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IntroductionCopy link to clipboard
The integration between Vendor Management (VM) and Government Contract Writing (GCW) connects the two solutions, providing vendors and contracting personnel with more visibility into the entire solicitation process. When this integration is enabled, contracting officers can see solicitation information directly in their VM environment.
Caution: To use the GCW integration, you must toggle the AS_VM_BOL_CONTRACT_WRITING_INTEGRATION_TOGGLE constant value to true in Designer. When you have both Award Management (AM) and GCW solutions, Appian recommends using either AM or GCW integration, but not both at the same time. If you are using the GCW integration, make sure to toggle the AS_VM_BOL_AWARD_MANAGEMENT_INTEGRATION_TOGGLE constant value to False in Designer.
System RequirementsCopy link to clipboard
This section details the minimum requirements your system must meet to set up the GCW integration.
- Appian version 24.4 or greater
- Vendor Management 1.9.0 or greater
- Contract Writing 2.2.0 or greater
Set up Contract Writing integrationCopy link to clipboard
To utilize this integration, you need to generate an API Key in the same environment you imported your GCW application. Please note that if your GCW and VM applications were imported into the same environment, you still need to generate an API key.
- In the target environment, sign in as the deployment user.
- Navigate to the Admin Console and select Web API Authentication.
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From the API Key tab, click CREATE.
- In the Description field, add a unique description for the API key.
- Click the icon next to the Service Account field to create a new service account.
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Enter
cwvmintegrationin the Username field.
- In the Groups field, enter
AS GCW Service Accounts for VM Accessto add it to the appropriate group. - Click CREATE to apply the new service account to the API key.
- Click CREATE to create the new API key and copy and save it to use in the next section.
- Navigate to the environment where the Contract Writing application was imported.
- Go to Appian Designer > Applications and select
AS VM Full Application. - Under Object Type, select Connected System.
- Select
AS VM CS Contract Writing. - Find the Value field and click the Clear link next to it.
- Paste the API key you saved in step 9 in the cleared Value field.
- In the Base URL field, enter the URL of the environment where Contract Writing was imported in the following format: https://sample-url.com/suite/webapi/.
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Click SAVE.
