# Price List Selection Mandatory
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## How to Make Price List Selection Mandatory in Purchase Orders?
This tutorial explains how to make **Price List Selection Mandatory** during Purchase Order entry in Logic ERP. This feature ensures that users must select a price list before proceeding with item transactions, helping maintain accurate pricing and controlled procurement processes.
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### **Objective of This Feature**
* Make price list selection compulsory in Purchase Orders
* Ensure accurate rate application during transactions
* Prevent entries without predefined pricing
* Improve pricing consistency and control
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### **Enable Mandatory Price List Setting**
* Open **Purchase Order Configuration Window**
* Navigate to **Default Settings**
* Locate and enable the option labeled as:
> **“Price List Selection Mandatory”**
* Enable the option
**Unlock Price List Field**
* Go to **General Options**
* Click on **Column Locks**
* Search for **Price List Field**
* Unlock the field so it becomes selectable during entry
* Save the configuration
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### **Create Purchase Order Without Price List**
**Transaction Process**
* Create a **New Purchase Order**
* Select any **Supplier**
* Do not select a **Price List**
**Proceed to Item Details**
* Enter an item and try to continue
**System Restriction**
* Software restricts the action and displays:
* *“Price list not selected. Please select the price list from the header to continue.”*
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### **Create Purchase Order With Price List**
**Action**
* Navigate back to the **Header Section**
* Select the required **Price List** from the dropdown
**System Prompt**
* System asks
* *“Update Rates”*
**Response**
* Click **Yes** to proceed
V**erify Functionality**
* Once the price list is selected:
* Software allows you to continue the Purchase Order entry
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### **Key Benefits**
* Ensures proper pricing during procurement
* Prevents transactions without price lists
* Improves pricing accuracy and consistency
* Reduces manual pricing errors
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### **Best Practice Tips**
* Define and maintain updated price lists regularly
* Use appropriate price lists supplier-wise or category-wise
* Keep the Price List field unlocked for required users only
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### **Final Outcome**
* Price List selection becomes mandatory during Purchase Order entry
* Users cannot proceed without selecting a valid price list
* Improved pricing control and procurement accuracy
* Better consistency in purchase transactions
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