Creating questions

Follow these steps to create a question and decide whether it is to be used for a sourcing event, and whether an answer is required.

In Strategic Sourcing, when a supplier submits a bid for an item, you may want the supplier to answer a set of questions. For example, you may ask the supplier "How long have you been in business?"

Before you can create a question, you must have already set up a procurement group in the Purchase Order application. For more information, see the Purchase Order User Guide.

To create questions

Search for "Questions".
From the Actions menu, select Create.
Use the following guidelines to enter field values:
Procurement Group

Required. Select a procurement group you want to assign the questions.

Question Text

Required. Type the text for the question.

Response Type
Required. Select a response type for the question:
- Text - Descriptive text
- Number - Numeric value
- Date - Date format
- List - Multiple choice answer (provide the available answers after adding the question)
- Yes No - Yes or No answer
- Yes No Text - Yes or No answer with additional descriptive text
- Rebate - Rebate types are used as answers (lets you link to other rebate information)
Category, Sub Category

Select a category to assign to the question. For information on categories, see Creating categories.

Note:
If you assign a category to the question, the procurement group must match the one assigned to the question.

Active

Select this checkbox to make the question active.
Click Save.