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Creating a batch job to release work orders automatically

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My company changed from AX to D365 in July of last year. Formerly, we had a robust FTO offering of items that needed minimal work (laser etch/pack) to fulfill sales orders. We keep these goods in a semi-finished state until demand hits, which helped our FG inventory from ballooning with unnecessary stock.

Since switching to D365, the program has run into all sorts of problems, and we're still fighting to get it back up. We recently came up with a temporary solution where we put all these goods into coverage groups that only create work based on sales demand. The problem with this is that we have to release work manually, which can be time consuming.

Could we create a batch job that locates all work orders associated with the new coverage groups and automatically releases them? I've tried a few searches but haven't found an answer to that question. Any help with this is greatly appreciated!

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Vahid Ghafarpour 12,090 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Dynamics 365 allows query-based firming, where you define a query to select planned orders based on their properties. You can set up a batch job to run this query and firm matching orders on a regular schedule:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/master-planning/planning-optimization/planned-order-firming

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Zain Mehmood 4,187 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @CS-18042121-0,

Hope you are doing well,

I think the answer from @Vahid Ghafarpour fulfills your requirement.
Let us know if there’s anything else you’d like to clarify or add, that way we could close the thread if everything’s resolved.

Thanks!

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CS-18042121-0 10 on at

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@Vahid Ghafarpour Thanks for the reply. We have a query set up to firm planned orders currently. What I'm looking for is a batch job that pushes Scheduled status production orders into Released status. For our purposes, this would print the production orders so that we would have them ready to take to the appropriate areas in the morning.

Are you aware of any batch job that could do that?

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Lennart Lauterbach 107 on at

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Hi @CS-18042121-0,

you can update the production order status to "Released" with a batch job. To set that up, go to Production control -> Periodic tasks -> Production order status update -> Release:

Set "Late selection" to Yes and set up the query via "Select":

As a filter criterion, use the "Status" field and select "Scheduled". If necessary, add additional criteria (e.g. Pool) to identify the production orders you want to update:

After setting up the query, go to the "Run in the background" tab and enable "Batch processing". Also, set up the recurrence which fits best to your business requirement. Default settings for printing job cards etc. can be set on the "Default values" button.

Now you can have the batch update your production orders.

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