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Copy PO Line Prices to Item Replacement Cost

Add a new configuration parameter to automatically copy the physical one time PO line price to the item Replacement cost. If the PO line's currency is different than the institution's default currency, the amount is exchanged and copied to the item (with no currency). The possibility (for an operator, a job or an API) to update or remove the amount in the Replacement cost should remain. Customers should be free to activate or not this configuration (true/false parameter).

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  • Paul Gardner commented  · 

    I would also like a follow up on this planned implementation

  • Nicholas Pavlovic commented  · 

    Can we get an ETA for when this will be added to the roadmap?

    Submitted case 05714777 and this idea was listed as a solution but still has not been implemented.

  • Katie Wheeler commented  · 

    Adding my voice to this as a new Rialto institution - having the Replacement Cost field or Inventory Cost field populated by the Invoice, as suggested by Lisa and 徐an, would save a lot of staff time.

  • François Renaville commented  · 

    Is there any ETA for this request? I haven't found anything about it in the Alma Roadmap Highlights - January 2022.

  • 徐an commented  · 

    Please also can automatically let the replacement cost from the "invoice", since the actual amount paid may be different than what was initially encumbered.

  • Katie Wallis commented  · 

    Yes, I would also like to know when this will be done.

  • Katie Wallis commented  · 

    I'm surprised this wasn't a function in Alma already. No one at our library even thought of this as having to be a separate step (it didn't seem to be so in Voyager) and hence none of the items we've added since migration have anything in the "replacement cost" field.

  • Lisa Hatt commented  · 

    We would prefer to pull the replacement cost from the invoice, since the actual amount paid may be different than what was initially encumbered and would include discount, service charges, and tax (since these all apply to us when we have to re-order a lost item, it seems fair to charge a patron the same amount), but perhaps there could be a user-configurable option to make either choice.

    We should also be able to choose whether or not to copy this amount into inventory price.

  • David Cupo commented  · 

    I should also mention that it might be best if we could have the net price be fed into the Replacement Cost field, as opposed to the list price that is currently able to be fed into the Inventory Price field. (Or at the very least, an option to choose between the net and list prices.)

  • David Cupo commented  · 

    Great idea! I would also recommend having an option to perform some simple mathematical operations on the price that is copied to the Replacement Cost (e.g., adding a certain amount to each price, dividing by the number of items as Serge suggested, etc.).

  • Valérie Danthine commented  · 

    120/5000
    The price of the order is a good idea.
    The price at the invoice is more correct but more complicated ...

  • Serge Bayet commented  · 

    ...and divided by the number of items linked to the POL?

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