Invoice: Purchase Order Matching User Guide for Standard Edition

Concur Invoice: Purchase

Order Matching

User Guide for Standard Edition

Last Revised: December 9, 2020

Applies to these SAP Concur solutions:

 Concur Expense

 Professional/Premium edition

 Standard edition

 Concur Travel

 Professional/Premium edition

 Standard edition

 Concur Invoice

 Professional/Premium edition

 Standard edition

 Concur Request

 Professional/Premium edition

 Standard edition

 
 
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Table of Contents 
Section 1:  Overview ....................................................................................................1 
Required Roles ........................................................................................................... 1 
Concur Invoice Receiving Roles ............................................................................... 1 
Additional Roles .................................................................................................... 2 
PO Invoice Lifecycle .................................................................................................... 3 
How a PO invoice Is Processed ................................................................................ 3 
Establish PO Match "To Be" Model ................................................................................ 4 
PO Invoice Quick Tour ................................................................................................ 5 
Matching Summary Tab ......................................................................................... 6 
Purchase Order Tab ............................................................................................... 9 
Invoice Tab ........................................................................................................ 10 
Section 2:  PO Association .......................................................................................... 11 
Associate PO During Manual Invoice Creation............................................................... 11 
Associate PO by Using Capture Processing ................................................................... 11 
Associate Invoice With Multiple Purchase Orders .......................................................... 12 
Enable and Disable Line Item Level PO................................................................... 13 
PO Line Item Association ...................................................................................... 15 
View and Manage Multiple POs .............................................................................. 16 
Associate the Invoice to a Different PO ....................................................................... 20 
Automatically Associate Invoices With Purchase Orders ................................................. 21 
PO Association and Expense Types ............................................................................. 21 
Change a PO-Based Invoice to a Non-PO Based Invoice ................................................ 21 
Quantities and Amounts Freed up on Voided PO-Based Invoices ..................................... 22 
Match Rules and Match Status ................................................................................... 22 
Understand the Match Status Assigned to an Invoice .................................................... 22 
When Does Concur Invoice Run Match Rules? .............................................................. 23 
Section 3:  Workflow and Approval Routing ............................................................... 23 
Capture With Exceptions ........................................................................................... 24 
Capture Without Exceptions ....................................................................................... 24 
Manual Entry of Invoice ............................................................................................ 24 
Section 4:  Concur Invoice Receiving ......................................................................... 24 
Add a Receipt .......................................................................................................... 25 
Edit a Receipt .......................................................................................................... 26 
Delete a Receipt ....................................................................................................... 27 
Add a Receipt Image ................................................................................................ 28 
View a Receipt Image ............................................................................................... 29 

 
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Delete a Receipt Image ............................................................................................. 31 
Purchase Order Import for Receiving .......................................................................... 32 
Section 5:  Invoice Processor Role ............................................................................. 33 
Search for and View Invoices by PO Number ................................................................ 33 
Search for an Invoice by Using the Go To Feature ................................................... 33 
Add a PO Number Column to the Processor View ..................................................... 34 
Search for a PO-Based Invoice by Creating a Custom Query ..................................... 35 
Edit the Invoice ........................................................................................................ 36 
Resolve Exceptions ................................................................................................... 36 
Compare Invoiced Quantities and Received Quantities Rule ...................................... 37 
Receipt Association .............................................................................................. 39 
Section 6:  Purchasing Admin ..................................................................................... 39 
Process Purchase Orders ........................................................................................... 39 
Void a Purchase Order ......................................................................................... 40 
Close a Purchase Order ........................................................................................ 41 
View Associated Images to the Purchase Order ....................................................... 42 
Search for a Purchase Order ................................................................................. 43 
View Original Invoice or Purchase Request Associated with a PO ............................... 43 
Section 7:  Quantity Receipt Import for Three-Way Matching .................................... 44 
Section 8:  PO-Based Invoices That Should Not Be Matched....................................... 44 
 

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Last Revised: December 9, 2020

Revision History

Date

Notes/Comments/Changes

August 30, 2022

Minor edits; cover date not updated

January 21, 2022

Updated the copyright year; no other changes; cover date not updated

March 4, 2021

Updated the copyright year; no other changes; cover date not updated

December 9, 2020

Added the Receipt User role to the SAP Concur Receiving Roles' table.

January 8, 2020

Updated the copyright; no other changes; cover date not updated

October 4, 2019

Added several procedures.

September 21, 2019

Added procedures for view invoices and POs.

August 17, 2019

Added information about quantities and amounts freed up on voided PO-

based invoices.

July 9, 2019

Removed "Concur" from the title and footer. No revision date change.

June 11, 2019

Updated images throughout.

March 16, 2019

Added a note regarding the new All Purchase Orders list page for

Purchasing Admins in the March release.

March 8, 2019

Replaced "payment request" with "invoice". Updated "Concur" with "SAP

Concur". Updated one image. Replaced "Concur's".

January 30, 2019

Updated the copyright; no other changes; cover date not updated

June 14, 2018

Changed copy-down to copydown; no other changes; cover date not

updated

April 11, 2018

Changed the check boxes on the front cover; no other changes; cover date

not updated

November 4, 2017

Updated guide to include new Product Settings page, which replaces the

Setup Wizard.

July 8, 2017

Added information about the Central Receiver role.

April 22, 2017

Added information about users not being able to edit or delete receipts

associated to an invoice.

