Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition Help

Starting Shopping

In Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition, there are three ways to begin (or restart) shopping.

To add or change items in an open Shopping Cart:

The browser displays the Shop- Search Catalog page. Use this page to search for items and add them to your Shopping Cart.

At the top of the Shop page, click a tab to choose the method of shopping you want to use:

Search Catalog	Find an item in the Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition catalog by: Browsing Browse a hierarchical list of catalog content Searching Perform a full-text keyword search of every word in the catalog, or a detail search based upon categorical criteria, such as manufacturer, supplier part number, catalog part number, and so on.
RoundTrip	Visit a supplier's website to: View item descriptions, specifications, pictures, multimedia, etc., Use configuration tools to select or specify dimensions, options and other details of an item, Order custom options or configurations
Favorite Items	Select items from a personalized list of your favorite, or most commonly purchased, items
Special Request	Describe an item you need, but which you cannot find in the Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition catalog. After you add this item to a Shopping Cart, it goes to an Approver or group owner who will select an appropriate product, or respond to you offering alternatives or requesting more information

By default, the Search Catalog page is displayed first.

Below these tabs is a work area in which results of catalog browsing and searching are displayed (when the page is first opened, this area is empty.)

At the bottom of the Shop page default, a status bar is displayed, with:

These text boxes are empty at first, and are updated as you add items to the Shopping Cart.

The Shopping Cart Name text box is filled automatically with a unique name, but you may click in this text box and type any name which suits you.

Then click , to the right of the text box, to save the Shopping Cart with your selected name.

When you have finished shopping, click the Shopping Cart tab. The browser displays the Shopping Cart page, where you may:

Make changes to the Shopping Cart contents before submitting it.
Add attachments and notes to your Approver, to justify or explain your purchase
Select different shipping, billing, payment and cost distribution details (from the defaults in your User Profile) for the whole shopping basket or a single item
Check availability of items at the selected supplier (and change supplier if necessary)
Preview the Workflow Approval Map for the Shopping Cart and, if necessary, add additional Approvers or Reviewers

	Other Ways to Start Shopping
	On the Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition Home page, you can begin shopping by clicking, in the Shop menu: New Shopping Cart, to create an empty cart New Shopping Cart from Template, to create a cart filled with pre-selected contents which you can add to or change Modify Shopping Cart, to select a part-filled cart and continue shopping