How You Use Supplier Content Map Set With Punchout

As a catalog administrator, when setting up a punchout catalog you can associate a supplier content map set with it. Use the Create Punchout Catalog page, from the Manage Catalogs task in the Catalogs work area.

A supplier content map set maps external and internal values for categories, units of measure (UOM), supplier names, and supplier sites. The values returned from the supplier punchout site are considered external values in this mapping process. These mappings are used for conversions in business flows such as shopping through a punchout site. When a requester returns to the Purchase Requisitions work area from a supplier punchout site with a shopping cart containing items, the supplier content map set is applied to the relevant attributes.

• For single supplier punchout sites, the mapping of the category and UOM attributes are applicable.

• For punchout to Oracle Business Network for multiple supplier sites, mapping of the category, UOM, supplier, and supplier site attributes are applicable.

When defining a punchout catalog on the Create Punchout Catalog page, you determine whether a supplier content mapping set should be applied to map external values to corresponding internal values. If mapping for the punchout catalog should be applied, you must specify a map set.

1. If a default map set is configured for the procurement business unit (BU), it's chosen by default. You can override this value.

2. If no default map set is set up for the procurement BU, you must select a map set.

When processing a supplier content map for a punchout, the application follows these steps to determine the internal value to use for an external attribute:

1. If a map set other than the default map set is specified, the map set is searched during the mapping process to identify an internal value for the attribute being mapped. If a match is found, the mapped internal value is used for further processing.

2. If the external value isn't found in the specified map set, the default map set for the procurement BU of the punchout catalog is searched for matching an external value. If a match is found, the mapped internal value is used for further processing.

3. If the external value is still not found in the default map set, then the external value is used as is for further processing.

4. For a category, if a default category name is specified, it will be used for the requisition lines when an external category returned from the supplier site can’t be mapped to an internal item category either using the supplier content map set or directly.