Oracle iProcurement Shopping Data Flow

iProcurement
Search for items using the internal catalog and punchouts to external suppliers or marketplaces.

Internal Catalog
Content can be bulk loaded from:
Tab-delimited text (spreadsheet) file
XML file
Content can come from item and category extraction from Oracle Purchasing.
Punchout to Exchange or Marketplace (external catalogs)
Shopping in catalogs hosted by third-party sources or by the supplier.
Oracle Purchasing
Contributes defaults to the requisition:
Buyer information
Document defaults
Oracle Payables
Contributes defaults to the requisition either directly or through Oracle Purchasing:
Supplier information
Tax information

Oracle iProcurement Submit Order Data Flow

iProcurement
The shopping cart contents become requisition lines during checkout and are submitted for approval.
Purchasing
The iProcurement requisition becomes part of the requisition pool awaiting action by workflow or AutoCreate.
Workflow

• PO Requisition Approval workflow routes the requisition for approval.
• PO Create Documents workflow creates a purchase order or release from the approved requisition.
• PO Approval workflow routes the purchase order for approval.

e-Commerce Gateway

• Outbound 850
• Outbound 860

XML Gateway
New Purchase Order (standard or release)