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Vendor Quick Maintenance

Vendor Quick Maintenance provides the ability to quickly change a single field across multiple vendors. To change multiple fields across multiple vendors consider using vendor Import/Export.

1. When you first enter the Vendor option a Select An Option window will appear; select Quick Maintenance.

2. Select the vendor field you wish to change.

Carrier	The vendor's default carrier used in purchase orders, if needed.
Consignment	The vendor can be used on consignment purchase orders (Y=yes/N=no).
EDI GLN	The vendor's DUNS, EDI, GLN, or other identification number used to identify the vendor in EDI transactions.
Exp Account	The vendor's default expense account and cost center used in vouchers and voucher adjustments.
Fax Number	The vendor's fax number
Fishing Vessel	Is the vendor a fishing vessel (Y = yes/N = no) whose purchases need to be reported using the NMFS Northeast Region - SAFIS Reporting System
Freight	Freight terms are: PPD – Prepaid by the vendor, COL – Collect. Freight charges are paid by you, PPC – Prepaid and charge. Freight is paid by the vendor and billed as a line item on the purchase order.
Old ID	The vendor ID from your existing system used in the Import/Export and Load Open Payables to link your existing Vendor ID to the new Net•Yield ID.
Pay Account	The vendor's default accounts payable account and cost center used in purchase orders, vouchers, and voucher adjustments. It cannot be changed if the vendor has an open/unpaid balance.
Pay Date	In both payment selection and accounts payable aging the payment date is adjusted if you want to take advantage of purchase discounts. Use D = discount date to pay based on the discount date; use U = due date to pay on the payment due date without taking the discount.
Status	Vendor status: A = active, B = buy hold (vendor is inactive but can still issue a check to the vendor), P = pay hold (can enter purchase orders and vouchers but not issue any payments or advances), I = inactive. The default is A (A = active).
Terms	The vendor's default payment terms.
Trace ID	The Vendor's Trace Supplier ID See Trace Overview for more information.
Corporate ID	The user assigned ID code used to link similar vendors when using ESI reports and other third party report generators.

3. Command options will appear:

Select Change to make changes to the current page of vendors.
Select Next Page/Prior Page (if more than one page exists) to move one page forward or one page back.
Select Update to save changes.
Select Exit to exit the option.

Note: Press F3 to display a Select An Option window to assist you in making changes to the field you wish to modify.

Select Change (or Next Page, followed by Change).

4. Make your changes and press Enter when done until command options appear.

5. Command options appear; select Update to save your changes.

Important: Your changes will not be saved unless you select Update.

6. A message line will appear: "Print List? No/Yes?".

Select no to update your changes without printing.
Select yes to print the list. Command options will appear to allow you to print or choose from a set of other print options.

The following information will print:

Vendor – The vendor ID code.
Vendor name – The vendor's name.
Field name for the field selected – Displays current/updated field values.

For more information about the Vendor option see Vendor.

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