Order Date Field, Purchase Line Table

Specifies the date when the item is ordered. It is calculated backwards from the Planned Receipt Date field in combination with the Lead Time Calculation field.

Any base calendar defined for the vendor or the location affects how the date is calculated and rounded to working days.

The two key date fields on purchase order lines are calculated as follows under different conditions.

Calculation direction	Vendor calendar defined	Vendor calendar not defined
Forward	planned receipt date = order date + vendor lead time (per the vendor calendar and rounded to the next working day in first the vendor calendar and then the location calendar)	planned receipt date = order date + vendor lead time (per the location calendar)
Backward	order date = planned receipt date - vendor lead time (per the vendor calendar and rounded to the previous working day in first the vendor calendar and then the location calendar)	order date = planned receipt date - vendor lead time (per the location calendar)

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Parent Tables

Table	Location
Sales Order No. Field, Purchase Line Table	Purchases and Payables
Purchase Line Table	Purchases and Payables

See Also

Reference

Purchase Order
Planned Receipt Date
Lead Time Calculation

Other Resources

How to: Set Up Base Calendars
How to: Assign Base Calendars
Item Vendor Catalog
Lead Time Calculation