2105 Release: Feature Names and Descriptions For Buyers

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A simpler & smarter SAP Ariba Help Center [AUC-6197]
SAP Ariba has reimagined how our buyers and suppliers get help and assistance using our products. Our goal is simple: to empower you to find the help you need with the least effort, so you can derive the business value you expect from your SAP Ariba investment. We’ve been listening to you carefully in numerous research engagements to prioritize improvement opportunities in our current Help Center.

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Microsoft Edge Chromium browser support [PL-34978]
All SAP Ariba cloud solutions support the Microsoft Edge Chromium browser (32-bit and 64-bit).

SAP Ariba 2105 Release


	2105 Feature Overview webcasts	What's new in SAP Ariba user guide

Procurement

Strategic Sourcing

Supplier Management and Business Network

Integration

Strategic Sourcing
Sourcing SAP Ariba Sourcing features also apply to SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 
Support for integrating SAP Ariba Sourcing with the central procurement hub in Contract for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Contracts (4B0) [DMS-15102] This feature buyers to integrate SAP Ariba Sourcing with the central procurement hub in Contract for Central Procurement with the SAP Ariba Contracts (4B0) scope item.
Ability to specify the order of content sections in a Guided Sourcing event [SS-12037] This feature enables buyers to specify the order in which content, such as line item information, general content, and supplier information, appears in the draft view of a Guided Sourcing event. Buyers can also specify the order in which line item information and general content such as questions and requirements appear in the supplier view of a Guided Sourcing event. You can specify the order of sections in the buyer (project owner) and supplier views by selecting the order in the event rules of the template.
Allow suppliers to decline to bid on a line item in guided sourcing [SS-14702] This feature allows suppliers to decline to bid on a line item, and adds support for the event rule "Require participant to give a reason for declining to bid".
Edit supplier contact information from a guided sourcing event [SS-19862] This feature allows you to edit supplier contact information from a guided sourcing event.
Intelligent supplier recommendations in guided sourcing [SS-21256] SAP Ariba Sourcing recommends suppliers to invite to a guided sourcing event based on similar past events.
Support for simple formulas in smart import of unstructured Excel files [SS-22166] This feature extends the smart import of unstructured Excel file capability to interpret and import simple formulas from an unstructured Excel file to an event. Simple formulas perform one of the following calculation operations: addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*), or division (/). If an unstructured file uploaded for smart import contains formulas for any of the line-item terms, such terms are identified as a new formula term in the line-item preview. When you review the term, you can retain the formula, create a new term based on the data, or map the data to an existing term. If the terms contain complex formulas, such terms are marked as unsupported formula in the edit term popup.
Support for buyer document attachments in email bidding invites [SS-23369] This feature introduces support for buyer document attachments in email bidding invites. When an invite is generated for an email bidding event, documents such as questions, requirements, and item description documents that buyers uploaded to the event are compressed into a .zip package and added as an attachment to the event invite email along with the bid sheet as an Excel spreadsheet and the bidder agreement as a Word document. By default, the maximum permissible file size for all the attachments together is 10 MB. If the total file size of the attachments exceeds the configured file size limit, you receive an error. Though by default the attachment size is limited to 10 MB, you can work with SAP Ariba support to modify the maximum limit to match your specific requirements. Alternatively, if the attachment size exceeds the maximum limit, you can upload the documents to a location that suppliers have access to and add links to the documents in the doc type URL term.

