Sourcing Setup Step 12: Define Negotiation Styles (Optional)

Oracle Sourcing enables complex electronic sourcing practices. The product's many features provide powerful functionality for users.

Not all of these features are needed for many negotiations, however. Sourcing Administrators can control which features are available by defining negotiation styles. Negotiation styles allow buying organizations to tailor the Oracle Sourcing user interface to match the needs of different sourcing events. Through reusable negotiation styles, buying organizations can expose or hide unneeded Oracle Sourcing features, thereby simplifying the user interface. When a sourcing document is created using a style, disabled features are hidden from users.

To define a Negotiation style:

1. From the Negotiations Home page, click the Administration tab.

2. Click "Negotiation Styles."

3. On the Negotiation Styles page, click "Create Negotiation Style."

4. On the Create Negotiation Style page,

• Give your style a name.
• Optionally give your style a description.
• Accept the default status of Active (Inactive status styles are not available for use).
• Select the features that are available from the style.
• Identify which document types this style can be used with.
• When you are finished, click Apply.