Global Direct Material

Purchasing System (GDiMPS)

Application Access Guide for
External Suppliers (Covisint Users)
GDiMPS application access guide for external GM suppliers registered with Covisint.

VERSION 2.1
Date: 2/15/2021
Table of Contents
Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 2
GDiMPS High level overview – For Covisint registered Supplier users ........................ 3
Access to Covisint - General Information ....................................................................... 4
How to View – Supplier’s organization’s Administrators within Covisint. .................... 5
Supplier Administrators providing required level of access to – GDiMPS users. ........ 6
Covisint registered suppliers – Request GDiMPS package and SA. Approval ............. 9
Verify Access to GDiMPS user (Covisint registered supplier) ......................................13
Verify Access to GDiMPS as a SA (Security Administrator). ........................................15
How to change Site-codes and/or GDiMPS-Updater Role to Read-only (View) ...........17
Access Denied Message .................................................................................................18
Acronyms .........................................................................................................................19

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Introduction
This document describes the process for external Suppliers that are registered within Covisint and the steps
necessary for gaining access to Global Direct Material Purchasing System (GDiMPS). The key areas include:
• High level overview of GDiMPS access for Suppliers, the Site codes and “GDIMPS RFQ Responder
Role”
• Security administrator assigning GDiMPS access to users within their supplier company
• Covisint registered supply power user (suppliers) a requesting access to GDiMPS application

Production URL for Covisint https://gmsupplypower.covisint.com/web/portal/home

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GDiMPS High level overview – For Covisint registered Supplier users
Access to GDiMPS is enabled using Covisint. Suppliers that are onboarded by Covisint and have a valid GM
SupplyPower package can request access to GDiMPS application. GDiMPS Supplier users will have the ability to
respond to GM RFQs by:
• Declining/Undeclining
• Downloading Part Breakdown Excel/XML
• Uploading Part Breakdown XML
• Viewing Part Breakdown details
• Downloading Prototype Excel/XML
• Uploading Prototype XML
• Viewing Prototype details
• Attaching supporting documentation
• Viewing supporting documentation
• Releasing responses to GM
• Withdrawing/Unwithdrawing
Note: GM employees and GM sponsored contractors should not access GDIMPS using Covisint, Supply-Power.

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Access to Covisint - General Information
The supplier should have a valid Covisint registration and access to the GM-SupplyPower package.

Steps Screen-Shots
The following section of
https://gmsupplypower.covisint.com/web/portal/help
Covisint portal (home page)
provides necessary details
associated with general
Covisint user registration,
and access administration
process.

Any supplier access related

https://support.portal.covisint.com/web/portal/home
issues should be handled by
the Covisint service desk
personnel.

Note: If a supplier user or an

administrator has confirmed
that a supplier user within
their company has the
required GDiMPS package
with necessary site codes and
authority and still can’t
access the application or
receives an access denied
error message then a Covisint
help desk ticket should be
opened to resolve the profile
synchronization between
Covisint and GM systems.

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How to View – Supplier’s organization’s Administrators within Covisint.
The supplier should have a valid Covisint registration and access to the GM-SupplyPower package.

Steps Screen-Shots
For the supplier user’s
From SupplyPower home page, select the View Covisint Security
organization within Covisint
Administrators link at the bottom of the page.
the following section
identifies how to identify the
supplier user’s “Security
Administrators”.

First point of contact -

The supplier’s administrators would be the first point of contacts within the
Covisint Helpdesk.
supplier’s organization for any application level access. And subsequent
issues should be raised to Covisint service desk:
https://support.portal.covisint.com/web/portal/home

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Supplier Administrators providing required level of access to – GDiMPS
users.
There are two ways to provide access to GDiMPS application for suppliers. The Supplier administrators can
assign the required level of permissions to the supplier users within their organization. The following section
describes the required steps by the supplier’s security admins (SA’s) to be able to assign the GDiMPS
application package and with site-codes and or role.

Steps Screen-Shots

View/Search From SupplyPower home page, applications tab selects collaborate, Applications, then
users in supplier’s select Administration Tools.
organization.

From the menu option View my organization users select the user to be assigned the
GDiMPS.

Alternatively, the SA’s can also search the users within their organization using: Search
for users in my organization

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Select the user
(click on the user
name) and select
add service
package

Select add sub-

package.
And place a check
next to the
GDiMPS
application.

Select continue

Place a check next

to the required
site codes

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Click the select
check box next to
rfqresponder role

Note: If no role is selected, the supplier user will not be able to access the application.
In the event no role is selected the below alert will be displayed. Select cancel to return
and assign the role.

End. Successful
assignment of
GDiMPS package.

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Covisint registered suppliers – Request GDiMPS package and SA. Approval
Covisint registered supplier users with a valid account and access to the GM supply power package can request
access to the GDiMPS package. The request will be routed to their security administrators for approval. The
security administrators have the option of approving the necessary site/location codes for the requested
package.

Steps Screen-Shots

Log into GM
SupplyPower
(https://gmsupplypow
er.covisint.com/web/p
ortal/home)

Access the Application From the home, select the Collaborate menu optionand then select
page Applications.

Select the GDiMPS From the home, select the applications tab. Change the filter to Not-registered
application and select the pencil-icon next to the Global Direct Material Purchasing
System (GDiMPS) option to start the request.

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A list of available
location codes (or site
codes) for the company
would be presented.
Select the ones
required.

