Creating a Punchout Catalog

In this demonstration you will create a punchout catalog for ordering general office supplies from Office Supplies Inc. 

Steps:

1. Begin by navigating to the Manage Catalogs page.

    

   Click the Manage Catalogs link.

   Step 1

2. Click the Create Local Catalog menu.

   Step 2

3. Click the Create Punchout Catalog list item.

   Step 3

4. The Procurement BU, Catalog name, and Description were entered for you.

   Step 4

5. You can add keywords to the punchout catalog. When Self Service Procurement users perform a shopping search, punchout catalogs that contain keywords that match the search string will be returned in the search results.

   Step 5

6. Enter keywords separated with a space.

    

   Enter the desired information into the Keywords field. Enter

    a valid value
    e.g.
    "office supplies pen pencil notebook paper"
   .
   Step 6

7. The URL http://www-apps.us.oracle.com:1100/~mrprieto/OfficeSuppliesInc.gif was entered for you.

    

   To preview the image, tab out of the field.

    

   Press [Tab].

   Step 7

8. The image is now visible.

   Step 8

9. Click the Direct Oracle native XML supplier punchout option.

   Step 9

10. The Punchout URL, Password and Retype Password fields were entered for you.

     

    Punchout URL is used by Self Service Procurement to log in to the supplier site. The URL should include the program name that will receive and process the login request.

     

    Password is used as a site-level password to access the supplier site.

    Step 10

11. The Encoding Method is used to encode the message exchanged between the supplier and the buying organization. 

     

    The encoding method defaults to UTF-8.

     

    Confirm the desired encoding method with your supplier.

    Step 11

12. Enter your company name. If the supplier validates this name when requesters access the punchout, the supplier needs to provide you with the value.

     

    If the supplier does not validate a company name, enter any value. This value is sent in the <companyName> field in the loginRequest XML document.

     

    Enter the desired information into the Company Name field. Enter

     a valid value
     e.g.
     "Vision Corporation"
    .
    Step 12

13. When the Apply mapping option is selected, the attribute map set displays the default map set for the procurement BU.

     

    In this example, Office Supplies Inc. uses a different category nomenclature, so you need to map the supplier’s category with the company’s category for the punchout catalog.

     

    Click the Apply mapping option.

    Step 13

14. Click the Map Set list item.

    Step 14

15. Click the Office Supplies Inc. list item.

    Step 15

16. You need to associate this punchout catalog with the browsing category Office Supplies.

     

    When Self Service Procurement users browse through the Office Supplies category, the Office Supplies Inc. punchout catalog will be displayed in the search results.

     

    Click the Select and Add button.

    Step 16

17. From the Select and Add: Categories window you associate the punchout catalog with the appropriate browsing category.

     

    In this topic when Self Service Procurement users browse through the category Office Supplies, the punchout catalog Office Supplies, Inc. will be displayed in the search results.

    Step 17

18. Enter the desired information into the Category Name field. Enter

     a valid value
     e.g.
     "office supplies"
    .
    Step 18

19. Click the Search button.

    Step 19

20. Click the Office Supplies row header.

    Step 20

21. Click the Apply button.

    Step 21

22. Click the Done button.

    Step 22

23. Click the Save and Close button.

    Step 23

24. The punchout catalog was created.

     

    Click the OK button.

    Step 24

This concludes the demonstration for creating a punchout catalog.

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