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What is Job Processing

This process is used to process jobs which are in the In Progress life cycle state by specifying the provided information based on the services/products/activities requested.

Validations & Restrictions

ActionValidationsRestrictionsAdditional Information
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  • Physical Goods that are provided as part of the job are specified. If the physical good is traceable then an Installed Item needs to be specified. 
    • The physical goods that can be specified are filtered based on the inventory definition business rules
    • Physical goods which are added and exist in a warehouse, are moved out of the warehouse through a warehouse transaction
    • The requested physical goods can easily be added in the provided physical goods, through the "Deliver Physical Good" action available next to each requested physical good
  • Expenses that are applied as part of the job are specified
    • The agreed expenses can easily be added in the applied expenses, through the "Apply Expense" action available next to each agreed expense
  • Subscription services can be added on the subscription, using the add services action, which is available through the job
    • The requested services which were not added yet are automatically carried over in the list of services to be added
  • Subscription installed items can be added on the subscription, using the add installed item action, which is available through the job
    • The requested physical goods which were not added are automatically carried over in the list of installed items, and the user can select the actual installed item to be added
    • The installed items that can be specified are filtered based on the inventory definition business rules
    • The installed items which are added and exist in a warehouse, are moved out of the warehouse through a warehouse transaction
  • The subscription that was created as part of delivering the job can be activated manually using the Activate Subscription action, which is available through the job
    • On activating the subscription, users can specified the date that the activation was performed, which is then set as the date that the effective life cycle state period will start from
  • The following information can be applied only if the fulfilment method is set to "Based on Delivered Items":
    • Additional physical goods
    • Additional expenses
    • Additional subscription services
    • Additional installed items
  • Additional activities can be created against the job, only if the fulfilment method is set to "Based on Delivered Items" or if the additional activities are not billable
    • The same business rules and validations are applied as in Creating Activities. Note that activities can be scheduled against a job only if the job is in progress life cycle state
  • If the job type fulfilment scope is New Subscription and the related subscription is still draft, then:
      • If the Job is already related to a Subscription, then you can update the subscription address by changing the Job's location

 

Processing Jobs

  1. Navigate to CRM > JOBS > MANAGE JOBS

  2. Go to the Data Entry page of the Job you would like to process

  3. Check the Life Cycle State that is set to In Progress

  4. Click on EDIT
    Requested Item sections are read only and a new set of tabs is made available at the bottom, where you can edit them. 

  5. According to the fulfilment scope of the job then the process slightly differs

  6. The following information can be updated depending on the fulfilment scope as described in the table below:

    1. Services

    2. Physical Goods

      1. Subscription Physical Goods
      2. Additional Physical Goods / Physical Goods
        *In Subscription Types where Subscription Physical Goods exist, Physical Goods are referred to as "Additional Physical Goods"  
    3. Expenses

    4. Activities

    5. Subscription Location
    Fulfilment ScopeServicesSubscription Physical Goods

    Physical Goods *

    ExpensesActivitiesSubscription Location
    Generic Purpose(error) (error)(tick)(tick)(tick)(error)
    New Subscription(tick)(tick)(tick)
    Additional Physical Goods *
    (tick)(tick)(error)
    Activate Subscription(error) (error)(tick)(tick)(tick)(error)
    Deactivate Subscription(error) (error)(tick)(tick)(tick)(error)
    Cancel Subscription(error) (error)(tick)(tick)(tick)(error)
    Add Subscription Service(tick)(tick)(tick)
    Additional Physical Goods *
    (tick)(tick)(error)
    Cancel Subscription Service(tick)(error)(tick)(tick)(tick)(error)
    Change Subscription Location(error)(error)(tick)(tick)(tick)(tick)

    Swap Subscription Services

    AVAILABLE FROM CRM.COM R9.0.0

    (tick)(error)(tick)(tick)(tick)(error)

    Swap Subscription Installed Items

    AVAILABLE FROM CRM.COM R9.0.0

    (error)(tick)

    (tick)
    Additional Physical Goods *

    (tick)(tick)(error)


  7. Read below for further information on how you can process jobs by specifying provided items

  8. SERVICES

    1. PROVIDED SERVICES

    2. Subscription services can be added on the subscription, using the "Add Services on Subscription" action, which is available through the Job

      1. The requested services which were not added yet are automatically carried over in the list of services to be added

      2. Additional subscription services can be added only if the fulfilment method is set to "Based on Delivered Items"

      3. The requested Distributor will be preselected 

        1. If more than one distributors exist, then for each service you add, make sure you have the correct distributor selected
          PROCESSING JOBS - PROVIDED SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES

  1. PHYSICAL GOODS

    1. Physical Goods added on a Job for a subscription can either be Traceable (Installed Items) or Untraceable. 

    2. In addition according to whether the good will be sold or rented to the subscriber then a different option/section should be used when adding the physical goods on the job. Read on to find out how to add goods. 

