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NP-28892
The SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) US data center is available (in addition to the Europe data center). Existing users (with any of the North, Central, and South American countries set under their Company Profile) have the option of switching from the Europe data center to the new US data center.
Previously, this option was available to all users regardless of their roles in the organization. If a user initiated the switching of the data center without the SAP Ariba recommended configuration and testing, it could lead to undesirable consequences.
Therefore, to avoid accidental or premature switching of the CIG data center, a provision is now made in Ariba Network such that the availability of the data center switching option is available only to an administrator user.
With the availability of a new SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) US data center, provision was made in Ariba Network to provide an option where a user can switch to the US CIG data center. However, as this option was available to all eligible users irrespective of their roles/permissions, probability of accidental switch or premature switching initiation (without taking care of the necessary pre-requisites) was high. This switching, being functionally irreversible, may cause issues in the existing setup/integrations of users if the necessary reconfigurations and testing were not done before initiating the switch.
With this enhancement, the option to switch the SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) data center is made available only to Ariba Network account administrators. This reduces the chances of accidental or premature initiation of the CIG data center switching process.
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- Only existing customers from North, Central, and South America can switch the SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network data center from Europe to US. This is a one-time switch available to the account administrator only, and the user cannot switch back to the Europe Data Center as this action cannot be reversed.
Note: All other users who have access to the SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network configuration screen can view information on the US data center availability. However, the option to initiate the data center switch will not be available to them.
- Customers who are registered on Ariba China Network continue to point to the SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network data center in China as it is an exclusive network. The provision to switch data centers will not be available for these customers. If a customer is not registered on Ariba China Network, even if their country/region is set to China in their company profile, they will point to the Europe Data Center.
- When switching the SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network data center, there is no data migration between the data centers during the switching process. Any transactions posted before the switching process ends will remain in the earlier data center, while postings made after the switch is completed will be saved in the new data center.
- If a user has a test account and has the necessary permission to switch the data center, the user must first switch the data center in the Test account. Only after that, the user will be permitted to switch the data center in the Production account.
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