{"id":10313,"date":"2023-12-04T11:50:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T11:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/user_manual\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%af%d9%88%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%af%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b4%d8%aa%d8%b1%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:47:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:47:44","slug":"manual-cases-in-the-purchase-cycle-in-general","status":"publish","type":"user_manual","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/manual-cases-in-the-purchase-cycle-in-general\/","title":{"rendered":"Manual Cases in the General Purchase Cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1702816191706{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]You can easily distinguish documents in the purchase cycle such as invoices and purchase orders by adding different manual cases, in addition to the automatic cases given by the system. Cases help employees in dealing with documents, organizing and categorizing work, and are also used in the search and filtering process.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;How to add manual cases to the purchase cycle&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:center|color:%2304306b|line_height:2&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1702816215719{margin-left: 200px !important;background-color: #f6f9fc !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1768217824631{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]You won&#8217;t be able to assign manual cases to purchase cycle documents without activating this feature from the settings.<\/p>\n<p>Click on &#8220;<strong>Purchase Settings<\/strong>&#8221; from the dropdown menu under &#8220;<strong>Purchases<\/strong>&#8221; main menu and click &#8220;<strong>Purchase Cycle<\/strong>&#8221; under &#8220;<strong>Purchase Order &amp; Cycle Section<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-473-1.png\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44431 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-cycle-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1365\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-cycle-settings.png 1365w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-cycle-settings-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-cycle-settings-1024x475.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-cycle-settings-768x356.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Activate assigning manual cases to purchase cycle documents that you want to assign cases to, then click on the &#8220;<strong>Save<\/strong>&#8221; button.[\/vc_column_text][vc_message message_box_style=&#8221;3d&#8221; icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-book&#8221;]For more details about the procurement cycle and its documents, refer to this <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/guide-for-the-purchase-cycle-in-daftra\/\">guide<\/a>.[\/vc_message][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1768218454689{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44433 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Configuration-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1206\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Configuration-.png 1206w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Configuration--300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Configuration--1024x537.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Configuration--768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1206px) 100vw, 1206px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click &#8220;<strong>Purchase Invoices<\/strong>&#8221; or other documents, open the desired document (<strong>Purchase Invoice<\/strong>), click on &#8220;<strong>Select Status<\/strong>,&#8221; and select &#8220;<strong>Edit the list of statuses for purchase invoices<\/strong>&#8221; from the drop-down menu to add new statuses.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44439 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Invoice-Status-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Invoice-Status-1.png 1366w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Invoice-Status-1-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Invoice-Status-1-1024x425.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Invoice-Status-1-768x319.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Enter the names and colors of the manual statuses you want to use to distinguish this type of purchasing document. Then, click on the &#8220;<strong>Save<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p>You can add more new statuses by clicking the &#8220;<strong>Add New Status<\/strong>&#8221; button, and you can delete statuses by pressing the &#8220;<strong>Delete<\/strong>&#8221; button next to the status.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-481.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10323 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-481.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1034\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-481.png 1034w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-481-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-481-1024x311.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Screenshot-481-768x233.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1034px) 100vw, 1034px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After adding the manual statuses, go back to the document or invoice you want to assign a status to and click again on &#8220;<strong>Select Status,<\/strong>&#8221; then select the status from the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33149 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fdSD.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fdSD.png 768w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fdSD-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The status will appear next to the invoice in the list or when you click on it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-33153 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fCFD-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1120\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fCFD-1.png 1120w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fCFD-1-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fCFD-1-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/fCFD-1-768x408.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here, you can see the difference in the types of manual statuses given to purchase orders compared to those given to purchase invoices based on the manual statuses you added for each type of purchasing document.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44437 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Order-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1227\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Order-.png 1227w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Order--300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Order--1024x476.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Purchase-Order--768x357.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1227px) 100vw, 1227px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"author":13,"template":"","categories":[2188,2191],"tags":[6938,4983,3250,3310],"class_list":["post-10313","user_manual","type-user_manual","status-publish","hentry","category-purchases","category-purchases-settings","tag-purchase-invoice","tag-purchases","tag--en","tag---en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Manual Cases in the General Purchase Cycle - Daftra Knowledge Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/manual-cases-in-the-purchase-cycle-in-general\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manual Cases in the General Purchase Cycle - Daftra Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1702816191706{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]You can easily distinguish documents in the purchase cycle such as invoices and purchase orders by adding different manual cases, in addition to the automatic cases given by the system. 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