Searching for a Supplier

In this topic, you'll learn how to search for a supplier.

Steps:

1. Begin by navigating to the Supplier Information page.

    

   Click the Main Menu button.

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2. Click the Accounts Payable menu.

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3. Click the Accounts Payable Center menu.

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4. Click the Suppliers link.

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5. Click the Supplier link.

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6. The Supplier Information search allows users to search various criteria. Users can enter the Supplier ID, but if they don't know it, they can enter all or part of the Supplier Name.

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7. For example, let's pretend that we don't know the Supplier ID for Canon, but we do know that "Canon" is somewhere in the Supplier Name.

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8. Click in the Supplier Name field.

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9. Enter the desired information into the Supplier Name field.

    

   Enter "Canon".

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10. Click the Search button.

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11. As it turns out, there is only one Supplier with "Canon" in the Supplier name, and PeopleSoft takes us right into the Supplier Summary page.

     

    This page displays a variety of information about Canon Solutions America Inc.

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12. Click the Return to Search button.

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13. This time, let's search for any Supplier whose name starts with "C".

     

    Click in the Supplier Name field.

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14. Enter the desired information into the Supplier Name field.

     

    Enter "C".

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15. Click the Search button.

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16. Notice that PeopleSoft has found 194 Suppliers that start with "C".

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Congratulations, you have successfully learned how to search for a supplier.

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