RQ04.1 (REQUESTER) Add-Ins for Accounting Unit

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JODAMORE
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Greetings,

Has anyone leveraged the Excel Add-Ins tool to Delete/Add AU's within the RQ04 table?  I was hoping it would be an easy mapping, but it appears not.  I tried utilizing a PT-Accounting Unit field logic like other problematic Position-To tables such as REQ LOC, but it still does not work.  Quick rundown as follows:

Have several hundred old REQUESTERS with REQ LOCS and AU's populated that are inactive and were never used.  I want to cleanse the system of these junk records, but am required to delete the REQLOC and AU fields to do so.

When I run the Add-In, I populate the upload with f2 REQUESTER, f31 (H)PT-ACCT-UNIT = AU I want to "Position-To " and delete, f84.0 LINE-FC-A1 = "D" to delete.  Due to the AU being inactive, it fails and lets me know the "AU ####### is inactive".  The change does not go through, but I can manually Delete the AU and REQ LOC, click change, then delete the requester without issue.  (EDIT:  I have also attempted to run this same upload detailing the REQ LOC (f7 REQ-LOCATION) as blank value.  Do to the error of "REQ LOC INACTIVE" if I try and change the AU independently.  

I DO NOT want to have to do this several hundred times.  Please, greater LawsonGuru minds, help me solve this easily.  Any insight would be appreciated.

JonA
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Is this in V9 or V10? For V9, I only use _f2,REQ-REQUESTER, _f84:0,LINE-FC-A1, and _f85:0,ACCT-UNIT1 for both adding and deleting accounting units.
Jon Athey - Sr. Supply Chain Analyst - Materials Management - MyMichigan Health
Kat V
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I have the same problem - it is when the requester has multiple AUs. You need to position to the AU that you want, which it can't do because the inquire returns "Accounting Unit ###### is inactive" If the requesters only have 1 AU, Jon's map works. I get on the phone with Finance and have them activate the AU long enough for the upload and then re-inactivate.
ggould
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Resurrecting an old post. Was anyone able to resolve this? I'm trying to delete a few hundred Account Units from RQ04. I'm using the hidden Position To fields for RQU Company and Account Unit, and Upload Wizard is throwing errors.
JonA
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Personally, I've not run into the issue Kat was speaking of.  Below is my mapping and I can delete multiple accounting units with out errors. I don't use any hidden PT fields. _f3,REQ-REQUESTER _105:0,LINE-FC-A1 [Use "D" to delete] _f106:0,RQU-COMPANY1 _f107:0,ACCT-UNIT1
Jon Athey - Sr. Supply Chain Analyst - Materials Management - MyMichigan Health