Viewing Open Sales Order Bids in A/R

Use the Bids screen to view information on sales order bids that have not yet been converted to actual sales orders.

To view open sales order bids:

From the A/R menu, select A/R Inquiry to display the A/R Inquiry screen.
From a populated A/R Inquiry screen, use the Inq hot key to display the Additional A/R Inquiries menu.
From this menu, select Open Bids to display the Bids screen.

Based on the customer listed Cust field on the A/R Inquiry screen, the following view-only information displays:

Field	Description
Customer Name	The customer account name and address, based on the information in the Cust field on the A/R Inquiry screen.
Contact	The first three contacts listed for this customer, as designated on the Customer Maintenance screen.
Phone #	The phone numbers associated with each of the contacts listed in the Contact field.
Bid #	The transaction ID of the designated bid. Open bids are listed in order by transaction number.
Customer PO #	The customer's order number, as designated on the Sales Order Entry Header screen.
Br	The number of the branch for this transaction.
Balance	The balance owing on the transaction.
Ship Dt	The date the transaction ships.
Avail Dt	The date that the transaction is available.
Sts	The status of the transaction.
Via	The code for the method of shipment for this transaction, also known as a ship via. This code is designated on the Sales Order Entry screen, and defined on the Ship Via Maintenance screen. For more on these codes, see on Ship Via Maintenance.

Hot Key	Function
Open Orders	Displays the Open Orders screen.
A/R Items	Displays the A/R Items screen.
Bids	Displays the Bid screen.
View	Displays the transaction on which the cursor is positioned in view-only mode.
Delivery	Displays the Scheduling screen for the transaction on which the cursor is positioned.
Edit	Displays the transaction on which the cursor is positioned in edit mode.
Product/No Product	Displays the Product field beneath the Customer Name field. When you enter a product type in the Product field, the screen redisplays, showing only those transactions containing the stated product. The hot key name changes to No Product. Press Esc key to clear the Product field and redisplay all of the transactions.
Credit	Clears the screen and displays only those transactions with a credit applied against them.