Add Mandatory Field Values

After you pack, search multiple packages or items in a package to find mandatory user-defined fields that are missing values. You can add values to those fields and edit them later, if needed.

You can add user-defined mandatory field values to

Multiple packages or items — see “To add mandatory values to multiple packages or items” on page 248.

A single package or item — see “Add Mandatory Values to One Package or Item” on page 251.

To add mandatory values to multiple packages or items

Important: All mandatory user-defined fields must be populated.

1	Click Enter Attributes.

The User Defined Attributes dialog displays. By default, the Packages tab lists all packages of a preselected packaging type and one or more mandatory fields that are missing values.

Do any of the following to change the view:

To do this	In this dropdown	Click
View items for a different packaging type.	Package Type	the applicable packaging type
List only packages in the selected type that have mandatory user-defined attribute fields that are complete.	Status	the applicable option
List all packages in the selected type, whether or not mandatory fields are populated.	Status	Show All

2	To fix missing user-defined attribute field values, click the check boxes for the items to fix. To select all packages, click the check box in the header.

3	To fix missing user-defined field values, click the check boxes for the packages to fix. To select all packages, click the check box in the header.

4	Click Define Attribute Values.

A dialog box displays.

5	Type the values for the missing mandatory user-defined fields and optional user-defined fields (if available).

If you selected more than one package, the dialog warns that any changes overwrite existing values because the packages have different values.

6	In the dialog, enter values in the fields.

To apply the value(s) to all packages of the selected type (for example, Carton), select the check box for Apply these attributes to all packages of the type . . . .

7	Click Apply. The system sets the specified values for the selected package(s) and displays a message.

8	Click Back to Packages.

The User Defined Attributes dialog shows the corrected packages. The Status drop-down menu has Mandatory Values Completed selected.

To display corrected and uncorrected packages, in the Status dropdown click Show All.

9	To view or change the field value or option selection for a corrected package, select the package, then click Define Attribute Values.

Make changes as previously described.

10	Repeat these steps as needed to work with other package user-defined fields in the shipment.

11	To correct missing user-defined field values for items in the shipment, in the User Defined Attributes dialog, click the Line Items tab.

A new view displays all items in the first package of a preselected packaging type and one or more mandatory fields that are missing values.

Do any of the following to change the view:

To . . .	Do this . . .
View items for a different packaging type.	Select the applicable packaging type from the Package Type drop-down menu.
View items for a different package (such as a different carton).	Select the applicable package name from the Package Name drop-down menu.
List only items in the selected package with completed, mandatory user-defined fields.	Select the applicable option from the Status drop-down menu.
List all items in the selected packages regardless if the mandatory fields are populated.	Select Show All from the Status drop-down menu.

12	To fix missing user-defined field values, click the check boxes for the items to fix. To select all packages, click the check box in the header.

13	At bottom left, click Define Attribute Values. A dialog opens.

14	Specify the values for the missing mandatory and optional user-defined fields.

15	In the dialog box, type the attribute values.

To apply the value(s) to all items, but only in the selected package (for example, Carton 00001), click the Apply these values to all line items of selected package check box.

To apply the value(s) only to the selected items but in all packages of the same packaging type, click the Apply these values to all selected line items across all packages check box.

16	Click Apply. The system sets the specified values for the selected item(s) and displays a message.

17	Click Back to Line Items.

The User Defined Attributes dialog shows the corrected items. The Status dropdown shows Mandatory Values Completed is selected.

To display corrected and uncorrected items, in Status click Show All.

18	To view or change the field value or option selection for a corrected item, select the item, then click Define Attribute Values.

Make changes as described above.

19	Repeat the above steps as needed to work with other item user-defined fields in the shipment.

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