Overview

This structure represents the unique key fields associated with identifying a vendor. Vendors are suppliers of goods and services that need to be paid. Vendors can be identified by VendorName, VendorUid or VendorNumber. When specifying a PwsVendorRef as an input to a web service, you may specify one, two or all three fields. However, if you do specify more than one field, they must each refer to the same vendor or the vendor reference will not be considered valid. When a PwsVendorRef is returned in the response to a web service, the VendorName, VendorUid and VendorNumber will all be populated, and guaranteed to refer to a single vendor.

Format

PwsVendorRef

PwsVendorRef
- VendorId: Int32
- VendorName: String (50)
- VendorUid: Int64
- VendorNumber: String (50)

Elements

Element	Data Type	Required?	Description	Sample Data
VendorId	Int32	No	The vendor Id is a unique identifier for a vendor. For internal use only.
VendorName	String (50)	One of VendorName, VendorUid and/or VendorNumber is required	The vendor name is a unique identifier for a vendor.	Company Card
VendorUid	Int64	See VendorName	A unique and immutable identifier for a vendor.	1152921504607055836
VendorNumber	String (50)	See VendorName	The vendor number is a unique identifier for a vendor.	CC123

Usage Example(s)

Example 01

                  <a:VendorIdentity xmlns:b="http://projectorpsa.com/DataContracts/Shared/Common/">
                     <b:VendorId i:nil="true"/>
                     <b:VendorName>Company Card</b:VendorName>
                     <b:VendorUid>1152921504607055834</b:VendorUid>
                     <b:VendorNumber>CC123</b:VendorNumber>
                  </a:VendorIdentity>