Queuing Purchase Orders

You can turn on your Indicate in TLOC that PO requested Acquisition Option so that when you queue a purchase order, the order record's TLOC value changes to "p".

To queue a purchase order:

  1. Create the order record.
  2. Check the Queue P.O. box.

The initial setting for the Queue P.O. box is determined by the Queue Purchase Orders for records? option in the Options dialog for new order records. Sierra does not display the Options dialog if you have selected the Don't ask these questions when creating new order records setting. In that case, you can check the Queue Purchase Orders for records? setting.

  1. Save the record.

Once you save, your order is queued to the purchase orders file, and the Queue P.O. box is cleared. The system clears the box so that you don't queue another purchase order if you save the record again. If you do queue a purchase order twice, Sierra removes the duplicate order. The order appears only once in the print or send queue.

Status 1 Orders

Purchase orders cannot be queued for orders with a STATUS of "1" [On hold (not yet encumbered)]. When you change an order's STATUS from "1" to "o" (On order), the system prompts you to queue a purchase order.

See also:
Printing Purchase Orders
Sending Purchase Orders Electronically