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Configuring the Preferred Merchant Flag

This task is a step in the Process of Configuring Siebel Strategic Sourcing Analytics for a Universal Source.

The Siebel Customer-Centric Enterprise Warehouse provides a preferred merchant flag to indicate whether the requestor used a preferred merchant for an expensed item. The flag can have only one value—Y (item acquired from a preferred merchant) or N (item acquired from a merchant not recorded). If you use custom logic to determine merchant status, you must include that logic in the expenses Source Adapter.

To configure the preferred merchant flag

1. In PowerCenter Designer, open the Configuration for Universal Source folder.
2. Open the MPLT_SAF_EXPENSES Source Adapter mapplet.
3. Select the Expression transformation to open the Edit Transformations box and select the Port tab.
4. Select the Add Port icon to add the EXT_PREF_MERCHANT_FLAG_OUT port.
5. Enter preferred merchant flag logic.
6. Validate the mapplet and click OK to exit.
7. Save your changes to the repository.