December 13, 2016

Changed copyright and cover; no other content changes.

December 5, 2016

Updated the guide content to new corporate style; no content changes.

November 4, 2016

Added information about the Concur Receiving feature.

August 12, 2016

Updated Purchase Order tab images and added information about warning

when non-blocking purchase order matching errors occur.

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Date

Notes/Comments/Changes

April 15, 2016

Added information about the following:

• Three-Way Matching

• Multiple Purchase Orders

• Automatic copy-down of expense types from PO line to invoice line

• Automatic association of invoices and purchase orders

June 12, 2015

Updated with information about the redesign of the PO Matching

Summary, Payment Request, and Purchase Order tabs.

March 13, 2015

New document.

NOTE: Multiple SAP Concur product versions and UI themes are available, so this

content might contain images or procedures that do not precisely match your

implementation. For example, when SAP Fiori UI themes are implemented, home

page navigation is consolidated under the SAP Concur Home menu.

Section 1: Overview

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Purchase Order Matching

Section 1: Overview

Purchase Order (PO) Matching helps companies maintain control by identifying and

resolving any matching exceptions before paying suppliers, such as limiting payment

to the quoted price, terms, and quantity ordered. Clients who create purchase orders

in their financial system can import PO data to Concur Invoice by using the PO

Import. From there, clients can configure rules that help identify match exceptions,

or enable straight-through processing in cases where invoices match.

Concur Invoice offers two types of matching methods:

• Two-Way Matching: Matching between invoices and purchase orders (no

receipt)

• Three-Way Matching: Matching between invoices and purchase orders and

received quantities

The two-way matching verifies that purchase order and invoice information match

whereas the three-way matching allows clients to match invoices with purchase

orders and received quantities (of goods) before the invoices are processed and paid.

Required Roles

Once the Concur Admin has enabled the PO Matching feature, the client

administrator can access and configure the PO Matching feature in Concur Invoice.

Concur Invoice Receiving Roles

This table shows different roles and what users with these roles can and cannot do

when working with the Concur Invoice Receiving feature.

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Role

What the User

Can Do

Where?

Conditions

Purchasing

Admin (who

processes

purchase

orders)

Can add, edit, and

delete receipts and

receipt images.

In the

transmitted

purchase order.

None.

Invoice

Processor

Can add, edit, and

delete receipts and

receipt images.

In Purchase

Order tab of

Concur Invoice.

None.

Purchase

Request User

Can add, edit, and

delete receipts and

receipt images.

In the

transmitted

purchase order.

None.

Invoice

Owner

Can add, edit, and

delete receipts and

receipt images.

In Purchase

Order tab of

Concur Invoice.

None.

Central

Receiver

Can add, edit, and

delete receipts and

receipt images.

In the

transmitted

purchase order.

Cannot transmit or process

purchase orders or invoices.

Receipt User

Can add, edit, and

delete receipts and

receipt images.

Can only add, edit,

and delete receipt

data for their own

purchase orders.

In the

transmitted

purchase order.

The Concur Receiving feature

must be activated.

NOTE: For clients who import purchase orders on entities that do not have the

Purchase Request feature enabled, a user who is assigned the Purchasing

Admin role can see a list of imported purchase orders by navigating to the

Requests > All Purchase Orders page.

Additional Roles

AP User: Used for sites which rely on back-office personnel to code their invoices

and handle assignment and reassignment of invoices.

Invoice Owner: Can create and submit invoices.

Purchasing Admin: Typically, a purchasing specialist who updates the Purchase

Order in the client’s Purchasing system. The Purchasing Admin can view all the POs

within Concur Invoice. In addition, the Purchasing Admin can process purchase

requests and purchase orders.

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PO Invoice Lifecycle

NOTE: If there are no exceptions, the invoice will proceed to the purchasing admin

for payment processing.

How a PO invoice Is Processed

1. Invoice Capture

 PO and non-PO invoices can be captured centrally

2. Association and Initial Match

 PO-based invoices are associated to the PO, based on the entered PO

number

 For centralized organizations, AP Users typically complete invoice coding

first

 SAP Concur has a copy of PO data from client ERP (via web service or FTP)

 Match Rules are run for the first time when the Invoice Owner is

established (Assign), and exceptions are flagged

3. Resolve Exceptions

 Invoice Owner (or AP in a centralized organization) reviews and resolves

exceptions

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 The system expedites resolution with complete visibility into the

associated PO, and a side-by-side view of the PO line and Invoice line for

easy comparison

 Invoice Owner/AP makes adjustments if policy allows, and if necessary,

engages Purchasing or the vendor for questions or corrections

 Back office has visibility and traceability for all invoices in the system

4. Submit

 Exceptions can be configured to either create a warning, or to require full

resolution prior to invoice submission (hard stop)

 If there are no hard-stop exceptions, the system routes matched invoices

to final processing by default; no further manager approval is required

5. Process for Payment

 The invoice is moved to final processing and payment

Establish PO Match "To Be" Model

Handling Purchase Orders can involve several roles and departments, and the

change to matching within Concur Invoice might involve some business process

reengineering. Therefore, it is important to work with your SAP Concur

representative to map your current process to a "To Be" model within Concur

Invoice. The flow below shows a high-level Best Practices model and outlines key

considerations.

