[sorry, I have also posted this at: http://tinyurl.com/bay5wnb -- Microsoft really needs to improve how bugs can be reported, a human being at microsoft couldn't figure out how to either :-/ ]
I would like to report a bug in RMS SO Manager's Purchase Order editing screen:
The
bug results in replacing of one item's part number with another's, so
that item info is corrupted. In short, wrong items will be ordered as a
result, as I can attest. Thankfully, this has only ever been fairly
inexpensive items that have come free freight, but this could create
huge headaches for RMS users! I finally figured out now reproduce this
bug at will:
- Make three new items in your database (new so that
you don't screw up any existing items). Call them Item 1, Item 2 and
Item 3. Give them part numbers the same as their names to help you see
the bug in action. Assign the same supplier to them.
- Next,
either "tag" all of them to be on a PO if you have DRS's PowerOps and
generate the PO for that supplier, and switch to Store Operations
Manager and open the PO.
Alternately, in SO Manager, open a blank
PO, assign it to the supplier in question and manually add all three
items. Then save the PO and reopen it. I don't know if saving here is
required to reproduce the bug, but its how I did it (and how POs are
regularly used).
- Now, open the PO and select the cell of the
second item's part number and HIT THE SPACE BAR (which is what you'd
have to do to copy the part number and check stock with a supplier's
website that doesn't have POS integration). You don't even have to copy
the part number to trigger this bug, but it you want to, go ahead. You
must hit the space bar, however in order to select the part number.
-
Next, use Alt+TAB to switch applications. In actual use, I was going to
a web browser, to paste the part number into a search field and check
stock, but it doesn't matter what application you switch to to trigger
the bug.
- Now switch back to SO Manager, and hit the delete
button on the PO (which you would do if the supplier's site reported
back that they were out of stock).
POW! The second item is
removed from the PO, however when Item 3 "moves up," Item 2's part
number remains. If you save your PO at that point, guess what? You'll
order the wrong part, and change the part number for Item 3. The mistake
will keep happening until the part number is corrected.
Obviously,
this is a significant problem. We need to be able to easily copy
information out of the PO window without having to export.
