Unable to have Costs estimation or References for production orders during explosion

Finance and Operations/AX User Forum
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Hi al,

I have a problem and I dont know if it;s a setup issue or a bug maybe someone can help. The problem is: few production orders are not get estimated.

So let say i create a sales order and then I run explosion from sales order. System creates planned work orders: 1 transfer order and one production order for the sub level.

I firm the planned order for the parent item and I leave the option “update marking = standard” ==> the production order is scheduled then get estimated which is great!!

Then from the parent production order, I slect Explosion and click reread & update select Explosion, click Reread & Update, I have the explosion but No estimation of the work order.

However if i do the same scenario with update marking = No, I have price estimation but I lose all my reference for the parent production order.

My question: what is wrong here? How can I have production estimation with references of the parent item when doing explosion of the subcomponent??

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There are numerous issues with the explosion from the works order and sales order and the re-read/update options and the flag within it. You would need to report your specific scenario and build etc. to Microsoft to see if there is a hotfix for your requirement. In addition I have found with certain versions if you have altered the parameter for status updates to remove statuses you do not need and you jump a step then it will not back calculate to the explosion. Try ticking all statuses and loading a new order and trying again, but even this could impact on the explosion options. Also the explosion is a need, whilst the estimation is a step and status - the explosion will not directly create an estimation of an order.

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Thanks Adam. I guess I’ll contact Microsoft because it’s very difficult now to have correct prices on jobs.