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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Reference: Mass Maintain and Request Purchase Items with Worksheets

Reference: Mass Maintain and Request Purchase Items with Worksheets

When you plan to maintain purchase item information with Worksheets, use this topic to understand Workday Worksheets, Purchase Item Request Templates and Types, and how they fit together.
Workday Worksheets
Uses Drive to support spreadsheets within Workday.
Each worksheet displays as a tab in a workbook. You can enter and update data in the green sections.
Purchase Item Request Templates
Uses Workday Worksheets to support custom workbook templates for purchase item information.
On each worksheet within a workbook template, you can arrange the purchase item fields based on your item maintenance process.
Purchase Item Request Types
Uses multiple workbook templates and questionnaires to help manage purchase item information.
With Purchase Item Request Types, you can create a workflow of workbook templates to match either of these corresponding business processes for purchase item requests:
  • New Purchase Items Request
  • Mass Maintain Purchase Items Request
The
Mass Maintain Purchase Items
task
Initiates the
Mass Maintain Purchase Items Request
business process and uses the applicable Purchase Item Request Type workflows.
The
Request New Purchase Items
task
Initiates the
New Purchase Items Request
business process and uses the applicable Purchase Item Request Type workflows.