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NOTES:

• Code Invoices: ALTERNATIVE - The Invoice Owner can create and/or code

the invoice.

• Can Resolve?: ALTERNATIVE – The Invoice Owner can edit the current

invoice to resolve the exceptions (aka "short-pay"), or contact vendor to issue

corrected invoice or credit memo.

• No PO Wrong: ALTERNATIVE – Purchasing Admin can make edits within the

client system which are updated to Concur Invoice via a PO Import.

• Final Verify: Regardless of match status, all invoices are routed to the

Invoice Owner. The user has an opportunity to verify satisfactory receipt at an

overall invoice level and can quickly dispatch perfect matches from the list

view. If line level receiving is required, this must be done in another system

(client ERP).

PO invoices go directly to Accounting Review (no additional manager approval can be

added).

PO Invoice Quick Tour

The Matching Summary view brings together all aspects of the invoice in a single

view with options to drill into the invoice, the PO, or take actions.

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Matching Summary Tab

This comprehensive view includes:

• Matching Exceptions section listing all current exceptions

• Line Item Summary section with key fields for both invoice and PO (and

receipts if the PO is part of three-way matching), including the ability to

match and unmatch line items

• Side-by-Side view of invoice, PO, and associated invoice image, including

Previous and Next buttons allowing for easy navigation between vendor,

header, and each line item.

• View invoices and requests that share the same PO Number

MATCHING LINE ITEMS

The user matches one set of line items at a time by selecting one or more invoice

line items and one matching PO line item, and then clicking the Match button.

Alternatively, the user can right-click to perform the matching.

When a user clicks a line item of a purchase request or purchase order, which has

not been matched, the selected line item will be highlighted, and the corresponding

check box will be selected automatically. The system will then enable the Match

button.

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When a user clicks a line item of a purchase request or PO, which has already been

matched, the Unmatch button will be enabled for the matched purchase request line

item.

In addition, the Invoice and Purchase Order tabs display the invoice and PO

details. The user can make edits based on field access configuration.

For three-way matching, the user can see the receipt information in the Matching

Summary tab and in the Purchase Order tab of the invoice detail view.

The receipt information for each PO line is nested within the corresponding PO line,

and consists of Receipt#, Delivery Slip #, Date, and Quantity.

Concur Invoice will highlight matched PO line items and receipts when a user selects

an invoice line item.

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VIEW AN INVOICE

 To view an invoice:

1. Click Invoice and select the relevant view.

2. Open the invoice by clicking it.

3. On the Matching Summary tab, click the View Invoice icon. The invoice

images appear.

VIEW ALL INVOICES FOR THIS PURCHASE ORDER

 To view an invoice:

1. On the My Invoices page, open the invoice in detailed view.

2. On the Matching Summary tab, click the View all Invoices for this

Purchase Order link.

The Invoices matched to this Purchase Order page appears.

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Purchase Order Tab

The Purchase Order tab provides comparison information necessary to resolve

exceptions. PO data is read-only within Concur Invoice, so any changes need to be

made in the PO system of record.

Purchase Order data is made available through an import from the client system of

record.

EDIT A PO

 To edit a PO:

1. Click Invoice and then select the relevant view.

2. On the Purchase Order tab, click the desired Edit link to edit the PO.

3. Click Save where applicable.

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VIEW A PO

 To view a PO:

1. Click Invoice and then select the relevant view.

2. On the Purchase Order tab, click the View PO icon.

The PO images appear.

VIEW PO ASSOCIATIONS

 To view PO associations:

1. Open the desired PO-based invoice by clicking Invoice and selecting the

relevant view.

2. On the Purchase Order tab, click the View PO Associations.

The Purchase Order Associations page appears showing information about

purchase order associations to purchase requests and invoices.

Invoice Tab

The Invoice tab contains all the information about the invoice(s) associated to the

purchase order.

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Section 2: PO Association

When an invoice has a value entered for PO Number and the PO number matches

that of a PO in Concur Invoice, the invoice is associated to the PO. This can happen

during invoice creation, or it can be changed to this state for an existing invoice.

Associate PO During Manual Invoice Creation

When a user creates an invoice, if they enter a PO number into the PO Number field

that matches the PO number of a PO that is already in Concur Invoice, the user can

automatically associate the PO with the invoice.

After entering the required information on the Invoice Details page, when the user

clicks Save, the following message appears.

If the user clicks Yes, the invoice is automatically associated with the PO with the

matching number.

Associate PO by Using Capture Processing

When the system processes an invoice through Capture Processing, the PO number

appears in the PO Number field on the Verification page of Invoice Capture. The

PO number captured will carry over to Invoice regardless. However, the key is that

any PO-related validation will not occur, unless the captured PO number can be

associated to a PO in Concur Invoice. If there is a valid association, then copy down

and match rule validation will occur; if not, the system will still carry the PO number

to the invoice, without any additional copy downs or ability to match.

To access the Verification page, click Invoice > Invoice Capture, and then click

Verification.

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Verification page:

Detailed view of the Verification page showing the PO Number field:

Associate Invoice With Multiple Purchase Orders

Concur Invoice can process invoices that are associated with multiple purchase

orders, which might be useful for clients who only want to receive one invoice for a

number of purchase orders that are tied to that particular invoice.

Some clients will get a mix of invoices with some invoices referencing a purchase

order number at the header level and with some invoices referencing purchase order

numbers at the line item level where each line item’s PO number could be different.

