Purge Purchase Order (MPOP)

Purpose: Use this option to purge canceled and/or completed records in the following tables:

• PO Detail

• PO Detail Audit

• PO Detail Estimated Charges

• PO Detail Hold

• PO Detail Messages

• PO Detail Noninventory

• PO Header

• PO Header Audit

• PO Message

• PO Receipt Header

• PO Suspense

Purge dates: Records are eligible for purging if the date they were canceled or received is older than number of days specified in the # of Days Before PO Purge (A58) system control value.

Report: This option also generates the Purchase Order Purge Listing listing the purchase orders deleted through the purge.

Purchase Order Purge Selection Screen

How to display this screen: Enter MPOP in the Fast path field at the top of any menu, or select Purge Purchase Order from a menu.

Completing this screen:

• Select the Purge completed orders flag to delete purchase orders that are completed; otherwise, leave this flag unselected.

• Select the Purge cancelled orders flag to delete purchase orders that are canceled; otherwise, leave this flag unselected.

Note: You must select either completed or canceled purchase orders for purge at this screen.

• Leave the Purge report field set to Detail (default) to print the Purchase Order Purge Listing with information on purchase order detail lines, or change the setting to Summary to print the summary version.

• Select Accept to submit the PO_PURGE job. This job purges the records based on your screen selections and the setting of the # of Days Before PO Purge (A58) system control value, and generates the Purchase Order Purge Listing.

For more information: For background on purchase orders, see Maintaining Purchase Orders (MPOE) and Purchase Order Inquiry (MPOI).