Skip to main content

What products report to SRS?

Distributor checklist for why a product is or isn't reporting to SRS from Encompass: Brand Family SupplierReportCode, SuppliersVendors data access and DistributorNumber. Requires v23.01+.

B
Written by Bailey Naas-Thornton

Minimum Version Required: 23.01

Pre-Conditions

Product must have IncludeInSalesReportByDefault=True

Brand Family must be linked to the global product catalog

SuppliersVendors record must exist for each location expected to report

Steps

Note: There are a couple of connections in DSDLink that need to be made to completely ensure a product is reporting. Encompass employees maintain these connections. The instructions below help ensure that everything is set up correctly in the distributor site only.

In a distribution system, there are 3 fields to check to ensure that a specific product is reporting to SRS.

  1. The brand family that the product is under must have a SupplierReportCode. If it does not, link a product underneath it using Product Manager. After linking a product, this link will cascade up through the hierarchy, and you brand family will acquire the SupplierReportCode from DSDLink

  2. The supplier that the product is under must have a SuppliersVendors record (one per location selling the product) attached to it with SupplierDataAccess=Allow. This tells the system that it is okay to share this data to the supplier through DSDLink. This applies to both suppliers accessing their distributor data in dsdlink AND suppliers accessing their data in SRS. If you do not wish to share this data with your suppliers, set SupplierDataAccess to Block

  3. The SuppliersVendors record also needs a DistributorNumber. This value is provided by SRS in the initial setup, and it tells their system what Location of yours the data belongs to

Fields And Definitions

SuppliersVendors.DistributorNumber: This value is provided by SRS. It is how they determine which Location the data belongs to

SuppliersVendors.SupplierDataAccess: This value tells the system whether or not to share the data with the supplier via DSDLink. This works for both sending data to SRS and for suppliers accessing their data in DSDLink

BrandFamily.SupplierReportCode: This value is maintained in DSDLink by Encompass employees. It is how SRS knows what supplier to provide the data to on their end

Best Practices

Link all your products. Product linking cascades up through the Brand, BrandFamily, and Supplier. Product linking helps ensure a correct BrandFamily.SupplierReportCode.

Did this answer your question?