2111 Release: Feature Names and Descriptions For Suppliers

SAP Ariba 2111 Release


		What's new in SAP Ariba user guide

General Features

Infrastructure & Security	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 	NFA 
Integration and exception monitoring with SAP Cloud ALM [PLMSG-3631] With this feature, SAP Ariba solutions integrated with SAP S/4HANA Cloud support integration and exception monitoring using the SAP Cloud ALM for Operations (SAP CALM) cloud operation platform. The integration and exception monitoring makes use of the new Integration Event Monitoring Query API for Procurement. This REST API enables SAP CALM to monitor integration message flows between SAP Ariba solutions and SAP S/4HANA Cloud or between SAP Business Network and SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

Strategic Sourcing
Sourcing	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 	NFA 
Ability for suppliers to add comments and attachments to responses in guided sourcing events [SS-16560] This feature gives buyers the ability to choose if suppliers can add comments and attachments to their responses in guided sourcing events.
Email bidding: support for attachments from supplies during the email bidding process [SS-23999] This feature enables suppliers participating in email bidding events to attach supporting files as a .zip package to their bid response emails. Suppliers can specify the exact names of the supporting files in the relevant fields of the Excel file, add the supporting files to a single .zip file, and send the updated Excel file and the .zip file as attachments to the reply email.
Service items and service hierarchies in guided sourcing [SS-24077] This feature allows buyers to add service items, such as items for consulting or maintenance services, to a guided sourcing event. These service items can be organized into a structural hierarchy that contains service lines, service outlines, and service specifications.

Business Network
Procurement Collaboration	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 	NFA 
Enhancements for temporary unit prices in purchase orders and order confirmations [CSC-10323] This feature enables buyers to control whether suppliers must explicitly confirm all temporary unit prices in an order confirmation. For suppliers, the feature adds markers to identify which unit prices are temporary, and a checkbox to confirm temporary unit prices.
Allow ship-notice cancellation and editing if goods receipt fully reversed [CSC-22063] This feature allows suppliers to cancel or edit a ship notice if its goods receipt is fully reversed and it does not have any other related goods receipts. Prior to this feature, cancelling or editing a ship notice with a goods receipt was not allowed, even if the ship notice's goods receipt was fully reversed.
Track the progress of orders and releases [CSC-25113] This feature provides buyers with a quick overview of the purchase order process, ensuring it runs in a smooth and organized manner.
Tax invoicing in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [NG-4908] Ariba Network now supports electronic tax invoicing solution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). This includes receiving, validating, transforming, and transmitting tax invoices between supplier and buyer organizations through Ariba Network. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia tax authority, known as the Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA), mandates legal compliance on all the commercial transactions between suppliers and buyers. Electronic invoicing in KSA is rolled-out in two phases. The first phase is effective December 4, 2021. The following guidelines must be followed by the taxpayers in the first phase: - All domestic taxpayers must generate, amend, and store electronic invoices and related documents such as, credit and debit notes. - Documents must be in structured file formats. For example, XML. - Uncontrolled access, modifying invoices and logs, and multiple invoice sequences are prohibited.
Support for automatic generation of invoices from approved service entry sheets [NP-21092] This feature enables automatic generation of invoices from approved service entry sheets in Ariba Network in the Service Procurement with Ariba Network and SAP Fieldglass (4R2) integration scenario. Invoices are generated only for those service entry sheets that are associated with purchase order line items containing planned lean-service items and have tax information.
PDF invoice conversion workbench tiles [NP-26210] The PDF invoice conversion functionality is available to suppliers as the PDF Invoice conversions and Pending PDF invoice conversions tiles on the Workbench. Note: This feature will not be immediately available to all SAP Business Network Suppliers with the SAP Ariba 2111 release on November 12. It is planned to be rolled out in phases starting November 15 and completing Monday, November 29.
Draft PDF invoices for review workbench tile [NP-26211] PDF invoice functionality for Review as Drafts is now available with a new tile in the Workbench. Note: This feature will not be immediately available to all SAP Business Network Suppliers with the SAP Ariba 2111 release on November 12. It is planned to be rolled out in phases starting November 15 and completing Monday, November 29.
Provision in Ariba Network to control the availability of CIG data center switch option [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.
Support for creation of invoices against enhanced-limit material items [NP-28983] This feature enables supplier users to create invoices against enhanced-limit material items in purchase orders without the necessity of ship notices or goods receipts, in the Automation of Source-to-Pay with Ariba Network (42K) integration scenario. The enhanced-limit material items in Ariba Network correspond to product type group Material (1) items in SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
Improved display of extrinsics on the Remittance Advice page [PAY-6201] The Remittance Advice page now displays cXML extrinsics one per line in the Additional Information section, which improves the readability of information.
Discount percent precision change [PAY-6341] The discount calculation algorithm has been changed to match that of SAP. Now, Ariba network uses a discount percent with a precision of 3 decimal places to calculate the discount amount in discount offers. Ariba Network also passes DiscountPercent, determined by the discounting capability, in the cXML PaymentProposalRequest update (cXML 1.2.051) to the ERP of buyers.
SAP Supplier Financing available for US suppliers [PAY-6939] SAP Supplier financing is now available for all US suppliers, regardless of their revenue.
Download current transactions [REGAN-3407] The administrator for your Ariba Network account and other users with appropriate permission can request to download your account's transaction data at any time for any period up to 90 days. If you would like to be notified by email when ZIP files are available to download, ask your administrator to set up notifications.
Activity feed widget [SA-16253] The new Activity feed widget displays real-time transaction activity and offers you a way to quickly navigate to those transactions. Note: This feature will not be immediately available to all SAP Business Network Suppliers with the SAP Ariba 2111 release on November 12. It is planned to be rolled out in phases starting November 15 and completing Monday, December 13.

Supply Chain Collaboration	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 	NFA 
Support GTL Standard for HU Numbers [CSC-15583] This feature provides buyers and suppliers an industry specific handling of handling unit number format for automated packaging structure creation.
Electronic signatures for quality inspections using DocuSign [CSC-23152] This feature allows buyers administrators to require that their suppliers electronically sign quality inspection results before submitting them. Electronic signatures help guarantee the truthfulness of information displayed in documents and are often required by regulatory entities.
MRP exceptions collaboration for purchase orders with change requests [CSC-24626] To aid in handling MRP exceptions, this feature adds the ability to manage purchase-order change requests from the Ariba Network user interface. Buyers and suppliers can monitor and respond to the change requests they send or receive.
Validate incoming Manufacturing Planning Visibility planning items [CSC-25261] This feature adds validation checking when suppliers create new or update existing Manufacturing Planning Visibility planning items. Specifically, it checks the combination of the planning item’s part number and location to make sure the combination matches at least one existing planning item that was previously created by the buyer for a planning process type such as Forecast, Supplier managed inventory, or Replenishment.
Add manufacturing fields and visibility settings to planning processes [CSC-26480] This feature adds two fields, Manufacturer name and Manufacturer part ID (in cXML, ManufacturerName and ManufacturerPartID), to planning items. This feature also introduces two manufacturing visibility settings.

Integration
Extensibility & Configurability - APIs	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 	NFA 
Enhanced ability to view supplier profiles with the Ariba Network Supplier Profile API [NS-13089] This feature enhances the Ariba Network Supplier Profile API to allow buyers to view additional supplier profile fields.
Enforce application creation limit on auto-enabled API/realm combinations. [OPEC-7064] An API/realm combination is typically limited to a single application. This feature enables customer developers to submit a support request to associate an additional application with an auto-enabled API/realm combination that already has an application. Based on the reason specified in the support request, SAP Ariba Support decides whether to approve or reject the request.

Cloud Integration Gateway	Enablement Model		Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 	KT 	NFA 
Support for suppliers to maintain payment terms from purchase order for sales order and invoice [IG-17377] This feature enables suppliers to consume payment terms from purchase order for sales order and invoice. If payment terms are not maintained in purchase order, the payment terms from customer master in supplier ERP is used for sales order and invoice.
Support for audit logging of all user activities [IG-26527] With this feature, SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway supports audit logging of all activities performed by a user on the portal. This logged information can be used to monitor user activities to detect and prevent malicious activities or as evidence in case of a breach . Activities on the portal by end-users, administrators, and SAP internal administrators will be logged using the SAP audit kernel service. Administrators can access the audit logs by searching for log details in an audit log search user interface.
Enhancement for supporting the integration of quality inspection results from Ariba Network with DocuSign eSignature data [IG-28022] This feature supports the integration of DocuSign eSignature data with quality inspection results from Ariba Network. The digital signature information is integrated with the inspection lot (as an attachment and URL) in your SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA system.
Display the date and time in SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway according to the logged in user's browser time zone [IG-28548] With this feature, the date and time are displayed according to the user' browser time zone when user logs into SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway.
Support for China data center in SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway [IG-30034] With this feature, new and existing buyers and suppliers in China can connect their SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway account to the China data center for hosting the business data of SAP Ariba applications.
Support for comments from buyers in purchase order header and line items [IG-31074] Suppliers can view additional text information added as notes by buyers at header and line-item levels of a purchase order.

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