Setting Up Vendors for B2B Commerce

Set up each vendor you want to access using B2B Commerce by specifying the web site, login information, and procurable items from each vendor.

As of Release 9.0.6, the B2B Commerce option is offered as part of the core package. To enable the functionality:

You must have an Eclipse User named API set up in User Maintenance. This is required for using the new API module.
Set the API Server Settings control maintenance record for the server URL with a port of 5000, such as http://mywebsite:5000.

To set up a vendor for B2B Commerce:

Open or create a vendor maintenance record.
Use the WWW hot key and then the B2B Commerce hot key to display the B2B Commerce Vendor Maintenance screen.
Enter the following information you use to access the vendor’s web site:

Field	Description
Vendor	(View only) The vendor's name from vendor maintenance for the selected vendor.
Account ID	The account ID shared by the vendor's system.
Login Key	The login key provided by the vendor's system.
Password	Your company-assigned login password.
Preferred Remote Site New Order Status	Indicate what default status the system should use when creating new sales orders placed remotely for this vendor.
Display Cost	Select this check box to give the user making the inquiry access to the item costs. Note: Users must have the COST.VIEW authorization key if this option is enabled.
*ALL, Description/PriceLine!Group	Specify the items that you may want to procure from the vendor. You can enter particular products, price lines, groups, or allow all items. Use a different line for each entry.
*ALL, Description/PriceLine!Group	As shown in the column heading above the entry area, use the following syntax to enter your choices: To specify that all items from this vendor are procurable, enter *ALL. To specify particular products that are procurable, enter each item’s Eclipse Product ID. To specify a price line, precede the price line name with a forward slash (/). For instance, /ABC. To specify a product group, precede the group name with an exclamation point (!). For instance, !ABC.

Save your changes.
Use the B2B Post URL hot key and select Product Inquiry.
Save your changes.
From the B2B Post URL window's Additional menu, select Data Source.
In the External Field column select the data source from which that information is pulled and the corresponding value, such as: