Oracle Self Service Procurement Cloud: Can Suppliers participate on the Oracle Social Network?

Summary

Suppliers participation on Oracle Social Network

Content

During a recent conversation with a few customers, one of the questions that was brought up was:
Can suppliers participate on Oracle Social Network. 

Response: Yes, through the mechanism of Outside Users. Review the documentation posted here in this response for additional details. 

Outside Users

Users with limited access are called outside users. There are indicators throughout your social network that show you outside users and their presence. For example, outside users' names appear in purple text and have icons (Outside user avatar) after their names so you know who they are and can keep confidential information out of the Conversations they belong to. In a Conversation with outside users, you see a banner stating "Visible to outside users." at the top of the Conversation and any associated message dialogs. Be careful not to post any sensitive information to Conversations that include outside users.