Partial Obligation and Split Lots

The Allow partial obligation option interacts with the Allow split lots? flag setting on the order line as follows:

Allow partial obligation

Allow split lots

Action

N or C

N

If there is sufficient quantity in a single lot, it is obligated. If not, nothing is obligated.

N or C

Y

If there is sufficient quantity to fill the line, it first tries to pick from a single lot (if the lot picking method is set to pick a full lot first) or fills from multiple lots. If there is insufficient quantity, nothing is obligated.

Y or W

N

If there is sufficient quantity in a single lot to fill the line, it is obligated. If not, and there is a lot with a smaller quantity, a partial obligation is done. Subsequent obligations to that order must be from that same lot.

Y or W

Y

If there is sufficient quantity in a single lot to fill the line and the lot picking method is set to pick a full lot first), it is obligated. If there is sufficient quantity in multiple lots, they are used to fill the line. If the line cannot be filled by all lots, a partial obligation is done using up the lots that are available.