Buyer Admin documentation
Free Format Module
Contract Module
Buyer Admin: Introduction to the Contract Module
Buyer Admin: How do I create a local contract?
Buyer Admin: How do I approve a Framework?
Buyer Admin: How do I manage data within a live local contract?
Buyer Admin: How do I approve or reject Local Contracts?
Buyer Admin: How do I bulk upload local contracts to the Contract Module?
Buyer Admin: Contract Spend Analysis
Bring your own BI
The Purchasing Homepage and Administration Interface
Buyer Admin: How can I customise the Homepage for my organisation?
Buyer Admin: How do I create a Marketplace News article?
Buyer Admin: Introduction to the Administration interface
Workflow Editor
End User Management
Buyer Admin: Insights - How do I give access to users?
Buyer Admin - How do I deactivate a user's account?
Buyer Admin: How do I re-activate a user?
Buyer Admin - Can I update a user's name if their name changes?
Buyer Admin - How do I create new end user accounts (basket punchout)?
Sustainability (ESG) Module
Buyer Admin: An introduction to Sustainability Data on Purchasing
Buyer Admin: Sustainability - Reporting on the ESG Insights Dashboard
Buyer Admin: How do I map sustainability attributes (supplier and global)?
Buyer Admin: How do I create my own organisation specific sustainability attributes for suppliers?
Buyer Admin: How do I approve a supplier level Global Sustainability Attribute?
Supplier Catalogue Management
Buyer Admin: The Supplier Onboarding Module (SIM) overview
Buyer Admin: How do I connect with a supplier on my Purchasing marketplace?
Buyer Admin: How do I bulk invite suppliers to my Purchasing marketplace?
Buyer Admin: How do I make a hidden catalogue visible again?
Buyer Admin: How do I hide an entire supplier's catalogue?
Buyer Admin: How do I export a supplier catalogue?
Buyer Admin: How do I mark an entire supplier catalogue as 'Preferred'?
Buyer Admin: Price Approval - How do I approve or reject a price file?
Buyer Admin - How can I change an item's visibility or status?
Supplier documentation
Managing catalogue data on the Supplier Portal
Supplier: How do I complete the OneAdvanced data templates?
Supplier: How do I upload my products?
Supplier: How do I add delivery charges to my catalogue?
UNSPSC Version Update Guide
Supplier: How do I hide a product from a buyer(s)?
Supplier: How do I amend catalogue pricing?
Supplier: How do I upload PDF documents to my products?
Supplier: How do I maintain leading zeros on a .csv download?
Supplier: How do I create new products individually?
Supplier: How do I export my catalogue?
Supplier: eClass codes
Supplier: How do I approve a price file?
Supplier: Catalogue Management tab - What does each file status mean?
Supplier: How do I upload images to my catalogue?
Supplier: How do I provide catalogue pricing?
Supplier: How do I delete products from my catalogue?
Supplier: Catalogue Management tab: How do I use the filtering options
Supplier: How do I edit my product data?
Supplier: Why has my price file failed?
Supplier: How do I amend a catalogue number?
Trader suppliers
Search and product visibility
Supplier: How do my products appear on Purchasing?
Supplier: The Purchasing Search: An overview for suppliers
Supplier: How do I find out if a product is currently visible to my buyers?
Contract Module
Supplier: Introduction to the Contract Module
Supplier: How do I update an active contract?
Supplier: Contract spend analysis
Supplier: How do I export contract data from the Contract Module?
Supplier: How do I activate a framework contract?
Supplier: How do I set up a local contract?
Sustainability Module
Supplier: How do I tag my products with sustainability attributes (Global and Supplier)?
Supplier: How do I tag my organisation against a global sustainability attribute?
Supplier: How do I create and manage supplier sustainability attributes?
Supplier: How can I see which of my products have sustainability attributes already assigned?
Supplier: How do I remove a sustainability attribute from my data?
Supplier: An introduction to managing sustainability data
Supplier: Sustainability - Reporting on the ESG Insights Dashboard
eQuotes
Insights reporting
Supplier Insights: Categorisation (UNSPSC) Dashboard
Supplier: How can I view Insights reports?
Supplier Insights: On and Off Catalogue Orders
Orders and Invoices
Supplier: Purchase Orders
Supplier: How do I resend a rejected e-invoice?
Supplier: PO flip invoicing
Supplier: How can I review any invoice rejections?
Updating my profile
Buyer End User documentation
Buyer User Guide: How do I use the eQuotes module?
Buyer User Guide: How do I configure my Homepage?
Buyer User Guide: End User (eReqs and basket workflow users only): Multi Factor Authentication for logins
Buyer User Guide: How do I 'favourite' a product?
Buyer User Guide: How do I search for sustainable products?
Buyer User Guide: How do I create and use Saved Baskets?
Buyer User Guide: How do I download a PDF copy of my Purchase Order?
Buyer User Guide: The Purchasing Homepage
Buyer User Guide: How do I raise a free text order?
