Enhancements to custom fields for SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP S/4HANA Cloud integration

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Release Update KB0404856

Feature ID

DMS-13454

Feature Description

SAP Ariba now supports additional data types when buyers map custom fields between SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Customer Problem

Many customers have integrated landscapes where demand is captured in the ERP backend and transfered to Ariba Sourcing to be negotiated. When customers needed to add custom fields (to support their business processes and requirements) in the ERP side, these were not getting transferred to Ariba Sourcing. This was a big limitation for those customers, as the tenders did not contain all the required information captured in the ERP.

Customer Value Proposition

This feature enables customers to transfer configured custom fields from SAP S/4 to Ariba Sourcing. These custom fields can now be used in Ariba Sourcing, offering the following benefits:
1. Visibility to additional information which is relevant for sourcing process
2. Automating business process based on the value in custom fields

Audience

Buyer and Supplier

What's New Guide

https://help.sap.com/docs/SAP_Ariba/978b7e36451a4c2c85321a3ef6f3a7e5/42ed4a90117a4aad84c92eb3fef3df9c.html?locale=en-US&state=PRODUCTION&version=cloud

Feature Enablement

Customer Configured

Feature ID: DMS-13454

Applicable Solutions

SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite

Prerequisites

This feature has the following prerequisites:

This feature requires SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network integration between SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
Custom fields included in the QuoteRequestHeader must be available in SAP Ariba Sourcing, otherwise they won't be mapped.
Custom fields created in SAP Ariba Sourcing must be configured as ERP Integration Fields.
Custom field names in the QuoteRequestHeader and in SAP Ariba Sourcing should match.

To create quote requests, you must be a member of one of the following groups:

Category Manager
Commodity Manager
Customer Administrator (access to this group must be approved by SAP Ariba)
Event Administrator (access to this group must be approved by the SAP Ariba Market Coordination Team)
Junior Procurement Agent
Junior Sourcing Agent
Limited Event Administrator (access to this group must be approved by the SAP Ariba Market Coordination Team)
Procurement Agent
Sourcing Agent
Sourcing Approver
Sourcing Project Administrator (access to this group must be approved by the SAP Ariba Market Coordination Team)

Restrictions

None identified

Applies To

Strategic Sourcing 2102