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SAP Ariba 2011 Release Feature List

 

Supplier Management and  Business Network Features

	Supply Chain Collaboration
	Feature Name & Description	Learn More
	Allow suppliers to share planned replenishment quantities before creating a new replenishment order [CSC-11880] With this feature, suppliers can share planned replenishment quantities before creating a new replenishment order.
	Adding editable time zone information in the order confirmation Excel template. [CSC-14218] This feature adds a time zone field to the Upload/Download feature's Order Confirmation template in Excel.	see What's new guide
	User interface improvements for quality notification pages [CSC-14536] This feature improves the quality notification pages in the Ariba Network user interface, for better readability and usability.	see What's new guide
	Schedule-line level mass confirmation support for purchase orders, scheduling agreements, and scheduling agreement releases [CSC-15328] This feature allows suppliers to use CSV upload to perform mass confirmations at a schedule-line level for purchase orders, scheduling agreements, and scheduling agreement releases. In addition, suppliers enabled for SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration can also use Excel upload/download capability to perform these mass confirmations.	see What's new guide
	Hyperlink support in quality notifications [CSC-18754] With this feature, suppliers can add Web-page links to quality notifications. For allowed URL domains, this feature makes the URL a live hyperlink.	see What's new guide
	Forecast commit flexibility for time series [CSC-19958] With this feature, suppliers can commit forecast quantities in any time series and see a commit freeze in any view. Also, buyers can choose to have forecast quantities posted to the end date of its time bucket.	see What's new guide
	Increase attachment limit and improve email notifications for quality reviews [CSC-20207] This feature increases the size limit of document attachments to quality reviews to 200 MB and adds support for sending quality-review email notifications to multiple recipients.	see What's new guide
	Improvements to planning collaboration capabilities [CSC-20389] This feature increases the maximum number of custom key figures, adds access to certain Upload/Download planning information for some users, and adds functionality to populate all cells in Upload/Download planning Excel files.	see What's new guide
	Component consumption and new resend option [CSC-21156] This feature provides buyers with a new Component Consumption list and an option to resend Component Consumption and Component Receipts messages.	see What's new guide
	Semicolon CSV file support [CSC-21542] This feature adds three Upload/Download templates for Manufacturing Planning Visibility in addition to the three existing ones.	see What's new guide
	Time series granularity preferences for forecast commits [CSC-21543] With this feature, buyers can select a preferred time series granularity (All, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly) for forecast commit planning items and impose that time series granularity on a supplier. Alternately, buyers can allow a supplier to choose the preferred time series granularity for committing forecast planning items.	see What's new guide
	Network Procurement
	Feature Name & Description	Learn More
	Schedule-line level mass confirmation support for purchase orders, scheduling agreements, and scheduling agreement releases [CSC-15328] This feature allows suppliers to use CSV upload to perform mass confirmations at a schedule-line level for purchase orders, scheduling agreements, and scheduling agreement releases. In addition, suppliers enabled for SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration can also use Excel upload/download capability to perform these mass confirmations.	see What's new guide
	Order status enhancement for email routing [CSC-17604] Ariba Network will not change the order status based on email auto-reply processing.	see What's new guide
	Unlimited and Underdelivery quantity tolerance in Items to Ship [CSC-18377] Ariba Network allows customers to submit orders to suppliers with items marked with unlimited quantity tolerance. For such items, suppliers can generate unlimited shipments until the expiration date is reached. Even if the full quantity has already been shipped for an item with unlimited quantity tolerance, it still appears on the Items to Ship tab. Similarly, if an item has not shipped its full quantity but it has reached its underdelivery quantity tolerance specified in the order, it does not appear on the Items to Ship tab.	see What's new guide
	Display multiple comments in purchase order header and line level [CSC-18676] This feature allows display of multiple comments for purchase order at both the header and the line level in the user interface.	see What's new guide
	Order confirmation support for planned lean-service items [CSC-19351] With this feature, hosted and integrated suppliers can create order confirmations for planned lean-service items.	see What's new guide
	Adding work order information to purchase orders originating from SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA and follow-on documents [NP-22579] Work order information originating from the Plant Maintenance component of SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA is now displayed in documents transacted on Ariba Network. The two new work order information fields are WorkOrder ID and Equipment ID. These fields are auto-populated in documents that are displayed on Ariba Network. The work order information is derived from purchase orders received into Ariba Network from the buyers' SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA.
	Support for QR-Bill payment reference for Ariba Network Invoices in Switzerland and Liechtenstein [NP-24630] Switzerland has a new QR-Bill that requires Suppliers to be able to send payment reference information or a QR Code along with their invoices that Buyers can use to efficiently process payments and reduce payment cycles for their suppliers. As part of this, the Ariba Network has added country transaction rules that allow buyers to receive additional payment references from their Suppliers in Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Suppliers in these two regions can now include a QR-IBAN with a mandatory QR Reference or use their existing IBAN with an optional Creditor Reference and also pass additional billing information that uses SWICO tags as part of the bank information in their invoices.	see What's new guide
	Long term Archive Deposit Report for Italy [NP-24901] Italy has a specific country mandate for a Deposit Report which is a report of the archived invoices inc storage information to be made available for audit. With this feature the Ariba Network provides a new report of the invoice archive deposit information for Buyers and Suppliers in Italy who have enabled Long term archiving storage.	see What's new guide
	Supplier reports for payment receipts in Mexico [NP-25590] Suppliers in Mexico can generate reports in their Ariba Network accounts to get visibility into payment receipts that have been sent to their buyers. Suppliers can also filter reports using the Status field to be informed if their buyers have approved or rejected payment receipts. In addition, suppliers can generate invoice reports that display only those invoices that do not have any associated payment receipts.	see What's new guide
	Ariba Network integration with SAP Field Service Management with a single-tenant crowd architecture [NS-9217] This feature introduces Ariba Network integration with SAP Field Service Management with a single-tenant crowd architecture that supports onboarding multiple suppliers in a single company or tenant. Note: Though included in the 2011 Release feature list and What's New in SAP Ariab guide, this feature will not be available with the 2011 release. It is planned to be available with the Dec 2020 SP.	(Configuration Doc)

