Once suppliers respond, their answers are spread across tabs on the sourcing activity record: supplier sections, questionnaires, pricing and documents. This guide shows procurement users where to find and download each part.
Before you start
Review supplier responses
Open the activity
Go to Sourcing > eSourcing and click the activity's title (or View in its actions menu). The Overview tab's Invited Suppliers table shows which suppliers have Responded.
Read supplier section answers
Open the Supplier Sections tab. Supplier-Submitted Information lists each section a supplier has completed. Choose a supplier in Select Supplier, then use the row's actions menu: View to read the answer or Download to save it as a PDF.
Read questionnaire answers
Open the Questionnaires tab. Choose a Questionnaire Name and a Questionnaire Area; answers only show once both are set. Pick a supplier in Select Supplier (each entry shows its submission date), then click Show Answer on a question. Click Export to download every questionnaire and answer in one CSV file.
Compare pricing
Open the Financials tab:
Financials Summary: one column per supplier, with their totals listed under Financial Totals.
Product Analysis: compares suppliers' prices product by product. Filter with Select Supplier and Select Product.
Supplier Analysis: each supplier's line-by-line pricing, including discounts, shipping and tax.
Click Show Comment to read a supplier's comment on a line, and Export on Product Analysis or Supplier Analysis to download that table as a CSV. See Financial Analysis of Supplier Pricing in oboloo.
Review documents
Open the Supporting Documents tab. Documents Uploaded by Suppliers lists what each supplier has uploaded, including documents you requested, with the status Awaiting upload by supplier or Uploaded; use View or Download. Documents Shared with Suppliers shows whether each supplier has Viewed your documents or left them Unopened.
Check invitations and contacts
The Invited Suppliers table on the Overview tab shows each supplier's response status. Click View/Edit in Supplier Contacts to see whether each invitation email was delivered and when each contact last logged in, or to revoke or add contacts. Click Invite New Suppliers to invite more suppliers. See Inviting Suppliers To Your Sourcing Activity for the details.
What happens next
Score the responses: assign scorers from the Scoring Management tab. See Assigning Scorers for Supplier Responses.
Ask for more: message suppliers from the Chat tab, or reopen the activity for selected suppliers. See Reopen or Edit a Sourcing Activity.
Award: when you've decided, award the activity. See Award a Supplier Against a Sourcing Activity.
Troubleshooting
The Questionnaires tab says to select a questionnaire and area
Answers only appear once both Questionnaire Name and Questionnaire Area are chosen in the filters.
I can't see a Financials or Questionnaires tab
The activity doesn't include pricing or questionnaires. Tabs only appear for the areas you selected when creating it.
There's no Export on Financials Summary
Export is only on Product Analysis and Supplier Analysis. Use those tables to download pricing.
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