Purchasing Recurring report

The Purchasing Recurring report shows recurring transactions in Purchasing. You can see all the recurring transactions along with details such as the document type, their frequency, amount, the next date the system will generate a transaction and so on.

Use this report to see a list of transactions that have been scheduled to automatically generate based on the schedule assigned. This report only displays the next scheduled transaction. For example if you have a schedule to generate once a month over 12 months, you will see only the transaction that needs to be generated next. After the transaction has generated, then the following month's transaction will appear.

If you have many recurring transactions, you can filter the report results on a number of criteria, such as only those recurring transactions for a specific supplier or supplier type.

You can sort the results by one of a number of criteria such as Due date, Supplier ID, Supplier name, and so on. After you display the results, you can drill down into the information for the supplier and the recurring template.

Purchasers use this report to forecast the type of transactions that will be generated for a period.

For information on terms that may differ in your location, see Terminology across locales.

To access this report, go to Purchasing > All > Reports and select Purchasing recurring.

View a monthly report

  1. On the report settings page, select View.

    The report displays all results for the default reporting period.

  2. To refine the report, select Customize, and follow the steps in Customize and run below.

Customize and run

Before running the report, you can select the time period and types of items to include as well as specify how you want the report to appear.

  1. Select the reporting period from the dropdown menu, or enter the start and end dates you want the report to cover.  If you do not specify a reporting period, the system generates a report for the current month to date.
    • You can specify either the reporting period or the start and end dates, but not both.
  2. Set the filters to get the specific data you want.
    • Filters enable you to include or exclude specific types of data in the report, such as customer, item, UPC, value, or account. As a general rule, to get fewer and more precise results in your report, set more filters.
  3. Format the report.
    • Format options will vary from report to report. Generally, you can set the layout of the report and arrange how to group and display the data contained in the report.
  4. Enter a title, subtitle, and footer text for your report.
  5. To view, process, memorize, or export the report or add it to the dashboard, select one of the following:
To... ...select

View the report now, in your browser.

View

Display the report now, in printable PDF format.

Print

Generate the report and store it for later access. Reports can be either stored in My Stored Reports or delivered to a cloud storage location, such as Dropbox. Learn more about processing and storing reports.

Process & store

Add the report to your dashboard

Add to dashboard

Memorize (that is, save) the report so that later you can refer back to it or modify and re-run it.

Memorize

Export the report to a separate file that you can then distribute or save to your local drive. File formats to which you can export the report data vary among reports.

Export

Return to the main report page and refine the report further.

Customize

Time period

You can use one of the numerous pre-defined reporting periods available from the Reporting period and As of date fields, or create your own reporting period using the Start date and End date fields.

Report filters

Use the filters to focus the results of your report. In effect, filters enable you to isolate and assemble just the data you want. You can set any combination of filters.


Formatting

Use this section to specify the sort order and to change the page layout of the report.

  1. To sort the report results, select the Sort by dropdown list, and then select the category to sort by.

    The abbreviation "desc" after an option means "Descending order", such as reverse alphabetical or reverse numerical order.

  2. To change the page layout, select the Page orientation dropdown list, and then select either Portrait or Landscape.

The following table describes each item in the Format section of this report settings page:

Format options
Format Box Notes

Sort by

Date is the default.

Page orientation

Portrait is the default layout.

Portrait: display or print the report pages vertically.

Landscape: display or print the report pages horizontally.

Titles and footer

Titles, subtitles, and footers apply only to the print versions of this report. Export to Excel or CSV, or select Print for a PDF version.

What's in this report?

The default Purchasing Recurring report consists of the following columns:

Report Column Heading Description

Document type

Type of document that's recurring, for example, Inventory Receipt

Reference no.

Purchase order number or other reference number related to the supplier

Contract ID

ID associated with your supplier, if any

Frequency

How often the AP purchase invoice is paid (for example, weekly, monthly, and so on)

Start date

Date on which the series of recurring AP purchase invoices began

Doc count

Number of times the recurring transaction has occurred

Amount

Amount of the recurring transaction

Next date

Date on which the next transaction will be generated

Term

Due date

You can select any link to drill down to the details.