General Features
	Infrastructure & Security	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Support for replicating company code master data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Master Data Integration [PLMDS-4740] This feature introduces support for replicating company code master data into SAP Ariba applications from SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Master Data Integration. In this release, support is available for the CompanyCode v4.0.0 master data object.
	Support for accepting and publishing changes to individual fields in the data definition of export and import tasks [PLMSG-1746] With this feature, customers can accept and publish changes to individual fields in the data definition of export and import tasks. Previously, all changes to fields in the data definition had to be accepted. Now, one or more changed fields can be accepted and published.

 

 

	Mobile
	Mobile App	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Enable SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app users to share attachments in purchase orders with suppliers [BMA-2984] This feature enables SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app users to indicate in the purchase requisitions whether the attachments must be shared with the suppliers in the purchase orders.
	Enable users to add partial catalog items in the SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app [BMA-3044] This feature enables SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app users to add partial catalog items to purchase requisitions.
	Enable users to edit price and currency in the SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app [BMA-3084] This feature enables SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app users to edit the price and currency of catalog, non-catalog, and partial catalog items in the requisitions.
	SAP Business Network Supplier available on Tencent [SA-31424] - Supplier Feature The SAP Business Network Supplier mobile app is now available on the Tencent app store, expanding access to users in China. Note: Though included on this page and in the release guide, this feature is not available with the current release.
	SAP Ariba Shopping mobile app [SAS-1] SAP Ariba mobile app (Android and iOS) allows shopping from all company internal catalogs using the standard browse, filter and search capabilities. Requisition tracking as well as approval/denial is also supported via the mobile app.				(Feature at a Glance) (Feature comparison) (FAQ)

 

 

	Strategic Sourcing
	Sourcing SAP Ariba Sourcing features are available in SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Enhanced pagination support in bid analysis [OPT-3168] - Continuous Influence Feature Learn More  Enhanced pagination support in bid analysis enables buyers using the classic SAP Ariba Sourcing user interface or guided sourcing to: •    View and select items and suppliers at the parent and child levels •    Dynamically paginate the items in the Items table at the parent and child levels
	Bid analysis support for envelope bidding events [OPT-3700] This feature introduces support for bid analysis functionality in envelope bidding events. Bid analysis is supported in the classic SAP Ariba Sourcing user interface and the guided sourcing user interface and enables buyers to perform bid analysis tasks for RFP events that are in the pending selection, awarded, or completed state.
	Creating sourcing requests in guided sourcing [SS-29103] - Continuous Influence Feature Learn More  This feature provides the ability to create sourcing requests in the guided sourcing user interface.
	Enhancements to the Message Board capability in guided sourcing [SS-32884] - Continuous Influence Feature Learn More  This feature introduces enhancements to the messaging capabilities in guided sourcing such as setting recipients for user-created messages, activating or deactivating the creation of ad hoc messages based on specific events and their statuses, and hiding message contents in the email notifications. In full projects, buyer users can copy attachments from the message board to specific projects or subprojects. Unzipping the message attachments from the project message board to the full project area is also now possible.
	English forward auctions in guided sourcing [SS-32886] This feature enables guided sourcing users to create, monitor, and award English forward auctions. Users can initiate forward auctions to sell goods to buyers offering the highest price. Users can also initiate forward auctions with bid transformation to add cost terms (not disclosed to participants) to participant bids.
	Support for Dutch forward auctions in guided sourcing [SS-32890] This feature adds support for Dutch forward auctions in the guided sourcing interface. A new Dutch forward auction template for guided sourcing is introduced to support Dutch forward auctions.
	Support for Owner Filter in the Add Content From Finder Page in Guided Sourcing [SS-38788] This feature introduces the Owner filter in the Add content from finder page of guided sourcing to enable buyer users to search for content based on the name of the content owner from the sourcing library or another guided sourcing project.
	Make items read-only for event participants in guided sourcing [SSR-4170] This feature allows you to make an item that has already been quoted for by suppliers read-only so that suppliers cannot change the quoted price.
	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.

