Workflow

Purchase Management — Purchase requests

Create, approve, share, send for quotation, copy, convert, attach, sign and report on purchase requests.

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Create a purchase request

Create a purchase requestCreate an internal requisition with requester, department/project, items, currency, totals and vendors.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → New

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Edit a purchase request

Edit a purchase requestUpdate a request while its status and permission allow editing.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Edit

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View a purchase request

View a purchase requestReview request header, lines, approval, files, quotes, signatures and totals.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request

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Delete a purchase request

Delete a purchase requestRemove a request through the supported action after checking quotations and orders.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → Delete

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Change a purchase-request status

Change a purchase-request statusUse the dedicated status action and capability.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Status

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Enter the purchase-request code and name

Enter the purchase-request code and nameSet pur_rq_code and pur_rq_name according to numbering/edit settings.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → New/Edit

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Choose purchase-request currency and rate

Choose purchase-request currency and rateSelect currency and confirm the currency_rate used for line calculations.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → New/Edit

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Link a purchase request to a project

Link a purchase request to a projectSelect the related CRM project when applicable.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → New/Edit → Project

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Link a purchase request to a sales estimate

Link a purchase request to a sales estimateSelect a related sales estimate.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → New/Edit → Sales Estimate

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Link a purchase request to a sales invoice

Link a purchase request to a sales invoiceSelect a related sales invoice.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → New/Edit → Sales Invoice

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Choose purchase-request type, department and requester

Choose purchase-request type, department and requesterSet the operational classification and owner.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → New/Edit

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Add items to a purchase request

Add items to a purchase requestSearch purchase items and enter quantity, rate, tax and discount lines.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → New/Edit → Items

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Select vendors for a purchase request

Select vendors for a purchase requestChoose vendors that may receive the shared request or quotation request.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → New/Edit → Send to Vendors

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Upload a purchase-request attachment

Upload a purchase-request attachmentAttach a supporting file.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Files → Upload

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Download a purchase-request attachment

Download a purchase-request attachmentOpen an authorised request file.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Files → Download

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Delete a purchase-request attachment

Delete a purchase-request attachmentRemove a request file.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Files → Delete

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Copy a purchase request

Copy a purchase requestCreate a new request using copied source data.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Copy

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Copy a purchase request into a purchase order

Copy a purchase request into a purchase orderUse the supported conversion/copy flow and choose a vendor where prompted.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Convert/Copy to Purchase Order

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Request vendor quotations from a purchase request

Request vendor quotations from a purchase requestSend the request-for-quotation email/public flow to selected vendors.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Request Quotation

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Share a purchase request with vendors

Share a purchase request with vendorsGenerate/use the vendor share flow and recipients.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Share Request

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Copy the public purchase-request link

Copy the public purchase-request linkObtain the supported external link for an authorised request.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Copy Public Link

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Generate a purchase-request PDF

Generate a purchase-request PDFCreate the module PDF for the request.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → PDF

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Compare quotations for a purchase request

Compare quotations for a purchase requestOpen the quotation comparison workspace and compare vendor totals/lines.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Compare Quotes

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Generate the quotation-comparison PDF

Generate the quotation-comparison PDFExport the comparison output.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → Compare Quotes → PDF

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Sign a purchase-request approval

Sign a purchase-request approvalUse a drawn or uploaded signature according to settings and the approval view.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Approval/Sign

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Review purchase-request approval information

Review purchase-request approval informationRead approvers, decisions, reasons and signature evidence.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → open request → Approval

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Filter the purchase-request table

Filter the purchase-request tableUse department and status/list filters.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request

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View project-linked purchase requests

View project-linked purchase requestsUse the Purchase Request tab added to a CRM project.Admin Area → Projects → open project → Purchase Requests

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Troubleshoot purchase-request validation

Troubleshoot purchase-request validationResolve missing department/requester, invalid items, numbering, totals, permissions or approval state.Admin Area → Purchase → Purchase Request → New/Edit

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