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

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

Field Description
Choose Specific Suggested Vendor

Select the vendor. A list of the purchase requisitions for the selected vendor displays in the grid.

If you use multiple companies, the list displays the vendors with accounting set up for the active company.

Exclude if request date prior to Specify a date to show requisitions that were requested on or after a specific request date.
Search P.R. Click this button to display, in the Purchase Requisitions on File grid, those requisitions that match the cutoff date or vendors that you specified.

Purchase Requisitions on File Grid

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 requisition in the grid, click this option to open the Purchase Requisition dialog box, which lists all of this requisition's items. You can then select items for the purchase order.
Select

Select this check box to create a purchase order from this requisition. You can select more than one requisition.

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

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