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	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Handling purchase orders</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>purchase order handling</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>orders</Level1>
			<Level2>purchase order handling</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Enter a purchase order</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>You are always allowed to enter <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PurchaOrders.td" role="glossary">purchase orders</Link>. The <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4100s000" role="session">Purchase Order (tdpur4100s000)</GUIRef> session generates a new purchase order number that depends on the series entered by the user.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Change a purchase order</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>If a <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PurchaOrderH.td" role="glossary">purchase order header</Link> is updated by another user, you are not allowed to change this purchase order.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>Some fields cannot be changed once the order is inserted, such as the order type, the order date, the supplier, the financial company, the contract, the country, the currency, the currency rate and rate factor, the tax field. Generally, these constraints are valid when <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PurchaOrderL.td" role="glossary">purchase order lines</Link> are inserted.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>When a header is changed and saved to the database, the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#PurOrderHist.td" role="glossary">purchase order history</Link> is updated. Subcontracting data and contract data are updated and the order amount is recalculated.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Delete a purchase order</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>You cannot delete a purchase order header if any of the following conditions apply:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>A purchase order line is linked to a sales order (for example, direct delivery).</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The project status is not Active or Canceled.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The stock is already present (receipt has already taken place).</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The history is already updated.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The invoice is approved and financial postings are made.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000322" role="manual">Purchase orders for commingling</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000406" role="manual">Flexible purchase order processing</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
