Specifies whether usage entries, from the job journal or purchase line, for example, are linked to job planning lines. Select this check box if you want to be able to track the quantities and amounts of the remaining work needed to complete a job and to create a relationship between demand planning, usage, and sales. On a job card, you can select this check box if there are no existing job planning lines that include type Schedule that have been posted. The usage link only applies to job planning lines that include type Schedule.

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If the Apply Usage Link check box on the job card is selected, and the Line Type field is blank, then new job planning lines of line type Schedule are created when you post job journal lines. If the Apply Usage Link check box on the job card is not selected, and the Line Type field is blank, then no job planning lines are created when you post job journal lines. For more information, see How to: Set Up Job Usage Tracking.

Additional Information

You cannot clear this check box if you have posted entries related to the job or if the quantity posted is not equal to zero.

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