Can i give QB online access to someone to enter purchase orders only?

no, permissions are not that specific

Good Morning, @accounting377. 

I hope your day is going well so far. @Rustler is correct. There isn't a permission that only allows a user to create purchase orders. However, I can give you a brief rundown of the permissions that are in QuickBooks Online for users. 

• All access: Can see and do everything with customers, sales, vendors, and purchases. 
• Limited (customers and sales): Enter estimates, invoices, sales receipts, credit memos, and refunds.

• Limited (vendors and purchases): Enter bills from vendors, cash, and credit card purchases. 

• Limited (customers and sales, plus vendors and purchases): They can't view bank registers and more. 

• None: Can only submit timesheets. 

This is a link that can provide you with additional details about each user permission and type. 

Should you need any further assistance, just let me know. Have a great day! 

Need this feature!

Purchase orders should be able to be separated from accounts payable. 

Adding user permission can be helpful, Sv79.

I suggest sending feedback directly to our software engineers. They're taking notes of our customers' ideas and insights. It helps us improve our products and services. Here's how:

1. Click the Gear icon.
2. Select Feedback.

The more request the feedback has, the more likely it'll be added in the next update. 

On the other hand, I'll share an article on how to manage who can access your account as a future reference: Add, delete, or change user access.

Feel free to visit us if you have other concerns. The Community is open 24/7 to help you out. 

Absolutely agree with the need for this feature.  Kind of a no-brainer in any manufacturing environment, for example.  Shop manager should be able to order products and create purchase orders without access to financials of any kind.

@mdgsolo 

Consider an additional app to do so.

We also are running into a situation where we are trying to tie in Shop manager PO's to our accounting software, this would be so much cleaner and accurate if making PO's and additing new suppliers or vendors was an option

@FREJ 

Which app do you use to create PO? You may need a connector to QBO if available.

This would be a very useful feature and a fairly basic requirement.

Please petition to have this on top of the wish list.

This original poster is almost two years old. If they were going to add it as an option they would have by now. Obviously not a priority. It's one of those things that is usually missed when first reviewing software so you are already paying for it by the time you notice.

I need this feature as well.