Configure Item Identifier Types for Transactions

Security: Set Up: Procurement
domain in the Procurement functional area.

Configure how you want to control the display of alternate item identifiers in transactions and tasks with item identifiers so that the available item identifier types make sense for your business.

Access the

Maintain Item Identifier Type Display Options

task.

Select a document type from the list on the left to set up item identifier configuration on tasks related to it.

Select

Hide Item Tags

to hide the

Item Tags

column in the transaction tasks.

Select

Hide Packaging String

to hide the

Packaging String

column in transaction tasks.

In the

Primary Item Identifiers

table, you can:

Select up to 3 alternate item identifiers as primary columns.

Control the sort order of the columns.

When you open transaction tasks, Workday:

Uses your configuration settings to control which alternate item types display as primary columns.

Adds an

Additional Item Identifiers

column that displays the remaining items that aren't marked as primary item identifiers.

Example 1: For the

Supplier Catalog Item

transaction, set up Manufacturer
, Manufacturer Name
, and Manufacturer Part #
as primary item identifiers.

Result: You can see these primary item identifiers displayed as columns on these supplier catalog item transaction tasks:

View Supplier Catalog

View Catalog Load

Example 2: For the

Purchase Order

transaction, set up GTIN
and UPN
as primary item identifiers for item-UOM specific item identifiers (GTIN and UPN), to display values for the unit of measure on the purchase order lines.

Example 3: For the

Item Management

transaction, set up Manufacturer
and Manufacturer Part #
as primary item identifiers.

Result: You can view these primary item identifiers displayed on purchase items at the header level on these tasks and web services:

Create Purchase Item

Edit Purchase Item

Get Purchase Items

Put Purchase Item

Steps: Configure Alternate Item Identifiers