Using Inquiries Within Sales Order Entry

From the Sales Order Entry Body tab, you can choose from several inquiries related to the current order or customer. For example, while in an order, you may need to view the customer's accounts receivable balance, inquire about recent sales, or view product pricing. You can also drill into product and customer information. For example, while in an order, you may need to check a product's price sheet, UPC information, or view a customer's credit control settings.

To view sales order inquiry information:

  1. Create or open a sales order and display the order's Body tab.

  2. Select any of the following menu options, as needed:

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review payments received on the order

Inquiries > A/R Inquiry

If prompted to view results by the ship-to or bill-to customer, select an option, and press Enter to display the A/R Inquiry window.

review the customer's credit settings

Maintenance > Additional Customer Maintenance > Credit Control Parameters

The Credit Control Parameters window associated with the customer displays, along with the Customer Maintenance window. When you close the Credit Control Parameters window, the Customer window closes with it.

view the transactions posted to the A/R ledger

Inquiries > A/R Ledger

The A/R Ledger window displays.

view a summary of the balances on the bill-to customer's accounts

Maintenance > Additional Customer Maintenance > A/R Summary

The A/R Summary window associated with the customer displays, along with the Customer Maintenance window. When you close the A/R Summary window, the Customer window closes with it.

review the customer's order history for the currently selected product

Inquiries > Customer Item Inventory History

The Inventory History Ledger window displays purchases of this item by this customer.

review the customer's inventory history

Inquiries > Customer Inventory History

The Inventory History Ledger window displays.

view any customer-specific notes that exist for the current customer

Inquiries > Customer Notes

The Customer Notes window displays. In the Available Titles box, click the type of notes you want to see.

review thecurrently selected product's sales/procurement history

Inquiries > Inventory History

The Inventory History Ledger window displays.

review the currently selected product's inventory levels

Inquiries > Inventory Inquiry

The Inventory Inquiry window displays.

view inventory projections for the currently selected product

Inquiries > Future Ledger

The Future Ledger window displays.

view the product demand information for the currently selected product

Maintenance > Additional Product Maintenance > Primary Inventory Maintenance

The Primary Inventory Maintenance window associated with the product displays, along with the Product Maintenance window for the product. From here, you can access all the functions of Primary Inventory Maintenance. When you close the Primary Inventory Maintenance window, the other Product Maintenance window closes with it.

view the components of the demand forecast calculation

Maintenance > Additional Product Maintenance > Demand Calculation Audit

The Demand Calculation Audit window associated with the product displays, along with the windows that you would have opened to get to the window if you had displayed the product record. When you close the window, the other Product Maintenance windows close with it.

view the order point and line point for the currently selected product

Maintenance > Additional Product Maintenance > Order Point

The Product Order Points/Line Points window associated with the product displays, along with the windows that you would have opened to get to the Product Order Points/Line points Price Sheet window if you had displayed the product record. When you close the window, the other Product Maintenance windows close with it.

view the UPC for the currently selected product

Maintenance > Additional Product Maintenance > UPC Code Maintenance

The UPC Code Maintenance  window associated with the product displays, along with the Product Maintenance window for the product. When you close the UPC Code Maintenance window, the Product Maintenance window closes with it.

review this customer's trackers

Inquiries > Customer Activity Log

When prompted, indicate whether to view results by the ship-to or bill-to customer and press Enter to display the Customer Activity Log Tracker Viewing screen.

enter a new order-specific tracker

Inquiries > Customer Activity Log Entry

The Call Tracking Entry window displays.

view any trackers related to this order

Inquiries > Order Activity Log

The Order Activity Log Viewing window displays.

view or edit the sell matrix associated with this order

Inquiries > Matrix Pricing

The Sell Matrix Maintenance screen displays in view-mode or edit-mode, depending on your authorization.

The system prompts you to choose the Pricing Matrix or Costing Matrix before displaying the Sell Matrix or Buy Matrix Maintenance window.

Note: If the order has both a pricing matrix and a costing matrix, the system prompts you to select which one to display. You can change the display later.

If no valid price matrix cell is found and there is a cost matrix cell selection, users will not have to use the Inquiries menu again to get the prompt to display again.

When drilling in to a costing matrix cell, if the matrix cell is not an O-Type matrix cell, Eclipse automatically switches to the Cost Overrides tab.  

view the information used to price the currently selected product, along with other possible prices

Inquiries > Product Pricing

The Product Pricing window displays.

view the price sheet that applies to the currently selected product

Maintenance > Additional Product Maintenance > Price Sheet Entry

The Price Sheet Maintenance window associated with the product displays, along with the windows that you would have opened to get to Price Sheet Maintenance if you had displayed the product record. When you close the Price Sheet Entry window, the other Product Maintenance windows close with it.

view the order's picking progress (RF warehouses only)

Inquiries > Inprocess Queue

The Warehouse In Process Queue displays.

view external product catalogs

Product Cross-References

A selection of product catalogs displays. Choose the desired catalog and press Enter.

  1. Exit the window to return to the order's Body tab.