Duplicate a Despatch Order

Security Note: You need the Allow the user to maintain despatch orders security right in the Contracts domain security rights group for this activity.

Activity Steps

1. Open the Sales Contract or Purchase Contract.
2. Expand the Contract Products node.
3. Expand the node for the required contract product.
4. Select the Despatch Orders node.

   Note: Despatch orders can also be duplicated via the Despatch Orders tab of a quota.

5. To limit the search by Planned Despatch Date:
   1. Check Include Date Range.
   2. Select a Start Date and End Date.
6. Enter a Search Name if required. Text searches are case-sensitive with SQL databases with a case-sensitive collation and with all Oracle databases.
7. Click Search or press F3.
8. Right-click a despatch order and select Duplicate from the menu.

   The Create Duplicate Despatch Orders screen displays.

9. Enter the Number Of Despatch Orders.
10. Click Create.

    A message displays the status of the despatch order creation.

11. Click OK.

    Note: The duplicate despatch orders have all the same specifications as the original despatch order, including any overrides.

12. Click each despatch order Name to open the Despatch Order.
13. Update each Despatch Order name as required.
14. Click Save.

    Note: If the Despatch Order status definition exists, the despatch orders are assigned the initial status. This status definition controls whether the despatch orders are editable and selectable. See Status Definitions.