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Managing Supplier Attachments using Supplier User-Defined Attribute
Products Applicable: E-Business Suite R12.1 Oracle Supplier Lifecycle Management (SLM) and Oracle
Supplier Hub (SH)
The below provides details as to how to setup to enable linking and managing the Supplier Attachments
to a Supplier User Defined Attribute in Oracle Supplier Lifecycle Management (SLM) and Oracle Supplier
Hub (SH).
1. Define a Value Set Name Supplier_Attachments, Description Supplier Attachments, Data Type
Number, Validation Type Table, List Type List of Values. Define details as shown below in the
screenshots.


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Table Name: FND_ATTACHED_DOCUMENTS A, FND_DOCUMENTS_TL DTL, FND_DOCUMENTS D
Value Column
Name: DTL.DESCRIPTION
Type: Char
Size: 50
ID Column
Name: A.ATTACHED_DOCUMENT_ID
Type: Number
Size: 40
Where Clause
DTL.LANGUAGE = userenv('LANG') AND A.DOCUMENT_ID = DTL.DOCUMENT_ID AND D.DOCUMENT_ID =
A.DOCUMENT_ID AND ((A.ENTITY_NAME = 'PO_VENDORS' AND A.PK1_VALUE = (SELECT S.VENDOR_ID
FROM AP_SUPPLIERS S WHERE S.PARTY_ID = :$OBJECT$.PARTY_ID )) OR (A.ENTITY_NAME =
'POS_SUPP_REG' AND A.PK1_VALUE = :$OBJECT$.PARTY_ID ))


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2. Define another Value Set for various document attachment categories as shown below in the
screenshot (define you own document attachment categories).


3. Define a Multi Row Attribute Group Business_Reference_Documents with attributes and setup
as shown below in the screenshot. Associate the Supplier_Attachment value set defined earlier
to the numeric attribute Supplier_Attachment which has a display as Attachment. Similarly
associate the doc_type value set defined earlier to the char attribute Business_Document_Type

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group to a user defined attribute page. for example, Business

4. Associate the attribute group at the Common association level. And associate the attribute




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5. Add the Supplier attachment: Suppliers (via self service portal) or internal users can upload
supplier related documents either as part of the new/prospect supplier registration request or
later as part of profile information update to the Supplier master record.



Step 1 Upload Attachment
Step 2
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Note: Ensure the Attribute Page associated with the Attribute Group used for linking the
Supplier Attachment is enabled for the new supplier request from the Onboarding configuration
setup.


Step 3 Link Attachment to User
Defined Attribute
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Step 1 Upload Attachment
Step 2 Click the Attribute Page tab

Step 3 Link Attachment to User Defined Attribute