Set Document Parameters

Use the Document Output Parameters Maintenance (TDOC) program to set and change output parameters for each type of document. See Background, Road Map, and Overview: Document Management System for more information.

The program displays these fields for documents:

Field Name

Displays

Document

The documents that have parameters set

Document name

The document name

Program

The name of the program that outputs this document

Br

Parameters for this document apply to this branch
Blank
: Parameters apply to all branches

New ord

Document copies for new orders are:
Q: Sent to document's print queue
Y: Printed immediately
N: Not printed
A: Queued or printed immediately depending on user's answer to prompt

Chgd ord

Document copies for changed orders:
Q: Sent to document's print queue
Y: Printed immediately
N: Not printed
A: Queued or printed immediately depending on user's answer to prompt

Company name

The is a company identifier (e.g., your company or branch name) that prints in the subject line when documents are emailed.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Add a document

Click Add.

Delete a document

Highlight the document and click Delete. See Delete.

Copy a document

Highlight the document and click click Copy. See Copy.

Display a document

Highlight the document and click Select or double click the line. See step 3.

Print list of documents

Click Print. See Print.

Exit the program

Click Exit.

  1. Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Document

Required

Select document you want to output.

Branch

Optional

Leave blank if the same parameters apply to all branches in your enterprise or select the branch that whose output should use these parameters. For example, you may want to print a different logo on this document for this branch.

See Background for the branch used for each document.

  1. Enter or change data in these fields to define how to output this document:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Print new orders immediately?   Optional

Select how you want to output this document for new orders:

Select

To

Q

Add copies of this document to the queue immediately when a user enters a new order and clicks OK. You output copies when you process the queue.

Y

Output copies of the document immediately when a user enters a new order and clicks OK.

N

Do not output copies of this document when the user enters a new order.

A

Ask the user to Process now? or Queue? when a user enters a new order and clicks OK.
Ask has no effect on the Material Release Schedule or Customer Project Estimate documents.
Ask is not recommended for the Customer AR Statement or Customer Invoice documents.

Notes

  • You must click Copies and create at least one copy for this field to take effect.

  • ECO Print (ECOL) uses this setting at all times. ECOs can be printed by selecting the ECO print button or by sending the ECO for signoff or implementation approval.

Print changed orders immediately? Optional Select how you want to output this document for changed orders:

Select

To

Q

Add copies of the revised document to the queue when a user changes an order and clicks OK. The revised order copies replace existing copies that have not been output.

Y

Output copies of the revised document immediately when a user changes an order and clicks OK.

N

Do not output copies of the revised document when the user changes an order.

A

Ask the user to Process now? or Queue? when a user changes an order and clicks OK.
Ask has no affect on the Material Release Schedule or Customer Project Estimate documents.
Ask is not recommended for the Customer AR Statement or Customer Invoice documents.

Notes

  • You must click Copies and create at least one copy for this field to take effect.

  • If the document has been output previously, *** REPRINT *** appears at the top of the document.

  • This option has no affect on the Customer AR Statement, Customer Invoice, Material Release Schedule, or Workorderless Receipt documents.

  • This option is not used by ECO Print (ECOL).

ISO document number

Optional
15 alphanumeric

Enter the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) number to be printed on this document. If specified, it is printed at the top left corner of the page.

Header image name

Conditional/Optional
25 alphanumeric

Enter the name of an image file that you want to print on the header of this document. Some systems are case sensitive, so enter the file name exactly as it appears.

Click View logo to verify the image.

See Background.

Form name

Conditional
8 alphanumeric

Enter the name of a form that you want to use for this document or leave blank to use the standard format for this document.

A customized form typically has data in a different order or position on the page than the standard format. For example, enter OPSC if you are using the OPSC form for the Acknowledgment Print (OPS) program.

If a custom form template is specified, the form name is the part of the print program name that follows XP. For example, if the print program name is XFRPC, the form name is RPC. Leave Form name blank to use the standard format with a custom form template.

Contact Qantel Technical Support for alternative forms.

Overlay image file

Optional
15 alphanumeric

Enter the name of an overlay file. An overlay file contains a form that data will overlay (print on top of). The file should be in TIF, GIF,or JPG format. Overlays must be stored in the location you specified in the Base path option in System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Help and Other Path Options).

If a single document outputs faxed and other types of copies (e.g., printed, emailed), do not specify the overlay image at the document level as they can vary by device type. Instead, set up overlay images at the copy level so they are specific to the type of device.

Sort copies by footer?

Conditional/Optional

If you selected Q for Print new orders immediately?, select if you want to sort documents by footer or leave blank if you do not.

