Assign PO Defaults

Use the drop-down box to make a selection.

Your choices in this drop-down box are "Manual," "Assign Now," and "Assign in PO Creation."

Your selection will determine whether the PO ID is assigned to requisition lines in this screen or during the purchase order generation process.

This drop-down box is enabled only if you selected the System or Buyer radio button in the PO Numbering Method group box in the Purchasing Settings screen (Administration\Configure\Materials), and it is disabled if you selected the Manual radio button.

Manual - Use this option to manually assign a purchase order number.

Assign Now - Use this option to allow Costpoint to assign the next purchase order number in sequence.

Assign in PO Creation - Use this option to combine requisitions that have the same vendor and buyer assignment. In order to use this option, you must have selected the Combine Requisitions checkbox in the Requisition Settings screen (Administration\Configure\Materials).

Enter, or use Lookup to select, up to 12 alphanumeric characters to designate the vendor ID to default for new rows and rows created using the Autoload feature.

The vendor must not be flagged as a payroll vendor, and its Approval Code must not be Not Approved. If the vendor has an Approval Code of Pending, you will receive a warning.

The lookup data originates from the Vendor User Flow (Materials\Maintain\Vendors) screen.

Enter, or use Lookup to select, up to 10 alphanumeric characters to identify the vendor address to default for new rows and rows created using the Autoload feature.

The data available in the Lookup originates from the Vendor User Flow (Materials\Maintain\Vendors) screen.

Enter, or use Lookup to select, up to 10 alphanumeric characters to designate the purchase order ID to default for new rows and rows created using the Autoload feature.

The data available in the Lookup originates from the Enter Purchase Orders (Materials\Transactions\Purchase Orders).

Enter, or use Lookup to select, up to six alphanumeric characters to designate the release ID.

The PO release ID represents a reference to a blanket order release number.

This field is only populated if the purchase order ID is associated with a blanket order.