Display Sales Order Approval Status

Use the Sales Order Approval Inquiry (APPSQ) program to display the status of sales orders that require approval and who needs to sign off. See Road Map for work flow.

If you clicked Approvals from the Sales Order Maintenance (OE) program, skip to step 1.

Enter the sales order number or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the number from a list.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name	Displays
Order	The sales order number you entered or selected
Customer	The number of the customer for this order followed by the customer's name
Final approval Denied by	Date and time that approval was granted User who denied approval and why
Line	The line number on a sales order
Lvl	The level in the hierarchy
Reason for approval	The reason approval is needed
Status	The approval status
Appr1	The user who must approve
Appr2-5	Alternates for this approver
Mgr	The manger who may override

(Optional) Click Order to display this sales order. See Display a Summarized Sales Order, Click Exit to return to this program.
(Optional) Click Prog opts to review your options. To change them:
1. Click the Runtime tab to set runtime options. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries.
2. Click the Program tab to set this program specific option:

Field Name	Type / Max Length	Action / Description
Include history?	Optional	Select to display sales orders that have been closed and moved to history with the Sales Order Archive (OEX) program or leave blank to omit them.

1. Click Save to save these options for future use.
2. Click OK to apply these options or click Cancel to exit without applying them.

Select the line and click Detail to display the approval cycle.

The program displays these fields:

Field Name	Displays
Order no	The sales order number you entered or selected followed by the customer's name
Line	The line number on the sales order
Level	The level in the approval hierarchy
User	The user who must approve
Alt	The alternate for this approver
Approved 1 - 5	The approvers' user identification.
Amount	The approval limit amount
Date	The date that this order was approved
Time	The time this order was approved
Reason	The reason this sales order required approval
Manager	The manager who may override

Choose the appropriate options:

To	Do This
Go to a related program	Click Jump. See Jump.
Exit detail	Click OK.
Exit and return to the menu	Click Quit.

Choose the appropriate options when you click OK:

To	Do This
Display the list in the reverse order	Click For/Rev. Click again to display the list in its original order.
Review your options for this program	Click Prog opts. See Set Options for Reports and Inquiries.
Go to a related program	Click Jump. See Jump.
Display the selected PO	Click Pur order. See Display a Summarized Sales Order, Click Exit to return to this program.
Display the approval cycle for the selected line	Click Detail. See step 4.
Display the previous set of records in the file	Click Page up.
Display the next set of records in the file	Click Page down.
Display lines from a specific line	Click Restart. The program prompts for specific data based on your sort options. Enter the data for the first record you want to display or leave blank to begin the display with the first record in the file.
Print the line listing	Click Print. See Print an Inquiry.
Exit the program	Click Exit.
Exit and return to the menu	Click Quit.

Choose the appropriate options when you click Exit:

To	Do This
Display files for the selected program	Click OK.
Display the previous record in the file	Click Prev.
Display the next record in the file	Click Next.
Exit the program	Click Exit.