Line Splits

When the supplier acknowledges a purchase order with line splits, the following considerations apply:

• If the supplier is using approval processing, the system splits lines only after the changes to the purchase order information have been approved.

• After the system creates split lines (and after the split lines have been approved if the supplier uses approval processing), the system saves the split lines as acknowledged and begins the tolerance checking process.

• If the supplier changes the order quantity and the value is less than the original quantity but greater than zero, the system splits the order into two lines.

  If the modified quantity is greater than the original quantity, then the modified quantity overrides the original quantity.

• When the supplier has changed the order quantity and the system has split the order into two lines, the first line contains the modified quantity.

  The second line contains the difference between the original quantity and modified quantity.

• After the system has split lines, the total quantity from all lines must equal the total original quantity; otherwise, the system does not allow the supplier to save changes.

• For multiple order lines, the first line inherits the line number from the parent order (that is, the order's line number before the system splits the order into multiple lines).

  The system increments the line numbers for the second and subsequent lines that result from changes to quantity by using a value of 0.01. For example, when the supplier changes the quantity for line 1.00, the new line that results from the split is line 1.01. If the supplier changes the quantity for line 1.01, then the next line is 1.02, and so on.

• For multiple order lines, the system uses the order information from the parent order (with the exception of the information that you can change, such as order quantity, unit price, promised delivery date, and line number) as default values for the multiple order lines.

  If you leave any of the information that you can change blank, the system uses the order information from the parent order as the default.

• You cannot split or change an original (parent) order line more than 99 times.

• When the supplier acknowledges an order that contains split lines, the supplier can either close the remaining quantity or leave the quantity open.

  If the supplier closes the remaining quantity, the system updates the status of the split line to canceled.