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Terms and Conventions

Terms and Conventions

Table 1. Roles and Permissions
Term Description
Seller organization The organization that owns the commerce store from which the buyer organizations can shop.
Seller administrator The seller organization representative who manages the commerce operations in a commerce transaction with the buyer organizations. The seller administrator:
  • Creates an organization.
  • Adds associate to the global list.
  • Adds divisions to all organizations.
  • Adds associate to any organization.
  • Adds associate to any division and give appropriate role.
Buyer organization An organization that can shop from the seller organization according to the organization configurations.
Associate Any employee who is a part of buying organizations and has permission to shop on behalf of organization divisions.