Strategic Sourcing for Industries Features only available with SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 
SAP Ariba Sourcing support for the RFQ and supplier quotation confirmation messages in the 4QN integration scenario [DMS-14005] This feature extends SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway support to the RFQ and supplier quotation confirmation messages in the Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Sourcing (4QN) integration scenario.
Ability to create price acceptance scenarios from auction events [DMS-14926] This feature enables buyers using the product sourcing features of SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite to create price acceptance scenarios from reverse and forward auction events. The price acceptance scenario enables you to choose items for which you want to create purchasing info records (PIRs) from SAP Ariba Sourcing that is integrated with external systems such as SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA.
Support for supplier currency in follow-on documents such as PIRs and contracts [DMS-14940] SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite supports the use of supplier currency in contract workspaces and in the integration of follow-on documents such as purchase info records (PIRs), purchase orders, and outline agreements with external systems. Buyers can use the self-service parameter Application.ACM.UseSupplierBidCurrencyForContractsAndIntegration.Enabled to specify whether supplier currency can be used for cost information in contract workspaces and follow-on documents such as PIRs, purchase orders, and outline agreements. By default, this parameter is set to Yes. When this parameter is set to No, contract workspaces and follow-on documents are created in the event currency.
Support for custom content in SAP Enable Now web assistant for product sourcing [DMS-15229] This feature enables buyers to add help content to the product sourcing user interface by using the custom content capability of SAP Enable Now Web assistant. To be able to add custom help content, you must have a valid license for SAP Enable Now and should have enabled the self-service parameter Application.AQS.EnableWebAssistantForGuidedSourcing for your site. You must also configure the self-service parameter Application.AQS.WebAssistantJSTemplate with the link to the JavaScript-based configuration template for the web assistant.
Drag-and-drop message attachment into a guided sourcing event [SS-19957] This feature allows buyers to drag-and-drop an attachment from a message into a guided sourcing event. Buyers save time because they no longer have to download the attachment and then upload it to the event. Buyers can move attachments from messages into line item terms, questions, and requirements. The attachments become reference documents in the event.
Product questionnaire user experience enhancements [SSR-2228] This feature provides a new and more efficient product questionnaire user experience for buyers and suppliers. Buyers can now also use this feature in guided sourcing events.
Requirements support in category attribute hierarchy [SSR-2520] This feature allows you to create a library of requirements in the category attribute hierarchy, which can be configured so that they are added to sourcing events automatically when specific conditions are met.
Document versioning in the category attribute hierarchy [SSR-2522] This feature allows category attribute hierarchy administrators to upload documents independently of objects such as questions, product questionnaires, or characteristics, and to manage document versions from a single location.

Contracts SAP Ariba Contracts features also apply to SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 
Support for integrating SAP Ariba Sourcing with the central procurement hub in Contract for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Contracts (4B0) [DMS-15102] This feature buyers to integrate SAP Ariba Sourcing with the central procurement hub in Contract for Central Procurement with the SAP Ariba Contracts (4B0) scope item.
Support for lean-service items in central contracts and purchase contracts sent to SAP S/4HANA Cloud in the 4AZ and 4B0 integration scenarios [SC-12270] This feature enables buyers to add lean-service items to purchase contracts and central contracts in SAP Ariba Contracts workspaces and send them to SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway. The following scope items support this feature: * Contract Management with SAP Ariba Contracts (4AZ) for purchase contracts * Contract for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Contracts (4B0) for central contracts
Support for integrating custom fields in contract workspace to SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud [SC-12549] This feature enables the buyers on SAP Ariba Contracts using the Contract Management with SAP Ariba Contracts (4AZ) scope item or the Contract for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Contracts (‏4B0‏) scope item to integrate custom fields in contract workspace to SAP S/4HANA and/or SAP S/4HANA Cloud using the custom mapping functionality of SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway.
Ability to use advanced signature types in DocuSign [SC-13548] This feature enables buyers to use the advanced signature types in the DocuSign application integrated with SAP Ariba Contracts. When buyers initiate a signature task for a document from SAP Ariba Contracts, buyers are redirected to the Edit Recipients view in DocuSign. The Edit Recipients view allows buyers to configure the signature type for individual recipients before submitting the document for eSignature. Buyers can select the advanced signature type and enter the authentication details in the Edit Recipients view.
Enabling contract line item changes in imported legacy contracts to be updated in SAP ERP systems [SC-8895] SAP Ariba Contracts supports the import of legacy contracts along with contract line items using a contract line items document. Previously, when changes were made to contract line items in the imported legacy contracts, there was no way to update the corresponding contract in SAP ERP systems. This feature introduces the ability to update such contracts in SAP ERP systems when changes are made to contract line items in the corresponding imported legacy contracts.

Procurement
Buying & Invoicing	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 
Support for non-English locales while exporting and importing requisitions in Excel format [CP-13444] This feature enables buyers using SAP Ariba Buying or SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing in non-English locales, to successfully export or import requisitions in the Excel format.
Support for managing teams in procurement operations desk [PD-597] This feature enables procurement operations desk managers to create and manage teams. These teams can be used in rules to assign the requisitions. Managers can also view the status of requisitions processed by their teams. Procurement operations desk agents can be assigned to multiple teams and they can also view their team-based assignments.
Edit and approve invoices in guided buying [SINV-10079] Now, guided buying offers a simplified, more efficient invoicing experience for most types of invoices by eliminating the need to navigate between two separate solutions. You can now edit and approve non-PO and PO-based invoices natively in guided buying without being redirected to SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing. Invoices continue to be reconciled in SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing after they’re approved. Previously, when users clicked an invoice in guided buying, they were redirected to SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing to perform editing and approval. Only simple one-line non-PO invoices could be edited and approved in guided buying.
Support for manual selection of contract when adding a non-catalog service item [SINV-4851] This feature enables users to manually select a contract when adding a non-catalog service item to a requisition. If the contract contains service specification sets (containing service lines in a hierarchical structure), users can also select a specific service line within the hierarchy. When submitting service entry sheets against orders containing such items, users can add the selected service line (or related child service lines) from the associated contract.
Notification recipients upper limit established in procurement test sites [PL-29897] The maximum number of recipients for document creation notifications has been set to 500.
Support for SAP ERP service specification hierarchies [SINV-4243] With this feature, SAP Ariba solutions support the display of the hierarchical structure of service specification sets (containing service lines) in contracts imported from SAP ERP. The hierarchical structure is also supported in the generated catalog items, associated service orders, and the corresponding service entry sheets that are submitted against the orders.

