Oracle R12 Sourcing Setup

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Introduction:

This Document intended to illustrate Step By Step Setup Steps for

R12 Oracle Sourcing.

Table of Content:

1- About Oracle Sourcing.

2- EBS Application Implementation and Integration for

Oracle Sourcing.

3- Implementing Oracle Sourcing.

About Oracle Sourcing


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in Oracle R12 the P2P Cycle covers the entire process of product or

service procurement to the nal payment

P2P Phases!

The di"erent phases of P2P life cycle involves!# Souring.

Create and $anage %egotiations & R'()*uctions+.

Supplier $anagement.

Contract %egotiations and *,ards.

Catalog Content $anagement.# Ordering.

Re-uisition and Purchase Order generation.

Purchase order management and fulllments.

Payment.# Reporting.

# *nalysis.

Requisitions

PurchaseOrders

Receiving

Payment

SupplierPerformance

CatalogContent

Management

SupplierManagement

Negotiations& Awards

OrderingSourcing

Analysis


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About Sourcing

Oracle Sourcing O"ers 'le(ile negotiations capailities for othuyers and sellers) enaling them to e/ciently otain the est pricefor goods and services.Prices are estalished ased on actual supply and demand at thetime negotiation is transacted.

The follo,ing are the availale Negotiation types !"ocumentT#pe$%in oracle sourcing!

&'I: Re-uest for 0nformation used to -ualify supplier and theirgoods or services.&'(: enales Buyers to collect -uotes for comple( and harddened goods or services.Auction$: enales uyers to solicit Bids for goods and services thatare clearly dened.

ith oracle sourcing organiations can!

1# Source more for there spends.2# Source for lo,est total cost.3# Create immediate and long#term saving.

EBS Application Implementation and

Integration for Oracle Sourcing.


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The follo,ing setup steps are the steps needed to eimplemented in other Oracle 4#usiness Suite *pplications. Thesesteps are re-uired for Oracle Sourcing to run.

&e)uired Setup Step$:

# Setup system administrator.# Setup accounting 5e(elds.# Setup Calendar) currencies) and set of oo6.# Dene human resource 6ey 5e(elds.# Dene locations.# Dene organiations and organiations relationship.# convert to $ulti# Org.# Dene 0nventory 7ey 5e(elds.# Dene 8O$.# Dene categories.# Setup personnel.# Open inventory and purchasing accounting periods.# Dene purchasing options.# Dene uyers.# Dene nancial options.# Dene receiving options.

Optional Setup Step$:

# Setup Oracle ,or65o,.# Dene 'right Carriers.# Dene Payment Terms.# Dene 9oo6ups Codes.

Implementing Oracle Sourcing

Setup ro*le Option$:

ro*le +alueO: Allo, Autocreation of Oracle Sourcing "ocument$ e$


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O: "i$pla# te Auto created "ocument e$O/: Enable Sourcing A,ard Appro0al e$O/: Supplier Tran$action i$tor# Time eriod /umber

indecaict$ period

of da# inO/: Automaticall# "efault Catalog Attribute$ All

O/:Eternal Application 'rame,or Agent URL will be

used for the

links in

notifications

sent to

suppliers.

OA: "BI Implementation Yes

OS: Eternal 4&5 URL used to

construct the

link to

supplier

registration

page as

well as the

external

abstract page

Self-Ser0ice Acce$$ibilit# 'eature$

Sourcing "efault &e$pon$ibilit# for Eternal 4$er Sourcing

Supplier


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A$$igning Sourcing &e$pon$ibilit#:Create Emplo#ee

%avigation Path!

:R$S & R+ Pepole4nter and maintain.

hen creating user prole ma6e sure that each user prolecontains the rst name) last name and e#mail address.Creating Application 4$er and A$$ign re$pon$ibilit#

%avigation Path!

System *dministrator &R+ Security 8ser Dene.


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"e*ning Bu#er Securit# ! Optional%

to enale uyers security!

1# run the replicate seeded data program.


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*s soon as the program has een run) Oracle sourcing ,ill usethe security levels of pulic as the default for all sourcingdocuments.

To change the security levels perform the follo,ing steps!

%avigation Path!

1# Purchasing & R+SetupPurchasing Document Type2# Select the appropriate operating unit and clic6 ;O.

3# Clic6 update for the document type used y Oracle Sourcing

&Sourcing Buyer *uction) Sourcing R'


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># Clic6 *pply to add the ne, security 9evel.

