Global order promising > Periodic tasks > Create suggested fulfillment orders

The Create suggested fulfillment orders job allows you to set up a periodic job to automatically create suggested purchase and/or transfer orders based on a Fulfillment Order Policy and a date range.

The suggested orders display on the Suggested Fulfillment Order form, where you can approve the suggestions to create actual purchase or transfer orders.

FIELD	DESCRIPTION
Parameters
Fulfillment order policy	Select the Fulfillment Order Policy to use to suggest purchase or transfer orders.
Consider transfer orders	Turn on this toggle to consider both purchase and transfer orders for the batch job. Note When this feature is enabled, Order will first assess inventory from the warehouse configured on the Fulfillment Order Policy. If there is enough inventory, a transfer order is suggested. If there is not enough inventory, or a warehouse is not configured, a purchase order is suggested.
Number of lead days	Enter how may days ahead the policy should look for demand to create orders. Important This field overrides the Number of lead days field on the Fulfillment Order Policy. Enter a number if you want to run the policy for a timeframe other than what is already configured. Leave it blank if you prefer to run the configuration on the policy.
Number of days past due	Enter how many days back the policy should look for demand to create orders. Important This field overrides the Number of days past due field on the Fulfillment Order Policy. Enter a number if you want to run the policy for a timeframe other than what is already configured. Leave it blank if you prefer to run the configuration on the policy.
Run in the background
Recurrence	Click this button to set up the schedule for how often this job should run.
Batch processing	Turn on this toggle to run this task as a batch.
Task description	Should be set to "Create suggested fulfillment orders."
Batch group	Select a batch group to use when using batch processing.
Private	Turn on this toggle to set this job to private.
Critical Job	Turn on this job to set this job as critical.
Monitoring category	Select a monitoring category for this job.

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