If you select, all copies with the "Customer copy" footer print before those that have the "File copy" footer. Your footers may be different. Set up footers in the Document Footer Maintenance (TDFM) program. Selecting this option means that you do not have to separate the copies manually.

If you leave blank, the sort order is determined by your choice for the Sort file copies by order or recipient? field.

Sort order

Conditional/Optional

If you selected Q for Print new orders immediately?, select R to sort printed documents by recipient or select O to sort them by order number.

If you file by customer or vendor name, you should select R. If you file by order number, select O.

If you also selected Sort copies by footer?, the system sorts first by footer and then by your choice of order or recipient.

Message code

Optional
10 alphanumeric

Select the code for a text message that you want to print on all copies of this document.

If you also select a code in the Message code field for a specific copy of a document or in a customer, vendor, or branch document profile, that text message prints rather than this one.

Item message code

Optional
10 alphanumeric

Select the code for a text message that you want to print on all copies of this document.

If you also select a code in the Item message code field for a specific copy of a document or in a customer, vendor, or branch document profile, that text message prints rather than this one.

Boilerplate name

Optional
25 alphanumeric

Enter the name of a file that contains information you want to print. For example, you can print warranty information.

Please contact Qantel Technical Support for more information about setting up a boilerplate file.

Boilerplate print location

Optional

Select on what document pages you want boilerplate text to print:

Select

To print on

Output

B

Back of the first page only

duplex printer

E

Back of last page only

duplex printer

F

After the first page

duplex printer

L

After the last page

simplex printer and email a PDF file attachment

A

All pages

duplex printer

 

Notes

  • All new documents start the print on a front page (i.e., not on the back of the previous document).

  • Certificates of compliance produced by the Packing Slip Print (OPAK) program are printed on separate pages.

Allow auto queue processing?

Optional

Select if processing this document's print queue will be scheduled using the Job Scheduler (JOBS).

Job stream name

Optional

Select the job stream name, created in JOBS, that links this document's print queue to the frequency/days run settings

Reprint after partial shipment Optional

Select how you want documents to be handled after a partial shipment is completed.

Note
This option is only available for appropriate sales order documents.

Select

To

Q

Add copies of the document to the queue

Y

Output copies of the revised document immediately

N

Not output document copies

Archive path/folder

Optional
64-character alphanumeric

Specify a sub-folder to use in conjunction with Document archive path in Help and Other Path Options. A script on the QICWARE server renames/moves PowerShift-created PDF copies file to the appropriate archive name in the path/folder you specify.

Note
The path name should end with the directory delimiter.

Custom form template

Optional

This field is used for supporting custom versions of PowerShift documents (e.g., invoices, orders). It should be used only with the assistance of PowerShift Support.

Company name for emails

Optional

The is a company identifier (e.g., your company or branch name) that prints in the subject line when documents are emailed.

  1. Click Other info to enter or change data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Document

Display only

The document name

Branch

Display only

The branch these parameters apply to

Folder/file name

Optional

Enter the name (including subfolder) of the file to attach when this document is emailed (e.g., misc/terms.pdf). The path name is appended to the Form-related doc path set up System Options Maintenance: Help and Other Path Options.

You can specify whether or not to include the attachment by document copy.

File reference

Optional

Enter what you want the file called when it is attached to the emailed document.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Display additional fields

Click Other info.

Delete this document

Click Delete. See Delete.

Display changes made to documents

Click Audit. See Display an Audit Trail. Click OK to return to this program.

Note
This button displays only if you have activated TD2A, TDC2, and TDC3 Document Master and Document Copies files in the Audit Trail Maintenance (XAT) program..

Enter copies for this document. You must set up at least one copy to output immediately or queue this document.

Click Copies.

View the header image

Click View logo.

Return to the list of documents

Click OK. See step 2.

  1. The program displays the name of the selected document, branch and ship-to followed by copies that currently exist:

Field Name

Displays

Copy

The number of the copy

Cr copy?

The recipient for this copy

Output dev

The device to which this copy is output

Recipient

The recipient type for this copy

Email/fax number

The email address or fax number entered for this copy

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Add a copy of this document

Click Add.

Delete a copy of this document

Highlight the line and click Delete. See Delete.

Copy a copy of this document

Highlight the line and click Copy. See Copy.

Display a copy of this document

Highlight the line and click Select or double-click the line.

Print the list of copies

Click Print. See Print.

Add or display customer, vendor, or branch profiles for this document

Click Profiles. See Add a Document Profile.

Exit copies for this document

Click OK. See step 4.

