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  • 1 Overview
    • Implement Procurement
    • Purchase and Activation of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications
  • 2 Getting Started with a Procurement Rapid Implementation
    • Get Started with Your Procurement Rapid Implementation
    • Enterprise Structure for Procurement Rapid Implementation
    • How You Configure Basic Enterprise Structure for Procurement
    • Get Started with Oracle Supplier Portal Configuration
  • 3 Synchronization of Users and Roles from LDAP
    • User and Role Synchronization: Explained
  • 4 Implementation Users
    • Overview of Implementation Users
  • 5 Currencies and Currency Rates
    • Currencies
      • Considerations for Defining Currencies
      • Euro Currency Derivation
      • FAQs for Manage Currencies
        • When do I create or enable currencies?
        • What's the difference between precision, extended precision, and minimum accountable unit for a currency?
        • What's a statistical unit currency type?
    • Conversion Rate Types
      • Guidelines for Creating Conversion Rate Types
      • Examples of Using Conversion Rate Types in a Journal
      • FAQs for Manage Conversion Rate Types
        • What's the difference between spot, corporate, user, and fixed rate types?
    • Daily Rates
      • Enter Daily Rates Using the Daily Rates Spreadsheet
      • Update Currency Rates
  • 6 Enterprise Structures for Procurement
    • Overview of Enterprise Structures
    • Enterprise Structures Business Process Model
    • Guidelines for Configuring Global Enterprises
    • Model Your Enterprise Management Structure
    • Essbase Character and Word Limitations
    • Initial Configuration with the Enterprise Structures Configurator
      • How You Establish Enterprise Structures Using the Enterprise Structures Configurator
      • How You Roll Back an Enterprise Structure Configuration
      • Design an Enterprise Configuration
      • Divisions
      • Overview
      • How You Create Legal Entities in the Enterprise Structures Configurator
      • Model Legal Entities
      • Business Units
      • Considerations for Creating Business Units in the Enterprise Structures Configurator
      • Reference Data Sets and Sharing Methods
      • How Business Units Work with Reference Data Sets
      • How You Create Reference Data Sets in the Enterprise Structures Configurator
      • Considerations for Using Jobs and Positions
      • Examples of Positions
      • Examples of Jobs
      • Job and Position Structures
      • FAQs for Initial Configuration
        • What happens if I don't use the Enterprise Structures Configurator to set up my enterprise structures?
        • What's an ultimate holding company?
        • What's the default reference data set?
        • What happens if I override the set assignment?
    • Reference Data Sharing
      • Reference Data Sharing
      • Reference Data Sets
      • Reference Data Sets and Sharing Methods
      • Assignment of Reference Data Sets to Reference Objects
      • Items and Supplier Site Reference Data Sharing
      • FAQs for Reference Data Sharing
        • What reference data objects can be shared across business units?
        • What reference data objects can be shared across asset books?
        • What reference data objects can be shared across cost organizations?
        • What reference data objects can be shared across project units?
    • Enterprise HCM Information
      • Define Enterprises
      • Enterprise Information for Non-HCM Users
    • Enterprise Manage Locations
      • Locations
      • FAQs for Manage Locations
        • Why can't I see my location in the search results?
        • What happens if I select a geographic hierarchy node when I create or edit a location?
        • What happens if I select an inventory organization when I am creating or editing a location?
        • What happens if I inactivate a location?
        • How can I associate a location with an inventory organization?
    • Define Geographies
      • How You Set up Address Cleansing
      • How Geography Structure, Hierarchy, and Validation Fit Together
      • Geography Structures
      • Geography Hierarchy
      • How do I manage geography validation?
      • How do I import geographies?
      • How do I import Non-Oracle Licensed geography data?
      • Import Your Country Structure Data
      • Example of Importing Country Structure Data
      • How You Import and Export Territory Geography Zones
      • How do I manage Geography Structures, Hierarchies, and Validation?
      • FAQs for Define Geographies
        • When do I define address cleansing?
        • Why can't I update a geography structure by copying an existing country structure?
        • Why can't I delete a level of the country geography structure?
        • How do I add a geography to the geography hierarchy?
        • How do I edit a specific geography in the geography hierarchy?
        • How can I add a geography that's at a lower level to any geography in a geography hierarchy?
        • Why is Import Geography Data Disabled in Manage Geographies?
      • FAQs for GBG | Loqate Support
        • How to Import Nokia Geography Data
        • How many countries does Loqate support? How do I get support for any additional country?
        • Will I be charged for Loqate data?
        • I am an existing customer, how will I be impacted? Can I import both Loqate and Nokia geography data?
        • How frequent are updates to Oracle licensed geography reference data available?
        • How is geography data updated? Are updates available for all countries at the same time?
        • Can I import Vertex or other third-party geography data in Manage Geographies?
        • Can I import geography data for multiple countries in one import job?
    • Legal Jurisdictions and Authorities
      • Overview of Legal Jurisdiction and Authorities
      • Jurisdictions
      • Legal Authorities
      • Create Legal Jurisdictions, Addresses and Authorities
      • Create Legal Entities, Registrations, and Reporting Units
    • Legal Entity
      • Overview
    • Manage Legal Entity HCM Information
      • Examples of HCM Organization Models
      • How Legal Employers Work with Payroll Statutory Units and Tax Reporting Units
      • FAQs for Manage Legal Entity HCM Information
        • What's a legal employer?
