Adding commodity items to a requisition

Enter details about the products you are ordering, including the commodity code, the quantity, unit type and price, and taxes. You can add an unlimited number of items to a requisition.

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Administrators: If you use commodity codes, you can change Configuration Setting 23 to default the unit price and/or unit of measure to the commodity code values you have set up in Banner.

To add commodity items to a requisition:

If you just created the requisition the commodity item will open. Continue with Step 3.

  1. If you have previously created a requisition and are returning to add commodity items, do one of the following:

  2. Click i_plusequals.gif Add Commodity Item. The height of the Commodity grid is set by your institution.

  1. In the Commodity search box, do one of the following (may be required at your institution):

The description from the search is inserted into the large Description field after this commodity is saved.

  1. In the large Description text box, type detailed information. (May be required at your institution.)

If the Description is long it will display on multiple lines if set up at your institution, otherwise it is truncated.

  1. In the Qty box, type the amount of items (e.g. 10 computers)

  2. From the Unit list, select the type of unit (institution specific).

  3. In the Unit $ (price) box, type the cost of one item.

  4. From the Tax list, select the type of tax for the requisition (institution specific—your requisition may not have a list of tax codes).

  5. The check box next to the amount is the Default check box. Select it if you want the accounting block for this commodity to be the default for all new commodity lines in this requisition.

  6. Do one of the following:

The amount is automatically calculated and is red, indicating the commodity item is not yet in balance.

  1. In the header record, click Save Requisition. If you are adding the commodity items on a different date than you created the header record, you may have to change the Required Date.

  2. Do one of the following:

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