Associating a Purchase Order with a Purchase Contract

You can associate a purchase order with a purchase contract as follows:

1. Click the Purchase Orders tab.
2. Select the purchase order that you want to associate with a purchase contract.
3. Click Edit.
4. In the Purchase Contract field, select the purchase contract that you want to associate with the purchase order.
5. Click Save.

When associating a purchase order with a purchase contract you must make sure that:

• The purchase order has a status that enables you to edit it. Otherwise you won't be able to associate the purchase order with a purchase contract.
• The selected purchase contract has a status of "Active".

Associating a Purchase Order Line with a Purchase Contract Line

You can associate a purchase order line with a purchase contract line as follows:

1. Select the required purchase order line from the Purchase Order Line Items related list.
2. In the Purchase Contract Line field, select the purchase contract line that you want to associate with the purchase order line.
3. Click Save.

When associating a purchase order line with a purchase contract line you must make sure that:

• The purchase order line belongs to a purchase order that is already associated with a purchase contract.
• The selected purchase contract line belongs to the purchase contract associated with the purchase order.
• The selected purchase contract line has a status of "Active".
  
• The purchase order line and the selected purchase contract line have the same values for the following fields: Line Type, Item Being Procured, Condition.

You can leave the Item Being Procured, Description or Condition fields blank if you want them to be automatically copied from the associated purchase contract line after saving.

Note: If these fields are set as required in your page layouts, they won't be copied.