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title: "Searching Suppliers"
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Suppliers also known as vendors, are companies and individuals providing goods and services to the University.
## Process Steps
### Searching for a Supplier
1. To search for a supplier, navigate to **Suppliers > Manager Suppliers > Search for a Supplier**.
2. Ensure that the Relationship is “UConn Network” and status is set to “All” (it defaults to “Active” unless you’ve previously updated this). Click “Pin Filters” on the right side to set as your default going forward
3. Enter the name of the supplier, or the Supplier ID (if known) and press enter or click the magnifying glass icon. **Please be advised** that if the name you search doesn't match an existing profile exactly, it may not show in the results. Supplier names have a character limit that force use of abbreviations at times. For this reason, it is suggested that you search individuals by last name or companies by a portion of their name. The longer or more complex the supplier name, the greater chance it was abbreviated and that you may miss the profile you are looking for.
1. Example - If you are trying to find National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators then try searching “national student”, “national assn”, “financial aid” or “NASFAA”. Due to the character limit, the profile is listed as “National Assn Student Financial Aid Admin” with a DBA of “NASFAA” within HuskyBuy so searching “National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators” would return no results even though they have a profile. Sometimes suppliers list acronyms in their name, other times they don’t so they aren’t searchable.
> 📝 The search will work with any part of the supplier’s name. Wildcard characters are not necessary.
> ✅ You can see both the green check mark stating the supplier is **Enabled for Procurement/Active for Shopping** along with their **Registration Status** here as well. If the supplier doesn’t have a green check mark, then they are not Enabled for Procurement/Active for Shopping
**What does the Registration** **Status mean?**:
1. **None** – An invitation has not been sent to the supplier as we do not know the valid email to send the invite to.
2. **Invited** – The invitation has been sent to the supplier.
3. **In Progress** – For brand new requested suppliers: The supplier has started completing the application OR the registration has been returned to the supplier for correction. Both situations, the supplier still needs to complete the registration and submit it for review/approval.
This status may also appear for active, approved suppliers if they are in the process of making a change to their profile. Approved active suppliers may be used still but please verify the information in their profile matches what you need.
4. **Profile** **Complete** – The supplier has submitted their application and it is in Supplier Management’s queue to review/approve.
5. **Approved** – The application has been, at one point, approved by Supplier Management. Approved profiles can still become inactivated for various reasons.
6. **Rejected** – The application has been rejected by Supplier Management. Please see the **History** tab (bottom left) of the supplier profile to see the reason why.
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