Set 4p Attribute 6roup$ and &e)uirementSection$

%avigation Path!

*pplication Developer & R+ *pplications 9oo6s *pplicationO?ect 9irary.

Steps!

1#


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Participants in lind auctionsR'


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Eou can choose to have a,ard decisions approved efore a purchaseorder can e generated

"e*ning eader $coring default$:

Eou can dene defaults for header Re-uirement scores. Eou can

choose to allo, uyers to ,eight scores ,hen evaluating supplier

responses) and you can dene a default ma(imum score value

On the %egotiations Conguration page) :eader Scoring DefaultsSection selects the appropriate chec6 o(es and enters appropriatevalues.

"e*ning te default line attribute group

*ttriutes dened to a negotiation line or attriute list must eassigned to an attriute group. *ttriute groups allo, control overho, attriutes are displayed since you can specify the se-uence ofthe attriutes ,ithin the group

On the %egotiations Conguration page) select a group from the listof predened groups.

"e*ning te default 4O7 for amount-ba$ed line t#pe$:


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2# 4nter the Provider %ame &this is the name used ,ithin thesystem. 0t does not have to e the suppliers o/cial name+ and the8R9 to the providers site. 3#To allo, your uyers to vie, and usethe lin6) clic6 4naled. Eou can control access to di"erent sites yselecting and deselecting the 4naled 5ag.

Specif#ing te $upplier online ,indo, 0alue$:

The 9ive Console feature allo,s uyers to monitor negotiations inreal time.

1# On the %egotiations Conguration page) scroll to the SupplierOnline indo, section.2#4nter a numer for the Supplier Online indo, value. This is thenumerof minutes that can elapse since a suppliers last action efore thatsupplier isconsidered to e no longer active. *lso enter the numer of secondsthat should elapse efore the page is refreshed during the last hourof the negotiation

Specif# concurrent proce$$ing 0alue$:

9arge negotiations can sometimes have hundreds or thousands of

lines. Processing such negotiations can e time consuming andresource intensive.

To set the processing and error message thresholds) enter values inthe appropriate elds.


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Sub$cribe to /oti*cation$

The %otication Suscription home page consists of t,o sections!

# Bury %otication Section.

# Supplier %otication Section

To $elect appropriate noti*cation$!

1. 'rom the %egotiations :ome page) clic6 the *dministration ta.

2. On the *dministration page) clic6 F%otication Suscription.F

3. On the %otication Suscription page) select ,hich notications

apply to ,hich negotiation types.


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8.Clic6 *pply.

"e*ne /egotiation Term$ and Condition$

%egotiation terms and conditions are presented to supplier usersefore they respond to a negotiation for the rst time

To dene negotiation terms and conditions!1. On the %egotiations :ome page) clic6 the *dministration ta.2. Clic6 Setup %egotiation Terms and Conditions.3. 8se the Setup %egotiation Terms and Conditions page to denethe terms and conditions that you ,ant to display on negotiations. 0fmultiple languages are installed) select a 9anguage and translatethe terms and conditions for each language if your suppliers use

other languages.


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=. hen you have nished entering your negotiation terms andconditions) clic6 *pply.

"e*ne &eu$able Attribute 5i$t$

Reusale *ttriutes are *ttriutes identify additional details that a

supplier should provide &eyond ?ust response price+ ,henresponding to a negotiation line.

To create line attriute lists!1. On the %egotiations :ome page) clic6 the *dministration ta.2. On the *dministration page) clic6 FReusale *ttriute 9ists.F3. On the Reusale *ttriute 9ists page) clic6 Create 9ine *ttriute9ist.=. On the Create 9ine *ttriute 9ist page) enter a 9ist %ame andrief Description for your attriute list. Choose the Status &*ctive or

0nactive+. *n *ctive list can e used immediatelyG an 0nactive list ,ill


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e stored in the system) ut ,ill not e availale for use unless youedit the list and change its status to *ctive.

0f this attriute is re-uired and you ,ish to assign values to

allo,ale entries and scores) clic6 the Score icon.H. Buyers can identify acceptale responses to line attriutes andprovide a score for each response that indicates the desiraility ofthat response value. &suppliers must enter responses if the attriutehas an *ttriute Type value of Re-uired+. Scoring the attriuteallo,s you to dene ,hich values you ,ill accept for the attriuteand indicate the relative desiraility of each response. Scores arealso used y the system to determine the est response in $ulti#*ttriute Scoring negotiations.On the 4nter Scoring Criteria page) you must specify the values you,ill accept for this attriute and assign a score to each value.