  1. Enter or change data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Copy

Required
3 alphanumeric

Accept the displayed copy number or enter a different one. You can output as many copies of a document as you and your customers or vendors require. You cannot change this number after a copy has been created.

Output device

Optional

Select the device that you want to use for this copy of this document or leave blank to enable the output device to be selected by the user.

For archive copies, select a non-queueing PDF spooler as the output device.

If you leave the field blank, users will have to specify the output device they want to use in the document print program. For example, for a sales order packing slip, they would run Packing Slip Print (OPAK), choose the desired output device and save options. Output devices and other options can also be set in Program Options Maintenance (XROPT).

Recipient type

Optional

Select a recipient for this copy. The system retrieves the email address or fax number for this recipient. Document Copies & Recipients lists documents, recipient types and the source of the address used for each document copy.

See Background for more information.

Always create this copy?

Optional

Select if you want to create this copy each time you output this document or leave blank if you do not.

Select this field if you want to output multiple copies of a document and do not want to create all of them in every customer, vendor, or branch profile. Suppose that you want to output two copies of a document: one for the vendor and another for the buyer. When you create a vendor profile, you most likely will be doing so because the vendor prefers a different output device. If you select this field for the buyer copy, you do not need to create a buyer copy for each vendor profile. See Background for more information.

The No copy option (maintained by customer, vendor or branch in CDM, VDM or TDM) provides further control of whether or not the document copy is created. If the No copy option in the document profile is set to Include document copies, documents selected to always be created at the document level will be printed; if it is set to Exclude document copies "always created" copies are excluded (i.e., nothing is printed).

Always queue this copy?

Optional

Select to queue this copy even when other document copies are processed as an immediate print.

Archive copy?

Optional

Leave blank if you do not want to create an archive copy of the document or specify when an archive copy is created:

Select

To

O

at time of original print only

A

every time the document is printed

Footer code

Optional
5 alphanumeric

Select a code for the standard text that you want to print at the bottom of this copy of the document. Use the Document Footer Maintenance (TDFM) program to set up codes.

Message code

Optional
10 alphanumeric

Select the code for a text message that you want to print on this copy of this document.

This field overrides the Message code field for the document.

If you also select a code in the Message code field in a customer, vendor, or branch document profile, that text message prints rather than this one.

Overlay image file

Optional
15 alphanumeric

Enter the name of an overlay file to use for this copy. An overlay file contains a form that data will overlay (print on top of). The file should be in TIF, GIF,or JPG format. Overlays must be stored in the location you specified in the Base path option in System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Help and Other Path Options).

If a single document has faxed and other types of copies (e.g., printed, emailed), do not specify the overlay image at the document level as they can vary by device type. Instead, set up overlay images at the copy level so they are specific to the type of device.

Header image name

Conditional/Optional
25 alphanumeric

Accept the Header image name from the document, enter the name of an image file that you want to print on this copy, or clear/leave blank if you want no image for this copy.

If you do not want a header image, you may want to print your company name and address, select the Print co name/addr? field.

See Background.

Boilerplate name

Optional
25 alphanumeric

Enter the name of a file that contains information you want to print for copies. For example, you can print warranty information.

Please contact Qantel Technical Support for more information about setting up a boilerplate file.

Boilerplate print location

Optional

Select on what document pages you want boilerplate text to print for copies:

Select

To print on

Output

B

Back of the first page only

duplex printer

E

Back of last page only

duplex printer

F

After the first page

duplex printer

L

After the last page

simplex printer and email a PDF file attachment

A

All pages

duplex printer

Notes

  • All new documents start the print on a front page (i.e., not on the back of the previous document).

  • Certificates of compliance produced by the Packing Slip Print (OPAK) program are printed on separate pages.

Track document history?

Optional

The document history header record is always recorded, but select if you want to display detail about document copies in the Document Print History Inquiry (DOCQ) program or leave blank if you do not.

Print co name/addr?

Optional

Select if you want to print the name and address of the branch on this copy or leave blank if you do not or you entered a Header image name.

User field print codes

Optional
10 alphanumeric

Enter one or more print codes (0 to 9) that match the print code designated for a user field in the User Fields Maintenance (XMO) program.

Enter codes in any order, without extra characters such as spaces, commas, or dashes. For example, 513.

Note print codes

Optional
10 alphanumeric

Enter one or more print codes 0-9 for notes that you want to print on this copy.

Enter codes in any order, without extra characters such as spaces, commas, or dashes. For example: 3175

If you leave blank, only type B and P notes are printed.

See Enter Notes.

Item document print codes

Optional
10 alphanumeric

Enter one or more document print codes (0 to 9) that match the print code designated for related documents. Item documents with the specified print code(s) will be included when the document is printed or emailed.

