Date sent to supplier info not shown on Purchase Orders


 Product(s):APM Implementation and Performance Management
 Version(s):7
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Problem Description

An APM user has need to review aging POs by the date sent the PO were sent to the Supplier but there is no specific "Date sent to supplier" attribute.

Solution

There is a PO status and a date that is updated when a status is updated called "updated on". Just open any PO based configuration and browse for "updated on" and will deliver most of what the user needs from a managing aging outstanding POs perspective. The only reason it isn't perfect is it's not a true "sent on date" only. While it does get set when the PO is marked as "Sent" this is not permanent, when the PO gets a new status change from "sent" to "closed" or "invoiced", etc, then the date gets changed again. For this user's purposes it sounds they just want to see aging POs so all they need to do is add the "updated on" column and filter by status of "sent" and it should meet the requirement.

Any more formal "date sent to supplier" would require the user to launch an enhancement request or a customization..