The posted document type contains the history version of the original documents for a variety of data types, such as Sales Invoices, Purchase Invoices, Sales Shipments, and Purchase Receipts. Posted documents are designed to provide an easy reference to the historical data in a format similar to what would have been stored in paper files. A posted document looks very similar to the original source document. For example, a Posted Sales Invoice will look very similar to the original Sales Orders or Sales Invoices. The posted documents are included in the NAVIGATE function.
The following screenshots show a Sales Orders before posting and the resulting Posted Sales Invoice document. Both documents are in a header/detail format, where the information in the header applies to the whole order and the information in the detail is specific to the individual order line. As part of the Sales Orders page, there is information being displayed to the right of the actual order. This...
