PO Module Preferences window: General tab
Use the options on this tab to define and view general default settings for Purchase Order. If you land items when you order or receive, you can also establish landing defaults.
Multi-batch mode
This option only applies to receiving transactions. Select this check box if you want to use multiple batches to receive and post transactions.
Multiple users per batch
This option only applies to receiving transactions. Select this option to allow multiple users to simultaneously access the same batch.
Pre-issue purchase order numbers
Select this check box to activate the
Issue Purchase Order Numbers choice on the
Options menu. This option allows you to pre-issue numbers to your buyers. If you choose to pre-issue purchase orders, you must do so for all buyers. In other words, you cannot pre-issue numbers to one buyer and let another buyer use online numbering.
If you choose to pre-issue purchase order numbers, the option in Sales to create purchase orders in the Sales entry windows will be disabled.
Online purchase order numbering
If you chose to pre-issue purchase orders, this option is unchecked and disabled by default. If you selected to allow multiple users to log into a batch, then this option is checked and disabled by default.
Select this check box to assign the purchase order number when the order is saved; it cannot be edited afterwards. This can prevent entering duplicate purchase order numbers.
If this check box is unchecked, the number is assigned when you open the
PO Enter Purchase Orders window and you can edit the number.
Print signature line on purchase orders
Select this check box to print a signature line at the bottom of your purchase orders. You might want to select this option if your requisition and/or approval process requires a signature on the purchase order.
If you customize the purchase order format in Denali using Crystal Reports, the signature line might not print depending on your customization.
Auto format comments
Select this check box to auto format comments you add to purchase orders. If you select this check box, when you use the
PO Edit Purchase Order Comments window to enter the comment, the system formats the comment to fit in the
Description field of the
PO Enter Purchase Orders window detail grid as closely as possible, which includes word wrap if necessary.
If you leave this check box unchecked, the system formats the comment exactly as you type it in the Editor window and limits each line of type to 50 characters. This means that as you type the comment, any line breaks, spaces, or other characters you enter appear exactly as you type them. If you go over the 50 character maximum for a comment line, an error message appears when you attempt to close the Editor window that indicates you need to correct your comment(s).
Show alert when cost increases
Select this check box to prompt your clerk(s) when an inventory cost increases from the original transaction entry. The system compares the Actual Cost on the purchase order to the Last Cost of the stock item. If there is an increase in cost, the prompt appears when the clerk receives the item.
Enable encumbering (Fund product only)
Select this check box if you want to encumber transactions. If this check box is checked, you can set up an encumbrance field in the layout, process batches, print the edit report, and post from the Purchasing menu.
If you choose to encumber, the option in Sales to create purchase orders in the Sales entry windows will be disabled.
Last Posting Number
This is a read-only field that shows the last posting reference number that was used or posted.
Last Batch Number
This is a read-only field that shows the last batch number in which purchase orders were received.
Landing
This section is optional. If you land items, use the options in this section of the General tab to define default settings specific to landing items.
Items to Land
Use this drop-down list to select the type of items to which landing should apply. Your options are as follows:
• None: this option disables landing (that is, any landing-related fields in Purchase Order are disabled or hidden).
• Inventory: this option indicates that landing only applies to Inventory items.
• All Lines: this option indicates that landing applies to both Inventory items and direct expenses.
Landing Costs
Use the options in this area to define the type of costs you want to land. Your options to land are: Freight, Tax, and Discount.
Landing Method
Use this drop-down list to select how to distribute landing costs. Your options are as follows:
• Automatic Distribution: this option automatically distributes a percentage of the total landing cost to each line item received in the purchase order based on the setting in the Items to Land field of this window.
• Select Line Items to Land: this option allows your clerks to manually specify which line items will have a percentage of the total landing cost applied when receiving the items.
Sales Tax ID #
Enter the sales tax identification number issued to you by your state or local taxing agency. This information is optional and anything you enter in this field will print on your purchase orders.
Open PO Method
Use this drop-down list to determine whether or not you can add to or edit purchase orders after you save them. Your options are:
• All Purchase Orders are open: purchase orders remain in the open file and you can edit or add to them until you select the Completed check box in the PO Receive Items window.
• All Purchase Orders are closed: purchase orders are closed and you cannot edit or add to them after you save them.
• Manual Selection with cutoff: you must manually label purchase orders as open or closed in the PO Enter Purchase Orders window. If you enter a cutoff date, the system automatically closes the selected purchase order at the end of the day on the specified date.
• Manual Selection without cutoff: you must manually label purchase orders as open or closed in the PO Enter Purchase Orders window.
If you change this setting after you save purchase orders into the system, the change will not affect your previously-saved orders.
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Published date: 03/16/2021