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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To generate Field Change Order (FCO) and Field Change Order lines</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Generate Field Change Order (FCO)</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>Field Change Order (FCO)</Level1>
			<Level2>generate</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<AimSection><Paragraph>Use this process to generate <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#FieldChangeO.ts" role="glossary">field change order (FCO)</Link>, add activities to the field change order and generate FCO lines manually or automatically.</Paragraph>
	</AimSection>
	<GeneralSection><ProcedureSection><SectionTitle>How to generate Field Change Order and Lines</SectionTitle>
			<Steps><Step><StepTitle>Define Field Change Order</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Field Change Orders (tssoc5100m000)</GUIRef> session to define field change order. The field change order (FCO) procedure is defined as a separate service procedure in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Service Types (tsmdm0130m000)</GUIRef> session. Therefore, you can define <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#ContraCovera.ts" role="glossary">contract coverage</Link> for FCOs. FCOs are intended for collective changes on <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#Objects.ts" role="glossary">serialized item</Link> in multiple clusters. For each FCO, you can define up to five activities. If service orders are generated for FCOs, SSA ERP automatically generates a service order activity line for each of these activities. If you define the FCO, the FCO receives the status Free.</Paragraph>
				</Step>
				<Step><StepTitle>Generate FCO Lines</StepTitle>
					<Paragraph>After you create the FCO header, in which the anonymous item or <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#Objects.ts" role="glossary">serialized item</Link> and the related activities that you want to replace are specified, you can either manually define FCO object lines or have the lines generated automatically. Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/soc/tssoc5210m000" role="session">Generate FCO Lines (tssoc5210m000)</GUIRef> session to generate <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#FielChanOrLi.ts" role="glossary">FCO lines</Link> automatically for a range of:</Paragraph>
					<List><ListItem>FCOs</ListItem>
						<ListItem>Sold-to business partners</ListItem>
						<ListItem>Clusters</ListItem>
						<ListItem>Business partner's serial numbers</ListItem>
					</List>
				</Step>
			</Steps>
		</ProcedureSection>
		<Paragraph>You can specify the date on which serialized items must be active. You can also select if a process report or error report must be printed.</Paragraph>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListItem>You can run this session more than once for the same FCO. For example, when you generate FCO lines for each sold-to business partner.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>A line is only generated if the serialized item is not yet created for the FCO.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The sold-to business partner, on the line of the serialized item, is derived from the serialized item.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>For internal maintenance, only the Cluster and Serial Number fields are filled on the FCO line.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>If the lines are generated, the status of the FCO is set to Lines Generated. If you run the session more than once, the status remains Lines Generated.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>FCO lines are also generated for independent serialized items, that is, serialized items that do not belong to clusters.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</Note>
		<Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">FCO Lines (tssoc5110m000)</GUIRef> session to generate FCO lines manually.</Paragraph>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Preliminary conditions to generate FCO lines for serialized items</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>SSA ERP generates FCO lines for serialized item if following conditions are met:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The serialized item is part of a cluster as a line in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/bsc/tsbsc1110m000" role="session">Cluster - Lines (tsbsc1110m000)</GUIRef> session: <List><ListItem>If the <Link href="/baanerp/ts/glossary/glossary#000307" role="glossary">cluster lines</Link> status is Installed and the status time is equal to or later than the Active From date entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/soc/tssoc5210m000" role="session">Generate FCO Lines (tssoc5210m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
					</List>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The serialized item is part of a cluster but not as a line in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/bsc/tsbsc1110m000" role="session">Cluster - Lines (tsbsc1110m000)</GUIRef> session: <List><ListItem>The serialized item is present as a child item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/cfg/tscfg2110m000" role="session">Physical Breakdowns (tscfg2110m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/cfg/tscfg2110m000" role="session">Physical Breakdowns (tscfg2110m000)</GUIRef> session, the child item status is Installed and the status time is equal to or later than the Active From entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/soc/tssoc5210m000" role="session">Generate FCO Lines (tssoc5210m000)</GUIRef> session</ListItem>
					</List>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Independent serialized items: <List><ListItem>The Include Independent Serialized Items check box is selected.</ListItem>
						<ListItem>The serialized item status is Active in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/cfg/tscfg2100m000" role="session">Serialized Items (tscfg2100m000)</GUIRef> session</ListItem>
					</List>
				</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Preliminary conditions to generate FCO lines for items</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>SSA ERP generates FCO lines for item if following conditions are met:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/mdm/tsmdm2100m000" role="session">Items - Service (tsmdm2100m000)</GUIRef> session, the value of the Configuration Controlled field for the item must be Anonymous or Not Applicable.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The item is part of a cluster as a line in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/bsc/tsbsc1110m000" role="session">Cluster - Lines (tsbsc1110m000)</GUIRef> session: <List><ListItem>If the cluster line status is Installed and the status time is equal to or later than the Active From date entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/soc/tssoc5210m000" role="session">Generate FCO Lines (tssoc5210m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
					</List>
				</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The item is present as a child item in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/cfg/tscfg2110m000" role="session">Physical Breakdowns (tscfg2110m000)</GUIRef> session: <List><ListItem>In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/cfg/tscfg2110m000" role="session">Physical Breakdowns (tscfg2110m000)</GUIRef> session, the child item status is Installed and the status time is equal to, or later than, the Active From entered in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/ts/soc/tssoc5210m000" role="session">Generate FCO Lines (tssoc5210m000)</GUIRef> session.</ListItem>
					</List>
				</ListItem>
			</List>
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	</GeneralSection>
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