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Can't make transferorders via Requisition worksheet. Shipment date is empty

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Hi all,

I'm trying to make a transferorder with the requisition worksheet, but it always get me these error:

The shipment date must contain a value in transfer header. But in my requisition worksheet I don't have a field where I can add the shipment date.

AI told me to add it in the transferroutes, but in my transferroutes I can't add these.

Am I missing something?

Kind regards,

SVDB

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Pallavi Phade 5,420 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Namaste @SvenVDB

Can you check in requistion worksheet , there is feild " transfer Shipment Date" Can you bring it to front end

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Pallavi phade

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Ben Baxter 6,918 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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As a side note to your question, the Req. Worksheet is designed for creating Purchase Orders. The Planning Worksheet is designed for doing everything else AND purchase orders. You may want to consider running the Generate Plan in the Planning Worksheet to streamline your Transfer Order creation process.

If you are doing it manually in the Planning Worksheet, you won't gain much, but if you use the Generate Plan with Planning Parameters for the Item at different Locations you can add a lot of efficiency to your Inventory Management.

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Ben Baxter

Accent Software Inc

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Jainam M. Kothari 15,732 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello,

The error occurs because Business Central requires a Shipment Date on the Transfer Order header for planning and posting, but the Requisition Worksheet doesn’t provide a field for it.

The system normally calculates this date using Transfer Routes (via Shipping Time) or handling times on Location Cards.

If those aren’t set, the date remains blank and triggers the error. To fix it, configure Shipping Time in Transfer Routes or handling times on locations so the system can auto-fill the date, or manually enter the Shipment Date after creating the Transfer Order.

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Hi all,

thank you for the replies.

1) I'm no developer, so I can't bring the field to the front-end. I already saw that the shipment date was empty and I could fix it by adding a date via the configuration packages. That solves the problem, but it is not convenient to continue working like this.

2) I am aware of the planning proposal, but due to incorrect data in our articles and an unusual way of working at my company, it is currently not feasible for us to work with it.

3) I already add the handling times in my locations, but in my transferroutes I can't add any shipping times. It's still not working.

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OussamaSabbouh 12,803 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello,

Just open the created Transfer Order and fill in Shipment Date, or add/enter the Transfer Shipment Date on the worksheet before running “Carry Out Action Message.”

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Oussama Sabbouh

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