        • What's a payroll statutory unit?
    • Manage Legal Entity Tax Profile
      • Party Tax Profiles
      • Considerations for Specifying First-Party Tax Profile Options
      • FAQs for Manage Legal Entity Tax Profile
        • When does a party tax profile get created for a legal entity?
    • Define Legal Reporting Units
      • Plan Legal Reporting Units
    • Manage Chart of Accounts Structures and Structure Instances
      • Chart of Accounts
      • Thick Versus Thin General Ledger
      • Chart of Accounts Components
      • Create Chart of Accounts, Ledger, Legal Entities, and Business Units in Spreadsheets
      • How Charts of Accounts, Ledgers, Legal Entities, and Business Units Are Created Using Spreadsheets
      • Example of One Chart of Accounts Structure with Many Instances
      • Create a Chart of Accounts Structure and Instance
      • Overview of Balancing Segments
      • Considerations for Multiple Balancing Segments
      • Example of Using Multiple Balancing Segments
      • FAQs for Manage Charts of Accounts Structures and Structure Instances
        • How can I use future accounting segments?
    • Define Chart of Accounts for Enterprise Structures Value Sets and Value Set Values
      • Value Sets for Charts of Accounts
      • Create a Value Set for Your Chart of Accounts
      • Configure Chart of Account Segments for Business Intelligence
      • FAQs for Chart of Accounts Value Sets and Value Set Values
        • What happens when I run the Inherit Segment Value Attributes process?
    • Define Chart of Accounts for Enterprise Structures Manage Accounting Calendars
      • Accounting Calendar Options
      • How Accounting Calendars Are Validated
      • FAQs for Manage Accounting Calendars
        • How can I identify errors in my accounting calendar?
        • What's the difference between calendar and fiscal period naming?
        • When do I update an existing calendar?
        • What happens if I upgrade my calendar from Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12?
    • Define Accounting Configurations of Enterprise Structures Manage Primary or Secondary Ledgers
      • Overview of Accounting Configuration Offerings
      • Ledgers and Subledgers
      • Primary Ledgers, Secondary Ledgers, and Reporting Currencies
      • Ledgers, Legal Entities, Balancing Segments, and Business Units
      • Create a Primary Ledger
    • Define Accounting Configurations of Enterprise Structures Specify Ledger Options
      • Specify Ledger Options
      • FAQs for Specify Ledger Options
        • What happens if I change the cumulative translation adjustment account?
        • What happens if I change the retained earnings account?
      • Assign Legal Entities and Balancing Segments
    • Define Accounting Configurations of Enterprise Structures Manage Reporting Currencies
      • How Balances for Reporting Currencies Are Calculated
    • Define Business Units Manage Business Units
      • Business Units
    • Define Business Units Assign Business Unit Business Function
      • Business Functions
    • Define Business Units Manage Service Provider Relationships
      • Shared Service Centers
      • Guidelines for Shared Service Centers
      • Service Provider Models
    • Define Business Units Specify Customer Contract Management Business Function Properties
      • Overview of Contracts Business Functions Setup
      • Contract Terms Library Business Unit Setup
    • Define Business Units Specify Supplier Contract Management Business Function Properties
      • Set Up Business Unit for Supplier Contracts
      • Contract Terms Library Business Unit Setup
    • Define Workforce Structures Manage Locations
      • Locations
      • Define Workforce Structures: FAQs for Manage Locations
        • Why can't I see my location in the search results?
        • How can I associate a location with an inventory organization?
        • What happens if I select an inventory organization when I am creating or editing a location?
        • What happens if I select a geographic hierarchy node when I create or edit a location?
        • What happens if I inactivate a location?
    • Define Workforce Structures Manage Divisions
      • Divisions
      • Example of Adding a New Division After Acquiring a Company
    • Define Workforce Structures Manage Departments
      • Cost Centers and Departments
      • Department Classifications
    • Define Workforce Structures FAQs for Manage Job Families
      • What's the difference between a job set and a job family?
    • Define Workforce Structures Manage Job
      • Jobs
      • Examples of Jobs
    • Define Facilities Manage Facility Shifts, Workday Patterns, and Schedules
      • Schedule Components
      • Examples of Managing Shifts
      • Examples of Managing Workday Patterns
    • Define Facilities Manage Inventory Organizations
      • Inventory Organizations
      • Guidelines for Using Inventory Organization
      • Considerations for Inventory Organizations
      • How Rounding the Reorder Quantity Affects Min-Max Planning Reorder Calculations
      • Considerations for Selecting Lot Number Uniqueness Control
      • FAQs for Manage Inventory Organizations
        • What happens if I select the supplier item sourcing type for replenishment?
        • What happens if I create an inventory organization as a logistics services organization?
