May 2018 Release: Feature Names & Descriptions for Buyers (webpage)

SAP Ariba On-Demand: May 2018 Release

This page includes a list of features planned for the SAP Ariba May 2018 release. Detailed information on all features can be found in the release guides and other documentation located on SAP Ariba Connect. Supplemental knowledge transfer materials are available for some features. For additional information, visit the Release Readiness tile on SAP Ariba Connect.

Strategic Procurement
Supplier risk adverse media feedback	Adds the ability for a user to capture feedback for a specific risk alert, by selecting one or multiple feedback options. This feedback is then submitted back to the associated content provider(s) to influence how they capture/classify their risk events. In addition, this feedback is triggers automatic adjustment of the scoring model (e.g. if the user marks a risk alert as irrelevant, that specific alert will be removed from the suppliers risk calculation in real time).	SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
Lot Support for Contracts	Now administrators can add a lot definition within a procurement contract workspace project template, and users who create a contract workspace based on that template can add a lot to a contract line items document (CLID) within the contract workspace. The lot can be created in the contract workspace without having to first create it in a sourcing event.	SAP Ariba Contracts
Operational Reporting API for Strategic Sourcing	This Feature enables organizations to export Operational data from Sourcing via an SAP Ariba API to a reporting Solution of their choosing.	SAP Ariba Sourcing
Enhancements to RFx Event import/export file to include the Comments field	This feature enhances the current RFx Event excel import/export functionality with the ability to now include the comments as part of the system generated import/export file. The enhanced functionality will be available to both Buyers and Suppliers.	SAP Ariba Sourcing
Suppress supplier RFX award indicators and emails	This feature enables organizations to hide the RFX View Awards and Download Award Summary tabs from suppliers and automatically suppress RFX award emails. The functionality is controlled by the new "Hide Award Info" template rule so organizations can control which events will have award indicators and emails suppressed.	SAP Ariba Sourcing
Include supplier line-level attachments in award data sent to ERP	Send supplier attachments at the line-level back to ERP.	SAP Ariba Sourcing
Analytical Reporting API for Strategic Procurement and Operational Procurement	The SAP Ariba Analytical Reporting API enables you to extract and report on the analytical data that you need, for example, to import to a customer's warehouse or create dashboards for trend assessment. The data consists of all fact and dimension tables currently available in Ariba Analysis.	SAP Ariba Contracts, SAP Ariba Sourcing SAP Ariba Spend Analysis SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management
Template upgrade for supplier registration	This feature introduces the ability to upgrade existing supplier registration projects that were created with previous template versions to the latest published template version. The SM administrator can manage the upgrade process by selecting groups of suppliers impacted by the template change for each of the previous template versions, by triggering the template upgrade, and sending an automatic notification to the primary contact at each supplier.	SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture)
Supplier certificate management	Supplier certificate management leverages modular questionnaires to collect supplier certificates, including meta data like certificate expiration date. A modular certificate questionnaire has its own approval workflow and lifecycle state, and can generate external and internal notifications before expiration. All collected certificates are displayed in the supplier 360 profile view under the certificate tab, and show the associated qualification status. In addition, supplier search has been enhanced with filters for certificate type, status and expiration date.	SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture)
Manual ERP synchronization group for supplier management	This release introduces a new user group SM Manual ERP Sync for which the ERP sync button is shown when the manual ERP sync configuration is selected, and which can therefore initiate initial sync.	SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture)
External approval API for Sourcing and Supplier Management	This feature introduces a new API to process external approvals for tasks in Sourcing, Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, and Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture). It adds a new task type “external approval task” inside a questionnaire, which once activated is set to “pending” and placed in a processing queue that can be queried via the API by an external system.	SAP Sourcing SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture)

