Use Wave Close (4.15.17) to close a wave. You can only close a wave when both replenishment and release are complete and no tasks exist for the wave.

Closing a wave is important since an order line can only be in one wave at a time for sales and distribution orders. If the system does not process an order line in a wave, you can close the wave so you can add the line to another wave.

Wave Status Inquiry (4.15.4.3) displays all open waves. When numerous waves exist in the system, the report can be difficult to read. For reporting efficiency, you should close waves. Wave Close (4.15.17) shows the Wave Close screen.

You can also close a wave when reporting using Wave Close Batch/Report; see Wave Close Batch/Report (4.15.18). You can use the report to close a batch of waves or a single wave. You can specify to close waves that have:

Enter Yes in the Update field to close the waves.