Item Requests Form
Use the Item Requests form to order both inventory and non-inventory items. If you use the Item Requests form for this purpose, your company can block the
menu option and send users to .You also use this form to send an item request for approval or to create a new purchase requisition that is based on an approved item request. You may want to do this if the inventory item is not in stock, or to request a non-inventory item.
Display the Item Requests Form
You display the Item Requests form in Inventory.
To display the form, complete the following steps:
- From the Vision Navigation menu, select .
- To enable the fields, click and select an item request on the lookup or click New on the toolbar.
Toolbar of Item Requests
Use the toolbar to create and modify item request records.
Contents
General Tab of Item Requests
Use the General tab to enter and edit the information that identifies an item request.
Contents
Items Grid Toolbar
Field | Description |
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View Detail | Click this option to open the Item Requests Line Detail dialog box. |
Insert | Click this option to add a row to the grid. |
Copy | Click the row to copy, then click this option to copy it. |
Delete | Click the row to delete, then click this option to delete it. |
Items Grid
Use the Items grid to identify and track the inventory items that you request to be reserved, the non-inventory items that you request to be purchased, and the project, phase, or task for which you make this request.
Field | Description |
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Item | Enter an item number or click and select an item from the Items Lookup list. |
Description | Enter or edit the description of the item. |
Category | If you selected the item from the Items lookup, this field displays the item's category.
If you entered the item, select a category from the drop-down list in this field. You can change the category if the Modify Default Item Category option is selected on the General tab of |
Qty | Enter the item's quantity, using the unit of measure that is specified in the U/M field. |
U/M | Select the item's Purchasing unit of measure from the drop-down list. |
Unit Price | Enter or edit the item's price per unit of measure. This field displays the item's average actual cost, if the item is an inventory item. |
Total | This field displays the result of the calculation Qty * Unit Price. |
Need Date | This field display the result of the calculation
Today's date + Need Days.
Need Days data is from the Inventory tab of . |
Project | Enter a project number or click
and select the project for which this inventory item is requested to be reserved. Use this field to specify the item's cost distribution project. If the item is an inventory item, specify the project for which to reserve inventory.
The Restrict Charge Companies option, on the Accounting tab of the project's Project Info Center record, controls the content of the Project lookup list here. |
Phase | This field is active if the project has phases. Click
and select the phase for which this inventory item is requested to be reserved.
Use this field to specify the item's cost distribution phase. If the item is an inventory item, specify the project for which to reserve inventory. |
Task | This field is active if the phase has tasks. Click
and select the task for which this inventory item is requested to be reserved.
Use this field to specify the item's cost distribution task. If the item is an inventory item, specify the task for which to reserve inventory. |
Inv | This check box is selected if the item is an inventory item. |
Progress Tab of Item Requests
This tab is displayed when an approval workflow is used for approving an item request. Use this tab to view the approvals and history of approval assignments associated with the item request.
Approval Grid
Field | Description |
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Responsibility | This column displays the organization role of the assigned employee for the steps of the approval workflow. |
Approver | This column displays the name of the employee that was assigned to the organization role displayed in the Responsibility column. |
Date | This column displays the date when the approval was made. By default, the approval that has the earliest date appears as the first item. |
Assignments Grid Toolbar
Field | Description |
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Show/Hide Past Assignments | Click this button to display or hide your previous assignments associated with the approval. |
Assignments Grid
Field | Description |
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Step | This column displays the step number of the assignment based on the configured workflow. |
Description | This column displays the description of the assignment. |
Responsibility | This column displays the organization role that the step is assigned to, based on the configured workflow. |
Name | This column displays the name of the employee that is assigned to the step. |
Delegate | This column displays a check box, which is selected if the employee was delegated to perform the task for the assignment. |
Due Date | This column displays the date when the assignment is due. |
Step Start Date | This column displays the date when the assignment was started. |
Action Taken Date | This column displays the date when the employee performed an action for the assignment. By default, the assignment that has the latest date appears as the first item. |
Action Taken | This column displays the action that was performed by the assigned employee. |
Comment | This column displays the comment for the assignment. |