Operational Procurement
Feature	Description	Solutions
Visibility of correct customer and delivery address in receipts	The logic for the From address has been changed to more accurately reflect the actual address where goods have been received by the buyer. The From section is now populated with the Sold To address, if available, or the Bill To address from the order. The Receipt page also now includes a Delivery Address field, which shows the delivery address for each line item, if it is present in the cXML	Ariba Network
Ship Notice generation based on delivery location	Currently, the Ariba Network (AN) prevents sellers from sending items with different Ship To locations in the same Ship Notice document. A new ship notice transaction rule, called Do not allow multiple Ship To addresses on a ship notice, has been added . If a buyer checks this rule, suppliers must use only one ship-to address for each ship notice they create for all subsequent orders they receive. This functionality is triggered by a buyer business rule and it is applied to online and cXML transactions.	Ariba Network
PDF attachment option for order routing methods	Suppliers can now receive a PDF version of the Purchase Order with the addition of a new configuration option when their Order Routing method is set as email, cXML or Integration Gateway. Ariba Network will send the standard version of the PO as a PDF attachment in the email or cXML respectively.	Ariba Network
Override default order routing based on extrinsic Transaction Category Type	Override default order routing based on extrinsic Transaction Category Type	Ariba Network
UAE VAT e-Invoicing	This feature enhances Ariba Network e-Invoicing capability by allowing suppliers to create and send regulatory consistent United Arab Emirates (UAE) VAT invoices to buyers.	Ariba Network
Support for custom privacy policies	SAP Ariba allows you to configure the Privacy Statement popup that appears at first login. Organizations can link to their own privacy policy, link to the SAP Ariba Privacy Statement, or omit the privacy policy link and the consent prompt altogether. SAP Ariba provides this feature to offer customer administrators more control over privacy-related messaging presented to users, because there are varying regional legal approaches to privacy statements and consent requirements.	Ariba Network
New Spot Buy Data Enricher Format	Spot Buy Customers using the Data Enricher feature for their reconciliation method are generating L3 cXML outputs for their ERP system can now receive an output file that is geared towards uploading it into an SAP ERP system ("SAP Format").	SAP Ariba Spot Buy Catalog
Enable edit for restricted item requests	When requesting a restricted Spot Buy item, users can edit their email address after submission.	SAP Ariba Spot Buy Catalog
Support for approval tasks from SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management solutions	Approval tasks that have been assigned to a guided buying user will now appear in the 'Approve Requests' area of guided buying.	SAP Ariba Buying, with the guided buying capability SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, with the guided buying capability
Favorite Items	With this feature, users can tag catalog or forms as a 'favorite item'. Favorite items are stored in a personal folder and can quickly be accessed by the user to speed up the time it takes to create a purchase request.	SAP Ariba Buying, with the guided buying capability SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, with the guided buying capability
Enhancements to resending purchase orders	Previously, the SAP Ariba solution allowed users to resend purchase orders only to light-enabled suppliers to either the email address of the contact to whom the order was previously sent or to the email address of an alternate contact in the supplier organization. This feature includes enhancements to allow users to resend purchase orders to the primary supplier contact and optionally, to an additional contact in the supplier organization.	SAP Ariba Buying SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing
Support for warning messages from external systems in Validate and Enrich API's	Currently, the Validate and Enrich API's support only errors as a part of validation. Unless all the errors are rectified, the system does not let the user go ahead with the documents lifecycle. This feature allows the external system to, in addition to potential errors, also send warnings. In case of only Warnings, Ariba will present those warnings, but not hinder the user from proceeding with the documents lifecycle, such as submission or approval.	SAP Ariba Buying SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing
Include line level ship notice reference in reconciled Invoices	Supplier can send invoice lines with references to ship notice lines on the Ariba Network. The ship notice ID and ship notice line reference on the invoice line is now included when the invoice is sent to the buyer's ERP system from SAP Ariba Invoice Management and SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing. There is no processing logic for the ship notice reference in SAP Ariba Invoice Management or SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing.	SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing SAP Ariba Invoice Management
AribaPay EFT for Light Accounts	Buyers will be able to invite Light Account Suppliers to AribaPay EFT program. Suppliers will be received remittance in email and also will the capability to resend remittance from AN home page.	SAP Ariba Payables
Analytical Reporting API for Strategic Procurement and Operational Procurement	The SAP Ariba Analytical Reporting API enables you to extract and report on the analytical data that you need, for example, to import to a customer's warehouse or create dashboards for trend assessment. The data consists of all fact and dimension tables currently available in Ariba Analysis.	SAP Ariba Catalog SAP Ariba Buying SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing SAP Ariba Invoice Management
Forms builder improvements	The user interface of the forms builder is enhanced for usability, functionality, and visual design. Added ability to mark personal data in form designs.	SAP Ariba Catalog SAP Ariba Buying SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing SAP Ariba Invoice Management SAP Ariba Contract Invoicing
Ability to mark personal data in form designs	Personal information as defined in information security and privacy laws, is sensitive information that must be identified to protect user's privacy and security. The Form settings tab for each form design includes the Personal data section. In this section, the Manage fields link opens a window that identifies all fields for personal information. An audit log is a record of events that occurred in an information technology (IT) system. When a user submits or deletes a form document that includes personal information, the audit log file is updated. When a user updates the personal data or downloads an attachment, those events are also logged in the audit log. Administrators can download the audit log file for auditing purposes.	SAP Ariba Catalog SAP Ariba Buying SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing SAP Ariba Invoice Management

SAP Ariba Solutions for Direct Spend
Feature	Description	Solutions
Excel upload/download for Forecast and Supplier-managed inventory reports	Supplier-managed inventory and forecast involve mass processing of data. Organizations need the flexibility to have Excel interface for better usability. With Excel upload / download for Forecast, SMI, and Inventory data suppliers can use Excel for downloading and uploading mass data and planned shipments and manage these processes more efficiently.	SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration
Manufacturing type field to filter forecast and build priority views	The Manufacturing type field is added to the Upload/Download job search filters and results data.	SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration

Platform & Technology

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Solutions

Access to SAP Ariba REST APIs is now extended to sites in China

*This feature is only relevant to customers of the China Datacom Corporation and their use of SAP Ariba Cloud Services operated by CDC, and is subject to the OnDemand Solution Description Guide for SAP Ariba operated by CDC as published from time to time.

With this release, access to the SAP Ariba APIs and the SAP Ariba developer portal will now be extended to sites hosted by SAP Ariba in the China data center.

