ABN in Purchase Orders - field available, but not populated by vendor master data

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Posted on by SoniaSteyn

I would love to see the ABN visible in the Purchase Orders. I can see that a field exists in the PO table, and would have expected it to be automatically populated when a vendor is chosen (if said vendor has an ABN). Is this missing configuration or does it require development? TIA.

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Saurav.Dhyani 14,419 User Group Leader on at

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Hi,

What localization of business central you are using and what is the field id for ABN?

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Yi Yong 2,647 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello Sonia,

I glanced through the function after you selected the vendor on the purchase order, unfortunately, I don't see any line where the system will assign the vendor's ABN to the PO ABN field.

This may require customization to do so.

Also, the ABN field on the PO table is set to not edible by default. So even if you have the field on the page, you are not able to edit it.

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Judy Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi, if you want the ABN field to be automatically populated, it will require some customization.

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SoniaSteyn 28 on at

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Thanks Judy.
Yi Yong, I don't want it editable, just wanted it visible and populated.

Saurav, we have Australian localisation and ABN (11620, Text[14]) is the field.

Sounds like customisation is the only way.

Thanks all.

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Adrian Ladaniwskyj ... 19 on at

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Unfortunately, the value of the ABN data field on the purchase order header table (38) doesn't pull from the vendor card (23)- it's blank in 38, while populated in 23. As a result, when you expose the field on the PO card, or the PO list page, it comes up as blank.

The only way to expose ABN on a PO without coding, is using analysis mode on the PO list page, and bringing in a field from a related table- the Vendor card. (this is a new feature that doesn't become mandatory before V27 that you need to specifically activate via feature management)

Check out the link on how to use it- it's a cool feature!

Dynamics GP to Business Central – The Arrival of Smartlist Features via “Add Fields from Related Tables in Analysis Mode”

And via Analysis mode- you can expose the ABN with no code in D3665 Business central.

Woohoo! not ideal, but it works in native BC.

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