Purchase order approval

If your organization set up an approval chain for the Purchase orders process, awarding doesn't create the PO right away: it first goes through the approvers that apply based on that PO's department and amount.

When it triggers

It triggers on award: a full award, a partial one (split, one chain per generated PO) and also when you award a catalog PO (instant marketplace). Each PO evaluates its own chain separately, by the request's department and its amount in your organization's base currency.

What you see on the PO

While it waits, the PO shows an approval block with the chain and the active step, who needs to sign (based on their amount band) and whether they already have, and the base amount with the exchange rate used to compute it.

What stays blocked

While the PO awaits approval (or if it's rejected), you can't issue the order or notify the non-awarded suppliers: both actions wait for the chain to finish.

If it's rejected

A rejection reverts the award: the PO rolls back and the request becomes available to award again, with the rejection reason in view. There's no way to "retry" the same PO: you fix whatever's needed (another supplier, other items) and award again, which opens a new chain.

Exchange rate

If the PO is in another currency, the approval amount is computed into your organization's base currency using the exchange rate you set in the PO review modal (if your organization has that review enabled) or, if you didn't set one, the day's Banco Nación (BNA) rate. If neither is available, the award doesn't complete: set the exchange rate in the PO review and try again.

If there's no applicable chain

If your organization turned the process on but no department/amount matches a configured chain, the award doesn't complete and the organization admin is notified to review the setup in the Administration Panel.