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

SAP Ariba On-Demand: April 2018 Release

This page includes a list of features planned for the SAP Ariba April 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
Feature	Description	Solutions
Update Material Master items in CLID from sourcing award	With this solution users should be able to update line items into a CLID from a Sourcing Award	SAP Ariba Contracts SAP Ariba Sourcing
Append or update line items in contracts from a sourcing award without manual amendment of the contract workspace	This feature will ensure that line items from a sourcing award can be updated or amended in to a contract without manually changing the status of the workspace. With this solution, all contracts - draft, draft amendment and published contracts will be listed from the sourcing award. When a user selects a published contract, application will create Price Update Amendments automatically, update the contract line items document by adding or updating line items, then close the amendment.	SAP Ariba Contracts SAP Ariba Sourcing
Control the deletion of line items from a Contracts Line Item Document (CLID)	This feature provides users the option to disable line items in the CLID thus preventing further edits while retaining the line item on the User Interface(UI) for future reference.	SAP Ariba Contracts
Suppler Lifecycle and Performance, and Sourcing - Supplier Invitation Improvements	This release introduces several improvements to the supplier invitation process: Sourcing and SLP invitations are buyer-branded. Sourcing and SLP invitations sent to named supplier contact Sourcing and SLP invitation includes the buyer's deadline. Supplier sees reason for request for additional email in in email Denial email includes buyer's contact information (email distribution list)	SAP Ariba Sourcing SAP Ariba Supllier Lifecycle and Performance

