How do I configure SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network custom routing?

You can create a custom routing to route transaction documents between the SAP Business Network or SAP Ariba applications, and the specific SAP ERP system by document type. You create custom routing for the document types that SAP Support has set up for you. You can create and define the conditions (Xpath) for each document type.

You can route your transaction documents to a specific SAP ERP system based on the document type and system ID. You must have at least one system ID to create a custom routing for the document type.

The custom routing you specify for the document types in the My Configuration > Custom Routing page on the Managed Gateway for Spend&Network portal is associated to only the system ID that you specify in the Action Value field. Create a custom routing for the document types you require for each system ID you maintain for the SAP ERP system. In order to configure the custom routing, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network portal.
2. Go to My Configuration and then click Custom Routing.
3. Click Create Custom Routing.
4. Choose the following on the My Configuration > Custom Routing page:
   • Direction: Choose the direction for the documents.
     • Inbound - To route documents flowing from AN or SAP Ariba applications to a specific SAP ERP system.
     • Outbound - To route documents from the SAP ERP system to AN or SAP Ariba applications.
   • Document Type: Choose the document type for the transaction.
   • Action: This field stores the value “Replace System ID.”
   • Name: Enter a name for the custom routing.
   • Description: Enter a description for the custom routing.
   • Action Value: Choose the system ID for the SAP ERP system. Managed Gateway for Spend&Network routes the transaction documents to this SAP ERP system.
5. In the Conditions table, click the plus sign (Add) to specify the Xpath.
   • Select from the available Xpaths.
   • To create a new Xpath, click the New XPath button.
     • In the Custom XPath pop up, enter values for the Name, Description, XPath, Data Type fields.
   • To edit an existing Xpath, click the edit icon for an Xpath and modify the required values.
6. Specify the Operand, Expected Value, and Conjunction conditions for the Xpath.
7. Save the changes.

• To edit an existing custom routing, click the Edit icon.
• Test the custom routing for the document type and then activate the custom routing to your test or production system landscape.
• If you edit the custom routing after you activate it, Managed Gateway for Spend&Network alerts you that the custom routing configuration is not up-to-date. Managed Gateway for Spend&Network prompts you to synchronize the changes that are stored on its server system. To synchronize, click the Synchronize icon and then choose to activate the new changes.
• You can change the sequence of the conditions associated with each document type. You can change the sequence of the conditions for a document type only if the conditions are in sync with the changes that Managed Gateway for Spend&Network maintains on the server.
• If you create a customized routing method, the fields, Direction and Document Type do not retain the default values. Choose a value for both these fields. However, when you edit the values, you cannot change the values that you already created for the Xpath in the Direction and Document Type fields.

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