'or te(t attriutes) you specify a list of acceptale values.

'or numer and date attriutes) you specify a numeric or date range&to dene a single numer or date) set the 'rom and To values to thesame numer or date+. Clic6 the pop#up calendar icon to select adate value.%ote that 8R9 attriute types can not e scored in this manner.


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Once you have identied all the allo,ale values for this attriute)you must dene a score for each value &or range of values+. Specifya numer that represents the desiraility of that value # the higherthe numer) the more desirale that response.

0f you need to add and score more than ve values) clic6 *dd > Ro,sto display ve more entry ro,s.I. *fter you have identied and scored your values) clic6 *pply. Eoureturn to the Create 9ine *ttriute 9ist page.J. *dd and score any remaining attriutes for this list.K. %ote that you can optionally se-uence the display order of yourline attriutes. 8se the instructions aove to specify the se-uence ofattriutes.1L. hen you are nished dening attriutes to this list) clic6 *pply.

Se)uencing line attribute$:

The line attriutes appear in the order you dene them. :o,everyou can alter the order if needed.

To dene the order of line attriutes!1. Clic6 Se-uence.

2. On the Se-uence *ttriutes page) the line attriutes appear in theorder in ,hich you dened them and are given a numer.3. $odify the attriute numers to re5ect the ne, se-uence.=. hen nished) clic6 *pply. Eou are returned to the Create 9ine*ttriute 9ist page ,ith the attriute se-uence modied accordingly.


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"e*ne &eu$able &e)uirement 5i$t$

Eou dene Re-uirements to solicit high#level information aout the

suppliers ,ho have responded to your negotiation.

Dening your Re-uirement 9istTo dene your Re-uirement list!1. 'rom the %egotiations :ome page) clic6 the *dministration ta.2. Clic6 FReusale Re-uirement 9ists.F

3. On the Create Re-uirement 9ist page)1. 4nter a name for your Re-uirement 9ist2. 4nter a descriptions for your list.3. Select a status for your list &0nactive lists cannot e used+.

"e*ning &e)uirement$Eou create collections of Re-uirements called Sections. Eou areprovided ,ith a default section called Re-uirements. To egindening your Re-uirements!1. 0n the Re-uirements area of the Create Re-uirement 9ist page)select the entry for the default section called Re-uirements.2. Clic6 *dd Section3. To add a ne, section) accept the default) %e, Section) in the *dddrop do,n menu.

=. 4nter a name for your ne, section.


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>. 0f you are ready to egin adding individual Re-uirements for thissection) clic6 *pply and *dd Re-uirement. 0f you need to create asection after this section) clic6 *pply and *dd Section. Eou cannotcreate a section ,ithin a section.H.On the Create Re-uirement 9ist! *dd Re-uirement page) enter

your Re-uirement -uestion in the te(t o( provided

I. Once you have dened your Re-uirement te(t) set the Propertiesfor thisRe-uirement as necessary! Type Type descries ho, the Re-uirement is used ,ithin thenegotiation.Malues can e! "i$pla# Onl#The Re-uirement is displayed to the supplier) utthesupplier cannot enter a response to it. 0f the type is display#only)Display

Target is set to Ees and Scoring $ethod is automatically set to %one.Display only Re-uirements merely notify suppliers of additionalaspects in,hich uyers are interested.Internal0nternal Re-uirement can only e seen y uyers. 0f aninternalRe-uirement is ,eighted) the total ,eight value seen y thesupplier ,illnot add up to 1LL. 'or e(ample) if a Re-uirement is internal and hasa,eight of 1L) the supplier sees no information on the internal

Re-uirement


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and sees the sum of all ,eighted Re-uirements as KL. 0fun,eighted) ne,internal Re-uirements can e added ,hile the negotiation is inprogress. 0f,eighted) ne, internal Re-uirements can e added if they are given

a,eight of ero or if their ,eight amount is sutracted from anotherinternalRe-uirements. 0nternal Re-uirements have Display Target set to %o. OptionalSuppliers do not have to respond to this Re-uirement. &e)uiredSuppliers must respond to this Re-uirement.

