Viewing or Changing the Status of an Import Costing Batch

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Viewing or Changing the Status of an Import Costing Batch

Every import costing batch in Micronet has a status which tells you how far the batch has progressed. The status of a batch changes automatically when it is downloaded to a PDA and then completed and posted back to Micronet.

You can view the status of an import costing batch using the Warehouse Scheduler - Import Costing tab. You can also use this tab to manually change the status of a batch.

Import costing batches can have the following statuses:

Paperless – the import costing batch is ready for downloading to a PDA, with no special requirements
On PDA – the import costing batch is currently loaded onto a PDA and is being checked
Held – the import costing batch is currently in a held state. The batch will retain its place in the queue but will not be downloaded to a PDA until its status is changed to Paperless.
Completed Paperless – the import costing batch has been checked and posted back to Micronet, and is currently waiting to be reconciled and posted.

To view or change the status of an import costing batch:

Open the Warehouse Scheduler screen.

Refer to "Displaying the Warehouse Scheduler".

Select the 5. Import Costing tab.

Micronet displays the Warehouse Scheduler - Import Costing tab.

This tab displays the following information:

	Field	Value
	Action	Any action performed on an import costing receipt batch through the Warehouse Scheduler that has not yet been processed, e.g. a change to the batch status. When you process the action by following the steps below, this reverts to No Action.
	Type	The current status of the import costing batch as listed above.
	Priority	The priority of the import costing batch which determines the order in which it will be downloaded to a PDA for receiving. To change a batch's priority, see "Maintaining an Import Costing Batch (Priority, Date)".
	Supplier	The supplier ID for the import costing batch.
	Name	The supplier name.
	Shipment	The shipment name as entered on the Import Costing Header screen.
	Number	The shipment number as entered on the Import Costing Header screen.
	Landing	The expected landing date.
	Inv Amount	The invoice amount.
	Currency	The ID of the supplier's exchange rate.

Technical Tip

This screen is not automatically updated. It is a good idea to select FILE | REFRESH every now and then to ensure you are viewing the most recent data.

2.8 Feature

You can copy and paste the list of import costing batches to an Excel spreadsheet using the standard copy and paste functions (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V) – see "Copying and Pasting from Micronet to Excel (v2.8)".

If you want to change the status of:

a single import costing batch, select that batch
more than one import costing batch, use the Shift key to select several batches in a row, or use the Ctrl key to select several batches that are not sequential.

Select EDIT SCHEDULE then select one of the following options:

SET SELECTED TO PAPERLESS QUEUE – reset the status of a batch back to the paperless queue awaiting assignment to a PDA (status = Paperless)
SET SELECTED TO HELD – set the status of a batch to Held.

Note that the Action field has now changed to the status you selected.

To process the status change(s), select FILE | PROCESS.

Micronet processes your changes and then redisplays the Warehouse Scheduler - Import Costing tab. Note that the Action field now displays No Action again and that the Type field has been updated with the new status.