Refine Results

Use the Procurement application Shop page to browse and search in your Buying Organization's catalog.

At the top of the Shop page work area, this is a drop-down menu and text entry boxes. You can use these to define Search Criteria either before or after the Sorted Result List is returned.

• Before you Search the Catalog, you can set-up a detail or keyword search, or
• After you Search or Browse the Catalog , you can reduce or re-organize a list of items recovered from a catalog search or from browsing.
• To select a method of organization for a list of recovered items, click a radio button to select:
• group by, or
• sort by

When either one is selected, the other is automatically de-selected.

• If you selected sort by, then click in the drop-down menu below, and select from:
• Description
• Relevance
• Manufacturer
• Supplier
• Price
• Manufacturer Part Number
• Supplier Part Number
• Click [Find].

The results are re-displayed, sorted alpha-numerically according to the selected criteria

• If you selected group by, click in the drop-down menu below, and select from:
• Category
• Manufacturer
• Supplier
• Price
• Click [Find].

The results are re-displayed, grouped according to the selected criteria.

For example:

1. If Price was selected, the items are grouped into price ranges, like this:

345 Items $ 0.01 to $4.99

28 Items $ 5.00 to $9.99

189 Items $10.00 to $14.99

4 Items $15.00 to $19.99

Click on a price range to view only those items that are in that range.

2. If Category was selected, the items are grouped by category and sub-category (as shown by the browse path) like this:

367 Items Communications, Computer... > Communications equipment > Modems

58 Items Communications, Computer... > Computer components > Serial Adaptor

819 Items Communications, Computer... > Network Hardware > Hubs

9 Items Communications, Computer... > Software > PBX

Many different types of items may include the same keywords in their descriptions.

For example, the descriptions of communications software, desktop hardware or network hardware products may all contain many similar terms.

• Compare the browse paths to decide which group of items interests you and click on it to discard the others.
• To continue to refine your search:
• Repeat steps 1 through 5.
• To re-widen the search:
• Select the All Categories hyperlink, or
• Click any sub-category (above the lowest) in the browse path.
• To re-start the search from the top level:
• Click [Reset], or
• Click Entire Catalog in the browse path.