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When you edit multiple items at the same time (called a mass edit), the first item is used as a sample for all the items; the changes you make to the sample are made to all the items you're editing. It's possible that a field that is editable in the sample is not editable in other items; those items are not changed.

If a non-catalog item's price is specified by a contract, you cannot change the price.

Some items cannot be edited simultaneously. Depending on the types of items you select, you might receive an error indicating that you must edit the items individually.

If an order has a status of Shipping, Shipped, Receiving, or Invoicing, you can change any field but: unit price, unit of measure, item description, supplier, supplier location, and supplier part number. Note that although you can change quantity, it cannot be less than what has already been shipped or received.

If orders are pushed to an ERP system, you cannot edit these fields (in addition to those listed above):

ERP Non-editable fields
Oracle Bill To, Currency, Organization, Supplier, Supplier Location
PeopleSoft Bill To, Currency, Supplier, and Supplier Location
SAP Bill To, Currency, Item Category, Purchase Group, Purchase Organization, Vendor

To change a non-editable field, delete the line item and then create a new line item with the correct values.

Related topics

Review modified fields

Split accounting for a line item

Edit a line item

Cancel purchase orders

Change purchase orders

 

Screen details

To display the Edit Items screen, select multiple line items on the View Line Items screen or the Checkout screen and click Edit.

 
  1. Change line item details.
    • You cannot change service line items on SAP orders (you can add or change material line items only), but you can delete the service line items or cancel the entire order.
  2. Change accounting information:
    • Account type is not displayed for non-catalog line items.
    • To spread the cost among multiple accounting groups, click Split Accounting. On Oracle orders, you cannot delete split accountings, but you can change them to use different values.
  3. Change shipping information.
  4. Click Review or Next to review the changes, or Cancel to return to the previous screen without changing the items.

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