PO : Different Purchasing modes in Receiving?

There are three modes:

Online: Receipts are processed online. If there are any errors, they are shown on the FORM itself, and don’t let you IGNORE and PROCEED.
  • This is the most commonly used processing mode. 
  • When the user saves a transaction, no other application activity can be performed until the process completes. 
  • Either the number of records saved will be indicated for a successful transaction or an error message will be displayed. 
  • Uses Receiving Transaction Manager (executable RCVOLTM, located in $PO_TOP/bin).

Immediate: Receipts are processed immediately, but no errors are shown. Errors are recorded in REC_TRANSACTION_INTERFACE table.
  • When the user saves a transaction, the Receiving Transaction Processor concurrent program will automatically start and process the data in the RCV_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE table that was created for the Receipt. 
  • Control of the form is returned to the User who may then perform other application activity.
  • Transaction errors that occur are written to the PO_INTERFACE_ERRORS table and can be viewed from the Transaction Status Summary. 
  • Additional information may be available in the log file for the Receiving Transaction Processor concurrent request (View/Requests). 
  • Uses Receiving Transaction Processor (executable RVCTP, located in $PO_TOP/bin).

Batch: Receipts are processed in batch, but no errors are shown. Errors are recorded in REC_TRANSACTION_INTERFACE table.
  • In Batch processing mode, the receiving forms insert transaction information into the receiving interface tables. 
  • These transactions remain in the interface table until you run the Receiving Transaction Processor. 
  • The receiving forms take into account all pending transactions, but Purchasing does not update the transaction history, source documents, and supply information until the transactions are processed.

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