# Purchasing — Learning Path _Learning Paths › Purchasing_ This learning path is for purchasing users who need to locate, create, review, and maintain purchasing records. After completing the path, learners will be able to navigate the Purchasing app confidently, use list and record views to support day-to-day work, and perform structured record reviews for ongoing data upkeep. ## Learning objectives - By the end of this path you can navigate from the Purchasing app to the available purchasing lists and records. - By the end of this path you can distinguish between a purchasing list view, a new purchasing record, and an existing purchasing record. - By the end of this path you can create a purchasing record from the Purchasing app. - By the end of this path you can open and maintain an existing purchasing record. - By the end of this path you can use records with data to review purchasing work and identify records that need attention. ## Prerequisites - Access to the [Purchase](doc:purchase) app. - Permission to view purchasing records and list views. - Permission to create and edit purchasing records for the record-creation and maintenance lessons. - Familiarity with basic navigation in your business application, such as opening an app and selecting a record. ## Module 1: Understand the Purchasing workspace **Goal:** Learn where purchasing work begins and how to recognize the views used throughout the app. ### Lesson 1.1: Start in the Purchasing app You need a reliable starting point before working with purchasing records. Open [Purchase](doc:purchase) and use it as the entry point for purchasing activities. From there, move to the [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record) to see the collection of purchasing records available to you. Use the list view when your goal is to find, compare, or select existing work rather than focus on one record. **Practice task:** Open [Purchase](doc:purchase) and navigate to the [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record). ### Lesson 1.2: Recognize list, new, and existing record contexts When you are deciding what to do next, first identify the context you are in. Use the [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record) to work across records, use the [Purchase](doc:purchasing-edit-record) when starting a record, and use [Purchase](doc:purchasing-edit-record) when working on a single existing record. The [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record) shows the same single-record context with information already present, helping you recognize what an in-progress or completed record review looks like. **Practice task:** Open each of the list, new-record, and existing-record screens and state which one you would use to find, create, or update a record. ## Module 2: Perform daily purchasing record work **Goal:** Create new purchasing records and return to existing records to continue work. ### Lesson 2.1: Create a purchasing record A new purchasing need requires a record that can be managed in the app. Begin at [Purchase](doc:purchase), move through the [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record), and open the [Purchase](doc:purchasing-edit-record). Enter the information required by your organization, then complete the available save or confirmation action to create the record. Once created, continue working with it in [Purchase](doc:purchasing-edit-record). **Practice task:** Create a purchasing record using the [Purchase](doc:purchasing-edit-record) screen, following your organization’s required data-entry standards. ### Lesson 2.2: Continue work on an existing purchasing record Purchasing work often continues after a record is first created. Start in the [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record), select the record you need, and open [Purchase](doc:purchasing-edit-record). Review the information already captured, make the updates needed for your work, and save your changes using the actions available on the record. When you need an example of an existing populated record, refer to [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record). **Practice task:** Open an existing record from the [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record), make one permitted update, and save it. ## Module 3: Review and maintain purchasing information **Goal:** Use list and record views together to review populated purchasing records and keep information current. ### Lesson 3.1: Review populated purchasing records During a regular review, you need to move from a broad list of work to the details of an individual record. Begin in the [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record), then open a record for detailed inspection in [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record). Compare the list-level context with the information shown in the record, and determine whether the record can remain as-is or needs follow-up. **Practice task:** Open a populated record from the [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record) and identify whether you would leave it unchanged or return to it for maintenance. ### Lesson 3.2: Maintain records as part of a recurring review cycle To keep purchasing information useful, revisit records rather than relying only on their initial creation. Use [Purchase](doc:purchase) to begin your review, use the [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record) to choose records for attention, and open each one in [Purchase](doc:purchasing-edit-record). Make only the updates supported by your responsibilities and the available screen, then save the record. Use [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record) as a reference for reviewing a record that already contains information. **Practice task:** Choose an existing purchasing record, review it in [Purchase](doc:purchasing-edit-record), and complete any permitted maintenance needed. ## Final assessment 1. You need to see the set of purchasing records available to you before deciding which one to work on. Which screen should you use first? 2. A purchasing need has not yet been recorded. Which screen should you open to begin creating the record, and what should you do after entering the required information? 3. You have located a record in the purchasing list and need to update information already associated with it. Which screen should you open? 4. During a periodic review, you need to inspect a record that already contains purchasing information. Which screen is most appropriate for this detailed review? 5. A colleague begins editing records directly without first locating the correct record in the list. What workflow should you recommend to reduce the risk of updating the wrong record? ### Answers 1. **Use the [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record).** It provides the broad record context needed to locate and select work. 2. **Open the [Purchase](doc:purchasing-edit-record), enter the required information, and use the available save or confirmation action.** This is the record-creation context. 3. **Open [Purchase](doc:purchasing-edit-record).** It is the screen for working with an individual existing purchasing record. 4. **Use [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record).** It presents an individual record with information already populated for review. 5. **Start in the [View the Purchasing List](doc:purchasing-list-view-record), select the correct record, and then open [Purchase](doc:purchasing-edit-record).** The list-to-record workflow helps confirm the correct record before maintenance begins.