Network Procurement
	Feature Name & Description	Release	Enablement Model			Learn More
			Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 
	Payment days late widget [BNA-2] - Supplier Feature  The Payment days late widget calculates the Average Payment Days Late KPI and displays the number of paid invoices by the number of payment days late on a bar graph.  The data can be displayed for All customers or a specific customer and for payments received in the Last month, Last quarter, or Last 12 months. Payment days late, in conjunction with the On-time payment rate and Paid invoices widgets, helps you identify the extent to which you are paid late. It also helps you understand the payment behaviors and patterns of your customers.	2202
	Payment days late benchmark widget [BNA-7] - Supplier Feature  The Payment days late benchmark widget calculates the average number of payment days late using the same calculation method as BNA-2: Payment days late KPI widget. It enables suppliers to compare the Average Payment Days Late KPI of their customers against the aggregate performance of the network by supplier region, buyer industry, and buyer performance quartile.	2202
	Allow buyers to view return shipments [CSC-27347] This feature adds the Fulfillment > Extended Collaboration > Return  Shipments page for buyers. This page was previously only available for suppliers. Buyers can use this page to view their returned shipments.	2202
	E-invoicing enhancements for Germany to support X-Rechnung invoices [NG-4694] Ariba Network supports creating and processing of X-Rechnung invoices to address relevant German B2G regulations, if the buyer activates this feature. In this case, the X-Rechnung invoice issued in the Ariba Network shall constitute the legal invoice, whereas the cXML file is used only for data transfer and processing purposes. Both files are derived from the same data.  The X-Rechnung invoice is available under the Attachment(s) section. As the cXML does not constitute as a legal invoice (as compared to Ariba Network German invoice processing for German invoices), it will not be digitally signed.	2202
	E-mail channel enabled for external CFDI documents for Mexico [NG-4793] Buyers on Ariba Network who use the Mexico Tax Invoice add-on, can now receive inbound invoices from suppliers via e-mail. Suppliers need to send their invoices as an attachment to the following e-mail ID, invoicereceiver-prod@ansmtp.ariba.com. Ariba Network accepts the e-mail with CFDI document as an attachment and processes the CFDI invoice document to the relevant buyer using the Tax ID in the attached invoice.  By product recommendation, up to 10 CFDI files can be attached to each email for processing.	2202
	Allow suppliers to send information purposes only invoices [NP-29885] Buyer administrators can choose to make the "Information Purposes Only" checkbox visible (or not) to their suppliers by enabling a business rule in the buyers' Ariba Network accounts. The business rule that is introduced is "Allow invoices for information purposes" and is unchecked by default. Suppliers will now be able to view and mark an invoice as an "Information Purposes Only" invoice only if their buyers enable this business rule.	2202
	Allow buyers to require invoice attachments for supplier groups or suppliers in a specific country/region [NP-29886] Previously, buyers had the option to require suppliers to send invoice attachments. Suppliers had to add attchments to invoices and credit memos as configured by buyers on Ariba Network. Now, buyers can choose to require supplier groups or suppliers in a specific country/region to send invoice attachments by enabling the corresponding invoice rules in Ariba Network. The rule Require suppliers to send invoice attachments requires supplier groups or suppliers in a specific country/region to include attachments when they create invoices. The rule Require suppliers to send credit memo attachments requires supplier groups or suppliers in a specific country/region to include attachments when they create credit memos against purchase orders or invoices.	2202
	Allow buyers to specify if invoice date must be after the purchase order date [NP-29887] Previously, suppliers on Ariba Network had the ability to send an invoice with a date prior to the date on the purchase order to their buyers on Ariba Network. Now, by enabling a new business rule in their Ariba Network accounts, buyers can specify if an invoice date must mandatorily be on or after the purchase order date. The business rule that is introduced is "Require invoice date to not be before the order date". Therefore, suppliers will now be able to send an invoice with a date prior to the date on the purchase order only if their buyers have this rule disabled in their Ariba Network accounts. Note: This rule is not checked by default.	2202