    • Define Facilities Manage Item Organizations
      • Item Organizations
      • Item Master Organizations
  • 7 Budgetary Control and Encumbrance Accounting
    • How You Define the Funds Reservation Point for Purchasing Documents
    • How You Define the Default Date Rule for the Budgetary Control Liquidation
    • How You Define Funds Override Rules for a Control Budget
  • 8 Security for Procurement
    • Overview of Security
    • Roles That Give Workflow Administrators Access
  • 9 Approval Management for Procurement
    • Overview of Managing Approvals and Notifications
    • Before Setting Up Approvals
    • Employee Supervisor Hierarchy
    • Approval Rules Management for Procurement
    • Various Aspects of Approval Rules
    • User-Defined Attributes
    • Assignments and Routing
      • How Workflow Task Routing Is Mapped Out
      • Types of Participants
      • Disable Stages or Participants
      • Create Approval Groups
      • Configure Approval Rule Sets and Rules
      • List Builders
      • Define Rules to Automatically Approve or Reject Workflow Tasks
      • Create Rules in Advanced Mode
      • Prevent Assigning Approvals to Specific Users
      • When Tasks Are Automatically Released to Approval Groups
        • Change the Workflow Task Priority
      • Limit Whom to Reassign or Delegate Workflow Tasks To
      • How You Can Regularly Reassign Pending Approvals for Workers That Become Inactive
      • Define People to Support Workflow Tasks
    • Define the Due Date and Expiration Policies for Workflow Tasks
    • Oracle Sourcing Approvals Setup
    • About Configurations for Oracle Sourcing Notifications
    • Requisition and Purchasing Document Approvals
      • Approval Rules
      • Purchasing Approval Stages
      • How You Use Project Information in Approval Rules for Requisitions and Orders
      • How You Manage Funds Override Approval Rules for Requisitions and Purchase Orders
      • How You Set Up Approval Rules for Purchasing Documents with Outside Processing Items
      • How You Define Complex Approval Rules by Nesting Conditions
      • Create an Approval Rule Based on the Chart of Accounts Segment
      • How You Route Requisitions for Approval Based on Any Segment of the Charge Account
      • How You Route Purchase Orders for Approval Based on Any Segment of the Charge Account
      • Configure Approval Rules for Purchasing Documents and Requisitions Using Mapping Sets
      • Configure the Rejection Reason for Autorejected Purchasing Documents and Requisitions
      • How You Manage User-Defined Attributes in Approvals
      • How You Reassign Pending Purchase Order Approvals to a New Approver
      • How You Reassign or Delegate Specific Approval Tasks
      • How You Work with Vacation Rules
      • Privileges You Require to Edit or View Requisitions and View Purchase Orders for Approval Notifications
      • Considerations for Setting Up Requisition Approval Task
      • Example of Requisition Approval Policy
      • Considerations for Setting Up Self Service Procurement Task Driven Configuration
      • Approval Rules for Internal Material Transfer Requisitions
      • Requisition Attributes
      • Purchase Order and Purchase Agreement Attributes
      • Work Confirmation Attributes
    • Supplier Approvals Setup
      • Supplier Registration Approvals Setup
        • Supplier Registration Approval
        • Set Up Supplier Registration Approvals
        • Options to Configure Supplier Registration
        • Approval Task
        • Supplier Registration Approval Attributes
      • Supplier Profile Change Approvals Setup
        • About Supplier Profile Change Approvals Setup
        • Change Request Approval Attributes
        • Supplier Profile Change Approval Attributes
      • Internal Supplier Profile Change Approvals Setup
        • Internal Supplier Profile Change Approvals
        • Choices Available for Internal Supplier Profile Change Request Approvals Task
        • Review Internal Profile Changes
        • Internal Supplier Profile Change Approvals Attributes
        • Use Procurement BU and Bank as Change Request Approval Attributes
      • Supplier Spend Authorization Approvals Setup
        • Supplier Spend Authorization Approvals
        • Supplier Spend Authorization Approval Attributes
    • Oracle External Purchase Price Approvals Setup
    • Configure Business Rules for Item Replacement Notifications
    • Task Life Cycle Setup
      • Define When to Automatically Dismiss or Withdraw Workflow Tasks
      • How Workflow Tasks Are Archived and Purged
      • Set Up the Worklist Region on My Dashboard
    • Electronic Signature
      • How You Configure Electronic Signature for Purchasing Documents
    • Transaction Console
      • Give People Access to Manage Self Service Procurement Transactions
      • Give People Access to Manage Purchasing Transactions
      • Transaction Security Profiles
    • Monitor and Troubleshoot
      • Audit the Changes Made to Task Configurations
      • Manage Workflow Transactions
      • Statuses for Filtering Transactions
      • Automatically Refresh Transaction Statuses
      • Actions for Managing Transactions
      • Archive and Purge Transactions
      • Make the Days Parameter Available for Archiving Transactions
      • Things to Check If There Are Issues with Workflow Tasks
      • Document Approvals in Procurement
      • How You Bypass Approvals for Automatically Submitted Purchase Orders
      • How can I route a purchase order for approval to a project manager's reporting hierarchy?
      • How can I route a purchasing document for approval based on the requester's supervisory hierarchy?
      • How can I bypass approvals when importing purchasing documents using file-based data import?
      • How can I bypass approvals when creating purchase orders using the Purchase Order web service?
