Community Administration

Learn how Community administration works within Unimarket including how to view and update Community information.

  • Unimarket Fillable Fields Character Limits

    This guide details the maximum character counts for the most common fillable fields in Unimarket. These limits are designed to balance user flexibility with the database co...

  • Community Management Overview

    Community Administrators and users with the Community Management role, can access these foundational settings. By navigating to the Administration module > Settings > Mana...

  • Demo Refresh (Production to Demo)

    To update your Unimarket Demo environment to match your Production (Prod) environment, follow the structured steps below. This process involves exporting data from Producti...

  • Multiple Remit To Set Up (Banner Customers)

    To implement or test Multiple Remittance Addresses in Unimarket (specifically for environments integrated with systems like Banner), follow this configuration and testing g...

  • Community Settings

    Community Administrators and users with the Community Features role can, manage global system behaviors. By navigating to the Administration module > Settings > Settings ta...

  • Community Profile

    The Community Profile screen is the central hub for branding and technical communication settings. Users with the Community Administrator or Community Features role can acc...

  • Community Terms and Conditions

    In Unimarket, Terms and Conditions are customized messages that appear at the bottom of Purchase Order email confirmations and PDFs sent to suppliers. These are managed at ...

  • Organization Units - Overview

    In Unimarket, Organization Units (Org Units) are used to mirror your institution's departmental or hierarchical structure. While they do not dictate how your financial sys...

  • Organization Units

    In Unimarket, Organization Units (Org Units) are hierarchical structures used to mirror your institution's departments. They are primarily used for managing user visibilit...

  • Purchase Order Bulk Change - Buyer

    The Purchase Order Bulk Change feature is a vital administrative tool for managing staff transitions or reallocating workloads. It allows a Community Administrator to trans...

  • Purchase Order Bulk Change - Close/Reopen

    The Bulk Close/Reopen feature allows users with the Create Invoices role to manage the status of multiple Purchase Orders (POs) efficiently. This is particularly useful for...

  • Purchase Order Bulk Change - Organization Unit

    In Unimarket, the Organization Unit (Org Unit) assigned to a Purchase Order governs who can see the order, who can receive against it, and how it is grouped in departmental...

  • Account Code Formats - Manually

    In Unimarket, Account Code Formats define how financial data (GL strings) are captured during checkout. These formats must mirror your institution's ERP system to ensure r...

  • Account Codes Formats - Upload

    In Unimarket, Account Code Formats define how financial data (GL strings) are captured during checkout. These formats must mirror your institution's ERP system to ensure re...

  • Users' Account

    In Unimarket, all users have the ability to manage their personal profile and system preferences, through the My Account screen. Accessing Your ProfileTo manage your detail...

  • Configure Edit and Pause Requisitions

    In Unimarket, the Edit and Pause Requisition features provide flexibility during the approval workflow. Instead of declining a requisition and forcing the buyer to start o...

  • Procurement Administration Module

    This article guides Community Administrators through managing the Procurement module settings, including features for checkout, blanket orders, receiving, and credit card ...

  • Account Code - Option Attributes

    Option Attributes are a powerful administrative tool used to attach hidden metadata to your financial codes. While the end-user (the buyer) only sees and selects the stand...

  • Deleting Attachments

    In Unimarket, Community Administrators have the authority to remove attachments from various documents like Requisitions, Orders, and Invoices. This is useful for clearing ...

  • Enable Task Digest Email

    The Task Digest Email is an automated notification tool designed to help users stay on top of their pending actions. When enabled, Unimarket sends a summary of outstanding ...

  • View Sharing & Receiving Sharing Overview

    In Unimarket, View and Receiving Sharing are collaborative features that leverage your Organization Unit (Org Unit) hierarchy to provide departmental visibility and shared...

  • Managing Financial Years (Fiscal Years) in Unimarket

    In Unimarket, Financial Years (Fiscal Years) allow your community to track spend against specific budget cycles and manage the transition between years through configurable...

  • Locations (Billing & Shipping) - Manually

    In Unimarket, Location Codes serve as the physical destination and billing pointers for every order. Because these are filtered by Organization Unit (Org Unit), administra...

  • Locations (Billing & Shipping) - Upload

    For communities with many addresses, using the Upload and Download tabs is the most efficient way to manage location data in bulk. This process allows you to add new locat...

  • Payment Terms

    In Unimarket, Payment Terms allow your community to automate the calculation of invoice due dates based on the invoice date. This ensures consistency in your financial obli...

  • General Ledger Module

    The Unimarket General Ledger (GL) module serves as a real-time bridge between Unimarket and your institution's ERP system.  It ensures that while procurement activities (o...

  • Change Request Process

    To help our customers solve unique business requirements and enhance the platform, Unimarket has formalized a four-phase Change Request Process. This ensures that every re...

  • Category Mapping (UNSPSC Codes)

    In Unimarket, Category Mapping allows your community to standardize product classifications. By mapping external codes or different UNSPSC versions to the Unimarket UNSPSC...

  • User/Buyer Search Filter Default

    In Unimarket, high-level roles such as Community Administrator, View Transactions, or Create Invoice. Has the authority to see all transaction data across the entire insti...

  • Exchange Rates

    In Unimarket, Exchange Rates are used as a tool for estimating the value of foreign currency purchases in your community's base currency. This estimation is crucial for wo...