Vendor Group - AP - Need to change

Legacy Contributor

We have 18 companies set up for AP in Lawson. 15 of the companies all have the same vendor group which is what our main hospitals use. We want all future additions to utilize this set up as well. These companies do or can utilize the procurement suites, i.e. PO, IC, MA, etc.

We have 3 smaller companies that use a different vendor group. They do not currently use Procurement. We would like to have them start using Procurement. To do this we need to change the 3 smaller companies to the same vendor group as the main 15.

When we did this in the past we had to copy the GL company (GL110) and rebuild all of the underlying modules, i.e. AP, AM, etc.

Does anyone know of an easier way to change the vendor group? Have you done this in the past? And, was there any problems or issues to look out for when completing?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Legacy Contributor

Have you tried AP100 Vendor Group Copy? I have never used it

Run Vendor Group Copy (AP100) to copy selected hold codes, vendors,
vendor classes, vendor locations, and user fields from one vendor group to
another within the Accounts Payable application. Both the From and To Vendor
Groups must be defined in AP00.1 (Vendor Group) before you run this form.
NOTE The form does not copy approval criteria or default company codes
that might be defined for the vendors being copied. After you successfully
run this form, use AP10 (Vendor) to define this information for vendors in
the new vendor group, if needed.