With the Multiple Purchase Orders feature, Invoice supports the ability to associate a

purchase order number at the invoice line item level.

Companies with this feature can:

• Enable PO numbers at the line item level

• Disable PO numbers at the line item level

• Change the associated PO number for an invoice line item on the Invoice tab

• View each PO associated to a specific invoice on the Purchase Order tab

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Enable and Disable Line Item Level PO

The Multiple Purchase Orders feature provides employees with the Enable Line

Level PO command in the Actions menu for an invoice (provided the Multiple

Purchase Orders feature has been activated by SAP Concur). The user selects one

purchase order number from which to create an invoice from the Purchase Order

Number list on the Create New Invoice page. This PO number will serve as the

primary PO number for all header PO-based copydowns. Then the user selects the

Enable Line Level PO option, and can manually add PO numbers at the line level in

the Invoice tab. With this option selected (enabled), the user has indicated that it is

a multiple PO invoice, and the PO number field at the line level becomes visible and

editable. When the user adds a line item, the primary PO is defaulted as the first

line’s PO. Users can change this line level PO number, and when the user creates

additional line items, the previous line’s PO number is defaulted to the new line.

If the user changes the PO number:

• At the header level: The user is notified that any header copydowns will

also be changed if they proceed to make the change. Line item level PO

numbers will be unchanged

• At the line item level: That line item’s PO number will be changed, and the

default for the next line will be the new PO number if the next line does not

already have a PO number

Users can view all the POs belonging to a specific invoice in the Purchase Order

tab, and to match invoice lines to PO lines belonging to different POs, a user needs

to go into the Matching Summary tab.

If a purchase order is changed or updated, Concur Invoice will check if this PO is

associated to any invoice line items. When the PO is saved, Invoice will run

configured matching rules against existing associated invoices.

Should the user wish to disable the Multiple Purchase Order functionality, they can

do so by selecting the Disable Line Level PO command in the Actions menu.

 To enable line item level PO:

1. Click Invoice > Create New Invoice.

2. On the Create New Invoice page, in the Purchase Order Search field,

start typing in a PO number, and then select the PO number that you want to

use.

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3. On the Enter Invoice Details page, in the Actions menu, click Enable Line

Level PO.

The Purchase Order Number column is added to the line item level.

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 To disable line item level PO:

1. Open the desired invoice.

2. In the Actions menu, click Disable Line Level PO.

3. In the Please Confirm window that appears, click Yes.

NOTE: Please ensure that you really want to delete all purchase order

numbers associated with the line item in question.

PO Line Item Association

If an invoice is associated to multiple purchase orders, the system creates a link

between each invoice line and its corresponding PO. The PO number is then used for

line association between the invoice line and the appropriate line of the PO. If the

client has selected to use auto line association, this logic will be used for multiple

POs as well.

Line item level PO-based copydowns will occur from the associated PO line items.

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NOTE: Invoice line items that do not have a PO number will not be associated to a

PO line item by the system.

If the user needs to change the associated PO number for an invoice line item, they

will be able to do so in the Invoice tab.

View and Manage Multiple POs

Users can view and manage multiple POs in the Purchase Order tab and Matching

Summary tab.

PURCHASE ORDER TAB

On the Purchase Order tab, the user will be able to select each purchase order tied

to a specific invoice in a list.

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Once the user has selected a purchase order, they can view the details of the

purchase order and work with it as usual.

 To view and manage multiple purchase orders:

1. Open the desired invoice.

2. Click on the Purchase Order tab.

3. In the list, select the purchase order you want to view or work with.

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MATCHING SUMMARY TAB

On the Matching Summary tab, in the Purchase Order list, users will see the

header level purchase order as default.

Once the user clicks on a line item purchase order in the Invoice list, the purchase

order matched to that invoice shows in the Purchase Order list.

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COPY ITEMS FROM PO

In the Copy Items from PO window, the user will be able to see all lines of the

purchase order tied to the specific invoice with which they are working.

 To copy items from a PO:

1. Click Invoice and then select the relevant view.

2. Open the invoice by clicking it.

3. On the Matching Summary page, click the Copy Items from PO link.

4. Select the items you would like to copy and then click Copy.

EDIT SIDE BY SIDE

In the Side-by-Side Editor window, the user or processor will see a list with all

purchase orders tied to the invoice in question. By selecting one of the purchase

orders from the list, the user or processor will see the purchase order header data in

the Purchase Order section. This means that the purchase order header data will

change depending on purchase order selected in the list. The invoice details stay the

same.

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 To edit in side-by-side view:

1. Open the desired purchase order and click the Matching Summary tab.

2. Click Edit Side-by-Side. The Side-by-Side Editor window appears.

3. Edit the fields you would like to update.

4. Click Save.

Associate the Invoice to a Different PO

You can associate an invoice to a different PO if it is, for example, incorrectly

associated.

 To associate an invoice to a different PO:

1. Click Invoice and then open the desired invoice.

2. Click the Invoice tab.

3. In the PO number field, type the new PO number.

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4. Click Save.

Automatically Associate Invoices With Purchase Orders

If an invoice has one line item and a purchase order has one line item, Invoice will

automatically associate the invoice line with the PO line.

PO Association and Expense Types

When a user manually associates an invoice line item to a purchase order line item,

or when the system associates an invoice line item to a purchase order line item, the

expense type of the PO line item will automatically copy down to the invoice line item

to ensure that the correct expense type is processed with the invoice.