Supported Frameworks
Buyer Insights: On and Off Catalogue Orders
Buyer User Guide: Searching on the Purchasing marketplace
Buyer User Guide: How do I customise Insights on the homepage?
Release Notes & Product Roadmap
Release Notes
2026
2025
2025-12-11 Release Notes
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Product Roadmap
Marketplace (Purchasing) Video Content
Video - Purchasing Overview Project v1
Video - Saved Baskets and Favourites
Video - eOligo Module
Video - eServices Module
Video - Managing Internal Catalogues
Video - eQuotes
Video - Free Format
Video - eCatalogue Overview
Video - Supplier Insights
Video - Basket Workflow
Video - eFinancials Integration.mp4
Video - Punchouts
Video - Contract Management
Video - PO Flip eInvoicing
Video - Price Approval
Video - eRequisitions
Video - Sustainability Module - Buyers and Suppliers
Video - Buyer Insights
Logging into the Purchasing Marketplace
Buyer Admin: Accessing locked admin log-ins (including forgotten password)
Supplier: Multi Factor Authentication when logging in
Supplier: How do I request a new supplier portal login to be created?
Buyer Admin - How do I access my admin account?
Setting up MFA in Google Chrome Extension
Supplier: How do I reset my Purchasing account password?
Buyer Admin: Multi Factor Authentication for logins
Inactive User Account - How can I reactivate my marketplace login?
Setting up MFA in Microsoft Authenticator and Removing an Existing QR code
MFA Browser Extensions
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- BYOBI Data Dictionary - Purchase Orders & Order Lines
BYOBI Data Dictionary - Purchase Orders & Order Lines
Updated
by Abigail Briggs
This guides aims to provide an understanding of the Purchase Orders data set available via the Purchasing BYOBI solution. This solution is agnostic of any third-party reporting tool.
The Purchase orders data is made up of two data tables
- Purchase Orders: this table includes all of your organisations Purchase Orders. The data is header level, it does not include line level
- Order Items: this table includes the line level details of every Purchase order
Purchase Orders
Every purchase order raised in Purchase is stored in this table. The order stored in the table is added at the time of order creation.
Field Name | Type | Description |
BILLING_ADDRESS_ID | NUMBER | Unique ID for the billing address associated with the order. This is a foreign key that links to the primary key in the Billing Address table, where full address details are stored. |
BUYER_COMPANY_ID | NUMBER | Unique ID for the buying organisation associated with the order. This field serves as a primary reference key for the organisation in the system. Although end users will typically only see data for their own organisation, this ID is used to link orders to the correct buyer in the database. |
BUYER_COMPANY_NAME | VARCHAR | Company or Business Unit of where the requestor was assigned to at the time of placing the order |
BUYER_FOOTER_TEXT | VARCHAR | Text which is configured in Purchasing and applied to every order |
BUYER_FINAL_TEXT | VARCHAR | Text which is configured in Purchasing and applied to every order |
BUYER_HEADER_TEXT | VARCHAR | Text which is configured in Purchasing and applied to every order |
BUYER_VAT_NUMBER | VARCHAR | VAT number is configured in Purchasing and applied to every order |
CUSTOMER_REF | VARCHAR | The name of the Buyer organisation |
LAST_UPDATED_TIME | TIMESTAMP | |
ORDER_ATTENTION_NAME | VARCHAR | Attention name on the Purchase Order |
ORDER_STATUS | VARCHAR | Status of the order |
PURCHASE_ORDER_DATE | TIMESTAMP | Purchase Order Date |
PURCHASE_ORDER_ID | NUMBER | Primary key of the Purchase Orders table. (This will be used as the foreign key in tables such as the Order_items tables). |
PURCHASE_ORDER_NUMBER | VARCHAR | Customer Purchase Order reference number |
REQUESTOR_EMAIL | VARCHAR | Email of the user who placed the order |
REQUESTOR ID | NUMBER | Unique ID of the user who requested by the order (Generated by Purchasing). This is the foreign key that links with the users table |
REQUESTOR NAME | VARCHAR | Name of the user who requested the order |
REQUESTOR_PHONE_NUMBER | VARCHAR | Phone number on the Purchase Order |
SALES_ORDER_REFERENCE_ID | NUMBER | Internal sales order reference |
SENT_TO_SUPPLIER_DATE | TIMESTAMP | Date purchase order is issued to supplier |
SHIPPING_ADDRESS_ID | NUMBER | Unique ID for the shipping address associated with the order. This is a foreign key that links to the primary key in the Shipping Address table, where full address details are stored. |
SUPPLIER_COMMENTS | VARCHAR | Comments added by the supplier at header level |
SUPPLIER_EXTERNAL_ID | VARCHAR | Buyers Finance/ERP ID for the Supplier |
SUPPLIER_ID | NUMBER | The unique ID of the Supplier (Generated by Purchasing) |
SUPPLIER_NAME | VARCHAR | Name of the supplier (In Purchasing) which is stored at the time of order placed |
UPDATED_AT | TIMESTAMP |
Purchase Order Items
Every purchase order raised in Purchase is stored in this table with the associated line items that are added to the order. The order lines stored in the table is added at the time of order creation. For example the part number, unit price etc are added in this table. If you did want to view live catalogue data, you can link us the part number with the items table in BYOBI. (Items table is a future data set).