Supplier Management and Business Network
Supply Chain Collaboration	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 
Supplier Portal and Workbench [SA-9251] - Feature for Suppliers The Ariba Network supplier home page has been redesigned to be a Supplier Portal, with simplified navigation, an overview of your transactions, and insights and promotional widgets. The Supplier Portal also includes the Workbench, which is a highly customizable page that allows you to get a quick overview of transaction documents that need your attention. The Inbox and Outbox have been replaced with object-oriented menus, which logically group objects by their business process. Note: Due to volumes, users will be transitioned to the new portal and workbench in phases with the first group in May 2021 through to the last in late June/early July 2021.			(Supplement: Items To Confirm functionality)
SAP Business Network Supplier Mobile App 6.4.0 [SA-17796] - Feature for Suppliers We’ve added the ability to create new accounts and manage your trading relationships: * Sign up for a new Ariba Network account directly from the mobile app * View, accept, and dismiss relationship requests from potential trading partners
Quality inspection and quality notification safeguards for required completion [CSC-10368] This feature allows buyers to prevent suppliers from shipping a purchase-order schedule line that has a quality inspection without a decision that authorizes shipment. This feature also allows buyers to prevent suppliers from shipping a purchase-order line item that has a quality notification with incomplete tasks.
Enhancements to the order confirmation deviation approval process [CSC-19743] This feature introduces usability enhancements to the order confirmation deviation approval process. This includes a buyer report of approved/rejected deviations, and supplier ability to create a ship notice without order confirmation (when order confirmation is not required).
Attributes for planning items [CSC-20436] This feature allows buyer administrators to define new attributes for planning items. Attributes provide information about planning records such as the supplier or buyer, the customer part number, and so on.
Excel support and other improvements to attributes [CSC-21958] This feature adds support for attribute data in Excel download files for the Upload/Download functionality. It also improves how users view attributes.

