You use this form to create vendor accounts and view existing ones. When you create a new vendor account, you first select a vendor class for the vendor. This selection sets many elements to the default values from the vendor class; you can override these default settings. For more information, see Vendors: Vendor Defaults and Overrides.
If a vendor has one location, it will be used as the default location. If the vendor has multiple locations, set one as the default location. The settings of the default location are used as default values on data entry forms, thus easing document entry.
The form toolbar and More menu include the buttons and commands described below.
By using this dialog box, you can enter the initial data that the system will use to create the contact that will be associated with the currently selected vendor.
On this tab of the dialog box, you specify the settings of the contact you are creating and associating with the vendor.
On this tab of the dialog box, you specify any required attributes of the contact you are creating and associating with the vendor. The table is populated with the required attributes (that is, those for which the Required check box is selected) that have been defined on the Contact Classes (CR205000) form for the contact class selected on the Main tab; you need to select their values for the contact you are creating.
If any user-defined fields are defined as required on the Contacts (CR302000) form, the system displays these fields on this tab. In the Value column of each row, you need to specify the value of the field.
In this dialog box, you can add a new address, update an existing address, and fill in the missing address information in a record that has address settings. You can also search for the name of the company and select the company’s address. You can click the link to view the address in a new browser tab. If the address is correct, you can click Select to fill in the boxes in the Address section of the applicable form with the company location details. The addresses you can select from the list are limited to the countries specified for the address provider.
This dialog box is available only if the Address Lookup Integration feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form and integration with a web map service has been set up as described in Integrating Acumatica ERP with Web Map Services.
By using the elements in this area, you can create a new vendor account or select an existing account for editing.
This tab contains the vendor’s main address, contact information, and account settings, such as currency and rates used in relations with the vendor. If you are defining a new vendor, you should first specify its vendor class on this tab; once you do, many elements are populated with the class settings.
This section is displayed on the form if the GDPR Compliance Tools feature (Monitoring & Automation group of features) is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
You can use this tab to manage duplicates of the currently selected vendor. The tab has the Records for Merging table, which lists the duplicate business accounts, customers, and vendors.
This tab is displayed only if the Duplicate Validation feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form and if the system found at least one possible duplicate. The system searches for duplicates by using the settings specified on the Duplicate Validation (CR103000) form.
The table toolbar includes the buttons described below.
This table lists duplicate business accounts, customers, and vendors of the selected vendor. You use the table to merge the selected vendor with a duplicate business account in the table. Most of the settings in the table are read-only.
You use this dialog box to merge the record selected on the form and the record you’ve selected in the Records for Merging table. The dialog box opens when you select a record of the Business Account type in the Records for Merging table and click Merge on the table toolbar.
This section contains finance-related settings and the retainage settings of the vendor.
In this section, you can specify the default settings related to retainage that will be applied to bills of this vendor on the Bills and Adjustments (AP301000) form.
This section is available only if the Retainage Support feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
The elements of this section cover special vendor properties, such as whether the vendor is a landed cost vendor, a tax agency, a labor union, and a 1099 vendor.
In this section, you can specify the default settings related to the generation of lien waivers for this vendor.
This section appears on the form only if the Construction feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, and the Automatically Generate Lien Waivers check box is selected in either or both of the following sections of the Compliance Preferences (CL301000) form: Conditional Lien Waivers or Unconditional Lien Waivers.
This tab provides the default information to be used for creating payments to the vendor. If the vendor has more than one location, this information is that specified for the default location. Any changes to the tab update the appropriate settings of the default location.
This section appears on the form if the BILL Integration feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. The read-only boxes in the section are filled in if the vendor receives payments through BILL.
The Payment Instructions table provides the instruction details for the payment method used by the vendor if these details have been configured on the Payment Methods (CA204000) form.
If a payment method based on the U.S. ACH plug-in is selected in the Payment Method box on this tab, the settings for the U. S. ACH plug-in are displayed. For a description of these settings, see U.S. ACH Plug-In Settings.
This tab provides the default information required for the processing of purchases, such as the shipping terms, the FOB point, the expense account (to record shipping expenses), and the address and contact information. If the vendor has more than one location, this information is the same as that specified for the default location, and changes on this tab update the appropriate settings of the default location.
