Understanding Direct Connect and PO Dispatch Information for Suppliers
You use the Direct Connect Setup Application program (P43E22) to enter Direct Connect information for suppliers. You access this program from the Supplier Master Revisions form (P04012).
When you set up your suppliers for Direct Connect, you must specify a communication method. The Direct Connect communication method enables you to connect to your suppliers to view their websites. The PO Dispatch method enables you to send a cXML message to the supplier that contains the items that you want to order from the supplier's site. To use both methods, you must set up the information on the Setup Direct Connect Supplier form twice–once for each method.
Additionally, for the PO Dispatch solution to send messages to suppliers, you must also set the Send Method field on the Supplier Master Revisions form to 5 (XML).
Before setting up Direct Connect information for suppliers, you must set up two user-defined code (UDC) tables: 43E/CM and 43E/XS.
This table describes the values you must set up for UDC table 43E/CM:
Codes |
Description 01 |
|---|---|
1 |
Direct Connect |
2 |
PO Dispatch |
This table describes the values you must set up for UDC table 43E/XS:
Codes |
Description 01 |
|---|---|
CXML12009 |
cXML 1.2.009 |
CXML 12016 |
cXML 1.2.016 |
You must add additional values to UDC table 43E/XS if you use formats other than cXML 1.2.009 or 1.2.016. For example, if you create a custom schema for Corporate Express, you must set up your own transformer and add it as a value to UDC table 43E/XS similar to the values in the following table:
Codes |
Description 01 |
|---|---|
CORPEXP |
Corporate Express |
You must also set the processing options for the Purchase Order XPI program (P43XPI). The system uses the information in these processing options to determine which purchase orders should be dispatched to suppliers.
After you set up Direct Connect and PO Dispatch information for suppliers, you then attach the suppliers to the appropriate commodity structure.