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OMS Scheduled Tasks

Distributor reference for nightly OMS scheduled tasks in Encompass (pricing recalcs, Customer History, AR open credit/debit) and which tasks must be run manually. Requires v23.01+.

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Written by Bailey Naas-Thornton

Minimum Version Required: 23.01

Steps

Tasks That are automatically run Daily:
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Check_ProductsAreas

  • Time: 11:00 PM - 4:15 AM
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  • Function: Determines where products can be sold and if product areas have changed.

Recalculate Invoice Pricing All

  • Time: 11:10 PM - 4:15 AM
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  • Function: When running, it looks for with Products or Prices not zero, the Invoice must be unlocked and the Loadsheet.Status must be Loaded or less


Update_Customer_History

  • Time: 10:35 PM - 4:15 AM
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  • Function: updates the sales and inventory into Customer History records. Checks if there are Load Sheets that are in Returned or above status, or if Store Depletions records were created at that day.


Set_DelayedInvoiceTotals

  • Time: 12:15 AM - 12:14 AM
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  • Repeat: 15 min
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  • Function: Calculates Pricing on all Invoices that have been Changed but Update Pricing was deleted

Update_AccountsRec

  • Time: 10:45 PM - 4:15 AM
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  • Repeat: 60 min
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  • Function: Change the EDIStatus whenever an Invoice meets the following conditions:
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    - LoadSheet.`Status` = Verified
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    -Invoice.EDIStatus = NotYetTransmitted
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    -Invoice.DueDate <= time of day minus 7 days


Update_OpenCredit_OpenDebit

  • Time: 10:45 PM - 4:15 AM
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  • Repeat: 60 min
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  • Function: it will consider the Setting 360 (Number of years back to recalculate Open Debit/Credit on Invoices (on Load Sheet Date) and Purchases (on Receive Date)
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  • Note: See Setting 481 for last time AR Open Debit/Credit was calculated.

Tasks that must be manually run:
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create_AccountsRecTrans

  • Function: As part of general setup, this will populate the Accounts Rec Trans Table.
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  • Note: Should run after AR Period is closed and after InvoicePaymentsHist is synced to the DataWarehouse

Rebuild_CustomerHistory

  • Function: Checks if there are Load Sheets that are in Returned or above status, or if Store Depletions records were created in past 1 month. If the Scheduled Task finds any returned Load Sheets, it further checks a field on the Load Sheets records called 'Customer History Updated'. If the field is true, that Load Sheet is skipped. If it is false, the Scheduled Task uses the Invoices on those Load Sheets to update corresponding Customer History records, and updates the 'Customer History Updated' field on those Load Sheets to true

Recalculate_Invoice_Pricing_All

  • Function: When running, it looks for with Products or Prices not zero, the Invoice must be unlocked and the Loadsheet.Status must be Loaded or less

Fields And Definitions

  • API Command - These pre-built blocks of code perform functions with-in Encompass free of human input
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  • Frequency - Knowing what the API accomplishes will help decide how often it should run.
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  • Run Permission - Limits the possibilities of people running operations they shouldn’t touch.

Best Practices

  • Do not run Scheduled Tasks unless you know exactly what it does, and you have a specific purpose to run it.
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  • There are certain things in the system that may trigger a scheduled task or API to run to update information quicker.

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