Operational Procurement
Feature	Description	Solutions
Support for catalog files in Microsoft Excel format	With this feature, SAP Ariba solutions support catalog files in Microsoft Excel format, both when imported locally, as well as downloaded from Ariba Network.	SAP Ariba Catalogs
Tax and Segment Support in the Bmecat catalog format	Tax and segment information is now be supported in a catalog that is formatted using Bmecat.	SAP Ariba Catalogs
Support for additional catalog fields: Content Unit and Packing Quantity	This feature provides support for 2 new fields Content Unit and Packing Quantity in BMEcat and CIF.	SAP Ariba Cataolgs
Restrict Automatic Contract Version Updates on Change PO	This feature allows customers to control whether an automatic update of the PO line to the latest amended version of a contract or catalog item should occur or not. This behavior is enabled by setting a parameter.	SAP Ariba Buying SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing
Allow Change PO on Deleted Catalog Items or Closed Contracts	This feature allows a user to do a change PO containing catalog items that has been deactivated, or contract items that has been closed/expired. Change PO with deactive catalog items is controlled by a system parameter. The if the parameter is enabled, an additional option on the contract is displayed; "Allow Change PO after Contract is closed", that allows the user to control this at contract level. If change PO is allowed per above, and the PO has a deactive catalog item, or closed/expired contract item, a warning is displayed. However, the user is not prohibited to perform the change and submit the change PO.	SAP Ariba Buying SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing
Ability to search by User ID and Email Address when reassigning approvable roles	Under Manage > Approvable Role Assignment, you can now also search users by User ID as well as Business Email Address. This ensures correct user is selected.	SAP Ariba Buying SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing
Ability to mark PR custom fields as Internal	With this feature, buyers can mark requisition fields as internal to ensure that when change orders are created upon revision of such fields, the revised orders are not sent to suppliers on Ariba Network.	SAP Ariba Buying SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing
Reject fully approved invoice	Invoice reconciliation documents in status Paying in SAP Ariba Invoice Management can now go to status Rejected when Ariba Network sends a status update request informing SAP Ariba Invoice Management that the invoice has been rejected. An invoice administrator or customer administrator is able to Force Reject an invoice reconciliation document in status Paying in SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, and SAP Ariba Invoice Management, whereby a rejected status update request is sent to the Ariba Network along with any comments provided by the invoice administrator or customer administrator. When an invoice reconciliation document goes to status Rejected in SAP Ariba Invoice Management, and SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, the accumulators on the purchase orders, contracts, and goods receipts that the invoice had updated is decremented with the amount on the invoice that was moved to status Rejected.	SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing SAP Ariba Invoice Management
Supplier selection policy	Create policies based on various criteria to narrow down the list of available preferred supplier on forms. Users choose from a filtered list of preferred suppliers when filling out forms.	guided buying capability
Enabling tolerances for shipped quantities on an invoice	Buyers can specify the tolerance limits applicable for shipped quantities on an invoice. This allows suppliers to generate invoices from ship notices where the quantity shipped value in the invoice can differ from the quantities specified in the ship notice within the specified tolerance limits.	Ariba Network
Manual generation of invoices and LICM based on Reversal Receipts	Ariba Network allows suppliers to generate manually Invoices based on a list of Receipts that contain received quantities and Line Item Credit Memos based on returned quantities. However, AN did not list reversal movements (Received reversal or Returned reversal) so the supplier was not able to select and reference these documents during the Invoice and/or Line Item Credit Memo creation. Through this feature suppliers are now able to select reversal movements to generate the invoice/credit and AN includes the correct Receipt reference in the cXML that is sent to the buyer.	Ariba Network
Enhancements for invoice autogeneration from receipts for ERS and consignment orders	The invoice auto-generation from receipts should not take place if the ERS (Self-billing) indicator is sent in the Purchase Order. Currently the invoice is generated automatically in AN with "Failed" status which is confusing for suppliers. The same happens when orders with consignment items are received in AN which is not correct because suppliers can only bill based on buyer's item consumption. This behavior is being changed through this feature.	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Invoice Automation
Showing bid details in the supplier's currency	Buyers can also view the supplier bid details in the supplier's currency so that they can take a decision about the competitiveness of the bid.	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation
Splitting an award on the Compare Supplier Bids page	Buyers can compare bids on the Compare Supplier Bids page and now directly split the award on this page. Buyers can compare the supplier bid for each line item using any money-based field like unit price, taxes, and shipping charges.	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation
Showing buyer sub-user information on the Request for Quote (RFQ) posting	Suppliers can view the details of the buyers so that they can contact them to seek clarifications.	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation
Labeling of RFQ postings that suppliers are not interested in bidding for	The listing page will show a visual indicator that the supplier has marked the event as "Not Interested".	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation
Showing the logged-in buyer's RFQs	Buyers can view only those RFQ postings that they have created. In large business organizations, if there are many RFQs generated within a business unit, buyers can use this feature to see their RFQs.	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation
Showing RFQ details in the buyer's browser locale timezone	Quote automation now displays the details of RFQs in the timezone of the buyer's browser locale rather than at the organization level. The language and currency setting of event is based on the sub-user's locale and it now includes the time zone.	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation
Sorting of RFQ postings on the SAP Ariba Discovery dashboard	Provides the option to turn off Closed postings in the leads tab. Suppliers will then not see closed postings first for responses in this tab. In addition, on the Wins tab, SAP Ariba Discovery sorts the RFQ postings based on descending award date. The RFQs which were recently awarded are shown first. On the Responses tab, SAP Ariba Discovery sorts the RFQ postings based on descending response date. The RFQs which were recently responded to are shown first. On the Invitations, Matches, and Watchlist tabs, SAP Ariba Discovery sorts the RFQ postings based on the ascending start date of the RFQs.	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation
RFQ posting closure notification emails	Quote automation sends notification emails to invited suppliers when an RFQ is terminated or closed.	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation
Increased frequency of bidding invitation digest email	For approved suppliers, SAP Ariba Discovery sends the RFQ bidding invitation digest email every four hours if the duration of the RFQ posting is less than three days.	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation
Showing supplier's bidding price trend on an RFQ	Provide the bid history of the supplier to the buyer for each line in an event to allow a Buyer to see the reduction in pricing.	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation
Showing supplier company name in the email notifications	All notifications to suppliers now include the supplier company name.	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation
Previewing the list of invited suppliers	This feature merges the Invite by Vendor and Invite by Supplier pages together to provide robust invite functionality including: 1. Invite by vendor ID or name 2. Reduce the number of attributes of the supplier shown on the listing 3. Invite filtered by best matches 4. Invite by supplier quote groups	SAP Ariba Commerce Automation: Quote Automation

SAP Ariba Solutions for Direct Spend
Feature	Description	Solutions
Multiple order confirmation control at line-item level	Order confirmation control at line-item level.	SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration
Standard material field mapping and custom labels for SAP Ariba fields	Allow for mapping the standard Product Sourcing Material fields to fields we receive in the Material Master table. Also, allow for the customer to change the field labels in Product Sourcing.	SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite
Custom field mapping for Product Sourcing	Allow for the customer to change the field labels in DMS.	SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite

Platform & Technology
Feature	Description	Solutions
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.	All SAP Ariba solutions
Generate and download user report on the Developer Portal	With this feature an Organization Admin on the Developer Portal will be able to generate on demand report in csv format per registered user from that organization.	API 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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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