Requesting a Partner Be Added

To exchange compliance data with your partners and their locations, TraceLink needs attributes such as their identifiers and addresses. The attributes reflect the data for your partners as it appears in your ERP system. TraceLink stores these attributes in Partner Master Data.

To Request a Partner Be Added

  1. Download the partner list spreadsheet by clicking this link: Partner List.
  2. Fill out these required fields in the Partner List spreadsheet.

Required Fields

Details

BusinessName

The name of your partner

PartnerType

Enter Wholesaler, Manufacturer, or Distributor.

Street1

The partner's street address

City

The partner's city

StateOrRegion

The partner's state

IdentifierType

Possible values:

COMPANYID

COMPANYSITEID

DEA

DUNS

DUNS+4

HIN

Value

The value of the identifier. See the Identifier Formats table for proper formatting.

  1. Save the file and email it to host@tracelink.com. Please include your business name in the email as well all the vendor account numbers, including WAC and 340b accounts.

Note: If you cannot find an identifier for your partner, please let us know in the email as well.

What if I have more than one partner to add?

If you have more than one partner to add, enter it on the next available row.

So, for two partners, your spreadsheet would look something like this:

Identifier Formats

Identifier Type

Description

Format

COMPANYID

Company identifier

Format specified by company

COMPANYSITEID

Company location identifier

Format specified by company

DEA

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration number: An identification number assigned to a U. S. healthcare provider (such as an organization in the pharmaceutical industry, a medical practitioner, a dentist, or a veterinarian) by the U.S. DEA. Practitioners that have a DEA number are allowed to write prescriptions for controlled substances.

9 digits: XX1234567

The first two characters are letters followed by 6 numbers. The last digit is a check digit.

DUNS

Data Universal Numbering System. A unique identifier issued by Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) that verifies the existence of a company globally.

9 digits, generated randomly

DUNS+4

Extension to the DUNS number to represent affiliates or subsidiaries of a company.

* Location only

4 additional digits appended to a DUNS number

HIN

Health Industry Number. A unique identifier created by Health Industry Business Community Council (HIBCC) to allow for more granular identification within a location.

* Location only

9 alpha-numeric characters

TraceLink will let you know when your partner has been added. Once the partner is added, you'll be able to receive compliance data from them.