Port Of Discharge

A port of discharge: a code and a name.

Where

Product Information › General

Who uses it

The person who keeps the item data

When

At setup, for exporters

Needs first

Nothing

What it is for

Picked on sales orders and sales order journals for export shipments. It is a reference value.

Every field in plain words

Field	What it means	What to put
Port Of Discharge	The short code.	Cannot be changed once saved. Required
Name	The name shown in lookups and on documents.	A clear name. Required
Block	Marks the record as blocked.	Tick to retire it

How to configure it

There is nothing to configure beyond the fields above. Which fields are shown, required or hidden can be changed per company by the consultant in the screen configuration.

Scenarios

• A rice exporter ships to three ports. Make the ports and pick one on each export sales order.

What it is connected to

• Sales Order - Port Of Discharge on the sales order

If something looks wrong

• "... can not be empty" on Save. The code is missing. Type a code.
• "... already exists" on Save. Another port already uses this code.