Purchase Order Fields

This topic describes the fields and definitions on the Purchase Orders workspace.

Card Part Fields

Field Description
Description This field shows a brief description of the PO.

You can enter a value for this field or update it when the PO is in Edit mode.

This is a free-text field.

Purchase Order No. This field displays the PO number.
Details Island
Field Description
Requisitioner This field shows the employee name or number of the employee who requisitioned the items on the current PO.

You can enter a value for this field or update it when the PO is in Edit mode.

If you do not specify a value, iAccess automatically selects the employee name of the user creating the PO.

Submitted by This field shows the name of the employee who submitted the current PO.
Approved by This field shows the name of the employee who performed the final approval of the current PO.

If you use approval hierarchies for the approval of POs, and if the current PO has been approved by more than one employee, this field displays the name of the employee who made the latest approval of the purchase order.

Closed by This field shows the name of the user who closed the current PO.
Remarks This field shows remarks about the purchase order.

You can enter a value for this field or update it when the PO is in Edit mode.

Company This field displays the name and number of the company responsible for the purchase order.

You can enter a value for this field or update it when the PO is in Edit mode.

Location This field displays the value for the Location dimension.
Entity This field displays the value for the Entity dimension.
Project This field displays the value for the Project dimension.
Vendor Island
Field Description
Vendor This field displays the name, number, and address of the pay to vendor.

You can enter a value for this field or update it when the PO is in Edit mode.

Attention This field shows the name of the vendor's designated person-in-charge.

You can enter a value for this field or update it when the PO is in Edit mode.

E-mail This field displays the vendor's email address.
Price Island
Field Description
Currency This field shows the vendor's currency.

You can select a value for this field or update it when the PO is in Edit mode.

Line Sum, Currency This field shows the sum of prices based on values entered in the Price field on the Specifications tab. The value in this field is displayed in the currency of the PO.
Invoice Discount % This field shows the invoice discount percentage.

The invoice discount is deducted from the line sum, and this is shown on the purchase order printout. The vendor can then see how much you expect to be invoiced for.

Note that an invoice discount % is added to any discount entered on individual purchase order table lines.

You can enter a value for this field or update it when the PO is in Edit mode.

Invoice Discount, Currency This field shows the invoice discount amount specified in the purchase order.

For PO lines with items, any invoice discount is deducted from prices for the individual item lines, before the items are placed in the warehouse. This ensures that costs are correct.

You can enter a value for this field or update it when the PO is in Edit mode.

Expense % This field shows an expense percentage, such as for a handling charge.

You can enter an estimated expense percentage (based on previous charges), or update the value when the PO is in Edit mode.

Delivery Costs This field shows the amount representing expenses for items purchased on the current order, such as for a handling charge.

You can enter an estimated amount (based on previous charges), or update the value when the PO is in Edit mode.

Invoice Tax Sum This field displays the total amount in taxes.
Invoice Amount This field displays the total invoice amount including tax and discounts.