I realize that this is not the intended use of WO to do negative qty orders, but we often do them to take apart items for rebuild into a different configuration.  I am wondering why they don't show in IN-A and if anyone knows a way around this.
 
 

Parent Part.  We had it in stock for several years and wanted to reconfigure it to be another similar part that had a demand.

The IN-A (and other programs) Rebuild Stock Status logic has always calculated the On Work Order quantity based on the Completed Quantity being less than the start quantity and determines the balance remaining.  If the Start quantity is negative and nothing is completed, the completed quantity will always be greater than the start quantity so the calculation will be 0.  We just fixed it and uploaded a patch to IN-A & IN-D.  Other programs that recalculate Stock Status will be recompiled with the new library logic as they are updated for other reasons.

You will have to be on the current version (2016.2) and can download patches in Evo at System Manager SM-V.