SAP Ariba Release Readiness Resources

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	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On	Customer Enabled/ Customer Configurable	Contact SAP Ariba To Enable	Learn More	Release
	New look for the header banner and navigation elements in SAP Ariba solutions [PL-21134] The header banner and navigation elements in SAP Ariba solutions have a new look that is based on SAP Fiori 3.0 standards. This enhancement enables SAP Ariba solutions to adopt SAPs consistent user experience guidelines based on SAP Fiori. It is a first step toward fuller adoption of SAPs Intelligent Enterprise Suite guidelines.	With 2005 Release		With 2002 Release	(KT) (FAQ)	2002
	Ability to upload bill of materials (BOM) by using CSV files [DMS-3695] This feature enables product sourcing users to import BOM data from external systems that are not integrated with SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite and helps you perform sourcing activity, such as establishing suppliers, estimating costs, and defining high-level contracts with suppliers, based on the imported BOM data.					2002
	Ability to capture detailed cost breakdowns [DMS-5695] This feature gives buyers the ability to capture cost breakdown information directly in SAP Ariba Sourcing using cost group functionality and cost sheets. Buyers can create multiple cost groups, enabling suppliers to enter pricing information and custom content as part of the sourcing event. Buyers can then transfer the cost breakdown information from the sourcing event directly to product sourcing. Additionally, the feature provides an API to transfer the entire supplier bid information to an external system.					2002
	Support for additional Bill of materials (BOMs) types [DMS-8893] This feature enables buyers to import all types of BOMs - a group BOM, normal BOM, variant BOM, or multi-BOM. The uniqueness of the BOMs is defined by BOM number, Alternate BOM number, and Usage.					2002
	Ability to import plant specific custom fields [DMS-9447] This feature enables buyers to import the plant-specific custom fields from the ERP system to product sourcing.				see release guide	2002
	Support for notes with SAP S/4HANA integration [DMS-10357] This feature enables buyers to send and receive information between SAP S/4 HANA and SAP Ariba as notes in a sourcing request.				see release guide	2005
	Support for attachment with SAP S/4 HANA integration [DMS-10358] This feature enables buyers to send documents as attachments along with the RFQ data back and forth between SAP S/4HANA and SAP Ariba.				see release guide	2005
	Autofill simple RFQ terms from previous RFQ's [DMS-10848] SAP Ariba automatically identifies existing simple RFx events with the same materials and supplier and automatically prepopulates newly created events with the terms from the last existing event.				see release guide	2005
	Support for the integration of master data service between SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP S/4HANA Cloud [DMS-11381] This feature adds support for the integration of master data service between SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP S/4HANA Cloud using master data native interface.				see release guide	2005
	Enable pricing conditions for basket lots [DMS-9152] This feature allows pricing conditions to be set for basket lots.				see release guide	2005
	Product questionnaires [SSR-796] This feature allows buyers to collect detailed specifications for each item within a sourcing event using product questionnaires. Questionnaires are specific to a product category so that when an item from the product category is added to an event as a line item, the product questionnaire is associated with that line item.					2005
	Ability to embed CLID as tables in assembled contract documents [SSR-799] Contract line item terms and ad hoc sourcing event questions can now be added to a contract document (main agreement or contract addendum) that is associated with a contract workspace template or contract workspace in table format.					2005
	Adding sourcing event questions to contract workspaces [SSR-833] With this feature, questions that are copied to a sourcing event that are not tagged as contract terms can be added to a contract workspace as contract terms on an ad hoc basis.					2005
	Support for tags for bills of materials (BOMs) and materials [DMS-8891] Product sourcing users of SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite can add tags to the bills of materials (BOMs) and materials that they own. Product sourcing users can use the tags for searching and filtering BOMs and materials. Product sourcing users can also delete tags that they added to BOMs and Materials.				see release guide	2005
	Ability for users to customize widgets and tiles on the product sourcing dashboard [DMS-11158] This feature enables buyers using the product sourcing features of SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite to add custom widgets and tiles to the product sourcing dashboard based on advanced search criteria that they specify and save. This feature also provides drag and drop, hide, and unhide capabilities to enable buyers to specify the order and appearance of the widgets on the product sourcing dashboard.				see release guide	2008
	Usability enhancements to the cost breakdown functionality [DMS-11261] This feature provides enhancements to the cost breakdown functionality for buyers and suppliers in SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite. The enhancements enable buyers to perform the following tasks: * Define a formula for the Price term in the RFP event template based on the cost group total values * Configure multiple cost group terms as rollup terms * Add cost groups to analytical reports * Export an event with cost groups to an external system for analysis * Import the cost group content of a line item to an event from an Excel file The enhancements enable suppliers to perform the following tasks: * Export an event with cost groups to an external system for analysis * Submit bids for an event with cost groups by using an Excel file This feature also introduces a streamlined and enhanced user interface, Cost breakdown. The Cost breakdown user interface page allows the buyers and suppliers to view and edit the cost groups content in a single page.				see release guide	2008
	Ability to receive supplier quotation confirmation from SAP S/4HANA Cloud [DMS-11854] SAP S/4HANA Cloud now sends confirmation messages to SAP Ariba Sourcing after it receives sourcing request award data.				see release guide	2008
	Ability to send RFQ confirmation to SAP S/4 HANA Cloud [DMS-11855] This this feature enables SAP Ariba to send a confirmation message to SAP S/4HANA Cloud when a sourcing request is created. The message indicates whether a sourcing request was successfully created or an error was encountered.				see release guide	2008
	Ability to deactivate item pricing and BOM split information in bulk [DMS-12015] This feature enables buyers using the product sourcing features of SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite to deactivate contracted price, estimated price, AML split, and BOM split information in bulk by using a CSV file. You can use the Pricing or BOM Split Excel template available from the Import Data page of the Product Sourcing Manager dashboard and set the Active column value of the entry that you want to deactivate to False. When an entry is deactivated, the same is displayed as blank in the UI and Excel exports. Previously, to deactivate a record, buyers had to manually edit the information for each of the items from the UI.				see release guide	2008
	Ability to add constraints on line level Region and Commodity fields in an optimization scenario [OPT-456] This feature gives the buyer the ability to group items based on region and commodities, apply constraints to this item group and restrict the number of suppliers.  This allows a buyer to apply constraints and shortlist suppliers on items that belong to a certain commodity code.  It also allows a buyer to apply constraints and shortlist suppliers on items that are to be sourced for a particular region.				see release guide	2008
	Support for Thai language in SAP Ariba cloud solutions [SINV-9683] Thai language support in all SAP Ariba cloud solutions is now available. You can now navigate through all SAP Ariba cloud solutions with Thai set as the preferred language, and SAP Ariba administrators can upload translations for Thai language.				see release guide	2008
	Simplified and enhanced user interface for advanced search in SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite [DMS-13365] This feature introduces a new, simplified, and enhanced User Interface enabling 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.				New Feature Article	2011
	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.				New Feature Article	2011
	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.				New Feature Article	2011
	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.				New Feature Article	2011
	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.					2011
	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.				New Feature Article	2011
	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.				New Feature Article	2011
	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.				New Feature Article	2011
	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.				New Feature Article	2011

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