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title: Create a supplier from the Source-to-Pay Workspace
description: Create a supplier to quickly onboard the supplier using playbooks and start purchasing goods and services.
locale: en-US
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release: australia
product: Supplier Lifecycle Operations
classification: supplier-lifecycle-operations
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 4
breadcrumb: [Using Source-to-Pay Workspace, Use, Supplier Lifecycle Operations, Finance and Supply Chain]
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# Create a supplier from the Source-to-Pay Workspace

Create a supplier to quickly onboard the supplier using playbooks and start purchasing goods and services.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_slm.manager, sn\_slm.owner, or sn\_slm.admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Supplier Lifecycle Operations** > **Source-to-Pay Workspace**.

2.  Under Quick actions, select **Create new supplier**.\[Omitted image "create-supplier-from-source-to-pay-workspace.png"\] Alt text: Create new supplier

3.  On the form, fill in the fields.

<table id="table_pb5_ntb_lsb"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Supplier Name

</td><td>

Name of the supplier.

</td></tr><tr><td>

This supplier is owned by another company

</td><td>

Indicates if the new supplier is a subsidiary company.**Note:** This check box is added after Xanadu December 2024 release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Parent company name

</td><td>

Name of the parent company. This field comes up if the **This supplier is owned by another company** check box is selected.**Note:** This field is added after Xanadu December 2024 release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

This supplier owns other companies

</td><td>

Indicates if the new supplier is a parent company.**Note:** This check box is added after Xanadu December 2024 release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Subsidiary list

</td><td>

List of the subsidiary companies. This field comes up if the **This supplier owns other companies** check box is selected.**Note:** This field is added after Xanadu December 2024 release.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Supplier DUNS

</td><td>

Unique numeric identifier for every supplier.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Contact first name

</td><td>

First name of the supplier contact.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Contact last name

</td><td>

Last name of the supplier contact.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Contact email

</td><td>

Email of the supplier contact.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Contact title

</td><td>

Title of the supplier contact.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Priority

</td><td>

Priority of the supplier. The available options are:-   **Critical**
-   **High**
-   **Moderate**
-   **Low**
-   **Planning**


</td></tr></tbody>
</table>4.  Select **Create**.

5.  On the Request new supplier window, select **View onboarding request**.

    The application creates a case of type **Onboard a Supplier** and its state moves to **Work in progress**.

    The supplier manager can continue to onboard the supplier using the **Playbook** tab on the Case Details page. For more information, see [Use the supplier onboarding playbook to onboard suppliers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/supplier-lifecycle-operations/use-playbooks-onboard-supp.md).


-   **[Use the supplier onboarding playbook to onboard suppliers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/supplier-lifecycle-operations/use-playbooks-onboard-supp.md)**  
Supplier owners and supplier managers can use the supplier onboarding playbook to complete the tasks and activities that are needed to onboard new suppliers.
-   **[Perform risk assessment playbook](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/perform-risk-playbook.md)**  
The Perform risk assessment playbook includes activities that enable you to conduct risk assessments for the supplier that you are onboarding.
-   **[Add a subsidiary for a supplier from the Source-to-Pay Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/supplier-lifecycle-operations/add-subsidiary.md)**  
If a supplier has subsidiaries, you can add them to that supplier from the Source-to-Pay Workspace.

**Parent Topic:**[Using Source-to-Pay Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/supplier-lifecycle-operations/use-supp-mgr-wsp.md)

**Related topics**  


[Manage supplier details]()

[Manage internal stakeholders]()

[Manage supplier contacts from the Source-to-Pay Workspace]()

[Manage supplier cases from the Source-to-Pay Workspace]()

[Manage supplier tasks from the Source-to-Pay Workspace]()

[Offboard a supplier from the Source-to-Pay Workspace]()

[Accept an incoming chat request from the Source-to-Pay Workspace]()

[Interaction Management in Supplier Lifecycle Operations]()

[Composing emails with predefined content from the Source-to-Pay Workspace]()

[Overall supplier dashboard]()

[Create supplier case from Universal Request]()

[Emails view for supplier managers]()

[Use the supplier onboarding playbook to onboard suppliers](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/supplier-lifecycle-operations/use-playbooks-onboard-supp.md)

[Add a subsidiary for a supplier from the Source-to-Pay Workspace](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/supplier-lifecycle-operations/add-subsidiary.md)

[Perform risk assessment playbook](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/source-to-pay-operations/perform-risk-playbook.md)