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How to create purchase requests in finway – discontinuation of purchase requests as of 31.12.2025

Create and customize purchase requests.

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Written by Maria Trojan
Updated over 4 months ago

This article is relevant for employees with permissions based on all roles.

🔔 Discontinuation of purchase requests as of 31.12.2025

Starting 31.12.2025, purchase requests will no longer be available in our system. Please learn more in this article.

Please switch in time to Purchase Requests to continue your procurement processes seamlessly.


Creating purchase requests

All users in finway can create purchase requests. Every submitted request must be approved and reviewed in the system before payment can occur.

All mandatory fields marked with an asterisk must be completed before the request can be submitted for approval.

New requests can be created directly via the »New« field.

One-time purchase vs. subscription

Purchase requests

When creating a new purchase request, the user selects the payment method: bank transfer or virtual card. At the time of request creation, items can be added directly and the pre-accounting can be applied. You can also upload a quote directly with the request.

When creating a purchase request, you request permission to make a purchase. You need to fill in details such as what you want to buy, the cost, the supplier, and the cost center it should be charged to. First, you must choose whether the payment will be made via »Banktransfer« or »Virtual card«. The approver will then be selected automatically, depending on how finway is configured, or it can be manually overwritten.

If you are an Admin in finway, you can also submit requests on behalf of other employees.


Subscriptions

With a subscription, it involves recurring costs paid to a supplier for a product or service. Mandatory details include the subscription interval, the respective costs, and the renewal date.

One of the main features in finway is that for subscription payments, invoice requests are automatically generated by the system and sent to the responsible users. This way, you can ensure that the related invoices are uploaded in finway at the correct interval.

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