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# Table 5721 "Purchasing"

> Table 5721 "Purchasing" in Base Application (Microsoft.Inventory.Item.Catalog). 4 fields. Present since at least BC23, still in BC30, changed in BC24, BC28.

Base Application · Microsoft.Inventory.Item.Catalog · BC23-30 · [source at ea08af5e](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/blob/ea08af5ef2d6a9b5c5af4a029288abbe2c883220/src/Layers/W1/BaseApp/Inventory/Item/Catalog/Purchasing.Table.al) · facts from BC29

Learn documents this table through its pages: [Page 5727 "Purchasing Codes"](../page/5727.md) (1 Learn page), [Page 5729 "Purchasing Code List"](../page/5729.md) (1).

## Properties

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Caption | Purchasing |
| DataClassification | CustomerContent |

## Fields

Explanation: the field's ToolTip in the code; without one, the ToolTip of a page control bound to the field (marked via the page); without that, its Caption (marked caption) when that differs from the name.

| No. | Name | Type | Explanation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Code | Code[10] | Specifies a code for a purchasing activity. | NotBlank |
| 2 | Description | Text[100] | Specifies a description of the purchasing activity specified by the code. |  |
| 3 | Drop Shipment | Boolean | Specifies if your vendor ships the items directly to your customer. |  |
| 4 | Special Order | Boolean | Specifies that this purchase activity includes arranging for a special order. |  |

## Keys

- Key1: Code (clustered)

## Relations

- drill-down page [Page 5729 "Purchasing Code List"](../page/5729.md)
- lookup page [Page 5729 "Purchasing Code List"](../page/5729.md)

## Referenced by

21 fields in 21 objects relate to this table (TableRelation or CalcFormula).

- [Table 111 "Sales Shipment Line"](../table/111.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 113 "Sales Invoice Line"](../table/113.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 115 "Sales Cr.Memo Line"](../table/115.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 121 "Purch. Rcpt. Line"](../table/121.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 123 "Purch. Inv. Line"](../table/123.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 125 "Purch. Cr. Memo Line"](../table/125.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 1382 "Item Templ."](../table/1382.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 246 "Requisition Line"](../table/246.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 27 "Item"](../table/27.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 32 "Item Ledger Entry"](../table/32.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 37 "Sales Line"](../table/37.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 39 "Purchase Line"](../table/39.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 5108 "Sales Line Archive"](../table/5108.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 5110 "Purchase Line Archive"](../table/5110.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 5851 "Invt. Document Line"](../table/5851.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 5853 "Invt. Receipt Line"](../table/5853.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 5855 "Invt. Shipment Line"](../table/5855.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 6651 "Return Shipment Line"](../table/6651.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 6661 "Return Receipt Line"](../table/6661.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 753 "Standard Item Journal Line"](../table/753.md): Purchasing Code
- [Table 83 "Item Journal Line"](../table/83.md): Purchasing Code

## Pages and codeunits on this table

- [Page 5727 "Purchasing Codes"](../page/5727.md) (source table)
- [Page 5729 "Purchasing Code List"](../page/5729.md) (source table)

## Across versions

- Present in: BC23-30
- Changed (declaration) in: BC24, BC28

Source: AL metadata extracted from the code (names, ids, signatures, properties); no code bodies (D10).

## Ask your agent

Procedure bodies are not stored here (D10). For a procedure body or the calls of one procedure, ask bc-code-atlas (external, by Stefan Maron, MIT; default corpus w1-28), which the bc-observatory plugin connects: `bcatlas_resolve_node(object_type: "table", object_name: "Purchasing")`, then `bcatlas_get_procedure_body` or `bcatlas_get_neighbors` on the returned id.