Processing public request orders

Your System Manager may have enabled the creation of public purchase requests. These requests are submitted by the public using OPACs (for example, Talis Prism) and are generated as unverified 'Potential' orders. You can use Talis Alto to identify public request orders and process them accordingly.

To process public request orders

1. From the Acquisitions menu select Orders.
   
   The Orders form is displayed.

2. Set the Status drop-down menu to Potential.

3. Set the Verified drop-down menu to read No.

4. Click the Continue button.

• If a single public purchase request order is found, the record is displayed in a new tab. If the search identifies multiple orders, they are displayed in a results grid.

• If required, you can modify how the search results are displayed.

• To view the order details, double click on a results row.

5. Having identified the potential order, you can progress the order accordingly (i.e. add items, receipt items, allocate barcodes, etc).