Item Purchasing Attributes

Attribute Group	Attribute Name	Description
Purchasing	Purchased	Indicates whether to purchase and receive an item. Turning this option on lets you set the Purchasable attribute. If an item is vendor managed, you must select this option.
	Use Approved Supplier	Indicates whether to use only approved suppliers.
	Negotiation Required	Indicates whether negotiation is required.
	Invoice Close Tolerance Percentage	Percentage tolerance to automatically close purchase order shipments. Closed for Invoicing is a status change only. You can invoice match additional items against the shipment later.
	Hazard Class	Identify categories of hazardous materials for international trade purposes.
	Asset Category	Asset category for the item. Asset categories provide a way to group similar assets together, making it easier to track and manage them.
	Purchasable	Indicate whether to order an item on a purchase order. You can set this only when Purchased is enabled. If Purchasable is enabled, you can temporarily restrict the ability to buy. If Purchasableis set to MasterLevel control, then Purchasedmust be set to Master Level control. This attribute is optionally set by the Item Status code.
	Allow Purchasing Document Description Update	Enables the item description to be updated in a purchase order.
	Taxable	Indicates whether the supplier charges a tax.
	Receipt Close Tolerance Percentage	Percentage tolerance used to automatically close purchase order shipments. You can receive additional items against the shipment later.
	Input Tax Classification Code	Tax code for the item. The tax code shows the tax authorities and rates that are available to use for this item. You must select the taxable attribute to enable this field.
	Unit of Issue	Unit of measure you typically use to issue the item from inventory. You use units of issue to round order quantities, minimizing shipping, warehousing, and handling costs. It must be the same for all units of measure belonging to the same unit of measure class as the primary unit of measure.
	Default Buyer	Buyer assigned to purchase an item.
	UN Number	United Nations identification number. It’s are used to identify specific materials (hazardous materials, for example) for international trade purposes.
Pricing	List Price	Value that’s used as the default price on a purchase order, requisition, RFQ, or quotation. When performing supplier inventory replenishment, a list price must be specified to automatically generate a requisition.
	Price Tolerance Percentage	Maximum price percentage over the normal price range for an item. For example, if the tolerance percent is 5, the maximum acceptable price on a purchase order is 5% over the requisition price. Any purchase order price 5% more than the requisition price is unacceptable, and you can’t approve the purchase order.
	Market Price	Market value for an item. This attribute isn’t currently used.
	Rounding Factor	Number between 0 and 1. This factor determines how to round the quantity on an internal requisition that results from conversions between the requisition line unit of measure and the item unit of issue. This factor ensures that the unit of issue resolves to an integer, rather than a fractional amount.
	Last Contract Price	Track the most recent price at which an item was purchased and sync item cost with EHR systems.
Outside Processing Item	Outside Processing Service	Indicates whether you can add the item to an outside processing purchase order line. You can enable this option only if Purchased is also selected.
Invoice Matching	Match Approval Level	Status of the match approvals. It can be either: Null (blank) 2 Way 3 Way 4 Way
	Invoice Match Option	Indicates invoice matching used. Values can be: Order Receipt
Receiving	Receipt Routing	Indicates routing of the items at the time of receipt: Direct:At receipt, deliver an item directly to its location. Inspection:Receive an item first, inspect it, then deliver. Standard:Receive an item first, then deliver without inspection.
Receipt Date Controls	Receipt Date Action	Indicates action to be performed when the receive date is outside the range defined by Days Early Receipt Allowed or Days Late Receipt Allowed. Options are: None:No receipt date exception enforced. Reject:Reject receipts when the receive date is outside the range defined by Days Early Receipt Allowed or Days Late Receipt Allowed. Warning: Display a warning message if you attempt to receive an item outside the range defined by Days Early Receipt Allowed or Days Late Receipt Allowed, but perform the receipt, anyway.
	Days Early	Number of days before the promise date you can receive an item without warning or rejection. For example, if you enter 3and the promise date is a Friday, you can receive the item on Tuesday.
	Days Late	Number of days after the promise date you can receive an item without warning or rejection. For example, if you enter 2 and the promise date is a Monday, you can receive the item on Wednesday.
Valid Transactions	Allow Substitute Receipts	Indicates whether to allow receipt of defined substitutes in place of this item. You define valid substitutes with the Item Relationships window. Leave this field blank if you want Inventory to use the value defined in the Receiving Options window for transactions involving this item.
	Allow Unordered Receipts	Indicates whether you can receive an item without a purchase order. If this option is Yes, you can later match the receipt to the appropriate purchase order. If this option is No, all receipts for an item must have a corresponding purchase order. Leave this field blank if you want to use the value defined in the Receiving Options window for transactions involving this item.
	Allow Express Transactions	Indicates whether you can deliver all distributions for this item with one data entry transaction if the quantity to deliver equals the purchase order line balance. If this option is No, you must deliver individual distributions separately. Leave this field blank if you want Inventory to use the value defined in the Receiving Options window for transactions involving this item.
Overreceipt Quantity Control	Action	Indicates action to be performed when the receive date is outside the range defined by Quantity Received Tolerance. None:No over tolerance enforced. Reject: Reject receipts over the tolerance quantity. An error message displays, and you're prevented from receiving quantities exceeding the order quantity by more than the Quantity Received Tolerance percent. Warning:A warning message displays if you accept receipts over the quantity determined by the Overreceipt Quantity Control Tolerance percent but does perform the receipt.
	Tolerance Percentage	Maximum acceptable overreceipt percentage, used by the Overreceipt Quantity Control Action attribute. For example, if the percent is 5, then the acceptable quantity on a receipt transaction is within 5% of the quantity you order on a purchase order line. Any quantity more than 5% over the order quantity is unacceptable.