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K1x Ideas
Status Ready to Plan
Categories K1 Aggregator
Created by Guest
Created on May 22, 2024

Allow for blank category code on manually entered K3 Foreign Source Other entry

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K3 Parts 2 and 3 have a column for Foreign Source Other (column E on part 2 and F on Part 3) with a category code line. Generally, this line is blank and the reader leaves it blank when reading from the PDF. However, if any Part 2 or 3 manual entries are required, the platform automatically populates 901j. There is no option to have it be blank.

How will this idea help you and potentially others? Understanding how things are done today, where the pain is, and how the idea is beneficial puts us in your shoes.

It will make data review more streamlined and faster.

The total summary lines (line 24/54/55) are not combined when there is a blank category code entry and a 901j code. They provide a total for all entries without the category code and all entries with the category code. One needs to manually combine them to verify the correct totals

Who will benefit from this idea? Whether it's specific roles of users, users of a specific product, or certain departments/markets, this helps us know who to talk to when we need more information.

All users compiling and reviewing K3 data

How do you envision this idea being implemented at K1x? You're the expert and understanding how you see this working helps kickstart the idea.

Adding a 'blank' option to the drop down, in addition to 901j and OTH, for column E/F category code so it matches the entries read by the reader, allowing for the Part 2, line 24/54/55 totals to be properly grouped for ease of review


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