Purchase order integration

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The purchase order interfaces support the transfer of new and updated purchase orders from Maximo® Manage to Oracle E-Business Suite. The data transfer uses Oracle open interface tables and purchasing public APIs.

The purchase order interface uses standard concurrent processes and the purchasing documents open interface for creating purchase orders and purchase contracts. After a purchase order and a purchase contract are approved in Maximo Manage, the adapter adds records to the following tables:
  • PO_HEADERS_INTERFACE
  • PO_LINES_INTERFACE
  • PO_DISTRIBUTIONS_INTERFACE

The table shows the updated information that is sent by the purchase order interface to Oracle E-Business Suite from Maximo Manage.

Table 1. Information sent by purchase order interface
Changes in Maximo Manage that trigger the transfer of updated information to Oracle E-Business Suite. Method used to transfer updates from Maximo Manage to Oracle E-Business Suite
Updates to the Quantity, Price, Need By, and Promise Date fields in purchase orders. Oracle standard APIs
Updates to the Contract price field. Purchasing documents open interface
Cancellation of purchase orders and contracts. Oracle standard APIs

The releases in Maximo Manage are sent as standard purchase orders to Oracle E-Business Suite.

The purchase order integration transfers purchase orders from Maximo Manage to Oracle E-Business Suite when the status of the purchase order matches a status in the POSEND integration control.

The purchase order integration also transfers approved purchase orders from the Oracle E-Business Suite to Maximo Manage. If an error occurs when the Oracle E-Business Suite is importing a PO, the integration framework sends a status change transaction to Maximo Manage. That transaction changes the PO status in Maximo Manage to WAPPR (waiting for approval).

The purchase order integration does not support the transfer of internal purchase orders from Maximo Manage to Oracle E-Business Suite.