	Enforcing suppliers to enter at most one instance of VAT or GST per category [NP-29892] Previously, suppliers in Ariba Network were allowed to enter more than one instance of tax for VAT and GST for various categories such as allowances, charges, shipping costs, and so on at the header and line level of invoices. Now, buyers can enforce their suppliers in Ariba Network to enter at most one instance of tax (VAT and GST) for such categories at the header and line level of invoices, thus avoiding the duplication of taxes for the same category. For buyers to achieve this control, they can enable a business rule that reads Require suppliers to enter only one instance of VAT or GST category at the header and line-item level for charges, allowances, shipping costs, and special handling costs. This rule is disabled by default. Buyers in Ariba Network can extend this rule to their supplier groups and to their country-based invoicing rules.	2202
	Buyer report for supplier legal profile status [NP-30120] Ariba Network already provides a legal profile, as part of its tax invoice functionality, for suppliers to set up their company registration information (for example, GST ID in Singapore) currently in Hungary, India, Italy, and Singapore. These countries use a clearance model wherein the invoice generated in Ariba Network, along with this tax information, has to be cleared by the tax authority before being issued to the buyer. Because this is a prerequisite for generating tax invoices in these countries, it impacts the audit on the buyer side if it requires tax invoices. Previously, buyers did not have visibility into the legal profile setup status of suppliers that they have a trading relationship with. Now, this functionality is being provided through a new legal profile report that can be manually run or scheduled. Buyers can filter the report for all or some of these countries, and also specifically filter only the supplier addresses that do not have a legal profile set up. Using this report, buyers can ensure that they receive only tax invoices by alerting suppliers who have not configured legal profiles for their company addresses in these countries.	2202
	Enhanced invoice transaction workbench for suppliers [NP-30610] - Supplier Feature  Invoice-based workbench tiles have been enhanced with additional filters, columns, and available actions. Users can now group columns on invoice-based workbench tiles and export the tile data. The Credit memos, Debit memos, Draft invoices, Paid invoices, Overdue invoices (Approved), and Overdue invoices (Unapproved) tiles are now available on the homepage and Workbench.	2202
	Enhancement of DQM string checker [NS-12104] This feature introduces DQM string checker validation for Contact name on the profile page.	2202
	Post-login reminder to update the Profile fields [NS-15521] This feature introduces post login reminders to update the profile information so that business partner have reliable information for screening and billing.	2202
	Web assistant for buyers and suppliers in Ariba Network [NS-7308] This feature introduces Web assistant help in the Ariba Network interface for both buyers and suppliers. Web assistant is a tool to give buyers and suppliers information they need from right within the application. Web assistant help is available as in-context help accessible by clicking the question mark icon at the top right corner of the user's home page.	2202
	CSV upload of discount offer configuration [PAY-5416] Discount offer configurations can be uploaded or downloaded in CSV format. This makes it easier for buyers to upload and migrate configurations to production.	2202
	Prompts to set up early payment email notifications [PAY-5420] - Supplier Feature  Ariba Network now prompts you to set up early payment email notifications to keep you updated on early payment offers. If you have set up instant email notifications and have received more than 5 instant notifications in the last business day, Ariba Network prompts you to set up daily summary notifications to avoid sending you too many notifications.	2202
	Send user's phone number to partner when selecting pre-qualified offers in SAP Supplier Financing [PAY-7092] - Supplier Feature  Supplier Financing now displays the user’s phone number, from their SAP Business Network profile, under the menu Settings. This phone number is sent along with the user’s email and name to the financing partner upon selection of a pre-qualified offer the partner has issued for further processing of the financing request.	2202
	Ability to prioritize buyer-initiated discount offers over payment term offers [PAY-7352] Buyers might want to obtain an additional early payment discount by passing a pre-existing discount amount to Ariba Network. However, if a payment term offer applies, no additional discount can be obtained. Therefore, Ariba Network now allows buyers to optionally prioritize Buyer-Initiated Discount Offers over any payment term offers.	2202
