Using a blank priority number in a Batch Priority file will now enable sites to exclude a Batch on RF Units within the Picking Slips option for specific days. The way invoices are auto sorted and skipped has also changed.
As before when the user selects the ‘Picking Slips’ option, the Unit will look for and load the Batch Priority file. The auto sort will only apply when the user presses enter on a blank key-in field with the Batch ID qualifier also blank but now the retrieved invoices will not include any that either have no Batch ID, or have a Batch ID that does not exist/has a blank priority in the file for the specific day.
Example batchpriority.txt file contents:
BATCH{tab}MONDAY{tab}TUESDAY{tab}WEDNESDAY{tab}THURSDAY{tab}FRIDAY
EAST{tab}1{tab}10{tab}{tab}5{tab}10
WEST{tab}5{tab}1{tab}10{tab}{tab}1
SOUTH{tab}{tab}5{tab}1{tab}10{tab}5
NORTH{tab}10{tab}{tab}5{tab}1{tab}
With the above example file, on a Monday, the auto find will now only find Invoices with in one of the following Batch:
- EAST
- WEST
- NORTH
The way Invoices are auto sorted and skipped will also work differently when a Batch Priority file is loaded. It will follow the below logic:
- Finds Invoices in one Batch at a time according to the Batch priority file
- If an Invoice is added to the system that belongs to a previous Batch that has already been picked it will go back to that Batch and bring up that Invoice, and clear the skipped Invoice list
- Will only move to the next Batch when either:
- all Invoices in the current Batch is complete
- or all Invoices in the current Batch was skipped without completing a single one
- otherwise it will go back to the first Invoice in the current Batch and clear the skipped Invoice list