Purchase Releases (tdpur3620m000)

Use this session to filter the purchase releases and release lines that require a buyer's attention and to execute the appropriate actions on the lines.

Filters

You can use these filters to display the appropriate selection of releases and release lines:

  • General
    By Purchase Office, Buyer, Buy-from Business Partner, Item, Item Code System, Supplier Item, or by a combination of these fields.
  • Status
    By status.
  • Date
Note
  • The check marks next to the filter options indicate the filters that are activated.
  • The count fields display the number of lines for the filter. This number is displayed irrespective of the activation of the filter.
Tabs

The releases and release lines that match the activated filters are displayed on these tabs:

Related topics

 

General
Purchase Office

A department in your organization that is responsible for buying the materials and services required by your organization. You assign number groups to the purchase office.

Buyer

The employee of your company who is the contact to the concerned buy-from business partner. The buyer is also known as the purchasing agent.

Buy-from Business Partner

The business partner from whom you order goods or services; this usually represents a supplier's sales department. The definition includes the default price and discount agreements, purchase-order defaults, delivery terms, and the related ship-from and invoice-from business partner.

Item

The raw materials, subassemblies, finished products, and tools that can be purchased, stored, manufactured, and sold.

An item can also represent a set of items handled as one kit, or which exist in multiple product variants.

You can also define nonphysical items, which are not retained in inventory but can be used to post costs or to invoice services to customers. The examples of nonphysical items:

  • Cost items (for example, electricity)
  • Service items
  • Subcontracting services
  • List items (menus/options)
Item Code System

An external, alternate way of coding items. Coding systems can be general standard systems (such as EAN) or systems that are dependent on a specific business partner.

Supplier Item

The item code that is used by the supplier for the item specified in the Item field. You can specify the supplier's item code during order entry, after which the internally used item code is displayed.

Release Lines

The total number of purchase release lines that are displayed, based on the General filter.

Status
Created

If a check mark is displayed, release lines with the status Created are displayed.

Click Created to activate or deactivate this filter.

Count

The count of the lines for the filter, which is displayed irrespective of the activation of the filter.

Scheduled

If a check mark is displayed, release lines with the status Scheduled are displayed.

Click Scheduled to activate or deactivate this filter.

Sent

If a check mark is displayed, release lines with the status Sent are displayed.

Click Sent to activate or deactivate this filter.

Issue Date
Past Due

If a check mark is displayed, unsent release lines with the issue date in the past are displayed.

Click Past Due to activate or deactivate this filter.

Due Today

If a check mark is displayed, unsent release lines with the issue date scheduled for today are displayed.

Click Due Today to activate or deactivate this filter.

Due 1-7 Days

If a check mark is displayed, unsent release lines with the issue date in the next seven days are displayed.

Click Due 1-7 Days to activate or deactivate this filter.

Due Beyond 7 Days

If a check mark is displayed, unsent release lines with the issue date after the next seven days are displayed.

Click Due Beyond 7 Days to activate or deactivate this filter.

 

Show All

Displays all revisions of a purchase release.

Last Revision

Displays only the last revision of a purchase release.