Roadmap for Setting up Supplier Portal

Product data stewards need to carry out the following tasks before supplier users can begin managing their products in Product Hub Portal.

Required Setup	Description
Associate the Job Role with the Supplier User	All supplier users need to be assigned the Supplier Product Administrator job role for accessing Product Hub Portal. Note: Oracle recommends that security administrators don't assign these predefined roles directly to users. Instead, make a copy of a predefined role, remove the privileges that your users don't need, and assign users the role that contains only the privileges they need.
Define Spoke Systems	Separate spoke systems must be setup for every supplier who uploads product data.
Item Class Security	Item class security needs to be setup for the supplier users who upload product data. On the Edit Item Class page Security tab, the Supplier Product Administrator job role needs to be given item data privileges similar to other job roles such as the Product Data Steward.
Define a Default Catalog	The default catalog must be set using the Manage Advanced Item Profile Option task.
Create Catalog Category Mappings	Mappings between the categories of the default catalog and item class need to be setup for deriving the item class of supplier products.
Set up Item Extensible Attributes for Product Hub Portal	Use the Edit Item Class task in the Setup and Maintenance work area to expose item extensible attributes to suppliers. Attributes are selected on the Product Hub Portal subtab in the Pages and Attribute Groups tab of the Edit Item Class task.
Set up Import Maps	Import maps are used to allow suppliers to import their product data with generated pre-defined templates. Import Maps must be set to External in order for suppliers to access the associated templates.

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Supplier and Supplier User setup is handled in Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement. For more information, see the Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement Implementing Procurement guide.