Redwood: Use the Improved External Purchase Prices Landing Page

View all your external purchase prices or ones that need attention on the new landing page. From this page, you can easily navigate to other pages where you can view errors or take actions to complete your tasks.

On the page, 5 important KPIs are displayed which are All External Prices, Import Errors, Change Order Errors, Purchase Agreement Errors, and Attention Required. Click each KPI to view its details.

The All External Prices KPI displays the details of all the external purchase prices. You can search and filter on one or multiple attributes such as external purchase price number, status, requisitioning BU, source type, manufacturer, supplier, source contract number, source contract reference, item number, manufacturer part, and contract effectivity.

All External Purchase Prices KPI

To drill down to a specific external purchase price, click its corresponding Number field.

The Import Errors KPI displays all the errors related to importing external purchase prices. You can search and filter on one or multiple attributes such as batch ID, source contract number, source organization, manufacturer part, error message, attribute name, attribute value, interface header ID, and interface line ID.

Import Errors KPI

The Change Order Errors KPI displays all the errors generated during change order processing. You can search and filter on one or multiple attributes such as external purchase price number, change order number, requisitioning BU, error message, manufacturer part, item number, and UOM. 

Change Order Errors KPI

Drill down to the details of each error by clicking its corresponding External Purchase Price number or Change Order number.

The Purchase Agreement Errors KPI displays all the errors generated during purchase agreement import from external purchase prices or  while adding a new BU in a requisitioning BU group. Search and filter on one or multiple attributes such as external purchase price number, purchase agreement number, error type, requisitioning BU, error message, attribute name, and attribute value. 

Purchase Agreement Errors KPI

You can drill down to each purchase agreement error by clicking its corresponding External Purchase Price number.

The Attention Required KPI displays all the external purchase prices and change orders that are in pending approval, rejected, withdrawn, or approval error states. It also displays those change orders that have not been processed due to another pending change order.

Attention Required KPI

Drill down to a specific external purchase price or change order by clicking its corresponding number.

The KPIs on the landing page provide a snapshot of your work and highlight the issues that need your attention. In this update easy page navigation, refined search capabilities, and multiple filter options help you obtain accurate data for your tasks.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

In the KPI pages, use the Column Management feature to include or omit columns. Clicking the Filter button displays a drawer enabling you to select additional filters if required.

Key Resources

• For details about how to add your own key performance indicators (KPIs) and visualizations to your page, see: Flexible Reporting in Redwood Dashboards.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains these privileges can access the new landing page using this feature:

• Manage External Purchase Prices (SCH_MANAGE_EXTERNAL_PURCHASE_PRICES_PRIV)
• View External Purchase Prices (SCH_VIEW_EXTERNAL_PURCHASE_PRICES_PRIV)

These privileges were available prior to this update.