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Mar 25, 2020 9:10 AM UTC
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Purchase Orders - How do i get SKU to show up on my purchase orders?

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Mar 25, 2020 11:07 AM UTC

@jmcconnico 

 

if you are asking about the SKU showing on the printed PO

it will not show

there has been multiple requests over the past two years or more to enable the field for printing - no response that means anything

92 replies

Jan 30, 2024 3:05 PM UTC

I just discovered another way to get the SKU to print on the Purchase Order. This was suggested to me by the Quickbooks Online team member response, however, it was definitely not clear. This program is NOT user friendly and you must be willing to try different things until you find what works. Anyway, it was suggested that the SKU be input into the Description Field of the product of service that you are creating or already have created. What was not made clear was the Description Field that they were talking about. It is the Description Field under "Purchasing Information" which is found when you scroll to the bottom of the Product/Service Information Form. I simply copy and paste the SKU and then the Description into that field and it is now populating on the Purchase Order and is visible on the printed copy. Quickbooks online really should do a better job explaining how this works. Hopefully this helps others having difficulty. 

Apr 3, 2024 11:57 AM UTC

Dear QuickBooks team, could you please urgently implement a function that shows the SKU on the purchase.

I mean, it is the most important and critical information for a manufacturer, where I want to order my products.

Without the SKU printed on the order, the purchase order is totally useless!

Many thanks

Chris

Apr 3, 2024 12:44 PM UTC

Hello Chris,

We have been asking for this for years, but Quickbooks apparently doesn't care what its customers want. Sorry to inform you!

Cheers!

Apr 11, 2024 2:01 PM UTC

The best work around that I have found, and it is a little cumbersome, but it works. Copy and paste the SKU and the description into the Purchasing Information Box under each Product. See Example attached.

Apr 11, 2024 4:56 PM UTC

Thank you for the reply, Melissa. Yes, I do this already. I'm just frustrated that adding an additional field to a form that displays as a column is one of the easiest updates possible to make. And the frustration comes from the moderators constantly telling the community to simply put a ticket in to the dev team. Flash forward 6 years, multiple threads on the issue, and nothing has changed. 

Apr 11, 2024 5:00 PM UTC

EXACTLY.......I am looking at changing software as QBO is NOT GOOD at accomplishing much at all in the way of asking for improvements, enter your needs and NOTHING gets done.  They could care less, just keep the money rolling in and that's the way they like it.  Harsh.....yep, true.....yep