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<Session ID="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur8850m000" xml:lang="en">
	<Header>
		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Update Vendor Rating (tdpur8850m000)</Title>
	</Header>
	<HelpTopic><AimSection><Paragraph>Use this session to update the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#VendorRating.td" role="glossary">vendor ratings</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</AimSection>
		<GeneralSection><Paragraph>This session is the most important session to execute the vendor rating process.</Paragraph>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>Below you see the procedure in which SSA ERP calculates the vendor ratings. So, you must only enter the required data, because SSA ERP carries out the calculation.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</GeneralSection>
		<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000090" role="manual">To update vendor rating process</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000081" role="manual">To calculate actual weightings</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000082" role="manual">To calculate ratings for objective criteria</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000083" role="manual">To calculate ratings for objective criteria (step 1)</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000084" role="manual">To calculate ratings for objective criteria (step 2)</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000085" role="manual">To calculate ratings for objective criteria (step 3)</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000086" role="manual">To calculate ratings for subjective criteria</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000087" role="manual">To update overall vendor rating</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000088" role="manual">Moving average</Link>
			</RelTopic>
			<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000089" role="manual">Smoothing factor</Link>
			</RelTopic>
		</RelatedTopics>
	</HelpTopic>
	<Fields><FieldHelp ID="full.update"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Full Update</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>If this check box is selected, all purchase order lines that are processed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4223m000" role="session">Process Purchase Orders (tdpur4223m000)</GUIRef> session and that fall in the defined period, are taken into account when calculating the vendor rating. SSA ERP thus calculates totally new ratings, that are fully based on the data in the purchase order lines' history.</FuncDesc>
			<SimpleSection><Paragraph>If this check box is cleared, only the net changes are taken into account. So, only the purchase order lines that are newly processed in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur4223m000" role="session">Process Purchase Orders (tdpur4223m000)</GUIRef> session and fall in the defined periods, are taken into account.</Paragraph>
			</SimpleSection>
			<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
				<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/td/onlinemanual/000090" role="manual">To update vendor rating process</Link>
				</RelTopic>
			</RelatedTopics>
		</FieldHelp>
		<FieldHelp ID="year.period.base"><Header>
				<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Year/Period Based On</Title>
			</Header>
			<FuncDesc>This field determines the base for the calculation of the year and period in which the vendor ratings are updated. The default value is <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.pric#order.date" role="enum">Order Date</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
			<AllowedValues><SectionTitle>Allowed values</SectionTitle>
				<List><ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.pric#order.date" role="enum">Order Date</GUIRef>: The year and period for updating the vendor ratings is calculated from the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000046" role="glossary">order date</Link> of the purchase order line.</ListItem>
					<ListItem><GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/domains/pur.pric#delivery.date" role="enum">Delivery Date</GUIRef>: The year and period for updating the vendor ratings is calculated from the <Link href="/baanerp/td/glossary/glossary#000088" role="glossary">planned delivery date</Link> of the purchase order line.</ListItem>
				</List>
			</AllowedValues>
			<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
				<Paragraph>When you change this option from what is selected in the previous run for updating the vendor ratings, a full update of vendor ratings is required. If the option is not changed, a partial update is sufficient provided the parameters in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/td/pur/tdpur0100m800" role="session">Vendor Rating Parameters (tdpur0100m800)</GUIRef> session are not changed and/or you want the manual changes to be taken into account.</Paragraph>
			</Note>
		</FieldHelp>
	</Fields>
</Session>
