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alias: user-guide-special-request-for-material
description: "This documentation outlines the process for initiating a material transfer request with specific conditions and considerations"
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# Special Request for Material

:lock: MaterialTransfer.**SpecialRequestForMaterial**

## Overview

This operation is used to make a **Material Transfer** request for a particular BOM product of a given **Material** at any given *Step* of the *Material Flow*.

## Setup

No setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* Both the *SourceFacility* and *TargetFacility* must exist and be *Active* and *SourceFacility* must be different from *TargetFacility*.
* The Product referenced in the **Material Transfer** must be *Active* and the **Material** *TransferMode* must be different from *None*.
* *RequestedQuantity* can only be Decimal if *ProductMaterialTransferDecimalQuantityAllowed* is true.
* *FromFacility* must be defined and must not be a *Remote Facility*.
* If **Material Transfer** is either *InventoryTransfer* or **Material Transfer**, a *ToFacility* must be defined.
* If the *ToFacility* is defined, it must not be a *Remote Facility*.
* If the *RequestedMaterial* (free text) matches a **Material**, that **Material** must be *Active*, *Topmost*, not *On Hold*, not *InTransit*  and must not have *Sub-Materials*.
* If the *FromStep* is defined, it must have the *IsMaterial TransferStep* set to true.
* If the *ToStep* is defined, it must have the *IsMaterial TransferStep* set to true.
* If a *RequestedMaterial* is defined and if the *RequestedMaterial* (free text) matches a **Material** by name, the *RequestedQuantity* must be less or equal to the current *RequestedMaterial Primary Quantity*.
* If **Material Transfer** *AllowedPickup* is *AreaEmployee*, the *ToArea* must be defined.  

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: Details

1. Select a **Material** and then click **Request for Material** to initialize the wizard.
2. Select a *From Facility* and optionally, a *From Area*.
3. Optionally, select a different *Step* of the **Material** (notice that the BOM will be resolved for the selected *Step*.
4. Optionally, select a *To Resource*.
5. Select the *Product* (must match a *Product* from the **Material** BOM for the selected *Step* - resolved for the current **Material** context).
6. Optionally, enter the name of a specific **Material** to be requested or press the button **Retrieve Materials** to retrieve a list of the available **Materials**.
7. Select the *Urgency* (values are taken from the generic table *MaterialTransferUrgency*). When the *Urgency* is selected, the request delivery date is automatically set, based on the current date, in addition to the predefined *DefaultDeliveryTime* for that *Urgency* (in minutes).
8. Optionally, modify the request delivery date.
9. Optionally, enter a comment.
10. Press **Special Request** to complete the transaction.

![request_material_transfer][request_material_transfer]

!!! info
	It is possible to define a default value for the *FromFacility* by adding the entry *Context=Material Transfer.ForMaterial*, *Element=DefaultFacility* in the Generic Table *GUIElementDefaultValue*.

!!! info
	The **Retrieve Materials** button is only shown if the configuration `/Cmf/System/Configuration/WarehouseManagement/EnableGetMaterialsOnRequestForMaterial` is set to true.

[request_material_transfer]: images/special_request_material_transfer.png