Foundation Services Features

	Extensibility & Configurability
	Feature Name & Description	Learn More
	Ship Notice API for Suppliers [CSC-21157] - New API for Suppliers The Ship Notice API for Suppliers enables you to retrieve detailed ship notice information from Ariba Network.
	Integration
	Feature Name & Description	Learn More
	Integration support for Automation of Order-to-Invoice with Ariba Network (4A1) for SAP S/4HANA [IG-17212] With the scope item Automation of Order-to-Invoice with Ariba Network (4A1), suppliers can use SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway to integrate SAP S/4HANA with Ariba Network. Suppliers using SAP S/4HANA receive purchase orders, with or without attachments, through SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway from Ariba Network buyers. In SAP S/4HANA suppliers create order confirmations, with or without attachments, for sales orders related to the purchase orders received. Similarly, advance ship notices and invoices are created by suppliers in SAP S/4HANA and sent through SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway to buyers using Ariba Network.	see What's new guide
	Integration support for Automation of Order-to-Invoice with Ariba Network (4A1) for SAP S/4HANA Cloud [IG-20266] With the scope item Automation of Order-to-Invoice with Ariba Network (4A1), suppliers using SAP S/4HANA Cloud can now include tax information, supplier VAT ID, and buyer VAT ID on invoices. Invoices are sent through SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway, using native APIs, to buyers on Ariba Network.	see What's new guide
	Including buyer's VAT ID in invoices created on the supplier's ERP system [IG-18421] This feature allows suppliers on Ariba Network using SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway to integrate their SAP ERP with Ariba Network to include VAT ID of buyers in invoices.	see What's new guide

This information reflects the status of SAP Ariba's planning as of October 2020 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. Please contact your Customer Engagement Executive for additional details.