Morgue a Serial Number

Use the Morgue Serial Numbers (MRG) program to morgue a serial number or reverse a serial number's morgued status. See Background and Road Map for more information.

  1. Enter the serial number that you want to morgue or reverse or use the Lookup to select one from a list.

    The program displays these fields:

Field Name

Displays

Item number

The item number and description for the entered serial number

Orig order no

The original order number

Orig ln

The line number on the original order

Orig type

The original order type:
ADJ: Adjustment
MFG: Manufacturing order
P/O: Purchase order
S/O: Sales order
TRN: Transfer

Morgued?

 Blank if the serial number is not morgued and the assigned morgue code if the item has been previously morgued. To morgue the serial number, it cannot be on hand. Selecting the morgue code will set the Morgued? value as selected.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This
Morgue a serial number for an item or reverse a morgued status Move the cursor to the line and click Select or double-click the line.

Specify a different serial number

Click OK.

Print the list of items for this serial number

Click Print. See Print.

Exit the program

Click Exit.

  1. When you select a line, the program displays as much of the following information as appropriate:

Field Name

Displays

Morgue code

The selected morgue code

Morgued?

Selected indicates serial number is morgued

Morgued by

The user id that morgued the serial number

Date morgued

The default system date the serial number was morgued

Morgued by program

The program that morgued the serial number

Original order type

The original order type on which this serial number was first referenced

Original order no

The original order number on which this serial number was first referenced

MRB tag number

The MRB tag number on which this serial number is referenced

Warranty life

The number of days from the purchase date to the warranty expiration date

Warranty exp date

The date the agreement ceases to be in effect

The calculation is based on the Default warranty duration option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Warranty Tracking Options): Activation date + Warranty duration.

Max warranty life

The number of days from the shipment date to the warranty expiration date

Max warranty exp date

The original shipment date, plus the number of days for the Max warranty period entered in the Enterprise Maintenance (IM) program or if zero, the Maximum warranty duration in the System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Warranty Tracking Options)

Last order no

The order number from the most recent inventory transaction that referenced this serial number

Last order line

The order line number from the most recent inventory transaction that referenced this serial number

Last order type

The type of order (e.g., ADJ, MFG, P/O, RMA)

Last shipment no

The most recent shipment number that included this serial number

Last action

Received if the serial number was last added to stock or Issued if the serial number was last removed from stock

 

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Morgue the displayed record

Select the appropriate reason from the Morgue code dropdown and click Apply. The record is updated with the morgued status, operator, date and program.

Reverse (i.e., "un-morgue") a morgued record

Click Reverse. Click OK to accept the reversal or Cancel to return to the previous screen without reversing the morgue status.  

This button is active only if the selected record is morgued.

Accept the data and return to the previous screen

Click OK.

Exit without changing the morgue status

Click Cancel.

Update the record and leave it displayed

Click Apply.

Enter notes about this serial number

Click Notes. See Enter Notes.

Exit the program

Click Exit.