Help: My Purchases
The Purchases tab is accessible via the “Scenarios” page by clicking on the
modify icon 
of a scenario. If the scenario is new, a list of purchases are offered depending on the user's preferred purchasing system (e.g. NIGP codes). If the scenario is a copy, the original scenario's purchases are offered.
Impacts are calculated for each impact category, and the impact categories can be toggled with the pull-down menu at the upper left
Instructions
Enter purchasing amounts for each product category.
- Input
- Enter amount spent on each purchasing category.
- Saving
- Data are saved when the cursor is moved away from an input field. A yellow flash across the row indicates that the record has been saved.
- Adding products
- Products from specific suppliers can be added by clicking on the url link "Browse Similar" in the row of each product category. These suppliers are fictitious and are there for demonstration purposes.
- Adding purchasing categories
- All purchasing categories are offered when the scenario is new. If the scenario is a copy, or purchasing categories have been deleted from the scenario for any other reason, it will be necessary to re-add them. This can be accomplished by clicking on the "Browse All Products" header at the top-right of the table.
- Sorting
- Columns of the table can be sorted, except for the purchasing column because it is an input column. For example, the environmental impact columns can be sorted to bring the largest contributors to the top, and the code column can be sorted to order purchasing categories by number
- Removing Purchases
- Remove a purchasing category from a list by clicking on the 'remove' button in the far-right column