The Open Procurement Interface (OPI) is the Smart Materials interface for creating and updating order data based on XML documents.
OPI features include:
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Creating and updating orders and order line items and item shipments.
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Creating and modifying translated descriptions for orders.
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Inserting or changing other costs and their descriptions on both the order header and the order line item level.
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Referencing data in the requisition module, though data is not required in the requisition module.
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Loading split tags via an ASCII file (.dat file).
Orders for the corporate warehouse are not fully supported by this interface. You cannot create an order for the corporate warehouse, you cannot insert order line items or item shipments for such an order, and you cannot update quantities on these orders.