Require Entity in Item File (G44)

Purpose: Use this screen to define whether the Entity field on the Create Item and Change Items screens in Work with Items is a required field.

Yes/No field: Select this field if you want the Entity field on the Create Item Screen and Change Item screen in Work with Items to be a required field.

An error message indicates if you do not enter an entity code:

Entity required.

An error message indicates if the code you enter is not a valid entity code:

Entity not found.

Leave this field unselected if you do not want the Entity field on the Create Item and Change Item screens to be a required field.

The Entity field in the Item table is informational only. An order is associated with an entity through the source code on the order header; for the purposes of accounting, tracking order history, determining vendor response codes, and overriding system control values at the entity level, this source code entity will override any entity assigned to an item on the order. See Setting Up Order Entry Values and Setting Up Customer Service Values for information on the system control values that determine how you use entity for these purposes.