Purchase Request - Q&A |
How many purchase document can be created from a PRQ?
A PRQ Line can be used to create more than one purchase document as Quotation, Purchase Order or Blanket order
Can I add a purchase request line to an existing Purchase Order?
A PRQ line can be added to any purchase document.
Go to the purchase order and in “line actions” search for “Get Purchase Request lines”. The PRQ lines are prefiltered by Vendor No.. The user can clean this filter
When a PRQ becomes a Quotation, Purchase Order or Blanket Order, where can you check the type and number of the document that has been created?
the create document are reachable from the line actions
Can I modify the document report?
The printed document can be customized as any other report in business central:
a) Creating a custom layout RDLC https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/ui-get-started-layouts?tabs=copy
b) Creating a custom layout WORD https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/ui-how-add-fields-word-report-layout
c) Extending the report https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/developer/devenv-report-ext-object
d) Duplicating the original report https://github.com/EOS-Solutions/Sample/tree/master/EX046.PurchaseRequest
In most cases solution a) or b) is sufficient
Can I extend or customize the app?
Yes, Purchase request app can be extended by anyone with the appropriate knowledge
Technical documentation is available here: https://docs.eos-solutions.it/en/docs/apps-tech/f2d14c8d-6f8a-45a6-8c0e-5b3db46aa59e.html
Code Samples are available here: https://github.com/EOS-Solutions/Sample/tree/master/EX046.PurchaseRequest
Can I suggest new features or changes to the standard App?
Yes, IDEAS can be posted here https://github.com/EOS-Solutions/IDEAS/issues and will be evaluated by EOS development team
TRANSLATIONS
This app is not translated in my language, is possible to have new languages?
EOS Solutions delivers open sourced translation here https://github.com/EOS-Solutions/Translations
For new languages a new translation file and a new extension can be created and deployed as separate app
I found some bad translation in my language only for some terms, how can be fixed?
Anyone can contribute to improve translations pushing a Git commit here https://github.com/EOS-Solutions/Translations.
Our dev team will incorporate fixed terms in on of the next release. If you are not in condition to contribute this way you can log an issue request to our support service
LICENSE
What kind of BC license is required for using the Purchase Request app?
The PRQ app can be used with Team Member licenses or full. According to Microsoft Policies, Team Member users cannot create a Purchase Order, but can create a Purchase Quote. This is not depending on EOS policies. The full demo explains Team Member and Full User scenario https://www.eos-solutions.it/en/purchase-request-en.html