(Enterprise)

Organizations and Buyers page (B2B)

The Organizations and Buyers page is the main page from which Buyer Administrators , or customer service representatives acting on behalf of Buyer Administrators, in a B2B buyer organization perform tasks to administer their organizations and buyers. The page is visible only to users who are assigned the Buyer Administrator role. The Organizations and Buyers page has two distinct but related sections:

Organization List section

Buyer List section

Buyer Administrators, or customer service representatives acting on behalf of Buyer Administrators, can perform the following functions: Navigate through a hierarchical list of organizations Select an organization and display its buyer list Create an organization Open a page to view or edit details about an organization Buyer Administrators cannot delete organizations. To delete organizations, contact a Site Administrator or Seller Administrator.

Buyer Administrators, or customer service representatives acting on behalf of Buyer Administrators, can perform the following functions: Search for a buyer under the selected organization Enable or disable buyer access to sign in and shop under the selected organization Create a buyer Open a page to view or edit details about a buyer Buyer Administrators cannot delete buyers. To delete buyers, contact a Site Administrator or Seller Administrator. Alternatively, to restrict a buyer from signing in, we can disable the user account.

Elements of the Organization and Buyers page

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The display of organizations depends on the number of organizations that the Buyer Administrator manages. For 20 organizations or less, the organizations display in a drop-down menu like the preceding image. If there more than 20 organizations, a Search view replaces the drop-down view in 3 , like the following image. Organizations that meet the search criteria are displayed:

JSP files

The page layout is built with widgets that use the Commerce Composer framework to retrieve and display content. However, the page is not managed in the Commerce Composer tool, and not all the widgets are available to Management Center users in the Commerce Composer tool.

• OrganizationsAndUsers.jsp represents the entire Organizations and Buyers page.

• 1 BreadcrumbTrail.jsp* is the top-level JSP file for the Breadcrumb Trail widget, which displays the breadcrumb trail.

• 2 MyAccountNavigation.jsp is the top-level JSP file for the My Account Navigation widget, which displays the My Account sidebar and its navigational links.

• 3 OrganizationList.jsp is the top-level JSP file for the Organization List widget, which controls how organizations are displayed.

  • For Buyer Administrators who manage 20 or fewer organizations, a drop-down list displays. All managed organizations appear in the drop-down list.

  • For Buyer Administrators who manage more than 20 organizations, a search option displays. Organization names that match the search term are displayed in a table format. If the search field is left empty, then all organizations are displayed.

• 4 OrganizationUsersList.jsp is the top-level JSP file for the Organization Users List widget, which displays the list of buyers that belong to the selected organization.

^{* indicates widgets available to Management Center users in the Commerce Composer tool.}

Links and buttons

5 Organization list

Displays a list of organizations that the Buyer Administrator can manage.

6 Edit Organization

Opens the Organization Details page (B2B) of the selected organization for editing.

7 Create Organization

Opens the Create Organization page (B2B) page where the Buyer Administrator can create a suborganization.

8 Search Options

Expands or collapses the search section to display search fields.

9 , 15 Add Buyer

Opens the Add Buyer page (B2B) page where a Buyer Administrator can create a buyer account.

10 Search

Returns a list of buyers that meet the search criteria and belong to the selected organization.

11 Clear Results

Removes all search criteria and lists all buyers that belong to the selected organization.

12 View details

Opens the Buyer Details page (B2B) of the selected buyer.

13 Enable user account

Gives the selected buyer authority to sign in to the store.

14 Disable user account

Prevents the selected buyer from signing in to the store.

16 Buyer name

Opens the Buyer Details page (B2B) of the selected buyer where a Buyer Administrator can edit buyer details and roles.

Related concepts
B2B view of the Organization Administration Console

Related reference (Enterprise) (B2B direct)Organization and buyer administration flows (B2B)