I purchased 2 items that go on inventory. Why are there 10 tags outstanding in FABweb?
A. Origination Tags (OTags) are assigned according to the way the Purchase Order indicator was set for document accounting or commodity accounting in Banner. Requisitions/Purchase Orders acquiring equipment must use the commodity accounting method which means the document accounting box must be un-checked. Even when the document accounting box has been un-checked, OTags are generated based upon each line item. When several line items are used to list the cost of a part of a piece of equipment, each line item will generate an OTag. For example, a vendor invoice is paid which lists 4 separate parts that make up one piece of equipment: Widget I $550.00 Widget II $450.00 Widget III $650.00 Widget IV $350.00 An Otag is created for each listed part: OTag 1 $550.00 OTag 2 $450.00 OTag 3 $650.00 OTag 4 $350.00 In this example, OBFS Property Accounting staff would process a JV to create 4 credit DTags which are used to inactivate OTags 2, 3, & 4. The debit DTags are used to update OTag 1 with t
