Sales Order Entry and Collections

The Sales Order Entry programs support the entry of sales orders for style items by collection and collection template. You set processing options on the Style tab of the Sales Order Entry program to facilitate the automatic use of collections at sales order entry.

You can enter a collection on the Sales Order Header form and validate all of the style items in the order to verify that they are included in the collection.

You can also use collection templates to simplify sales order entry. When you attach a collection template to the sales order, all of the style items for that collection template automatically populate the lines in the Matrix Entry form. You can then enter the desired quantity for each style item.

Within the Sales Order Entry program (P4210), you can use a collection template by selecting Style Templates from the Form menu to call the Style Templates program (PCW43). You select a collection template on the Collection Template Search & Select form (WCW43A), and the collection template is passed to the Matrix Entry form for processing.

For both Sales Order Entry programs (P4210, P42101), you can also enter a collection template name in the sales order detail line instead of a style item number. The appropriate prefix must precede the collection template for the system to recognize it. This prefix is specified in the Prefix for Collection Templates processing option for the Sales Order Entry program (P4210). For example, you might specify % as the prefix in the processing option and enter %{template name} on the sales order detail line to retrieve the collection template. You can also enter only the prefix in the item number field and then use the visual assist to select the collection. Depending on the processing option for collections validation for the Sales Order Entry program (P4210), the items in the template may need to belong to the collection that is attached to the sales order header.

When you access the Matrix Entry form from the Manage Existing Order form, you can modify only the existing style end items on the order.

See Prerequisites.