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Last Updated: 2025-03-14
Maintain Requisition Types

Maintain Requisition Types

  • Create purchase order types on the
    Maintain Purchase Order Types
     task. See Maintain Purchase Order Types.
  • Security:
    Set Up: Procurement
     domain in the Procurement functional area.
You can configure requisition types to categorize requisitions according to your procurement and sourcing needs. You can also use requisition types to:
  • Source requisitions to matching purchase order types.
  • Report on requisitions.
  • Create custom validations.
If you don't create requisition types, the
Requisition Type
 prompt isn't available in tasks and reports.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Requisition Types
     task.
  2. As you complete the task, consider:
    Option Description
    Default Purchase Order Type
    Workday displays this column when you create purchase order types.
    Select a matching purchase order type to associate with a requisition type.
    Inventory Replenishment
    Select to identify a requisition type for restocking inventory sites.
    Par Replenishment
    Select to identify a requisition type for restocking par locations.
    Just in Time
    Select to identify a requisition type for just-in-time replenishment.
    Select
    Par Replenishment
     with
    Just in Time
     to identify a requisition type for replenishment par locations with just-in-time items.
    Bill Only
    Select to identify a requisition type for unpaid items that your company consumes.
    By default, Workday auto-selects the
    Lot and Serial
     option when you select the
    Bill Only
     option for a requisition type. You can deselect the
    Lot and Serial
     option to create a bill-only requisition without lot and serial.
    Consignment
    Select to identify a requisition type for procuring items at no cost.
    Select
    Bill Only
     with
    Consignment
     to identify a requisition type for the bill and replacement of consigned goods. With this requisition type, you can pay for consumed consigned goods while replenishing consigned inventory at no cost.
    Select
    Par Replenishment
     with
    Consignment
     to identify a requisition type for stocking consigned goods in par locations at no charge. With this requisition type, you can replenish par locations for initial consignment.
    Lot and Serial
    Select to add lot and serial information onto consignment requisitions. By default, Workday auto-selects this
    Lot and Serial
     option when you select the
    Bill Only
     option for a requisition type.
    Supplier Contract Request
    Select to source a requisition directly to a supplier contract for obligation-type supplier contracts. During the requisition approval process, you can create supplier contracts from tasks in My Tasks.
    Procedure Information
    Select to add procedure information on requisitions.
    Workday displays this check box when you select
    Enable Healthcare Options
     on the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Financials
     task.
    In Use
    Workday selects this check box after a requisition type has been used at least once. You can't remove a requisition type from the
    Maintain Requisition Types
     task once it's been used.
    Inactive
    Select to make a requisition type unavailable to users. After you inactivate a requisition type, users won't be able to see or select the inactive requisition type from the
    Requisition Type
     prompt in requisitioning tasks.
Create requisitions.