Generate Approved Supplier List Entries

Use the Generate Approved Supplier List Entries scheduled process to create approved supplier list entries for all the items included in a blanket purchase agreement.

When to Use

Run this scheduled process when you want to create approved supplier list entries automatically from blanket agreements to establish the supplier and supplier site on the blanket purchase agreement as an approved supply source.

Privileges Required

• Generate Approved Supplier List Entry

Specifications

Review the following before setting up this scheduled process:

Specification	Description
Job Type	Scheduled.
Frequency	You are encouraged to schedule the process to run as needed. Avoid scheduling the process on a frequency that might overlap. Allow for a lag between the end of each scheduled process and the start of the next scheduled process.
Time of Day	Choose the time of day that doesn't interfere with your daily business activity, such as at the end of the workday, after the end of shifts, after peak transaction activity, or during a lull in transaction activity.
Duration	The runtime of this process varies based on the total number of blanket purchase agreement lines to be processed.
Compatibility	There must be only one instance of the job running at any point of time. This is automatically handled by the application. If you have to run more than one instance of this process, then consider spacing them out over a period of time.

Parameters

Parameter	Optional or Required	Description	Parameter Values	Special Combinations Required	Notes
Procurement BU	Required	Specify the name of the Procurement business unit for which the approved supplier list entries will be created.	N/A	None	N/A
Supplier	Required	Specify the supplier's name needed to find the agreement.	N/A	None	N/A
Supplier Site	Required	Specify the supplier site needed to find the agreement.	N/A	None	N/A
Agreement	Required	Select the blanket agreement number for the provided procurement BU, supplier, and supplier site.	N/A	None	N/A
Agreement Lines	Required	Select All or New agreement lines to be considered.	N/A	None	N/A
ASL Entry Scope	Required	Select the ASL entry scope: Global Ship-to Organization	N/A	None	N/A
Ship-to Organization	Optional	Specify the ship-to organization if ASL entry scope is set to the same.	N/A	You must provide a value for Ship-to Organization if ASL Entry Scope is set to Ship-to Organization.	N/A

Troubleshooting Information

• You can view the status of the generate approved supplier list entries operation on the scheduled processes UI.
• The validation errors and warning messages that prevented the import contract agreements are displayed in the error log.
• After you have corrected the validation errors, you can resubmit the process.