1. Create the Vendors group. Add subgroups and members as needed. For more information, see Groups and Users.

2. Add permissions for the Vendors group at the Site level for the following types:

3. Enable the use cases by updating the custom.lcs.properties file. For more information, see Enabling the Use Cases

4. Add the Vendors group to the VendorPortal.properties file. For more information, see Vendor Portal Property Settings.

5. On the Supplier type, add a column of the String data type . For more information, see Adding Columns to Types.

6. On the Supplier type, create an attribute with the internal name of vendorGroup.

7. To test vendor access, do the following:

a. Create a supplier. For the group name, use the vendor group attribute value.

b. Create a material and add the supplier you created.

c. Log in as vendor user.

8. For additional setup information, see the following topics: