Settings in Inventory companies for RSS

Before you use Requisitions, you must update the RSS tab in inventory company in the Inventory Control solution.

  1. Select Supply Management > Supply Management Setup > Groups and Companies > Inventory Companies.
  2. Open an inventory company record and select the RSS tab.
  3. Click a user setting button to define configuration options.
    • Set This Company To Basic User Settings: Click this button to revert configuration settings for a particular Inventory Company to the settings for a Basic User.
    • Set This Company to Power User Settings: Click this button to revert configuration settings for a particular Inventory Company to the settings for a Power User.
    • Set All Requesters to Basic User Settings: Click this button to revert configuration settings for all the Requesters within the Inventory Company to the settings for this Basic User.
    • Set All Requesters to Power User Settings: Click this button to revert configuration settings for all the Requesters within the Inventory Company to the settings for this Power User.
    • Set All Requesters to Use Company Settings: Click this button to revert configuration settings for all the Requesters within the Inventory Company to use the settings from this Inventory Company.
  4. In the Requisition Self Service Settings section, specify this information:
    Internal Only
    Select which inventory items should be displayed.
    • Select Yes to show items with an Inventory item type.
    • Select No to show items with any item type (Inventory, Services, Special).
    • Select Item Location Setup to show items with a defined item location.
    Contracts Only
    Select this check box to show only contract items.
    Allow Filter Option In Catalog Search
    Select whether to show catalog filtering options.
    • Select Yes to show the catalog filtering options.
    • Select No to prevent the usage of catalog filtering options.
    Special Item Validation
    Select whether to skip or warn when you request a special item that is already included in inventory. If you select warn, then a message is displayed.
    Prevent Requester RSS Options Updates
    Select this check box to prevent options updates at the Requester level for all Requesters within this Inventory Company.
    Allow Quantity Multiplier On Shopping List
    Select whether to allow quantity multipliers on shopping lists. The quantity multiplier is applied to the default template line quantity when a requisition line is created.
    • Select Yes if quantity multipliers for the line quantity on the default template is allowed.

      Quantity multipliers do not apply to items where Item Type is Service and Service Type is Amount.

    • Select No if the use of quantity multipliers is not allowed.
    Allow All Comment Types
    Select whether or not you want to allow all comment types.
    Display Only Transaction UOM
    • Select Yes to prevent UOM changes to an item.
    • Select No to allow UOM changes to an item.
    Enable Favorites
    • Select Yes if requesters are allowed to use Favorites.
    • Select No to prevent requesters from using Favorites.
  5. In the Requisition Self-Service Display Options section, select which items to Show or Hide on the RSS Home Page.
  6. Click Save.