Perform Automated Tasks for Supplier Qualifications

Use the Perform Automated Tasks for Supplier Qualifications scheduled process to send questionnaire reminders or close questionnaires automatically.

When to Use

Use this process when you want to send automatic reminders on a predefined schedule to those who haven't responded to survey questionnaires and when you want to close your surveys automatically when the predefined close date is reached, or when a response threshold is met.

Privileges Required

To perform automated tasks, you must have this privilege, (POQ_PERFORM_SUPPLIER_QUALIFICATION_AUTOMATED_TASKS_PRIV). If you don't have this privilege assigned already, check with your administrator.

Specifications

Review the following before setting up this scheduled process:
Specification Description
Job Type Ad hoc.
Frequency Everyday. You should schedule this process to run everyday to achieve the goals of closing survey questionnaires on the target close date or send out response reminders in a timely manner.
Time of Day Any time.
Duration Typically, less than 5 minutes. The duration may go up to 10-20 minutes if the number of qualifications or assessments is high.
Compatibility There should be only one instance of the job running at any one time and there is no current functional need to be able to run multiple instances of this process at the same time.

Parameters

None

Troubleshooting Information

  • You can view the status of the process on the scheduled processes UI.
  • No validation errors and warning messages.
  • Any interactive warning validations are NOT performed.
  • When the program is submitted, you can Resubmit, Put on Hold, Cancel Process, Release Process as provided by the scheduled processes UI.