Filter by Item in Purchasing and Inventory

Filter purchase orders or purchase requests by item name. You can select more than one item.

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🎯 Business Value

• ✅ Save time. See only the orders or requests that have the item.
• ✅ Track purchase trends or supply problems for one item.
• ✅ Make decisions with a clear view of each item.
• ✅ The filter works the same way on all purchasing screens.

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💡 Use Cases

• A procurement officer finds all Purchase Requests with “Frozen Chicken” to see which suppliers repeat.
• A purchasing manager checks Purchase Orders with “Shampoo 250ml” to confirm delivery amounts.
• The finance team checks high-value items like “Smart TV” in both PRs and POs with the same search.

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🔹 Affected Screens

• Back Office → Purchasing → Purchase Orders
• Back Office → Purchasing → Purchase Requests

Click “Back Office” New Item Filter Click “Purchase Orders” Multiselect Behavior

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Update: 25th of August 2025

Select more than one item type in all related screens.

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Business Value

• More control: Select many item types at once (for example, Profit Generating & Consumption).
• More accurate: The filter shows every type it uses. Before, it showed only one.
• Faster work: Fewer repeated searches make data entry faster.
• Same everywhere: All related screens work the same way.

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Where?

• Purchasing:
  • Back Office → Purchasing → Purchase Requests
  • Back Office → Purchasing → Receiving Orders
• Inventory:
  • Back Office → Inventory → Store Transfers
  • Back Office → Inventory → Store Usages

• Update Details:
  • Item Type Field:
    • Changed from single-select to multi-select autocomplete in all the screens above.
    • Default Filter: Now filters to “Profit Generating” & “Consumption” types.
    • You can see and change all selected types.
    • To add more types, use the multi-select.
  • Screen Behavior:
    • Item type filters work the same in all purchasing and inventory screens.
    • The filter shows all selected types, not just one.