Create Purchase Order Quick Codes – A summary of the activity

Quick codes are user-defined values, used to categorize details based on certain characteristics. The basic quick code types for purchase order are defined in the system. You can define the quick code values for each of these quick code types, using this activity. These quick codes are later used in other activities, where the details are classified. The classification of details, based on quick codes, is to enable effective data analysis and reports generation.

The basic quick code types “Category” and “User Category”, are defined in the system. “Category” is the user-defined category for the PO and “User Status” is the user-defined status that can be assigned to a purchase order document.

Some examples of quick codes for “Category” are, “Stationary Purchase”, “Maintenance Purchase”, “Gift Purchase”, “Sample Purchase” etc. Quick codes for “User Status” could be “Hold the decision”, “Execute the decision” etc.

This activity allows you to define quick codes for purchase order category and user status. You can enter a unique identifier for the quick code and provide a description for it. The system assigns the "Active" status as soon as the quick code is created and sets the creation date and time to the server date and time.

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