purchasing-how-setup-purchasers.md

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Set Up Purchasers and Assign Purchasers to Vendors	If several purchasers, or purchasing agents, work at your company, you can organize them for statistical analysis.	brentholtorf	conceptual	al	purchasing agent	14, 5116	04/01/2021	bholtorf	dynamics-365-business-central	bholtorf

Set Up Purchasers

If several purchasers work at your company, you can set them up in a page and assign them each a code. You can then use the codes to prepare statistics and to filter information in printed reports.

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To set up purchasers

1. Choose the icon, enter Salespeople/Purchasers, and then choose the related link.
2. On the Salespeople/Purchasers page, choose New.
3. On the Salesperson/Purchaser Card page, fill in the fields as necessary. [!INCLUDEtooltip-inline-tip]

To assign purchasers to vendors

1. Choose the icon, enter Vendors, and then choose the related link.
2. Open the relevant vendor card for the vendor that will be assigned a purchaser.
3. In the Purchaser Code field, select the applicable purchaser code and then close the page.

See also

Register New Vendors
Setting Up Purchasing
Managing Payables
[Work with [!INCLUDEprod_short]](ui-work-product.md)

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