Mandatory Purchase Order Numbers

You can make purchase order numbers a required field for customer sales, either at a system or customer level.

Require PO numbers for all new customers

You can set all customer records (Company or Contact) to have the Always Require PO# field selected by default. To apply this change as a system preference:

1. Go to Admin > General > Company Settings
2. Tick the Require PO Number option
3. Click on Save at the top of the page to apply the change.

Any new Company or Contact customer records created after this change is made will all have the Always Require PO# field selected by default.

Require PO numbers for existing customers

Open any customer record (Company or Contact) and locate the Always Require PO# field and ensure this box is ticked – then click on Save & Close to apply the change.

CRM will then make the Client PO# field on Quotes, Sales Orders and Invoices a required field for the chosen customers.

Note that you can also use Bulk Update or Export & Reimport to apply this setting to multiple records at once.