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Giving users permissions to reopen Purchase Requests?

Updated over 3 weeks ago

It is possible to give users the permission to reopen Purchase Requests. This is a "profile based permission", meaning that is granted per Security Profile.

  1. Log in to FocalPoint Administrator

  2. Browse to System Control and click on Security Profiles

  3. Highlight the security profile that you want to make changes to and click Edit

  4. Click on the Security tab

  5. Double click on Forms in the left hand menu to expand it

  6. Highlight Purchase Requests Options in the left hand menu

  7. In the right hand menu, ensure that Allow Purchase Requests to be Reopened has a tick beside it (enabled) - you can change this by double clicking on the option

  8. Click OK to save the changes

The users in the profile will now see the Reopen button on posted Purchase Requests, assuming that the following criteria is met:

  1. The order must be in the batch in Dimensions - a completed or closed order cannot be reopened

  2. The request on FocalPoint must exactly match the order in Dimensions - this means that the order cannot have been edited directly in Dimensions (for example have had lines removed or added)

  3. The order must not have an 'on hold' status in Dimensions - on hold orders cannot be reopened as the 'hold' status indicates that the order should not be updated

If the above criteria is not met, then the button simply will not appear.

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