Emailing purchase orders
Once the order is ready to be sent to the supplier, you can email it to the creditor and other recipients instead of printing. You can:
- preview the order on the screen before emailing it
- email the order without previewing
- add or remove recipients from the email.
Previewing an order
- Select Module > Creditors > Purchase Order Maintenance.
The Set Purchase Order Search Criteria window is displayed.
Tip: You can also access the purchase order functions by clicking . - Search for the purchase order. See Searching for purchase orders.
The General tab of the Purchase Order Maintenance window is displayed. - Select Email from the Notify By drop-down list.
- Select Preview.
- Click .
Note: If the creditor does not have email selected as their Purchase Order Notify Method, appears next to the Notify By drop-down list. Check the creditor has an email address listed in the Creditor Maintenance window before continuing. See Creditor Maintenance - General tab. Also see Creditor Maintenance - Account tab. - Click .
The G/L Budget Purchase Order window is displayed. - Click .
The Send Purchase Order Notification Email window is displayed. - Click .
The preview of the purchase order is displayed.
Emailing an order
To email an order:
- Select Module > Creditors > Purchase Order Maintenance.
The Set Purchase Order Search Criteria window is displayed. - Search for the purchase order. See Searching for purchase orders.
The General tab of the Purchase Order Maintenance window is displayed. - Select Email from the Notify By drop-down list.
- Clear the Preview field if required.
- Click .
Note: If the creditor does not have email selected as their Purchase Order Notify Method, appears next to the Notify By drop-down list. Check the creditor has an email address listed in the Creditor Maintenance window before continuing. See Creditor Maintenance - General tab. Also see Creditor Maintenance - Account tab. - Click .
Note: If the purchase order has already been emailed, is displayed.
The G/L Budget Purchase Order window is displayed. - Click .
The purchase order notification is emailed.
Adding and removing recipients from the email
To add and remove recipients from the email:
- Select Module > Creditors > Purchase Order Maintenance.
The Set Purchase Order Search Criteria window is displayed. - Search for the purchase order. See Searching for purchase orders.
The General tab of the Purchase Order Maintenance window is displayed. - Select Email from the Notify By drop-down list.
- Select Preview.
- Click .
Note: If the creditor does not have email selected as their Purchase Order Notify Method, appears next to the Notify By drop-down list. Check the creditor has an email address listed in the Creditor Maintenance window before continuing. See Creditor Maintenance - General tab. Also see Creditor Maintenance - Account tab. - Click .
Note: If the purchase order has already been emailed, is displayed.
The G/L Budget Purchase Order window is displayed. - Click .
The Send Purchase Order Notification Email window is displayed. - Select the recipients you want to email the purchase order notification to. Clear any recipients whom you do not want to send the email to.
Note: The Additional Email Addresses field can be configured in the Finance Configuration Maintenance window. See Synergetic Financial Configuration - Business Units - Purchase Orders sub-tab. - Click .