Source-to-Pay Workspace Case Details page

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    Summary of Procurement Workspace Case Details page

    The Procurement Workspace Case Details page provides an interface for viewing detailed information about supplier cases. Customers can access this page by selecting a case from the Procurement Workspace List page under Lists > Cases. The page features a multi-tab interface that allows for efficient navigation between multiple supplier cases.

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    Key Features

    • Multi-tab Interface: Each case opens in a separate tab to facilitate easy comparison and navigation.
    • Playbook Tab: Displays onboarding instructions specific to the supplier case type.
    • Details Tab: Contains sections for Supplier Case information, Summary Details, and Resolution Information.
    • Supplier Information Tab: Provides detailed supplier information.
    • Supplier Tasks Tab: Lists tasks associated with the supplier case.
    • Related Cases Tab: Shows child cases linked to the parent supplier case.
    • Approvals Tab: Lists approval records and statuses, relevant to the Supplier Lifecycle Management process.
    • Risk Assessments and Tiering Assessments Tabs: Display risk and tiering assessments for suppliers if Third-party Risk Management is installed.
    • Draft Emails and Documents Tabs: Allow for management of email drafts and supplier documents.
    • Activity Stream: Tracks all activities related to the case, with filtering options available.
    • Contextual Side Panel: Provides an overview of the supplier, including risk ratings and contact information.

    Key Outcomes

    By utilizing the Procurement Workspace Case Details page, ServiceNow customers can efficiently manage supplier cases, track approvals, assess risks, and maintain comprehensive records of supplier interactions. This organized approach streamlines the onboarding and management processes, ultimately enhancing supplier relationship management and compliance efforts.

    The Source-to-Pay Workspace Case Details page is displayed when you select the link of a supplier case to view more details about that case.

    On the Source-to-Pay Workspace List page, navigate to Lists > Cases and select any of the sub-modules to view a list of cases. Select the link to the case in the Number column to open the Case Details page.

    For more information about viewing cases in the Source-to-Pay Workspace, see View a supplier case from the Source-to-Pay Workspace.

    The Case Details page contains the following options.

    Table 1. Case Details page options
    Option Description
    Multi-tab interface When you select a link for a case, each case opens in a separate tab in the top-left corner, which enables you to easily navigate between multiple open cases.
    Each case displays information in the following tabs:
    • Playbook tab: Displays either the playbook to onboard a supplier or the generic playbook depending on the case type. For more information, see Using the supplier onboarding playbook to onboard suppliers and Case playbook for specific supplier case types.
    • Details tab: Contains the Supplier Case, Summary Details, and Resolution Information sections.
      • Supplier Case: Displays information about the supplier case.
      • Summary Details: Displays the parent case, related location, start and end dates for the case.
      • Resolution Information: Displays the resolution information and close notes for the case.
    • Supplier Information tab: Displays information about the supplier. For more information about this tab, see Supplier Information tab.
    • Supplier Tasks tab: Lists the supplier tasks for the supplier case.
    • Related Cases tab: Lists the child supplier cases related to the parent supplier case.

      If you've not installed Third-party Risk Management, the playbook creates supplier cases of types Risk assessment and Tiering assessment. The Supplier Risk Assessment and Supplier Tiering Assessment cases are child cases of the parent Onboard a Supplier case and are displayed on the Related Cases tab. The supplier owner or supplier manager assigns these assessment cases to the TPR assessor.

    • Approvals tab: Lists the approval records, their approval status, and the persons who need to approve this case.
      Important:
      Supplier Lifecycle Operations creates an approval record if the "Ask For Approval" action is a part of any SLO flow. This approval record can be approved by the user who belongs to the Supplier Administrators group (sys_user_group table). For more information, see Add a user to a group.
    • Risk Assessments tab: Displays the risk assessments for a supplier.

      If you have installed Third-party Risk Management, the playbook creates the risk assessment records and displays them in this tab.

    • Tiering Assessments tab: Displays the tiering assessments for a supplier.

      If you have installed Third-party Risk Management, the playbook creates the tiering assessment records and displays them in this tab.

      Note:
      The Risk Assessments and Tiering Assessments tabs are shown only for a supplier case of type Supplier onboarding.
    • Draft Emails tab: Displays a list of emails you saved as draft.
    • Documents tab: Enables you to manage supplier documents by uploading, updating and downloading the required documents
    Compose section Contains the Comments and Work notes (Private) widgets. The text that you enter in the Comments section are visible to everyone. However, the text that you enter in the Work notes (Private section) are visible only to internal users; customers cannot view them.
    Activity stream Displays all the processing activities, conversations, and changes that have happened since the case was opened. You can filter activities by post types, field changes, and flagged activities.
    Contextual side panel This panel appears below the UI actions.
    Select the supplier overview icon (Supplier overview icon.) to open the following panels:
    • Supplier overview: Displays the following information about the supplier.
      • Supplier: Name of the supplier.
      • Short description: Brief description about the supplier.
      • Risk rating: The risk rating of the supplier.

        The risk rating scale helps business users better understand risk assessment results. For example, in the default settings, risk scores in the 20 through 39 range indicate high risk, while scores in the 60 through 79 range indicate low risk.

        Depending on the risk score of the supplier, the following risk ratings are displayed:

        • 1 - Very High
        • 2 - High
        • 3 - Moderate
        • 4 - Low
        • 5 - Very Low

        For more information about risk ratings and risk scores, see Set up risk rating scales for scoring.

      • Onboarded: Status of whether the supplier is onboarded into the ERP system. The options are Yes or No.
      • DUNS number: Unique, 9-digit identifier for a supplier.
      • Website: Website of the supplier.
      • Industry: Industry to which the supplier belongs.
      • Country of Registration: The country in which the supplier is registered.
    • Supplier contacts: Displays information about the supplier contacts. An Admin label next to the contact's name indicates that the contact is a primary contact. If a supplier has more than five supplier contacts, the View all option is displayed. Select View all to view a list of all the contacts for the supplier.

    Select the attachments icon (Attachments icon.) to open the Attachments panel, which enables you to attach documents to the case.

    Select the agent assist icon (Agent Assist icon.) to open the Agent Assist panel, which enables you to search for information across multiple sources such as catalog items, knowledge articles, supplier cases, problems, and open incidents.