Field help (SOHITMREF)

It is the product reference for which a document line is recorded.

You can directly enter a product reference or a Product/Customer reference. The existence of this reference is controlled in the Product/Sales and Product/Customer records. If you enter a Product/Customerreference, the system returns the internal product reference. A blocking message is displayed when entering a product:

• if price lists of the prohibitedtype have been set up for some customers (see Price list setup),
• if this product if of the Kit parent product type and cannot be delivered.

You can also use the Actions icon to do the following:

• select a product from the file of sold products,
• select a product from the list of customer products,
• create, according to the user's access rights, a product in the file,
• view the price lists for the product,
• inquire the stock for the product at the shipment site,
• inquire the available stock at the shipment site,
• select the replacement product if it has already been recorded. This function is only accessible if the original product is not available. A screen is then displayed that specifies the stock information linked to the availability of the replacement product. It is possible to accept or decline the product replacement. During line entry for an order, the Alternate product option is available from the action icon for the Ordered qty. field in the grid. It is not available if the line has been allocated or partially delivered, billed, or prepared.

The entry of the product is used to initialize the Descriptionand Sales unitfields, which can be modified. The sales unit can be modified on the condition that it is chosen from the list proposed that contains the sales and packing units from the product and product-customer records.

At this stage, a warning message can appear that to inform the user of the replacement of the entered product by the substitute product. This automatic substitution only takes place when the following two conditions are met:

• the Substitute product field of the product record has been entered,
• the document date is greater than or equal to the substitution date.

Once the line is entered, it is no longer be possible to modify the product code. It is necessary to delete the line and recreate it to modify the code.