Proposals

Convert Sales Order to Proposal

Convert Sales Order to Proposal

This option allows the user to create a proposal or quote document from the content of a sales order. This feature is commonly used in a point of sale environment when a customer decides to abort a purchase but is quoted pricing on the desired items.  

It is recommended that quotes and proposals are done within the quote dialog and sales order are not created until a quote or proposal has been approved. Review the Proposals > Getting Stared > Proposals Overview section for more details.

Complete the following steps to convert a sales order to a proposal:

  1. Open the sales order and select Process > Convert to Proposal as shown below:

  2. A Proposal will automatically be created from the sales order as shown below:

  3. When the proposal is saved and closed, a dialog will appear asking if you would like to delete the sales order as shown below:

  4. Select Yes. It is important to delete the sales order because sales orders affect the inventory count.

Most commonly sales orders are created from proposals rather than using this utility. Review the Processing Proposals > Creating a Sales Order for more details.