+alue T#peSelect the type of characters suppliers can enter forthisRe-uirement ,hen responding! Te(t &letters,ords) digits+) %umer&digits,ith decimals allo,ed+) Date &the format you or the supplier selectas your date preference+) or 8R9 &e site addresses that egin,ith a valid 8R9 protocol for e(ample) http!) https!) and ftp!.Malues ,ith a 8R9 type display as lin6sG for e(ample a e siteaddress entered as a Te(t type ,ill display simply as te(t+. Malue

Type also governs the characters you can enter in the Target eld.

Target4nter a target value for the Re-uirement &for e(ample! 3Lor more years in usiness+ . "i$pla#to Supplier 0ndicate ,hether you ,ant suppliers to see

your Targetvalue. Scoring 7etodSelect the method y ,hich you ,ish to scoreresponses to this Re-uirement. %one # Responses can not e scored. Automatic# The system ,ill assign a score ased on scoringinformationyou dene. 0f you choose *utomatic) you must dene the allo,alevalues&or value ranges+ and the score for each. 7anual# evaluators ,ill enter scores for a particular response

manually,hen scoring a participants response.

J. Eou can dene ,hich response values &or range of values+ areacceptale for this Re-uirement. 0f you dene acceptale responsevalues for te(t type Re-uirements) those values are displayed to theresponder) ,ho must select a value from the predened list ofvalues.

To dene acceptale values!1. Clic6 the *dd > Ro,s utton under *cceptale Malues.


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2. 4nter values for the follo,ing elds!9 &e$pon$e +alue4nter an acceptale value for this Re-uirement. Eou may enter asmanyseparate values as is necessary to identify all possile acceptale

responses.The values you enter should re5ect the Malue Type &te(t) numer)date+ youspecied for this Re-uirement.9 +alue 'rom+alue To !number and date t#pe &e)uirement$onl#%0f your Re-uirement has a value type of numer or date ) you canenterspecic numersdates or you can dene ranges of numersdates.0f you,ish to dene a single value) enter the numer in oth the 'rom andthe Toelds. Other,ise) to dene a range) enter the eginning value in the'romeld and the ending value in the To eld.


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"e*ne Co$t 'actor$ and Co$t 'actor 5i$t$

Cost factors allo, you to identify and negotiate on additional costsrelated to a line. Eou can use cost factors to otain a more realisticidea of the total cost of an item or service y factoring in anyadditional costs eyond ?ust price. Such costs could includeadditional costs such as consulting or training) or internal costs suchas s,itching costs.

Step$:

1. On the /egotiation$ ome page) clic6 the *dministration ta.2. Clic6 FCost 'actors.F3. On the Co$t 'actor$ page) clic6 Create.8. On the Create Co$t 'actor page) enter the follo,inginformation! * uni-ue code .

The name of the ne, price factor. * short te(t description for the price factor. * pricing asis value to determine ho, this price factor iscalculated. Eou can dene! a (ed amount for the line) a (edamount for each unit of the line) or a percentage amount of the linecost.


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>. Once you have entered your information) clic6 *pply. Theinformation you entered is validated. 0f your code is not uni-ue) youare prompted to enter a di"erent one.

To de*ne a co$t factor li$t:1. On the /egotiation$ ome page) clic6 the *dministration ta.

2. Clic6 FReusale Cost 'actor 9ists.F3. On the &eu$able Co$t 'actor 5i$t$ page) clic6 FCreate Cost'actor 9ist.F8. On the Create Co$t 'actor 5i$t page) enter the follo,inginformation! %ame of the ne, list * short te(t description of the ne, list The status of the ne, list. *ctive lists can e used immediately.0nactive lists cannot e used;. 'rom the Price 'actor drop do,n list) select a price factor for thislist and clic6 *dd to 9ist. Repeat as necessary to add any remaining

price factors to the list.


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;. Search for and select suppliers to add to your invitation list. %otethat you can use the advanced supplier search features to uild listsof suppliers ased on the commodities or items they provide.

.Eou return to the Create In0itation 5i$t page. 'or each supplier)ensure there is a value for Supplier Contact eld. 0f you ,ish to senda notication to an additional supplier contact and you 6no, thecontacts e#mail address) you can enter that in the *dditionalContact 4mail eld. This is especially useful if the supplier has setup a roadcast e#mail.

"e*ne /egotiation St#le$.

