Overriding SFTP Attachment Servers

You can override the attachment server defined during the installation of the PeopleSoft system. When you override the installed server, you can define and use an attachment server specifically for PeopleSoft Supplier Contract Management-related documents and attachments. You use the Override Attachment Server ID field on the Installation Options - Supplier Contract Management Page to point to a specific attachment server ID in cases where you are currently using database server attachments in your system only for products other than PeopleSoft Supplier Contract Management. You should evaluate the need for using the SFTP Attachment Server feature during the initial setup of the product.

WARNING:

Overriding an attachment server should be an exception and only performed when absolutely necessary. Overriding the server also affects the use of searching in PeopleSoft Supplier Contract Management. If you choose to use a database server for Supplier Contract Management the Attachment Server Override values must be left blank.

You can use a contract-related attachment server if you need to isolate supplier contract-related attachments from the primary attachment server that is used for all other applications. This feature is primarily intended for when you are already using the database attachment server for all other products and are ready to begin using PeopleSoft Supplier Contract Management, but you prefer the Supplier Contract Management server to be SFTP-based versus a database server. Therefore, after defining the database attachment server during system installation, you can use the Override Attachment Server ID field on the Installation Options - Supplier Contract Management Page to define the SFTP attachment server for use within Supplier Contract Management only.

When the installation-wide setting is set to a database server and if you are using a database server for all other types of attachments across the installation, then any other features that store attachments, other than within PeopleSoft Supplier Contract Management document pages, will continue to be stored in the database server and cannot be searched using the Search Framework. Also, if you have attachments tied to an actual purchasing transactional contract or requisitions that are part of a contract, when you create a supplier contract document tied to the transactional contract, these associated or related database attachments cannot be searched using the Search Framework pages because Supplier Contract Management searches and indexes SFTP server files only.

For more information about Search Framework pages, see Searching for Library and Document Contents.