      • Review Employee Vacation and Delegation Rules
    • Business Cases
    • Workflow Notifications
      • Disable or Enable Workflow Notifications
      • Synchronize Notifications in the Global Header and Home Page with Workflow Tasks
      • More Setup for Workflow Email Notifications
      • Define When to Send Workflow Notifications
      • Aggregate Tasks to Minimize the Number of Notifications to Send
      • Remove Prefix from Subject Lines and Titles in Workflow Notifications
      • Show Approve and Reject Options in Notifications
      • Add Header Content to Workflow Email Notifications
      • Set Up the From Field in Workflow Email Notifications
      • Send Test Workflow Email Notifications to One Address
      • Approval and FYI Notifications That Are Used in Purchasing with BPM Tasks
    • Configurable Email Notifications
      • Configure Procurement Workflow Notifications
      • Reports and Data Models Used for Procurement Notifications Based on Reports
      • Best Practices for Content and Layout in Workflow Notifications
      • Add a Branding Logo and Change Other Shared Components in Workflow Notifications
      • Use Quick Parts for Workflow Notifications
      • Preview Changes and Upload Layout Templates for Workflow Notifications
      • Set Up Content to Appear in Only Email or In-App Workflow Notifications
      • Configure Purchase Order Email Approval Notifications Using Reports
      • Configure Oracle Sourcing Notifications Using Reports
      • Configure Supplier Registration Approval Decision Notifications Using Reports
      • How You Configure Respond to Questionnaire and Evaluate Qualification Notifications Using Oracle Analytics Publisher
      • How You Configure Buyer Negotiation PDF with Oracle Analytics Publisher
      • How You Configure Supplier Negotiation PDF with Oracle Analytics Publisher
      • Define Where and How Users Can Act On Workflow Tasks
      • Attributes to Create Reports and Analytics on External Cost Factors Using OTBI
    • Configure Workflow Notifications
      • How You Configure Workflow Notifications
      • Configure the Oracle Analytics Publisher Report Data Model
      • Configure the Oracle Analytics Publisher Report RTF Template
  • 10 Help Configuration
    • Set Up Help
    • Hide or Show Help Icons
    • Give People Access to Create and Edit Help
    • Create Groups to Limit Access to Added Help
    • Embedded Help Management
      • Manage Help for Fields and Other UI Elements
  • 11 Application Toolkit Configuration
    • Map Reports to Work Area
      • Set Up Reports for Scheduling
    • Set Watchlist Options
      • Disable or Enable Watchlist Categories and Items
  • 12 Maintain Common Reference Objects
    • Why can't I edit setup data?
    • How can I determine which languages appear in the Translation Editor?
    • How do I define whether the user image, name, or initials display in the global header?
    • Set General Preferences for All Users
    • Set a Banner Message in the Global Header
    • Define Application Taxonomy
      • Overview of Application Taxonomy
      • Modules in Application Taxonomy
      • Guidelines for Managing Modules in Application Taxonomy
    • Define Reference Data Sharing
      • Reference Data Sharing
      • Reference Data Sets
      • Assignment of Reference Data Sets to Reference Objects
    • Define ISO Reference Data
      • Considerations for Defining Currencies
      • Euro Currency Derivation
      • Considerations for Natural Languages
      • FAQs for Define ISO Reference Data
        • When do I create or edit territories?
        • When do I create or edit industries?
        • When do I associate industries with territories?
        • When do I create or enable currencies?
        • What do I do if a currency code I am still using in my existing transactions is desupported?
        • What's the difference between precision, extended precision, and minimum accountable unit for a currency?
        • What's a statistical unit currency type?
        • When do I create or edit ISO languages?
        • Language Packs on Your Application
        • Can I add or edit time zones?
    • Search Extension Framework
      • Overview of Search
      • Enable Search Extension Framework
      • Considerations for Using the Search Extension Framework for Global Search
      • FAQs for Search Extension Framework
        • What do I do if the process for creating indexes keeps failing?
        • What do I do if I get errors about enabling the search extension framework?
        • What do I do if I get errors stating that the Oracle Search Cloud Service or OSCS isn't reachable?
  • 13 Maintain Audit Policies
    • Audit Policies
    • Audit Configuration for Business Object Attributes
    • Overview of Audit Configuration
  • 14 Enterprise Scheduler Job Definitions
    • Overview of Managing Job Definitions and Job Sets
    • Manage List of Values Sources
    • Assign Roles for Access to Manage Scheduled Processes
    • Allow Updates to Scheduled Process Priority
    • Managing Job Definitions
      • Job Definitions
      • Create Job Definitions to Run Reports as Scheduled Processes
      • Duplicate Job Definitions
      • Edit Job Definitions
      • Define Parameters for Job Definitions
      • Define Dependent Parameters in Job Definitions
    • Job Sets
      • Job Sets
      • Create Job Sets
      • System Properties for Job Sets
    • FAQs for Enterprise Scheduler Job Definitions and Job Sets
      • Why can't I see certain job definitions, and how do I find them?
      • What do I select for job application name when I create a job definition?
      • Can I use a table value set as the list of values for a parameter?
      • How can I restrict user access so that they can run only custom scheduled processes?
  • 15 Applications Core Configuration
    • Import Flexfields, Lookups, or Profile Values Using Web Services
    • Define Lookups
      • Overview of Lookups
      • Example of a Standard Lookup
      • Example of a Set-Enabled Lookup
      • Import Lookups
      • File Format for Importing Lookups
      • FAQs for Define Lookups
        • How can I edit lookups?
        • How can I access predefined lookups?
        • Why can't I see my lookup types?
        • What's the difference between a lookup type and a value set?
        • What's a lookup tag used for?
