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Automating Purchase Requests into Purchase Requisitions

  • November 7, 2025
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Hello! We are just starting to use the Purchase Request / Requisition functionality and we wanted to automate the conversion of Requests → Requisitions.

 

We are going to primarily use this functionality for three types of purchases:

  • General Purchases: Non-SO related goods that can be used anywhere (can be multi-vendor)
  • Quoted Purchases: Quoted goods that are specific to a SO and must be ordered by the quote.
  • By Description Purchases: Typical PPE, Office Supplies, Software, etc. 

However, I am getting stuck when trying to create automation schedules for these goods. I am having trouble building an automation schedule that creates requisitions by the specific vendor (for general purchases) and another automation schedule that creates requisitions by the specific quote (for quoted purchases). 

 

The two issues are, firstly, when I run an automation schedule for General Purchase requests, I find that regardless of the vendor, all processed lines get combined into one big requisition. The second is that I am having a hard time figuring out how to generate requisitions by quote for Quoted Purchases.

 

If anyone has any tips or tricks please let me know! Thank you!

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nickcerri32
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  • November 26, 2025

@jdunmire - What does everything upstream of the Automation Schedule look like?  Presumably you are using the Automation Schedule to trigger an import scenario (You could also have a business event that would trigger automatically once specific criteria is met.)  What does your flow look like to get a Request to a Requisition?  This may look like Request → Custom Gi based on one of the DACs on the Request Screen → Custom Data Provider → Custom Import Scenario → Automation Schedule → Requisition.

My guess is that this is related to one of the links in the chain before the Automation Schedule.  The primary function of the AS is to trigger a certain action (Import Scenario, Email, etc.) on a specific frequency.  Let me know - I’d be happy to help!