Franchiser Sends Item Master to Franchisee

The process to send and receive Item Master from Franchiser to Franchisee is this:

  1. The Franchiser sends the Item Master to the partner. There is an option to send to a specific partner or to all partners in one go.
  2. An Outbound message is created at the Franchiser’s site.
  3. A Scheduler job transfers the message to the partner.
  4. At the partner's site, a Scheduler job creates a document in the Inbound Buffer with the Item Master data.
  5. The Franchisee imports the document with the Item Master data.

Note: In the following scenario the Franchiser is Cronus and the Franchisee is the Winter Clothes partner.

Example scenario

 In this scenario the Franchiser is Cronus and the Franchisee is the Winter Clothes partner.

Cronus sends the Item Master to Winter Clothes

  1. Have the Cronus setup open.
  2. Click the icon, enter Franchise Partner Setup List, and select WINTERCL.
  3. Click the Send Item Master To Partner.

The Item Master Is a Message in Cronus

A new message has been created in the Franchise Outbound Buffer Header List in Cronus.

To view the message:

  1. Cronus is open.
  2. Click the icon, enter Franchise Outbound Buffer Header List, and select the relevant link.
    Note: The number of lines in the message does not necessarily refer to the same number of items as variant items create one line per variant.
  3. To view the message, select the relevant line, and click the Open action.

The Message Is Sent to Winter Clothes

In Cronus, the job FRANCHDD must run, either as a scheduled job or manually. When the job runs, the message is transferred to Winter Clothes.

To see the message:

  1. Winter Clothes is open.
  2. Click the icon, enter Franchise Inbound Buffer Header List, and select the relevant link.
  3. To see the message lines, select the message and then click the Open action.

The Inbound Message Is Processed in Winter Clothes

In Winter Clothes, the message is processed by the job FRANCHINB, which either runs as a scheduled job or a manual job.

When the job has been processed, the Inbound message no longer exists and an Item Import File has been created.

To view the Item Import File:

  1. Winter Clothes is open.
  2. Click the icon, enter Item Import Files, and select the relevant link.

Note: Import files that have not yet been imported have Process Status Empty and the value in the Lines Moved to Journals field is Zero.