    • Manage Messages
      • Messages
      • Message Types
      • Create and Edit Messages
      • Use of Tokens in Messages
      • How can I make message components visible only to specific users?
      • Common Messages
    • Define Document Sequences
      • Document Sequences
      • Document Sequence Categories
      • Guidelines for Managing Document Sequences
    • Define Trees
      • Overview of Trees
      • Manage Tree Structures
        • Tree Structures
        • Guidelines for Defining the Tree Structure
        • Guidelines for Managing Tree Structures
        • Tree Structure Audit Results
        • Guidelines for Specifying Data Sources for Tree Structures
        • Guidelines for Improving the Performance of a Tree Structure
      • Manage Tree Labels
        • Tree Labels
      • Manage Trees and Tree Versions
        • Guidelines for Managing Trees and Tree Versions
        • Tree Version Audit Results
        • Copy, Audit, and Flatten Tree Versions Using a Scheduled Process
        • Why is it taking so long to duplicate my tree version?
      • How Trees and Data Sources Work Together
      • Tree Nodes
      • File Format for Importing Data Loaders of Tree Hierarchies
    • Define Profile Options
      • Overview of Profile Options
      • Hierarchy in Profile Levels
      • Set Profile Option Values
      • Import Profile Values
      • File Format for Importing Profile Values
      • Create and Edit Profile Options
      • How can I access predefined profile options?
      • Profile Categories
      • FAQs for Profile Options
        • How can I access predefined profile options?
        • How can I bulk update user preferences?
    • Define Flexfields
      • Overview of Flexfields
      • Flexfield Components
      • How Flexfields Work with Oracle Application Cloud Architecture
      • Flexfield Management
        • Considerations for Managing Flexfields
        • Flexfield Segment Properties
        • Naming Conventions for Flexfield APIs
        • How Flexfields and Value Sets Work Together
        • Default Segment Values
        • Flexfield Usages
      • Flexfield Deployment
        • Overview of Flexfield Deployment
        • How Flexfield Deployment Status is Calculated
        • How Deploying a Flexfield-Enabled Sandbox Works with Mainline Metadata
        • Considerations for Deploying a Descriptive Flexfield to a Sandbox
      • Value Sets
        • Overview of Value Sets
        • Validation Type Options for Value Sets
        • Import Value Set Values Using Web Services
        • Manage Values
        • Upload Value Set Values Process
      • Descriptive Flexfields
        • Overview of Descriptive Flexfields
        • Considerations for Managing Descriptive Flexfields
        • Considerations for Enabling Descriptive Flexfield Segments for Business Intelligence
      • Manage Descriptive Flexfields
        • Edit Descriptive Flexfields
        • Validate Descriptive Flexfields
        • Deploy Descriptive Flexfields
        • Manage Global Segments
        • Manage Context-Sensitive Segments
      • Extensible Flexfields
        • Overview of Extensible Flexfields
        • Considerations for Managing Extensible Flexfields
        • Import Extensible Flexfields
      • Key Flexfields
        • Overview of Key Flexfields
        • Considerations for Managing Key Flexfields
        • Key Flexfield Structures
        • Key Flexfield Structure Instances and Segment Instances
        • Considerations for Enabling Key Flexfield Segments for Business Intelligence
        • Example of a Key Flexfields
      • FAQs for Define Flexfields
        • How can I access predefined flexfields?
        • Why did my flexfield changes not appear in the UI?
        • What happens if a value set is security enabled?
        • Why did my page not display any flexfield?
        • How can I set a default value for a flexfield segment?
    • Define Attachments
      • Attachments
      • Attachment Entities
      • How Attachment Entities and Attachment Categories Work Together
      • Attachments Troubleshooting
      • FAQs for Define Attachments
        • What's an attachment category?
  • 16 Collaboration Messaging
    • Overview of Collaboration Messaging Framework in Procurement
    • Supplier B2B Communication and Collaboration Messaging
    • Set Up Suppliers for Procure-to-Pay
      • How You Set Up Suppliers for Procure-to-Pay
      • Enable the Procure-to-Pay Business Process
      • Associate Suppliers with Trading Partners for Procure-to-Pay
    • Extend the Outbound Purchase Order Message for Electronic Communication
    • Retrieve Supplier Site Details from a PO for a Procure to Pay Inbound Message
    • Configure Purchase Order PDF Delivery in Purchase Order Collaboration Messages
  • 17 Other Common Setup and Maintenance Tasks
    • Home Page Setup
      • Configure Infolet Display
      • Define Home Page Appearance
      • Create and Enable Announcements
      • Set Up the Mapping Service for Contextual Addresses
      • Set Privacy Statement URL
      • Guidelines for Setting Up General Troubleshooting
    • FAQs for Home Page Setup
      • How can I rename an icon for an infolet page in the page control on the home page?
  • 18 Common Procurement Configuration
    • Define Basic Catalogs
      • Create Catalogs
        • How Catalogs Work Together
        • Catalog Formatting
        • Catalog Details
        • Automatic Assignment Catalogs
      • Catalogs
        • What Can You Edit on the Edit Catalog Page
        • Relationship Between Categories and Catalogs
        • Date Enablement for Catalogs and Categories
        • How Various Catalog Hierarchies Fit Together
        • Category Edits
        • Catalog Category Association
        • Category Details
        • Create Categories
        • Category Moves
        • Category Hierarchy Reports
        • Catalog and Category Attachments
        • Items to Categories Assignment
      • FAQs for Manage Catalogs
        • How can I define category hierarchies?
