part corresponding to the long lead-time item is created in the production structure. You move the long lead-time item from the original production file (which was only created in order to order the long lead-time item) to the target production file in which the item will be used. The original part calculation line is now no longer needed.
If the target production file does not have a part calculation line for a long lead-time item yet, use the Move long lead-time item process to move the part calculation line from the original production file to the target production file.
Use the Change purchase line destination process to:
Remove the link between the purchase line and the part calculation line for the part in the original production file, and link the purchase line to the part calculation line for that part in the target production file. The purchase line will be given a new destination: the target production file.
Delete the part calculation line for the part in the original production file, if required.
Note: You must change the destination before you register the receipt of the part. This will ensure that the costs are posted to the correct production file.
No receipts have been processed for the purchase line yet.
The purchase line receipt has not yet been finalized.
No purchase invoices exist yet.
No issues have been made from the purchase line yet.
No general journal entries have been recorded against the calculation line to which the purchase line is linked.
No costs have been posted to the purchase line yet.
The production status of the target production file is of type 'Order' or 'Actual costing'.
The part calculation line of the target production file has been authorized.
The part calculation line of the target production file has a 'Purchase' origin.
No purchase requirement has been created for the part calculation line of the target production file.
The purchase has not yet been finalized for the part calculation line of the target production file (on the part calculation line, the Complete field for the Purchase item in the 'Origins' section is empty).
No purchase offer is linked to the part calculation line of the target production file.
Results
After the process has executed, you will be notified of the result. Depending on whether the conditions are true, you will receive the following notification:
If all conditions are true, including those for deleting the original calculation line, you will be notified that the destination has changed. The original production file is no longer the destination of the purchase line; the target production file is now its destination. The original calculation line has been deleted.
If you are notified that the destination could not be changed, the original production file is still the destination of the purchase line. The original calculation line is still present.
If it is only the calculation line that was not deleted, you will be notified that the destination has changed, but that the calculation line is still present. The original production file is no longer the destination of the purchase line; the target production file is now its destination.
Whenever one or more conditions are not true, you can click a button to retrieve the corresponding messages.
Select this check box if you do not only want to change the destination of the purchase line, but you also want to delete the original part calculation line. If you leave this check box empty, you can still use the original part calculation line at a later time.
The part calculation line can be deleted only if the following conditions are true:
There are no links between the part calculation line and other calculation lines.
There are no links between the part calculation line and any routing lines.
Only one purchase line is linked to the part calculation line.
No drawings are linked to the part calculation line.
No profile lines are linked to the part calculation line.
The origin of the part calculation line of the target production file is not 'Production'.
The long lead-time items have not been used in production (either in full or in part).
No costs have been posted to the part calculation line yet.
You have the appropriate rights to delete the part calculation line.
The form of the Change purchase line destination process can be opened only if certain conditions are true.