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Overview of a single Purchase Order
This article shows you an example of a purchase order as seen by a member of the portal licensee's staff.
Refer to this article for an example of a purchase order seen when logged in as a vendor/supplier.
General Details
In the General Details accordion, you can see the basic information of the purchase order as well as its status with the supplier via the Supplier Status and if applicable the EDI status.
Invoices
In the Invoices accordion, you can see invoices that have been raised by the supplier/vendor.
Refer to the /wiki/spaces/PSTPF/pages/1721597953article for more information on working with invoices.
Documents
Relevant documents will get automatically added to the purchase order from the DMS.
Attachments
Where required you can attach files to an order in the Attachments accordion
Communication
The Communication accordion can be used to record comments, send emails and if enabled send SMS messages.
When a user clicks the Add Comment button the following dialog is displayed.
When a user selects Send Email the following dialog is displayed.
All comments and emails are visible in the accordion;
EDI Status
If the order has been sent via EDI you can view its status. The available statuses for EDI orders are;
Awaiting Send
Sent (Unacknowledged)
Acknowledged - Success
Acknowledged - Failure