Products (Manufacturing, Products, Engineering)

Hi guys,When adding components to the Consist Of Tab in the Engineering Part Navigator on IFS Cloud the Drawing Position No tab is mandatory and it’s always a “*”. What is the purpose of this Tab and is it possible to remove it if not in use OR set default “*” when adding a new component to the BOM.Thank youRegardsIna

Hi everyone,I have a question regarding inventory control in IFS Cloud.Is it possible to configure the system so that a specific inventory part can only be issued via Material Requisition, and cannot be moved to production or transferred or issued to a shop order? Example use case:Office paper — should always be expensed directly (Material Requisition → cost), and users should not be able to transfer it to production warehouses or issue it to production orders.

Hi.We’re successfully created a custom note field on the Standard Operation page, with it being brought to other pages via expression/reference custom attributes as well. The field is called Cc Operation DefinitionWe’ve noticed the field only accounts for the data put into it when we use the “Reference” option with “Add Standard Operation” on the pages though, using “Copy” leaves the note field blank. In Shop Order, the assistant doesn’t give you the option to select between Copy or Reference, and the custom field appears blank: On the Routing page however, where the Add Standard Operation allows you to choose between Copy or Reference, choosing Reference populates the custom field with the data thats been added to it: How should we go about making the field populate via the copy option and in other windows as well where the option between the two isn’t offered? Thank you in advance!

In the 24R2 documentation:The Update Processed Transactions section in the ‘About MCA’ page reads:“All inventory parts, no matter of inventory valuation method, will have their labor and operation transactions costs adjusted from this command.”The Update Processed Transactions activity in 5.5.9.1 Manufacturing Cost Allocation reads:“The transactions of only inventory parts that are having Weighted Average setting in the inventory valuation method of the Inventory Part page will be updated from this update processed transactions command.”EDIT: I figured out what the documentation was stating.

I cannot really find a clear simple answer as to the difference between By-Product and Disassembly Components and when to use each one.  It would be helpful if there was a matrix with checkboxes on each describing what they can do. In general vocabulary terms, By-Product is usually an unitnentional secondary product where disassembly would be parts… but in IFS terms, what is the difference?  Are there limitations of one vs the other?  Labor / part cost differences?  Other?  

Hello,In production processes, after 5-6 operations, the finished product is produced. Depending on the company's requirements, each operation is managed as a new repair work order in IFS setups. The manufacturing material number does not change. In these production runs, the materials to be produced are tracked manually based on the assigned lot. This lot number remains the same throughout product production. In most cases, after a shop order has been partially received based on the lot size (the shop order has not been closed), production is attempted with the same lot number on a new shop order. In this case, while reserving a lot in IFS, a history record associated with the lot exists in another shop order, or when receiving it for production, but you cannot perform any operations, I receive errors. How can I provide a solution? Best Regards,

Hello, For a shop order with an outside operation, when it is released, a PR/PO is created! For a reason, the purchasing team delayed the receipt date on PO or the supplier confirmed a different delivery date. I have done some tests and the modification on PO have no impact on shop order scheduling. It does not modify Start/finish date of the following operations. Do you have an idea about please? and is there a solution? thanks

Steps to recreate Shop Order error in IFS Cloud 24R2: Create shop order for a part with lot tracking, close code = Auto Close, and close tolerance > 50. On Shop Order > Lots/Batches, create more than one row and save. My example uses two lot batches. Complete all material issues, guideline sign offs, and all operations up to the final operation on the order. From Shop Floor Workbench, attempt to approve the final operation. In the Approve Operation dialog, enter expiration dates for the Lots/Batches to Receive, then click Finish. Receive error: “The order is closed and it is not possible to add anymore lots to the order”. At this point the SO status = Started, and nothing is received. Navigate to the Shop Order and change one of two things: Change Close Tolerance to <= 49. Change Close Code to Manually Close. Repeat step 4, this time with no error. If option b was used, there is an additional step required to change the Shop Order status to closed. Up to now using IFS1

When attempting to run APB, the application crashes. Administrative assistance has already been taken.Kindly see the attached imagesSteps:1. Navigate to APB > ok2.  open window3. APB crashes Has anyone else experienced this issue?If so, could you please advise on the possible cause and the next steps to resolve it? Prabashwari

Hello,My Workflow cannot call OData Function AqEventBusTab_Default() (requires GET) — “Null value returned for key attribute 'Objkey' of entity type 'AqEventBusTab'” Base: https:///main/ifsapplications/projection/v1/CustomProjectionAqEventBusTab.svc Function: AqEventBusTabSet/IfsApp.CustomProjectionAqEventBusTab.AqEventBusTab_Default()  A workflow service task using “IFS API” cannot successfully invoke the Default() function on AqEventBusTab.The same call works via direct OData GET (Postman/Python). In workflow, using “Action = Call” (POST) leads to an error: “Null value returned for key attribute 'Objkey' of entity type 'AqEventBusTab'.” It seems the workflow task cannot issue a GET to a bound OData Function, and calling it as POST causes the failure ?  

