Using Direct Connect
Both the Shopping Cart and the Requisition Entry program use the Direct Connect feature. When you have set up your system and suppliers to use Direct Connect, users can connect from within the requisition entry programs directly to suppliers' websites to search for items. After users select items and check out from the site, the system returns the user to the requisition entry program and populates the requisition cart with the items that they selected. The user does not actually purchase items on the site; they simply select items to be added to the requisition cart. Therefore, the users's request can be processed within the Requisition Self Service system and is subject to proper approvals and editing before the items are actually purchased.
Users can add items from multiple websites to the same requisition cart. As users select items from suppliers' websites, the system adds records to the Shopping Cart table (F43E20) and the Cross Reference table (F43E15). When the user submits the requisition, the system removes the records from the F43E20 table and creates records in these tables:
F43E01 (Requisition Header)
F43E11 (Requisition Detail)