Reassign Purchasing Document

Use the Reassign Purchasing Document scheduled process to reassign purchasing documents.

When to Use

You can run the scheduled process to reassign purchasing documents from one buyer to another, including purchase agreements, contract agreements, and purchase orders.

To run the scheduled process, use the Reassign Purchasing Documents task, from the Purchase Agreements or Purchase Orders work area.

Privileges Required

• Reassign Purchasing Document (PO_REASSIGN_PURCHASING_DOCUMENT_PRIV)

Specifications

Review the following before setting up this scheduled process:

Specification	Description
Job Type	Scheduled.
Frequency	You are encouraged to schedule the process according to business needs. Allow for a lag between the end of each scheduled process and the start of the next scheduled process.
Time of Day	Choose the time of day that doesn't interfere with your daily business activity, such as at the end of the workday, after the end of shifts, after peak transaction activity, or during a lull in transaction activity.
Duration	The runtime of this process varies based on the number of documents.
Compatibility	There must be only one instance of the job running at any point of time. This is automatically handled by the application. If you have to run more than one instance of this process, then consider spacing them out over a period of time.

Parameters

Parameter	Optional or Required	Description	Parameter Values	Special Combinations Required	Notes
Document Type	Required	Select one of the following document types: Purchase Agreements Purchase Orders Purchase Orders and Agreements	N/A	None	N/A
Procurement BU	Required	Reassign documents for the specified procurement business unit.	N/A	None	N/A
Requisitioning BU	Optional	Reassign documents for a specified requisitioning business unit within the procurement business unit.	N/A	None	N/A
Supplier	Optional	Reassign documents for a specified supplier, within the specified procurement business unit.	N/A	None	N/A
Buyer	Required	Reassign documents from the specified buyer to another specified new buyer.	N/A	None	N/A
New Buyer	Required	Reassign documents from the specified old buyer to this specified new buyer.	N/A	None	N/A

Troubleshooting Information

• You can view the status of the reassign purchasing documents operation on the Scheduled Processes UI.
• The validation errors and warning messages that prevented the import contract agreements are displayed in the error log.
• After you have corrected the validation errors, you can resubmit the process.