Part Move

The PART MOVE UTILITY screen is used to change the Line Code on any or all parts within a line to match the Line Code used within the primary supplier's warehouse to simplify interfaces between the store and the warehouse.

If a Line Code does not match the one used by the primary warehouse, or if the primary supplier changes, this utility can convert a line to match the Line Code used by the supplier.

Menu Path: Inventory, Part Utility, Part Move, PART MOVE UTILITY screen

 

 

 
Note: To change the line code for all parts in a line, the LINE CODE RENAME utility works best.

Note: To rename some parts in the line or to remove duplicate parts in a line, use the PART NUMBER FIX utility.

- When running the PART MOVE UTILITY, the old Line Code and the new Line Code must pre-exist with the parts existing under the old Line Code. The new Line Code may have pre-existing parts already.
 
- The Part Move Utility cannot be used to merge two pre-existing line codes into one.
 
- Only one session can be run at a time in the store, however, multiple utilities may run concurrently in separate stores. 

- Parts that are on open documents will not be moved. To avoid parts being omitted from the move, run the PARTS ON OPEN DOCUMENTS report first. 

- KIT and BOM parts are included in the move.

- The utility can only be run for one line at a time. However, multiple conversions can be kicked off at the same time as long as each is running in a separate store.
 
- Since the Line Code Rename utility leverages the Part Number Fix utility to move each part from the old line code to the new line code, the Part Number Fix cannot be run at the same time.

- Both the old Line Code and the new Line Code must pre-exist. The parts must exist under the old line code. The new line code may or may not already have parts. If it does, the additional parts will be added, the existing ones will not be overwritten. 

- Typically, when moving a part from an old line to a new line, the part number only exists in the old line. Therefore, when the part move utility is run, the move will be successful, as part history only exists in the old line. However, when parts are deleted from a line, the part histories are maintained in case the part is added back to the file. To successfully move a part and add it back to the new line, even if the part has part histories in both the old and new lines, the part histories are aggregated together; retaining both part histories from both lines in the new line. After the part move utility is completed, the part and its part histories from the old line will no longer exist. 

Original Part Filters

To run the utility, enter:
 

LINE CODE
Enter the Line Code that will be changed, i.e. the Line Code of the parts that will be moved. Click the 'LINE' button to select a Line Code. 

 

PN CODE
Optionally select a 'PN CODE' to narrow the parts output for a single Line Code. Click the 'P/N CODE' button to select a P/N Code.

START / END PART NO    
The field is only available when a single line is selected. Optionally narrow the output to parts within the selected range. Click the button to select a part number.

Search Options

Narrow the parts affected by part filters:

 

• 'DC POP'
• 'LINE CLASS'
• 'SALES CLASS'
• 'USER CLASS'
• 'PN GROUP'
• 'EXCLUSION' (obsolete)
• 'DEPARTMENT'
• 'CATEGORY'
• 'PRDT CODE'
• 'RPT GROUP'
• 'ORDER TYPE'
• 'SUB TYPE'

 

GET FILTERED PARTS

With the Line Code selected, click the button to display the parts that will be moved. To not impact system performance, up to 1000 parts can be moved at a time, so if there are more than 1000 parts, the utility will have to be run until all parts are moved.

The parts display in the left-side grid with a small check box next to each one. Include or exclude certain parts by checking or unchecking the small checkbox. The default is unchecked, therefore:

 

• Click the checkboxes.
• Click the 'ALL' button to include all parts and uncheck any to exclude.
• Click the 'CLEAR' button to uncheck all parts and check any to include. 

 

NEW LINE CODE Button
Enter the new Line Code or click the button to select a new Line Code. If the Line Code entered does not already exist, the move will fail.

 

MOVE PART(S) Button
The 'MOVE PARTS' button is enabled when at least one part in the grid is checked. Click the button and a pop-up will open to make sure the move should continue.

 

 

• Answer 'Yes' to continue.
• Answer 'No' to abort the move.

Status

If the move continues, the status will refresh every 10 seconds showing the progress. Click the 'REFRESH' button to refresh the 'Status' fields more often.

 

 

Once the move is completed, clicking the 'STATUS' button will open a System Message window with the information from the move.

 

 

While the conversion is running, the screen can be closed and the utility will continue to run in the background. Another move cannot be started until the process is finished.

The status will change to 'FINISHED' when done. And, unless all selected parts are moved to the new line, the status will show as 'FAILED'. The utility can be rerun using the same old and new Line Codes if any parts fail.

Once the selected parts have been moved, they are found only under the new Line Code throughout the application for part maintenance, invoicing, purchasing, and reporting, including historical reporting.