Create one PO from a Consolidation Opportunity when the Requested dates are updated on the lines using the Bulk Edit function.

The consolidation opportunity is often used to group purchase requisition lines for similar products to streamline the procurement process with a vendor.  However, current functionality does not support this when multiple lines with different requested dates and accounting dates have been added to the opportunity.

The process is as follows:

1. Set the Use requested date as accounting date parameter in the Purchase requisition control rule policy is set to "Yes".


2. Create and approve requisition lines with different requested dates (accounting dates will match the requested dates based on the parameter in step 1).


3. Create a consolidation opportunity and add the lines created in step 2 to the opportunity.


4. Update the requested date and vendor on the opportunity lines using the Bulk edit function.  The accounting date will automatically update to match.


5. Close the consolidation opportunity.


6. Multi-select the consolidation opportunity lines and click the Create purchase order button.

Current functionality will result in multiple purchase orders being created (corresponding with the lines that originally had different dates).

This is not intuitive or productive.  Now, the procurement department needs to either:

1. Manage several purchase orders for the same vendor instead of having all the consolidation opportunity lines appear on one purchase order; or


2. Manually delete the "extra" purchase orders and add the lines to one of the POs that was generated.  This will result in the reference being lost between the requisition and the purchase order.