Procure from Unassigned Purchasing Sites

You can now purchase goods and services from supplier sites that are not listed as purchasing sites on an agreement in the Redwood Self Service Procurement application. To do this, enable the Allow ordering from unassigned sites checkbox on the agreement

Allow Ordering from Unassigned Sites Enabled Under Agreement Controls

You can choose any valid supplier site in the requisitioning business unit when ordering items using smart forms or through the Enter Requisition Line page if the agreement allows ordering from unassigned sites.

Existing Behavior When Allow Ordering From Unassigned Sites is Not Enabled

Existing Behavior When Allow Ordering from Unassigned Sites is Not Enabled

You Can Select any Site When Allow Ordering from Unassigned Sites is Enabled

Select Any Site When Allow Ordering from Unassigned Sites is Enabled

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Procurement

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Procurement

If you want to use the Procure from Unassigned Purchasing Sites feature, then you must opt in to one or both of these features:

Enable the Redwood Version as the Default Self Service Procurement Application: Makes the Purchase Requisitions (New) work area available to all your users, and hides the Purchase Requisitions work area from all your users.
Procure Goods and Services Using the Redwood Self Service Procurement Application: Keeps the Purchase Requisitions work area available to all your users, and makes the Purchase Requisitions (New) work area available to the users who are assigned this privilege: Manage Requisition with the Redwood Self Service Procurement Application (POR_MANAGE_REQ_WITH_PWA_PRIV).

If you’ve already opted in, then you don’t have to opt in again.

Key Resources

To know more about how to use the Redwood Self Service Procurement application, refer to the Procure Goods and Services Using the Redwood Self Service Procurement Application readiness training.
To know how to provide the required privileges to your requesters to use your own configured role instead of the Requisition Self Service User role, refer to the Privileges Required for a Predefined Role for a Requisition Self Service User topic.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains this privilege can access this feature:

Manage Requisition with the Redwood Self Service Procurement Application (POR_MANAGE_REQ_WITH_PWA_PRIV) to access the Redwood Self Service Procurement application.

NOTE: This privilege is required only if you have opted in to the Procure Goods and Services Using the Redwood Self Service Procurement Application feature to access the Redwood Self Service Procurement application.

This privilege was available prior to this update.