Use this grid to set up and manage accounts payable vendors.
Vendors must be set up if you want to process accounts payable transactions;
that is, process invoices and pay for goods and services rendered to your
business by individuals or companies. Refer to Vendors
Overview for more information.
The following fields appear on the grid.
Add Vendor
Use this button to add a vendor.
Find
This field defaults to Vendor
ID; however, if you click any underlined grid column title, the
field label changes to reflect your selection. You can then search for
entries based on the field label. For example, if you know the vendor
short name, click the Short Name column title
and the find field label changes to Find Short Name.
Enter the first few letters or numbers to search
for (or select from a drop-down list, if one displays), and then click
Find. The items that are the nearest match to
your entry display in the grid.
Go
Use the Page field and
the
to display additional pages when the list of entries in the grid is longer
than one page.
Vendor ID
The vendor identification that appears on lists
and in reports. Click and identification link to display vendor tabs.
Name
The name of the vendor that appears on lists and
in reports.
Short Name
The abbreviated name of the vendor that appears
on lists and in reports.
Address
The street address of the vendor's place of business.
User Fields
Use this button to open a User Fields form that allows you to enter additional information for the Vendor.
Click the button and a User Fields pop-up box opens. Add or edit information.
When done with the pop-up, click the Close button.
Required information is marked with a red 
circle.
When you want to close the pop-up without making changes, click the x at the top right of the User Fields pop-up form.
The fields in the User Fields pop-up form are established in global setup using the User Defined Fields menu item.
Documents
One of the following icons appears in this column:
No documents are currently
stored for the vendor. Click the icon to upload documents for the vendor.
At least one document
is currently stored for the vendor. Rest your mouse pointer on the icon
to see the number of documents stored. Click the icon to view, add, or
delete documents.
For more information, refer to the Documents
Tab instructions.
Activity
Click the icon 
for a vendor to display
the A/P Vendor Activity tab. Use
this tab to print the A/P Vendor Activity report.
The Vendor’s ID defaults into the From/Thru Vendor
# range fields and the login date defaults into the Thru Date field; the
From Date is blank. Clicking Cancel
on the report criteria selection page returns the user to the Vendor Setup
grid.
Delete 
Click to delete a vendor.
NOTE that you can use this link to get to the Help for the Invoices Tab.
To Edit a Vendor