Commodity Import
Overview
The commodity import process reads files from the ./Incoming/Commodity/ in
the SFTP. These files will be moved to the archive folder located at
./Incoming/Archive/Commodity/ before being processed in alpha-numeric
order.
Note:
Name is the key.Commodity
| Field Name | Required Field | Unique? | Field Type | Field Description | Possible Values |
| Name | Yes | Yes | string(255) | Name of the commodity. | |
| ID | No | No | integer | Unique identifier Coupa assigns when a new record is created. Cannot be modified, but can be used to update the record. | |
| Description | No | No | text | Description | |
| Active | Yes | No | boolean | Whether the commodity is active. | true, false |
| Parent commodity | No | No | Name of the Parent Commodity. Can also be left blank if this commodity is not a child. | ||
| Deductibility | No | No | string(255) | Deductibility | fully_deductible, partially_deductible, not_deductible |
| Category | No | No | string(255) | Category | goods, services |
| Subcategory | No | No | string(255) | Subcategory | raw_materials, investment_goods, services_exceptions |
| Preferred | No | No | string(255) | Mark/unmark a commodity as preferred. Set to Automatic to allow the system to mark preferred. Automatic option is available only if Automatic Guided Experiences configuration is enabled on the Company Information page. | Yes, No, Automatic, Always, Never |
| Use in Search | No | No | boolean | When enabled, searches that match tags for this commodity will boost the visibility of preferred suppliers. | |
| Tags | No | No | Commodity Tags. Separate tags with spaces. For tags with more than one word, surround the tag in double quotations. |