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Pending Items is located under Transactions>Pending Items. The main purpose of the Pending Items grid is to allow you to view the items that are currently on the pending file. The program can also be used to delete items from the pending file.  NOTE: You cannot add or edit a pending item.

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The Pull option will search for invoiced PO items, inclusive of the starting invoice date, that have beenmarked for inventory.  At this point, the item is at a 'pending' status for Inventory. For a invoiced PO item to be marked for inventory, it must meet the pending threshold criteria in USAS-R.  The EIS Classic Integration module must be installed and the EIS Classic Integration Configuration* set up for the pending threshold (these processes are part of the USAS-R Post Import steps).  

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Third Party Software

* The EIS Classic Integration Configuration setup is specific to flagging items when invoiced via USAS-R. Districts invoicing through a third party application should check with their third party to see if there is additional setup needed to flag invoice items for inventory.

Test Connection

Prior to pulling items from USAS, the Test Connection button may be selected to notify the user whether or not they are connected to USAS. A date does not need to be entered in order to use this feature.   If the connection was successful, the user will see "Successfully connected to USAS" message.  If the connection failed, the user will see "Unable to connect to USAS".  There will be a button available to "Show Stack Trace".  This information will be needed by SSDT if a support ticket is created for assistance.

Pull From USAS

  1. Click on

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  2. Enter the starting AP invoice date.  It will pull any Purchase Order items marked for inventory from USAS-R into the pending file in Inventory inclusive of the starting date. 

  3. NOTE: If items are deleted from the pending items grid, a message is sent back to USAS-R stating the item was rejected.  Pull from USAS will not include marked for inventory items with a status of 'rejected' by default.  However, if the item needs to be pulled into Inventory again, check the "includes rejected' box to include rejected items inclusive of the starting date.

  4. Click Confirm and the items will appear on the grid.

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Communication Between USAS and Inventory applications

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  • In USAS, when an invoiced item meets the pending threshold, it's marked for inventory with a 'pending' status. Please refer to NOTE for invoicing via third party software.

  • In Inventory, when selecting 'pull from USAS', those items that are inclusive of the starting date entered will be pulled into the pending file grid and the USAS status will be updated from 'pending' to 'sent

  • When a pending item is turned into a tag, it is removed from the pending grid and the USAS status will be updated from 'sent' to 'posted' to indicate it's been turned into a tag.

  • If a pending item is deleted (from the pending item grid), it is removed from the pending grid and the USAS status will be updated from 'sent' to 'rejected'.

Pull from USAS will need to be performed periodically to pull in newly invoiced items into the pending file.  Because Inventory keeps USAS updated on the inventory status of the pending item, 'Pull from USAS" will not re-pull items that have a 'sent' or 'posted' inventory status.  It will not re-pull items that have a 'rejected' status either unless you check the 'include rejected' box.

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The Pending Items grid displays existing pending items.  You can search for existing pending items by clicking in the filter row in the grid columns and entering in the desired information. By default, the grid sorts by PO number.  Click on Image Modified to generate a CSV or EXCEL formatted spreadsheet based on what you filtered.  

 (tick) TIP TIP:  To find a specific value, you can enter the entire value.  However, most columns will auto filter as you type, narrowing down your search to including your search criteria.  For example, to find PO #190980, enter '19098' and it will display POs between 190980 -190989 on the grid.  Percentage symbol '%' can be used as a wildcard on most columns in the filter row.   Less than < and/or greater than > symbols can also be used on numeric based or date columns in the filter row.

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Delete a Pending Item

Deleting a pending item will send a message to USAS -R updating the EIS Pending Transaction USAS Inventory status on the PO Item to 'rejected'.  Rejected status means the item will not be pulled in again via the 'Pull from USAS' option in Pending Itemsunless you check the "includes rejected' box to include rejected items inclusive of the starting dateThe checkboxes located on the left side of the grid are intended to be used with the delete button.  You may check specific items to delete or you can use the top checkbox to select all items based on the filter you entered.

  1. Query the desired pending item(s)

  2. Click on the Delete icon Image Modifiedto delete them individually.

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  1. If multiple items are to

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  1. be deleted, checkmark the items and select Image Added .

  2. A pop-up box will appear confirming you want to delete

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  1. the selected pending items.  Click on Image Modified

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More Information on Pending Items

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When pulling items, you may receive one of the following error messages.  

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    • This means there were no USAS items to pull into the Inventory application.  The USAS and Inventory applications are communicating. You may want to verify invoiced items that have met the pending threshold have been 'marked for inventory' in USAS with a 'pending' status. 

    • Solution: In USAS,  you may perform one of the following to check the inventory status of the invoices items marked for inventory.

      • Inventory Pending Items Report Definition

        • SSDT Inventory Pending Items report definition may be downloaded and then imported into the USAS-R Report Manager. You have the option of entering a starting invoice date.  It will generate an Excel formatted spreadsheet containing invoiced items inclusive of the starting date that have been marked for inventory, along with their current inventory status.  Please refer to the 'Communication between USAS and Inventory' note above for more details on the various inventory statuses.

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      • AP Invoice Advanced Query

        • Please refer to the screenshot below on how to perform an advanced query to determine if there are invoiced items currently marked for inventory in USAS-R.  If it doesn't return any results, please ensure the EIS Classic Integration module has been installed and the EIS Classic Integration Configuration has been set up for the pending threshold (these processes are part of the USAS-R Post Import steps).  Any invoiced items that did not get marked for inventory will need to be added manually as an item via Transactions>Items or mass-added via System>Import. 

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    • The above error means you have a configuration problem.  

    • Solution: ITC should review

      your 

      your ssdt-inventory-app.

      properties 

      properties file to ensure you have the correct values for usasHost and usasPort (443). 

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    • The above error means you have an api key problem:

    • Solution: ITC should review the

      usas 

      usas docker-compose.override.yml

       api

       api key definitions.  The override file cannot contain quotes around the api value like you see in the inventory properties files.  If you do in fact have quotes around the api key you'll need to remove those.  Once this configuration change is made

      the 

      the docker-compose up -d command will need to be executed for this change to take effect.

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    • The above error means you may have a possible nginx problem.

    • Solution:  ITC will need to assist. If you are using nginx please review

      your 

      your ssdt-inventory-app.

      properties 

      properties file to ensure you have nginx configured properly.  Verify the values for virtualHost and virtualPort.

Note

If ITC makes changes to the the ssdt-inventory-app.properties file they must stop and start the inventory application.

NOTE: Outstanding issue USASR-4726 will find invoiced items that met the pending threshold but did not get marked for inventory and flag them so they can be pulled into Inventory using the 'Pull from USAS' option.  

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