Vendor Return Authorization

A vendor return authorization is a non-posting transaction that tracks a return to a vendor, including the items to be returned, their quantities, the approval status, the shipment status, and the amount refunded or credited from the vendor. This type of transaction is available when the Vendor Return Authorizations feature is enabled.

The vendor return process includes four steps: creating a vendor return authorization record, approving or canceling the authorization, shipping items authorized to be returned, and crediting an authorized vendor return. For more details, see Vendor Return Authorization Overview.

The vendor return authorization record is defined in the tranPurch (purchases) XSD.

Supported Operations

The following operations can be used with vendor return authorization records:

add | addList | attach / detach | delete | deleteList | get | getDeleted | getList | getSavedSearch | getSelectValue | initialize / initializeList | search | update | updateList | upsert | upsertList

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You can also use the asynchronous equivalents of SOAP web services list operations. For information about asynchronous operations, see SOAP Web Services Asynchronous Operations. For more information about request processing, see Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Request Processing.

Field Definitions

The SOAP Schema Browser includes definitions for all body fields, sublist fields, search filters, and search joins available to this record. For details, see the SOAP Schema Browser’s vendor return authorization reference page.

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For information about using the SOAP Schema Browser, see SOAP Schema Browser.

Usage Notes

Initializing Vendor Return Authorizations

You can initialize a vendor return authorization from a Vendor or a Vendor Bill.

The SOAP web services initialize operation emulates the UI workflow by prepopulating fields on transaction line items with values from a related record. For more information about this operation, see initialize / initializeList.

Accessing Serial or Lot Number Data for Line Items

As of the 2011.2 endpoint, code to access serial number or lot number data varies according to whether the Advanced Bin Management / Numbered Inventory Management feature is enabled.

For more details, see Updating SOAP Web Services Code When Advanced Bin / Numbered Inventory Management is Enabled.

Related Topics

General Notices