Block a purchase contact (temporarily)

You can block a creditor in one of two ways via the properties: temporarily or permanently.

You have the following fields available for this:

Block temporarily
If you select this check box, that has consequences for the data entry in the purchase process. To summarise these, for this purchase contact:
- You cannot create purchase orders any more.
- You cannot create and adjust goods receipts any more.
You can however still enter a purchase invoice.
Block completely, no longer visible
You can no longer use the creditor in the purchase process and you no longer see the creditor in views (unless you choose explicitly to display blocked creditors).

Blocking creditors has no influence on the financial completion (of, for example, payments and outstanding items).

To block a purchase contact (temporarily):

Consequences of (temporary) blocks:

Action	Temporarily blocked	Completely blocked
Create a new basic purchase order Create a new purchase order	Not allowed	Not allowed
Create a new basic purchase order Create a new purchase order	Allowed	Not allowed
Open an existing basic purchase order Open an existing purchase order	Only view	Only view
Open an existing goods receipt Open an existing sales invoice	Only view	Only view
Copy to a purchase order	Not allowed	Not allowed
Copy to a goods receipt	Allowed	Not allowed
Copy to a purchase invoice	Allowed	Not allowed
Generate an order proposal	Not allowed	Not allowed
Reconciliation	Allowed	Allowed
Delete a basic purchase order Delete a purchase order Delete a goods receipt Delete a purchase invoice	Allowed	Allowed
Redetermine prices	Allowed	Allowed