Check the required site code and select continue

A success full message
will be displayed to the
user.

Select My Profile and

View my Service
Packages to view the
request. Verify
available application
packages.

A reminder can be sent

to the SA in case the
user is waiting for the
required approval.

The following outline the SA (Security Administrator Approval)

steps for approving a pending request

SA (Security The SA would login to Covisint, and select admistration from the main menu.
Administrator And select pending requests, “User Request” under the administration tab.
Approval)
SA would receive an
alert for the request

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for access to GDiMPS
and login to Covisint.

Select the view request and review the request for appropriate site code(s).
Select submit decision and confirm the approval.

Assign the role An approval confirmation message will be displayed to the Security
Administrator to grant the role/authority to the supplier user.

Click the select check box if the user is allowed to update RFQs in GDiMPS. If not
selected, there will be a confirmation alert and the user will be able to view data
only within the GDiMPS application.
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 Press submit decision to submit approval or cancel to cancel the request.

This concludes the SA’s steps to approve a supplier user’s request within their
organization for access to GDiMPS.

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Verify Access to GDiMPS user (Covisint registered supplier)
This section describes the steps required by Supplier users to verify the access to GDIMPS application, the
approved list of Location/Manufacturing/Site-Codes and the Role

Steps Screen-Shots

Login to Covisint The supplier user would login to Covisint and select My Profile. Select view
(https://us.sso.covisint.c service packages from the menu.
om/jsp/preLogin.jsp?host
=https://us.register.covisi
nt.com&CT_ORIG_URL=
%2FCommonReg%2Fsecu
red%3Fcmd%3DAUTHEN
TICATE&ct_orig_uri=%2F
CommonReg%2Fsecured
%3Fcmd%3DAUTHENTIC
ATE)

OR
Login to SuppyPower Select the user’s name from the screen and select Covisint User Profile
(https://gmsupplypower.
covisint.com/web/portal
/home)
Select My Profile from the menu bar then select View my Service Packages

THEN
Verify GDiMPS access Expand the “+” sign and select the application Global Direct Material Purchasing
System

Note: selecting the recycle-bin would remove access. Selecting the number
sign would display the approved list of site codes.

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 Selecting the application name would show the following screen:

The view service roles option will display rfqresponder if the user has update
access to GDiMPS. It will show a blank if the user has read only access
Supplier users can review, remove or request for site codes associated with their
company’s Ultimate Duns using the view current site codes, request site codes
or remove site codes.

Note: If a supplier user has verified they have the GDiMPS package, the required site codes, a service role and
still can’t access GDiMPS application and or receive an authorization denied error, then a Covisint ticket (help
desk) will need to be opened to sync the Profile.

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Verify Access to GDiMPS as a SA (Security Administrator).
This section describes the process to export users that are associated with GDIMPS group.

Steps Screen-Shots

Log into GM
SupplyPower as
Administrator
(https://gmsupply
power.covisint.co
m/web/portal/ho
me)

View My From the menu option “View my organization users” select the user to be assigned the
Organizations GDIMPS.
Users .

Alternatively, the SA’s can also search the users within their organization using: “Search
for users in my organization”

Select a user and view access to GDiMPS, selecting the view service package tab.
Expand the “+” sign and select the application Global Direct Material Purchasing
System

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 Selecting the recycle-bin would remove the service package
Selecting the number sign would display the approved list of site codes
Selecting the number sign with the plus would display the list of site codes to add
to the user
Selecting the number sign with the minus would display the list of site codes to
remove from the user
Selecting the application name would show the following screen:

Note: If a SA has verified the user within their company has the GDiMPS package, required site codes and
rfqresponder service role (authority: with or without GDiMPS updater) but still can’t access GDiMPS or
receives an authorization denied error, open a (help desk) ticket with Covisint to sync the Profile between
Covisint and GM systems.

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How to change Site-codes and/or GDiMPS-Updater Role to Read-only (View)
This section describes the process to export users associated with GDiMPS group.

Steps Screen-Shots

Either supplier users or

Supplier administrators
can view the GDiMPS
access and make changes
as and when necessary.
This is within view my
service packages of the Using the “Add”, “Request”, “Remove” site codes and additionally for GDiMPS
Covisint portal. the service role “Global Direct Material Purchasing System” can be added or
removed by the SSA or the user.
For GDiMPS, an
authority/service-role
will be present. If a GDIMPS user does not have the “Global Direct Material Purchasing System”
role they will be unable to access the application.

Covisint service desk would be able to assist with any further support related items associated with how to
request a package, add/remove site codes, changes (add/remove) service roles. Listed below is the link to the
support site.
https://support.portal.covisint.com/web/portal/home

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Access Denied Message
If the user receives an access denied message, please follow these steps again to request access. If issues
persist, please contract Covisint helpdesk.

Steps Screen-Shots

Access denied message.

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Acronyms
The following terms are used throughout this document:

GDIMPS Global Direct Material Purchasing System

SA Security Administrator (supplier)

SITE CODES A supplier’s DUNS locations (manufacturing, ship-from, delivery, remit, sched to, etc.)
associated with their Ultimate DUNS

D&B Dun&Bradstreet; the source for DUNS

DUNS The Data Universal Numbering System, abbreviated as DUNS or D-U-N-S, is a

proprietary system developed and regulated by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) that assigns a
unique, nine-digit numeric identifier, referred to as a "DUNS number" to a single
business entity site.

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