Background: Purchase Order Change Report

Use the Purchase Order Change Report (AUDPO) program to capture specific types of changes made to purchase orders. The PO Header (VP1) and PO Lines (VP1B) audit trails must be active to use this report.

The report includes this information:

  • Act (action):
    Add: A record was added
    Chg: A record was changed
    Del: A record was deleted

  • Date and time that the change was made; or when the order was added or deleted

  • Purchase branch

  • Manufacturing branch

  • PO number

  • PO line

  • Item number

  • Description: The field that changed; blank if the order was added or deleted

  • Old value: The content of the field before it was changed; blank if the order or line was added or deleted

  • New value: The content of the field after it was changed; blank if the order or line was added or deleted

  • User: The user that initiated the action

  • Menu program: The program that the user ran to cause the action

File output also includes:

  • Vendor number

  • Buyer code

  • Order type

  • PO total