Sourcing factors

Ensure that these requirements are set to enable the Sourcing infocluster effectively:
  • Permission to Sourcing infocluster

    If a Partner has access to Sourcing info cluster, the partner can only see their Sourcing lines.

  • Assigned views to Sourcing

    By default, a Sourcing View is available once permission is given. For customized views, you can create a custom view or set columns in the Sourcing page.

    For assigning permission and views, contact your administrator.

  • Partners assigned to a style

    Partners must be set up in the application and a style must have assigned partners.

    See Collaborating with partners.

When sourcing data from Request, consider these factors:
  • Only data from Requests with request type Cost or Sample with Cost is displayed in the Sourcing automatically.
  • If the Request for Cost or Sample with Cost contains a cost element that is mapped to Purchase Price, the value of the Cost element is reflected as Supplier Purchase Price in Sourcing.
    Note: If no cost element in Request is mapped as Purchase Price, no Sourcing line from this request reflects in Sourcing. Calculated Cost Element tagged as Purchase Price is not supported.
  • The existing behavior of Request for Cost or Sample with Cost where a cost column is automatically created in Sourcing is still in place.
  • If the Valid From date is not specified in Request, the current date is automatically applied to the Valid From column in Sourcing.
When sourcing data from Costing - No Request, consider these factors:
  • Costing columns created without a request are displayed automatically in Sourcing.
  • Cost elements in Costing that is mapped to Purchase Price is displayed as the Supplier Purchase Price in Costing.
  • Sourcing shows Supplier Purchase Price from Costing based on the Partner's default currency.
  • If the Valid From date is not specified in Costing, the current date is automatically applied to the Valid From column in Sourcing.
Users can manually specify these details in Sourcing:
  • You can drag and drop a partner in the Sourcing page.
  • You can add Sourcing related data after the Sourcing row is created.
  • You can manually add Sourcing lines and send it to costing.
  • Prerequisites for manually adding the Sourcing details:
    • A cost element with Purchase Price mapping is required before sending the sourcing line to Costing.
    • The cost element with Purchase Price mapping is not a calculated Cost element to avoid data inconsistency.