¶ Quick Guide
In just 3 steps you can send out a request or an order in TecCom Portal
¶ 1. Registration for the TecCom Portal with the TecCom ID and password
TecCom Registration
To register for the TecCom Portal, you can follow User Registration.
After that, you can now log in to TecCom Portal via the login page with your user data.
TecCom Login
The requirement for a successful login in TecCom Portal is that you have completed the registration process and have already set a personal password for your user.
Enter the corresponding information in the mandatory fields on the login page:
E-mail: Enter your e-mail address here for which your user has already been activated for TecCom via the registration confirmation e-mail and which you use for the signing in on the login page.
Password: Enter your personal password here that you’ve created for your user. If you have forgotten your password, please reset your password first.
Language: Select via the drop-down list the language in which you want to log in to the TecCom Portal and use as display language during the session. Subsequent changes of the display language are only possible at the time you log in.
Click on Login and you can start working with the TecCom Portal.
¶ 2. Setup partner relations
In the menu Administration 
Partner you have the possibility as an administrator to create, view, edit and delete partner relationships. In addition, you can assign responsibilities per user for the partner relationship.
Setup a new partner relationship
You can create a new partner relationship by clicking + add Partner. This opens a setup wizard. In the first step you can select a partner from the TecAlliance Partner Directory.
Step 1: Search for members
You can search for a specific partner (supplier). Enter the corresponding information in one or more fields.
Step 2: Search Results
In the next step you get the corresponding search results displayed and through the partner details you can check if it is the partner with whom you want to create a partner relationship. Highlight a partner in the search results by clicking on the corresponding line. The details of the partner will be opened below the results list. You can view and check the address and contact details of the partner, to confirm if it is the partner you wanted. If the searched partner was found, you can create a partner relationship by selecting the check box on the respective row.
Step 3: Add Partner
In the last step of the setup wizard, you see the previously selected partner and can add him to your partner relationships by clicking on Finish. Then you find the partner in your partners list.
You can edit existing partner relationships by clicking on Administration Partners and highlighting the partner in the partners list. The details of the selected partner will be opened below the partners list.
Activate partner relationships in partner data
After you have successfully created a partner relationship, you have to activate the partner relationship.
Highlight the desired partner in the partners list. Below the selected partner the details of that partner are opened. Go to the first tab of the partner data and enter the supplier or customer ID that is used by you and your partner.
Only by entering the correct supplier or customer ID the partner relationship is activated and you can use to the full extent the functions of TecCom Portal for this partner relationship.
To save your entry of the supplier or customer ID and to enable the partner relationship, click on Save.
¶ 3. Request and Order
The order form of TecCom is clearly divided into three sections. In the upper section you can find the general supply information, which is valid for the entire order. Located in the central area is the list of articles for the input of the individual items. In the lower section you can see the article details of the respective article.
You can also edit multiple shopping carts parallel by clicking on the + sign above. This opens additional tabs for separate shopping carts in TecCom Portal.
Requests are not binding and for information only and do not imply any material reservation at the supplier. Express orders are time-critical and are carried out without residue or without graduations. Stock orders are not time-critical, they serve as routine filling of the inventory for a purchaser. The supplier side works for stock orders with backorder and graduations. The specified delivery date by the customer is not binding (requested delivery date), the delivery may arrive after this date.
General Supply Information
Before sending out a request or order, you have to select a supplier. Then you can determine the dispatch mode and currency. You also have the possibility to select or determine whether it is a stock order and specify the delivery date. In addition, you can decide whether you want to receive the delivery as complete delivery. Click on Request for information regarding i.a. availability, or click on Order to submit your order. You get a response from the supplier regarding the availability and the status of each item, displayed in the list of articles with different symbols.
With Ship-to you have the option to specify an alternative delivery address.
The shopping cart can be saved directly as a Shopping cart or as a Favorite. The favorite function is used as a practical template for recurring orders that are carried out regularly.
List of Articles
In the list of articles you can quickly and easily enter the product number, quantity and other data. To do this, enter the product number and / or the desired quantity in the corresponding columns.
The other fields of the row are accessed by pressing the Tab key. To add more items, press the Enter key or click on the button 
new article. Select a row and click on Shift + Delete to delete a row or directly click on the trash bin 
.
The introduction of the TecDoc Catalog button 
as new feature is a significant innovation of the new TecCom Portal. In this way you can directly import or rather copy items from the TecDoc Catalog in the TecCom shopping cart. For this you need the credentials first that you have to store previously in your user profile.
To use this function, click on the TecDoc catalog button . A new window opens in which you can fill the shopping cart with the desired items from the catalog. By clicking on Copy to TecCom, the selected items from the catalog are automatically copied in the shopping cart of TecCom Portal.
Article Details
In the article details all the positions, which are selectively displayed in the columns of the list of articles, are displayed completely and can also be edited. Here you can specify whether a partial delivery is allowed and determine the delivery date at item level.