Why does Fishbowl say "Not all items for this WO have been picked! This order cannot be fulfilled until all items are picked or until the materials needed are changed."?

Fishbowl shows this error when the work order has short-picked items and the user's group does not have the Manufacture Order access right "Consume When Short." With the right enabled, an operator can consume the short quantity and finish the work order; without it, Fishbowl blocks the Raw Material Consumption step until every item is fully picked or the work order's materials are changed.

Fishbowl: "Not all items for this WO have been picked" when finishing a work order

The dialog appears as Step Invalid at the Raw Material Consumption step of the Finish Work Order wizard, and the wording points you at picking: pick everything, or change the materials. Both of those work. But if the short pick was intentional — the operator is finishing what could actually be built — the missing piece is a permission, not a pick.

What triggers it

Two conditions together:

The work order has short-picked items — at least one raw material’s picked quantity is below what the work order requires.
The user’s group does not have the Manufacture Order access right “Consume When Short.”

If both are true, Fishbowl blocks the step with this exact message. Users in groups that have the right don’t see the error at all for the same work order — which is why one operator can finish a short WO while another can’t, on the same data. That asymmetry is the usual source of confusion.

The fix

If short-finishing is acceptable in your operation: in Setup → User Groups, edit the operator’s group, and under the Manufacture Order module’s access rights enable Consume When Short. Have the user log out and back in so the change takes effect, then re-run Finish Work Order.

If short-finishing is not acceptable, the error is doing its job — complete the picks, or change the work order’s materials to match what’s available.

You don’t have to take our word for the permission’s effect: Fishbowl’s official Access Rights reference defines Consume When Short under Manufacture Order as allowing a user to finish a work order even when some of the raw goods are short. What the official page doesn’t say is that this dialog is how the missing right presents itself — that’s the part this article fills in.

What to check first

Confirm the work order is actually short: open Work Order Picking and compare picked vs. required per item. A single short line — a label, a bag — is enough.
Confirm which group the user belongs to and whether “Consume When Short” is enabled for it. Test with a user from a group that has the right to isolate the cause.

Worth knowing

Consuming short means the finished goods consume less raw material than the bill of materials calls for, which flows into the work order’s costing. Verify the resulting finished-good cost matches your expectation before making short-finishing routine — it’s a policy decision, not just a permission.