Entering Descriptions

Enter a complete description for the corresponding Supplier ID and language. If you are supporting multiple languages, you must enter the text for each different language. Make sure you enable your supported languages in the Options menu first. Translations can be hidden from view, but English will always be shown as the primary language.

To enter descriptions:

1. Open the organization data folder

2. Click on the tab to display the table to modify.

3. Left-click the Description [English] column header. Pick a view setting.

• Show data only - This setting will show the contents of the table and only the English language description. The translation columns will be hidden. Recommended for general KE activity.

• Show translations only – This setting will hide data columns, and only show the supplier ID’s, the Order, and all language description columns. Recommended for defining translations.

• Show all – This setting will show all data and all translation columns.

Note: Hiding certain columns does NOT exclude them from the export data.

4. Simply click inside a cell corresponding to the Supplier ID and language column and type in a description. Copy and paste can also be used to populate this information.

Note: Descriptions are visible in the Selector and are used for criteria selection. They should be complete and correspond to a specific Supplier ID.

Click on the organization text below to see some SKB description examples. These examples are using the “Show translations only” setting.

• Industry Table.

  Supplier ID	Order	Description [English]	Description [Germany]	Description [French]	Description [Spanish]
  Ind-All	0	All	All	All	All
  Ing-Ag	10	Agriculture	Agriculture	Agriculture	Agriculture
  Ind-Chem	15	Chemical	Chemical	Chemical	Chemical
  Ind-O&G	20	Oil & Gas	Oil & Gas	Oil & Gas	Oil & Gas

  Descriptions are visible in the Selector and are used for criteria selecting. They should be complete and correspond to a specific Supplier ID.

• Product Classification Table.

  Supplier ID	Order	Description [English]	Description [Germany]	Description [French]	Description [Spanish]
  Prod-All	0	All	All	All	All
  Prod-Sub	10	Submersible	Submersible	Submersible	Submersible
  Prod-Rot	15	Rotary	Rotary	Rotary	Rotary
  Prod-Slurry	20	Slurry or abrasive	Slurry or abrasive	Slurry or abrasive	Slurry or abrasive

  Descriptions are visible in the Selector and are used for criteria selecting. They should be complete and correspond to a specific Supplier ID.

• Orientation Table.

  Supplier ID	Order	Description [English]	Description [Germany]	Description [French]	Description [Spanish]
  Orient-All	0	All	All	All	All
  Orient-Horiz	10	Horizontal	Horizontal	Horizontal	Horizontal
  Orient-Vert	15	Vertical	Vertical	Vertical	Vertical

  Descriptions are visible in the Selector and are used for criteria selecting. They should be complete and correspond to a specific Supplier ID.

• Construction Specification Table.

  Supplier ID	Order	Description [English]	Description [Germany]	Description [French]	Description [Spanish]
  CSpec-None	0	All	All	All	All
  CSpec-API 8th	10	API 610 8th Edition	API 610 8th Edition	API 610 8th Edition	API 610 8th Edition

  Descriptions are visible in the Selector and are used for criteria selecting. They should be complete and correspond to a specific Supplier ID.

• Liquid Table.

  Supplier ID	Order	Description [English]	Description [Germany]	Description [French]	Description [Spanish]
  Liq-All	0	All	All	All	All
  Liq-Wat	10	Water	Water	Water	Water
  Liq-HC	15	Hydrocarbon	Hydrocarbon	Hydrocarbon	Hydrocarbon
  Liq-Chem	20	Chemical	Chemical	Chemical	Chemical

  Descriptions are visible in the Selector and are used for criteria selecting. They should be complete and correspond to a specific Supplier ID.

• Minimum Required Material Table.

  Supplier ID	Order	Description [English]	Description [Germany]	Description [French]	Description [Spanish]
  MatMin-All	0	All	All	All	All
  MatMin-CI	10	Cast iron	Cast iron	Cast iron	Cast iron
  MatMin-SS	15	Stainless steel	Stainless steel	Stainless steel	Stainless steel
  MatMin-NM	20	Non-metallic	Non-metallic	Non-metallic	Non-metallic

  Descriptions are visible in the Selector and are used for criteria selecting. They should be complete and correspond to a specific Supplier ID.

Type in one description then use copy and paste to populate other cells that will use the same description.

4. Click    to save changes.