      1. Go to Understanding Physical Goods Movements for a complete explanation on how Physical Good movements are handled
    3. The requested Distributor will be preselected 
      1. If more than one distributors exist, then for each physical good you add, make sure you have the correct distributor selected
    4. There are 3 sections you can add provided products:
      PROCESSING JOBS - PHYSICAL GOODS
      1. PROVIDED SUBSCRIPTION PHYSICAL GOODS AS RENTED / INDIRECT SALES 

        1. In this section all the installed items that will not be paid by the subscriber will be included. These items are retrieved via warehouses that are defined in the Subscription section of the inventory definition business rules

        2. Click on ADD INSTALLED ITEM ON SUBSCRIPTION 

          1. Visit Adding Installed Item to find out how to add an installed item on a subscription

          2. Visit Handling Fixed Bundle Physical Goods with Subscriptions to view how you can add fixed bundle physical goods to your subscription

            PROCESSING JOBS - PHYSICAL GOODS

      2. PROVIDED SUBSCRIPTION PHYSICAL GOODS AS SOLD

        1. In this section all the installed items that will be paid by the subscriber will be included. These items are retrieved via warehouses that are defined in the Job section of the inventory definition business rules
        2. Click on ADD INSTALLED ITEM ON SUBSCRIPTION 

          1. Visit Adding Installed Item to find out how to add an installed item on a subscription

          2. Visit /wiki/spaces/V4Manual/pages/9831185 to view how you can add fixed bundle physical goods to your subscription

            PROCESSING JOBS - PHYSICAL GOODS

      3. PROVIDED ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL GOODS

        1. In this section all the  physical goods that have been added in the Requested additional physical goods job will be included. These items are retrieved via warehouses that are defined in the Job section of the inventory definition business rules

        2. Click on ADD and select from the available options:

          1. ADD ALL REQUESTED

            1. If you select this option then all the items that were added in the Requested Physical Goods - Additional Goods section will be automatically added

          2. ADD FROM REQUESTED

            1. If you select this option then you can search and select to add items that you want to add, available in the requested section

          3. ADD EXTRA PHYSICAL GOODS 

            1. This section is available only if the fulfilment method of the job is set to "Based on Delivered Items"
            2. If you select this option then the system will load all the physical goods that have been defined as allowed physical goods on the Job Type, even if they have not been defined in the Requested section

            PROCESSING JOBS - PHYSICAL GOODS

        3.  If the good that you have added is a traceable item then you will need to define its serial number and search for it

        4. If the good that you have added is a non traceable item then you will need to define a quantity
        5. If the Physical good is a fixed bundle physical good then the components link will be made available, from where you will be able to view the items that will be added on the Job/subscription

  1. EXPENSES

    1. Expenses can be added on the Job based on the Requested Expenses that have been defined

    2. There are 3 options to choose from
      PROCESSING JOBS - ADDING EXPENSES
      1. ADD ALL REQUESTED 

        1. If you select this option then all the items that were added in the Requested Expenses section will be automatically added

      2. ADD FROM REQUESTED

        1. Once you click on the action a Search modal will open
          Only expenses available in the Requested Expenses will be available for selection
        2. Select the ones you would like to add and click on Select 

      3. ADD EXTRA EXPENSES

      4. Available only if the fulfilment method is set to "Based on Delivered Items"

        1. Once you click on the action a Search modal will open
          Only expenses available in the Allowed Expenses of the Job Type and that are not added in the Requested Expenses will be available for selection
        2. Select the ones you would like to add and click on Select 
  1. ACTIVITIES

    1. This section displays:
      1. Requested Activity Services
      2. Pending Activities: displays activities that are in Pending and In Progress life cycle state
      3. Closed Activities: displays activities that are completed
      4. Cancelled Activities: displays activities that are cancelled
    2. You can create a new activity by scheduling a new activity if:
      1. Job fulfilment method is set to "Based on Delivered Items" 
        OR
      2. If the additional activities are not billable
        AND
      3.  Job Life Cycle State is "In progress"
    3. You can modify activities by clicking on the activity number. Follow the instructions explained at Modifying Activities for further information.

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