The following describes how to attest a purchase order. This means that the order will not be held and can be further processed.
- Create a new purchase order and enter one order line. For information about entering purchase orders, see Manually enter a purchase order.
- You access Work with purchase orders, Order lines. (Tip: If you access the Add lines panel instead, click Back once). You do not need to remember that the order has to be attested. When exiting the order, the system will send you a message indicating that the order has not been attested. Click OK.
- The same panel is displayed with the message at the bottom of the panel indicating that the order has not been attested. Click Header to access the Order header panel where you attest the order. (Tip: If you, for whatever reason, do not want to attest the order at this point, click Back.)
- You access the Work with purchase order, Order header panel
- Hold order
- The field is set to YES since the order is held because it has not yet been attested. You cannot change the field. It will automatically be set to NO when the order is attested.
- Reason code
- Displays reason code 32 which means “Held because it is not attested”. All reason codes are defined in the Order held reason codes table. You cannot change the field. The code will automatically be removed when the order is attested.
- Security cde
- Enter your security code. When this is done the order will be considered attested and it will be automatically released. Note: The value you enter in this field is not displayed on the panel.
- You access Order lines again. Click OK. Since you have now attested the order, no warning message is displayed. The order is not held and can be further processed. Exit the routine.
When the Security cde field is completed, click OK.