Collective term for a data collection containing receipts and issues for a single batch managed in SAP Business One.
The batch report in SAP Business One - officially as Transaction report Batch number is used for the traceability of articles that are managed with batch numbers. It shows the history of a batch across purchasing, sales, production and stock movements.
Function and benefits:
- Determined, which documents are linked to a specific batch.
- Shows, from which supplier a batch originates or to which customers it was delivered.
- If produced internally: Link with the corresponding production order.
- Important for Quality control, Complaints and Legal obligations to provide evidence (e.g. traceability in the food or pharmaceutical industry).
Access options:
- Directly in the production order via right-click on a batch item → Transaction report Batch number.
- in the Article master via the context menu or via the menu path: Warehouse management → Article master → Inventory report → Transaction report Batch number.
Other relevant functions:
- Batch number management: Among Warehouse management → Article management → Batches → Batch number management all documents in which a batch was used can be viewed.
- Batch details: Access via Warehouse management → Item management → Batches → Batch details for extended information on the batch.
- Batch quantities: Overview of available, assigned and available Quantities per batch.
- Inventory posting list: Also shows receipts and issues at batch and serial number level (activate via form settings if necessary).
- Batch report in cost management: Further analyses of batches can be found in the Standard cost management.
Example: A customer complains about a delivery. The batch report can be used to trace which production run the goods originate from, which other customers have received the same batch and whether quality deviations were documented in the incoming goods department.