Use this screen to create a release from a blanket purchase order (PO). You must already have established the blanket PO on the Manage Purchase Orders screen.
This screen has two tabs:
Details — Use this tab to view buyer, vendor, and change order information for the blanket purchase order and release.
Restrictions — Use this tab to view the blanket purchase order restrictions and totals.
When you open the screen, a search criteria screen displays for you to select a blanket PO.
This field displays the Blanket PO from which the release will be created.
Line numbers associated with the blanket lines display in this field and cannot be modified.
If you have selected the Copy All Blanket Lines check box, this check box is selected. You can select this check box to allow this line item to be copied to the release.
This field loads the value from the PO blanket line and can be modified if the Restrict Release Items to Items on Blanket drop-down list in the Blanket Info tab of the Manage Purchase Orders screen is No.
The item revision and description associated with this item display in these fields.
This non-editable field displays the line type. The values can be:
P — The line type is for parts.
G — This line type is for goods.
S — This line type is for services.
M — This line type is for miscellaneous items.
Enter, or click to select, a valid miscellaneous charge type, as applicable.
This field is only accessible when the Item field is left blank and the Line Type field displays M.
You must have established the type in the Manage Line Charge Types screen.
This non-editable field displays the purchase order line status. This data defaults from the Status field in the Header tab of the Manage Purchase Orders screen.
This field can display any of the following system-defined options:
Closed — This status indicates that you have closed this line and no further processing will occur.
Open — This status is the system default and is specific to standard purchase orders.
Pending — This status indicates that there are lines pending approval that cannot be received or invoiced against until their line status has been changed to Open. You cannot have Pending lines unless the entire purchase order has a Pending status.
Void — This status indicates that there are lines that have been voided, and no processing will occur; in addition, there have not been any receipts entered for these lines. This will allow the system to indicate that a quantity was ordered but was later cancelled.
System Closed — This status indicates that the system closed this purchase order because it has been fully received or vouchered if quantities are not entered.
These fields display information from the Manage Purchase Orders screen.
This field displays the blanket quantity that has not been released and is system-calculated.
Enter the quantity to be released for this item.
This field displays information from the PO blanket line which you can modify if you select No in the Do Not Exceed Blanket Gross Unit Cost on Rel Line drop-down list in the Blanket Info tab of the Manage Purchase Orders screen.
This field displays information from the PO blanket line which you can modify. Changing this value will cause the Net Unit Cost field to be recalculated.
This field displays information from the PO blanket line and can be modified. Changing this value will cause the Volume Discount field to be recalculated.
This field displays the blanket amount that has not been released and is system-calculated.
If this is an amount-only blanket line, enter the amount of this release.
The due date from the blanket PO displays here which you can modify. Enter, or click to select, a due date.
The original due date from the blanket PO displays here which you can modify. Enter, or click to select, a date.
The desired date from the blanket PO displays here. Enter, or click to select, a different date.
These fields display information from the blanket PO and can be modified.
This field displays the gross unit cost from the blanket PO. It is displayed in your company's functional currency.
This field displays the net unit cost from the blanket PO. It is displayed in your company's functional currency.
The amount of this blanket PO that has been released displays in this field in your company's functional currency.
The amount of this blanket PO that has not yet been released displays in this field in your company's functional currency.
Subtask |
Description |
Exchange Rates |
Click this link to open the Exchange Rates subtask to view exchange rate information. |
Header Documents |
Click this link to open the Header Documents subtask to assign documents to the purchase order header. |
Line Documents |
Click this link to open the Line Documents subtask to assign documents to the purchase order line. |