POBID – Bid

System: Purchase Order (PO)
Prefix: PBD
Primary key: PROCURE-GROUP, BID, VENDOR, PURCH-FR-LOC
Fields: 7
Updated by: 4 programs
Referenced by: 3 programs

POBID is the Bid table in Lawson Purchase Order (prefix PBD). It is indexed by PROCURE-GROUP, BID, VENDOR, PURCH-FR-LOC (PBDSET1); alternate indexes: PBDSET2. It is related 1:1 to APVENLOC, APVENMAST and PROCUREGRP and 1:M to POBIDITEM. It is updated by PO16.1, PO16.2, PO550 and PO560 and referenced by PO00.1, PO150 and PO216. The table has 7 fields, 2 indexes and 4 documented relations.

About POBID

No description in the Lawson data dictionary.

Fields (7)

Column = COBOL field name without the PBD- prefix, hyphens → underscores. Derived fields are computed by the application and are not stored.

Field / column	Type	Description & values	Updated by
`PBD-PROCURE-GROUP` PK PROCURE_GROUP	Alpha 4	This field contains the identifier for a group of companies that share a common procurement effort. They buy items and services together.	PO16.1, PO16.2, PO550, PO560
`PBD-BID` PK BID	Alpha 10	A user assigned name for a group of items that have been sent to vendors for price quotes, or catalog pricing that has been received from a vendor.	PO16.1, PO16.2, PO550, PO560
`PBD-DESCRIPTION` DESCRIPTION	Alpha 30 (Lower Case)	This field displays the description.	PO16.1, PO16.2, PO550, PO560
`PBD-VENDOR` PK VENDOR	Alpha 9 (Right Justified)	The vendor's identification code.	PO16.1, PO16.2, PO550, PO560
`PBD-PURCH-FR-LOC` PK PURCH_FR_LOC	Alpha 4	The vendor's purchase from location.	PO16.1, PO16.2, PO550, PO560
`PBD-CREATE-DATE` CREATE_DATE	Numeric 8 (yyyymmdd)	The creation date.	PO16.1, PO16.2, PO550, PO560
`PBD-EFFECTIVE-DATE` EFFECTIVE_DATE	Numeric 8 (yyyymmdd)	The date a vendor's prices will be in effect.	PO16.1, PO16.2, PO550, PO560

Indexes (2)

Keys marked * are descending. Every documented Lawson index is unique unless flagged Duplicates; Subset indexes carry a Where condition.

Index	Keys	Flags	Condition	Used in
`PBDSET1`	`PROCURE-GROUP`, `BID`, `VENDOR`, `PURCH-FR-LOC`	Primary		PO00.1, PO150, PO16.1, PO16.2, PO216, PO550, PO560
`PBDSET2`	`PROCURE-GROUP`, `BID`	Subset	Where VENDOR = Spaces And PURCH-FR-LOC = Spaces	—

Relations

One to one (3) — lookups and parents

Relation	Table	Rules	Field map
Apvenloc	APVENLOC	Required	`PCG-VENDOR-GROUP` → `VLO-VENDOR-GROUP (VLOSET1)`, `PBD-VENDOR` → `VLO-VENDOR`, `PBD-PURCH-FR-LOC` → `VLO-LOCATION-CODE`
Apvenmast	APVENMAST	Required	`PCG-VENDOR-GROUP` → `VEN-VENDOR-GROUP`, `PBD-VENDOR` → `VEN-VENDOR`
Procuregrp	PROCUREGRP	Required	`PBD-PROCURE-GROUP` → `PCG-PROCURE-GROUP`

One to many (1) — child tables

Relation	Table	Rules	Condition	Field map
Pobiditem	POBIDITEM			`PBD-PROCURE-GROUP` → `PBT-PROCURE-GROUP`, `PBD-BID` → `PBT-BID`, `PBD-VENDOR` → `PBT-VENDOR`, `PBD-PURCH-FR-LOC` → `PBT-PURCH-FR-LOC`, → `PBT-ITEM`, → `PBT-VEN-ITEM`

POBID – Bid

About POBID

Fields (7)

Indexes (2)

Relations

One to one (3) — lookups and parents

One to many (1) — child tables

Programs

Updated by (4)

Referenced by (3)