An asterisk (*) indicates that data is from a different partition and is therefore read-only.

Access to create and edit common and partitioned suppliers depends on the permissions assigned to you and whether you are in view or edit mode. If you do not have read or edit permission for a particular supplier, you may still see the supplier listed in search results and choosers. However, you cannot view details for that supplier. If you try to view or edit supplier details without the proper object-level permissions, an error message is displayed.

In the default configuration, the permissions required to access workspaces and tasks are defined in the workspace configuration files; and the access permissions required to view, create, edit, delete, and export common and partitioned suppliers are defined in the object manager configuration files. Permissions can be customized, including setting object-level read and edit permission. For more information, see the Ariba Buyer Administrator Customization Guide.

Display common suppliers. Initially, no common suppliers are listed.

• To display all common suppliers in the database, click List All.
• To display a specific set of common suppliers, enter all or part of a supplier name, supplier organization ID domain or value, or partition, for example, and then click Search or press the Enter key. To search all supplier organization ID domains or partitions, select No Choice. Search fields are case-insensitive.
• To add or remove search filters, click Add/Remove Search Filters. Then select or deselect the check boxes for the search filters.
• If available, click the Table Options icon, located in the row above the column headers, to display commands that control the display of data in the table. For example, you can hide or show columns of data; group data; or export data to Excel.

View common supplier details:

• To view details, such as a common supplier's profile and the partitioned suppliers linked to that common supplier, click a common supplier name. When viewing supplier details, click links to view additional information.
• To sort search results by common supplier name, click the column header. Click the header again to change the sort order, as indicated by the arrow.

Take other actions:

• To create a new common supplier in the database, click Create New.
• To edit a common supplier in the database, click its check box and then click Edit. When you edit a common supplier, you can also do the following:
  • Create, edit, or delete partitioned suppliers that link to the common supplier. You can only create, edit, or delete partitioned suppliers in your login partition.
  • Relink partitioned suppliers from another common supplier to the current common supplier.
• To delete one or more common suppliers in the database, click their check boxes and then click Delete. You are asked to confirm your deletions.
• To export common and partitioned suppliers to .csv files, click Export. Common and partitioned suppliers are exported using predefined integration events which do not depend on your login partition or the search filters you specified.