Vendor Exception report

The Vendor Exception report identifies items that you have ordered but not yet received. You can filter the list for combinations of vendors, items, and document dates, and even values within certain fields such as the scheduled ship date.

Who typically needs this report?

  • Purchasers who need to identify items ordered but not yet received, so they can quickly focus on only those items in question. For example, you became aware that the capacity of a certain vendor was exceeded for high-end items recently. Thus, you can quickly construct the following query: "What items have not been delivered from this vendor in the last two months for items that have a value between $500 and $1,000?"
  • To access this report, go to Purchasing > All > Reports and select Vendor exceptions.

    View a monthly report

    1. Generate the report.
    2. On the report settings page, select View.

      A report showing results for the default reporting period appears in your browser.

    3. Optionally, to refine the report, select Customize.

    Customize and run

    If you want to see every result for a particular category, don't make selections from any of the data entry fields. You can run this report without entering any search information. If you do that, however, the report might take a long time to run and might return too many results to be useful.

    Before running the report, you can select the time period and types of items to include as well as specify how you want the report to appear.

    1. Select the reporting period from the dropdown menu, or enter the start and end dates you want the report to cover.  If you do not specify a reporting period, the system generates a report for the current month to date.

      • You can specify either the reporting period or the start and end dates, but not both.
    2. Set the filters to get the specific data you want.

      • Filters enable you to include or exclude specific types of data in the report, such as customer, item, UPC, value, or account. As a general rule, to get fewer and more precise results in your report, set more filters.
    3. Format the report.

      • Format options will vary from report to report. Generally, you can set the layout of the report and arrange how to group and display the data contained in the report.
    4. Enter a title, subtitle, and footer text for your report.
    5. Select one of the following options. Some options are only available from the Reports center.

      • View: View the report in your browser.
      • Print: View the report in a printable PDF format.
      • Process & store: Generate the report and store it for later access.

        Reports can be either stored in the My Stored Reports list or delivered to a cloud storage location, such as Dropbox. Learn more about processing and storing reports.

      • Add to dashboard: Add the report to your dashboard.
      • Memorize: Memorize (save) the report to refer back, modify, and re-run it.

        Schedule memorized reports to run on a recurring basis. Automatically email the reports or deliver them to a cloud storage location.

      • Export: Export the report to a separate file.

        File formats vary among reports.

      • Customize: After you run the report, refine the report further.
      • Email: After you run the report, email to others.

    You can use trial-and-error to get the precise results you want. Just fill in the desired fields, and select View to see the report. If the results aren't what you want, select Customize to return to the report setup page and refine the report further. Repeat this process until you're satisfied.

    For complex financial reports that will be run regularly, save the report after you're done setting it up. The next time you're ready to run the report, you only have to change the As of date before running the report.

    Time period

    You can use one of the numerous pre-defined reporting periods available from the Reporting period and As of date fields, or create your own reporting period using the Start date and End date fields.

    Report filters

    Use the filters to focus the results of your report. In effect, filters enable you to isolate and assemble just the data you want. You can set any combination of filters.

    Location and department filters

    These filter options appear only if you work in a multi-entity environment.

    Formatting

    Titles and footer

    Titles, subtitles, and footers apply only to the print versions of this report. Export to Excel or CSV, or select Print for a PDF version.