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What are the user groups related to Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP)?
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What are the SLP user groups and what permissions do they have?


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The following table provides a brief description of the user groups pertinent to supplier management and the permissions they have.

SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance user groups

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Template Creator

Manage all SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance templates, including creating questionnaires and request forms. In the default configuration, the Template Creator group is a member of the project team for all of the SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance templates.

Translator

Provide translations for questionnaire and form content (for users that are also members of the Template Creator group) and custom notifications (for users that are also members of the Project Email Template Administrator group).

Project Email Templates Administrator

Customize the content of all SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance notifications.

Customer Administrator

Import and export data in Ariba Administrator and SM Administration, create new users, and add groups to existing users.

Customer User Admin

Create new users and add groups to existing users.



SM Modular Questionnaire Manager

Create and manage modular supplier management questionnaires. Users who are also members of the Template Creator group can also create and manage modular supplier management project templates.

Supplier Request Manager

Create supplier requests.

Supplier Registration Manager

Initiate and manage supplier registrations.

Supplier Qualification Manager

Initiate and manage supplier qualifications and disqualifications.

Preferred Supplier Manager

Initiate and manage processes to designate preferred suppliers.

SM Ops Admin

Import and export data in SM Administration area.

SM ERP Admin

Configure integration with an external ERP system in SM Administration area.

Legal

Approve forms and questionnaires, if they are part of the approval process defined in the template. This group does not confer many functional privileges, but is useful for defining approval processes that require participation by your organization's legal department.

Finance

Finance Approve forms and questionnaires, if they are part of the approval process defined in the template. This group does not confer many functional privileges, but is useful for defining approval processes that require participation by your organization's legal department.

SM Process Manager

Create and manage process project templates, if they're also members of the Template Creator group, in sites where the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled.

Supplier Internal Questionnaire Editor

Edit the internal registration questionnaire.

SPM Agent

Create and manage SPM projects.

Sensitive Data Access

View masked answers and attachments in supplier management questionnaires.

SM Manual ERP Sync

Manually synchronize new suppliers with an integrated SAP ERP system.

SM Advanced View Access

Access the Advanced View of supplier management projects when the Control access by group option is enabled.


See Also

Supplier management user groups

Strategic sourcing and supplier management group descriptions



Applies To

Supplier Lifecycle & Performance > SM Administration

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