Define Procurement Agents

Configure procurement agents to enable access to information such as purchasing documents, suppliers, approved supplier list entries, and business intelligence spend data.

1. Navigate to the Manage Procurement Agents task and click the Go To Task icon.

2. The Manage Procurement Agents page opens. Click the Create icon.

3. The Create Procurement Agents page opens: Select your Procurement BU.

4. Enter the user ID of the agent into the Agent field.

5. Select your Requisitioning BU.

6. In the Agent Access region, enable your choice of access rights for this agent:

   1. Manage Requisitions

   2. Manage Purchase Orders

   3. Manage Purchase Agreements

      Enable access to blanket purchase agreements and contract agreements.

   4. Manage Negotiations

      Enable access to Sourcing negotiations, if implemented by your organization.

7. Verify that Allowed is checked for all Actions that you intend for this agent:

   1. Manage Catalog Content

      Enable access to catalog content. This action allows an agent to add or update blanket purchase agreement line information as part of the collaborative catalog authoring

   2. Manage Suppliers

      Enable access to create and update supplier information.

   3. Manage Approved Supplier List Entries

      Enable access to create and update approved supplier lists.

8. Click Save and Close.

9. Click Done.

Note: For more details on Define Procurement Agents , see the Define Purchasing Configuration chapter of the "Oracle Procurement Cloud Implementing Procurement Guide."