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How Are You Tracking PO Revisions and Historical Changes in Acumatica?

  • February 6, 2026
  • 2 replies
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Hi Acumatica Community,

I’m looking to learn how others are handling PO revisions in Acumatica when a PO goes through multiple changes over its lifecycle. We’re running into challenges tracking quantity changes, date changes, and other key updates because users are editing the original PO fields rather than having a clear revision history.

Today, changes overwrite prior values on the PO, which breaks reporting for vendor accountability, financial reporting, and audit visibility. We don’t have an easy way to answer questions like what changed, when it changed, or how often a vendor moved quantities or dates.

For those of you managing frequent PO updates:

  • How are you tracking PO revisions over time?

  • Are you using revision tabs, custom fields, workflows, or external reporting?

  • How do you preserve historical values for quantities and dates while still allowing operational updates?

  • How do you handle vendor accountability and financial reporting when POs change multiple times?

I’d love to hear what’s worked (or hasn’t worked) for you and whether there are standard Acumatica approaches we should be considering.

Thanks in advance for any insights you’re willing to share.

2 replies

nhatnghetinh
Captain II
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  • Captain II
  • February 7, 2026

Hi ​@AFox 

Try tracking PO changes (quantity, dates, price) is to use Business Events – Trigger by Record Change on Purchase Orders screen.
+ Track key fields (OrderQty, Requested/Promised Date, Unit Cost).
+ When a change occurs, the system can send an Email Notification or create a Task for review.
+ This improves audit visibility and accountability without customization, but it does not create true PO revisions or block edits.

 

Best Regards,

NNT


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  • Freshman I
  • February 10, 2026

Thanks for the feedback. Is there any way to create true PO revisions? In my previous role, our ERP created revision tabs—something anyone could see directly within the PO record. Is there anything like that in ACU? We are trying to be able to see them in the system of record as apposed to an email.