Display Approvals Pending

Use the Pending Approval Inquiry (APPQ) program to display a listing of all transactions waiting for approval.

The program displays these fields for the orders or items that require approval:

Field Name

Displays

Type

The order type:
S/O: Sales order
SHP: Sales order shipment
INV:Sales order invoice
CM: Credit memo
P/O: Purchase order
BOM: Bill of material
ECO: Engineering change order
ECI: Engineering change order implementation

Order/Item/ECO

The order number for sales and purchase orders
Shipment number for sales shipments
Invoice number
The item number for a bill of material
The engineering change order number

Ln/ECL

The line number on an order
The Engineering Change Level for a bill of material

Approval required

The reason your approval is needed; for example:
Approval - ALL items
Order amount exceeded limit
Parent item requires approval
Item is not approved by QA
Item is not compliant

Due date

The date the approval is due

Apprv

The user who must approve

Alt 1

The alternate approver

Mgr

The manager who can override

Remarks?

A Y in this column indicates there are approval remarks for the order/item/ECO; the column is blank if no approval remarks have been entered

Description

Vendor name, customer name, ECO title, or item description

Date/Time added

The date and time the approval was requested

  1. (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 Sort tab to set sort order.

    3. Click the Selection tab to select specific records.

    4. Click the Program tab to set this program specific option:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Print S=Summary or D=Detail

Optional
1 alphanumeric

Select S to display a summary inquiry or select D to display a detail inquiry. D is the default.

  1. (Optional) Click Sum/Dtl to switch between the summary and detail inquiry displays.

  2. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Review your options for this program

Click Prog opts. See step 1.

Print the line listing

Click Print. See Print an Inquiry.

Switch between the summary and detail inquiry displays

Click Sum/Dtl. See Step 2.

Display detail for the selected order or BOM

Click Order/BOM. See Display a Summarized Sales Order, Display PO Details, Display a Single Level of a BOM. Click Exit to return to this program.

View remarks associated with the approval

Click Remarks (applicable if Y is in the Remarks column)

Display approval status

Click Approvals.

Return to the menu

Click Exit.