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  2. How You Manage Shipping Document Job Set Rules

How You Manage Shipping Document Job Set Rules

You can set up the business rules for selection of the document job set. To determine which shipping documents are generated use the Manage Shipping Document Job Set Rules task.

Define Shipping Document Job Set Rules

To define shipping documents job set rules:

  1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the following:

    • Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management

    • Functional Area: Shipping

    • Task: Manage Shipping Document Job Set Rules

  2. On the Manage Shipping Document Job Set Rules page, click Create New Rule. The page displays the Attributes and Actions tabs, which display a tree-view of the available values.

  3. In the Attributes tab, search for or select the attribute from the tree view, and move it to the IF node to create an IF rule condition. You can use the following attributes to define a shipping document job set rule:

    • Ship-from Organization

    • Ship-to Organization

    • Customer

    • Customer Ship-to

    • Supplier

    • Supplier Order Type

    • Customer Country

    • Carrier

    • Shipping Method

    The Create Condition dialog box appears, which is used to define the rule.

    Note: Alternatively, you can click the New Condition icon in the IF node. The Create Condition dialog box appears, where you can enter the attribute and the rule condition.

  4. Enter the IF rule condition by selecting the operator from the list of operators and entering the value in the text box. Click OK.

  5. Click THEN, select DO, and select Perform an Action.

  6. Enter the DO rule action.

    The following figure illustrates the document job set rule for organization V1 in the following use case: IF Ship-from Organization = V1 THEN DO Document Job Set = Ship Confirm Documents.

    Shipping document job set rule

  7. Click Save and Close.

Publish a Shipping Document Job Set Rule

To publish a shipping documents job set rule:

  1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the following:

    • Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management

    • Functional Area: Shipping

    • Task: Manage Shipping Document Job Set Rules

  2. On the Manage Shipping Document Job Set Rules page, select the rule and click Publish.

  3. In the rule dialog box, select Activate Rule and click Save and Close.

    The rule is activated.