Bing web service

A new home for the Coupa Supply Chain documentation

Starting with Supply Chain 42, our documentation will be located on Coupa Compass. The help here will continue to be accessible for the foreseeable future, but will no longer be updated. If you need a Compass user account, contact your company’s Designated Support Contact (DSC).

You can access new and updated Supply Chain documentation in the following location on Compass:

https://compass.coupa.com/en-us/products/supply-chain-design-and-planning

Bing web service

Bing is a transactional geocoding service provided by Microsoft and requires an account in order to use it. You must also have internet connectivity when using Bing Web Service.

Bing results in successful geocoding in many cases of different spellings and structures (for example, state specified vs. not specified). In many cases, it can accurately interpret either a local language, English, or alternate spelling of names for streets and cities. In some areas, such as Eastern Europe, providing postal code information may result in Bing not successfully geocoding sites.

Bing provides data for locations worldwide. You can specify address combinations, such as the following:

City, Country – returns the city centroid.
City, Region, Country – returns the city centroid.
City, Postal Code, Country – returns the centroid of the postal code region.
Address, City, Country – locates the address.

Notes about Bing

Bing is generally very good at returning results. Occasionally, it will return results outside the data specified. For example, City=Charlotte, State=NC, and Postal Code=28273 returns a set of results within the Postal Code range and one for Charlotte center city (another Postal Code). Generally, these are ranked correctly, so the closer match is first.

Obtaining a Bing Account

If you are interested in Bing as your geodata provider, you can get a Bing account by going to

http://www.bingmapsportal.com

Follow the process to create a free account. Once you create an account, you can create a "key" for use with Supply Chain Guru X. When prompted, enter the following values:

Application: Supply Chain Guru
Key type: Basic
Application Type: Private Windows App (8.x and earlier)

At the end of this process, you are provided with a long, alphanumeric key. You can then use the key to activate Bing in Supply Chain Guru X, as described below.

Last modified: Wednesday May 15, 2024

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