SAP Ariba APIs
SAP Ariba developer portal

Please contact your Customer Engagement Executive for additional detail. This information reflects the status of SAP Ariba's planning as of April 2018 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.

Procurement

Service requisitions and email notifications

Easily create service requisitions in your SAP Ariba procurement solution and import service requisitions from external systems.
Streamline email traffic by managing system notifications based on user groups and roles or turning messages off for specific users.

Greater purchasing flexibility for users in guided buying

Enable users to shop by searching by supplier name to find goods and services.
Allow users to add/remove ad-hoc approvers to the approval flows to expedite and make approvals more accurate.

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SAP Ariba Procurement Features

Planned New Features for SAP Ariba Applications

SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing
Feature	Description	Solutions
Sourcing Requests tile	This feature introduces a new Sourcing Requests dashboard action tile for buyers. The Sourcing Requests tile shows information about sourcing requests for which buyers are the owner, team member, or both.	SAP Ariba Sourcing SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing, advanced edition
Support multiple currencies for line items in a Contract Line Items Document (CLID)	This SAP Ariba Contracts feature allows buyers to specify different currencies for different line items in a Contract Line Items Document (CLID).	SAP Ariba Contracts SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing, advanced edition
Display changes made to line items in contract line items documents	This SAP Ariba Contracts feature allows owners of Approval, Review, or Negotiation tasks to view differences in line item attributes between the previous published version and revised (published or draft) contract line items documents (CLID) version, thus helping them quickly approve changes. This feature also allows buyers or creators of CLID documents to view differences in line item attributes between CLID document versions.	SAP Ariba Contracts SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing, advanced edition

SAP Ariba Supplier Management
Feature	Description	Solutions
Search based on questions	This feature provides ability to search on any questions with limited answer types.	SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing, advanced edition

SAP Ariba Procurement
Feature	Description	Solutions
Combined Spend Contract Workspace	The concept of combined spend is introduced to permit businesses more visibility and greater flexibility in procurement spend. - Allow user to see Contract Terms related to Purchase Orders, Receipts, and Invoices - Allow user to see Contract Workspace related Purchase Orders and Invoices (ad hoc transactions) - Allow user to link contract document from other Contract Workspace projects that are combined spend
Enhancements to service requisitioning process	This feature includes the following enhancements to the service requisitioning process: - User interface changes to allow buyers to create service requisitions by specifying the item category. - Ability to import service requisitions from external systems and manage them in SAP Ariba Buying solutions.
Managing email notifications	This feature enables administrators to manage email notification settings and their recipients based on groups and roles. It also enables users to manage their individual email notification preferences and specify if they do not want to receive certain administrative emails.
Ability to add or delete approvers	This feature allows the end users to add ad hoc approvers/watchers to the requisition approval flow.
Supplier search and details page	This feature allows the user to search for suppliers by supplier Name. Suppliers are displayed as tiles in search results similar to catalog items. Users will also be able to look at basic Supplier information by clicking on the Supplier tiles.
Improved commodity selection on a request	This feature allows the user to choose a commodity code from an intuitive tree diagram when creating a request.
Enhanced sourcing processes	Add multiple line items on a request for quotation (RFQ). Cancel a submitted RFQ in cases where you decide not to move forward. Create sourcing request documents for high-touch tactical sourcing.
Enhanced landing page configuration	This feature provides an ability to define landing pages using an intuitive UI. The new interface supports landing pages tiles that lead to another landing page, a form, or an external web address.
Cross Catalog Search	This feature provides the user with the ability to search items from various content channels using a single search interface.
Report of expiring catalog items	With this feature, a new 'Catalogs with items expiring in 30 days' report displays the various catalogs that contain items that expire within the next 30 days.
Third-party systems integration for tax determination on approvable documents	This feature supports integration between SAP Ariba solutions and third-party tax calculation systems to allow users to add externally calculated tax data on requisitions and invoice reconciliation documents.
Enhanced approval flow reporting	This feature provides a new Approvals fact to include approval flow related information. Using this fact, customers can generate a single report to view approved by users, active, and pending approvers. This fact also includes approval cycle times, queue assignments, and provides information about delegated approver roles.
Customizing the accept and dispute action labels on invoice reconciliation documents	With this feature, customers can define the names of the accept and dispute exception-handling actions displayed on invoice reconciliation documents. This helps exception handlers to distinctly identify all the options available to resolve invoice exceptions before they choose the most appropriate action based on their business needs.
Invoiced amount accumulator changes on contracts and purchase orders	This feature provides an option to control if the invoiced and available amount calculation on no-release order contracts includes or excludes taxes and charges to avoid that contracts are closed prematurely. It also corrects the way that the remaining amount (amount that is yet to be invoiced) is calculated on purchase orders.
Self-service group management for private help communities	Assign special groups to your purchasing experts and to the people who maintain your custom help content in your guided buying private help community. Users in these groups can ensure a smooth and successful purchasing experience for your guided buying users.

For more details, please contact your Customer Engagement Executive.This information reflects the status of SAP Ariba's planning as of April 2017 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