Maintaining Purchase Orders

The Purchase Order portal is used to display and maintain a purchase order record.

Refer to About Purchasing for more information.

You can access the portal from Menu, select Purchasing, then select Purchase Order. You are brought to a query portal with options for searching for a specific purchase order. Once a purchase order has been selected, you are brought to the maintenance portal to view and maintain the selected record.

The following zones may appear as part of the portal's Main tab page:

  • Purchase Order: This zone displays information about the purchase order, such as cost information, order line item information, and accounting information.
  • Purchase Order Lines: This zone lists the purchase order line items associated with the purchase order record.
  • Blanket Contract Lines: If the purchase order is associated with a blanket contract, this zone lists lines from that contract that are not already included in the purchase order. You may use this zone to add additional lines to the purchase order. As such, the zone is only visible while lines can still be added.
  • Purchase Order Transactions: This zone lists all transactions for all revisions of the purchase order record.
  • Related Purchase Requisitions: This zone lists purchase requisitions related to the purchase order record.
  • Notes: This zone displays any notes associated with the purchase order record.
  • Attachments: This zone enables users to manage all types of attachments for the purchase order record.

The following zones may appear as part of the portal’s Expedite tab page:

  • Purchase Order: This zone displays information about the purchase order.
  • Expedite Activity: This zone lists the expedited activities associated with the purchase order.

The following zones may appear as part of the portal’s Revision History tab page:

  • Purchase Order: This zone displays revision history information about the purchase order.

The following zones may appear as part of the portal’s Log tab page:

  • Purchase Order Header Log: This zone displays log details for the purchase order.
  • Approval Request History: This zone displays approval history for the purchase order.