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Approve a requisition

Purchasing > Maintenance > Approve Requisition

Only users who have permission to approve requisitions can access the Approve Requisitions page. This page allows approvers to:

  • Approve or disapprove individual requisition items.
  • Approve or disapprove the entire requisition.
  • Return the requisitions and/or line items to the originator for additional editing.



If you are the final approver, the vendor and account codes must be completed before the requisition is approved.

If you want another individual to review the requisition before you review it, you can insert an approver prior to your name.

If you want another individual to approve the requisition after you, you can add an approver after your name. Click Path to add approvers to the approval path.

Retrieve an existing record.
Requisition NbrType the six-digit requisition number to be retrieved, if known. Leading zeros are not required. However, if alphanumeric values are entered, the field is not zero-filled.

Click Retrieve. If the requisition number is not known, click Directory.

Requisition Approval Page

The selected requisition is displayed. Review the requisition data and make changes as needed. Otherwise, use the following steps to approve, skip, or return a requisition.

Note: If Reset Approval Path Purchasing is selected on the Finance > Tables > District Finance Options > Finance Options page, any changes will cause the requisition to be returned to the originator for resubmission.

Approve

Click to approve the requisition and forward the requisition to the next approver in the approval path.

Note: An error message is displayed when approving a requisition that contains a line item without an account code. The originator can submit a requisition without an account code, but a requisition cannot be approved without an account code.

A message is displayed indicating that the approval is completed. Click OK.

If the final approver approves the requisition, the requisition is converted to a purchase order and the following message is displayed.

SkipClick to continue to the next requisition without taking action on the currently displayed requisition.
Return

Click to disapprove the complete requisition and return the requisition to the originator. If there are changes to the requisition, a pop-window with the requisition details is displayed prompting you to verify and continue. If there are no changes, a pop-window is displayed prompting you to continue.

  • Click Yes to continue. A message is displayed indicating that the requisition was returned. Click OK.
  • Click No to return to the Approve Requisition page without returning the requisition.

The originator can edit the returned requisition and resubmit it.

Click Comments to provide notes to the originator about the return reason.

If there are changes to the requisition, a pop-window with the requisition details is displayed prompting you to verify and continue.

Click Yes to continue. Otherwise, click No.

general/approvereceivepos_approverequisition.txt · Last modified: 2022/07/27 19:00 by emoreno