Blanket Purchase Order
With this record, you can take advantage of fixed pricing for a preset number of items that you will buy during a specific time period. This approach lets you avoid sporadic pricing negotiations with vendors.
This record is available only when the Blanket Purchase Order feature is enabled at Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > Enable Features (Administrator), on the Transactions subtab.
In the UI, you access this record at Vendor Dashboard > Transactions > Enter Blanket Purchase Order (Administrator). For help working with this record in the UI, see Blanket Purchase Order.
The item element on this record is not accessible through REST web services.
The blanket purchase order record type includes the following actions from the Actions Framework:
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New
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Make Copy
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Make Copy without Schedules
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Email
The REST API Browser includes information about the field names and field types of the blanket purchase order record and about the HTTP methods, request parameters, and operations available to this record. For details, see the REST API Browser’s blanketPurchaseOrder reference page.
For information about using the REST API Browser, see The REST API Browser.
Record IDs
The record ID for a blanket purchase order REST record is blanketPurchaseOrder.
Prerequisites
This record is available only when the Blanket Purchase Order feature is enabled at Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > Enable Features (Administrator), on the Transactions subtab.
Code Samples
The following examples show how to read, create, or update a blanket purchase order:
Read:
GET {{REST_SERVICES}}/record/v1/blanketPurchaseOrder/${transaction-id}
Create:
POST {{REST_SERVICES}}/record/v1/ blanketPurchaseOrder { "entity": { "id": ${entity-id} }, "item": { "items": [{ "item": { "id": ${item-id} }, "rate": 10, "quantity": 4 }] }, "memo": "Memo text" }
Update:
PATCH {{REST_SERVICES}}/record/v1/ blanketPurchaseOrder /${transaction-id} { "memo": "Memo text updated", "item": { "items": [{ "item": { "id": ${item-id} }, "rate": 10 }] }