Sales Orders Fields

This section describes the fields and actions on the Sales Orders workspace.

Card Part Fields

Field Description
Sales Order Number This field displays the identification number of the sales order, which is allocated automatically by Maconomy and cannot be modified.
Customer Name

This field displays the name of the customer who ordered the items.

Customer Number

This field displays the customer identification number.

Card Part Actions

Button Description
+ New Sales Order Click this action to create a new sales order.
Click this icon to refresh data in the current workspace.

Click to display the list view.

Click to display the detailed view.

Save Click this action button to save changes to the current record. After saving changes, the record status updates accordingly, and the Save action button is disabled until additional changes are made.
Revert Click this action button to undo changes made to the current record, or to any of its lines.
Approve Click this action button to approve the current sales order. Once approved, the sales order can be invoiced.
Note: This action is shown only for users with the required permissions, and when the job uses approval hierarchies, or follows a simple workflow.
Print Invoice Click this action button to print the sales invoice.
Other Actions

This drop-down list includes the following actions:

  • Print Draft - Select this action to print the sales order draft.
  • Print Order Confirmation - Select this action to print the order confirmation for the current sales order.
  • Release to Invoice - Select this action to invoice an approved sales order. Then job item journals with job entries are created which can be invoiced in Job Cost if the Invoice in Job Cost checkbox is also selected.
  • Copy Order... - Select this action to copy a sales order. You can choose to copy all the information from the current sales order to the new one or change any of the details.

Sales Orders Fields

Field Description
Customer

This field displays the ship-to customer's name and identification number, including the address where orders will be delivered. Once order lines are created for the sales order, you can no longer update the customer's primary details.

This field also displays the customer's attention person to whom the shipment is addressed, and the customer's phone number and email address. Contact details may be updated as needed.

If you are creating a new sales order, Maconomy retrieves the customer information from the Customers workspace, but you can make the necessary changes.

Sales Rep.

This field displays the name and number of the employee who serves as the sales representative for the current sales order. Maconomy automatically assigns the representative who commonly sells to the current customer, but you can update this field as needed.

Company

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

Approved This field indicates whether the sales order is approved.
Reference

This field displays the customer contact with whom you spoke about the sale, if applicable.

Update the information as needed.

Bill to Customer

This field displays the bill-to customer's name to whom the payment information for the order is addressed. It also includes the bill-to customer's address, attention person, and additional contact details.

You can only update the bill-to customer name or identification number. After you select a name or number, Maconomy retrieves the bill-to customer's contact information from the Customers workspace automatically.

Job

This field displays the job that is linked to the sales order.

Update this information as needed.

Task

This field displays the task related to the sales order if it is linked to a job.

Update this information as needed.

Invoice in Job Cost Select this checkbox to invoice the sales order in Job Cost. You can only select this checkbox if the sales order is assigned to an open job and no items have been delivered.
Preferred Invoice Date This field displays the customer's preferred invoice date.
Currency This field displays the currency of the sales order. You cannot modify this field once order lines or charges are added to the sales order.
Price Breakdown This field displays the amount to be paid by the customer for the current sales order. Click the amount to display an info bubble with the details of the breakdown.
Payment Terms This field displays the applicable payment terms for the current customer. Select a payment term from the drop-down list to update the field.
Tax No. This field displays the customer's tax number.
Language This field displays the language to be used when printing sales orders. If applicable, Maconomy retrieves the language from the customer information in the Customers workspace, but you can update this field as needed.

Dimensions island

Field Description
Location This field displays the value for the Location dimension, if applicable. Update the field value as needed.
Entity

This field displays the value for the Entity dimension, if applicable. Update the field value as needed.

Project

This field displays the value for the Project dimension, if applicable. Update the field value as needed.

Purpose This field displays the value for the Purpose dimension, if applicable. Update the field value as needed.
Specification 2-3 This field displays the values for the Specification 2 to 3 dimensions, if applicable. Update the field value as needed.
Location Specification 1-3 This field displays the values for the Local Specification 1 to 3 dimensions, if applicable. Update the field value as needed.