Guided buying now maps additional data fields to fields in SAP Ariba Sourcing. Previously, forms designers couldn't map all the RFQ data that they needed.

Forms designers should follow these guidelines when mapping data from guided buying RFQ forms to SAP Ariba Sourcing.

• Map guided buying custom fields to SAP Ariba Sourcing fields in the SourcingProject class. Enter cus_<fieldname> in the Application mapping field for the form widget in guided buying.
• Map guided buying Date and time fields to SAP Ariba Sourcing standard or custom Date type fields in the SourcingProject class. Enter ProjectHeader.cus_<fieldname> or ProjectHeader.<fieldname> in the Application mapping field for the form widget in guided buying.
• Map guided buying data using equivalent data types in SAP Ariba Sourcing, as listed in the following table:

  Guided buying data type	SAP Ariba Sourcing data type
  Input (Number)	Integer/Double/Long/Float
  Date And Time	Date
  Amount	Money
  Text area/Data source chooser/Checkbox/Multiple choice/Dropdown	Text
  Multiple choice/Dropdown	Boolean (in the guided buying forms builder, configure the lowercase options true and false).

• Map the following guided buying standard fields to SAP Ariba Sourcing fields in the SourcingProject class. Enter ProjectHeader.<fieldname> in the Application mapping field for the form widget in guided buying:

  Application mapping value	Guided buying form data type	Sourcing project header field	Sourcing data type
  ProjectHeader.Description	String/Number/other types	Description	String
  ProjectHeader.TargetSavingPct	Number	TargetSavingPct	Double
  ProjectHeader.ActualSavingPct	Number	ActualSavingPct	Double
  ProjectHeader.ActualSaving	Currency	ActualSaving	Money
  ProjectHeader.ContractMonths	Number	ContractMonths	Double
  ProjectHeader.ContractEffectiveDate	DateAndTime	ContractEffectiveDate	Date
  ProjectHeader.AwardJustification	String/Number/other types	AwardJustification	String
  ProjectHeader.ResultsDescription	String/Number/other types	ResultsDescription	String
  ProjectHeader.PlannedStartDate	Date And Time	PlannedStartDate	Date
  ProjectHeader.PlannedEndDate	Date And Time	PlannedEndDate	Date
  ProjectHeader.SourcingMechanism	String/Number/other types	SourcingMechanism	String
  ProjectHeader.ExecutionStrategy	String/Number/other types	ExecutionStrategy	String
  ProjectHeader.ProjectReason	String/Number/other types	ProjectReason	String
  ProjectHeader.PlannedEventType	String/Number/other types	PlannedEventType	String

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