Change a PO-Based Invoice to a Non-PO Based Invoice

If an invoice is incorrectly associated to a PO, but is actually a non-PO based invoice,

the user can reclassify the invoice.

 To change a PO-based invoice to a Non-PO based invoice:

1. On the Invoice Manager page, in the My Tasks section, click Unsubmitted

Invoices.

2. In the More Actions menu, click the Change PO to Non-PO command.

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3. In the Please Confirm window that appears, click Yes.

NOTE: Depending on the configuration of the entity, a prompt to change the policy

assigned to the invoice might appear.

When the invoice is changed to a Non-PO invoice, it might need to be assigned to a

different owner. If so, the invoice must be in an unsubmitted state and the new

owner must have access to the policy associated with the invoice.

If the new owner does not have access to the new policy, unassigning the invoice

allows the AP User or other back-office personnel to perform the reassignment.

Quantities and Amounts Freed up on Voided PO-Based Invoices

Voided invoices remain associated with the PO, but the goods receipt quantities and

amounts are freed up to be invoiced on a replacement invoice. While Concur Invoice

shows those voided invoices, they fully umatch the lines for re-invoicing. When a

new invoice is created, it will have the same purchase order referenced on it.

Match Rules and Match Status

Match Rules are configurable, similar to Audit and Workflow rules. They can be

specified at the Header, Vendor, or Line Item level, and can be applied on a one-to-

one basis between the current invoice and the PO, as well as a "Life-to-Date" basis

that looks at all invoices in the system sharing the same PO Number. Concur Invoice

applies exceptions to a PO invoice when Match Rules run and fail.

Understand the Match Status Assigned to an Invoice

Match Status is an attribute of an invoice, and is determined by:

• Successful association to a PO

- AND -

• Presence of any match exceptions

Match Status displays on the My Invoices, Unsubmitted Invoices, Unapproved

Invoices, and Process Invoices pages. The table below shows all possible Match

Status types.

Status Name

Description

Matched

The invoice is associated to a PO and has no exceptions (note

that several invoices can match a single PO).

Does Not Match

The invoice is associated to a PO and has one or more

exceptions (note that several invoices can match a single PO).

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When Does Concur Invoice Run Match Rules?

Concur Invoice first runs matching rules when:

• An invoice is both successfully associated to a PO

- AND -

• The invoice is in an assigned state (by any method, such as the Payment

Request Import, Vendor to Employee rules assignment, AP User assigning to

Invoice Owner, one Invoice Owner to another).

NOTE: For three-way matching, invoices must, in addition to be associated with

purchase orders, also be associated to received quantities (of goods).

When these two things are true, Invoice reruns rules whenever the client makes

relevant changes to the invoice or the PO. These include:

• On Header save and Line Item delete/save, and on line sequence change

• Changing Invoice Owner, Vendor, or re-assigning an invoice

• Upon PO import, if 1) the import identifies a matching invoice in Concur

Invoice that had not been previously associated to a PO, or 2) the import

identifies that a relevant value like unit price or quantity has been updated on

the PO for a previously associated invoice

NOTE: Rules are rerun for the changes listed above regardless of workflow status.

This applies if the invoice is pending an Invoice Owner, Approver, or

Processor.

The PO matching status of the invoice will be written to the Audit Trail

whenever it changes.

Invoice cannot run rules if an invoice:

• Has been extracted

• Is part of a payment demand

• Has a status of Unassigned

 For more information about payment demands and their effect on running

rules, refer to the Concur Invoice: Invoice Pay User Guide.

Section 3: Workflow and Approval Routing

There are three general processes for purchase request workflows.

• Capture with exceptions

• Capture without exceptions

• Manual entry of invoice

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Capture With Exceptions

If the invoice is processed through capture processing, the invoice and any relevant

purchase order will be associated, and match rules run. If there are exceptions, the

user resolves these and then submits the invoice. Then the system will route the

invoice to the Invoice Processor who will approve the invoice. After this step, the

invoice continues to invoice extraction.

Workflow

Capture → Invoice Owner (reviews for accuracy and solves exceptions) → Invoice

Processor → Invoice Extraction

Capture Without Exceptions

If the invoice is processed through capture processing, the invoice and any relevant

purchase order will be associated, and match rules run. The user reviews the invoice

and submits. The system will then route the invoice to the Invoice Processor who

will approve the invoice. After this step, the invoice continues to invoice extraction.

Workflow

Capture → Invoice Owner (reviews for accuracy) → Invoice Processor → Invoice

Extraction

Manual Entry of Invoice

The invoice owner enters the invoice manually into the system, and then submits the

invoice. Then the system will route the invoice to the Invoice Processor who will

approve the invoice. After this step, the invoice continues to invoice extraction.

Workflow

Invoice Owner → Invoice Processor → Invoice Extraction

Section 4: Concur Invoice Receiving

In a typical purchasing process, the buyer orders goods from the supplier by issuing

a purchase order. The supplier delivers the goods with a document detailing the

goods that are shipped (Delivery Slip Note/Bill of Lading). The buyer receives the

goods and records the receipt by creating a Goods Receipt Note. The supplier then

invoices the buyer for the items they have shipped. The buyer reconciles the invoice

against the ordered and received items and then processes the invoice for payment.

