Select Purchase Orders For Approval Dialog Box

Use the Select Purchase Orders for approval dialog box to review all purchase orders and change orders, grouped by status, and to select and approve purchase orders. You can also generate the Purchase Order Status report.

If you use the Multicompany feature, each purchase order is owned by a specific company.

Location

To display the dialog box, complete the following steps:

  1. From the Vision Navigation menu, click Purchasing > Purchase Order.
  2. Click the Approval button on the toolbar of the Purchase Orders form.

Contents

Field Description
P. O. Number This column displays the purchase order number.
Vendor This column displays the purchase order's Vendor.
Order Date This column displays the purchase order's Order Date.
Type This column displays the purchase order's Type.
Buyer This column displays the purchase order's Buyer.
Status This column displays the purchase order's current processing status.
Closed

This column displays the purchase order's Closed status.

It is editable if your name has the Close P.O. check box selected in the Approvers grid on the Buyer/Approver tab of Configuration > Purchasing & Inventory > Company Settings.

Select Yes or No.

Amount This column displays the purchase order amount.
Currency This column displays the purchase order's transaction currency.
Ship To This column displays the purchase order's ship-to code.
Description

This field has the same data as the Descriptions field on the General tab of Purchase Orders. You can add notes about the purchase order.

This data prints on the Purchase Order Detail report and the Purchase Order Status report.

Status This column displays all purchase order processing status types.
Totals This column displays the total number of purchase orders that have the status shown.
Total This field displays the sum of all Totals.
Show Submitted, Approved, and Rejected Orders Only Select this option to show only the purchase orders that have a status of Submitted, Approved, or Rejected.
Include Closed Purchase Orders Select this option to show also the purchase orders that have a Status of Closed.
Save Click this option to save your changes.
Refresh Status Click this option to refresh the data in the Status field for all of the purchase orders shown.
Status Report Click this option to generate the Purchase Order Status Report.
Print PO Click this option to generate the Purchase Order Report for all purchase orders. To print a specific purchase order, click its row and then click this option.