AP> Utilities> Merge Vendors
Summary
This feature allows two existing vendors to be combined or one existing vendor to be renamed.
Related Links
Click here for information on Vendor Maintenance.
Step by Step
1 Open the Merge Vendors window (AP> Utilities> Merge Vendors).
2 Combine the vendors. 
- Select the action Type you would like to process.
- Select Merge to combine two vendors into a single vendor record. Select Rename to rename an existing vendor.
- Enter an Old Vendor Number or click the field search button
to select one from a list. This is the vendor you will be combining into the new vendor or renaming. - Enter a New Vendor Number or click the field search button to select one from a list. This is the vendor both vendors will be combined into and the name that will be used for the combined vendor.
- When combining vendors, both vendors will already exist in the vendor master file, however, only one vendor name will remain. This name will contain the combined history for both vendors. Once the vendor histories are combined, they cannot be separated.
- When renaming a vendor, the field label will be disabled and you can simply enter the new vendor number in the field.
- Click the Submit button
to combine the two vendors or rename the existing vendor.