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Settings/Miscellaneous area

  • Show extended article numbers: with this option you have the possibility to display additional article numbers.

  • Show country of origin and customs tariff number: this setting displays the country of origin and the customs tariff number of the corresponding item in the catalog. This information then no longer needs to be maintained by users, if the information is necessary.

  • Hide supplier names in catalogs: by activating this setting, the supplier name will not be displayed in the catalog data.

  • Use condition areas (only for own conditions): within Onventis, you can maintain different conditions for your own catalogs and different areas, e.g. countries. This setting is useful, for example, for different currencies, tax rates or special surcharges that only apply to certain areas.

  • Do not block article favorites without conditions: this option allows you to remove the block on invalid conditions (for example, if the condition validity has expired) for articles that are in a favorites list. The article can still be ordered despite expired conditions.

  • Predefine Account Assignment Information in Item Favorites (Predefine has priority over other account assignment settings): this option allows you to predefine the account assignment information for items in the item favorites list. These take precedence over all other settings in Onventis.

  • Presetshipping address in item favorites (preset takes precedence over user settings): this option allows you to preset the shipping address for items in the item favorites list. These take precedence over all other settings in Onventis.

  • Update ERP conditions during purchase order approval: if you activate this option, the conditions from the ERP are compared with the conditions in Onventis in the relevant purchase order during a purchase order approval and updated if necessary.

  • Update and display available quantity for item via web service: this option always displays the current available quantities for the item in the catalog. You can activate this option if your supplier has licensed the web service and makes it available to you.

  • Number of characters for item description (The value 0 means that all characters are displayed): with this setting you can define the maximum length for the item description. This specifies the number of characters that should not be displayed. For example, if the item description is 60 characters and 0 is entered, the entire description would be displayed as 60 characters. If, on the other hand, you enter 10, only 50 of 60 characters will be displayed in total.

  • Send e-mail to condition owner X days before condition expires: catalogs are usually provided and administered by vendors. The catalog owner is also the condition owner. Within Onventis, the conditions for catalog articles have a certain validity, which must be stored in catalog articles. With this setting, the catalog owner is sent information about the expiration of the conditions X days (e.g. 10) before the conditions expire by e-mail.

  • Perform eClass mapping to material group during OCI transfer: with this setting, you can perform mapping to the material group in your organizational unit for OCI catalogs. The eClass key is a cross-industry product data standard for the classification and description of products and services. In the Condition release field, you can store one or more e-mail addresses of users who are to be informed when conditions have been updated.

  • Hide menu item “Catalogs”: if you activate this option, the menu item Catalogs will be hidden. The user can then only access the catalogs via the Catalog... button for documents, the shopping cart and orders. button to access the catalogs.

  • Remember facet selection on new search: you can use facet selection to refine your search for items. This checkbox saves the user’s last facet selection. You can access the facet selection via the central search, in the header area and the catalog button.

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