General information about PO Line templates
- Creating and using PO Line templates can save time when creating a POL.
- A user can chose from a set of Public templates or create any number of their own private templates.
- The templates save information from the POL summary tab
- They do not save the Purchase type or PO Line owner fields
List of fields saved in a template from the POL Summary tab
Using and manipulating PO Line templates
Using a Private or public template
- On the PO Line owner and type screen; fill in the Purchase type and PO Line owner fields
- choose a template from the Load from template drop down menu
Creating or editing a Private template (use capital P or lower case p? Public vs Private – are these different? see examples in orange below)
- Follow the procedure for manually creating a PO line. See Creating a One time (Monograph) and Continuous (Standing order and Serial) Order Line: Physical for more details
- Enter (or edit) the relevant fields for your template
- Click Save as template, which is one of the commands under the ellipsis to the right of the "Purchase Order line details" header. The Save as Template pop-up window appears:
- Enter a template name
- To replace an existing template, select the current template in Existing Template.
- You will only be able to edit your own existing templates
- You can use a public template as the basis of your own version by calling it up under the Existing templates, Changing the Template name, and saving it as a Private template.
- You can also call up any existing POL, choose Edit and save that as a template
- Click Save
- If you are replacing an existing template, click Confirm in the confirmation dialog box
- Note: a PO line is NOT created during the save process
How is a public template created or edited?
Deleting a private template
- Call up any POL and click on Save as template
- Instead of saving, select the template you wish to delete fro the Existing template list
- Hit delete
- Note: only those with the Acquisitions Administrator role can delete Public templates (why are we noting this here? this is about deleting private templates, not public)