CompareForecastDates

Compare Forecast Dates

Minor Business Rule

Object Name: B3400140

Parent DLL: CMFG

Location: Client/Server

Language: C

1.Functional Description
This function is to be used to determine if the forecast date has changed to the date of an existing
forecast record. The application using this function should provide the short item number,
branch/plant, original forecast date, new forecast date, forecast type, and address number.

1.1Purpose
The purpose of this business function is to prevent changes to the requested date if the new date
already exists in the forecast table. Both the new date and the original date will be passed. An error
should be returned if the date already exists for this forecast type, item, and branch.

1.2Setup Notes and Prerequisites.

• Pass to the business function both dates along with item, branch/plant, forecast type, and address
number.
• An error message will be passed to the business function blank.
• The business function should return a blank in the error if the new date does not exist, error ID
"1021" if the date does exist.

1.3Special Logic
None.

2.Technical Specifications
Initialize the DS Error Message ID to " ".
Fetch the F3460 record corresponding to the Branch (MCU), Item Number (ITM), Forecast Type (TYPF),
New Forecast Date (DTE), and Address Number (AN8) values provided as input.

If the record is found, return an error message.
Assign DS Error Message ID = "1021"

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Data Structure

D3400140 - Compare Forecast Dates

Parameter Name	Data Item	Data Type	Req/Opt	I/O/Both
mnShortItemNumber	ITM	MATH_NUMERIC	NONE	NONE
An inventory item number. The system provides three separate item numbers plus an extensive cross-reference capability to other item numbers (see data item XRT) to accommodate substitute item numbers, replacements, bar codes, customer numbers, supplier numbers, and so forth. The item numbers are as follows: o Item Number (short) - An eight-digit, computer-assigned item number o 2nd Item Number - The 25-digit, free-form, user defined alphanumeric item number o 3rd Item Number - Another 25-digit, free-form, user defined alphanumeric item number
szBranch	MCU	char	NONE	NONE
An alphanumeric code that identifies a separate entity within a business for which you want to track costs. For example, a business unit might be a warehouse location, job, project, work center, branch, or plant. You can assign a business unit to a document, entity, or person for purposes of responsibility reporting. For example, the system provides reports of open accounts payable and accounts receivable by business unit to track equipment by responsible department. Business unit security might prevent you from viewing information about business units for which you have no authority.
szForecastType	TYPF	char	NONE	NONE
A user defined code (34/DF) that indicates one of the following: o The forecasting method used to calculate the numbers displayed about the item o The actual historical information about the item
jdRequestedDate	DRQJ	JDEDATE	NONE	NONE
The date that an item is scheduled to arrive or that an action is scheduled for completion.
jdNewDate	DTE	JDEDATE	NONE	NONE
You can enter a date with or without slashes (/) or dashes (-) as separators. If you leave a date entry field blank, the system supplies the current date.
szErrorMessageID	DTAI	char	NONE	NONE
A code that identifies and defines a unit of information. It is an alphanumeric code up to 8 characters long that does not allow blanks or special characters such as %, &, or +. You create new data items using system codes 55-59. You cannot change the alias.
cSuppressErrorMessages	EV01	char	NONE	NONE
An option that specifies the type of processing for an event.
mnAddressNumber	AN8	MATH_NUMERIC	NONE	NONE
A number that identifies an entry in the Address Book system, such as employee, applicant, participant, customer, supplier, tenant, or location.

Related Functions

None

Related Tables

F3460 Forecast File