Generate a Purchase Order from a filter

General setup > Inventory > Purchase Orders > Generate from a filter

What is the dialog used for?

Create a purchase order generated from a filter created by the user. When Finish button is clicked then the filtered items are added to the new purchase order.

Search filter

Fields & buttons	Description
Retail group Vendor Special group Retail department	Select a filter type for each search filter line.
	If there are more than one line press this button to delete a search criteria.
	Press this button to add search criteria and narrow the filter.
	The following actions are available from a drop down menu when this button is pressed. Reset: Select this option to reset the layout to be as displayed in image above. Toggle button locations: Select this option to set the and buttons in front of the filter type.
Button: Preview	Press this button or hit enter button on keyboard to activate a search with the filters set. Click on this button to preview the items on the purchase order being created.

Preview of a filter result

Fields & buttons	Description
Item ID	Displays item ID.
Description	Displays item description.
Variant description	If the item is a variant item the variant description is displayed here.
Inventory unit	Displays the item's inventory unit.
Retail group	Displays the item's retail group.
Retail department	Displays the item's retail department.
Vendor	Displays vendor description.
Button: Next	Click on this button to finalize the purchase order.

This filter is not saved anywhere, the next time the user selects this option he needs to enter the filter again. If he wants to save a filter then a template needs to be created.

Reviewed:	August 2017
Version:	LS One 2017.2

Generate a Purchase Order from a filter

What is the dialog used for?

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