# N-Tier Visibility dashboard
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You can user the n-tier dashboard to navigate through partner onboarding and collaboration. The N-Tier Visibility dashboard displays the following tabs:
+ **Partner Network** – Displays the summary and onboarding status of your partners. You can also invite partners to onboard to N-Tier Visibility. 
+ **Purchase Orders** – Displays purchase orders and receive confirmations from your partners on quantities and delivery dates.
+ **Forecast Commits** – Displays component-level forecasts generated from a supply plan with your partners and supply commitments. 

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# Partner Network
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You can view the list of partners that are imported through the AWS Supply Chain data lake into the AWS Supply Chain network.

1. Open the AWS Supply Chain web application.

1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose **N-Tier Visibility**.

1. Under **Partner Overview**, you can view the following:
   + **Onboarded** – Displays the number of partners who have accepted the invite and are Onboarded into the AWS Supply Chain network.
   + **Pending invites** – Displays the number of partners who have not yet accepted the invite.
   + **Expired invites** – Displays the number of partners who were invited but whose invite has expired due to no response.
   + **Accept rate** – Displays the overall partner invite accept rate.

1. Under **Partners**, you can view the partners that are imported through the AWS Supply Chain data lake into the AWS Supply Chain network.

   You can use the **Search** field to search for a specific partner, and you can use the **Show**, **Product Group** or **Finished Good** dropdown to filter your partners based on the invite status, partner group, or finished goods.
   + **Partner name** – Displays the partner name.
   + **Partner ID** – Displays the partner ID.
   + **DUNS** – Displays the supplier DUNS number.
   + **Open Supplier ID** – Displays the open partner hub ID.
   + **Contact name** – Displays the partner's contact name.
   + **Contact email** – Displays the partner's contact email.
   + **Invite date** – Displays the date when the partner was invited.
   + **Onboard status** – Displays the partner invite status.
     + **Not invited** – The partner is yet to be invited.
     + **Pending sign up** – The partner is invited but has not yet responded.
     + **Active** – The partner has accepted the invite and is active in the AWS Supply Chain network.
     + **Invite expired** – The partner was invited but the invite expired due to no response.
     + **Invite declined** – The partner declined the invite.

1. To view your partners in a list or map view, use the **List** or **Map** toggle button on the right.

1. Choose **Invite partners** to invite new partners from the dataset into the AWS Supply Chain network. For more information on inviting partners, see [Inviting partners](partner_network_dashboard.md#inviting_partners).

# Purchase Orders
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You can view the list of purchase order data requests that are published to your partners. Purchase orders collaboration can only be enabled through Work Orders. For more information, see [Order Planning and Tracking](work-order.md). 

1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose **N-Tier Visibility**.

   The **N-Tier Visibility** page appears.

1. Choose the **Purchase Orders** tab.

1. Under **Purchase Orders**, you can view the details of all the purchase order data requests that are published to your partners from the generated order insight.

   You can select any purchase order to review the purchase order details.

1. Select the **Status** dropdown to filter purchase orders based on collaboration status.

1. Choose **Review** for purchase orders with a *For review* collaboration status. These purchase orders require your review if the partner's response on date or quantity deviate from configured acceptance threshold. 

   The **Purchase Order** details page appears.

1. Under **Review the Purchase Order Update**, review the purchase order quantity and delivery date submitted by the partner, and then you can accept or reject the response.

   You can read the reason for the update under **Update details from the partner**.

1. To accept the purchase order update, choose **Accept response**.

   The **Accept update** window appears. Choose **Accept update**.

1. To reject the purchase order update, choose **Reject and send**.

   The **Reject PO update and send feedback** window appears. Enter the rejection details and choose **Reject and send**. The purchase orders will be sent back to your partner and provided an updated response. 

## Viewing purchase orders in EDI format
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**Note**  
You will only see this configuration if you selected *Yes* to use **EDI Connection Settings** when setting up N-Tier Visibility.

You can view the Purchase Orders data received through EDI.

1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose **N-Tier Visibility**.

   The **N-Tier Visibility** page appears.

1. Choose the **Purchase Orders** tab.

   The **Confirm or Update Pending Purchase Orders** page appears.

1. From the **Actions** drop-down, choose **Export EDI data**.

   The .json file with the purchase orders information is downloaded to your local computer and also downloaded to the Amazon S3 folder created as part of the outbound connection setup for Supply Planning.

# Forecast Commits
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You can view the forecast commit data requests that are published to your partners. These data requests are triggered from AWS Supply Chain supply planning. For more information, see [Supply Planning](supply-planning.md). 

1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose **N-Tier Visibility**.

   The **N-Tier Visibility** page appears.

1. Choose the **Forecast Commits** tab.

   The **Forecast Commit** page appears.

1. Under **Forecast commit**, you can view the details of all the forecast data requests from the generated supply plan.

   You can select any forecast commit to review the forecast commit details.

1. Select the **Status**, **Partner**, or **Site** dropdown to filter the forecast commits based on the collaboration status, partner, or site.

1. Choose **Review** for forecast commits with a *For review* collaboration status.

   The **Forecast commit** details page appears.

1. Under **Review the Forecast Commit update**, review the committed forecast and deviation. You can decide to accept or reject the response, or you can decline and close the forecast commit.

   You can read the reason for the update under **Latest update details from the partner**.

1. If you want to accept the forecast commit update, choose **Accept response**.

   The **Accept update** window appears. Choose **Accept update**.

1. If you want to reject the forecast commit update, choose **Reject and send**.

   The **Reject Forecast update and send feedback** window appears. Enter the rejection details and choose **Reject and send**.

1. If you want to decline and close the forecast commit request, choose **Decline and close**.

   The **Decline and close Forecast Commit** window appears. Enter the details and choose **Decline and close**.

## Viewing forecast commits when EDI is enabled
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**Note**  
You will only see this configuration if you selected *Yes* to use **EDI Connection Settings** when setting up N-Tier Visibility.

You can only export forecast commits data in EDI format.

1. In the left navigation pane on the AWS Supply Chain dashboard, choose **N-Tier Visibility**.

   The **N-Tier Visibility** page appears.

1. Choose the **Forecast Commits** tab.

   The **Confirm or Update Forecast Commits** page appears.

1. From the **Actions** drop-down, choose **Export EDI data**.

   The .json file with the forecast commits information is downloaded to your local computer and also downloaded to the Amazon S3 folder created as part of the outbound connection setup for Supply Planning.