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Set up GSS 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 Government Source Selection (GSS) connects the two solutions and provides contracting personnel, evaluators, and vendors with more visibility into the entire solicitation process. This integration enables seamless data exchange between the two solutions and improves interoperability. When you enable this integration, contracting officers can see evaluation information directly in their VM environment.

Caution:  To use the GSS integration, you must toggle the AS_VM_BOL_SOURCE_SELECTION_INTEGRATION_TOGGLE constant value to true in Designer. Appian recommends keeping the State and Local Government Toggle values the same in both solutions. Go to Enable or disable State and Local Government Toggle to learn more about enabling or disabling the SLG toggle.

System Requirements for GSS integration

The minimum requirements your system must meet to set up the Government Source Selection (GSS) integration are:

  • Appian version 25.1 or greater
  • Vendor Management 2.0.0 or greater
  • Government Source Selection 2.2.0 or greater

Set up GSS integration

To use this integration, generate an API Key in the same environment where you imported your Government Source Selection (GSS) application. Note that if your GSS and Vendor Management (VM) applications were imported into the same environment, you still need to generate an API key.

  1. In the target environment, sign in as the system administrator.
  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 for the GSS integration.

  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 gssvmintegration in the Username field.

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

  7. In the Groups field, enter AS GSS 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 Source Selection.
  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 Government Source Selection was imported in the following format: https://sample-url.com/suite/webapi/.

  17. Click SAVE.

    The Source Selection connected system configuration page showing the Value field for the API key and the Base URL field for the Government Source Selection environment.

  18. Set up VM integration in GSS.

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