Purchase Order Approval

A purchase order begins in an unapproved state and cannot be printed or received against until approved. Approval of an order can be given by anyone with sufficient purchase authority access. Purchase authority access is controlled by two security objects. The first is the 'Authority Purchase' object. This object controls the users authorisation ability. The user requires Edit access or better to this object if they are to be able to authorise other purchase orders. The user requires Add access or better if they are to be able to raise purchase orders themselves without requiring approval by another.

The second security object controlling purchase orders is the 'Limit Purchase'. This object limits the value of a purchase order that a user can authorise or raise without authorisation. The combination of the two security objects creates the following table:

Authority Purchase	Limit Purchase	Access
None, Read	Any	User can enter a purchase order but cannot approve it. User cannot authorise another purchase order.
Edit	$0	User can approve all other purchase orders. User requires other to approve own purchase orders.
	$x	User can approve other purchase orders valued at $x or less. User requires other to approve own purchase orders.
Add, Delete,	$0	User can approve all other purchase orders. User needs no approval on own purchase orders.
Manager	$x	User can approve both there own and other purchase orders valued at $x or less.