What does “Approved” mean in the Status column on the Open Requisitions screen?
This indicates that a person with the appropriate approval authorization status in Purchasing has approved the requisition so that it can be auto-created into a purchase order. Can a requisition that was phoned in (standing order) be queried upon using the Web Query tool? Yes, this is possible if someone is using a University-wide or departmental blanket with defined items (standing) order for which they will receive a PO release number. However, this is not possible when phoning in a release against a contract order (orders without defined items and prices that are under $2000). If a requisition is in the system as approved, why would it still not be turned into a purchase order after several weeks? When the buyer auto-created the purchase order, they only picked up one line of the requisition. Upon the purchase order number creation, they entered the two other lines on the purchase order manually, rather than using the auto-create function. The requisition lines will remain open unti
