This is an AnyPO III feature.

The program can be set-up so that a head purchasing office receives requisitions (or purchase orders) from one or more departments.  (For a detailed, step-by-step procedure for setting up departments and a head office, see configuring for Head Office - Department Set-up.)

When the program is configured in this way, departments create requisitions.  Once they have been approved at the departmental level, they need to be moved to the head office for final processing.

Departments move the requisition to the head office by starting at the Main Purchase Order Screen and selecting OTHER TASKS >> MOVE REQUISITION TO HEAD OFFICE (More Information).

When the requisition is moved, it goes into a special database at the head office called the "Incoming Queue."

At the head purchasing office, each time the program is started, AnyPO checks the Incoming Queue to see if there are any requisitions.  If there are, the "Requisitions in Queue" dialog box appears.

The program activates the "Requisitions Queue" dialog when you start the program (unless there are no requisitions).  At any time, however, while using the program, you can check to see if you have any additional incoming requisitions by selecting FILE >> INCOMING QUEUE FOR REQUISITIONS.  (Note that in order to have access to the this menu, the computer you are using must be set-up as a "Head Office" computer.  A step-by-step procedure for setting up the head office is found here: Head Office - Department Set-up.)

If desired, you can view the requisitions in the queue.  Do that by clicking on the "View Requisitions" button which is found on the "Requisitions in the Queue" dialog box.  You also have some file maintenance functions that you can access from the "Requisitions in the Queue" dialog box.  You'll probably rarely ever use them, but they have been included so that you have full control of the Queue.

To move the requisitions to your main data base, click on the "Yes" button on the Requisitions in Queue" dialog box.  Once you move requisitions from the queue into your database, you'll see them on the Main Purchase Order Screen.  Any requisition that has been sent from a department will include additional information (with yellow lettering) in the middle of the screen.  The additional information includes the department, their requisition number and the date.

Note that we also have some illustrated PDF guides on the Head Office - Department Configuration.  You can reach them by clicking: