Yes, I can now see it. The problem was that the STATUS column had been removed. Several of my screens have been changed lately, possibly a recent QB update has ...
That is what my Transactions screen looked like until recently. It seems that an update has been rolled out. The old "Category or Match" column that you see has...
The original bill WAS linked to the purchase order - there was the little 'link' icon next to the lineitem in question. I tried your suggestion - I deleted the ...