Import Purchasing Categories into Spend Classification
Use the Import Purchasing Categories into Spend Classification scheduled process to extract purchasing categories from procurement cloud to spend classification.
Be sure to set the level for purchasing taxonomy in spend classification to 1.
When to Use
Use this process when you want to reuse the categories defined in purchasing or modify them in spend classification to achieve your categorization goals.
Privileges Required
- Administer Spend Classification Application (POI_ADMINISTER_SPEND_CLASSIFICATION_PRIV)
- Manage Spend Classification Batch (POI_MANAGE_SPEND_CLASSIFICATION_BATCH_PRIV)
- View Spend Classification Work Area (POI_SPEND_CLASSIFICATION_WORKAREA_PRIV)
Specifications
Review these specifications before you set up the scheduled process.
| Specification | Description |
|---|---|
| Job Type | Ad hoc. |
| Frequency | As required, usually during spend classification implementation. Keep in mind that if you made any changes to the purchasing taxonomy in spend classification, those changes will be overwritten by the categories from Oracle Purchasing when this process is run. |
| Time of Day | Any time. |
| Duration | Typically, less than 5 minutes. The duration may go up to 10-20 minutes if the number of categories 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.
- The validation errors and warning messages that prevented the classification of categories is displayed in the error log.
- Any interactive warning validations aren't performed.
- When the program is submitted, you can Resubmit, Put on Hold, Cancel Process, Release Process as provided by the Scheduled Processes UI.