Require Entry of Parent Vendor (G31)

Purpose: Use this screen to define whether the Parent vendor number field is required on the Create and Change Vendor screens in Work with Vendors.

Yes/No field: Select this field if you want the Parent vendor field on the Create and Change Vendor screens in Work with Vendors to be a required field.

If you select OK on the Create or Change Vendor screen and the Parent vendor number field is blank, the screen indicates:

Parent Vendor number is required.

Parent vendors are companies made up of different vendors who supply you with merchandise or services. You may define a vendor as a parent vendor if you wish to pay the main (parent) vendor for the merchandise you received from each subsidiary (child) vendor.

Example: Vendors 101, 102, and 103 all report to vendor 10123. Instead of paying vendors 101, 102, and 103 separately for the merchandise you received, you can pay vendor 10123 for all of the merchandise you received from each of the subsidiary vendors.

Leave this field unselected if you do not want the Parent vendor number field on the Create and Change Vendor screens in Work with Vendors to be a required field.