IJ44234: INCONSISTENT BEHAVIOUR FOR MANDATORY FIELDS IN 'CREATE SHIPMENT' DIALOG IN INVENTORY USAGE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
  If you make the Expected Receipt Date field mandatory on the
  Create Shipment but do not populate it, you get errors
  BMXAA7691E and BMXAA0032E even if you actually populate it
  afterwards.
  If it is made mandatory, the Expected Receipt Date field
  should behave in the same way as for the 'Shipment Date' field
  which is compulsory out-of-the-box in the same Create Shipment
  dialog.
   
  STEPS TO REPRODUCE: 
  * Log into Maximo
  * Open Application Designer and open the Inventory Usage record
  (INVUSAGE) 
  * Click Edit Dialog icon and then select Create Shipment 
  * Change Expected Receipt Date to be a compulsory field (Input
  Mode = Required)
  * Save the record.
  * Open the Inventory Usage application.
  * Create a new Inventory Usage record to transfer an item from
  one store to another. 
  * For example: for CENTRAL storeroom, select Item 0-048 and do
  TRANSFER for Qty= 5 to GARAGE.
  * Save the record, then do Change Status to Shipped to open
  the Create Shipment dialog.
  * Note that both Shipment Date and Expected Receipt Data are now
  compulsory.
  * Fill in the 'Expected Receipt Date' field and clear the
  'Shipment Date' field and click OK. 
  * You get System message: BMXAA4195E - A value is required for
  the Shipment Date field on the {1} object.
  * Click OK on the message, fill in the Shipment Date this time
  and click OK.
  * The Status is changed to Shipped 
  * Create an identical Inventory Usage record and do Change
  Status to Shipped until you are on the Create Shipment dialog. 
  
  * The Expected Receipt Date field is blank this time. Click OK.
  * You get System message: BMXAA4195E - A value is required for
  the Expected Receipt Date field on the SHIPMENT object.
  * This time the error message picks up the object as SHIPMENT.
  * Click OK on the message, fill in the Expected Receipt Date and
  click OK.
  * You get System message: BMXAA7691E - The status of inventory
  usage xxxx cannot be changed to SHIPPED. BMXAA0032E - The status
  that you selected is the same as the current status. Select a
  different status.
   
  RESULTS: 
  The BMXAA7691E - The status of inventory usage xxxx cannot be
  changed to SHIPPED error message prevents you from proceeding
  even though both mandatory fields are populated now. 
  You therefore have to click Cancel on the Create Shipment
  dialog, copy the Inventory Usage number, refresh the record, do
  Change Status to Shipped and ensure the mandatory Expected
  Receipt Date field is populated this time. 
  
  EXPECTED RESULTS:
  
  There should be no further error message after the mandatory
  fields have been populated.
  
  REPORTED IN VERSION: 
  Maximo TPAE 7.6.1.2
  

Local fix

• You must click Cancel on the Create Shipment dialog, copy the
  Inventory Usage number, refresh the record, do Change Status to
  Shipped and ensure the mandatory Expected Receipt Date field
  is populated this time.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:                                              *
  * Users of Inventory Usage                                     *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:                                         *
  * INCONSISTENT BEHAVIOUR FOR MANDATORY FIELDS IN 'CREATE       *
  * SHIPMENT' DIALOG IN INVENTORY USAGE                          *
  ****************************************************************
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR will be contained in a future release.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  MAXIMO ASST MGM

• Fixed component ID

  5724R46AM

Applicable component levels