Keep accurate record of your purchase orders & manage your business efficiently avoiding any mismanagement using purchasing assistant plugin for microsoft dynamics crm. To Know More : https://www.appjetty.com/dynamicscrm-purchasing-assistant.htm
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Purchasing Assistant
Version: 1.1
Compatibility:
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016(v8.0) and above
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction....................................................1
Benefits of Purchasing Assistant ....................1
Pre-requisites .................................................1
Installation......................................................2
Installation Steps.........................................2
Configuration Steps.....................................4
Procedure .......................................................5
Product-Supplier Relationship....................5
Creating Sales Order ...................................7
Generating Purchase Order ........................8
Generating Purchase Order Report ..........10
Creating Purchase Invoice.........................11
Completing Invoice ...................................13
Generating Purchase Order Invoice Report
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Un-installation Steps ....................................16
Contact Us ....................................................17
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Introduction
Purchasing Assistant is used to complete purchase process and make purchasing process more efficient
with better inventory and payment tracking. Keep records of your purchases and generate Purchase
Orders and Purchase Invoices in Dynamics CRM. Streamline your purchasing process more efficient and
with better inventory and payment tracking.
Benefits of Purchasing Assistant
Purchase order records ensure that information is readily available and with over time one can
build up a picture of purchasing trends and vendor behavior.
Purchasing Assistant ensures accuracy in one’s orders.
Makes purchasing process more efficient.
Save purchase order PDF and purchase invoice PDF.
Pre-requisites
Following points must be followed before starting the Plugin installation:
You should be logged into Dynamics CRM Online.
You will require a Product License Key to activate the Plugin. To obtain the License Key just drop
us a mail @ support@appjetty.com along with your Domain Name.
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Installation
Installation Steps
To install ‘Purchasing Assistant’ plugin, the following steps has to be followed:
On purchasing the plugin, you will get a zip file named PurchasingAssistant_managed.zip.
PurchasingAssistant_managed.zip
Login into your CRM Account and click on settings ->solutions
Click on ‘Import’ to upload and install the Solution.
Click on Browse button and choose the Package Zip File for Purchasing Assistant from the Import
Solution Window
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Click on ‘Next’ for further processing.
Check the box to enable any SDK message processing steps included in the solution and click on
‘Import’ button to Import the Solution
Click on ‘Close’ after successful completion message is displayed.
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Once you import the solution, it will be displayed in the solutions grid view.
Configuration Steps
Double click on ‘Purchasing Assistant’ solution to configure the plugin with your license key.
This will open up a new window. Click on ‘Configuration’ from the options provided on the left
side.
Enter your plugin license key and click on ‘Submit’ button.
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Procedure
Product-Supplier Relationship
To create a product supplier relationship, navigate to sales -> products.
Go to the detail view of a product.
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You can directly assign a supplier for a product or add a new supplier and then assign.
To assign a supplier click on ‘Assign Supplier’ button. This will open up a pop up with a dropdown
to choose a supplier for the product.
Select a supplier from the dropdown and click on ‘Assign Supplier’ button.
You can also add a new supplier for the product.
To add a new supplier click on ‘Add Supplier’ button. This will open up a new window where you
can enter the details of a supplier and add the supplier to the list.
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Creating Sales Order
To create a new Sales Order, navigate to Sales -> Orders
Either create a New Sales Order or select from the existing orders. Select the products in two
different ways :
Create New Order
Select Existing Order
To create a new order click on ‘New’ and enter details such as: Product Name, Price per Unit,
Quantity etc.
You can also add products to an existing order. Once the order is created, select products with the
help of look up and add them.
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Generating Purchase Order
Purchase order allows buyers to clearly and explicitly communicate their intentions to sellers. It
helps a purchasing agent to manage incoming orders and pending orders
After adding the products, to generate the Purchase Order click on ‘Generate PO’ which is
available at more options on the CRM ribbon as shown below:
Clicking on ‘Generate PO’ will open a new window in which you can select supplier for each
product.
If you have already assigned a supplier to a product then that supplier will be selected by default
and if you want to change the supplier then you can select a supplier from the dropdown list.
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You can also add a new supplier by clicking on ‘Add Supplier’ button.
Fill in the supplier details and click on ‘Save’ to add the supplier
Select the products and click on ‘Create PO’ button. This will create a Purchase Order based on the
selection of suppliers and a success message will appear. Click on ‘OK’ button to continue
Once a P.O is generated, it will be displayed on the order page as shown in reference screen
below. Purchase Orders will be created and visible as created PO’s as shown below.
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Generating Purchase Order Report
To generate a Purchase Order Report navigate to the products module and click on ‘View
Purchase Orders’.
A list of created purchase orders will be displayed.
Go to Detail view of a Purchase Order to generate the report.
Click on Run Report and select ‘Purchase Order’.
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You can also save the Reports in the following formats: XML, CSV, PDF, TIFF, Excel and Word.
Creating Purchase Invoice
To create a Purchase Invoice go to the Purchase Order detail page and click on ‘RELEASE’ to
release the Purchase Order and enable Purchase Invoice Option
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Now, click on ‘Create Purchase Invoice’ from More options as shown below.
This will open up a new window in which you can enter the quantity received from your supplier,
or change price if it is different.
Click on ‘Create Invoice’ button to create the purchase invoice.
This will create a Purchase Invoice and a success message will appear. Click on ‘OK’ button to
continue
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Once a Purchase Invoice is generated, it will be displayed on the purchase order page as shown in
reference screen below. Invoice will be created and visible as created Invoice’s as shown below.
Completing Invoice
To complete an invoice, go to the detail view of an invoice and click on ‘COMPLETE INVOICE’ as
shown in the reference screen below.
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Generating Purchase Order Invoice Report
To generate a Purchase Order Invoice Report navigate to the products module and click on ‘View
Purchase Order Invoice’
Go to Detail view of a Purchase Order Invoice
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Click on Run Report and select ‘Purchase Invoice’.
This will open up a New Window with the ‘Purchase Order Report’.
You can save the Reports in the following formats: XML, CSV, PDF, TIFF, Excel and Word.
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Un-installation Steps
To uninstall the Solution, navigate to Settings - > Solutions
Check on the Plugin Name and click on ‘Delete’
Click on ‘OK’ to delete and uninstall the solution from CRM.
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Contact Us
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