Work in process trigger

Epicor ERP 9
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epicor 9.05.701

Please can you tell me what status jobs have before they hit this report;

Ltd/Prod Mgmt/Reports/ Work In Process

I note that some have not had any material issued or work completed so is the trigger simply the release of the job to stores?

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At first i thought this was simply MRP being ran, but i’m not so sure.
Presumably the job needs to be firmed? Enginnered? Released? too?

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At first i thought it was MRP that pushed the job through to the WIP report.

I was wrong.

In the TEST database and talking to a colleague, i created a new job tracking steps and running the WIP report to see what the trigger was.

It appears the trigger is a transaction movement…so firstly

i created a job, firmed it up, marked it as engineered, marked it as released, scheduled it, added a start date, printed the job traveller, ensured it had a qty to produce of 3…printed the wip report and nothing. Didn’t appear.

Secondly, added a material…it didn’t appear in the WIP report.

Thirdly added an op…it didn’t appear in the WIP report.

Booking some time OR issuing some material OR marking it as complete did the trick and it appeared in the WIP report.