How to Work with Attachments in Purchase Orders

In Precoro, you can add Attachments to your Purchase Orders to have the related printed documents and easy access to them.

The attached documents will be sent to approvers and suppliers along with the emails.

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Types of Attachments Available in Precoro


There are two types of Attachments in Purchase Orders:


1. Internal Attachments


Documents attached in this section will be available for company users only. They will be sent to document approvers along with the approval emails. These attachments will not be sent to suppliers.


2. External attachments 

Documents attached in this section will be available for company users and suppliers. These attachments will be sent to suppliers along with the Purchase Order.

In Precoro, you can find them on the right-side panel of the document:




You can drag and drop the attachments in Purchase Order documents between the Internal and External sections: 

Users who have access to document editing can delete the attachments added by other users.

How to Transfer Attachments from PR and RFP to Purchase Order Automatically


Attachments from Purchase Requisitions and Requests for Proposals can be automatically transferred to Purchase Orders to the Internal and External sections, respectively:

  • Attachments from the Purchase Requisition documents will be transferred to the Internal section of Purchase Orders.
  • Attachments from the Requests for Proposals documents will be transferred to the External section of Purchase Orders.

To activate this function, tick the Automatically transfer attachments from Purchase Requisition in the Basic Settings Documents Setup → Purchase Order tab:


The automatically transferred attachment shows the number and type from the original document: 



How to Transfer Attachments from Purchase Order to Invoice and Receipt Automatically


Attachments from Purchase Orders can be automatically transferred to the Invoice and Receipt documents.


To activate this function, tick the Automatically transfer attachments to Receipts and Invoices in the Basic Settings Documents Setup → Purchase Order tab:



The automatically transferred attachment shows the number and type from the original document: 



How to Find Attachments in the Approver’s Emails


Approvers will get all attachments from Purchase Orders along with the approval emails. Both Internal and External attachments will be displayed.

Attachments will be added to the emails as links:




Please note that you may need to log in to Preсoro to access the internal attachments.


How to find Attachments in the Emails to Suppliers


Suppliers will get attachments only from the External Attachments section along with the Purchase Order.

Attachments will be added to the emails as links: