If you locate an order on your receiving page that has been cancelled/does not need to move along in the workflow, you have the ability to ignore that order. Ignoring a PO puts it in a Cancelled status.
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Select View > Receiving.
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Select a Location if assigned to more than one.
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Search for the purchase order you want to ignore.
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Only orders in Submitted to Vendor, Shipped, Disputed, and Requisition status may be ignored.
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Select the check box next to the corresponding PO.
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Select Ignore PO at the top of the grid.
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Select a Reason why this PO is being ignored.
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If you select Other as your Reason, you are expected to enter a comment in the blank that appears
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If the supplier corresponding to this order is configured to receive ignore notifications, an email address with be pre-populated in the Supplier notification sent to field
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If the supplier is configured to receive notifications you can select Copy Me to send yourself a copy.
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Click OK.
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After an order is ignored the status changes to Cancelled and the order can be found by toggling the Include Reconciled Orders switch.
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Cancellation Comments with the Reason for cancellation, who cancelled, and when the PO was cancelled can be found by clicking on the Confirmation Number hyperlink of the cancelled PO.
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Note
If an electronic invoice comes in for an "ignored" order in Canceled status, that order status will change to Shipped then require receiving.