How To
- Approve order function.
- Cost Activities
- How does the “Approved Supplier” (QA status) functions work?
- How does the Approve direct purchases onshore work?
- How does the rule-based approval matrix work?
- How To - Set Failure Report Running Number
- How To - Add SQL Server to Windows Firewall Exception
- How To - Access the report template editor
- How To - Accounts and Budget (v. 2.662 and later)
- How To - Active a unit for use with the Incidents Module
- How To - Add same document on multiple components
- How To - Approve Purchase Orders and Change Requests when using Approval Rules and Change Approval
- How To - Assign user rights
- How To - Automatically resize images
- How To - Backup TMv2
- How To - Cancel Job History (Job Signed Out In Error)
- How To - Cancel job history (Video Link)
- How To - Catalogs
- How To - Change a Unit Code in TM Master V2
- How To - Check for File Not Found Error. Document Handling.
- How To - Circulating Components
- How To - Company tags
- How To - Connect the TM Master v2 Client Application
- How To - Connect the TM Master v2 client to more than one database
- How To - Contract Management
- How To - Copy Components, Component Jobs and Spare Parts
- How To - Create a new unit
- How To - Create a New User TM Master v2
- How To - Create and use batch jobs in TM
- How To - Create Credit Note
How to use the “Force Status” function?
The “Force Status” function can be very useful in certain situations, but also the cause of a lot off issues if used incorrectly. This function allows the user to manually set the order status, to any status. However it is important to understand that the function only changes the “Order status”, it does not perform the actions related to setting the status, using the normal functions. I.e., Setting an order status from “On Order” to “Completely received” will not receive the order lines, update stock, and create receive history etc. Every time a user uses this function the user is reminded of this with a pop-up notification (Shown in step 4 in guide below)
As a rule of thumb, it is OK to use it to set the status back to a previous status, in cases where the order needs to be amended\changed and the status does not allow this. Once the change has been done, it can be set back to its original status. But be aware there might be cases where it might be better to use the appropriate functions to move it forward again.
Here is how to use the “Force Status” function:
- Open the order in question
- Click “Status” in the top text menu
- Select “Force Order Status Change”
- The following dialog appear to warn that this function should be used carefully
- If you are using this function often it is possible to tick the “Don’t show this message again”, the message will then not re-appear until you restart TM Master. 6. Click [OK] and the following dialog should appear
- Select the “Status” you wish to set for the order, the list is long, and you may need to scroll it to find the status you wish to use.
- Enter a short comment to explain why this action is taken, this comment will be stored as part of the order history. As shown in example below
- Click [OK] and [Save] the order
The order status has now been updated, you can now make your required changes
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