Manage Supplier Products and Services Category Hierarchy

This task list is used to define and maintain setup components prior to creating suppliers. Components include lookups, category hierarchy, supplier numbering, supplier value sets, and supplier descriptive flexfields. Of the tasks included, only the category hierarchy is required for rapid implementation.

Manage Supplier Products and Services Category Hierarchy

Define a category hierarchy for identifying the products and services categories that suppliers provide.

1. Navigate to Setup and Maintenance > Procurement > Suppliers > Manage Supplier Products and Services Category Hierarchy task.

2. Click on the Root Category row to select it.

3. Click the Create icon to add a new browsing category to the Root Category row.

4. On the Create Browsing Category dialog box, enter a unique category name, for example ABC Computer Supplies.

5. Optionally, provide a description.

6. Click Save and Close.

7. Highlight the row for your new category name, ABC Computer Supplies in our example, and click Insert Item Categories.

8. From the list, select all the categories you want to include. Hold the <Ctrl> key while clicking to select multiple categories.

9. Click Apply.

10. Click Done.