Every purchase order goes through a process ‘lifecycle’ from the time it’s created, to the time it’s been paid, and filed away. Purchase Order ‘Status’ allows you to keep your purchase orders organized by the various stages of this process. You determine the process that works best for your organization.

If you don’t know where to start, you might want to begin with a fairly generic linear process that looks something like the example below, then modify it to fit your needs as you see fit.

Pending(Default)-> Submitted-> Received-> Invoice Received-> Exported

Adding Purchase Order Statuses

1. On the left-hand side of any existing purchase order, click in the Status field.
   
   

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2. Right click in the PO Status list field.

3. Hover your mouse over the ‘Add’ option, enter a name/description in the field, and press ‘Enter’.
   
   

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Renaming a Purchase Order Status

1. Repeat Step #1 from above - Click in the Status field.

2. Right click in the PO Status list field.

3. Hover your mouse over the ‘Rename’ option to make an edit to the existing name and hit ‘Enter’ to save your change.