I. Create a Folder for Purchase Request emails
1.) Right-click 'Inbox' from Microsoft Outlook and select 'New folder...'
![An image of right-clicking the inbox, with "New Folder..." circled.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=81593017-0f83-43ac-88b2-bc88a97c69fa.png)
2.) Title the folder 'Purchase Requests'
3.) Your Purchase Request folder is now created.
![An image of a successfully created email folder.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=287dd344-6b86-4273-a418-dd08973b34e5.png)
Folders in Outlook are organized alphabetically. If you wish to see the Purchase Request folder at the top of your Outlook list, perform the following:
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Right-click the Purchase Request folder
- Select 'Show in Favorites'
![An image showing to right-click the folder and select show in favorites.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=526fc845-08b2-49e8-98c7-412a412502a1.png)
The Purchase Request folder will now appear in the "Favorites" list at the top of Outlook.
![An image of a favorited email folder, which has been circled.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=97f131d8-0a3b-4db5-8179-d8ff50aef8e6.png)
II. Creating Filter Rule
1.) Click 'Rules' from the Ribbon and select 'Manage Rules & Alerts...'
![An image of the rules option expanded with an arrow pointing to it, with the Manage Rules and Alerts option circled.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=9a071a3b-c5fd-4fba-9c35-b003b6eeec3f.png)
2.) Click 'New Rule...'
![An image of the New Rule button which has been circled.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=b6f9c4fd-2e02-41af-bbfc-0b4d1e792e31.png)
3.) On Step 1, select 'Move messages with specific words in the subject to a folder'
![An image with Move messages with specific words in the subject to a folder circled.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=fcda5b28-916a-49dd-9ce8-7f41b084cae7.png)
4.) On Step 2 of the same window, click the 'specific words' hyperlink
![An image with specific words circled, which you should select.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=9b91de87-02e2-45c2-aac7-34b6861b7ec2.png)
5.) Type 'Purchase Request from' in the field (1), click 'Add' (2), and click 'OK' (3)
![An image with Purchase request from labeled 1; Add labeled 2; and OK labeled 3.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=8cb654df-5d41-4c89-831c-ec836277f354.png)
6.) Back on the Rules Wizard, at Step 2, click the 'specified folder' hyperlink
![An image with specificed folder hyperlink circled and an arrow pointing to it.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=b2e63bc9-131b-4d89-b8ad-e2ae9639709c.png)
7.) Select the 'Purchase Request' folder from the list (1) and click 'OK' (2)
![The Purchase Request folder is circled with a 1 next to it, and OK is labeled with a 2.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=a0fdd020-1853-4139-9b3d-d0d42a4ca245.png)
8.) Back at the Rules Wizard, click 'Finish'
![An image of the rules wizard.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=547ec201-c9cd-4099-a057-25fe4c0325fb.png)
9.) Click 'Apply'
![An image of Rules and Alerts with the OK button circled.](https://elon.teamdynamix.com/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=bff9cb1a-c2b4-4159-9b84-4ddc4f646cad.png)
10.) Click 'OK' and close the window. You've now created a rule to send Purchase Request emails directly to the Purchase Request folder!