Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition Help

Browsing the Catalog

Browsing through the catalog is often the best way to locate an item if you know the type, but do not know the specific item, or the name of the item.

If you know a product name or part number, then you can search directly for that information in the catalog text.

Starting to Browse

Click the New Shopping Cart option on the Home page Shop menu.

Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition displays Shop page with, by default, the Search Catalog tab to the front.

If you are on any other Shop page (RoundTrip, Favorite Items, Special Request, or Shopping Cart), click the Search Catalog tab.

When browsing, you can drill down through levels of categories and sub-categories until you find what you need:

The browse path (sometimes called the cookie crumb trail) shows the categories and sub-categories through which you have drilled to reach the desired item, like this:

Entire Catalog > Commodity > Category > Sub-category#1 >Sub-category#2 > etc.

For example:

Entire Catalog > Cleaning Equipment and Supplies > Janitorial equipment > Cleaning equipment > Cleaning pails or buckets > 6 GAL WASH TANK, etc.
All items in the last category, in the browse path, are displayed in a table below.

By default (before you begin browsing) this table contains a list of all the commodities in your Buying Organization catalog.

Setting Up

Below the Tabs is a drop-down menu and text entry boxes used to set-up a catalog search, sort and filter the results.

When browsing, you do not need to set any of these parameters.

(After you have completed your browse, and have a list of items in the Browse Catalog list, then you may want to sort or group the list of items.)

How to Browse

Each of the underlined category, in the Browse Catalog list, is a hyperlink.

Use the browser scroll bar (on the right-hand side of the browser window) to scroll down through the list of top-level commodities in the Browse Catalog list.
Click a category

The browser displays a new list containing all of the categories in your selected commodity.

The browse path (or cookie crumb trail) shows the path to this place in the catalog:

Entire Catalog > Category > Sub-category > etc...
Use the browser scroll bar to scroll down through the list of sub-categories in the Browse Catalog list.
Click a sub-category.

The browser displays a new list containing all of the sub-categories in your selected sub-category.

The browse path (or cookie crumb trail) shows the path to this place in the catalog:

Entire Catalog > Category > Sub-category > Sub-sub-category > etc...
Repeat these steps, and browse toward the item you want. For example:

Entire Catalog > Electronics > Computer peripherals > Storage > Disk drives > etc...

When you reach the lowest level category, it is marked with , like this:

Entire Catalog > Electronics > Computer peripherals > Storage > Disk drives > Floppy drives

There are no further sub-categories below this point.
Click a final sub-category.

The browser displays a Sorted Results list, containing all items in your final sub-category.

If there are enough items for the list to fill several pages, use the VCR-style controls to move forward and backward through the pages.
You can also use the drop-down menu and text entry boxes, above the list, to filter, sort or group the list, and find the items that interests you.

The Results list has nine columns, as follow:

	Quantity	Click in this box (so that an \|-beam pointer appears), and type the quantity of an item you want to buy (whole numbers, using 0 through 9 only, no fractions or decimals. This quantity is added to your Shopping Cart.
	Unit	The unit of measurement (UOM) for this item. For example, PK is package, CT is carton, EA is each. The Item Description includes an explanation of how many of each item is contained in the Unit of measurement.
	Item Description	This short description is a hyperlink. Click on it to view a longer description and other details such as pictures, technical drawing, animations, web page links, etc.
	Manufacturer
	Unit Price (Currency)	The unit price of the item expressed in the currency used by your Buying Organization. The actual price may vary from this if the supplier uses a different currency or if you are able to take advantage of tiered pricing.
	Actions	Click an icon to perform various actions on the selected item, such as: to add the item to your Shopping Cart. (Remember to first type number into the Quantity text box.) to remove a selected item from your Shopping Cart to Show All Suppliers of the item, and their prices. to add the item to your list of Favorite Items. If you *mouse-over* an icon, the browser displays a tool tip containing a few words explaining the action represented by the icon.
	Supplier
	Supplier Part Number
	Manufacturer Part Number

If you select an item that is a product or service requiring extra information to purchase it, the browser displays a SmartForm requesting the necessary additional information.

Resetting the Browse Sequence

If you make a mistake and want to restart your browse sequence:

Click on any sub-category in the browse path to return to that step in the browse sequence, or
Click [Reset] to return to the top-level category list.

Checking Out

When you have finished selecting items, you may click the Shopping Cart tab to display the Shopping Cart page.

On this page, you can make further changes or additions and submit your Shopping Cart for approval.

To save the Shopping Cart without submitting it:

Click in the Shopping Cart Name text box, in the status bar, and type any name you wish, then
Click to save the Shopping Cart with your chosen name.

When you submit a Shopping Cart, it is saved. When you save a Shopping Cart, it is not submitted.

The system uses its own internal identifier for each Shopping Cart. The name you choose to save it under is for your own convenience.

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