Buy-from Vendor No. Field, Purchase Header Table

Specifies the number of the vendor that you buy from. When you enter the number, several other fields on the document are filled from the vendor card. You can change the vendor number as long as you have not posted the document.

If you have registered a contact person at the vendor, the program copies the contents of the Primary Contact No. field on the vendor card to the Buy-from Contact No. field. For more information, see Buy-from Contact No..

Important

All purchase headers contain two vendor numbers: A vendor number (Buy-from Vendor No.) that indicates who ships the order and a vendor number (Pay-to Vendor No.) that indicates who invoices the order.

Unless you specify otherwise, the program will automatically enter the vendor number from this field in the Pay-to Vendor No. field on the purchase header, indicating that the invoice has been sent from the vendor who also sent the items.

If the Pay-to Vendor No. field on the vendor card contains a different vendor number, the program retrieves the vendor number from that field. All vendor-related information about invoicing, discounts, statistics, and so on, refers to the vendor who sends the invoice, not the vendor who ships the items.

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Parent Tables

Table	Location
Buy-from Vendor Name 2 Field, Purchase Header Table	Purchases and Payables
Purchase Header Table	Purchases and Payables
Purchase Header Table	Purchases and Payables

See Also

Reference

Pay-to Vendor No.
Purchase Line

Other Resources

Purchasing