My Purchase Orders
When purchase orders are enabled for a company, any order for a customer signed into a company user account is automatically created as a purchase order (PO). Company users with the required permissions can create, edit, and delete POs that they create, along with the POs created by subordinate users.
Manage purchase orders
From the View Purchase Order page, the customer can manage the PO, depending on their role permissions.
- To see the PO, click View.
- To see any comments about the PO, click the Comments tab.
- To see a complete order history, click the History Log tab.
New purchase order from existing purchase order
If the customer has an existing purchase order and would like to add new items, they can generate a duplicate purchase order with new products added to the new PO. The customer completes the following steps:
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On the My Purchase Order page, the customer locates the purchase order and clicks the View link.
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The customer clicks Add Items to Shopping Cart.
The Shopping Cart page opens with all the items listed.
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Makes any additions or changes.
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(Optional) Uses the Custom Reference Number to add an internal Invoice/PO number to the order.
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Follows the normal checkout workflow and clicks Place Purchase Order.
If they have items in their shopping cart when they click Add Items to Shopping Cart, the system displays a dialog. This dialog allows them to choose between merging the cart items with the new items or replacing the items in the shopping cart with the items in the PO.
The original purchase order can be closed if it is no longer needed.
Purchase order approvals
For a customer that is designated as an approver based on company structure or assigned company role, the My Purchase Orders dashboard page displays the Requires My Approval tab. The customer clicks this tab to review POs that are waiting for their approval. The counter shows how many orders are awaiting approval.
After clicking View for a purchase order and reviewing the details, the approver can click Approve or Reject.
Bulk approval/rejection
Starting with ÃÛ¶¹ÊÓƵ Commerce 2.4.1, approvers can approve or reject multiple purchase orders at one time.
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On the My Purchase Order page, clicks the Requires My Approval tab.
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Select the checkbox for each purchase order to be approved or rejected.
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Clicks Approve Selected or Reject Selected.
A customer can select only the purchase orders with a status that allows an action. Company administrators can make bulk approvals or rejections for any active purchase orders in their company.