BC Friday Tips #56 Understand Missing Fields in Copy Documents
Some Sales Order fields do not carry over to posted shipments and invoices. For example, Shipping Agent Code and Shipping Agent Service Code exist on both Sales Header and Sales Line but only reach the Sales Shipment Header and Sales Invoice Header. As a result, copying from a posted invoice can leave fields blank, and the post recommends copying from an archived sales order instead.
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"Not all fields in a Sales Order transfer to the Posted Sales Shipment or Posted Sales Invoice."
Key points
- Shipping Agent Code and Shipping Agent Service Code exist in Sales Header/Line but only appear in Posted Shipment/Invoice headers
- Copying from Posted Sales Invoice can result in missing fields compared to copying from Archived Sales Order
- Field inconsistencies across related documents need awareness to prevent data loss during document workflows
- Understanding which fields transfer between document types helps maintain data accuracy
Quotes
- “Not all fields in a Sales Order transfer to the Posted Sales Shipment or Posted Sales Invoice.” (This is the core issue affecting document copying workflows and data consistency)
AL objects mentioned
As named in the post. A name that matches one object page by exact type and name links to it; the others stay as named.
- table 36 “Sales Header”
- table 37 “Sales Line”
- table 110 “Sales Shipment Header”
- table 112 “Sales Invoice Header”
Context
- Features: copy documents, sales order processing, posted documents, archived documents
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