In many instances, multiple approved purchase requisition lines (from different purchase requisitions) can be procured from the same vendor.  However, it is highly unlikely that the requisition lines from the different requisitions have the same accounting date (which can be defaulted from the requested date via Purchasing policies).

A parameter should be added to the Purchase order creation and demand consolidation rule in Purchasing policies to “Allow consolidation of requisition lines with different accounting dates”.  This will allow flexibility for organizations where the accounting date provided by the requester is not critical.

D365 would do the following when the parameter is set to “Yes” and the user attempts to create a PO for multiple requisition lines where the accounting dates differ.

1. Indicate to the user that the requisition lines have different accounting dates and ask if they would like to proceed with creating a single PO (from the Release approved purchase requisitions list page or the Consolidation opportunities form).


2. Ask the user to provide the accounting date for the PO header.


3. Create the purchase order.