Display Bills of Material Approval Status

Use the Bill of Material Approval Inquiry (APPMQ) program to display the status of bills of material that require approval and who needs to sign off. See Road Map for work flow.

If you clicked Approvals from the Bill of Material Maintenance (MPS) program, skip to step 1.

Enter the parent item number or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the item from a list.
Enter the engineering change level. If you leave the field blank, the program prompts Use the current ECL? Click Yes to use the current production ECL.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name	Displays
Parent	The parent item number you entered or selected
ECL	The engineering change level identifier followed by the description
Final approval Denied by	Date and time that approval was granted User who denied approval and why
Lvl	The level in the approval hierarchy
Reason for approval	The reason approval is needed
Status	The approval status
Appr 1	The user who must approve
Appr 2-5	Alternates for this approver
Mgr	The manager who can override
Remarks?	A Y in this column indicates there are approval remarks for the sales invoice; the column is blank if no approval remarks have been entered

(Optional) Click Components to display this item's components. See Display a Single Level of a BOM. Click Exit to return to this program.
(Optional) Click Prog opts to review your options. To change them:
1. Click the Runtime tab to set runtime options. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries.
2. Click the Program tab to set this program specific option:

Field Name	Type / Max Length	Action / Description
Include history?	Optional	Select to display bills of material that have been closed and moved to history or leave blank to omit them.

1. Click Save to save these options for future use.
2. Click OK to apply these options or click Cancel to exit without applying them.

Select the line and click Detail to display the approval cycle.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name	Displays
Parent item	The parent item number you entered or selected followed by the item's description
ECL	Engineering change level
Level	The level in the approval hierarchy
User	The user who must approve
Alt	The alternate for this approver
Approved 1 - 5	The approvers user identification
Amount	The approval limit amount
Date	The date that this bill was approved
Time	The time this order was approved
Reason	The reason this bill required approval
Manager	The manager who can override
Remarks	Remarks entered for this approval

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Exit this screen	Click OK.
Return to the menu	Click Quit.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK:

To	Do This
Review your options for this program	Click Prog opts. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries.
Print the line listing	Click Print. See Print an Inquiry.
Display the approval cycle for the selected line	Click Detail. See step 4.
Display item components	Click Components. See Display a Single Level of a BOM. Click Exit to return to this program.
Exit the program	Click Exit.