	Configuring retention period and managing deletion of revoked users in Ariba Network [REGAN-5265] Ariba Network users can request the administrator of their account to remove their personal information from the system. This is called a revocation request. If the request is approved, users cannot log in to Ariba Network any longer, and their personal information is no longer visible to other users.	2202
	Support for additional invoicing actions from Workbench order tiles [SA-14871] - Supplier Feature  You can now create credit memos, line-item credit memos, and line-item debit memos from order-based Workbench tiles.	2202
	Trading partner marketing profile [SA-26716] - Supplier Feature  The new trading partner marketing profile helps suppliers win more business by standing out to potential customers across the entire SAP Business Network.	2202
	Component Shipment report and field additions to Open Orders report [CSC-18313] This feature adds the Component Shipment report type in Excel for buyers and suppliers who are enabled for SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration. This feature also adds more functionality to the Open Orders report type for both buyers and suppliers.	2202
	Peppol integration for Ariba Network [NG-1403] Buyers in Ariba Network can now receive invoices from suppliers who are registered on Peppol Network.  Ariba Network enables buyers to create and register their profile at Peppol Network using SAP Peppol Access Point. A unique Peppol ID is created for each profile which then can be shared with the supplier to exchange documents. Additionally, you can publish the Peppol ID in Peppol directory so that other Peppol registered suppliers can also identify the buyer in the network.	2205		Contact your SAP Ariba Customer Engagement Representative for details
	Support for CFDI document version 4.0 for Mexico [NG-5191] Ariba Network now supports external Comprobante Fiscal Digital por Internet (CFDI) document version 4.0 from 3.3 for business transaction (tax invoices and payment receipts) between suppliers and buyers in Mexico.  The Mexican Tax authority, Servicio de Administración Tributaria (SAT), mandates the usage of CFDI document version 4.0 effective July 2022. It is recommended that the suppliers and buyers upgrade their systems to process CFDI 4.0 documents.	2205
	Support for displaying contract information from SAP S/4HANA Cloud in Ariba Network [NP-27757] With this feature, contract information derived from lean-service orders received into Ariba Network from the buyer’s SAP S/4HANA Cloud can be displayed in documents transacted on Ariba Network such as orders, service sheets, and invoices.	2205
	Support for automatic generation of invoices for mixed orders in the 4R2 integration scenario [NP-30076] This feature enables automatic generation of invoices in Ariba Network against mixed orders containing both material and lean-service items in the Service Procurement with Ariba Network and SAP Fieldglass (4R2) integration scenario. Invoices are automatically generated from approved receipts (for material items) and approved service entry sheets (for lean-services items).	2205
	Enhancements to Draft configuration Notification preferences and new PDF Attachment viewer support [NP-31339] - Supplier Feature  With this feature, when PDF invoices are configured for drafts, the notification preference for the creation of drafts currently available on Ariba Network is made mandatory, during the PDF Invoices onboarding. This ensures that suppliers would always provide an email address to be notified when a draft is created for review, from a PDF invoice after conversion.	2205
	Supplier onboarding of PDF Invoices using the test account [NP-31388] - Supplier Feature  This feature enhances the current PDF invoice onboarding process and requires suppliers to use the test account to onboard and test the PDF invoice functionality before using the production account to submit PDF invoices to customers. This helps suppliers in understanding the process and restrictions of the PDF invoice functionality on Ariba Network. Test accounts enable suppliers to test and validate the solution with different samples of production invoices, review the extracted invoice data, ensure additional configurations like the email-based PDF invoice flow are working correctly and offers a better understanding of the functionality including the PDF invoice tiles and draft invoices. Once the onboarding and testing are completed, suppliers can immediately start submitting invoices to their customers on the production account.	2205
	Allowlist for public sector organization postings in SAP Ariba Discovery [NS-15908] Public sector postings will not go through the quarantine process for review.	2205
