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All open purchase orders (POs) that were created in IRIS/ESM were loaded to DASH ahead of the Go-Live in January 2025, and these POs retained the same PO number they had in IRIS. (The POs start with a “45” or a “55” depending on the type of PO.) If a PO was closed out before the DASH Go-Live, that PO is not in DASH.
In DASH, standard POs begin with a “PO” followed by the two digits for your budget entity. Purchase Agreements begin with a “PA” and follow the same numbering system as the POs. This process is further outlined and explained on the UT System Procurement Services website.
Example: PO100000000154 is a standard PO for a UT Knoxville campus department because the two digits after “PO” are 10, which is the new budget entity code for UT Knoxville.