Create a vendor

1. From the Inventory and purchasing section on the Fred NXT Head Office Dashboard, click All Vendors.
2. Select the Vendor tab, then click New to open a new vendor record.
3. Set the Record Type to Organisation and enter a Name for this vendor.
4. Leave the Vendor Group set to default.
5. Click the Address Book to associate one or more (Store) Address Books with this Vendor.

   Address books are used to determine which store this vendor is providing products for. You can create one address book per store or one per region or any other relevant store grouping.

6. Click Close to save your changes
7. To display this new Vendor record, press F5 or click Refresh (in the ribbon).

1. Open the required template: GroupsVendor.xlsx
2. Open a blank spreadsheet and update the relevant data.

Header	Definition
Name	Name of the vendor
AccountNum	This will become the vendor account ID found in FredNXT Head Office > Inventory and purchasing > All vendors Mandatory
Currency	Australian Dollars Default value Mandatory
VendGroup	Default value Mandatory
Street	Street address of the vendor This can be left blank
City	City of the vendors address This can be left blank
State	State of the vendors address This can be left blank
ZipCode	Post code of the vendors address This can be left blank
VATNum	ABN This can be left blank
Phone	Phone number of the vendor This can be left blank
PhoneName	Contact name of the vendor This can be left blank
LanguageId	Default vaule
TaxGroup	GST type

                                                   
3. Click File > Save as and save as .csv file in an easy to find location.
2. Click File > Exit to close your file.
3. Navigate to the file, then right-click the file and choose to Open with Notepad.

   Remove any blank lines at the end or spaced commas at the end of the file.

4. Click File > Save.

   The file is now ready for importing into Fred NXT Head Office with DIEF.

Ensure the file is closed and in .csv format before importing.

1. Ensure the file is closed and in .CSV format before trying to import it.
2. From the Fred NXT Head Office Dashboard, navigate to the Store integration section.
3. Click Data Import Export Framework > Processing group.
4. Select GroupsVendor, then click Get staging data.
5. Enter a Description, then click OK to close.
6. Click the File Path field to display , then browse to the import file.
7. Select Execute Target step, then click Run.

   This is the fast option for importing the file as it takes the file directly from Staging into Target.

8. (Optional) Select Batch mode if you wish to run the import in the background.

   If Batch mode is not selected, the import runs in Client mode.

9. Click OK to start the import process.

1. From the Inventory and purchasing section on the Fred NXT Head Office Dashboard, click AppCAT, then Catalogue.
2. Select the Vendor line, then click Subscribe (in the ribbon).
3. In the Link Vendor to AppCAT Vendor catalogue dialog, select the relevant Vendor account, then click OK.

If the Vendor is a PharmX vendor, you must create an account for this vendor on the PharmX portal. Account details (account number and password) are also recorded in Fred NXT Head Office in the PharmX section of the Dashboard.

1. From the Inventory and purchasing section on the Fred NXT Head Office Dashboard, click PharmX, then Dashboard.
2. In the Setup tab, click PharmX Account.
3. From the Store Number drop-down, set the relevant store you want to link to a PharmX Vendor account.
4. In the ribbon, click Vendors Link, then select the relevant PharmX Vendor account(s) to associate with the selected store.

   You can now place an order with PharmX directly from Fred NXT Head Office for this store.

1. From the Dashboard, navigate to the Inventory and Purchasing group, then click All Vendors.
2. Click New to create a new vendor record.
3. Enter the Vendor code.
4. Assign this vendor to the Vendor Transfer Group.
5. In the Intercompany configuration, ensure the Trading relationship for this Transfer vendor is set to Active.