API - Purchase_Search - Purchase Orders

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Sandbox Search for Purchases under a given supplier not returning a result, but there are 3 POs listed under the supplier account in QF

<Purchase_Search  xmlns="http://www.QuickFile.co.uk"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.QuickFile.co.uk http://www.quickfile.co.uk/WebServices/API/Schemas/invoices/Purchase_Search.xsd">
    <Header>
        <MessageType>Request</MessageType>
        <TestMode>false</TestMode>
        <SubmissionNumber>0000000209</SubmissionNumber>
        <Authentication>
            <AccNumber>6131437188</AccNumber>
            <MD5Value>5272395969e923ada8a99e0f0a2fdca7</MD5Value>
<ApplicationID>cd017320-f414-4a09-8203-5a2ec05a0384</ApplicationID>
        </Authentication>
    </Header>
    <Body>
        <SearchParameters>
            <ReturnCount>10</ReturnCount>
            <Offset>0</Offset>
            <OrderResultsBy >ReceiptNumber</OrderResultsBy>
            <OrderDirection>ASC</OrderDirection> 
            <ShowDeleted>false</ShowDeleted>
            <SupplierID>1</SupplierID>
            <ReceiptNumber></ReceiptNumber>
            <ItemDescription></ItemDescription>
            <ReceiptDateFrom>2010-01-01</ReceiptDateFrom>
        </SearchParameters>
    </Body>
</Purchase_Search>

RESULT IS 0

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Purchase_Search>
  <Header>
    <MessageType>Response</MessageType>
    <SubmissionNumber>0000000209</SubmissionNumber>
  </Header>
  <Body>
    <RecordsetCount>0</RecordsetCount>
    <ReturnCount>0</ReturnCount>
  </Body>
</Purchase_Search>
2

Use this to format your XML when pasting into the forum, otherwise it will just disappear.

I’ve passed this to our developers.

3

Are they Purchase Orders or Purchase Invoices? The API will only return Purchase Invoices.

We don’t currently support Purchase Orders within the API.

4

Oh Dear, that could be quite bad for me

5

Based on the requirements you’ve previously explained I don’t see how POs fit in? A PO is just a document for requesting goods from a supplier. Our PO implementation is still in it’s initial phase, it basically works in a similar way to a purchase invoice but allows the user to email a PDF attachment outlining a list of items that the client wishes to order. I’m not sure if you need that in your particular use case?

6

Hi Glenn You are correct, I was getting confused between purchase orders and purchase invoices. Do you have a button on the forum to indicate the customer was wrong ?