        • How can I duplicate categories?
        • How can I add categories?
        • How can I add shared categories?
        • How can I add images to a catalog or category?
        • What is catalog mapping?
    • Define Supplier Configuration
      • Overview of Preparing Suppliers
      • Create a Supplier and Supplier Site
      • Supplier Numbering
      • Supplier Outbound Synchronization Service
      • Options to Configure Supplier Registration
      • How You Configure Internal Changes on Supplier Profile Approvals
      • Enable Supplier Matching
      • Define Address Configuration for Supplier Addresses
      • Register Using the Next Generation Supplier Self-Service Registration
      • How to Enable Descriptive Flexfields in the Next Generation Supplier Self-Service Registration
    • Define Transaction Accounting for Procurement
      • Transaction Account Builder
      • Transaction Account Types
      • Sources
      • Account Rules
      • How You Define Account Rules
      • Mapping Sets
      • How You Define Mapping Sets
      • Assign Custom Transaction Account Definition to Subledger Accounting
      • Project Information in Account Derivation for Procurement Transactions
      • How You Set Up an Account Rules for Outside Processing Purchases
      • Identify Transaction Account Builder Procurement Sources Using Manage Transaction Account Types
      • How Centralized Procurement Works for Transaction Account Builder
    • Define Transaction Taxes
      • Overview of Define Tax Configuration
      • Considerations for Defining Tax Configuration for Transaction Taxes
      • Scope Values for Define Tax Configuration Task List
      • Foundation Tax Configuration
      • Tax Rule Configuration
      • Define Tax Geographies
        • Place Information
        • How Country Information Works in Tax Rules and on Transactions
        • Example of Using Country Information in Tax Rules
        • How Geography Elements Work in Tax Rules
        • Example of Using Geography Levels in Tax Rules
        • How Tax Zones Work in Tax Rules
        • Example of Using Tax Zones in Tax Rules
      • Define Tax Regimes
        • Regime to Rate Setup
        • Minimum Tax Configuration
        • Minimum Tax Configuration Setup
        • Example of Setting Up Minimum Tax Configuration
        • Associated Taxes Setup for a Tax Regime
      • Controls and Defaults
        • How You Set Up Tax Regime
        • Inclusive Taxes
      • Configuration Options and Service Subscriptions
        • Tax Configuration Options
        • Tax Content Subscription Options
        • How Tax Configuration Options Are Used for Tax Determination
        • Example of Setting Up Tax Configuration Options
      • External Tax Partner Integration in Procurement
        • How You Set Up External Tax Partner Integration for Procurement
      • Inclusive and Exclusive Taxes in Procurement
        • How You Configure Inclusive Tax Calculation for Purchasing
      • FAQs for Define Tax Regimes
        • What's a service subscription?
        • Why are controls and defaults important?
      • Tax FAQs for Procurement
        • How to have a different tax on specific item categories?
        • How to stop a tax from applying in Procurement but still run in other modules?
        • How is the tax coming on Purchase Order based on the Purchasing Category?
    • Payment Terms
      • Payment Terms
      • Manage Payment Terms
    • Units of Measure
      • How Units of Measure, Unit of Measure Classes, and Base Units of Measure Relate to Each Other
      • How to Assign Base Units of Measure to Unit of Measure Classes
      • Standard Conversions for Units of Measure
      • FAQs for Units of Measure
        • What's a unit of measure standard conversion?
        • What's a UOM interclass conversion?
        • What's a UOM intraclass conversion?
    • Define Corporate Procurement Cards
      • Options for Creating Corporate Cards
      • Why Are Procurement Cards Not Applied to Requisition Lines
    • Define Common Payables and Procurement Options
      • Guidelines for Common Options for Payables and Procurement
    • Procurement Document Numbering
      • How You Define Procurement Document Numbering
    • Procurement Category Hierarchy
      • Create a Procurement Category Hierarchy
      • How You Use the Procurement Category Hierarchy in Approval Rules, Account Generation, and Reporting
      • Use Procurement Category Hierarchies in Approval Rules
      • Use a Procurement Category Hierarchy to Set Up an Account Mapping
      • How can I use the procurement category hierarchy to create reports?
      • What's the difference between the catalog, procurement, and products and services category hierarchies?
    • Compliance Checklists
      • Set up Compliance Checklist Templates and Questions
  • 19 Personalize Supplier Registration
    • Personalize Supplier Registration
    • Express Mode
      • Default Business Rules
      • Guided Journey
    • Advanced Mode
    • Preview Personalization
  • 20 Purchasing Configuration
    • Define Common Purchasing Configuration
      • Examples of Purchase Order Line Types
      • Document Style Options
      • How You Review the Delivered Document Style for Outside Processing
      • Define a Document Style for Outside Processing
      • Modify View and Edit Purchasing Document Pages to Display Negotiation Details Using Page Composer
      • How You Enable Creation of Purchase Order Lines with Negative Amounts
      • Configure Retainage
      • Considerations for Configuring Retainage
      • Enable Progress Payment Schedules
      • Enable Work Confirmation
      • Change Order Template
      • What's a purchasing document report template?
