You Cannot Use Phantom, Engineering, or Inactive Bill Types in Sage 100
Summary
Error: “You cannot use Phantom or Engineering or Inactive bill types.” message received after selecting an Item Code in a task window in Sage 100 ERP
The message can appear in any screen with an Item Code field. This error should only occur if the Bill of Materials module is activated for the company code
Cause
The Item Code is also a Bill Number in Bill of Materials Maintenance, and the Bill Type is currently set to one of the following:
- Inactive
- Engineering
- Phantom
Resolution
If the Item Code / Bill Number should be a different Bill Type of Inactive, Engineering, or Phantom, then:
- Open Bill of Materials, Main, menu, Bill Of Materials Maintenance
- Select the Bill Number (this is the Item Code associated with the error message)
- Change the Bill Type to the correct type of Inactive, Engineering, or Phantom.
- Click Accept
If the item should be Standard or Kit and is currently in Phantom:
- Open Bill of Materials, Main, menu, Bill Of Materials Maintenance
- Select the Bill Number (this is the Item Code associated with the error message)
- Change the Bill Type to the correct type of Engineering.
- Go to Inventory Maintenance, Main, Item Maintenance and
- Create the item in Item Maintenance, Accept,
- Now you can go back to Bill of Materials Maintenance and change it to Standard or Kit.
If the item should be Standard or Kit and is currently in Engineering:
- Go to Inventory Maintenance, Main, Item Maintenance and
- Create the item in Item Maintenance, Accept,
- Now you can go back to Bill of Materials Maintenance and change it to Standard or Kit.
If the item should be Standard or Kit and is currently in Inactive:
- Open Bill of Materials, Main, menu, Bill Of Materials Maintenance
- Select the Bill Number (this is the Item Code associated with the error message)
- Change the Bill Type to the correct type of Bill.
If the item is already Standard:
- Open Library Master, Utilities, Data File and Display Maintenance
- Navigate to BM_BillDetail and verify the BillType$ field is S; if not, click Edit and correct
- Navigate to BM_BillHeader and verify the BillType$ field is S; if not, click Edit and correct
- Exit Data File and Display Maintenance