Bills by Purchase Receipt - no Cost displayed 24R1

Debbie,

The Total Cost has been removed from the Purchase Receipt header on the 2024R1 version.

Please see below a link to the Release Notes for more information:

https://acumatica-builds.s3.amazonaws.com/builds/24.1/ReleaseNotes/AcumaticaERP_2024R1_ReleaseNotes_Other_Enhancements.pdf

Our development team has removed this field since Purchase Receipt is not a financial document and all financial information has been excluded from this form. 

This field was not recalculating if the cost or quantity was changed in any line which had a discount applied. Only an approximate value was displayed. 

Vendor bills will have exact amounts of the PO.

@SheriThomas49 - thank you.  I had reviewed the release notes.  This is the only thing that seems related and I didn’t connect this to not being able to see the total when creating the Bill from the Receipt.

What do you mean, “Vendor bills will have exact amounts of the PO.”?

This change has put extra steps into the Bill Creation step when users use the ADD PO RECEIPT in the Bill creation.  It makes sense to use the Receipt when creating the bill, as this is usually what they are invoiced for (amount shipped). When searching for the correct receipt, this makes things very difficult when they can’t see the amount because this is all they have to go on when creating the bill in AP.  Is there any consideration in putting this back - at least in the ADD PO RECEIPT form?

AC-215309: The Total Cost box has been removed from the Summary area of the Purchase Receipts (PO302000) form for purchase receipts and purchase return documents

It would be helpful to have the Total Cost box added back to the Purchase Receipts screen.  We have added it back via customization for a number of clients that relied on the value. ​@SheriThomas49  The Ext. Cost from the detail line of the purchase order still pulls across to the Purchase Receipt.  The Total Cost box is just the sum of those lines. 

Let me help with a practical application.  If my role is manual receiving the operation is generally to first validate the items received match the vendor packing list.  Then I take that document to the computer with any manual changes that I need to make and enter the Purchase Receipt. My role has separation from the Purchase Order and Vendor bill, so my access is not even granted to those screens.

As part of that purchase receipt entry, it would be my role to validate the information on the Packing List against what we have in the ERP and that can include cost. 

We need to consider the user that would benefit.  In a high volume warehosue that uses scanners the users would never see the ERP.  In a low to moderate volume operation, users are more likely to have a paper receiving and manual entry model where information like Total Cost have value.  

Thanks for your consideration.