Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

We are using IFS 9 update 14 with multi-company connections.A user from our US company is trying to register project time for a connected project/activity from our Finnish company. When saving the entry they get the error message: You cannot modify project transactions of company CCUS without a valid position assignment.The users have been setup as multi-company correctly and have successfully registered time for other multi-company projects. We have seen this error occur for another muti-company project. The solution for that issue was a missing default site value on the project. (Not the solution this time.)We assume there is an issue with the project/activity or multi-company connection but, the time reg. message is not providing much help. Comparing the problem project with another working project has not shown any differences in the configuration. 

Hello,Would it be possible to have a mirror of the “warranty repair” checkbox of customer orders in the window of shop order. If the user checks in shop order, the checkbox is checked in the sales order (as example) Thank you.

This is hopefully a quick solve! We’re getting an error using Demand Plan client where it’s saying weight is missing when we try to forecast based on Net Weight.   The obvious answer is to add a Net Weight to the Master Part, however we’ve done this and ran all the jobs to update the client. It’s still not working. Any ideas on other fields or areas of the system to check? Looking at everything obvious this part is set up the same as any other where we can do this.

Hi All,I’m trying to create a custom field that looks up the planner of a part (using INVENTORY_PART_API.Get_Planner_Buyer) where the company is always 1 and the part number is an other custom field in a custom logical unit I’ve created. Please see the image below: Here is the error I’m getting during validation: 

Often times in our industry, we will need to requote an existing product to our customer. The Bid Estimate module does allow us to pull in the existing Inventory Part, which is great. However, I have noticed that if you do that, you cannot modify the Std Lot Size on the part. I’ve attempted to create a new Version and Revision, but I am still unable to change this. Often times we will change the Std Lot Size to give several cost options. Is there a way to accomplish this in IFS?    

How to change “Not Life Limited” serial part to “Life Limited” serial part after user in a serial structure template. Initially i have installed a Serial Part in serial structure template as a “Not Life Limited” serial part but after a certain period period of time, the same Serial Part become “Life Limited”, so just wanted to know how to modify my serial part and consequently my serial structure template.

Hi, has anyone been able to find a way to more easily move around a large project in the gantt view to create and link dependencies? At the moment our users are having to hover close to the edge of the screen to move further down / up a project sequence to manage the dependencies. Ideally we could use a mouse scroll wheel but it seems as soon as you enter dependency mode on the gantt the scroll wheel is no longer available. Has anyone got a good work around for this please?

I have a situation where some shop orders are getting the Release_No set to 1.  Initially I thought it was a user issue, but found that we have this field hidden and the user can’t get to it.  The other thing I found was that the Shop Orders appear to come from Shop Order Requisitions, but I can’t seem to get it to duplicate in my recent refreshed test environment.  The other thing I thought it may be was if you copy a Shop Order that has the Release_No set to 1 that it just brought it along, I’m not able to make that happen as well.  What sets the Release_No?  We utilize the default lot numbering in IFS and we are seeing some of the Lot #s have a number in the Release_No field instead of *.  

hello, i need to create a custom Field  which gets me he current user in Ifs. that help me to identify  who create a part (in inventory Part) thank you.

When in Master Part, the user clicks Attachments and a document is displayed in the list.  When the user clicks View and clicks OK the user receives the following message:  You must have View access in order to read this file.  How do I resolve this issue. Thank you. John

Is there possible to view the parameters values when a procedure call is done in background?   In debug window you can see the server trace, but theres no parameter values given, just the procedures names. Example:  

We are moving from Apps 8 to Apps 10 (combination of IEE and Aurena that hasn’t been hashed out yet). For our National Field Service team, we are currently using Apps 8 IEE Work Order utilizing Resource Allocation Gantt, transferring to Mobile Work Order, and finishing in Apps 8 IEE. I was wondering if anyone out there has a similar experience and what your solution is? If you are using Maintenance Planning Board for Field Service, what your general opinion is? Figuring out our best practices with the big leap from 8 to 10/Aurena, especially with the new workflow. Thanks in advance for any insight! 

I am not able to create folder structure because it does not do anything when I click on ‘Manage Report Structure’ on the ribbon when in the design mode.Am I missing anything in the installation or how do I get this resolved? BR Product version : 5.0.15.0Component version: BACLI 2.0.0Build date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 Thank you!

Hello,Does anyone use SSRS layout for any of the Label Print in IFS? Is that even possible?Appreciate the responsesThanks!

Hi I am using IFS Scheduling Workbench. I have 5 different datasets. This is really surprising that i am receing error “Failed to contact the scheduling Workbench server” for specific dataset. This is working fine for other dataset. Please advise the solution?

