APPROVE PURCHASE REQUISITIONS

Use this screen to approve requisitions that can later be generated into purchase orders. Only requisitions requiring approval from a specified user will display.  You can access this screen only when you have selected the Requisition radio button in the Approval Level group box in the Requisition Settings screen. Otherwise, you must approve purchase requisition lines in the Approve Purchase Requisition Lines screen.

The user ID approving the requisition has been assigned to an approval title in the Requisition Approval Titles screen. You can assign many user IDs to one approval title. Each of these user IDs can approve the requisition, as long as the user's minimum and maximum dollar limits are met. Then you assign the approval titles to an approval process code in the Requisition Approval Processes screen. You can assign many approval titles to one approval process. Therefore, one approval process may require approval by many users.

You can also use this screen to reject a requisition. This can occur for various reasons and will cause the approval process for that requisition to be suspended. The requisitioner must then change the requisition and resubmit it for approval.

If Org Security is enabled for a requisition's organization and the org is not part of your user ID's Org Security Profile in Costpoint System Administration, the requisition will not display in this screen.  When enabled, Org Security compares the requisitioner's organization to the security profile in Costpoint Procurement Planning for your user security group. If you do not have "F" (Full) rights to the organization, the requisition will not be accessible. 

Use this screen whenever there are requisitions requiring approval, if approvals are done at the requisition level.

Req ID

This field displays the requisition ID selected to be approved.

Rev

This field displays a revision, if applicable, for the selected requisition ID.

Requisitioner

This field displays the employee ID of the requisitioner for the selected requisition. The requisitioner's name displays in the field directly to the right.

Req Date

This field displays the date the requisition was created.

Approval Process

The approval process code assigned to this requisition is displayed in this field.

Approval Title, Approval Seq No

These fields display the approval title for the approval sequence number assigned for this requisition.

Trans Curr

This field displays the transaction currency code that is specified for the requisition in the Exchange Rates subtask. All amounts on this screen will be in terms of this currency.

Requisitioner Org, Requisitioner Phone

These fields display the organization ID, phone number, and extension of the person who made this requisition.

Total Req Amount

This field displays the total amount of the selected requisition.

Preferred Approver

This checkbox will be selected if the person who opens this screen (as indicated by the user ID) is the preferred approver for this requisition.

Approval Status

Select the status to continue processing this requisition. Valid options are Pending, Approved, or Rejected.

Before you can approve a requisition, the inventory abbreviation's Active field must be "Y" (Yes) in the Inventory Abbreviations subtask in the Inventory Projects screen (in Costpoint Inventory). If the Active field is "O" (Out) or "N" (Not active), you will not be able to approve the requisition and save the record.  Additionally, the Project that is listed in the Display Line Detail subtask and the Account Distribution subtask must have its Active checkbox selected in the Maintain Project Master screen in Costpoint Projects.

Pending

This requisition is pending approval and cannot be turned into a PO.

Approved

This requisition has been approved for this approval title. It can be turned into a purchase order once all required approval titles have given their approval.

Rejected

This status means that the requisition has been rejected during the approval process and can be corrected and submitted again.

Approval Action Date

This field displays the default date that the approval status was changed for this approval title, but can be changed.

Rejection Reason

If you have selected the Approval Status of Rejected, you must enter, or use Lookup to select, a rejection reason for this requisition. Enter rejection reasons in the Requisition Rejection Reasons screen.

Employee

Enter, or use Lookup to select, the employee ID that has been assigned to the approval title for this requisition. The employee's name will display to the right.

Over Budget

This field displays the over budget status.

Req Approval Notes

Enter up to 254 characters of free-form text to associate with this requisition's approval or rejection.

Table Window

Line

This column displays the line number from the requisition line.

Line Type

The line type from the requisition line is displayed in this column.

Item

This column displays the item ID from the requisition line.

Item Rev

The item revision from the requisition line is displayed in this column.

Description

This column displays the item description from the requisition line.

Misc Type

This column displays the miscellaneous line charge type code from the requisition line.

Requisition Line Notes

This column displays the requisition line notes from the requisition.

Internal Notes

This column displays notes that were entered by the requisitioner on this requisition line.

U/M

The unit of measure from the requisition line is displayed in this column.

Requisitioned Quantity

This column displays the requisitioned quantity from the requisition line.

Est Unit Cost

The estimated unit cost from the requisition line is displayed in this column.

Est Cost Type

This column displays the estimated cost type code from the requisition line.

Est Ext Amount

The estimated extended amount from the requisition line is displayed in this column.

Est Line Charges

This column displays the estimated line charges from the requisition line.

Est Sales Tax/VAT Amount

The estimated sales tax/VAT amount from the requisition line is displayed in this column.

Total Est Amount

This column displays the total estimated amount from the requisition line.

Requested Date

This column displays the requested date from the requisition line.

Inv Abbrev

This column displays the inventory abbreviation code from the requisition line.

Warehouse

This column displays the warehouse ID for the requisition line.

Deliver To

The Deliver To information for the requisition line is displayed in this column.

Order Reference

This column displays the order reference information for the requisition line.

Over Ship

The overship value from the requisition line is displayed in this column.

Rcpt Tol

This column displays the receipt tolerance value from the requisition line.

QC Insp Reqd

This column displays the QC inspection required value from the requisition line.

Source Insp Reqd

This column displays the source inspection required value from the requisition line.

Cert Conf Reqd

This column displays the certificate of conformance required value from the requisition line.

Vendor Part

This column displays the preferred vendor part assigned to this requisition line, if applicable.

Ship ID

The ship ID for the requisition line is displayed in this column.

Preferred Vendor

This column displays the ID of the preferred source vendor for this requisitioned item, if applicable.

Preferred Vendor Name

This field displays the name of the Preferred Vendor.

Sales Tax/VAT Rate

This field displays the sales tax/VAT rate for the sales tax/VAT code that is assigned to the ship ID.

Approval Process

Select this pushbutton to open the Approval Process subtask, where you can view or maintain the approval process for this requisition/requisition line.

Exch Rate

Select this pushbutton to view transaction currency, rate groups, and exchange rates for the requisition. This pushbutton will be disabled if you do not have access to Costpoint Multicurrency.

Req Hdr Docs

Select this pushbutton to assign documents to the approve purchase requisition header. These documents may be pre-established within the Product Definition module, or added on-the-fly by purchase requisition. Use this subtask at any time to assign documents to the purchase requisition.

Header Notes

Select this pushbutton to view the header notes assigned to the requisition in the Header/Defaults subtask of the Enter Requisitions screen.

Req Totals

Select this pushbutton to view requisition total amounts.

Display Line Detail

Select this pushbutton to access the Display Line Detail subtask, where you can view detailed requisition line data.

Req Line Docs

Click this button to assign documents to the approve purchase requisition line. These documents may be pre-established within the Product Definition module, or added on-the-fly by purchase requisition. Use this subtask at any time to assign documents to the purchase requisition.

QC Line Text

Use this pushbutton to access the QC Line Text subtask, where you can view or maintain quality control data for this requisition line.

Accounts

Use this pushbutton to access the Account Distribution subtask, where you can view or assign project, account, and organization IDs to the selected requisition line.

Currency Line

Select this pushbutton to view requisition line amounts in both transaction and functional currencies. This pushbutton is enabled if the transaction and functional currencies are different in the Exchange Rates subtask. This pushbutton will be disabled if you do not have access to Costpoint Multicurrency.