The Find and Connect functionality is used in Export Control to locate and match existing export licenses, and to connect them to an order.
When following order flows, the need for licenses is indicated by an event proposing the user to open the Find and Connect Export License window. This window allows the user to match and find the licenses needed for the order parts and its components, either identified by a product structure, or by a possible component list. It is possible to open this window from the navigator, and data can be entered to search for license(s) manually.
The functionality works by matching the information of a given order line and the criteria seen on the Supplier, Customer, Forwarder and End Use tabs against those entered on licenses. Any matched existing licenses will then be shown in the License Tree or the Connect Assistance tab, from where a connection to the order can be made.
The Find and Connect functionality is useful in efficiently finding out if a certain part requires a license or not, and if so, in locating the required license.
When a license is connected to an order, the system will then update the quantity and amount fields on the export license Coverage tab due to the status changes when the order is progressing.
Matching Part and Export License
The part, on the part catalog and on the supplier for purchase part, must be export-controlled with an identified and approved export control code, and the export license must be approved with valid effective date and a
Coverage tab that match the part settings,
and with Site,
Supplier, Customer, Forwarder, End User and
End Usage data that matches the corresponding data as
identified in the find and connect export license.
Tips: Initially a % sign could be used on the restrictions tabs on the
Export License to indicate any value, just to make sure that the license is found and then adding more and more restrictions by replacing the % sign with wanted values.