| # Mass Change Item Assignments (tcibd0204m000) Use this session to define or change assignments for a large number of items at once. For example, you can reassign a range of items from buyer Clarke to buyer Frydman, or you can assign all the items that are not assigned to a buyer to buyer Frydman. For ranges of item groups and items you can change these assignments: buyer planner shop floor planner routing group Specifying the item selection LN changes the assignments for the items that answer all the selection criteria. For example, if you select to change the buyer, LN changes the buyer assignment for the items that meet all of these criteria: The items are assigned to the buyer that you select in the Source field or, if you leave the Source field blank, the items that are not assigned to a buyer. The items belong to the specified item group range. The items are ordered from the specified range of buy-from business partners. The items have a planner in the specified planner range. The items have an item code in the specified item code range. Items in the selection range that do not have the buyer, planner, shop floor planner, or routing group assignment specified in the Source field remain unchanged. This also applies if you leave the Source field blank. In other words, if you want to assign all the unassigned items to a buyer or planner by leaving the Source field blank, all the items in the selected item range that are already assigned to a buyer or planner remain unchanged. Updating the tables LN always updates a number of specific tables for each type of assignment change. You can select additional tables that LN must also update in the Update Options area, or you can select the Update All Records check box to update all the additional tables. See Mass change of item assignments for a list of the tables that must be changed and that can optionally be changed for each type of assignment change. To make the changes: Enter the data and click Continue on the current tab. To report the changes: Select the Print Changes check box to print a report of the changed records. Related topics Mass change of item assignments Change Mass Change for The type of assignent that you want to change. Buyer Source The buyer that you want to change into the target buyer. To assign unassigned items to a buyer, leave this field blank. Note Items in the selection range that have a different buyer are not changed. If you leave this field blank, items already assigned to a buyer remain unchanged. Target The new buyer of the selected items. Planner Source The planner that you want to change to the target planner. To assign unassigned items to a planner, leave this field blank. Note Items in the selection range that have a different planner are not changed. If you leave this field blank, items already assigned to a planner remain unchanged. Target The new planner of the selected items. Shop Floor Planner Source The shop floor planner that you want to change to the target shop floor planner. To assign unassigned items to a shop floor planner, leave this field blank. Note Items in the selection range that have a different shop floor planner are not changed. If you leave this field blank, items already assigned to a shop floor planner remain unchanged. Target The new shop floor planner of the selected items. Routing Group Source The routing group that you want to change to the target routing group. To assign unassigned items to a routing group, leave this field blank. Note Items in the selection range that have a different routing group are not changed. If you leave this field blank, items already assigned to a routing group remain unchanged. Target The new routing group of the selected items. Update Options Update All Records Select this check box to update all the tables displayed in the Update Options area. Item Group Purchase Default Select this check box to update the relevant records of the table. Purchase Schedules Select this check box to update the relevant records of the table. Requests for Quotation Select this check box to update the relevant records of the table. Purchase Orders Select this check box to update the relevant records of the table. Purchase Contracts Select this check box to update the relevant records of the table. Purchase Order Advices Select this check box to update the relevant records of the table. Production Orders Select this check box to update the relevant records of the table. Plan Item Default Select this check box to update the relevant records of the table. Item Ordering Default Select this check box to update the relevant records of the table. Print Options Print Changes Select this check box to print a report of the changed records. Item Selection Item Group Group of items with similar characteristics. Each item belongs to a particular item group. The item group is used in combination with the item type to set up item defaults. Buyer The employee of your company who is the contact to the concerned buy-from business partner. The buyer is also known as the purchasing agent. Buy-from Business Partner The business partner from whom you order goods or services; this usually represents a supplier's sales department. The definition includes the default price and discount agreements, purchase-order defaults, delivery terms, and the related ship-from and invoice-from business partner. Planner The employee or department responsible for planning the production, purchase and distribution of items. The planner takes into account the inventory levels, availability of materials, and capacities of resources, and reacts on signals such as rescheduling messages that LN generates. Shop Floor Planner The person responsible for printing, (re)scheduling and releasing production orders and managing workloads. Routing Group A group of items with similar routing attributes, for example, the same work center, routing operation, BOM, and so on. A routing group is defined by the user as a selection criterion for production orders. Continue Makes the designated changes. Clear Clears the input fields on the current tab. |