Wave Inquiry - Viewing Created Waves

Users must use the Wave Inquiry screen to view all created waves. Here you can view all the waves and their statuses (whether they are completed or in progress). The Message Text column will display all of the allocations made in units, followed by the LPN count in parenthesis. For example: Quantity Allocated: 12 (0 LPNs)

Wave Status

From Wave Inquiry, you can view the Wave Status for all existing waves. The following table lists the statuses with conditions:

Wave Status	Description
Not Ready	Wave has not been created yet.
Created	Wave has been created.
Processing Started	Wave processing is in process.
Failed	Wave has failed.
Completed, Nothing Allocated	Wave has completed, but with no orders allocated.
Completed, Not Fully Allocated	Wave has completed, but orders are partially allocated.
Completed	Wave is complete.
Cancel in Progress	Cancellation of wave has started but is not complete.
Cancelled	Wave has been cancelled.

Current Stage

You can easily fetch the Current Stage of waves via the following API:

wms/lgfapi/v10/entity/wave_stage

You can also view the Current Stage from Wave Inquiry. The following table lists the statuses with conditions:

Note: The Current Stage indicates the stage was initiated. However, the actual status may vary depending on any associated rules or templates configured.

Current Stage	Conditions
Orders Selected	The orders included in the wave have been selected.
Replenishment Started	Replenishment is in progress.
Allocation in Progress	Allocation of order inventory is in progress.
Allocation Sequence Done	Allocation of order inventory is complete for the wave.
Cubing Done	Cubing for orders is complete.
Routing Done	Any route sequencing needed for the wave is complete.
Pack with Wave Completed	Outbound load picking and packing are done.
Tasks created	Wave tasks have been created. Note: “Tasks created” indicates the stage that task creation was attempted. It does not necessarily mean tasks have been created as this would depend on the specific task creation rules.
Printing Started	Printing of wave packing slips has started. Note: “Printing started” indicates the stage that printing of packing slips was attempted. Actual printing depends on the correct configuration of label templates.
Printing Done	Printing of wave packing slips is complete.
Tasks Released	Wave tasks are released to initiate picking and packing.

You can also click on “Allocations” to view the selected Wave’s Allocation details.

To view a detailed report of a wave’s allocation, select the wave record and click on the “Allocation” button.

The Allocation screen includes information such as the Task number created and its Task Type, the Order’s allocated and its SKU/Qty, where it was allocated from, and its From and To LPNs (the first “LPN” denotes the IBLPN in the inventory it was allocated to and the second “LPN” denotes the final carton number that the merchandise will be packed to).

Substitute Item

You can change or substitute an item on the order detail for an order. If there are no sufficient items available and if an alternative item exists instead of the originally allocated item to satisfy the order, you can manually substitute the item via the Substitute Item button on the Wave Inquiry UI. That is, the order will now have the item on the order detail, and the original item will be saved in the orig_item_code field, so that you can keep track of the original item ordered.

For example, you have an order = 10 Black pens. You are running short of 10 black pens to meet the order, but you have an alternative of blue pens in your inventory. Given, your customers have agreed to receive blue pens instead of black pens, you can substitute the order details via the Substitute item button. After substituting, you need to run the wave in order for the system to allocate the inventory.

Note: This button is permission enabled. You need to be associated to a group where the permission is enabled to perform this operation. The permission needed for Substitute Item is substitute_item_in_orders.

To substitute an item in the order details, the allocation run for the order detail must have 0 in the allocated quantity.

1. Go to Wave Inquiry > and Select the Order from the Order header.
2. Click the Details icon. The Order Details screen opens.
3. Click the Substitution item button. The substitution Item window opens.
4. Select the item from the From Item Code drop-down menu to substitute the item.

   

5. Enter or search the item code in the To Item Code field to substitute the item with.
6. Click Substitute button. On success, the item gets substituted on the order detail and order header level.