Emailing PO from within Openboxes

Incubugs · October 7, 2021, 12:31pm

Just wondered if it is possible yet to email a PO direct to the supplier or contact from within Openboxes, its a bit of a pain having to save the PDF then email using outlook, also there needs to be a section for adding custom notes , like a different delivery address if drop shipping, or a note like " Deliver in plain package " etc. This is a must

jmiranda · October 7, 2021, 6:40pm

Hey Kurt

I created a ticket for this feature request last December

github.com/openboxes/openboxes

Send PO to supplier via email

opened 06:11PM - 02 Dec 20 UTC

jmiranda

pacomms

As a purchasing supervisor, when I place an order I want the system to send an e…mail to the main contact at the supplier organization that includes the PO as an attachment. This should be possible in the following ways - automatically (if feature enabled and organization has an email contact specified) - manually (the user can click a send email button, enter the email address and body, and click send) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1162935/100913257-26c3bc00-3497-11eb-9112-cc9a9e6b5255.png) In the future, we should consider the following enhancements: - Allow system to send PO in other formats (JSON, EDI) using a webhook or API - Allow user to preview the email template - Allow user to edit the email template - Allow user to preview the PO template - Allow user to edit the PO template

However, we have a huge backlog of work for clients so that takes priority over the community backlog. I had a developer who was looking to work on something in the community backlog a few months ago, so I pointed him to this ticket. Unfortunately it didn’t go anywhere, but I’ll keep my ears open for another developer or will work on this myself when I get a chance.

If we can scope out all of your requirements in more detail, I can work on an estimate on how much it will cost and when it could be done by. If not, no worries, we’ll get to it at some point.

Justin