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Merge Articles

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The function " Merge Articles" is located in the  "Actions" menu in the articles basic data.

General

This function transfers all references from one article to another. The source article is deleted afterwards. The article is completely erased from the database..

Reason to merge articles

Delete Articles

Whenever you use an article other than merely creating it, it will get connected to other data in the data base. Once used, the article becomes undeletable.  In order to to do just that, these references have to be transferred to a final destination. One way is, to create a dummy article e.g. "MISC" and transfer these relation to that article. In merging the article, the source will be "emptied" and afterwards deleted.

This function searches all relations for this article in the system and transfers these to target article.

Simplify the Article Master

Suppose you have imported the article master from your wholesaler and you find out, that various articles actually are the same but have different numbers. You may choose the most suitable article in the collection and than transfer all other articles - one by one - to the new destination, thus cleaning the article master and enhancing all statistical analyzes. Part of theses references is the purveyor information, hence the data, where this article can be obtained.

These purchase sources are made visible in the respective article's InfoSystem. In addition to the purveyor's name, it's original article number is preserved and can be found here. This information ensures future price actualization from any purveyor and, EULANDA® ERP keeps track of the main purveyor article.

Function and restrictions

First you select the obsolete article and then execute the function "Merge Article" from the EXTRA menu.

In the dialogue box subsequently shown, enter the target article number to which all relations shall be transferred.

Merging articles is a complex function which has some limitations:

  • The source may NOT contain any BOM (Bill of Material). First manually delete the BOM using the respective function from the BOM's management menu.

  • In case the source article already has a purveyor assigned, it will be transferred to the target. If this relation is already been set in the target article, the target relation will be obtained.

  • In case both articles require series numbers, these series numbers will be merged as well. Duplicated series numbers are NOT supported. In this case, an error message is displayed.

  • In case only ONE article number requires series numbers, the other MUST not have any stock. The same limitations are valid than those, when activating the series numbers.

  • Price lists will NOT be merged. Only the target article's price list will be maintained.

  • Batch compulsory articles can not be merged.