Get the Best-Fit Purchasing Category Recommendation for a Noncatalog Request

When creating a Noncatalog request, Smart Form request, or using the Enter Requisition Line page, you can now get a recommendation for the best-fit purchasing category based on the item's description. This recommendation is based on a classifier which is built by training on approved agreement and purchase order lines.

Suggest a Category Button

Suggest a Category Button

Retrieved Category

Retrieved Category

Steps to Enable and Configure

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

Tips And Considerations

  • The button is hidden by default. You have to make it visible by using the Business Rules section on the Edit Page on Oracle Visual Builder Studio page.
  • When the button is visible, it's disabled until you provide an item description and exit (tab out of) the field.
  • You must first run the Prepare the Purchasing Category Suggestion Model (POR_PREPARE_PURCHASING_CATEGORY_SUGGESTIONS_MODEL) scheduled job to create the classifier that will classify (suggest a category) lines based on their item description.
    • The training will be based on agreements and purchase orders.
    • Schedule the scheduled job to run at regular intervals (this way the training or classifier is updated as more data becomes available).
  • If the classifier isn't able to determine a matching category, a blank value will be returned.
  • You can override the returned suggested category.

Key Resources