Buyer Setup

When creating a new buyer, the user configuring the buyer needs to do
the following:
1. After signing on to the system, from your home page go to Set up
Financials/Supply Chain > Product Related> Procurement
Options> Purchasing> Buyer Setup

2. Once on the page, the user will Click on Add a New Value for a new
user/buyer you want to setup:

3. Once on the buyer setup screen you will see the following:

4. You will need to enter the buyers phone number and change the
Default PO Status to Pending Approval/Approved:

5. Save the buyer Setup.

6. Change user Preferences. To change user preferences you will need
to go to Set up Financials/Supply Chain > Common
Definitions> User Preferences> Define User Preferences:

7. On the User Preferences page do a search on the user id:

8. Under User Preferences> Procurement> add user as a Buyer:

9. Then go to Purchase order Authorizations and add her to the list of

buyers already there by clicking on the

from one of the other

buyers. A new row will come up and then you will add the user to
the list of buyers the user is authorized to work purchase orders:

10. Click on OK and then Save. The new user should now come up on
the buyer list when they create purchase orders.