Post Physical Inventory Orders

After completing a physical inventory order and changing its status to Finished, you can post it.

You can set the status of a physical inventory order to Finished if the following is true:

  • All related physical inventory recordings have a status of Finished.
  • Each physical inventory order line has been counted by at least one inventory recording line.
  • The In Recording Lines and the Qty. Exp. Calculated check boxes have been selected for all of the physical inventory order lines.

After posting the order, you can view the posted physical inventory orders. Posted inventory documents provide a complete overview of the physical inventory process.

To post a physical inventory order

  1. Choose the Search for Page or Report icon, enter Phys. Inventory Order, and then choose the related link.

  2. Select the physical inventory order that you want to complete, and then choose the Edit action.

    On the Phys. Inventory Order page, you can view the quantity recorded after taking physical inventory in the Qty. Recorded (Base) field.

  3. Choose the Finish action.

  4. Choose the Yes button. The value in the Status field is changed to Finished.

    Note

    You cannot change the physical inventory order header or the physical inventory order lines.

  5. To post the order, choose Post, and then choose the OK button.

To view posted physical inventory orders

  1. Choose the Search for Page or Report icon, enter Posted Phys. Invt. Order, and then choose the related link.
  2. On the Posted Phys. Invt. Order page, select the posted inventory order that you want to view, and then choose the View action.

  3. To view a list of related physical inventory recordings, choose the Recordings action.

    You can also run a report that returns the difference between the expected quantity and the physical (recorded) quantity.

  4. Close the page.

See Also

Physical Inventory Documents
Enter Physical Inventory Orders