This tab appears on the form if the Multiple Base Currencies feature has been enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, the selected vendor has been extended from a branch, and the current user is assigned to a role that gives users the ability to access companies with different base currencies.
This tab displays the balances of the vendor grouped by base currency.
The table toolbar includes only standard buttons. For the list of standard buttons, see Table Toolbar.
This tab contains the list of vendor attributes defined in the associated vendor class. You specify the value of the attributes from the list, if required.
This tab is available only if the Business Account Locations feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form. The MAIN location is always automatically created for the vendor when you enter the vendor’s main address.
The tab lists the vendor locations in a tabular format. You can set a location as inactive or add a new location. Also, you can set a particular location as the vendor’s default location.
If you create a new vendor location, the system copies the following settings of the default location to the settings of the new location: Expense Account, Expense Sub., Discount Account, and Discount Sub. (Subaccounts are copied if the Subaccounts feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form and subaccounts are used in the system.)
The table toolbar includes standard buttons and buttons specific to this table. For the list of standard buttons, see Table Toolbar. The table-specific buttons are listed below.
This tab displays a table showing the vendor’s contact persons and their information. To add a new contact, click Add Contact. To change any of the details of a particular contact, double-click in its row, which opens the Contacts (CR302000) form.
This tab has a table with the list of activities associated with the vendor. You use this tab to associate particular tasks, events, and other activities with the vendor.
The table includes, in addition to the columns described below, columns labeled with icons, which you can use to attach notes and files to an activity, see if an activity is completed, check the priority level, and note whether any reminder exists for an activity; for the descriptions of these columns, see Emails and Activities: General Information.
The tab also has the Activity Description area below the table. The area displays the full description provided for the activity selected in the table. To edit the description, click the link in the Summary column of the activity. On the Activity (CR306010) form that opens, you add a description and edit other settings corresponding to the activity.
This tab shows the default GL accounts for this vendor. For a new vendor, the accounts and subaccounts displayed on this tab are, by default, those specified for the vendor class that you have selected on the General tab; however, you can select other accounts and subaccounts.
If the vendor has more than one location, some of these accounts are associated with the default location, and changes on this tab update the appropriate settings of the default location.
You use this tab, which appears only if the vendor is specified as a tax agency (the Vendor is Tax Agency check box is selected on the General tab of the current form), to provide tax agency settings. For details on the configuration of a tax agency, see Tax Agency.
This section is available only if the VAT Reporting feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
This tab displays the mailings that are set up for the vendor. Mailings are used to set up sending electronic versions of specific documents to vendor contacts and company employees specified as recipients for the vendors.
When a new vendor is created and a vendor class is selected, the system copies to the vendor all the rows of the Mailings and Recipients tables of the Mailing & Printing tab of the Vendor Classes (AP201000) form for the class. You can deactivate any of these rows, override some of their default settings, and add new rows.
You can add a mailing that has not been specified for the vendor class if it is in the list of mailings specified on the Mailing & Printing tab of the Accounts Payable Preferences (AP101000), Subcontracts Preferences (SC101000), or Purchase Orders Preferences (PO101000) form. When you select a mailing in the Mailing ID column, the values in the other columns are copied from the corresponding columns of the preferences form where the mailing is defined, but you can override some values. For details on setting up mailings for vendors, see Mailings for Vendors: To Set Up a Mailing for a Vendor Class and Mailings for Vendors: To Set Up a Mailing for a Vendor.
If the Construction feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, the Mailings table also lists the predefined mailings for subcontracts and lien waivers. The default mailings are copied from the settings of the vendor class of the vendor on the Mailing & Printing tab of the Vendor Classes (AP201000) form and can be overridden. If the vendor has no active mailings, the system uses the mailings of the vendor class for printing and emailing documents.
The tab includes the Mailings table, which has the list of mailings, and the Recipients table, with the list of recipients.
You use this tab, which appears only if the Vendor Relations feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, to view the list of vendors for which the currently selected vendor is specified as a pay-to vendor (that is, selected in the Pay-to Vendor box on the Payment tab of this form).
For details, see Vendor Relations: General Information.
On this tab, you can add, update, and review compliance documents related to the vendor.
This tab appears on the form only if the Construction feature of the Projects group of features is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.
If the Multicurrency Projects feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form, all the amounts on the tab are displayed in the base currency.
The table toolbar has only standard buttons.