Enter codes in any order, without extra characters such as spaces, commas, or dashes. For example: 31

Notes

  • Related documents are selected based on the items and ECL contained on the order. There are some exceptions: the ECO Print (ECOL) document includes new drawings related to ECO items to allow comparison of old and new documents as needed. For sales orders, the ECL is not typically entered, and if not, the current ECL is used.

  • When item documents are output with a document copy, each order is sent as a single email, overriding the TDOC setting.

Include form-related doc?

Optional

Choose one of the following:

  • Leave blank to omit the form-related document attachment when this copy is output.

  • Select O Original copy to include the form-related document attachment the first time this copy is output.

  • Select A All copies to include the form-related document attachment every time this document copy is output.

Label code 1
Label code 2

Conditional/Optional

If you print labels with this document, enter the label code set up in Label Program Maintenance.

Label 1 device
Label 2 device

Conditional/Optional

Select the device that you want to use to print the address label for the Label code 1 selection.

Sort order

Optional

Select O if you want to print copies by order number; select R if you want to print copies alphabetically by recipient name.

Bin selection

Conditional/Optional
2 alphanumeric

If you are outputting this copy to a printer, spooler, or fax device and want to override the default set for the device in the Output Device Maintenance (XDM) program, enter the bin you want to use. This allows you to print this copy on a specific type or color of paper.

Item message code

Optional
10 alphanumeric

Select the code for a text message that you want to print on this copy of this document.

This field overrides the Item message code field for the document.

If you also select a code in the Item message code field in a customer, vendor, or branch document profile, that text message prints rather than this one.

  1. Click Other info to enter or change data in these fields:

    Note
    Fields are disabled if not appropriate to the document.

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Include orders on credit hold

Optional
1 alphanumeric

Select how you want to handle sales orders or quotes on credit hold:

  • Y Include orders on credit hold
    Output this document copy even though the order or quote is on credit hold

  • N Do not incl orders on cr hold
    Do not output the document copy if the sales order or quote is on credit hold

  • O Only print order on cr hold
    Output this document copy only if the order or quote is on credit hold

Include orders on manual hold

Optional
1 alphanumeric

Select how you want to handle sales orders or quotes on manual (i.e., non-credit) hold:

  • Y Include orders on manual hold
    Output this document copy even though the order or quote is on manual hold

  • N Do not incl orders on mnl hold
    Do not output the document copy if the order or quote is on manual hold

  • O Only print order on mnl hold
    Output this document copy only if the order or quote is on manual hold

Include one-step orders

Optional
1 alphanumeric

Select how you want to handle an order entered with the One-Step Invoice Entry (RE) program:

  • Y Include one-step orders
    Output this document copy

  • N Do not include one-step orders
    Do not output the document copy

  • O Only print one-step orders
    Output this document copy only for a one-step order

Include credit bal invoices

Optional
1 alphanumeric

Select how you want to handle invoices that have a credit balance:

  • Y Include credit balance invoices
    Output this document copy if the invoice has a credit balance

  • N Do not include credit balance
    Do not output the document copy if the invoice has a credit balance

  • O Only credit balance invoices
    Output this document copy only if the invoice has a credit balance

Include zero balance invoices

Optional
1 alphanumeric

Select how you want to handle invoices that have a zero balance:

  • Y Include zero balance invoices
    Output this document copy if the invoice has a zero balance

  • N Do not include credit balance
    Do not output the document copy if the invoice has a zero balance

  • O Only print zero bal invoices
    Output this document copy only if the invoice has a zero balance

Include internal documents?

Optional

Select if you want to send a copy of the document to the customer or vendor, or leave blank if you do not.

If the Internal document? option is selected on the order, but this option is unchecked here or in Customer Document Profile Maintenance (CDM) or Vendor Document Profile Maintenance (VDM), the copy will be skipped.

File/Path name

Conditional
60 alphanumeric

If the Output device is an EDI or fax file, enter the file name, including the full path.

Include EDI headers/trailers?

Optional

If the Output device is an EDI file, select to indicate that EDI header and trailer records are required in the output or leave blank to exclude them.

If you select, the document includes a header record for the beginning and a trailer record at the end of an order, indicating the type of transaction. For outgoing invoices and purchase orders, these records will be written to the EDI history file of sent records.

