Aligned Solutions Consulting - Blog by KayceeAligned Solutions Consulting - Blog by Kayceehttps://getaligned.zohosites.com/blogs/author/kayceeThu, 25 Dec 2025 16:18:11 -0800http://zoho.com/sites/<![CDATA[How To: Epicor Job Auto Receive Hierarchy]]>https://getaligned.zohosites.com/blogs/post/how-to-epicor-job-auto-receive-hierarchy
The following is the hierarchy used for the Auto Receive into Inventory function. Every part requires that a default warehouse (default comes from the company configuration but can be overridden or added to in the part master). In addition, every warehouse is required to have at least one bin associated with it. Thus, when you set up a part, at the very least it will have the default warehouse associated to it and the warehouse will have the default bin (from the warehouse master) associated to it.

For each Job that is created for Make To Stock, the demand link is for a specified warehouse which is determined by the warehouse that is demanding the Part when MRP generated the Job. The following hierarchy is used for the Job's Part Warehouse from the Make To Stock Demand Link.

Step 1: Part Warehouse Primary Bin

If a primary bin is designated in the part master/warehouse file, the transaction will take that bin.

Step 2: Part Warehouse's Single Bin

If a primary bin is not designated in the part master/warehouse file but one bin is associated to the warehouse for that part, the transaction will take that bin.

Step 3: Part Warehouse's First AlphaNum Sorted Bin

If a primary bin is not designated in the part master/warehouse file and more than one bin is associated to the warehouse for that part, the transaction will take the first one, alpha-numerically, based on the bin ID.

Step 4: Job Warehouses Bin

If there are no bins associated to the part master/warehouse file, the transaction will take the first bin from the warehouse master. (with a list of multiple bins, the one at the top of the list is used.)

If the primary warehouse and bin are changed in the warehouse after the job is created, the auto receive will still go to the original primary WH/Bin on the part since these were the items copied into the Manufacturing to Stock link on the Job Header. This must be updated manually on the job to reflect any changes made on the part master.

For Vantage 8.03 - Epicor 9.05.702B2 as of 03/12/2014

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]]>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:59:11 -0500<![CDATA[File Locked by Other User - How to Unlock on Windows 2003 Server]]>https://getaligned.zohosites.com/blogs/post/file-locked-by-other-user-how-to-unlock-on-windows-2003-server
File Systems and Shared Drives are a pain, from time to time a file lock is not updated and then no one can get into the file. I have had this happen multiple times during my career but so infrequently that I forget how to resolve it. So here is the best step by step I have found online.

Step 1: Login To Server

Login to the server that hosts the file.

Step 2: Open Computer Management 

Right-Click on "My Computer" and select "Manage".

Step 3: View "Open Files" and Find the Locked FileA514

In the Tree pane open the Open Files node: 

System Tools > Shared Folders > Open Files 

All the Open Filesand their paths will be listed in the main pane, select the problem file.

Step 4: Close The File

Right Click on the problem file and select "Close File".

You should probably first make sure anyone that is using the file gets out of it first or data could be lost.

Step 5: Confirm and Test

Confirm to close the file and have the user try to open the file again.


This is not something I figured out; I used Google. So, I am giving credit where credit is due below. Since I struggle with this, I figured that others could benefit from having a How-To blog post on it.
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