USER MANUAL TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction... 1 Benefits of Purchasing Assistant... 1 Pre-requisites... 1 Installation... 2 Installation Steps... 2 Configuration Steps... 4 Procedure... 7 Product-Supplier Relationship... 7 Creating Sales Order... 9 Purchasing Assistant Version: 1.1 Compatibility: Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2016(v8.0) and above Generating Purchase Order... 10 Generating Purchase Order Report... 12 Creating Purchase Invoice... 13 Completing Invoice... 15 Generating Purchase Order Invoice Report... 16 Un-installation Steps... 18 Contact Us... 19
Introduction Purchasing Assistant is used to complete purchase process and make purchasing process more efficient with better inventory and payment tracking. Keep records of your purchases and generate Purchase Orders and Purchase Invoices in Dynamics CRM. Streamline your purchasing process more efficient and with better inventory and payment tracking. Benefits of Purchasing Assistant Purchase order records ensure that information is readily available and with over time one can build up a picture of purchasing trends and vendor behavior. Purchasing Assistant ensures accuracy in one s orders. Makes purchasing process more efficient. Save purchase order PDF and purchase invoice PDF. Pre-requisites Following points must be followed before starting the Plugin installation: You should be logged into Dynamics CRM Online. www.appjetty.com 1
Installation Installation Steps To install Purchasing Assistant plugin, the following steps has to be followed: On purchasing the plugin, you will get a zip file named PurchasingAssistant_managed.zip. PurchasingAssistant_managed.zip Login into your CRM Account and click on settings ->solutions Click on Import to upload and install the Solution. Click on Browse button and choose the Package Zip File for Purchasing Assistant from the Import Solution Window www.appjetty.com 2
Click on Next for further processing. Check the box to enable any SDK message processing steps included in the solution and click on Import button to Import the Solution Click on Close after successful completion message is displayed. www.appjetty.com 3
Once you import the solution, it will be displayed in the solutions grid view. Configuration Steps Double click on Inventory Manager solution to configure the plugin with your license key This will open up a new window. Click on Configuration from the options provided on the left side. You can request for a trail key, for a one month free trial or directly purchase the license. www.appjetty.com 4
To get a one month free trial license key fill out the details and click on REQUEST TRIAL KEY button. You will receive a mail with the Trial Key on the provided email address. Enter the License key received on email and click on Submit button. www.appjetty.com 5
Once your trial period expires, a message will be displayed that Your plugin is expired. To renew your license, click on Renew and you will be redirected to our website. Purchase the plugin with the same domain details and then click on UPGRADE button. You can directly purchase the license for paid version also. Click on the purchase license link and purchase the paid version. www.appjetty.com 6
Procedure Product-Supplier Relationship To create a product supplier relationship, navigate to sales -> products. Go to the detail view of a product. www.appjetty.com 7
You can directly assign a supplier for a product or add a new supplier and then assign. To assign a supplier click on Assign Supplier button. This will open up a pop up with a dropdown to choose a supplier for the product. Select a supplier from the dropdown and click on Assign Supplier button. You can also add a new supplier for the product. To add a new supplier click on Add Supplier button. This will open up a new window where you can enter the details of a supplier and add the supplier to the list. www.appjetty.com 8
Creating Sales Order To create a new Sales Order, navigate to Sales -> Orders Either create a New Sales Order or select from the existing orders. Select the products in two different ways : Create New Order Select Existing Order To create a new order click on New and enter details such as: Product Name, Price per Unit, Quantity etc. You can also add products to an existing order. Once the order is created, select products with the help of look up and add them. www.appjetty.com 9
Generating Purchase Order Purchase order allows buyers to clearly and explicitly communicate their intentions to sellers. It helps a purchasing agent to manage incoming orders and pending orders After adding the products, to generate the Purchase Order click on Generate PO which is available at more options on the CRM ribbon as shown below: Clicking on Generate PO will open a new window in which you can select supplier for each product. If you have already assigned a supplier to a product then that supplier will be selected by default and if you want to change the supplier then you can select a supplier from the dropdown list. www.appjetty.com 10
You can also add a new supplier by clicking on Add Supplier button. Fill in the supplier details and click on Save to add the supplier Select the products and click on Create PO button. This will create a Purchase Order based on the selection of suppliers and a success message will appear. Click on OK button to continue Once a P.O is generated, it will be displayed on the order page as shown in reference screen below. Purchase Orders will be created and visible as created PO s as shown below. www.appjetty.com 11
Generating Purchase Order Report To generate a Purchase Order Report navigate to the products module and click on View Purchase Orders. A list of created purchase orders will be displayed. Go to Detail view of a Purchase Order to generate the report. Click on Run Report and select Purchase Order. www.appjetty.com 12
You can also save the Reports in the following formats: XML, CSV, PDF, TIFF, Excel and Word. Creating Purchase Invoice To create a Purchase Invoice go to the Purchase Order detail page and click on RELEASE to release the Purchase Order and enable Purchase Invoice Option www.appjetty.com 13
Now, click on Create Purchase Invoice from More options as shown below. This will open up a new window in which you can enter the quantity received from your supplier, or change price if it is different. Click on Create Invoice button to create the purchase invoice. This will create a Purchase Invoice and a success message will appear. Click on OK button to continue www.appjetty.com 14
Once a Purchase Invoice is generated, it will be displayed on the purchase order page as shown in reference screen below. Invoice will be created and visible as created Invoice s as shown below. Completing Invoice To complete an invoice, go to the detail view of an invoice and click on COMPLETE INVOICE as shown in the reference screen below. www.appjetty.com 15
Generating Purchase Order Invoice Report To generate a Purchase Order Invoice Report navigate to the products module and click on View Purchase Order Invoice Go to Detail view of a Purchase Order Invoice www.appjetty.com 16
Click on Run Report and select Purchase Invoice. This will open up a New Window with the Purchase Order Report. You can save the Reports in the following formats: XML, CSV, PDF, TIFF, Excel and Word. www.appjetty.com 17
Un-installation Steps To uninstall the Solution, navigate to Settings - > Solutions Check on the Plugin Name and click on Delete Click on OK to delete and uninstall the solution from CRM. www.appjetty.com 18
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