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Special PO format for International Vendor (Export Scenario or Report)

  • October 31, 2025
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nickcerri32
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Hey, Team - I’ve got a customer who has a particular overseas Vendor that requires their POs provided in a unique format.  I’m not entirely sure what direction to go here, if this is better suited for an export scenario or a report.  Any assistance would be much appreciated!

The format is as follows:

 

 

The .txt file would look something like this.  

 

Best answer by Django

Multi-format export scenarios can be tricky to set up without setting up a custom data provider.

Do you have anyone who can do customizations?  This first part of this blog post by ​@Yuriy Zaletskyy almost describes exactly the mechanical process of what you want to do (except that it is using Excel).

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  • October 31, 2025

Multi-format export scenarios can be tricky to set up without setting up a custom data provider.

Do you have anyone who can do customizations?  This first part of this blog post by ​@Yuriy Zaletskyy almost describes exactly the mechanical process of what you want to do (except that it is using Excel).


nickcerri32
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  • November 11, 2025

Multi-format export scenarios can be tricky to set up without setting up a custom data provider.

Do you have anyone who can do customizations?  This first part of this blog post by ​@Yuriy Zaletskyy almost describes exactly the mechanical process of what you want to do (except that it is using Excel).

Thanks for your response, ​@Django.  We have decided to perform this as a customization directly on the Purchase Orders screen based on a specific vendor.  


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  • Captain II
  • November 11, 2025

I just realized that I didn’t actually link to the article I was talking about.

https://blog.zaletskyy.com/post/2023/09/05/how-to-work-with-excel-files-in-acumatica