	SAP S/4HANA for supplier quotation management (SAP S/4HANA for product sourcing) integration with SAP Business Network [NS-16679] SAP S/4HANA for supplier quotation management (SAP S/4HANA for product sourcing) can now integrate with SAP Business Network and buyers can invite their vendors to view and manage sourcing projects on SAP Business Network.	2205
	New registration flow - Standard account - Purchase Order [NS-7151] This feature introduces a new, rebranded purchase order letter template for standard accounts. It also provides an updated registration experience for standard account suppliers.	2205
	Pin action for workbench tiles [SA-24175] - Supplier Feature  The pin action is now available on many workbench tiles, allowing you to easily follow up on documents you mark important. Documents that you pin are available on the Pinned documents tiles on the workbench and in the SAP Business Network Supplier mobile app.	2205
	Return items workbench tile [SA-24601] - Supplier Feature  The Return items tile has been added to the workbench, allowing suppliers to quickly and efficiently manage items marked as return items by their customers.	2205
	Enhancements to workbench order tiles [SA-24634] - Supplier Feature  Workbench order tiles have been enhanced to allow suppliers to resend failed orders, search for orders with inquiries, and search by inquiry date. The ability to view hidden orders has been improved with a new Visibility filter.	2205
	Ability to Switch Accounts on SAP Business Network mobile app [SA-26592] - Supplier Feature  Users can now switch to linked user IDs from within the SAP Business Network Supplier mobile app, allowing them to monitor activity on each account more efficiently.	2205
	Topical workbenches [SA-28999] - Supplier Feature  The classic document list pages have been replaced by topical workbench pages. Object-oriented menus now direct to these topical workbench pages.	2205
	New Buyer Trading Partner Portal Experience (New Buyer Portal) [SA-23239] The Ariba Network buyer homepage has been redesigned to become a true trading partner portal, part of the SAP Business Network. The new buyer homepage features simplified navigation consistent with other SAP cloud solutions, a more powerful search bar, an instant overview of your transactions in a new tile-based design, and a new My widgets section that you can customize with various insights and promotional widgets. Note: Though listed on this page and in the release guide, this feature was not made available with the 2208 release. It is planned to be available with a later release.	2208
	Customer-specific attributes [SA-25166] - Supplier Feature Suppliers can now view customer-specific attributes in workbench tiles as filters and columns. This feature will not be immediately available to all SAP Business Network Suppliers with the SAP Ariba 2205 release on August 19.  It is planned to be rolled out in phases with 100% availability by Monday, October 03.	2208
	Column grouping for orders tiles [SA-28637] - Supplier Feature  You can now group columns in order-based workbench tiles. This feature will not be immediately available to all SAP Business Network Suppliers with the SAP Ariba 2205 release on August 19.  It is planned to be rolled out in phases with 100% availability by Monday, October 03.	2208
	Delivery execution widget on buyer homepage [BNA-316] This feature adds the Delivery execution widget to the new Ariba Network buyer homepage. The widget provides a glance at the delivery execution metrics of your supply chain.	2208
	Prevent duplicate orders [CSC-25252] This feature adds a default transaction rule that, when enabled, prevents sending a duplicate of an existing order to the hosted or integrated supplier.	2208
	Shipment tracking widget for suppliers [CSC-27783] - Supplier Feature  This feature adds the Shipment tracking widget to the supplier Home page. This widget lets suppliers quickly access the Purchase order tracking page of an order, for an overview of the order's progress.	2208
	Do not allow non standard UOMs in Ship Notice [CSC-29962] This feature validates the Unit of Measure (UOM) value entered by the supplier during the online ship notice creation to avoid failures on the buyer backend system.	2208
	Tax round-off for Japan [NG-5325] Ariba Network now provides a round-off value for the tax amount during the total tax calculation per invoice for all the items in the transaction. This provides the buyers with correct invoice summary and total value of the amount on the invoices. Note: Though included on this page and in the release guide, this feature is not available with the current release.	2208
