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title: "About purchase orders (PAS)"
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updated: 2026-07-07T18:51:43Z
published: 2026-07-07T18:51:43Z
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# About purchase orders (PAS)

> [!WARNING]
> This help article is related to the Production Accounting Suite (PAS)
> 
> In Wrapbook, production accountants and administrators can manage POs using either the [Production Accounting Suite](/v1/docs/about-production-accounting) or [Cost tracking](/v1/docs/about-cost-tracking). To understand the differences, [click here](/v1/docs/about-production-accounting#production-accounting-faq).

## Overview

A *purchase order* (PO) in production accounting is a formal commitment to purchase goods or services from a vendor that impacts a project's budget and requires approval before the goods/services can be rendered.

With Wrapbook's P*roduction Accounting Suite* (PAS):

- Real-time POs are tracked in real time and managed directly from the platform
- All POs are timestamped and tied to their creator
- Workers can create and submit POs through a customizable approval process. Once approved, these POs are automatically registered in the accounting system. Contact your Wrapbook Customer Success Manager to learn how to enable this feature.

## Access POs in PAS

> [!NOTE]
> Access to POs in PAS is permission based
> 
> To access POs, your account must have one of the following [roles](/v1/docs/permissions-and-access-control) enabled:
> 
> - Role: *Company Admin, Accountant*
> - Custom role with: *Accounting & Cost Tracking / Purchase orders - Full access, Manage, View only*

To access POs in PAS:

1. Make sure [*Production Accounting*](/v1/docs/about-production-accounting) has been enabled for your company’s account
2. In the left-side navigation, click the dropdown menu
3. In the dropdown menu, select the project that you want to access POs for
4. In the left-side navigation *Accounting* menu, click **Purchase orders**

## Purchase orders dashboard

On a project’s *Purchase orders* dashboard you can:

- See the *Total, Balance, In progress,* and *Relieved PO* amounts
- *Search* for POs, and filter by *Status*
- View of all the project’s POs and details including *Transaction #, PO #, Date issued, Vendor, Description, Balance, In progress, Relieved*, and *Status*
- Click on a *PO#* to see the PO details
- Click the gear icon on the top-right of the screen to choose whether you want PO numbers to be manually entered by production or automatically generated, and whether a *Department* is required to save a new PO

## Purchase orders options

From the *Purchase orders* dashboard, you can:

- [View and update POs](/v1/docs/view-and-update-a-purchase-order-pas)
- [Add a PO](/v1/docs/add-a-purchase-order-pas)
- [Relieve POs](/v1/docs/relieve-purchase-orders-pas)
- [Export POs](/v1/docs/export-purchase-orders-pas)

(Purchase Order) A financial document committing the production to expenditure.