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Sage programming logic in item maintenance???? v2018 and v2017 at least. What is the logic behind having to have ""Allow backorders checked"" before ""Allow Returns"" is accessible? Strange but true.....

WAG - Might have something to do with whether the RMA module is installed

Agree with the WAG, but what does it matter if back orders are allowed or not before allowing returns? I am always puzzled by their logic...... or lack thereof.

I was at Sage when RMA module came into inception. I seem to vaguely remember this comment made in the design meeting, paraphrased: ""For the new RMA, in order to allow a return you have to allow backorders first and to that end we will not allow 'Allows Returns' until 'Allow Backorders' is selected."" And so from that point on, Allow Returns was always disabled / grayed out to begin with. IOW, ideally the logic to disable / gray out Allow Returns should check if you have RMA installed and activated first. If no RMA then no need to initially gray out Allow Returns.

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Interesting. Thanks for the background. So IOW, instead of just checking to see if RMA is installed and activated before displaying the ""allow returns field"" at ALL, you must check allow backorders even if that is what the company does NOT allow in order to display the allow RMA. Does the bank rec flag display in GL option set up if BR is not installed? JC in AP options if not installed? Was there ever ANY end user input in these design meetings? So we have to guess why a field is greyed out? I suppose I should have just looked in the help text first (usually my last place) where it is **actually** explained. But since the field was grayed out, I could not highlight the field and press the F1 key and figure it out. Which begs the next question - Why can't you highlight the greyed out field and press the F1 key to figure out what it does????? BTW @AlnoorCassim, we could slightly modify the T shirt phrase and make a killing in March.