This project default specifies whether to keep the requisition position numbers, when an inquiry requisition is converted into a Purchase Order (PO) requisition based on the results of the inquiry cycle (Create PO Req button on the Inquiry > Inquiries Overview > Quote Summaries page).
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Module(s) affected by this setting: Inquiry > Requisition Workload, Inquiry > Inquiries Overview > Quote Summaries.
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List of Values: Y and N (default).
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If set to Y, the requisition position numbers of the inquiry only requisition are copied, regardless of whether this results in gaps or not.
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If set to N, the PO requisition position numbers are created sequentially only taking into the account project default ZR_RLIINC.
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For example:
Position numbers on the inquiry only requisition are; 10/1, 20/1, and 30/1, and we assume that ZR_RLIINC is set to 1. Then
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If ZP_KEEPPOS is set to N, the resulting PO requisition looks like this:
1 / 1
2 / 1
3 / 1
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If ZP_KEEPPOS is set to Y, the resulting PO requisition looks like this:
10 / 1
20 / 1
30 / 1
Setting ZP_KEEPPOS to Y can lead to gaps in the position numbers, if not all the positions of an inquiry only
requisition are awarded to the same bidder.
This means for the example given above, if position 20 of the inquiry only requisition has been awarded to a different bidder, the PO requisition for the bidder of the remaining positions will look like this:
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If ZP_KEEPPOS = N
1 / 1
2 / 1
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ZP_KEEPPOS = Y
10 / 1
30 / 1.