Create Purchase Orders
The Create Purchase Orders form allows you to create purchase orders for suppliers. Purchase orders are generated from the schedule lines, according to the criteria selected on the form.
The form can be accessed from the Schedule plan form, by clicking the 
(Create Orders) button, by clicking the 
(Wizards) button and selecting Create Orders from the dropdown menu, or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + 2.
Below is a description of the form’s features.
In this section, you refresh or create purchase orders, and select the default supplier and the document type.
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Refresh Data
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By clicking the button, you refresh the data, according to the selected criteria.
The purchase orders are shown in the Purchase orders section of the form.
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Create
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By clicking the button, you create the purchase orders selected in the Purchase orders section of the form.
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Default Supplier
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Enter or select the supplier's ID, which will be entered in the lines where the supplier is not set. This way you set the supplier who is receiving a purchase order.
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Default Doc. Type
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Enter or select the document type ID that will be entered in the lines where the document type is not set. This way you set the document type in which the order will be created.
In order to create purchase orders, the document type must be set.
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In this section, you can set the criteria for the creation of the purchase orders.
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Create orders for Non-Ordered Only
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If checked, it narrows down the selection of lines in the forward material plan to only non-ordered.
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Only Plan Data
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If checked, it narrows down the selection of lines to those from the Plan only.
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From
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Enter or select the date and time of the start of the period.
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To
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Enter or select the date and time of the end of the period.
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Supplier
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Enter or select a supplier, narrowing down the selection of lines in the forward material plan to those that include a chosen supplier only.
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Doc. Type
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Enter or select a document type, narrowing down the selection of lines in the forward material plan to those that include the selected document type only.
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Item
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Enter or select the item ID.
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Name
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Enter or select the item name.
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Prim. Cat.
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Enter or select the ID of the primary category of the item.
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Sec. Cat.
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Enter or select the ID of the secondary category of the item.
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In this section, you can select the item types for which you want the purchase orders to be created.
Item types are selected if the checkbox is checked.
In this section, the items for purchase are displayed according to the needs of FMP, and the filters used in the Criteria section.
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Sel.
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If checked, it marks a line in the forward material plan to be used in creating a purchase order.
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Item ID
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Displays the ID of an item in the material plan to be used in creating a purchase order.
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Name
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Displays the name of an item in the material plan to be used in creating a purchase order.
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Date
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Displays the deliver-by date in the purchase order.
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Quantity
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Displays the quantity of an item to be ordered.
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U/M
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Displays the unit of measurement of an item.
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Supplier
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Displays the default supplier for the item. The Supplier can be changed.
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Doc. Type
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Displays the document type for the purchase order. The document type can be changed.
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Order
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Displays the ID of the purchase order.
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Ord. It.
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Displays the line number of the purchase order.
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Item Type
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Displays the ID of the item type.
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Prim. Cat.
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Displays the ID of the primary category of the item.
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Sec. Categ.
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Displays the ID of the secondary category of the item.
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Hint
After the creation of the purchase orders, the log with all the data about the purchase orders created is shown.
By clicking the  (Reports) button and Report in the log form toolbar, you can generate the 4A0 – Log report with all the data from the log.
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