Usage Link Field, Job Planning Line Table
Specifies whether the Usage Link field applies to the job planning line. When this check box is selected, usage entries are linked to the job planning line. Selecting this check box creates a link to the job planning line from places where usage has been posted, such as the job journal or a purchase line. You can select this check box only if the line type of the job planning line is Schedule or Both Schedule and Contract.
The check box is selected by default if the Apply Usage Link check box is selected on the related job card. If this is true, you cannot clear the Usage Link check box on the job planning line. In addition, you cannot clear the check box if a job planning line is related to a document that involves inventory, warehouse, purchase, reservation, or order tracking.
Warning
The planning system will try to consolidate supplies, for example by increasing existing purchase order lines to include new demand for the same item and vendor. If a purchase order line with a value in the Job No. field is increased by the planning system, then the combined purchase quantity will be posted as consumed by the related job and thereby cause erroneous job costing. You should therefore pay extra attention when posting purchase order lines that contain a job number. Alternatively, you can prevent the issue in the following ways:
- Manually split the affected purchase order by creating a second purchase order line for the quantity that is not job-related.
- Set affected items up with a reordering policy of Order, to ensure that the planning system always creates one supply per demand.
- Set the Planning Flexibility field on purchase order lines to None, to specify that such supplies are newer modified by the planning system.
Tip
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Parent Tables
| Table | Location |
|---|---|
| Gen. Bus. Posting Group Field, Job Planning Line Table | Jobs |
| Job Planning Line Table | Jobs |
| Job Planning Line Table | Jobs |
| Job Planning Line Table | Jobs |
See Also
Reference
Other Resources
How to: Set Up Job Usage Tracking
Job No.
How to: Run MPS and MRP
Design Details: Supply Planning
Reordering Policy
Planning Flexibility