Set autoinvoice gl_date = sales order ship date

Question

I have sales orders with both shippables and non-shippables. The sales order uses header level invoicing so that the shippable and non-shippables are interfaced to AR at the same time. We use the default grouping rules which groups first on ship date and then on sales order date. Since the non-shippables lack a ship date, the gl_date for the invoice of the sales order is coming through with the sales order date.
We're using the invoicing rule Advance Invoice and the accounting rule immediate. We are deriving the gl_date.
Has anyone had any luck getting invoices to use the ship date of the sales order when both shippables and non-shippables are interfaced together?
It's been suggested that we could use a rule start date on the acccounting rule, but we are uncertain how this would work.
-Tracy

Answer 1

Hi,
When you open a sales order, the docdate will be today's date and the delivery date is empty. the cardcode, item code, etc are also empty.
Use this following query FMS:
select $[ordr.docdate]
save it by using query generator and assigning the FMS into delivery date by pressing shiftaltF2 and define formatted search window will appears. Select search by saved query, input the query above, check auto refresh when field changes, select customer/vendor code, select display saved value (it is used to avoid updating the document every time you open it) and finally update the define FMS window.
when you open the sales order document, it will still be empty, after you input the cardcode, the delivery date will be input automatically  and as same as posting date. if it is today, then the dates (for both) will be today.
Rgds,