On this page there are a number of standard settings with regard to audits. All the following are explained in the table below.
| Setting | Explanation |
| Audit active | Determines if audit functions are active in Vendors and Vendor Rating. |
| Audit creation in Supplier Portal | Determines whether Supplier Portal users have the possibility to start an audit themselves. Users can only start an audit themselves if there are no open audits. |
| Audit general data | Determines if general vendor data (such as postal address) can be managed by the Supplier Portal user via audits. |
| Audit documents | Determines if documents can be requested via audits. |
| Categories in audits | Determines if categories can be managed by the Supplier Portal user via audits. |
| Products in audits | Determines if products can be managed by the Supplier Portal user via audits. |
| Contacts in audits | Determines if vendor contacts can be manged by the Supplier Portal user via audits. |
| Audit default template | Determines if, and which survey template is automatically added to every survey that contains the survey functionality. |
| Setting | Explanation |
| Audit valid through number of periods | The amount of times the selected 'Audit valid through period' counts. |
| Audit valid through period |
Choose the period type for audits to be valid. For example: If you chose 1 in 'Audit valid through number of periods', and 'Week' in 'Audit valid through period', audits will be valid for 1 week. |
| Setting | Explanation |
| Audit valid through period | Determines whether audits become automatic for suppliers where a checklist item (document) expires. |
| Automatically send audits | Determines whether automatically created audits are also sent immediately. |
| Signal user (with Audit Moderator role) for automatically created audits | The selected user will be automatically linked as a signal user to automatically created audits. |
| Use default settings | Determines if the default audit settings will be used when automatically creating an audit. If this option is not enabled, VendorLink creates an audit with only checklist items and therefore ignores the settings set above (Documents in audits, categories in audits, etc.) |
| Number of periods - Checklist item end date check | Here you indicate (in combination with 'Period - Checklist item end date check) how long before the end date of a check list item expires, the audit will be created. Enter '2' here, and under 'Period - Checklist item end date check' the value 'Week'. Then an audit will be created 2 weeks before the validity period of the checklist items expires. |
| Period - Checklist item end date check | See the explanation of 'Period number - Checklist item end date check'. |
| Setting | Explanation |
| Base color Supplier Portal |
The base color of the Supplier Portal. Use a HEX color code. |
| Welcome text in Supplier Portal |
The welcome text that will be shown upon logging in the Supplier Portal. |