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Create Vendor

Important

Information and features vary according to the roles to which you belong and the permissions associated with those roles. For more information, contact your module manager or your campus support team.

Use the Create Vendor process to add new vendors to your system. There are two required steps in the process, as well as optional steps that can be completed later. Click the links below for details about each step.

  1. Name / ID (required)

  2. Vendor (required)

  3. Name / ID Details (optional)

  4. Vendor Details (optional)

Permissions Required

To access this page, you must be in the default or a copy of the following roles with the correct permissions.

  • Procurement - Accounts Payable role with "Can create vendors" permission

  • Person Management role with "Can create person" permission

  • Organization Management role with "Can create organization" permission

When you create organization vendors, there are options to view or update organization user-defined fields (UDEF) during the process. Permissions to work with UDEFs are granted on the User-Defined Fields tab of any of the roles listed above. Users must have one of the following permissions for Organization User-defined fields.

  • Can view UDEF data

  • Can edit UDEF data

Desktop Location

You can also add vendors to the system from the Desktop Create/View Vendors window.

Database Location

Vendor information is saved to the VNDR_MASTER and AP_MASTER tables. Person information is saved to the NameMaster table. Organization information is saved to the ORG_MASTER table.