Enter a sales quotation

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  1. Select the Work with sales quotations menu item.
  2. You access Work with sales quotations, Header view. Click Add.
  3. You access Work with sales quotations, Create new. Enter the following mandatory information:
  4. Handler
    Quotation type
    Specify the type of quotation you are creating. Enter the code that your company uses for order (to denote that the quotation will become and order), or contract (to denote that the quotation will become a contract).
    Customer number
    Order type
    Note: If you enter an order type that has been defined for sales quotation simulation (i.e. like a normal quotation but without any updates performed), click the Quotation simulation function key to switch to simulation mode.

    Expiry date
    Note: If you set the Quotation type field to the code for contract, (this will allow the quotation to be copied to a contract) you must also establish the duration of the contract by entering the start and end date in the fields below.
    From date
    To date

    Click OK.

  5. You access the Work with sales quotations, Quotation lines panel. Complete the following mandatory fields:
  6. Whs
    By default, the warehouse code that is attributed to the customer on the Business partner file/Customer file panel will automatically be retrieved to this field. Change this value if it differs from the warehouse in which the item is located.
    Item
    Enter an item code.
    Quantity
    Enter the quantity to quote, per sales unit.

    The system automatically defaults the records for the following fields:

    Unit
    If you leave the field blank, the system retrieves the default sales unit from the Item file. Each item being sold can have its own unique sales unit aided by a conversion field for converting the item’s stocked and sales unit.
    Disp dat
    The dispatch date denotes when the goods will be delivered to the customer.
    Price
    You can manually enter a price that will override any other price limit defined in the Item file. This will be the price for the quotation line. If you leave the field blank, the system searches for the valid price. (See About working with pricing on a sales order and View sales pricing information for more information).

    Click OK to update the quotation line.

    Note: If errors are found the system prompts the Work with sales quotation lines, Line details panel, highlights the errors and displays a message. (See step 3 in Change sales a quotation.)

    Add more lines
    To add more lines repeat the same procedures as above.

    Add text
    Text lines can be defined for both individual lines and for the whole order. In the system a general text editor is used in most programs where text can be entered. For detailed information about the Text Editor, see About working with texts in the Text Editor.

    Add text to a quotation line
    Select the quotation line to access the Work with sales quotation lines, Line details panel. Click the Text function key. You access the Sales quotation line, Edit text panel.

    • To exit the Text Editor without making any changes: Click Back twice to return to the Work with sales quotation lines panel.
    • If you have added text to the quotation line: Click OK to return to the Work with sales quotation lines, Line details panel. Click Back to return to the Work with sales quotation lines panel.

    Add text to the quotation header
    If you do not want to limit the text to only the quotation item line then you have the option to connect it to the entire quotation: Click Header to access the Quotation header panel. Click the Text function key. You access the Sales quotation header, Edit text panel.

    • To exit the Text Editor without making any changes: Click Back twice to return to the Work with sales quotation lines panel.
    • If you have added text to the quotation line: Click OK to return to the Work with sales quotation lines, Line details panel. Click Back to return to the Work with sales quotation lines panel.

    To exit the quotation, click the Close order function key from the Work with sales quotation lines panel.

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