This section describes how to enter quantity receipt data manually into the Concur

Invoice product. This is beneficial for clients who can receive receipts in Concur

Invoice and use three-way matching to give them more control over their invoice

process.

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Invoice Owners, Invoice Processors, and Purchasing Administrators, who processes

purchase orders, can enter, edit, and delete receipts, and add, view, and delete

receipt images. In addition, Invoice Owners and Invoice Processors can manage

receipts at any time in the workflow process within Concur Invoice.

Purchase Request Owners will also be able to manage receipts and receipt images

provided the Allow Purchase Request Owners to Edit their own Purchase

Orders option is selected (enabled) in Invoice Settings.

NOTE: If the Purchase Request Owner becomes the owner of the invoice as well,

then they can add/change/delete receipts on the invoice (through the

Purchase Order tab) when they submit the invoice. For this to work, the

Assign invoice to Purchase Request Owner option must be selected

(enabled) in Invoice Settings, or the invoice must be manually assigned to the

user.

When Purchase Request Owners create a new item, they will be able to specify if the

item requires quantity receipts or not in the Receipt Type list. The default will be

None for services and Quantity Receipt for goods.

Add a Receipt

Invoice Owners, Invoice Processors, Purchasing Administrators (who processes

purchase orders), and Purchase Request Owners (who can edit their own purchase

orders) can open transmitted purchase orders and add receipts at the line item level

of the purchase orders.

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 To add a receipt:

1. Open the desired purchase order and then click the Purchase Order tab.

2. In the Itemization Summary section, click the Enter button. The Enter

Received Goods window appears.

3. In the Enter Received Goods window, complete the required fields and any

other field that you would like to fill in.

Field

Description/Action

Receipt #

(Required) Enter the receipt number of the goods that you

received.

Delivery Slip #

(Optional) Enter the Delivery Slip Number of the goods that

you received.

Date of Receipt

(Optional) Enter the date when you received the goods. If

left blank, today’s date is used.

Quantity

(Required) Enter the quantity of goods that you have

received. The quantities are incremental.

4. Click Save.

Edit a Receipt

Invoice Owners, Invoice Processors, Purchasing Administrators, who processes

purchase orders, and Purchase Request Owners (who are allowed to edit their own

purchase orders) can open transmitted purchase orders and edit receipts at the line

item of the purchase orders.

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NOTE: If a receipt is associated with an invoice, a user will not be able to edit the

receipt and the Edit button will be disabled. If a user needs to make changes

to an invoice, they need to first unassociated the receipt to the invoice.

 To edit a receipt:

1. Open the desired purchase order and then click the Purchase Order tab.

2. In the Itemization Summary section, select the receipt that you would like

to edit, and then click the Edit button. The Edit Received Goods window

appears.

3. Edit desired fields, and then click Save.

Delete a Receipt

Invoice Owners, Invoice Processors, Purchasing Administrators, who processes

purchase orders, and Purchase Request Owners (who are allowed to edit their own

purchase orders) can open transmitted purchase orders and delete receipts at the

line item of the purchase orders.

NOTE: If a receipt is associated with an invoice, a user will not be able to delete the

receipt and the Delete button will be disabled. If a user needs to make

changes to an invoice, they need to first unassociated the receipt to the

invoice.

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 To delete a receipt:

1. Open the desired purchase order and then click the Purchase Order tab.

2. In the Itemization Summary section, select the receipt that you would like

to delete, and then click the Delete button. The Do you want to delete the

following Received entries? window appears.

3. Click Delete.

Add a Receipt Image

Invoice Owners, Invoice Processors, Purchasing Administrators, who processes

purchase orders, and Purchase Request Owners (who are allowed to edit their own

purchase orders) can open transmitted purchase orders and add receipt images at

the line item of the purchase orders. Only one image ID can be associated with a

receipt. Additional uploaded receipts are appended to the same image.

 To add a receipt image:

1. Open the desired purchase order and then click the Purchase Order tab.

2. In the Itemization Summary section, click the icon of the receipt to

which you would like to add a receipt image. The Upload Image window

appears.

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3. Click Browse to locate the receipt you want to attach.

4. Click Open or double-click the receipt image.

5. Click Upload and then Close.

View a Receipt Image

Invoice Owners, Invoice Processors, Purchasing Administrators, who processes

purchase orders, and Purchase Request Owners (who are allowed to edit their own

purchase orders) can open transmitted purchase orders and view receipt images of

the purchase order.

 To view a receipt image:

1. Open the desired purchase order and then click the Purchase Order tab.

2. In the Itemization Summary section, click the icon of the receipt you

would like to view. The Purchase Order Receipt Image window appears.

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Review the receipt image and then close the window by clicking the x in the

top-right corner.

You can also upload receipt images from this window by clicking the Upload

Images link.

In the Purchase Order Receipt Image window receipt images can be

rotated, downloaded, printed, zoomed in and out, and fitted to page.

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Delete a Receipt Image

Invoice Owners, Invoice Processors, Purchasing Administrators, who processes

purchase orders, and Purchase Request Owners (who are allowed to edit their own

purchase orders) can open transmitted purchase orders and delete receipt images of

the purchase orders.

 To delete a receipt image:

1. Open the desired purchase order and then click the Purchase Order tab.

2. In the Itemization Summary section, click the icon of the receipt you

would like to delete. The Purchase Order Receipt Image window appears.

