Document Navigation
The connector links BC documents and BlueStar records in both directions — one click instead of retyping and searching numbers.
From BC Documents to BlueStar
| BC document | Available actions |
|---|---|
| Purchase Order | View BlueStar order, refresh status, tracking FactBox |
| Posted Purchase Invoice (card & list) | Open BlueStar invoice, download original PDF, open BlueStar order |
| Posted Purchase Receipt (card & list) | Track package (tracking link), open BlueStar order, tracking FactBox |
| Sales Order (drop shipment) | Open BlueStar order, tracking FactBox |
| Vendor Ledger Entries | Open BlueStar invoice, download original PDF — straight from the payment run |
The actions only appear on documents of the BlueStar vendor for which a BlueStar record actually exists.
From BlueStar to BC Documents
Order card and order list offer: Purchase Order, Sales Order, Posted Purchase Invoices, and Posted Purchase Receipts. The invoice list jumps to the posted purchase invoice.
Dimmed actions
Before opening, the connector checks whether the target document actually exists — a fully posted Purchase Order, for example, has been deleted even though its number still sits on the BlueStar order. Dimmed means: this target does not (currently) exist — not that something is broken.
How the Link Works
The connector writes the keys into BC standard fields during normal processing — posting carries them forward automatically:
| Key | Field | Written by |
|---|---|---|
| BlueStar order number | Vendor Order No. of the Purchase Order | status sync (only when empty) |
| BlueStar invoice number | Vendor Invoice No. of the Purchase Order | invoice import (only when empty) |
| BC document number | external document number at BlueStar | order transmission |
When posting, the vendor fields travel onto the posted documents, and BC copies the Vendor Invoice No. into the External Document No. of the Vendor Ledger Entry — which is where the payment run navigates from.
Correction postings
BC requires unique vendor invoice numbers. If a document has to be posted a second time, users typically append a suffix ("SI264101 - 2"). The navigation still recognizes the number before the space correctly.
Historically imported orders are fully navigable as well: if the Purchase Order is missing (because it was posted long ago), the alternative keys — the order number on the posted documents, the BlueStar numbers in the vendor fields — still lead to the target; if needed, the Sales Order is resolved through the receipt lines.