Use of "Order Received" date in hardware asset table

[janindiadoc_1]

Hi All,

I would like to know the use of "Order Received" (delivery_date) field in the alm_hardware table. I couldn't find any business rules or anything written to populate this field in the hardware asset table. 

I want to use a date field in the asset table for one of the requirements to calculate warranty and I 'thought if I could use this field as the base date field. But before that I would like to confirm if this field is populated or used from anywhere or in future will it be a problem as it is an OOB?

OR

Creating a new custom field for our purpose is the good option to go with.

Thanks

[Nancy Schilli]

I'm also curious as to why the order received date on the hardware asset record is not populated when the purchase order is received. This is a very useful field when doing other calculations or doing research. This is now the Washington release. Please advise.