You can add transport costs and additional surcharges to a transport order. When a transport order is released, a check is made whether transport costs were added. Based on the Cost Warning setting in the Transport and Deliveries setup, a warning or error appears when no cost lines are found. Transport order cost lines can also be added from the delivery trip.
Steps
Choose the
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icon (Alt+Q), enter Transport Orders, and click the relevant link.Select a transport order from the list and click Edit to open it.
Click Transport Cost in the Home group to open the Transport Costs page.
Complete the following fields and click Refresh Transport Costs:
Field
Description
Type
Specify the type of cost line: Cost Component or Cost Component Template.
No.
Specify the cost component code or the cost component template code.
Amount
Based on the type: when Cost Component, enter the amount manually. When Cost Component Template, the amount is calculated automatically as the sum of all components defined in the template.
Currency Code
Specify the currency code for the cost components. When left blank, the local currency is used.
G/L Account
Not editable. Contains the G/L account used when creating a purchase invoice line.
Note
When a cost component template is added, the calculation runs based on the components in the cost overview.
When a cost component template is added before the applicable cost components, the calculation does not start automatically.
Result
The Refresh Transport Costs function:
Recalculates all present cost component templates. Use this when transport costs change after a cost template has been added.
Runs automatically when a transport order is released to ensure all available transport costs are calculated.