Field name | Data Type | Description |
ATTENTION_TO | VARCHAR | Attention to name on order |
BUYER_COMPANY_ID | VARCHAR | Unique ID of the Buyer organisation (Generated by Purchasing) |
BUYER_ORDER_LINE_COMMENTS | VARCHAR | Line level comments added by the requestor on the order |
CATALOGUE_ITEM_ID | VARCHAR | Unique ID for the item in the catalogue. (Foreign key to the Catalogue Items table) |
CREATED_BY | VARCHAR | Name of requestor |
CURRENCY_CODE | VARCHAR | Currency on order line |
CUSTOMER_REF | VARCHAR | Name of organisation in Purchasing |
DELIVERED_QUANTITY | VARCHAR | Quantity delivered (will only be applicable where the supplier has marked the order as shipped in the supplier portal) |
EXPECTED_DELIVERY_DATE | VARCHAR | User requested delivery date |
EXTERNAL_LINE_NUMBER | VARCHAR | Line number provided by customer finance system for Purchase order |
ITEM_CATEGORY | VARCHAR | Catalogue or Off Catalogue |
ITEM_CATEGORY_NAME | VARCHAR | Purchasing Category Name |
ITEM_SUPERDOMAIN_NAME | VARCHAR | Purchasing Superdomain name |
ITEM_UNSPSC_CODE | VARCHAR | UNSPSC code |
LINE_TAX_ID | VARCHAR | Unique ID generated by Purchasing. Foreign key which links with the id in the Line_tax table to retrieve the tax details |
LINE_TOTAL_AMOUNT | VARCHAR | Total amount on the order line |
LINE_TYPE_DESCRIPTION | VARCHAR | Line type description (Catalogue, Free Format, Punchout, Oligo or eServices) |
LINE_TYPE_ID | VARCHAR | Unique ID for Line Type. Foreign key which links with Line_type table |
LIST_PRICE | VARCHAR | The list price of the item at the time of the purchase |
MANUFACTURER_NAME | VARCHAR | Suppliers manufacturer name |
MANUFACTURER_PART_NUMBER | VARCHAR | Suppliers manufacturer part number |
OLIGO_ITEM_ID | VARCHAR | Unique ID for the Oligo created by the user. Foreign key to the Oligos data table |
ORDER_ITEM_ID | VARCHAR | Primary key for the order line |
ORDER_LINE_DESCRIPTION | VARCHAR | Description on the order line |
ORDER__LINE_STATUS | VARCHAR | Status of order line |
ORDERED_QUANTITY | VARCHAR | Quantity ordered on the line |
PART_NUMBER | VARCHAR | Part number on the order (Suppliers part number or added by the requestor for free text orders) |
PRICE_UNIT | VARCHAR | Price Unit |
PURCHASE_ORDER_DATE | TIMESTAMP | Purchase order date |
PURCHASE_ORDER_ID | VARCHAR | Unique ID for Purchase Order. This field is a foreign key that links each order item to its parent purchase order in the Purchase Orders table (Purchase Order ID). |
PURCHASE_ORDER_NUMBER | VARCHAR | Customer Purchase order reference number |
PURCHASE_PRICE | VARCHAR | The price on the order to the supplier |
REQUESTOR_ID | VARCHAR | Unique ID of the requestor. Foreign key to the users data table |
REQUESTOR_NAME | VARCHAR | Purchasing unique ID for each user |
RFQ_ITEM_ID | VARCHAR | Unique ID of the RFQ created. Foreign key to the RFQ table |
SALES_ORDER_REFERENCE_ID | VARCHAR | Internal sales order reference ID (Generated by Purchasing) |
SALES_TAX_AMOUNTS | VARCHAR | Tax amount on order line |
SALES_TAX_PERCENTAGES | VARCHAR | Tax percentage on order line |
SELLER_USER_ID | VARCHAR | |
SELLING_PRICE | VARCHAR | The selling price of the item at the time of purchase |
SUPPLIER_COMMENTS | VARCHAR | Comments added by the supplier |
SUPPLIER_FILE_PATH | VARCHAR | File path of attachment added by a supplier |
SUPPLIER_ID | VARCHAR | The unique ID of the Supplier (Generated by Purchasing) |
SUPPLIER_NAME | VARCHAR | Name of the supplier in Purchasing. Stored at the time of order placed |
TAX_CODE | VARCHAR | |
UNIT_OF_MEASURE | VARCHAR | Unit of measure (EA, Pack etc) |
UPDATED_AT | TIMESTAMP |