Understanding the VNDR_IMPORT Application Engine Process

The VNDR_IMPORT process loads supplier data from a flat file to the PeopleSoft supplier tables and performs record-level edits on that data. For the process to succeed, you must first map your supplier data to the PeopleSoft supplier table structure. The flat file must be the same structure as that defined in the supplier data structure, and each table in the data structure should have a flat file.

Field mappings are one of three categories:

• Field values (such as the Supplier Name field) that map directly from a legacy system to the PeopleSoft system.

• Field values that must be translated from a legacy value to a valid PeopleSoft value.

• PeopleSoft fields that do not appear in the legacy system.

  You must assign a value to these fields during conversion.

Use the data structure provided in these topics to translate or assign field values and to prepare data for the VNDR_IMPORT process.