External Supplier Statuses

When an organization is designated as an External Supplier, the Analyst can give it an external supplier status. You can define as many of these statuses as you wish. You can also rename and delete external supplier statuses.

Creating an External Supplier Status

Before you start

You must have CMDB Setup enabled within your General Access security role in order to configure any CMDB administration settings. Depending on if or how your system is partitioned, ensure that you are working in the correct partition.

  1. Select the Menu button , then Admin, and then select System Administration. The System Administration window is displayed . In the Explorer pane expand CMDB.

  2. Select External Supplier Status to open the window .
  1. Select . A new row is added to the browse table.
  2. In the Name list, type the name or description of the new external supplier status.
  3. Repeat for each status you want to create.
  4. Select to save the changes. Provide the Change Reasons if prompted to do so.

Renaming an External Supplier Status

Before you start

You must have CMDB Setup enabled within your General Access security role in order to configure any CMDB administration settings. Depending on if or how your system is partitioned, ensure that you are working in the correct partition.

  1. Select the Menu button , then Admin, and then select System Administration. The System Administration window is displayed . In the Explorer pane expand CMDB.

  2. Select External Supplier Status to open the window .
  1. Select the external supplier status entry you want to rename.
  2. Type the name you want to assign for the selected external supplier status.
  3. Select to save the changes. Provide the Change Reasons if prompted to do so.

Deleting an External Supplier Status

Before you start

You must have CMDB Setup enabled within your General Access security role in order to configure any CMDB administration settings. Depending on if or how your system is partitioned, ensure that you are working in the correct partition.

You cannot reverse this procedure. If you delete an external supplier status by mistake, you have to re-create the entry by creating a new external supplier status.

  1. Select the Menu button , then Admin, and then select System Administration. The System Administration window is displayed . In the Explorer pane expand CMDB.

  2. Select External Supplier Status to open the window .
  1. Select the external supplier status entry you want to delete.
  2. Select . If you attempt to delete the system default, you will receive a warning message.