Define Manufacturing Import Settings

Explanation

This activity is used to define settings for the import of manufacturing data. These settings define the source of information, manner of import and the data layout.

Prerequisites

In order to perform this activity, a manufacturing data import document with the import definition is required to be registered in the system.

System Effects

There are no system effects

Window

Manufacturing Import

Related Window Descriptions

Manufacturing Import

Procedure

  1. Open the Manufacturing Import window and find a document for which you want to define the import settings.
  2. Go to the Document tab and create a new record in order to start the setting definition.
  3. Specify an id and name for the manufacturing data document to which the import will take place in the Document Number and Doc Name fields.
  4. Specify a date on which the document data is to be effective in the Par Deriv Date field. By default, it is the same as creation date.
  5. In the Select Employees section, choose the manner in which the employee data import will occur.
  6. In the Import Parameters section, specify a time frame for the data import and error reporting method.
  7. Save the information.