Overview

Hello Reader,

Timeline is the central hub in Supplier Portal for communicating with the all the Suppliers available in Business . Interaction among Suppliers and Admin is Necessary to discuss about various Information related with Products and Products Quality.

Using this Timeline, Administrator can perform following tasks :

• Sends Messages to Suppliers
• Sends Reply to Messages of Supplier
• Can Filter the Messages
• Pinning to Messages
• Deleting Messages

Tasks Performed by Administrator In Timeline

Sending Messages to Suppliers

In order to send message to Individual Supplier or all Supplier, follow the following steps:

• Click Start → Supplier Portal
• Enter Administrator Login Credentials.
• In the Center, Timeline dashboards will be Visible.
• Now Click in Input Box at the Top.
• Type the Message you want to Send.
• If you want to Send particular Supplier, then from the Drop Down Menu.
• If None supplier is chosen then Message will be send to all the Suppliers available in the Business involved with PIM,
• Add the File Reference if Required.
• Click on Send.

Replying to Messages

In order to reply for Message of Supplier, follow the following steps :

• Click Start → Supplier Portal
• Enter Administrator Login Credentials.
• In the Center, Timeline dashboards will be Visible.
• From the Timeline choose the Message you want to give Reply.
• Now Click in Input Box at the below the Message you have selected.
• Type the Message you want to Reply.
• If you want to Send particular Supplier, then from the Drop Down Menu.
• If None supplier is chosen then Message will be send to all the Suppliers available in the Business involved with PIM,
• Add the File Reference if Required.
• Click on Send.

Filtering Messages

Since You are responsible for performing task of Administrator so, in order to Reduce the time consumed in Searching the Message, that can be reduce by Filter Option in Timeline.

Filtering of Message can be done on the Basis of :

• All Message : This Filter will list out all the Message in the Communication Portal
• User Generated Messages : This Filter will list out all the Message that are sent by users.
• Supplier Registration : This Filter will list out all the Message that are sent when User are being Registration
• Data Upload Message: This Filter will list out all the Message which are sent during Uploading of Data

In order to filter the Message follow the Following steps :

• Click Start → Supplier Portal
• Enter Administrator Login Credentials.
• In the Center, Timeline dashboards will be Visible.
• To filter Supplier → Click on Left Input Box in Timeline or Type the Name of Supplier
• To Filter Message Type → Click on Right side Drop Down Menu
• Choose the Required Message
• Click on Apply

Pinning Messages

Pinning is the Pointing Out to All the Users. So in this Timeline, As an Administrator you can send Piing Message to All the Supplier. And This Pinning Messages will be Visible at the Top to all the Suppliers.

• Click Start → Supplier Portal
• Enter Administrator Login Credentials.
• In the Center, Timeline dashboards will be Visible.
• Choose the Message to Pin
• Position the Pointer of Mouse on the top.
• Click on the Button to confirm
• Now this Message will be visible at top and rest message will be displayed below this.

Deleting Message

Deletion of Message is carried out by under this Timeline also. You can simply delete the Message Either after sending the Message or you can Delete the Message afterwards. For deleting the Message follow the Following steps :

• Click Start → Supplier Portal
• Enter Administrator Login Credentials.
• In the Center, Timeline dashboards will be Visible.
• Choose the Message you want delete
• Check Mark on Cross Sign
• Confirm with OK Button.

In this Way, any User with Administrative role can Perform this task. I hope this will help you.

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