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3. Click Delete Image.

Purchase Order Import for Receiving

The Receipt Type is supported at the header and line item level of the Purchase

Order Import.

 For more information, refer to the Concur Invoice: Import and Extract File

Specifications - Purchase Order Import document.

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Section 5: Invoice Processor Role

When approving, the processor can draw on features specific to this type of invoice,

including:

• Search for PO invoices by querying for their associated Purchase Order

Number, Invoice Number, or Request Number value

• Side-by-side edit view of PO and invoice for vendor, header, and line item

editing

• Ability to change the sequence and number of line items in the invoice to

match those of the PO

• Ability to clear exceptions that prevent matching

Search for and View Invoices by PO Number

You can search for a purchase order by either using the Go To feature, or by creating

a query, and you can view purchase orders by adding the PO number to the

Invoices Ready for Processing page. To do so, use the following procedures.

Search for an Invoice by Using the Go To Feature

The Purchase Order Number attribute is unique and can return one or more invoices

associated with their PO. To view these in the Processor view, a search function

using the Go To button is available.

 To search for an invoice by using the Go To feature:

1. Click Invoice > Process Invoices.

2. On the Invoices Ready for Processing page, click Go To.

3. Type in the Purchase Order Number, Invoice Number, or Purchase Request

Number associated with the PO for which you are searching. When a match is

found, the system returns one (or more) purchase orders.

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4. Click the result to view the purchase order (you can only open one at a time.)

Add a PO Number Column to the Processor View

You can add the PO Number column to the grid view which allows a sort-by-number

view to quickly sort and identify purchase requests.

 To add the PO Number column to the processor view:

1. Click Invoice > Process Invoices.

2. On the Invoices Ready for Processing page, click Preferences.

3. Locate the PO Number option in the list and select (enable) it.

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4. Click Save. The PO Number column appears on the Invoices Ready for

Processing page.

Search for a PO-Based Invoice by Creating a Custom Query

Creating a query can eliminate tiresome repetition whenever the same search

criterion is used repeatedly to return purchase order invoices.

 To search for a PO-based invoice by creating a custom query:

1. Click Invoice > Process Invoices.

2. On the Invoices Ready for Processing page, click Query > New Query.

3. Create the query as shown in the following figure.

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4. Click Save (or Save & Run to return all invoices using that number). The

system saves the query and you can now run the query by clicking it directly.

Edit the Invoice

A PO invoice might need adjusting prior to approval. The processor has the option of

sending the invoice back to the invoice owner with directions in the Comment field

explaining the required changes. Otherwise, the processor can adjust the invoice as

needed.

 For more information, refer to the Edit the PO Invoice section in this guide.

Resolve Exceptions

Because a purchase request typically cannot be submitted or approved while it has

exceptions (unless configured so in matching rules), it is rare that a non-Invoice

Owner role (such as Processor or Approver) will see an invoice with match

exceptions. However, this can occur in the following cases:

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• Processor or approver makes an edit that causes the previously matched

invoice to have exceptions.

• The PO import applies new updates to a PO. For example, suppose PO#123

had a total of $1,000. Its associated invoice had a status of Matched and was

submitted. While pending an approver, the import updated PO#123 to a total

of $800. An amount-based exception would occur.

In either case, the user would need to correct the exceptions (by making edits if

their role allowed, or by sending back to the Invoice Owner for corrections) before

the invoice could be approved.

If company policy allows, the processor typically resolves exceptions just as the

Invoice Owner would, except this is done from the Invoices Ready for Processing

page.

When an invoice has only non-blocking purchase order matching errors, the icon on

the Matching Summary tab and the icon on the Invoice list will show a warning (a

yellow triangle) indicating that there is an error. However, the invoice can still be

matched.

Compare Invoiced Quantities and Received Quantities Rule

The Invoice Quantities rule is a Life-To-Date rule that compares the total quantities

invoiced (based on quantities matched) against the total quantities on the associated

receipts.

The rule can be set up as a warning or prevent submission if invoiced quantities for

all invoice line items associated with that receipt is more than the configured number

or percentage over the received quantity of associated receipts. This rule is

unchecked (disabled) by default.

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Example 1

Let us assume that we have the following:

Line 1: Ordered Quantity is 30

Receipts

GRN#1: Received Quantity is 20

Invoices

Invoice 1: Line 1 quantity is 10

Invoice 2: Line 1 quantity is 10

Invoice 3: Line 1 quantity is 10

The system will associate Invoice 1: Line 1 and Invoice 2: Line 1 to GRN #1. The

system will not associate Invoice 3: Line 1 to a receipt, as there are no available

receipts to associate for this invoice. However, if a user associates Invoice 3: Line 1

to GRN#1, the Life-to-Date rule will fire and throw an exception on all three invoices.

Example 2

Let us assume that we have the following:

Line 1: Ordered Quantity is 30

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Receipts

GRN#1: Received Quantity is 20

Invoices

Invoice 1: Line 1 quantity is 30

The system will associate Invoice 1: Line 1 to GRN #1. The Life-to-Date rule will fire

and throw an exception on Invoice 1: Line 1, because the receipt quantity is less

than the Invoice quantity.

