Acquisitions Permissions Reference

Note:
To do an acquisitions task, both the staff member and the workstation on which they are doing the task must have the permission. For more information on the set of permissions required to do specific Acquisitions tasks, see Acquisitions Workflow Permissions.

Control Record	Org Levels	Permissions	Description
Access acquisitions	System	Allow	Open Acquisitions workforms.
Adjust currency exchange rate	System, Library	Allow	Update the currency exchange rates for enabled currencies.
Check in shelf ready materials	System	Allow	Use the Check In Shelf Ready Materials workform to receive shelf-ready items.
Claim alert list	System	Access	Process and manage Acquisitions claims.
Claim record	Branch	Access, Create, Modify, Delete	Manage claiming.
Create a bib record from acquisitions and serials	System	Allow	Create bibliographic records as part of acquisitions and serials processing.
Create and delete item record from acquisitions and serials	System	Allow	Create and delete item records while performing acquisitions and serials tasks. This permission is required to automatically delete item record when deleting serials issues.
Export acquisitions data	System	Access	Access the application to export acquisitions data from the Polaris ILS.
Fiscal Years	Branch	Access, Create, Modify, Delete	Work with fiscal year records
Funds	Branch	Access, Create, Modify, Delete, Transfer money between funds.	Maintain the budget accounts owned by the branch.
Invoices	Branch	Access, Create, Modify, Delete, Pay invoices exceeding fund expenditure limits, Pay, Undo payment, Credit, Print vouchers	Maintain invoices owned by the branch.
Modify a bibliographic record from acquisitions and serials	System	Allow	Modify bibliographic records as part of acquisitions and serials processing. With this permission, you can change the Display in PAC setting for bibliographic records linked to the line items when you release or cancel a purchase order. This permission alone does not allow you to open bibliographic records and modify the MARC data. To do this, you also need the Cataloging permission Bibliographic records: Modify.
Modify tax rates table	System	Allow	Modify tax rates in the Tax Rates database table.
Process EDI invoices	System	Allow	Use the Process EDI Invoices workform to display and process EDI invoices for partial shipments.
Purchase orders	Branch	Access; Change fund, destination, collection; Create; Delete; Delete cancelled orders; Modify; Print purchase orders; Print workslips; Release order exceeding fund encumbrance limits; Release order resulting in negative fund free balance; Release, receive, cancel, close PO; Send electronic purchase orders; Undo Receipt; Change fund, destination, collection	Work with purchase orders at the branch at which the permissions were assigned.
Purge purchase orders and invoices	System	Allow	Use the purge process to remove old purchase orders and invoices from the database.
Receive ASN Shipments	System	Allow	Use the Receive ASN Shipment workform to receive shipments.
Run fiscal year utility	System	Allow	Use the fiscal year utility to roll over fiscal years.
Selection List Line Item Segments	Branch	Access; Create; Modify; Delete	Work with selection list line item segments for the branches at which the permission is granted.