Deactivate Formula

This activity enables you to deactivate formulae, which are in “Active” or “Inactive” status. You are allowed to only deactivate the “Active” formulae. Active Formulae cannot be deleted.

The system displays the formula details in the multiline as per the search criteria. This activity enables you to deactivate the formula, after specifying the reason code for deactivation.

Select the “Deactivate Formula” activity link under the “Formula Model” business component.

The “Deactivate Formula” page appears.

Enter the following in “Search Criteria” group box, to search for formulae and its details:

Formula	Use the drop-down list box to select the operator for the Formula Search. . You can enter the formula code in full or specify it partially using a similar character in the first text box provided alongside. The system retrieves all the formulas in the multiline similar to the character entered here. You can enter a range of formula in both the text boxes provided alongside to retrieve the “In between” formula in the multiline.
Version	Use the drop-down list box to select the operator for the version search. You can enter the version number in full or specify it partially using a similar character in the first text box provided alongside. The system retrieves all the numbers in the multiline similar to the character entered here. You can enter a range of version numbers in both the text boxes provided alongside to retrieve the “In between” version numbers in the multiline.
Item Code	Use the drop-down list box to select the operator to search for the Item. The system lists all the item codes that are used in formulae with the specified types in “Type” field You can enter the item code in full or specify it partially using a similar character in the first text box provided alongside. The system retrieves all the codes in the multiline similar to the character entered here. You can enter a range of item codes in both the text boxes provided alongside to retrieve the “In between” items in the multiline
IO Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the item type used in the formula to be deactivated. The system lists all the types that are created in the “Create Formula” activity of the current business component. The system displays “Primary Product” by default.

Click the “Search” pushbutton, to retrieve the details in the multiline.

The system displays the following in the “Available Formulae” multiline:

Formula	The code identifying the formula.
Version	The version number of the formula.
Description	he textual description of the “Formula”.
Formula Class	The code identifying the formula class.

Enter the following:

Reason Code	The code identifying the reason for deactivating the formula. This code must have already been defined in the “Maintain Reason Code” activity of the “Common Masters” business component.
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The system displays the following:

Description	The textual description of the “Formula”.
Effective From	The date starting from which the formula is effective.
Effective To	The date until which the formula is effective.
Item Code	The code identifying the item.
Variant	The variant of the item.
Description	The textual description of the formula.
IO Type	The type, which is attached to the formula. The system displays one of the following: Primary Input – indicates raw material or intermediate. In certain industries one input item can produce multiple output items. The input item in such a case is defined as “Primary Input”. Primary Product– indicates finished goods or intermediate. In certain industries multiple input items blend to produce a singe output item. The output item in such a case is defined as “Primary Product”..
Activated By	The name of the user who activated the formula.
Activated Date	The date on which the formula was activated.

Check the box in the “Select” column of the multiline, to mark the formula for deactivating.
Click the “Deactivate ” pushbutton to deactivate the formula.

The system updates the status of the formula to “Deactive”. The system stores the login user ID as Deactivated By and the current date as the “Deactivated Date”.

To proceed, carry out the following

Select the “ View Formula” link at the bottom of the page, if you wish to view the formula.
Select the “ Attach Notes” link at the bottom of the page, if you wish to attach the notes.