---
title: Zoho purchase order
description: Perform CRUD operations on Zoho Purchase Order records within your workflow.
category: Application
tags: [zoho, purchase order, crm, integration]
---

# Zoho purchase order

## Description

The **Zoho Purchase Order** activity allows users to manage purchase orders in Zoho CRM by performing operations like retrieval, creation, update, and deletion. It supports both single-record and bulk operations, making it ideal for procurement automation and vendor data syncing.

Use this activity to:

- Get – Retrieve a single purchase order by ID
- Get All – Retrieve all purchase orders
- Create – Add a new purchase order record
- Create Many – Add multiple purchase orders using field mappings
- Update – Modify an existing purchase order
- Delete – Delete a purchase order by ID

> **Use case**:
> Inventory monitoring workflows can trigger purchase order creation via ZohoPurchaseOrder when stock levels drop. Vendor and product details can be mapped using StaticLookup and Fill Columns. Approvals can be requested via Notification, and vendor updates can be sent through Send Email Attachment.

## Input

- **Data** – Required only for `Create Many` and `Update` operations.

## Output

| Output Type | Format | Description                          |
| ----------- | ------ | ------------------------------------ |
| **Data**    | JSON   | Zoho purchase order record(s) output |

## Configuration Fields

| Field Name         | Description                                                                                                                                    |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Connection**     | Select a Zoho connection (OAuth). Required for authentication.                                                                                 |
| **Operation**      | Select one of the supported operations: <ul><li>Get</li><li>Get All</li><li>Create</li><li>Create Many</li><li>Update</li><li>Delete</li></ul> |
| **Id**             | Used in `Get`, `Update`, and `Delete`. Provide the Zoho Purchase Order ID.                                                                     |
| **Fields**         | Used in `Create` and `Update`. Define key-value pairs for product, vendor, and delivery details.                                               |
| **Fields Mapping** | Used in `Create Many`. Maps fields from input data to Zoho Purchase Order fields.                                                              |

## Sample Input

| Operation       | Required Fields | Example Input                                                                                               |
| --------------- | --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Get**         | `Id`            | <table><tr><td>Id</td><td>1234567000000303011</td></tr></table>                                             |
| **Get All**     | _None_          | _(No input required)_                                                                                       |
| **Create**      | PO fields       | <table><tr><td>Subject</td><td>PO-001</td></tr><tr><td>Vendor Name</td><td>ABC Ltd</td></tr></table>        |
| **Update**      | `Id`, `Fields`  | <table><tr><td>Id</td><td>1234567000000303011</td></tr><tr><td>Status</td><td>Delivered</td></tr></table>   |
| **Delete**      | `Id`            | <table><tr><td>Id</td><td>1234567000000303011</td></tr></table>                                             |
| **Create Many** | Field Mapping   | <table><tr><td>Subject</td><td>[PONumber]</td></tr><tr><td>Vendor Name</td><td>[Supplier]</td></tr></table> |

> Input fields for **Create Many** operation are mapped from data output by the previous activity in the workflow.

## Sample Configuration

| Field             | Value                                                                                         |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `connection.id`   | `zoho-prod-004`                                                                               |
| `connection.name` | `Zoho Purchase Orders`                                                                        |
| `operation`       | `CreateMany`                                                                                  |
| `fieldsMapping`   | <ul><li>Subject → PONumber</li><li>Vendor Name → Supplier</li><li>Status → POStatus</li></ul> |

## Sample Output

| Id                | Subject | Vendor Name | Status    | Created Time         |
| ----------------- | ------- | ----------- | --------- | -------------------- |
| 12345670000000021 | PO-001  | ABC Ltd     | Approved  | 2024-05-10T14:30:00Z |
| 12345670000000022 | PO-002  | XYZ Pvt Ltd | Delivered | 2024-05-11T09:45:00Z |