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Tasks and Administrative Privileges
The initial setup, creation, and subsequent updates of the supplier data are considered administrative tasks that require administrator privileges. Another set of tasks involves browsing, searching, or creating reports on supplier parts -- these are considered general user tasks, as they do not require special privileges.
To better understand the division between the administrative and user tasks, refer to the following table.
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This table is not a complete listing of tasks, but is intended to illustrate the required levels of privileges for most common operations.
Task
Level of Privileges Required for the Task
Site Administrator
Organization Administrator
Sourcing Administrator
General User
Enabling the Sourcing Administrator to create supplier organizations
x
Adding a Sourcing Administrator
x
x
Defining attributes and subtypes for a manufacturer or vendor
x
x
Creating a supplier organization
x
x (if authorized)
Adding manufacturers and vendors
x
x
x
Maintaining supplier data
x
Defining sourcing contexts
x
Creating supplier reports
x
Viewing supplier reports
x
x
Bulk-loading manufacturer and vendor parts
x
Creating sourcing rules
x
Defining and executing sourcing rules
x
Adding (deleting) parts to the AML/AVL
x
x
Generating reports
x
x
Using supplier data in search
x
x
Changing the sourcing status of a part
x
x
Creating a part request (PR)
x
x
Configuring a part request process
x
x
Importing and exporting data using Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
The import/export using a spreadsheet does not require administrator privileges. For import from spreadsheet you need the same permissions as you would if you performed the same actions (for example, create a new part or modify an existing BOM) manually.