PartnerWorld Profiling System application overview
PartnerWorld Profiling System application overview
Overview
The PartnerWorld Profiling System (PPS) is the online system that helps you maintain
and support your IBM® PartnerWorld® relationships. The system lets you
view and update your PartnerWorld profile, including Worldwide enterprise, Country
enterprise(s), Location(s) and Employee(s). PPS is also the central area to access
information on agreements, benefits and relationships with IBM.
Changes you make in PPS will be fed to other IBM PartnerWorld applications,
such as Business Partner Connections and the Global Partner Portal. PPS is the
single source reflecting your relationships and entitlements with IBM, and is
used by other IBM Business Partner applications to validate your company's
authorization.
PPS works in a hierarchy with the following logic:
PPS is the single source for all your company profiles updates. This system
is a valuable resource that can be referenced by a variety of key stakeholders
at your company including, the Primary
Relationship Contact (PRC), Authorized
Profile Administrator (APA) and other individual employees.
As you proceed through this guide, you will learn how to create, view and edit
your company's Worldwide and Country enterprises, locations and employees profiles.
Depending upon your role or the role assigned to you, you may be able to execute
different functions, such as view only, or update profiles, including your own
profile in PPS.
PPS users guide standards and conventions
To make this Web guide easier to read, the following convention has been used:
"Select" or "Click" indicates a left-click with a mouse
Please note as you navigate the PartnerWorld Profiling System (PPS):
You can select a Worldwide enterprise, Country enterprise, Location or
Employee profile. It is important to note, that you must first select the
lowest level to navigate within the left navigation. An example would be if
you select a Country enterprise, you will be able to select the Worldwide
enterprise link from the left navigation bar. However if you select a Country
enterprise, you must then select list the Country enterprise employees and
then select the employee list to move to a specific employee.
Your IBM ID and password are intended to uniquely identify you as you enter
the system, allowing IBM to customize and personalize the PartnerWorld experience
just for you. This also ensures that only those properly authorized to do
so can gain access to other Business Partner applications, the PartnerWorld
Web site and profile. Therefore, please do not share your IBM ID or password
with others.
Fields indicated with a red asterisk (*) are required
fields and must be completed
A double blue box (
) provides you with additional help on that field
There is a "per page validation" function, which means that every field
that is required must be completed with appropriate information before you
can move on to the next page
If there are cross-page errors, they will be presented upon submission
In the profiles in PPS, updates will normally be processed within two days
Please be sure that cookies and Javascript functions are enabled on your
browser
The PartnerWorld Profiling System and users guide are available in the following
languages; French, French Canadian, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese. The version you see
is determined by cookies that retain your country and language preferences.
If country is not selected, geography and language are used. If your cookie
is not set and content is not found for browser language, then your language
will typically default to United States English.
PPS users guide elements
Additional information on how to navigate, view or update your profile(s) within
the PartnerWorld Profiling System is available by clicking on the links below.
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