To view all permissions assigned to the shared user associated with an Ariba Buyer user, either directly or indirectly, click the Ariba Buyer user name on the Buyer Users screen.

Only one Ariba Buyer user in each partition can be associated with a particular shared user.

When you click Save, your changes are saved to the Ariba Buyer database. Objects (such as users, roles, and PCards) with the Adapter Source set to ManuallyMaintained are maintained within Ariba Buyer and not updated by integration events. Objects with the Adapter Source not set to ManuallyMaintained can be overwritten or deleted by integration events. For more information, see About the adapter source.

1. Enter required Ariba Buyer user information, such as adapter source and the name of the shared user associated with this Ariba Buyer user, and other information.
   • New Ariba Buyer users are created in the same partition as your login partition.
   • When you create a new Ariba Buyer user by copying an existing Ariba Buyer user, you must change the associated shared user by selecting another shared user from the User pull-down menu.
2. Assign purchasing cards (PCards) to the Ariba Buyer user, as necessary. Click Add/Remove to display available choices.
3. 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.
4. Click Save to save the new Ariba Buyer user in the database or Cancel to return to the previous screen without saving the new user.
   • When you create an Ariba Buyer user, a log message is created in the database audit log.