Procurement Area

A broad area of spend, such as logistics, IT or facilities. Procurement categories belong to an area.

Where

Purchasing › General › Procurement Area

Who uses it

The implementation consultant

When

At setup, before procurement categories

Needs first

Nothing

What it is for

It groups categories for spend reporting. One area code has a rule: a purchase order line whose procurement area is LOG (logistics) must have delivery lines, or save is refused with "Purchase Order - Line ID: ... Delivery cannot be empty".

Every field in plain words

Field	What it means	What to put
Procurement Area	The code	Given on Create
Name	The name
Block	Stops it being picked

What it is connected to

• Procurement Category - each category names its area.
• Purchase Order - the LOG rule.