Defining System Constants
Access the System Constants form.
Set up system constants to specify certain system functions. For example, assume that you have several branch/plants and you use different units of measure for the items in each branch/plant. You can set a system constant to automatically convert units of measure by branch/plant.
System constants apply to all branch/plants. You cannot configure system constants for individual branch/plants.
- Unit of Measure Conversion by Branch
Select this check box to indicate that the system displays the item-specific conversion table when you add an item to a specific branch/plant. If you do not select this check box, the system displays the item-specific conversion table for all branch/plants from the Item Master table (F4101).
- Update Average Cost On-Line
Select this check box to indicate that the system calculates a new average cost immediately after any transaction occurs that affects the average cost of an item. If you do not select this check box, the system calculates a new average cost when you run the Average Cost Update program (R41811). All processes that affect the average cost create transactions in the Average Cost Work File (F41051).
- ECS Control (Energy and Chemical System control)
Select this check box to indicate that the system will use the Energy and Chemical System control.
- Internet Enable PPAT Messages
Select this check box to indicate that the system sends email messages that are generated by distribution programs over the internet.
Clear the check box to send email messages that are generated by distribution programs to the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne mail box.
- Scientific Rounding
Select this check box to indicate that scientific rounding should be performed. Currently, this feature is enabled only for Quality Management Test Results.
- Use Customer Set
Select this check box to indicate that the system uses the customer set.
- Ship Ascending Date Rule
Select this check box to indicate whether the system applies the ship ascending date rule by customer and by item. When you select this option, the system applies the ship ascending date rule during the sales order entry, and pick slip/commitment and ship confirmation processes. When the system applies the Ship Ascending Date rule, the system sorts shipping customers' lots in ascending order by expiration date, sell by date, or best before date.
- Allow Duplicate Lots
Enter a code to determine whether the system can assign the same lot to multiple items. Values are:
1: Do not enable duplicate lots. The lot is restricted to one item and one branch/plant.
2: Enable duplicate lots. You can create a lot that crosses multiple items and branch/plants.
3: Do not enable duplicate lots. The lot is restricted to one item, but it can contain quantities in multiple branch/plants.
- Sales Price Retrieval UOM(sales price retrieval unit of measure)
Enter a code from UDC table (40/SU) that specifies the unit of measure that the system uses for retrieving base prices and price adjustments for sales order processing, service and warranty management, and ship and debit processing. You can define base prices in the F4106 table and price adjustments in the F4072 table in various units of measure.
If the base price or price adjustments are not found in the specified unit of measure, the system then uses the primary unit of measure for the item.
- Purchase Price Retrieval UOM(purchase price retrieval unit of measure)
Enter a code from UDC table (40/PU) that specifies the unit of measure that the system retrieves for the purchase base price from the F41061 table during purchase order processing.
If you specify the unit of measure for transaction or pricing and the system does not find a record in that unit of measure, the system repeats the process using the primary unit of measure of the item.
- Sales Price Based On Date
Enter a code from UDC table (40/D) that specifies how the system updates the price effective date in the F4201 and F4211 tables. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Sales Order Management system uses the price effective date to retrieve the base price from the F4106 table and price adjustments from the F4072 table.
- Purchase Rebate Category Code
Enter a code from UDC table (43/RU) that specifies which category code the system uses in the criteria for inclusion comparison.
- Preference Schedule
Enter a code from UDC table (40/AP) that identifies the advanced preference schedule that the system uses when resolving preferences. The advanced preference schedule determines which preferences the system resolves when using the advanced preference functionality. You cannot maintain preference schedules directly through UDCs, but you can maintain preference schedules by using the Price Adjustment Schedule program (P4070).
- Pref Retrieval UOM(preference retrieval unit of measure)
Enter a code from UDC table (40/RU) that specifies the unit of measure that the system uses for retrieving advanced preference adjustments during sales order processing. The system enables you to define the advanced preference adjustments in the F4072 table in various units of measure.
If you specify the unit of measure for transaction or pricing and the system does not locate a record in that unit of measure, the system repeats the process using the primary unit of measure of the item.
- Accelerated Pricing Resolution Engine
Specify whether to use the Accelerated Pricing Resolution Engine and whether to use the auto load feature. Values are:
Blank or 0: Do not use the Accelerated Pricing Resolution Engine.
1: Use the Accelerated Pricing Resolution Engine.
2: Use the auto load feature.