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Set up AM Integration

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This content applies solely to Vendor Management, which must be purchased separately from the Appian base platform. This content was written for Appian 26.6 and may not reflect the interfaces or functionality of other Appian versions.

The integration between Vendor Management (VM) and Award Management (AM) bridges the gap between the two solutions and provides vendors and contracting personnel with more visibility into the award process. When this integration is enabled, contracting officers can see award information directly in their VM environment.

Caution:  To use the AM integration, you must toggle the AS_VM_BOL_AWARD_MANAGEMENT_INTEGRATION_TOGGLE constant value to True in Designer. When you have both AM and Government Contract Writing (GCW) solutions, Appian recommends using either AM or GCW integration, but not both at the same time. If you are using the AM integration, make sure to toggle the AS_VM_BOL_CONTRACT_WRITING_INTEGRATION_TOGGLE constant value to False in Designer.

System Requirements for AM integration

The minimum requirements your system must meet to set up the Award Management (AM) integration are:

  • Appian version 24.4 or greater
  • Vendor Management 1.8.0 or greater
  • Award Management 2.2.0 or greater

Set up AM integration

To utilize this integration, you need to generate an API Key in the same environment you imported your Award Management (AM) application. Note that if your AM application and Vendor Management (VM) application were imported into the same environment, you still need to generate an API key.

  1. In the target environment, sign in as the deployment user.
  2. Navigate to the Admin Console and select Web API Authentication.

  3. From the API Key tab, click CREATE.

    The Create New API Key dialog in the Admin Console's Web API Authentication page, with the CREATE button highlighted to generate a new API key.

  4. In the Description field, add a unique description for the API key.
  5. Click Plus icon in blue circle next to the Service Account field to create a new service account.

  6. Enter amintegration in the Username field.

    The Create Service Account dialog with the Username field set to amintegration.

  7. In the Groups field, enter AS AM Service Accounts for VM Access to add it to the appropriate group.
  8. Click CREATE to apply the new service account to the API key.
  9. Click CREATE to create the new API key and copy and save it to use in the next section.
  10. Navigate to the environment where the Vendor Management application was imported.
  11. Go to Appian Designer > Applications and select AS VM Full Application.
  12. Under Object Type, select Connected System.
  13. Select AS VM CS Award Management.
  14. Find the Value field and click the Clear link next to it.
  15. Paste the API key you saved in step 9 in the cleared Value field.
  16. In the Base URL field, enter the URL of the environment where Award Management was imported in the following format: https://sample-url.com/suite/webapi/.

  17. Click SAVE.

    The Award Management connected system configuration page showing the Value field for the API key and the Base URL field for the Award Management environment.

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