Purchase Requests - Overview
A purchase request in Zoho Expense is a formal request initiated by the employee of an organisation to procure goods or services. The purpose of a purchase request is to ensure that all acquisitions are necessary, budgeted, and authorised, thereby maintaining financial control and accountability.
Statuses of Purchase Request
| STATUS | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| draft | Once a purchase request is created, it will be saved in Draft status. You can make necessary changes while the purchase request is in draft status. |
| Awaiting Approval | Once a purchase request is created, you can submit it for approval. The purchase requests that are submitted to the approver will be in Awaiting Approval status. |
| approved | All purchase requests that are approved by the approver will be in Approved status. |
| rejected | All purchase requests that are rejected by the approver will be in Rejected status. |
| On Hold | The purchase requests that approvers have approved but have put on hold due to some reason will be in the On Hold status. |
| processed | If a purchase request is approved and processed, it will be marked as Processed. |
| cancelled | All the purchase requests that were cancelled by employees of your organization will be in the Cancelled status. |
| recalled | If you want to make changes to a submitted purchase request, you can recall the purchase request. The status of such purchase requests will be in the Recalled status. |