Procurement Collaboration	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 
Supplier Portal and Workbench [SA-9251] - Feature for Suppliers The Ariba Network supplier home page has been redesigned to be a Supplier Portal, with simplified navigation, an overview of your transactions, and insights and promotional widgets. The Supplier Portal also includes the Workbench, which is a highly customizable page that allows you to get a quick overview of transaction documents that need your attention. The Inbox and Outbox have been replaced with object-oriented menus, which logically group objects by their business process. Note: Due to volumes, users will be transitioned to the new portal and workbench in phases with the first group in May 2021 through to the last in late June/early July 2021.			(Supplement: Items To Confirm functionality)
SAP Business Network Supplier Mobile App 6.4.0 [SA-17796] - Feature for Suppliers We’ve added the ability to create new accounts and manage your trading relationships: * Sign up for a new Ariba Network account directly from the mobile app * View, accept, and dismiss relationship requests from potential trading partners
SAP Business Network: Improved supplier registration [NS-10511] This feature introduces a more streamlined onboarding experience for both existing suppliers and net-new suppliers, and also introduces SAP Business Network as the name for the unified network experience for all trading partners. It includes two different workflows: when a buyer invites a supplier to establish a business relationship, and when a supplier initiates a relationship (walk up). This makes the supplier registration process easier to navigate and understand. It includes a refreshed look and feel, a new universal registration landing page, buyer branded invitation messages, improved navigation, augmented search for existing accounts, improved communication directives, more intuitive UI, and overall enhancements to the registration workflow.			(Overview) (Overview with Admin Guide and Seller Experience)
Validate the delivery-date tolerances in ship notices [CSC-14603] This feature allows buyers to set how many days early or late a ship-notice delivery date can be from the delivery date requested in an order or release. If during ship-notice validation this feature identifies a ship-notice delivery date that is outside the allowed tolerance, it prevents submission of the ship notice. Buyers can configure these tolerances for all their suppliers or for supplier groups. Note: The availability of this feature has been delayed. It will be available after June 11, 2021.
Order confirmation for enhanced-limit material and service line items [CSC-21608] With this feature, suppliers can create confirmations for enhanced-limit service and material line items in a purchase order. Suppliers can edit the service start and end dates, and update the expected value.
Tax invoicing enhancements for Hungary to comply with 3.0 XSD schema change effective April 01, 2021 [NG-1387] Ariba Network provides tax invoicing solution for Hungary. Previously, the invoicing solution was using 2.0 XSD schema for invoice reporting to the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) system. However, effective April 1, 2021, NAV mandates the use of 3.0 XSD schema. * The invoicing solution continues to work as before and now provides an option to enter an exemption or VAT out of scope reason as required by 3.0 XSD schema. * The invoicing user interface now displays the list of exemption or VAT out of scope reason provided by NAV and the suppliers can specify the reason for zero-rate VAT during invoice creation.
Tax invoicing enhancements for the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland to comply with Brexit effective January 01, 2021 [NG-1395] In accordance with Brexit, effective January 01, 2021, the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union (EU). Northern Ireland remains considered as a European Union country for supply of goods to the European Union (EU), but not for supply of services. Ariba Network now provides an enhanced invoicing solution for the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland.
Support for the Services Procurement with Ariba Network and SAP Fieldglass (4R2) integration scenario with SAP S/4HANA Cloud [NP-20140] This feature provides support for the Services Procurement with Ariba Network and SAP Fieldglass (4R2) integration scenario. It includes integration between SAP S/4HANA Cloud, SAP Fieldglass, and Ariba Network for services procurement and supports the exchange of documents such as orders, service sheets, and invoices.
Procurement data analytics in Ariba Network [NP-24865] This feature introduces data analytics related to your procurement activities. Predefined stories (presentation-style documents that describe data) can be displayed in the new Analytics dashboard in the directly in the Ariba Network user interface for buyers.
Enhancement to support integration between Central Procurement and SAP Ariba Discovery for Central RFQs [NS-14083] As part of the scope item Automation of Central Procurement Quotes with Ariba Network (5JT), this feature introduces a new extrinsic element in the existing Quote Request and Quote Message cXMLs to differentiate between Central RFQ (cRFQ) coming from SAP S/4HANA Cloud Central Procurement Hub versus local RFQ objects from Quote Automation, so that SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway can route them accordingly.
Object-oriented menus for Ariba Network [NS-7561] The Ariba Network Inbox and Outbox have been replaced with object-oriented menus for all buyers and suppliers. Menu items are now grouped logically by process, improving navigation and usability.
Discounting Supplier Experience Improvements [PAY-5707] The early payment and discounting capability has been improved to help you more easily access, review, and accept offers. You can now download and print offers as PDF and choose to receive a daily digest of early payment offers.

Supplier Management	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 
New certificate section with customizable certificate fields [SM-14201] This feature provides an option to create a new certificate section for adding certificate questions in modular supplier management questionnaire templates. The template creators have the flexibility to customize the standard certificate fields that are automatically included in the certificate section.
Supplier classification based on diversity [SM-25931] This features enables buyers to classify their suppliers based on multiple characteristics and support diversity to encourage business with suppliers identified and verified as diverse.

Risk	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 
Skip control review [ARI-13215] This feature allows risk experts to complete control review tasks without making an effectiveness decision, and by selecting a reason for this choice. Reasons for skipping control reviews can be configured.
Configurable levels for control effectiveness [ARI-9766] Control effectiveness levels can be customized by the customer.

Integration
Extensibility & Configurability - APIs	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 
Risk Exposure API [ARI-13879] - New API Get a supplier’s overall and category risk exposure so you can integrate it into other SAP Ariba applications.
Additional fields for the Purchase Orders Supplier API [CSC-23075] With this feature, the Purchase Orders Supplier API retrieves additional information from purchase orders.
Additional fields for the Ariba Network Purchase Orders API [CSC-24308] With this feature, the Ariba Network Purchase Orders API retrieves additional information from purchase orders.
Ability to associate a single API client application with multiple SAP Ariba solutions [SI-2783] Historically, each API client application could access only one SAP Ariba solution. This feature enables the customer developer to associate a single API application with multiple solutions, expanding the range of data that can be accessed and manipulated with a single client application. This ability is only available on APIs that support multiple solutions.
Support for mutual authentication when generating OAuth tokens for an application [SI-4056] Enables customers to configure the SAP Ariba developer portal to require mutual authentication before an OAuth token can be generated, including the ability to manage security certificates.

This information reflects the status of SAP Ariba's planning as of April 2021 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.