Contents of the Create P.O. from RFQ Dialog Box

Use the fields and options on the Create P.O. from RFQ dialog box to specify requisitions to be included on the new purchase order.

Field Description
Choose Specific Suggested Vendor Enter the vendor or select one from the lookup. Use this option to show requests for price quote for a specific vendor.
Exclude if request date prior to Specify the request date. Use this option to show requests for price quote that were requested on or after a specific date.
Search RFQ Click this button to display, in the Price Quote Requests on File grid, those price quote requests that match the cutoff date or vendors that you specified.

Price Quote Requests on File

Field Description
Drop-down

Click the drop-down arrow on a grid header to complete any of the following actions:

  • To print grid data, click Print. On the Print Preview form, click File > Print to send the grid data to your default printer.
  • To export grid data to an Excel spreadsheet, click Export to Excel. When Microsoft Excel opens, use its features to modify, print, or email the grid data, or to save the spreadsheet file locally.
  • To turn on grouping for a grid, click Enable Grouping. When a field displays with the instruction: "Drag a column header here to group by that column," drag and drop column headers into the field, in the sequence that you want them to display.

Not all options are available on all grids.

Select Detail grid toolbar option After you select a price quote request in the grid, click this option to open the Request for Price Quote dialog box, which lists all of this request for price quote's items. You can then select items for the purchase order.
Select

Select this check box to create a purchase order from this request for price quote. You can select more than one request for price quote.

If you use multiple currencies, you can create a purchase order from two or more requests for price quote, but all of them must have the same transaction currency.

Req. No. This column displays the request for price quote's number.
Request Date This column displays the request for price quote's request date.
Requested By This column displays the request for price quote's requester.
Authorized By This column displays the request for price quote's approver.
Ship To This column displays the request for price quote's ship-to code.
Selected Vendor This column displays the vendor, if any, that you selected for this request for price quote's purchasing transaction.