18.1 Reviewing the PeopleSoft 9.2 Supplier Contract Management Setup

This section applies to PeopleSoft Supplier Contract Management. To use PeopleSoft Supplier Contract Management, you must set up a database or SFTP file attachment server as documented in the task Upgrading File Attachment, and have Microsoft Word 2007 or higher installed.

Review the following setup tasks:

• Setup of a Microsoft Word template.

• Optional setup for individual clients to allow certain users to look up clauses and bind variables in the PeopleSoft database from within Microsoft Word using Microsoft Research task pane functionality.

• Optional setup to allow users to perform server side compares of Microsoft Word documents, and optional dispatch of contracts to suppliers in a .doc or .pdf format (versus the default .xml format).

• Optional installation setup for PeopleSoft Search Framework.

• Optional installation setup for workflow.

• Optional installation setup for contract syndication

• Optional setup that enables documents to use digital signatures like Adobe or Microsoft Word 2007 or higher versions.

See the product documentation for PeopleSoft FSCM: Supplier Contract Management for more information about the setup tasks.