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Scope: This document provides guidelines for Ordering staff to process POOF2 orders and send items ordered each day

Contact:   Masayo Uchiyama

Unit: Ordering

Date last updated: 3/26/2025

Date of next review: March 2026 



Open Cyberduck, download marc files

Open Data Import App, create purchase order

Open Orders App, review orders

Create CSV file or Print PO for each vendor

Send PO to a vendor via email with attachment (CSV file or PDF)

Harrassowitz (code: Harrass-e) orders get sent via EDIFACT

A. Open Cyberduck, download marc files for print orders sent via POOF2 on the previous business day

  1. Double click each file to download. Files get sent to your download folder.
  2. Use MarcEdit to update order details (vendor code, location, fund etc.) as needed.
  3. Compile file into marc and save. 

B. Open Create PO in Date Import App to create PO in FOLIO.

  1. Choose a file and send request, wait for results (PO, POL, Title, number of holdings, HRID number, ISBN number, series title, selector’s notes for LTS) Carefully review results.
  2. If there is a series title, search in Inventory app to verify it is not a part of on-going orders.
  3. If more than one holding in results, click the title to go to the inventory app. Verify it is not a duplicate order. Unless selector instructed as intentional duplicate.
  4. Write down PO and number of PO Lines in memo pad as your record.
NOTES: Lehigh app gives you an error message without any results if there is no sufficient fund. Search new PO in Orders app, and you will find pending PO created by Lehigh app. This pending PO can be deleted. 
  1. order files and select appropriate job profile for firm orders. 
  2. Carefully review each PO Line. Check duplicate titles, standing order if a record has a series title.



C. Do a compound search in Orders App for current day’s firm orders created by Lehigh App then create CSV file for EDI vendors.   Data Import

  1. For Yankee-e firm orders
  2. Compare the information for each PO number displayed in FOLIO search result and PO number in your note pad.
  3. Non-EDIFACT vendors, create CSV file in Orders App. Click action button on right hand corner of middle pane, and select Export results (CSV).
  4. When you click Export results (CSV), Export settings window pops up. We need PO number from PO field. POLine number, Title, Publisher, Product ID (ISBN), Rush, Physical unit Estimated price, Quantity physical, Currency, Fund code & , Location and instructions to vendor from POL fields to export. Click Export once selection is done.
  5. Alternatively, you can print order in PDF format. Click action in right hand corner of right pane, select Print order. Save as PDF and use PO number for the file name.


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D. Examine CSV files and cleanup unwanted information and save. Send PO orders by an email to each a vendor with CSV file as attachment. For printed PO, send by an email to each vendor with PDF as attachment.

NOTES: Some vendors send us order confirmation/acknowledgement and they should can be filed in each vendor’s folder of print ordering mailbox for our record.



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E. Send CouttsUK and Harrass-e PO numbers Harrassowitz orders get sent via EDIFACT

  1.  Go to actionIn Data Import, select 'Unopen'.
  2.  Go to action, edit then check re-encumber box and save & close.
  3.  Select each PO Line. Action edit.
  4. job profile name 'Harrassowitz firm orders' to create purchase order.
  5. Review each PO line and confirm the box of  In PO line details, check 'Automatic export' box.
  6.  In vendor, enter notes in 'Instructions to vendor' filed if needed. (notes example: This ed, v.1 only, intentional duplicate)
  7.  Repeat step 4-5 on all PO lines.
  8.  Go back to PO and action, select 'Open'.
  9. is checked.
  10. Orders get  EDIFACT vendor PO gets sent automatically at 5:00 PM.