Use Information from an External System to Qualify Suppliers via Supplier Profile Descriptive Flexfields (DFFs)

In this use case, you want to import external supplier information into DFFs and then use that information to create qualifications.

Description	Integration Type	Integration Options	Notes
You might have external supplier data, such as energy rating, that's stored as supplier profile DFFs. First, use the Supplier Import or Suppliers REST resources to update the supplier profile DFFs. Then, create qualifications with questions that will map to the supplier profile DFFs. Qualifications will be created automatically without sending the questionnaires. Create supplier DFFs to capture the information from the external system. Create questions that map to the supplier DFFs. Create the qualification area that includes the mapped DFF questions. Update the supplier profile DFFs using Supplier Import or Suppliers REST resources. Use the Supplier Initiative REST resource POST operation to create initiatives with the qualification area that contains the mapped DFF questions to create qualifications.	Inbound	REST APIs	–

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You might have external supplier data, such as energy rating, that's stored as supplier profile DFFs. First, use the Supplier Import or Suppliers REST resources to update the supplier profile DFFs. Then, create qualifications with questions that will map to the supplier profile DFFs. Qualifications will be created automatically without sending the questionnaires.

Create supplier DFFs to capture the information from the external system.
Create questions that map to the supplier DFFs.
Create the qualification area that includes the mapped DFF questions.
Update the supplier profile DFFs using Supplier Import or Suppliers REST resources.
Use the Supplier Initiative REST resource POST operation to create initiatives with the qualification area that contains the mapped DFF questions to create qualifications.

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REST APIs

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