To de*ne a /egotiation $t#le:1. 'rom the /egotiation$ ome page) clic6 the *dministration ta.2. Clic6 F%egotiation Styles.F3. On the /egotiation St#le$ page) clic6 FCreate %egotiation

Style.F8. On the Create /egotiation St#le page)


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;ive your style a name.

Optionally give your style a description. *ccept the default status of *ctive &0nactive status styles are notavailale for use+.

Select the features that are availale from the style.

0dentify ,hich document types this style can e used ,ith.

hen you are nished) clic6 *pply.

"e*ne /egotiation Template$0f your negotiations use many of the same elements &id-uotecontrols) item attriute lists) or invitation lists+) you can createtemplates for each negotiation type &R'0) R'


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y all Sourcing Buyers. &Sourcing Super 8sers and Sourcing Buyerscan oth create their o,n private templates that only they can use.+

To create a negotiation template:

1. On the /egotiation$ ome page) clic6 the %egotiations ta.2. 0n the Templates column of the


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Create Ab$tract$ and 'orm$

Ab$tract$*n astract is a summary or synopsis of a negotiation. 0t usuallycontains information such as the goods or services eing purchased)

,hom to contact for more information) and the open and close date.*n astract can even contain a PD' version of the negotiation forthe supplier to do,nload. *stracts are presented to suppliers onthe uying organiations e(ternal ,esite. Suppliers can vie, thedetails aout negotiations and determine if they are interested inparticipating ,ithout having to log in to the sourcing application.'orm$

* form captures information from the uyer in a similar fashion asan astract ut rather than pulishing data to the uyingorganiations ,esite) this information is captured in an N$9 le

that can e transferred to a third party system. The forms that arecreated ,ith Oracle Sourcing typically are modeled after the third


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party systems so that the data collected matches theirre-uirements. The uyer can then generate the appropriatelyformatted N$9 le and send it for pulishing on the third partysystem.

Creating Ab$tract$ and 'orm$

*stracts and forms are composed of elds and sections. These arethe uilding loc6s that are used to create a form or astract. hencreating a form or astract) rst create these uilding loc6s in theapplication. Eou can then use these uilding loc6s to construct yourform or astract.

6eneral Step$ to 4$ing te Ab$tract 'eature:1. &Super 8ser+ Create any ne, elds or sections &uilding loc6s+desired on the *stract.2. &Super 8ser+ $odify and activate the e(isting *stract denition.3. &Super 8ser+ Set up and customie e(ternal ,esite.8. &Buyer+ *dd *stract to negotiation and complete re-uiredinformation.;. &Buyer+ Pulish the *stract for a specic negotiation to ane(ternal ,esite.6eneral Step$ to 4$ing te 'orm$ 'eature:1. &Super 8ser+ Create elds and sections.2. &Super 8ser+ Create a ne, form or modify an e(isting form.3. &Super 8ser+ *dd any ne, elds or sections on the form.

8. &Super 8ser+ *ctivate the form.;. &Super 8ser+ $ap to third#party NSDDTD le


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;. On the 7anage Section$ and 'ield$ page) clic6 Create Sectionto dene a ne, section) or clic6 Create 'ield to dene a ne, eld.

Creating /e, 'ield$1. On the Create 'ield page) enter values for the follo,ing elds!

Code. This is a re-uired) user#dened value that uni-uely identiesthe eld.

The 'ield code and only e up to 3L characters and can only havealphanumeric characters &8nderscores are allo,ed ,ithin the code+.0f this eld ,ill e used on a form) to facilitate easy mapping) thisvalue should match the code from the NSDDTD to ,hich you ,ill emapping. %ame. This is a re-uired eld) user#dened value that ,ill eassociated ,iththe eld. This value ,ill appear ne(t to the entryeldpoplist9ist of Malues on the form that ,ill e presented to theuyer. 4nter a value that is meaningful to the uyer. Description. This is an optional eld that is presented to the uyeras a tip ifData is entered. Eou can use this to enter any additional informationthat you 'eel the uyer needs to have to correctly complete thiseld. Malue Type. This species the type of data value the uyer canenter in the eld.Possile data types are! te(t) numer) date) datetime) and amount.