      • How You Configure Purchasing Document Reports
      • How You Assign Buyers using Buyer Assignment Rules
      • Buyer Assignment Rules
      • How You Upload Buyer Assignment Rules
      • Configure Approved Supplier Status Validation for Blanket Purchase Agreement Items
      • Configure Purchase Order Requested Delivery Date Validation Against Agreement Effective Dates
      • How You Display Text Attachments in the Purchase Order PDFs
      • Manage Special Handling Types
      • FAQs for Define Common Purchasing Configuration
        • What's a document style?
        • What's a buyer assignment rule set?
        • How can I automatically calculate blanket purchase order requested delivery dates?
    • Define Procurement Configuration Options
      • Price Break Types
      • How You Choose an Inventory Organization
      • Receipt Close Point
      • Match Approval Level Options
      • Group Requisitions Options
      • Standard Purchasing Terms and Conditions
      • FAQs for Configure Procurement Business Function
        • What's a receipt close tolerance percent?
        • What's a contract terms layout?
    • Configure Requisitioning Business Function
      • How You Configure Business Units with Requisitioning Business Functions
    • Define Procurement Agents
      • How You Manage Procurement Agent Security
      • Procurement Agents
    • Buyer Managed Transportation Setup
      • How You Set Up Buyer Managed Transportation
  • 21 Self Service Procurement Configuration
    • Elastic Search
      • Set Up Elastic Search for Catalog Shopping
      • Set Up Elastic Search for Requisitions
      • Set Up Elastic Search for Agreement LOV
      • Why can't I see any requisitions on the My Requisitions page?
      • Why don't the requisition line status and action required status reflect the latest details on the My Requisitions page?
    • List of Profile Options
    • Privileges Required for a Predefined Role for a Requisition Self Service User
    • Application Extensions
    • Configure a Connection to Symmetric
    • Procurement Catalog
      • Manage Procurement Content
        • Overview of Catalogs
        • Create a Local Catalog
        • Public Shopping Lists
        • How You Set Images for Public Shopping Lists
        • Informational Catalogs
        • Create an Informational Catalog
        • Punchout Catalogs
        • Set Up a Direct Punchout to a Supplier Catalog
          • Create a Punchout Catalog with a Direct cXML Supplier Punchout Source
          • Create a Punchout Catalog with a Direct Oracle Native XML Supplier Punchout Source
          • Attributes Supported in Oracle cXML Punchout
          • Attributes Supported in Oracle XML Punchout
        • Overview of Punchout Search Items
        • How You Upload Punchout Item Search Index
        • How You Update Punchout Item Search Index
        • How can I remove a punchout search item from a punchout catalog?
        • How can I view punchout upload errors?
        • Punchout Log Details Window
        • Shopping Lists
        • What's relevance sorting?
      • Manage Content Zone
        • Content Zones
        • How You Create Content Zones
        • Create a Content Zone
        • How You Access Control Catalog, Smart Form, and Public Shopping List with Content Zones
        • What's the difference between a catalog and a content zone?
        • Content Zone Security Options
        • Considerations for Including a Public Shopping List in a Content Zone
        • Overview of Smart Forms
        • Smart Forms
        • How You Manage Smart Form Values and Defaults
        • How You Restrict Browsing Categories in Smart Forms
        • How can I choose a different currency on a smart form?
        • Information Templates
        • How You Use Information Templates
        • Create an Information Template
        • How Information Templates and Smart Forms Work Together
        • How Information Templates, Items, and Categories Work Together
      • Define Procurement Content
        • How You Configure Business Units with Requisitioning Business Functions
        • How You Upload Price Breaks to an Agreement
        • Agreement Upload File Format
        • Upload Lines Parameters
        • Considerations for Translating Agreement Lines Through Agreement Loader
        • How Agreement Lines Are Processed
        • FAQs for the Upload Process
          • What happens if the agreement line upload has errors?
          • What's CIF or cXML?
          • What's XML?
        • Local Catalogs and Inclusion and Exclusion Rules
        • Overview of Map Sets
        • What's a supplier content map set?
        • Define a Supplier Content Map Set
        • Create a Category Map
        • How You Use a Supplier Content Map Set With Agreement Loader
        • How You Use Supplier Content Map Set With Punchout
      • Manage Catalog Category Hierarchy
        • Overview of Catalog Category Hierarchy
        • How You Browse Catalogs by Category
        • How You Associate Catalog Category Hierarchy with Catalog
        • How You Define A Category Hierarchy for A Catalog
        • What's the difference between the catalog, procurement, and products and services category hierarchies?
        • Define Catalog Hierarchy
      • Purchasing News
        • Display Purchasing News
    • Other Configuration Processes
      • How You Use Information Templates
      • How You Use Descriptive Segments With Requisition Parameters
      • Catalog Category Hierarchy
        • Overview of Catalog Category Hierarchy
        • What's a category?
        • What's the difference between an item category and a browsing category?
        • How You Define A Category Hierarchy for A Catalog
        • How You Associate Catalog Category Hierarchy with Catalog
        • How can I configure what appears in top categories?
