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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Shipping office matrices</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Freight order</Level1>
			<Level2>matrix</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Matrix</Level1>
			<Level2>shipping office</Level2>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Shipping office</Level1>
			<Level2>matrix</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>A shipping office matrix is used to link shipping offices to freight orders. If the attribute values of the shipping office matrix match the values of an originating order of a freight order, the shipping office linked to the shipping office matrix is linked to the freight order. The attributes of a shipping office matrix refer to the attributes of originating orders of freight orders. If there is no match, the shipping office linked to the warehouse of the originating order is linked to the freight order. You can link shipping offices to warehouses in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/fmd/fmfmd0185m000" role="session">Warehouses by Shipping Office (fmfmd0185m000)</GUIRef> session.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>A shipping office matrix consists, essentially, of the following elements:</Paragraph>
		<List><ListTitle>Matrix header</ListTitle>
			<ListItem>Shipping office matrix identification code</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1130m000#fmfoc130.mseq" role="formfield">Matrix Sequence</Link>
			</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Attributes</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListTitle>Matrix details</ListTitle>
			<ListItem>Attribute values</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Shipping office</ListItem>
		</List>
		<ProcedureList><ListTitle>Define matrix header</ListTitle>
			<ListIntro>To define a shipping office matrix header, proceed as follows:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1130m000" role="session">Shipping Office Matrix Definition (fmfoc1130m000)</GUIRef> session, enter the shipping office matrix identification code.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Define the <Link href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1130m000#fmfoc130.mseq" role="formfield">Matrix Sequence</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Save the data you just entered.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Double-click the row that comprises the data you just entered.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1130m000#matSeg" role="groupbox">Matrix Segments</GUIRef> group box of the details session that appears, select the attributes that you want to use for the current matrix. After you select an attribute in the first list, the second list becomes available, from which you can select the second attribute. You can select up to six attributes.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Select the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1130m000#fmfoc130.actv" role="formfield">Active</GUIRef> check box to specify that the shipping office matrix is currently available.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Save the data and close the details session. You have now finished defining the shipping office matrix header.</ListItem>
		</ProcedureList>
		<ProcedureList><ListTitle>Define matrix details</ListTitle>
			<ListIntro>To define shipping office matrix details, you must link a shipping office and define matrix attribute values for the attributes that you selected in step 5 of the previous procedure. To link a shipping office to the matrix and define the matrix attribute values, proceed as follows:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1140m000" role="session">Shipping Office Matrix (fmfoc1140m000)</GUIRef> session, click <HTML:IMG SRC="file:///C|/cmsynergy/avdven/ccm_wa/nlghkd2/ERP~avdven_FP2v1/ERP~avdven_FP2v1/ERP/ERPFM/images/Add_new_record_icon.gif" height="13" width="11" xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"/>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1140m000#fmfoc140.somx" role="formfield">Shipping Office Matrix</GUIRef> field, zoom to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1130m000" role="session">Shipping Office Matrix Definition (fmfoc1130m000)</GUIRef> session and select the shipping office matrix header you just defined.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1140m000#fmfoc140.sofc" role="formfield">Shipping Office</GUIRef> field, zoom to the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/fmd/fmfmd0180m000" role="session">Shipping Offices (fmfmd0180m000)</GUIRef> session to select the shipping office that you want to link to the shipping office matrix.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Define the required values for the matrix attribute fields. You can only define values for the available matrix attribute fields. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/fm/foc/fmfoc1130m000" role="session">Shipping Office Matrix Definition (fmfoc1130m000)</GUIRef> session, you specified the attributes that must be used for the current matrix. See step 5 of the previous procedure.</ListItem>
		</ProcedureList>
	</GeneralSection>
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		</RelTopic>
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</ManualTopic>