9ist of Malues. To limit the elds data input to only a predenedset of values) clic6 the 5ashlight and select the Malue Set. The


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5ashlight ,ill -uery all value sets that are dened for OracleSourcing. To create a ne, value set) clic6 on the $anage Malue Setsutton at the top of the page. Eou can also create a value set on the*dministration page &see the section elo, for instructions oncreating value sets+. The follo,ing types of value sets are

supported! Tale 0ndependent Translatale independent

Status. hen you initially enter the page) the values in this poplist,ill e Draft &selected+) and *ctive. Only active elds can e addedto a section or form.hile the eld is draft status) you can edit the Code %ame and otherproperties of the eld. Eou can also delete the eld. Once youchange the status to *ctive) you can no longer modify the Code ofthe Malue Type. *lso) you can no longer delete the eld. Eou ,ill onlye allo,ed to ma6e the eld inactive.2. Once you have nished dening your ne, eld) clic6 *pply

Creating /e, Section$1. On the Create Section page) enter values for the

follo,ing elds!

Code. * re-uired) user#dened value that uni-uely identies thesection. The section code can only e up to 2L characters and canonly have alphanumeric characters &8nderscores are allo,ed ,ithinthe code+. 0f this section ,ill e used on a form) for ease of mapping)this value should match the code from the NSDDTD to ,hich you,ill e mapping.

Mersion. This is a display only eld that is updated ,hen a ne,version of the section is created. %ame. * re-uired) user#dened value that ,ill e associated ,iththe section.

This value appears aove the section ,hen the form is presented tothe uyer.


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4nter a value that is meaningful to the uyer. Description. * re-uired eld used to descrie the section. 0t is notdisplayed to the uyer. Section Contains repeating Data. 0denties this section as arepeating section. Repeating sections are displayed to the uyer as

a tale. 0f the section contains repeating data) no system elds cane dened to it. Te(t Tip. This te(t is presented to the uyer as a tip elo, thesection header.8se this to give specic instructions to the uyer for this section. Status. hen you initially enter the page) the values in this poplistare Draft&selected+) and *ctive. Only active sections can e added to anastract) section) or form. hile the section is in draft status) youcan edit Code) %ame) and other properties of the section. Eou canalso delete the section. Once you change the status to active) youcan no longer modify Code or ma6e the section repeating.*lso) you can no longer delete the section. Eou can only ma6e thesection inactive

2.To add a eld to the section) clic6 *dd another Ro,.3. Clic6 the 5ashlight icon.8. Search for and select the eld or section you ,ish to add &youcan add a section ,ithin a section+. *fter you have added the eldor section) specify ,hether it re-uires a response from the supplier.;. Once you have added all the elds andor sections to the section)

clic6 *pply.

Set 4p "ocument rint 5a#out$

To A$$ign 5a#out Template$:1. 9og into Oracle Purchasing as a Purchasing Super 8ser.2. %avigate to the Document Types page. Set 8p Purchasing Document Types.3. Clic6 8pdate for any Sourcing document type &Buyer *uction)

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8. 'or each document type) select a Document Type 9ayout.. &0f youhave Oracle Procurement Contracts licensed and installed) alsoselect a Contract Terms lay

Oracle Purchasing Release 12.0speeds up daily purchasing tasks with an

enhanced Professional Buyer s Work Center. Based on the latest web-based user

interface models the Work Center is a central Launch Pad from which buyers can

efficiently perform their daily tasks:

1. iew and !ct upon "e#uisition $emand

%. Create and &anage 'rders and !greements

(. "un )egotiation *+ents including !uctions and ",s re#uires 'racle

/ourcing0

. &anage /upplier 2nformation 2n "elease 11i generation of purchasing documents in !dobe P$, format re#uired

organi3ations to create layout templates in the form of 4/L-,' style sheets. With

"elease 1%.5 organi3ations can also use "6, or P$, layout templates which re#uire

little training to configure and maintain.

'racle Purchasing supports +arious types of file attachments &/ Word *cel P$,

etc.0 that can be appended to purchasing documents in addition to long and short

tet attachments. 2n pre+ious releases only tet attachments were communicated

to suppliers. With "elease 1%.5 buyers can communicate all necessary attachments

to suppliers including file attachments +ia email.

"elease 1%.5 allows finer control of how blanket agreements are enabled

for automatic document sourcing. Buyers can now choose to enable them onlyin specific in+entory organi3ations. 6hus buyers can negotiate a blanket agreement

to fulfill re#uisition demand for a subset of in+entory organi3ations and enable the

agreement for autosourcing only in those in+entory organi3ations.

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