      • How You Configure Expense Requisition Fulfillment for Agreement-Based Catalog Items from Internal Sources
      • Requisition PDF Attributes
      • Configure the Purchase Requisition PDF Using the Extensible Oracle Analytics Publisher Data Model
  • 22 Supplier Portal Configuration
    • Supplier User Roles
      • How Supplier User Provisioning Works
      • Set Up Supplier Related Privileges
      • Supplier User Account Administration
    • Specify User Category for New Supplier Users
    • Configure Supplier Registration
      • Options to Configure Supplier Registration
      • Set Up Supplier Registration Approvals
      • Supplier Registration Descriptive Flexfields
      • Configure Descriptive Flexfields to Use the Next Generation User Experience for Supplier Self-Service Registration
      • How You Register New Suppliers
      • Supplier Products and Services Categories
      • How You Manage Certifying Agencies
      • Configure the New Supplier Notification
      • Oracle Supplier Qualification Rule Sets
      • Spend Authorization Requests
      • How can I submit a supplier for spend authorization that was previously rejected?
      • How can I restart approval process for a registration request that is pending approval?
    • Update Suppliers
    • How You Update Supplier Profile Entities
    • Purge Supplier Interface Records
    • Configure Taxpayer ID Sharing Across Suppliers
    • Supplier Import
    • Create Suppliers with the Import Suppliers Process
    • Import Regional Information
    • How You Use Supplier Import to Create a New Supplier from an Existing Party
    • How can I configure to validate tax registration number for supplier registration requests?
    • How You Monitor Expiring or Expired Supplier Business Classification Certificates
    • Redwood Oracle Supplier Portal Home Page
  • 23 Sourcing Configuration
    • Negotiation Styles
      • Example of Negotiation Styles
      • Negotiation Styles
      • Negotiation Style Contents
      • Setup Tasks to Use Generative AI for Negotiation Cover Page
    • Attribute Lists
      • Line Attribute Properties and Their Acceptable Values
      • Create Attribute Lists
      • Create Line Attributes
      • What's an attribute list?
    • Cost Factors
      • Cost Factors and Cost Factor Lists
      • Create Cost Factors
    • Cost Factor Lists
      • What is a cost factor list?
    • Negotiation Templates
      • Create a Negotiation Template
      • What's the difference between a negotiation style and a negotiation template?
    • Abstracts
      • Implement Abstracts
    • Negotiation Terms and Conditions
      • Set Up Negotiation Terms and Conditions
      • How You Derive Agreement Quantities
    • Negotiation Awards
      • Debug Issues While Calling Award External Web Service
      • How You Enable Profile Options
  • 24 Supplier Qualification Management
    • Define Questions, Qualification Areas, and Qualification Models
      • How Questions Are Used
      • How to Use Question Branching
      • Examples of Question Branching
      • Create a Question
      • Qualification Areas
      • Create a Qualification Area
      • How You Use Qualification Models
      • Create a Qualification Model
    • Rule Sets
      • Oracle Supplier Qualification Rule Sets
      • Create Registration Rule Sets
      • Use Rule Sets for Approved Registration Requests
      • Supplier Promotion Rule Sets
      • Create Default information Rule Sets
    • How You Configure the Default Supplier Eligibility Status
  • 25 Procurement Contracts Configuration
    • Define Contract Terms Library Configuration
      • How Contract Terms Library Setups Work Together
    • Contract Terms Library Clauses
    • How Contract Terms Templates Work
    • How Contract Expert Rules Work
  • 26 External Integration
    • Web Services
      • Overview of Web Services
      • Developer Connect
        • Overview of Developer Connect
        • Web Service Life Cycle
        • Manage Web Service Sample Payloads
        • Import Value Set Values to Oracle Applications Cloud
        • Message Patterns
      • CORS
      • Configure CORS Headers
      • View Details About Predefined Scheduled Processes
  • 27 File-Based Data Import (FBDI) and File Import and Export
    • Files for Import and Export
      • Overview of Files for Import and Export
      • Guidelines for File Import and Export
    • External Data Integration Services for Oracle Cloud
      • Overview of External Data Integration Services for Importing Data
      • File Import Templates
      • Use Excel Integration Templates to Generate Data Files
      • Transfer Data Files to UCM Using Manual Flow
      • Transfer Data Files to UCM Using Manual Flow
      • Load Interface File for Import Process
      • Import Data into Application Tables
      • Correct Import Load Process Errors
      • How You Import Purchasing Documents
      • Project Information in Imported Procurement Transactions
      • How You Import Large Negotiation Lines
      • How to Export Supplier Data for FBDI
  • 28 Importing and Exporting Setup Data
    • Moving Common Reference Objects
      • Overview of Moving Common Reference Objects
      • Business Objects for Moving Common Reference Objects
      • Guidelines for Moving Related Common Reference Objects
      • Guidelines for Moving Common Reference Objects Using the Seed Data Framework
  • 29 Supply Chain Management Integration
    • How You Set Up Manufacturing
    • How You Set Up Back-to-Back Order Fulfillment
    • How You Set up Drop Shipment Order Fulfillment
    • How You Set Up Configured Item Order Fulfillment
    • Externally and Internally Managed Requisitions
    • Purchase Request Web Service in Procurement
    • How You Set Up Internal Material Transfer
    • Project-Driven Supply Chain
  • 30 Deep Links
    • Deep Links
    • Deep Links for Procurement
    • Deep Links for Self Service Procurement
  • 31 Troubleshoot Errors
    • Assign a User to a Business Unit That Supports Requisitioning
  • 32 New Features in Your Quarterly Update
    • Readiness for Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement Updates