	TCS calculation enhancements for India GST [NG-5343] - Supplier Feature  Ariba Network now automates calculation of Tax Collected at Source (TCS) amount for suppliers during creation of invoices. The TCS taxable amount is calculated based on the line item amount, GST, cess, discount at the line item, and charges. This feature helps suppliers to avoid manual calculation of TCS amount.	2208
	Support item sets with hierarchical lists in documents in the 42K integration scenario [NP-29731] This feature introduces support for processing service orders containing item sets with hierarchical lists, and related documents in the 42K integration scenario. When confirming such orders, suppliers can confirm items at the child-item level.	2208
	Supplier invoice status portal [NP-29917] The SAP invoice status portal can receive invoices and status updates to invoices from the buyer's back end systems. All suppliers for the buyer will be able go to the invoice status portal at any time to see the status of all the invoices they have sent to the buyer. The SAP invoice status portal can also be used by the buyer to look up status of invoices across systems.	2208
	Integrate hierarchies in the SES/Invoice in the 42K integration scenario [NP-30074] This feature supports the integration of hierarchies in service entry sheets (SES) and invoices. Invoices are automatically generated from approved receipts (for material items) and approved service entry sheets (for lean-services items). The 42K Information published on SAP site integration scenario involves 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. All data is routed through SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway.	2208
	Note: This feature is planned to be available with a later release. Additional support for document numbering preferences [NP-30257] Buyers can now configure document numbering preferences for suppliers for documents including credit memos, debit memos, line item credit memos, non-PO invoices, and contract invoices in addition to standard invoices and service entry sheets.	2208
	Decimal precision and Rounding for service entry sheets [NP-31062] This feature extends the option to overwrite the decimal precision for the amounts and unit price to prevent sending service entry sheets with the wrong information. It provides configurable options to define the decimal precision for the unit price and amounts into the service entry sheets. Note: This feature is not currently available for enablement. It is planned to be available at a later date.	2208
	Extend existing relationship with additional collaboration [NS-16420] Buyers can add a further collaboration to their existing relationship with a supplier. To add a collaboration, buyers use a specified API that makes it possible for them to invite their suppliers on Ariba Network to participate in SAP S/4HANA for product sourcing collaboration. After the supplier accepts the request, they have extended their relationship with an additional collaboration.	2208
	New standard account registration experience for the invoice copy and ICS invoice quick enablement methods [NS-17107] The supplier invitation letters for the invoice copy and ICS invoice quick enablement methods have been updated to include SAP Business Network branding. Suppliers registering this way are onboarded as standard accounts using the new SAP Business Network experience.	2208
	Ariba Network Supplier Profile API enhancements [NS-17937] The following additional public data is now returned in response to a GET call to the Ariba Network Supplier Profile API: - The Last Updated timestamp - the date on which the profile was last updated - Links to three social networks, if available in a profile - the three networks are facebook.com, twitter.com, and linkedin.com - Marketing attachments, if available in a profile - attachments that might be added to a profile to showcase an organization, such as customer presentations, case studies, and so forth. - All certification levels, if available in a profile	2208
	Account subscription audit log [NS-18079] - Supplier Feature  Suppliers can now review the history of their account subscription by accessing the new Account Subscription Log, which displays when and by whom their account subscription was changed.	2208
	Support for extending the existing Fulfillment collaboration type with S/4HANA for product sourcing [NS-18690] The Supplier Invite API has been enhanced to support extending the existing Fulfillment collaboration type with S/4HANA for product sourcing collaboration type for a trading relationship on SAP Business Network	2208
	Invoice cycle time KPI widget [BNA-8] - Supplier Feature The Invoice cycle time KPI widget allows suppliers to track the invoice processing performance of their customers and identify potential credit and collection issues. Invoice cycle time KPI measures the time required to process (intake, review, matching, approval and payment setup) a single supplier invoice within the Accounts Payable department. The data can be displayed for All customers or a specific customer and for invoices in the Last month, Last quarter, or Last 12 months.	2211
