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# Setting up primary data for ShoppingHub

# Setting up primary data for ShoppingHub {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Yokohama
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* Updated January 30, 2025
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* ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 1 minute to read

Create primary data of your suppliers and office locations that your suppliers deliver
to. Define your product catalog with data of your product categories, product models, and
supplier products. Define shopping controls to control the supplier product visibility to your
employees.
* **[Add a supplier](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/DG5hg~N7d5WYmZFUeMLuoA)**   
  Add suppliers and their products to populate your primary data.
* **[Add office locations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/BHL35Oo2i926sJusbkczKw)**   
  Add all the office locations that your suppliers deliver to in your primary data. That way, your employees using Shopping Hub can select any of these pre-approved office locations for delivery while placing an order for a product.
* **[Add delivery locations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/UsHGjnHOLQfLRzhjHVzJkQ)**   
  Add the address that can be selected by the user to have the product delivered. You can add multiple delivery locations.
* **[Setting up your product catalog](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/EvbGqrqLwYdZVRTlRcd2SA)**   
  You can set up your product catalog by grouping the supplier products that you want to appear on the Shopping Hub portal into product categories and product models.
* **[Lead time calculations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/40wy_yJfGu3me9QiKLATgw)**   
  Lead time (in days) of a supplier product consist of the time for sourcing, supplier onboarding, purchasing, and shipping for a supplier product, product model, or a product category. Each of these durations are used to calculate the total lead time which determines the number of days to execute a purchase order.
* **[Ledger assignment rules](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/CYUWrUQlLQ04EiZT9R4f3Q)**   
  When a purchase line is created for a purchase requisition on the ShoppingHub portal, the details of capex account, expense account, and pre-paid account are auto-populated based on applicable ledger assignment rules.
* **[Create shopping controls](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/txaUpg~19bpW8tXzecQJrw)**   
  Set conditions to control the visibility of supplier products for an employee or a department who visits the Shopping Hub portal. Shopping Hub administrators can manage access to products based on categories, suppliers, or any attribute related to a supplier product.
* **[Configure delegate for a shopper](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/gVmHdZWg4c5fVn07JWUOLg)**   
  Configure your employees as delegates to shop on behalf of someone else. For these employees, the Shopping as option is available on the Shopping Hub homepage to shop as a delegate.
* **[ShoppingHub configuration](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/75iwFTpEdRlNUK_5JXEXtw)**   
  As an admin, you can create and modify ShoppingHub configurations to offer a standardized experience.
* **[Sourcing checkout](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/eK8NuOeyylCfHKjYWU2eTQ)**   
  As a ShoppingHub or Procurement administrator, you can configure checkouts for sourcing requests to collect information that is relevant to the product, product model, or category. Your teams can automate the sourcing processes, share more information, and improve operational efficiency.
* **[Shopping Hub process visibility configuration](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/N0vAU8KHRG3EQ9Rv7TGAFA)**   
  As a procurement administrator, you can create and modify purchase process steps, work items involved in the process steps, and link the process steps and work items.

**Related concepts**   

* [Service portal configuration for ShoppingHub](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/n5Frl4qUcW4II1iBfmAbWQ "As an admin, you can configure your service portal such that shoppers who are on the portal can quickly access ShoppingHub and even view purchasing and approval to-dos assigned to them.")
* [Advanced Work Assignment for Source-to-Pay Operations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/IPTtX0i1oJ_j3s66KkWleQ "Use the Advanced Work Assignment for Source-to-Pay Operations feature to automatically assign work items to agents based on availability and capacity.")
* [Service portal configuration for ShoppingHub](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/n5Frl4qUcW4II1iBfmAbWQ "As an admin, you can configure your service portal such that shoppers who are on the portal can quickly access ShoppingHub and even view purchasing and approval to-dos assigned to them.")
* [My purchases on Shopping Hub](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/5t~ZNsWYNWZH_Tag5DDi5A "As a shopper, you can view all the purchases made from your shopping account by selecting My purchases from your Shopping Hub profile.")  
**Related tasks**   

* [Install Sourcing and Procurement Operations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/lJx2dRk79hEsBi_j0ENl3Q "Install Sourcing and Procurement Operations and its dependent applications from the ServiceNow Store.")
* [Configure punchout for third-party site purchases](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Vs8h07HkgeicMr_K50zxoQ "Set up punchout configuration to allow shoppers or employees to make third-party site purchases​.")
* [Customize your top suppliers on Shopping Hub](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/e~2s3WNILkxGkgm6V6yZGw "Personalize the list of suppliers to see on your Shopping Hub homepage. Update your list with the change in your preferences anytime.")
* [Configure conditions for merging purchase requisitions](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/zm~78ese5GA1G4fa5Ntsxg "Configure the conditions under which the purchase requisitions (PR) should be merged.")
* [Install ShoppingHub Mobile](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/twuVIEJEf_N8jT5AYHbQSg "Install the Shopping Hub Mobile application from the ServiceNow Store.")
* [Install Sourcing and Procurement Operations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/lJx2dRk79hEsBi_j0ENl3Q "Install Sourcing and Procurement Operations and its dependent applications from the ServiceNow Store.")
* [Configure punchout for third-party site purchases](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Vs8h07HkgeicMr_K50zxoQ "Set up punchout configuration to allow shoppers or employees to make third-party site purchases​.")
* [Customize your top suppliers on Shopping Hub](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/e~2s3WNILkxGkgm6V6yZGw "Personalize the list of suppliers to see on your Shopping Hub homepage. Update your list with the change in your preferences anytime.")  
**Related reference**   

* [Application plugin installation sequence in Sourcing and Procurement Operations](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/EPxVuNJNSOh5vL8I7nOqQA "The following table lists the Sourcing and Procurement Operations (SPO) plugins, their installation sequence, high-level descriptions, and dependencies.")
* [Using Shopping Hub](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/0ndXfhlQzRfqi5nRDBTLLQ "Use the Shopping Hub module to request pricing or place an order for products and services. You can also request for products or services that you don’t see in the catalog, revise, replace, or return your ordered products and services, customize your top suppliers, work on your to-dos, and much more.")

