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alias: user-guide-send-material-transfer
description: "This operation initiates the sending of a material transfer with specific prerequisites and steps"
---

# Send Material Transfer

:lock: MaterialTransfer.**Send**

## Overview

This operation is used to send a **Material Transfer**. The **Material Transfer** may have been previously prepared or it can be prepared in this operation.

## Setup

In order for the **Send Material Transfer** to be fully functional, one customization must be deployed in Critical Manufacturing's installation:

* To resolve the **Materials** from the *Source Facility* from where *Inventory* is taken for modes *TransferInventory* and *ConsumeInventory*.

## Preconditions

* The **Material Transfer's** universal state is *Active* and its system state is *Approved* or *Ready*.
* The **Material Transfer's** *TransferMode* must be *TransferInventory* or *TransferMaterial*.
* For all **Materials** assigned to this *TransferMaterial*:
    * Must be *Active*.
    * Must be *Topmost*.
    * Must not be *On Hold*.
    * Must be *Queued* or *Processed*.
    * Must be in the same **Facility** as the **Material Transfer's** *FromFacility*.
    * If the **Material Transfer's** *FromArea* is defined, it must be in the same **Area** as the **Material Transfer**.
    * If the **Material Transfer's** *FromStep* is defined, it must be in the same Step as the **Material Transfer**.
    * If the **Material** *Transfer.FromStep* is defined, the *FromStep* must have the property *IsMaterial* *TransferStep* must be true.
    * All **Materials** must be in the same **Step** (and hence the same **Area**).
    * The *Material Product* must match the *Material Transfer Product*.
    * The **Material** must not be associated with any other **Material Transfer**.
* All *MaterialTransfer.Material.Quantity* must be > 0 and must be <= (*Material Transfer.Material PrimaryQuantity* + *Material Transfer.Material SubMaterialsPrimaryQuantity*) and can only be decimal if *Material Transfer.Product* property Material *TransferDecimalQuantityAllowed* is true.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: Details

1. Select a **Material Transfer** and press the **Send** button to initialize the wizard.
2. In case that the **Material Transfer** has not yet been prepared, it is necessary to provide one or more **Materials** and respective quantities to fulfill the **Material Transfer**. Use the :material-plus: and :material-trash-can: buttons in the grid's toolbar to add and remove **Materials**.
3. Optionally, enter a comment.
4. Once the **Send** button is clicked, the **Employee** receiving the **Material** must sign-in by providing a username and password.
5. Click **Send** to complete the transaction.

!!! note
	If token-based authentication is enabled, the user can authenticate himself by reading his token.

!!! info
	This operation requires a user signature. Use the **Special Send Material Transfer** transaction to bypass the user signature.

!!! info
	This transaction is available for multiple Material Transfers together from the Warehouse Management page under Planning and Logistics.

![send_material_transfer][send_material_transfer]

[send_material_transfer]: images/send_material_transfer.png