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title: "About Requests"
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updated: 2026-07-22T13:11:47Z
published: 2026-08-10T20:23:40Z
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# About Requests

A Purchase Request is the first step in ordering inventory products from a supplier. It addresses an inventory need for a specific location regardless of distributor. When created, a Purchase Request has a status of **New** or **Pending**, and when approved, the order becomes a Purchase Order.

A Purchase Request is created to address an inventory need for a specific location regardless of Distributor. When the request is being approved, the desired distributor is associated with the item.

Therefore, a Purchase Request can be converted into multiple Purchase Orders if the order requires it.

If a Purchase Order is created with some of the items on the Purchase Request, the Purchase Request will have those approved items removed from it while maintaining a status of 'New.' This allows for store personnel to worry about their inventory levels while inventory management addresses who to order from.

If the store has a warehouse location attached to it, the system generates a transfer request instead of a purchase request.

See also:

[Performing a Request search](/v1/docs/performing-an-inventory-request-search)

[Viewing Request Approval History](/v1/docs/viewing-approval-history)

[Creating a New Request](/v1/docs/creating-a-new-request)

[Viewing Pending Request(s)](/v1/docs/viewing-pending-request-s)