Use the Cost Contract Removal (POU510) program to purge contracts as they expire.
You can use this program to remove batches of related contracts — for example, all contracts for a specific customer, a specific item, expired contracts, etc.
You have the option to specify:
whether to remove based on warehouse, customer or item scope.
the warehouse scope.
the customer scope.
the item scope.
whether to remove expired, current, future or all contracts.
the beginning and ending expiration dates.
the beginning and ending effective dates.
It may be helpful to first run the Cost Contract Listing program to generate the list of contracts to delete.
Use the following fields to remove contracts:
1. Vendor
Enter the vendor for whom you want to remove contracts. Press F1 for Any or F4 to backup
2. Warehouse Scope
Enter the warehouse scope for removing contracts. You can select from: A All Contract Warehouse Scopes, L Contracts for All Warehouses, W Contracts for a Specific Warehouse. Press F4 to backup.
3. Warehouse
Enter the warehouse to remove contracts for.
4. Item Scope
Enter the item scope for removing contracts. You can A All Contract Item Scopes, I Contracts for Specific Item, C-Contracts for a Cost Class. Press F4 to backup. Press Enter (CR) to select A, the default.
If you select A, the system disables both the item and cost class prompts, blanks both item and cost class variables, displays "All Contract Item Scopes" in the description field. If you select I, the system enables the item prompt, disables cost class prompt, blanks the cost class variable, displays "Contracts for specific items" in the description field. If you enter C, the system disables the item prompt, enables the cost class prompt, blanks the item variable, displays "Contracts for a cost class" in the description field.
5. Item
Enter the item to remove contacts for.
6. Cost Class
Enter the cost class to remove contracts for.
7. Customer Scope
Enter the customer scope for removing contracts. You can select from A All Contract Customer Scopes or S Contracts for a Specific Customer.
8. Customer
Enter the customer to remove contracts for.
9. Expired/Current/Future
Remove expired, current, future or all contracts? You can select from E-Expired Contracts Only, C-Current Contracts Only, F-Future Contracts Only, or A-All Contracts.
10. Beginning Effective Date Prompt
Enter beginning effective date to remove. Press F1 to default to FIRST.
11. Ending Effective Date Prompt
Enter ending effective date to remove. Press F1 to default to LAST.
12. Beginning Expiration Date Prompt
Enter beginning expiration date to remove. Press F1 to default to FIRST.
13. Ending Expiration Date Prompt
Enter ending expiration date to remove. Press F1 to default to LAST.