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Converting External Purchase Orders to Adaptive Purchase Orders

How to convert QuickBooks, Procore, and BuilderTrend Purchase Orders into Adaptive Purchase Orders and understand the differences between them.

Updated over 2 weeks ago

This article explains how to view PO conversion options, understand the differences between PO types, and convert QuickBooks, Procore, and BuilderTrend POs into Adaptive POs individually or in bulk.

1. Accessing the Purchase Order Conversion Tools

  1. Open the PO you want to review.

  2. Select the wishbone icon to view information about converting external POs to Adaptive POs.

  3. Click Learn More to open a Help Center article with a table comparing external POs and Adaptive POs.

2. Converting a Purchase Order to an Adaptive PO

Convert from within a PO

  • Open the PO.

  • Select Convert to an Adaptive PO.

  • A message explains what will occur during conversion based on the external source.

Editing Options After Conversion

After converting to an Adaptive PO, you can edit fields such as:

  • Purchase Order Number

  • Date

  • Amounts

  • Any fields not linked to an existing bill

3. Conversion Behavior by Integration Type

QuickBooks POs

  • Hard Delete: The original QuickBooks PO is deleted.

  • The converted PO will no longer sync with QuickBooks.

Procore POs

  • Soft Delete: The original Procore PO is removed from Adaptive but remains unchanged in Procore.

  • Only the Adaptive version is converted.

BuilderTrend POs

  • Soft Delete: The original BuilderTrend PO is removed from Adaptive but remains unchanged in BuilderTrend.

  • Only the Adaptive version is converted.

4. Converting Multiple POs in Bulk

  1. Select multiple external POs from the list.

  2. Open Actions.

  3. Choose Convert to Adaptive POs.

  4. All selected POs convert at once, following the same deletion rules for each integration.


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