Creation Rule

Field/Control

Description

Rule Type

User can Select

                ATP Creation Rule Radio Button to create ATP Rule

                LC Creation Rule Radio Button to create LC Rule

Rule Name

The name of the creation rule. This field can contain up to 35 characters and is a required field.

Description

A description of the creation rule. This field can contain up to 65 characters and is a required field.

PO Definition

The PO definition associated with this creation rule displayed in read-only format.

Template

Selecting an instrument template from this list associates the creation rule with an instrument template. The drop-down list includes all existing instrument templates for Import Letters of Credit / ATP instrument types.

Bank Branch

Selecting a bank branch from this list associates the creation rule with a bank branch. The drop-down list includes all bank branches for your organisation. If your organisation does not have branches, the default branch is pre-selected in the drop-down list.

Maximum Amount

The maximum amount for a group of purchase order line items that result from this creation rule. This amount should be entered in your organisation's base currency.

For example, purchase order line items will be selected for inclusion in this creation rule grouping up to the maximum amount entered here. After this maximum amount is reached, a new group of Import Letters of Credit is started.

Include POs with a Latest Shipment Date between _____ days and _____ days from today

The range of purchase order Latest Shipment Date days to select for this creation rule. To specify, enter a starting number of days and an ending number of days in the numeric fields.

For example ,if you enter the numeric values 10 and 30 into the numeric fields, all purchase orders with a Latest Shipment Date of between 10 and 30 days from today will be selected for the creation rule grouping.

PO Data Item

Selecting a data item from one or more PO Data Item drop-down lists allows you to define additional selection criteria for the creation rule. For each PO data item you select, you also complete the Value field. For each creation rule, you can define up to six PO data items. Each PO Data Item drop-down list includes all data items defined in the PO upload definition that have a data of text.

For example, If you want to include in the creation rule grouping all purchase orders with shipping ports of New York and London, you would select Shipping Port from the PO Data Item drop-down list, and specify New York and London in the Value field (see below).

Value

The selection values for each PO Data Item selection. You can enter multiple values in each Value text area, with each value separated by a !. character. For example, to specify both New York and London in the Value field, enter New York!London.