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SAP Ariba 2022 Release Resources: Contracts
A list of features released in 2022
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Early Release Series Access the presentations and replays from these sessions. |
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What's new in SAP Ariba Describes new or changed SAP Ariba features included in the 2022 releases. |
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Contracts SAP Ariba Contracts features are available as part of SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite |
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OAuth authentication and REST integration for Adobe Sign in SAP Ariba Contracts [SC-12238] This feature enables the integration of SAP Ariba Contracts and Adobe Sign by using REST APIs. The integration of SAP Ariba Contracts and Adobe Sign now supports the use of OAuth 2.0 authentication method to send documents from SAP Ariba Contracts to Adobe Sign for eSignatures. |
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Support for user qualification in contracts [SC-14642] This feature allows you to enable user qualification for contracts. User qualification provides enhanced access restrictions for projects and documents in addition to access control settings, by qualifying users based on contract project header field values. When user qualification is enabled for contracts, the user qualification field values of the current user are validated against the user qualification field values of the contract project. Qualified users are allowed to access the contract project and contract project data. |
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Ability to force complete tasks in a contract workspace [SC-15243] This feature introduces a new user group, Customer Task Administrators, that enables its members to bypass the workflows in SAP Ariba Contracts to force complete tasks in a contract workspace. A new option, Force Complete Task, is added to the Actions menu for tasks to enable members of the Task Administrator group to override dependencies and mark tasks as completed. When they force complete a task, Task Administrator users can select a relevant AltStatus value and optionally, add a descriptive comment for the action. |
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Support for the consignment item category for material master items in purchase contracts sent to SAP S/4HANA Cloud in the 4AZ integration scenario [SC-15299] This feature enables buyers to set the item category as consignment for material master items in purchase contracts in a SAP Ariba Contracts management workspace and integrate them with SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The buyers can also specify whether a Purchase Information Record (PIR) is to be created or updated in SAP S/4HANA Cloud for the material. This feature is supported by the scope item Contract Management with SAP Ariba Contracts (4AZ) for purchase contracts. |
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New user interface for enhanced contract line item management [SC-15613] This feature introduces an intuitive user interface, the Next Gen UI for CLID, that seamlessly integrates with the guided sourcing capability as well as SAP Ariba Sourcing and provides enhanced capabilities for managing contract line items and distributing the line items to external systems. The Next Gen UI for CLID enables users to create and manage multiple contracts, including contracts from different purchasing organizations, in the backend through a single CLID. Distribution capabilities in the Next Gen UI for CLID enables users to send the line items to corresponding purchasing organizations directly from the contract line item document. |
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Bulk creation and management of contracts and eSignature tasks [SC-7663] This feature allows administrators of SAP Ariba Contracts to quickly create and update contract workspaces in bulk by uploading a .zip file containing the contracts workspace archive information. You can create contracts, add documents, update contract meta data and documents, and update the status of contracts in bulk. This feature also allows administrators of SAP Ariba Contracts to initiate the eSignature process for contracts in bulk. |
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Additional self-service parameters for sourcing and contracts [SS-19351] Make site configuration parameters self-service for the following functions: enabling savings forms, currencies in savings allocation details, sourcing event template creation, bypassing approvals for edits to published events, and sending draft awards to external ERP systems. |
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Support for direct integration between SAP Ariba Contracts or SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway to meet data residency requirements [SS-31968] This feature supports direct integration between either SAP Ariba Contracts or SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway to meet national data residency requirements. This enables bidirectional data flow between SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA and SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing solutions, bypassing Ariba Network. This allows customers to comply with strict national data residency regulations, as Ariba Network is hosted in the US data center. |
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Support for replicating purchasing organization master data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Master Data Integration [PLMDS-4925] - Continuous Influence Feature Learn More This feature introduces support for replicating purchasing organization master data into SAP Ariba applications from SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Master Data Integration. In this release, support is available for the PurchasingOrganization v4.0.0 master data object. |
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SAP Ariba Contracts integration with Icertis Contract Intelligence for SAP Ariba solutions [SC-16239] Buyers using SAP Ariba Contracts or SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite can choose to integrate their SAP Ariba Contracts instance with Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) for SAP Ariba solutions to leverage the intelligent and flexible contract authoring capabilities offered by ICI. The intelligent contract authoring capabilities offered by ICI include self-service contract management, rule-based contract authoring, dynamic assembly of clauses and documents, and advanced negotiation and collaboration features. |
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Support for replicating purchasing organization master data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Master Data Integration [PLMDS-4925] This feature introduces support for replicating purchasing organization master data into SAP Ariba applications from SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Master Data Integration. In this release, support is available for the PurchasingOrganization v4.0.0 master data object. |
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