Quick Reference: Creating Requests & Purchase Orders from the Inventory Items Screen

Quick Reference: Creating Requests & Purchase Orders from the Inventory Items Screen


Creating requests and purchase orders from the Inventory Items screen helps speed up the purchasing process.


You can create a request or purchase order directly from inventory items:
  1. Select one or more items.

  2. Right-click the selected items.

  3. Select Create Request or Create Purchase Order.

The system opens the editor for the selected purchasing document, and it can be committed as you normally would. 


Figure: Example of the right-click options to create a request or purchase order.
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