Receipt Association

Concur Invoice will automatically try to associate incoming invoice line to available

receipts on the associated PO lines by using the following logic:

• For invoices where there is not a specified Delivery Slip Number, Concur

Invoice will associate invoice lines to available receipts in a sequential order,

filling each invoice line with available quantities from GRN #1, GRN #2, and

so on.

• For invoices where the client has specified the Delivery Slip Number, Concur

Invoice will associate it to the GRN that has the same DSN. If Concur Invoice

does not find a GRN with the same DSN, it will revert to the sequential

association logic.

Section 6: Purchasing Admin

Within the PO Matching process for external POs, there might be a need to view and

process the external POs that have been imported into the Concur Invoice product. A

user with the Purchasing Admin role can review and perform certain actions on these

external purchase orders.

Process Purchase Orders

The purchasing admin typically reviews purchase orders and performs PO-related

tasks.

To process purchase orders, the purchasing admin clicks Requests > Process

Purchase Orders. Here, the purchasing admin can perform processing task on the

purchase order.

With the purchase order open in detail view, the purchasing admin can perform the

following actions:

• Void the transmitted PO

• Close the transmitted PO

• View the associated image(s) for the PO

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• Review the original payment or purchase requests associated with this

purchase order

NOTE: Purchasing admins who work with multiple purchase orders will be able to

perform the same task as the user, when working in the Purchase Order tab

and Matching Summary tab. For more information, refer to the View and

Manage Multiple Purchase Orders section in this document.

Void a Purchase Order

A purchasing admin might want to void a purchase order after transmittal to vendor

if, for example, the order cannot be fulfilled due to a discontinued item, or if there

are vendor issues or changes in the business environment that deems the PO invalid.

When a purchasing admin voids a purchase order, the system sets the PO to Voided.

A record of the PO remains in the system, but the PO is not included in any listing or

extract of general purchase orders. However, voided purchase orders can be included

in search result lists by filtering the search where the status is equal to Voided.

Voiding the PO is a "housecleaning" measure used to ensure any associated invoices

referencing this PO Number will be identified and handled appropriately.

 To void a purchase order:

1. On the All Orders page, select the purchase order you want to void by

clicking its check box.

2. On the Actions menu, click Void.

3. In the Void Purchase Order window that appears, enter a comment about

why you want to void the purchase order, and then click OK. The system

updates the audit log and changes the status of the purchase order to Voided.

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Close a Purchase Order

When a purchasing admin closes a purchase order after transmittal to vendor, the

system removes the closed PO from the list of purchase orders pending actions. This

helps the processor to manage their POs and their statuses more efficiently.

If the purchasing admin wants to search on closed POs, they can do so by selecting

Status Equals Closed in the search area. The page will list all the closed POs.

NOTE: Please note that the purchasing admin cannot copy an invoice if it is

associated with a closed PO.

NOTE: If the client uses an external purchasing system, a standard PO import into

Concur Invoice can update any PO with a Closed status.

 To close a purchase order:

1. On the All Orders page, select the purchase order you want to close by

clicking its check box.

2. On the Actions menu, click Close.

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3. In the Close Purchase Order window that appears, enter a comment about

why you want to close the purchase order, and then click OK. When the

purchasing admin has closed the PO, it will no longer appear in the list of that

page.

In addition, a closed PO will not be available in the list of active POs for

matching invoices.

View Associated Images to the Purchase Order

To view associated images to the purchase order, click View Image Gallery.

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Search for a Purchase Order

Purchasing admins can search for purchase orders that are pending transmission or

all purchase orders in the search area by selecting different search criteria, such as

Requestor Last Name, Total, or Vendor Name.

CHANGE VIEW SEARCH OPTION

Purchasing admins can also use the Change View menu to display purchase orders

pending transmission or pending vendor approval. By changing the view, the result

appears on the page.

View Original Invoice or Purchase Request Associated with a PO

To view details about the original invoice or purchase request associated with a

specific purchase order, click View Association.

The Purchase Order Associations window appears.

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Section 7: Quantity Receipt Import for Three-Way Matching

Before clients can start to use the Three-Way Matching feature, they need to import

the Quantity Receipt file, which they can do through an FTP import or through the

API. The receipt information that clients import into Concur Invoice enables the

system to associate and validate incoming invoice lines. The associated receipt

information is then available for extract through the Standard Accounting Extract.

If clients need to use three-way matching, they should use the Quantity Receipt

Import.

 For more information, refer to the Concur Invoice: Import and Extract File

Specifications - Purchase Order Receipt Import Version 2 (Quantity Receipt

for Three-Way Match) document.

Section 8: PO-Based Invoices That Should Not Be Matched

In some cases, a client will use Concur Invoice to capture and route PO invoices but

will not want matching to be performed on them. For example, the client might have

a set of inventory-related POs which require receiving and matching to be performed

within the ERP PO module (not Concur Invoice).

The most common benefits of using Concur Invoice in this way are standardizing

capture methods, as well as consolidating images and reporting data in one system.

Clients commonly choose a workflow for these PO invoices that routes straight to

Processor, extracts the invoices, and then performs the match in their ERP.

In cases like these, ensure that you do not enter any value in the Concur Invoice

Purchase Order Number field so that the system will not perform any matching in

Concur Invoice.

When creating an invoice, enter the PO Number on the Invoice Header Form. Do not

enter it in the Purchase Order Number field on the Create New Invoice page.

The latter approach will look for a matching PO number in Concur Invoice, which will

not exist.

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