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SAP Ariba 2011 Release Feature List
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Sourcing SAP Ariba Sourcing features also apply to SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite |
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Guided sourcing - new user experience for sourcing events [SS-16550] Guided sourcing provides a new user experience to streamline the creation, monitoring, and awarding of RFI and RFP sourcing events. |
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SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app 2.0 [BMA-1181] SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app 2.0 introduces the following: - Redesigned user interface based on SAP Fiori. - Support to manage and complete tasks for SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing solutions users. - Push notifications related to tasks. |
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Ability to view an event as a participant after the event is published [DMS-12166] This feature now allows sourcing users to view an event as a participant even during open and pending selection states. |
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Support for creating scheduling agreements from SAP Ariba Sourcing [DMS-12542] This feature allows buyers to create scheduling agreements into SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA from the RFx awards in SAP Ariba Sourcing. Buyers can now select the new document type, Scheduling Agreement, in the RFx sourcing event of SAP Ariba Sourcing to create scheduling agreements in SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA. |
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Support for multiple ERP systems linked to the central procurement hub in Contract for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Contracts (4B0) [SC-11435] This feature enables the buyers on SAP Ariba Contracts using the Contract for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Contracts (4B0) scope item to do the following when they are configuring external systems: - Designate an SAP S/4HANA Cloud system as a central procurement hub. The central procurement hub is considered as the parent system. The parent system is linked to more than one external system. - Assign an SAP S/4HANA Cloud system configured as a central procurement hub as the parent to an ERP-system (SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, or SAP S/4HANA On-premise) configured as an external system. |
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Strategic Sourcing for Industries Features only available with SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite |
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Feature Name & Description | Automatically On | Customer Enabled/ Configured | Contact SAP Ariba |
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Simplified and enhanced user interface for advanced search in SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite [DMS-13365] This feature introduces an improved user interface, based on the SAP Fiori 3.0 standards, for the advanced search operations in SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite. The new, simplified, and enhanced UI enables buyers to search for materials or BOMs and add items from the search results to RFx events. Buyers can choose to use various filters when they search for materials or BOMs. This feature also allows buyers to search for materials or BOMs with the material descriptions and the custom fields of type string with the new search filters, Material description and Custom field. |
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Ability to bring into effect estimated price, lead time, BOM split, and AML split values for items from any current or future date [DMS-12014] This feature enables buyers to bring into effect estimated price, lead time, and BOM split information for parts in BOMs from any present or future date of their choice. Buyers can also update the AML split information from any day of the month for alternative parts in such BOMs. Previously, the estimated price, lead time, BOM split, and AML split values were supported only from the beginning of a month and this limitation was delaying implementation of BOMs until the beginning of the next month. |
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Enhancements to BOM support [DMS-12476] This feature enables buyers using the product sourcing features of SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite to: -view a graphical representation of total cost projection for future months. -create custom templates for CSV-file-based BOM upload. -assign owners and AML suppliers to materials by using the BOM CSV. -delete AML supplier and plant assignments from BOMs by using the BOM CSV. This feature also revises the list of mandatory and optional BOM fields and introduces automatic assignment of values for AlternateBOMNumber, Usage, ItemNumber, and ItemNodeNumber fields when importing BOM data using a CSV file. |
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Support for custom fields between SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP S/4HANA Cloud integration [DMS-12629] This feature enables buyers to use custom fields in RFQs between SAP S/4HANA Cloud and SAP Ariba Sourcing. |
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Ability for product sourcing users to accept supplier quotes as contracted or estimated prices without creating PIR [DMS-12705] This feature enables users to configure sourcing templates to accept supplier prices as either estimated price, contracted price, or contracted price with PIR. |
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Ability to import BOM data without PlantID [DMS-12812] This feature enables buyers to import BOM data into product sourcing even if the BOM does not have a plant assigned to it. If the buyers set the DEPLOYMENT_MODE_PLANT_ASSIGNMENT_REQUIRED parameter to false and upload BOM data to product sourcing without an SAP plant ID, PLACEHOLDER_PLANT is assigned as the PlantID for such BOMs. Previously, PlantID was a mandatory field and BOM import without a valid SAP plant ID failed. Support for placeholder plants enables buyers to initiate sourcing activities and to collect prices even if a plant is not assigned to the BOM. |
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Ability to copy contracted price from the placeholder plant to actual plants [DMS-12906] This feature enables buyers to copy contracted prices collected using the placeholder plant to actual plants and to create PIRs for the items based on the actual plants and the contracted price copied from the placeholder plant. The placeholder plant is assigned to items that do not have plants and enables buyers to collect prices when the actual plant information is not available. Buyer users who are members of the Customer Administrator group can copy the contracted prices of items from the placeholder plant to one or more plants when the actual plants are assigned. |
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Automatically add content to sourcing events based on event header attributes [SSR-1624] Previously, the Category Attribute Hierarchy allowed customers to automatically add questions or terms when a line item was added within a sourcing event. Now, with this enhancement, customers have the flexibility to add content such as questions or terms to an event automatically when it is created based on the event’s various header fields. To achieve this, the feature now offers content administrators the ability to create conditional rules which govern when content should be added to an event. |
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Support for attachments in Category Attribute Hierarchy [SSR-1798] The Category Attribute Hierarchy can be used as a central library for sourcing content associated with various attributes, such as categories and regions. This feature allows users to also add attachments directly in the Category Attribute Hierarchy and use them subsequently in sourcing events. |
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Contracts SAP Ariba Contracts features also apply to SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite |
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Feature Name & Description | Automatically On | Customer Enabled/ Configured | Contact SAP Ariba |
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SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app 2.0 [BMA-1181] SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app 2.0 introduces the following: - Redesigned user interface based on SAP Fiori. - Support to manage and complete tasks for SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing solutions users. - Push notifications related to tasks. |
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Support for multiple ERP systems linked to the central procurement hub in Contract for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Contracts (4B0) [SC-11435] This feature enables the buyers on SAP Ariba Contracts using the Contract for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Contracts (4B0) scope item to do the following when they are configuring external systems: - Designate an SAP S/4HANA Cloud system as a central procurement hub. The central procurement hub is considered as the parent system. The parent system is linked to more than one external system. - Assign an SAP S/4HANA Cloud system configured as a central procurement hub as the parent to an ERP-system (SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA Cloud, or SAP S/4HANA On-premise) configured as an external system. |
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OAuth authentication for DocuSign in SAP Ariba Contracts [SC-9402] This feature adds support for OAuth authentication in SAP Ariba Contracts integrated with the DocuSign application. DocuSign is used to obtain electronic signatures for contracts. Buyers can send a contract to DocuSign or revoke a contract from DocuSign using the OAuth authentication method. When a buyer submits a signature task, the OAuth authentication method uses dynamically generated access tokens to log in to DocuSign. |
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Procure to Pay
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Supplier Management and Business Network
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Foundation Services
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This information reflects the status of SAP Ariba's planning as of October 2020 and the features discussed are subject to change at any time without notice. SAP Ariba assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions and nothing in this web page should be construed to represent any commitment by SAP Ariba to include any specific new features in any version of the SAP Ariba solutions. Please contact your Customer Engagement Executive for additional details.