Hello, I have noticed an issue when using the Multi-Site Part Structure Analysis module in IFS Apps 10. The analysis does not show the full BOM in some cases. Specifically, it stop when when we hit an Inventory Part with a Part Type of Purchased (Purchased Part with a Product Structure). Unfortunately, this paints an incomplete picture when we view a Part using this analysis. Is there another location in IFS where you can view the full structure of a Multi-Site part, or is there a configuration setting that must be enabled to view the structure of a Purchase Part in this screen? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Can you tell me how we can grant a custom made IAL to user IFSSYS?We find in the documentation the following text.  Own views need to be granted to user IFSPRINT and IFSSYS We are able to grant the custom made IAL’s to IFSPRINT (via IFS application – Security – Permission Sets) but we don’t see the IFSSYS user here.Maybe we have to this in PL/SQL ?

IFS Product Structure Components has a field “Qty per Assembly”. This is converted into “Qty per Assembly” on Shop Order Materials. The Shop Order can have a Lot Size and this leads to a “Qty required” on Shop Order Materials. This is OK for UoM PCS, but how would this work with UoM meters? Example: Component UoM = “m” and “Qty per Assembly” = 0,2 m. Lot Size = 5 so my “Qty required” = 1 m, but Shop Order doesn’t need 1 m. It needs 5 x 0,2 m!

HiWe dont want to deduct Tax(TDS, GST) on Retention Amount at a time valuation and InvoiceIs there any way to configer these kinds of setup in IFS. 

Hello,We are using Apps 10 UPD7.  Is there documentation that anyone can recommend regarding this feature?  The F1 help information provides the steps to view it but doesn’t explain how it can be utilized.  Do you know if this chart or another chart can be used to show logged and scheduled work?Here’s an example of what we see.  In the project, the tasks are scheduled to start in May 2020 and continue into 2022.  But after executing history logging, the only data displayed is for July 2020.  The Connections print screen shows transactions in May, June and July. ActivityProject History Project Transactions Thank you,Joann

Hi all, We receive a lot files from our customers. CAD-files for use in the production and a corresponding pdf- file for printing. When it is a new revision of a file already in our system we would like to compare the pdf- files visual. Something AI that takes the new file, compare it with the old file and highlight the differences on the screen. E.g. a new hole has been added in the right corner. Anybody his any experience with this? 

Hi guys,  I’ve got a query about how to use APB. An example is apt here. Consider an MPS consisting of 2 items. Lets stipulate the structure for each is: Level 0 = end-item (GA), Level 1 = SA (x2), Level 2 = 4 piece parts & Level 3 = 10 piece parts. Let’s also imagine 0 overlap between recipes (thus no requisition to merge supply). The relevant ‘Priority Rule’ is ‘Earliest Possible Due Date’ (with all operations selected) since we’re looking to schedule both projects to finish asap, with no spare capacity gaps. 2 options arise at this stage. Either, schedule both project items (under the priority rule stated) in APB with a single executed run. Or, load the initial project (specifically, the parts therein) and execute the engine. Then, do the same for the next project, but exclude all operations that are released and started, thereby ignoring the orders under the first project. Note, a presumption is there’s no ‘MPS confusion’: insofar as the initial project is of greater priori

Hello, I’m noticing an issue on Shop Floor workbench. Currently, we have a 1st and 2nd shift. Shop Orders may span multiple shifts and it appears that if an operator on a prior shift (1st) is clocked into Start Production, a 2nd shift employee cannot join that operation without creating a Team and joining that. Is this correct, or is there a way to allow individuals to Start Production on operations without having to use a Team? Thank you!

Hi,I have a question about creating new revisions, which is done to facilitate the change of a component from purchased to manufactured (and vice versa). The underlying aim is to find the cleanest way to ensure MRP calls for the correct part type (i.e. generating the desired requisition type).Current PracticeAt present, a new revision is created (ref. page, ‘Eng Revisions’ → column ‘Eng Rev’). Following that, phase out dates are inserted by the user (ref. ‘Inventory Part’ → tab ‘Revisions’) against all the preceding revisions (and the purchased and manufactured templates they encompass).Hence, when MRP runs, it’ll have no choice other than calling for the desired part type. Because all else is off the table, by inserting phase out dates.Suggestion/QuestionI believe we shouldn’t have to up-issue a part just to reflect it’s status change from purchased to manufactured (and vice versa). There are 2 relevant columns here - ‘Revision’ and ‘Revision No’. Can a user edit the field ‘Revision N

Hello, We are attempting to identify the correct application identifier for the Alt Handling Unit Label ID. I’ve looked through the LOV, and nothing clearly indicates what it is. Any help in identifying the correct GS1 Application Identifier would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.