Using BC 365 SaaS v26.1 in production. I have a question regarding the Location Mandatory flag in Inventory Setup. Our original Microsoft partner that helped us with initial implementation had this turned on. Since we always wanted items to have Location Code associations enforced. According to Microsoft docs, this enforces Location Code designation for transacting items (e.g. - purchases, sales, transfers, etc.).
We ran into an issue recently when trying to utilize Planning Worksheets. Items that had hit defined reorder points weren't being pulled into the plan calculation. Currently none of our items have Stockkeeping Units setup. And I'd assume that the lack of location-specific SKU's lead to this issue.
For a test in a sandbox company I turned off Location Mandatory in Inventory Setup. So then the reorder points were honored and were pulled into the plan calculation. The user just needs to manually designate the Location Code in the plan lines. Which is fine.
I have two questions related to this topic.
- What potential knock-on effects can turning off Location Mandatory in Inventory Setup have?
- For a test in a sandbox company I was able to order and receive an item without designating a Location Code. And this was with Location Mandatory still turned on. How/why did this happen? Part of the reason I'm confused about this flag based on Microsoft docs.
