External Balance Correction (EBC)

If configured, eManager will export an External Balance Correction (EBC) message to the WMS/ERP system when eManager tries to assign a pick location for a pick list line for out-of-stock inventory. The message reports the quantity requested in the pick list minus the available quantity in eManager.

Note: If a pick task is successfully assigned a location, a subsequent discovery of insufficient inventory will trigger a regular Balance Correction (BC) export, never an External Balance Correction (EBC) export. This is because regular Balance Corrections (BC) correct inaccuracies in eManager's own inventory records, whereas External Balance Corrections (EBC) correct mismatches between inventory levels in eManager and the WMS/ERP system.

Data structure

The table below describes the External Balance Correction (EBC) data structure.

Field name	Type	Length	Mandatory	Description
TransactionId	Integer	32-bit	No	Unique identifier for the transaction. Included in the filename when using file based integration.
ExtProductId	String	50	Yes	Unique identifier for the product
Difference	Decimal	18,3	Yes	Difference between the quantity requested in the pick list line and the actual quantity in stock. Always a negative number.

Examples

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<BalanceCorrection xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <TransactionId>2239991</TransactionId>
    <ExtProductId>1001-dd3p-pWQ</ExtProductId>
    <Difference>-10</Difference>
</BalanceCorrection>