Two types of headers/trailers are available. The standard PowerShift headers and trailers that include the customer number are a part of the data set if trading partner information for the customer hasn't been set up in EDI Trading Partner Maintenance (TEDIPM). If there is a matching customer/ship-to trading partner record or if there is a trading partner for the customer with a blank ship-to, the header/trailer is tailored to VAN (value-added network) requirements. The layout is:

  • Record type: HDR

  • Trading partner ID: from TEDIPM

  • Transaction standard: X (X12)

  • VICS version: from TEDIPM

  • EDI transaction: 856

  • Production/Test Indicator: P (production or live system) or X (test or demo system)

  1. Click Other info to enter or change data in these fields if the Output device is email or fax and you did not select a recipient in the Recipient type field:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

If this is an emailed copy, enter the following fields:

   Email

Conditional
128 alphanumeric

If the Output device is email, enter the recipient's email address or leave blank if you selected a recipient for the Recipient type field.

   Sender email

Conditional
128 alphanumeric

Enter the email address of the sender, which may be a person or department.

If left blank, the program uses your email address in the User Maintenance (UIM) program; if not found in UIM, it uses the administrator's email address.

For purchasing, the program shows the buyer as the sender for any purchase orders they create and issue.

If your company's email domain is entered for the Default system email domain option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) (Enterprise Options), you can enter the portion of the address before @.

   CC recipient type

Optional

Select the recipient type to be Cc'd (carbon copied) when this copy is emailed.

   CC recipient type

Optional

Select an additional recipient type to be Cc'd (carbon copied) when this copy is emailed.

   Cc email

Conditional
128 alphanumeric

Enter the email address to be Cc'd.

   Bcc email

Conditional
128 alphanumeric

Enter the email address to be Bcc'd.

  Reply-to email

Conditional
128 alphanumeric

Enter the email address to which the customer should reply if they have a question or problem.

  Sender name

Conditional
40 alphanumeric

Enter the name of the sender, which may be the name of a person or of the department.

Optionally, you can enter a variable that will use the name entered in an applicable program:

Enter

To

For

[USER NAME]

Use the logon name

Any document copy

[CS REP NAME]

Use the Cust serv rep name set up in the Customer Maintenance (CM) program

Sales order acknowledgments
Sales order prints
Sales order packing slips and picking lists
Sales quote acknowledgments
EDI orders
RMA acknowledgments
RMA packing slips
Invoices

[SLS REP NAME]

Use the Sales rep name set up in the Customer Maintenance (CM) program

Sales order acknowledgments
Sales order prints
Sales order packing slips and picking lists
Sales quote acknowledgments
EDI orders
RMA acknowledgments
RMA packing slips
Invoices

Note

Only uses Sales rep 1 on the order header.

[BUYER NAME]

Use the Buyer name set up in the Vendor Maintenance (VM) program

Purchase orders
Vendor contracts

  Email text

Conditional
40 alphanumeric per line

If the Output device is an email attachment, you have these entry options for text that you want to appear in the body of the email message:

Text type

Action / Description

Free form

Enter up to 4 lines of free form text

Message code

Insert message codes that are set up in the Document Message Maintenance (TRST) program. Enter the message code enclosed in less-than/greater-than symbols. Example: <INVMSG>

Text code

Insert a text code enclosed in square brackets. Example: [TRACK]

See Background: Document Message Maintenance for the a list of available text codes.

If this is a faxed copy, enter the following fields:

   Fax number

Conditional
20 numeric

If the Output device is fax, enter the recipient's fax number or leave blank if you selected a recipient for the Recipient type field.

   Sender fax number

Conditional
20 numeric

Enter your fax number.

   First page image file

Optional
15 alphanumeric

Enter the name of the file that will be printed on the first page of the fax. If you are using a cover page to designate the recipient of the fax, date, and so forth, you can also specify the print positions for these fields. If you are not using a traditional "cover page" this file can be the same as the overlay image file if you want that image printed on the first page.

   Attention name

Conditional/Optional
30 alphanumeric

Enter the person's name to appear on the cover page and the attention line on the fax.

   Fax cover page placement

Conditional
1 alphanumeric per line

If you entered a cover page as the First page image file, enter the column and row where you want these fields to print. Enter 0 (zero) if you are not using a cover page or you are using a cover page but do not want to have these fields printed on that cover page.

Field

Action / Description

Recipient name

Print the customer or vendor name in this position

Attention

Print the Attention field entered in this program in this position

Sender name

Print the user ID of the person who output to this device in this position

Date

Print the login date in this position

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Display additional fields

Click Other info.

Delete a copy of this document

Highlight the line and click Delete. See Delete.

Display the changes made to documents

Click Audit. See Display an Audit Trail. Click OK to return to this program.

Note
This button displays only if you have activated TD2A, TDC2, and TDC3 Document Master and Document Copies files in the Audit Trail Maintenance (XAT) program.

To accept the data and exit this copy

Click OK. See step 4.