Define Purchase Order Issue Schedules
- For each supplier, specify the purchase order issue option.
- If you issue purchase orders by company hierarchy, ensure that the worker issuing purchase orders has a role on the company hierarchy.
- Create purchase orders.
- Configure thePurchase Order Issue Eventbusiness process and security policy.
- Security:Process: Purchase Order - Mass Actiondomain in the Procurement functional area.
Define schedules to automate issuing approved purchase orders to
suppliers. You can create multiple schedules to run concurrently or at the intervals
that meet your business needs.
- Access theSchedule Issue Purchase Orderstask.
- Specify theRun Frequency.
- DefinePurchase Order Criteria:
Option Description CompanySpecify the companies to include in this purchase order issue schedule.SupplierLimit the purchase orders issued to specific suppliers.BuyerIssue purchase orders based on buyers for the companies you select.Issue OptionSelect the issue options that you've defined for these suppliers.You define purchase order issue options in theCreate SupplierorCreate Supplier Changetask.Group Purchase Orders for PrintingSelectGroup Purchase Orders for Printingto print multiple purchase orders in a single file instead of printing each purchase order separately. - For all scheduled runs, complete theScheduletab requirements.
- ClickDone.
When the schedule runs, Workday routes purchase orders in the schedule for review. Workday
evaluates all purchase orders in the issue batch and reviewers must approve, send back, or
deny the batch as a whole.
To view future issue schedules, access the
Scheduled Future
Processes
report or the Process Monitor
report.