Backorder Fields

Here is a description of the fields on a backorder Backorders are created when a sales order is approved and the order cannot be fulfilled because there is no inventory available for one or more items on the sales order. A backorder is also created when an item on a sales order is a manufactured kit and requires a production activity to be carried out on it to turn it into the finished product. record.

Key: * – Mandatory field; R – Read-only.

Field		Description
Backorder Name	R	Unique name of the backorder record. Order and Inventory Management automatically generates the backorder name.
Fill Order		The fill order is used to establish the order of fulfillment when an IP Inventory Position. An inventory position is one or more inventory items stored at a particular inventory location, for example a on shelf on a rack in a particular row in a warehouse. A warehouse may contain inventory items at the same location as other IPs. The IP record can be viewed on the Item Master page. for that item is created and more than one backorder is waiting for the same item. The default fill order is 9,999 and can be changed on the Backorder Edit page. If more than one backorder has the same fill order value designated, then the backorders are prioritized by required date.
Customer Site Sold To		Name of the customer site who purchased the item.
Item		Item that has been purchased.
Quantity on Backorder		The quantity of the item on the backorder.
Required Date		Date on which the items are required to fulfill the sales order.
Ownership Code		Ownership code associated with the related sales order. The codes that appear in this field depend on the values that have been set by your administrator on the Ownership subtab of the Codes tab.
Production Order Line		The production order line to which the backorder relates. The production order line displays when an item is a part of a manufactured kit for which a production order has been created and the item is on backorder.
Required Date		The required date is derived from the current promise date on a sales order. The required date is used to prioritize backorders waiting for the same item when their fill order values are identical. If more than one backorder has the same required date value, the backorders are prioritized by created date.
Status	R	Status of the backorder. When a backorder is created it has a status of "New". When the items to which the backorder relates are received and put away, the backorder status is "Resolved". If the items received in the warehouse don't fulfill the entire backorder, the status is "Partially Resolved".
Sales Order Line Item		The sales order line item to which the backorder relates.
Item Description		Description of the item on backorder.
Quantity Ordered		The quantity of the item ordered on the sales order.
Warehouse		Warehouse where the backorder can be resolved.
Kit Type		Indicates the type of kit on backorder if the items belonging to this backorder are kit items. This field is left blank if the items on backorder are not kit items.
Selected Option Count		Indicates the number of selected options on the sales order line if the item on backorder is configured with one or more options.