	Approved invoices widget [BNA-217] - Supplier Feature The Approved invoices widget calculates the quantity and value of approved invoices. It works with the invoice cycle time KPI widget to help suppliers understand customer performance. The data can be displayed for All customers or a specific customer and for invoices in the Last month, Last quarter, or Last 12 months.	2211
	Enhance routing configuration on Ariba Network and enhancement for component ship notice [CSC-29545] - Supplier Feature This feature provides a way for the supplier’s AN administrator to segregate the routing of the document sub types based on the supplier capability. This feature supports separate routing options for ProductActivity and OrderRequest message for Ariba Network. The routing configuration enhances and supports the Resend option for component ship notices.	2211
	Support Country of Origin at batch level [CSC-30878] - Supplier Feature This feature adds the Country of Origin field at the batch level in the online Ship Notice and also supports and validates the field for integrated Ship Notices.	2211
	MRP Exception Process with Suppliers [CSC-31280] MRP Exceptions Collaboration - Split Response	2211
	Peppol integration for Norway, Belgium, and Netherlands [NG-5327] Ariba Network now extends Peppol integration for countries like Norway, Netherlands, and Belgium to receive invoices from suppliers and buyers. Both the supplier and buyer must be registered users of Peppol. Note: Peppol in the Netherlands supports invoices in SI 1.2, 2.0 and UBL 3.0 formats. Ariba Network only supports UBL 3.0, so we recommend that suppliers do not send SI 1.2 and SI 2.0 invoices.	2211
	Enhancements to PunchOut catalog configuration and creation [NP-32037] - Supplier Feature Suppliers can now specify index file settings that are applicable across buyers on the PunchOut catalog creation page and the PunchOut configuration listings page, create multiple PunchOut URLs, and enable or disable server name indication (SNI).	2211
	Post-login reminders and validations for contact information [NS-13072] When logging on to SAP Business Network, if your first name, last name, or email address is missing, or if your phone number contains non-Latin characters or hyphen (-), you get a post-login reminder to update these fields. When you update your contact information based on post-login reminder, SAP Business Network validates your contact information against data quality rules. If validation fails, an error message is displayed, prompting you to update the fields with the correct information.	2211
	Allow buyer and supplier administrator users to select all permissions when creating roles [NS-14271] This feature allows buyer and supplier administrator users to select all available permissions when creating new Ariba Network roles. By clicking on the checkbox above the permission list, buyer and supplier administrator users can select all the available permissions at once during the role creation process.	2211
	SAP Business Network account verification [NS-15586] For any account on SAP Business Network, a verification is performed to check the validity of the company profile information against data quality rules. If an account fails the verification, an automated email notification is sent to the email address used to create the account. If the company profile information is updated, the account is set for reverification. If it is not updated within 30 days of receiving the email notification, the account will be expired.	2211
	Trading relationship requests for standard accounts [NS-15904] SAP Business Network buyers can now send trading relationship requests to unregistered suppliers that allow them to register new standard accounts on SAP Business Network.	2211
	New standard account registration experience for the payment proposal [NS-18080] The supplier invitation letters for Payment Proposal enablement method have been updated to include SAP Business Network branding. Suppliers registering this way are onboarded as standard accounts using the new SAP Business Network experience.	2211
	Supplier self-service to convert account type into standard account [PAY-9197] - Supplier Feature Suppliers no longer have to contact SAP Ariba Support Services to convert from an enterprise account to a standard account. The convert option is now entirely self-service.	2211
	SAP Supplier Financing with Taulia Accounts Receivable Financing [Pay-9757] - Supplier Feature Taulia is now part of SAP and is the provider of choice for Accounts Receivable Financing via SAP Supplier Financing.	2211

 

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