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Oracle iProcurement enables internal corporate requesters to independently order items from both local (internal) and remote (external) catalogs. Oracle iProcurement helps an enterprise streamline the procurement process with end-to-end business automation. It is the starting point for the ordering process and provides powerful self-service requisitioning capability with an intuitive, Web shopping interface. Oracle iProcurement constitutes a key component of the procure-to-pay business flow and helps enterprises process and manage requisitions as well as receipt of the requested goods and services.
This section provides information on the common prerequisites, profile options, and data setups required for executing the Oracle iProcurement flows. Flow specific requirements are documented along with each flow in the subsequent sections.
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The following profile options must be set:
| Profile Option Name | Profile Option Value |
|---|---|
| MO: Operating Unit | Vision Operations |
Not applicable.
The following data must be set up:
Responsibility Setup Data
The following responsibilities must be available and attached to the users:
| Window Name | Field Name | Field Value |
|---|---|---|
| Responsibility | Responsibility | iProcurement iProcurement Catalog Administration |
User Setup Data
| Window Name | Field Name | Field Value |
|---|---|---|
| Users | User | MFG OPERATIONS |
In this flow, the following activities are performed in the listed sequence:
iProcurement Catalog Administrator logs in with iProcurement Catalog Administration responsibility, defines the content zone restricted to a supplier, and attaches it to a store.
Requester logs in with the iProcurement responsibility and creates a requisition using the catalog that is accessible as per the content zone definition.
This section provides information on prerequisites, profile options, and data setups required to execute the Create Local Content Zone, Attach to Store and Create Requisition from iProcurement flow.
Create_IP_Requisition_Using_Local_Content_Zone
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In this flow, the following activities are performed in the listed sequence:
iProcurement Catalog Administrator logs in with iProcurement Catalog Administration responsibility, defines the informational content zone about business needs.
Requester logs in with the iProcurement responsibility and views the information about the business needs.
This section provides information on prerequisites, profile options, and data setups required to execute the Create Informational Content Zone, Attach to Store and View from iProcurement flow.
View_Informational_Content_Zone
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In this flow, the following activities are performed in the listed sequence:
iProcurement Catalog Administrator logs in with iProcurement Catalog Administration responsibility, defines the transparent punchout zone, and attaches it to a store.
Requester logs in with iProcurement responsibility and creates a requisition using the store that has the transparent punchout content zone.
This section provides information on prerequisites, profile options, and data setups required to execute the Create Transparent Punchout Zone, Attach to Store and Create Requisition from iProcurement flow.
Create_IP_Requisition_Using_Punchout_Zone
The following is a prerequisite for using this flow:
Supplier catalog category and unit of measure is mapped to the internal category and unit of measure, using Oracle E-Commerce Gateway.
The following profile options must be set:
| Profile Option Name | Profile Option Value |
|---|---|
| POR : Proxy Server Name | Internal proxy server URL |
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
In this flow, the following activities are performed in the listed sequence:
iProcurement Catalog Administrator logs in with iProcurement Catalog Administration responsibility, defines the smart form for goods and services, and attaches them to a store.
Requester logs in with iProcurement responsibility and creates a requisition using the store that has the smart forms for goods and services.
This section provides information on prerequisites, profile options, and data setups required to execute the Create Smart Form with Information Template and Requisition from iProcurement flow.
Create_IP_Requisition_Using_Smart_Form
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Not applicable.
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Not applicable.
In this flow, the following activities are performed in the listed sequence:
iProcurement Catalog Administrator logs in with iProcurement Catalog Administration responsibility, defines category descriptors, item categories, and category hierarchy, and maps the shopping categories with purchasing categories.
Requester logs in with iProcurement responsibility, browses through the categories, searches the catalog, and views the descriptors.
This section provides information on prerequisites, profile options, and data setups required to execute the Manage Schema Overview flow.
Manage_Schema
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