Has anyone come across an issue where Shop Order Material copied from a SO on Site A and pasted onto a Shop Order on Site B retains the original Site A connection - even through to the issue of the material?  We have ended up with a Shop Order which has material issued to it on two different sites.  We don’t have any Planning Networks set up.   23R1.10 - moving to 24 soon!Thanks

Within the APB for a selected Shop Order we can see a list of the potential statuses and of which are applicable to it.However there is no way that we’ve been able to find that provides clear definitions of what each of these statuses actually means. If we use the Help button on this tab, it brings up the window below and if in the Usage section we click on the Show Status URL it provides no meaningful information. We can explain most of these statuses ourselves, but when our client asks specifically about what the INCOMPLETE status means we’re struggling to differentiate that with RELEASED or (especially) PARTIALLY REPORTED Can anyone point us to where we can find an official IFS document that explains exactly each of these Scheduling Status values represents

Hello,How to set up auto-incrementation for a field in a custom entity? I didn’t see any option available in the interface.I saw that it’s possible to use a number counter, but I’m not sure how to link it to a field of my entity through the interface.  Thank you in advance for your help.

What are the recommended HW requirements for APB?When loading about 200 operations into APB, APB is fast, planning is usable.When loading about 2000 operations, APB is basically unusable. Loading is incredibly long, APB often "hangs" during work, often displays "not responding".APB works locally, so the performance of the server where IFS Cloud runs will probably not be possible to adjust.Tested on 25r1 environmentThanks for any response

Community, We are in APP10/UPD9,  We realized Project MS part behavior is different from MS part. Regardless the promise method, you can always enter the qty in customer order line greater than the available qty within DTF and PTF, in other words, the demand quantity entered in customer order line is not restricted by DTF&PTF. is this a bug or as designed? Thank you.

We are using control plan for purchasing receipt inspection, there is option to trigger type of manual with help document description like below:Manual - This is not triggered by any existing value in the system, instead it can be used to create custom defined triggering points and connect them to this trigger type.Given the above help description, we still don’t know how to and where to create this custom define triggering. Is there further instruction and support document for help? Thanks a lot.Semon

Community, borrow your mind, do you think below error is due to a system bug? we are in APP10 UPD9, basically we just want to unissue a component from a shop order. Shop order status is Started. 

Greetings!When I try to create a configuration in IFS Apps 10, it auto populates an item that is not even in my part configuration revision. Anybody know why? 

Community, any idea why the “Add Forecast” is disabled on below screen? 

We’re investigating if it’s possible to select Shop Orders based on their status for loading into the Advanced Planning Board. Based on the research that we’ve done to date there seems to be no way of doing this within the standard system.Does anyone have any previous experience in doing this, or have any suggestions of how it could be achieved?

Hello,We are setting up the product estimator and noticed that when an existing part is added, or a new part created, it is not possible to add by-product information in the estimate/estimate item. If a new part is created in the estimator, and an existing part product structure is copied into it, the information also does not seem to port over.Does anyone know if this is a limitation?

When a timeout error occurs in IFS Cloud, please tell me whether internal processing continues, the process is forcibly terminated, or some other behavior occurs.

I am using APPS10 and I need to identify the pdfs that are printed automatically by IFS (not instigated by the user). Examples;A delivery note is printed automatically when a customer order is released A Pick List can be printed automatically if the “Shipment Type” is defined correctly. Customer Statements are printed automatically (if the “Output Media” in the Customer screen is set to “Printout”)But there are many more that are auto printed that I don’t know aboutThere is nothing in report rules that tells me what I need to know. In Print Jobs for pdfs that are printed by IFS,  the “Ordered By” column gives the name of the person logged in to IFS when it was printed but that is not what I want either.I want to differentiate between print jobs that occur when the print dialog box appears and “OK“ is clicked (see below).Is there a way I can find this in IFS? Thank you.  

Hi, We have a customer who has 800+ line items in the Project Deliverables Material Plans. When executing "Create Supply Request" for the total line items below error pops up.IFS Web Version: 24.1.14.20250702093228.0Date: 2025-10-06T03:25:57.448Z --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DeliveryStructureItemExecutionHandling/ItemDetails (server error)Database error occurred. Contact administrator.Error details: [{"code":1460,"message":"ORA-01460: unimplemented or unreasonable conversion requested"}]But when we execute it in two batches (350,450 each) the error is not there and Supply Requests are created without any errors.Is there a limitation on how many line items can be converted at one go? Any experience in handling large number of Material Plan line items?  

 Hello,I am in production at my client's site. He upgraded yesterday to version 25R1, and I am getting this error message when receiving an OF. Have you ever seen this message before?  ORA-01400: impossible d'insérer NULL dans (\"IFSAPP\".\"SO_COST_DISTRIBUTION_TMP\".\"COST_BUCKET_PUBLIC_TYPE\")"}]