Setting up the Order Awaiting for Approvals application
You can set up the Order Awaiting for Approvals application in order to access the orders awaiting approval. You can use it for approving, reviewing, and rejecting the purchase order.
Getting ready
Set up the Order Activity for Purchase Order Approval status, and adjust the User Profile address number in order to set up Order Awaiting for Approval.
How to do it...
Select Procurement and Subcontract Management | Daily Processing |Stock Based Purchasing | Order Generation/Approval/Release, click the arrow to the right of Orders Awaiting Approval (P43081) , and then select Values.
Enter the Awaiting Approval Status on the Process tab.
Enter the Approved Status.
Enter the Rejected Status.
On the Defaults tab, verify that the Order Type is OP.
Click OK.
How it works...
When you set up the Purchase Order Approvals (P43081) application processing option, the system activates purchase order approval. The purchase order will advance in order status based on the processing option's approved and rejected status. Specify the order type that you want to use for the approval route. The purchase order can be located based on the address book number; it can also be located based on the age of the order, so that orders requiring urgent concentration can easily be identified.
Note
OP is the document type for Purchase Orders. You can also set up your own user-defined document type for Purchase Orders.
There's more...
You should set up separate versions for each order type, in order to activate the order approval for that order type.
Tip
The application Processing Option versions can also be set up by accessing the Interactive Versions (P983051) application (IV) from the Fast Path and locating your application and the version.
See also
Working with Orders Awaiting for Approval
Setting up order activity rules in Chapter 4,Understanding and Setting up Procurement,