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Disabling Lot Number Tracking

Lot number tracking for sample products is enabled by default. With lot number tracking enabled, the constraints and data checks described in How Siebel Samples Management Works with Calls and Defining Internal Products become active.

Setting the Samples Lots Enabled system preference to FALSE causes samples dispersed with lot numbers to not appear in the Samples History or the Inventory Count views. If you plan to disperse samples with lot numbers, the Samples Lots Enabled system preference should be set to TRUE to assure that all relevant data appears in these views.

To disable lot number tracking for samples

  1. From the application-level menu, choose View > Site Map > Application Administration > System Preferences.
  2. In the System Preference Name list, locate and select the Samples Lots Enabled record.
  3. Change the field value to FALSE.
  4. Exit and relaunch the application.

The change takes effect after the application has been restarted.

Setting the Lots for Disperse Only system preference to TRUE allows you to ship samples to users by lot numbers and allows sales representatives to disburse the samples by lot numbers while maintaining and reconciling inventory without lot numbers. To retain sample product visibility, the samples administrator must reconfigure the Siebel repository. For more information, see Managing Inventory Tracking and Reconciliation Without Lot Numbers.

NOTE:  By default, Sample Lots Enabled is set to TRUE and Lots for Disperse Only is set to FALSE. If you do not want to use lot numbers, you can change both of these system preferences, setting Sample Lots Enabled to FALSE and Lots for Disperse Only to FALSE.
Lots for Disperse Only works only when Sample Lots Enabled is set to TRUE. If Sample Lots Enabled is set to FALSE, the system ignores Lots for Disperse Only.


 Siebel Life Sciences Guide 
 Published: 18 April 2003