Collaboration requests are created from requisitions that contain collaborative items. Collaboration is available only in configurations where Ariba Category Procurement is installed.

When viewing collaboration request details, visual cues indicate the status of documents (requests and proposals). Titles in bold indicate that your response is needed on that request or proposal. A green square next to a title indicates that you have not yet viewed that document. A closed envelope icon indicates that you have unread messages related to that request, whereas an open envelope icon indicates that you have read all messages associated with that request.

Click any link in a tab for more information. If available, you can 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 together, or export data to Excel.

In addition to some of the standard actions you can take while viewing request details, you can take these actions specific to collaboration requests:

1. Sort proposals by supplier or by line item by selecting the appropriate View by option.
2. Click a supplier's name and choose an action from the pull-down menu:
• To view the proposal the supplier sent in response to the collaboration request, choose Proposal Details.
• To view the details of the original collaboration request sent to the supplier, choose Request Details.
• To view the message board where messages between the hiring organization's collaboration team and the supplier are posted, choose Messages.
• To create and post a message to the message board, choose Send Message.
• To accept or reject this proposal , choose Accept Proposal or Reject Proposal.
• To withdraw the request from collaboration with all suppliers, choose Cancel Request.
• To edit the request by revising it and resending it to the supplier, choose Revise Request. To create an additional request, so that suppliers can respond to the original request or the new request, click Alternate Request.
3. If a proposal includes a candidate, click a candidate's name and choose an action from the pull-down menu:
   • To view the candidate's information, choose Candidate Details.
   • To view the candidate's resume, choose Resume.
   • To accept or reject the candidate, choose Accept or Reject.
   • To clear the status of an accepted or rejected candidate, choose Clear Status.
4. To finish collaborating on a request with all suppliers, click Finish Collaborating.