 

	Strategic Sourcing For Industries Features ONLY available with SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Ability to cancel RFQs in the SAP S/4HANA Central sourcing with SAP Ariba Sourcing and S/4HANA Sourcing with SAP Ariba Sourcing integration scenarios [DMS-10347] As part of the SAP S/4HANA Central sourcing with SAP Ariba Sourcing (4QN) and S/4HANA Sourcing with SAP Ariba Sourcing (4BL) integration scenarios, this feature gives buyers the ability to cancel RFQs and Central RFQs in SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The cancellation leads to the deletion of the associated Sourcing Request in SAP Ariba Sourcing.
	Ability to add product sourcing items to full projects in guided sourcing [DMS-16675] This feature gives buyers the ability to create full sourcing projects in guided sourcing directly from the Product Sourcing dashboard. Buyers can choose the BOMs and materials for which they want to collect pricing and then add them to the event document within the full sourcing project in guided sourcing.
	Enhancements to the guided sourcing event award process [DMS-16813] This feature introduces multiple enhancements to the guided sourcing event award process, including the ability to send draft award scenarios to external ERP systems, create follow-on documents from an awarded scenario if no follow-on documents were previously created, and create or resend follow-on documents from an awarded scenario multiple times.
	SAP Task Center integration with SAP Ariba Sourcing [DMS-17979] You can enable SAP Task Center for SAP Ariba Sourcing in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud 4BL and 4QN integration scenarios.	Support  Request
	Support for using European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) in public sector events [ET-7] This feature enables buyers in EU public sector to add the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) to sourcing events for collecting responses to ESPD from suppliers participating in public sector events. Suppliers can export the responses as an XML file and choose to import the file to ESPD services. Similarly, suppliers can also import the XML file of a previous response into the event.
	Support for publishing public procurement notices on the Tender Electronic Daily (TED) portal [ET-9] This feature enables buyer administrators to associate the public procurement notices with a public sector event template. Buyers can enter procurement details in the notices attached to the event and publish the notices on the Tender Electronic Daily (TED) portal. Suppliers can view the notices on the portal and the related event details on an unrestricted access page. Interested suppliers can invite themselves to participate in the event after registering on Ariba Discovery.	Support  Request

 

	Contracts SAP Ariba Contracts features are available in SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	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.
	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.
	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.

 

	Supplier Management Features in this group are also available with SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Prepopulate region, category, and department values from request or registration to process qualification [SM-30932] This feature introduces an enhancement that prepopulates commodity, region, and department values in intake forms with entries from supplier request or registration. If a supplier has both a request and a registration with this data, the registration data is used to prepopulate the intake form. Therefore, you no longer have to manually select these values in intake forms while creating process qualifications for your suppliers. However, if you are creating a process qualification for a different matrix combination, you must use the dropdown menu to select the desired matrix values.
	Support for bidirectional integration of supplier data with SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Master Data Integration (MDI) [SM-31650] This feature adds support for bidirectional integration of supplier data between SAP Ariba applications and SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Master Data Integration (MDI).  Now, you can also replicate suppliers created in SAP Ariba Applications to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Previously, only unidirectional synchronization from SAP S/4HANA Cloud to SAP Ariba applications was supported.
	Default content for supplier request and registration questionnaires [SM-31777] This feature adds default content to the questionnaire survey documents in internal and external supplier requests and supplier registration project templates on new customer sites.  Enables users to leverage the default content, which includes required questions and reflects integration best practices.  Allows users to start creating projects right away from these templates or customize them to suit your needs.
	Ability to export and review supplier details before running template upgrade [SM-32437] This feature provides an option to export and download eligible supplier and project details before running template upgrade.
	Default supplier duplicate checks using Tax answers [SM-33625] This feature introduces the ability to use Tax answers in default duplicate checks during the internal supplier request creation and approval process.  Default duplicate check now compares Tax answers in the supplier request to tax IDs added in other supplier requests, through supplier data import or replication from an integrated ERP system, or in supplier registration questionnaires.  Since tax IDs are often unique identifiers for suppliers, including them in default duplicate checks against multiple sources for supplier tax data in your site increases their effectiveness in preventing the creation of duplicate suppliers.
	Support for repeatable sections in internal questionnaires and repeatable section enhancements [SM-33647] This feature adds support for repeatable sections in internal questionnaires, including external questionnaires answered by internal recipients in workflows such as internal registrations. Previously, repeatable sections were only supported in external questionnaires answered by suppliers on Ariba Network.  It also adds the ability to compare answers in repeatable sections during version comparison of both internal and external questionnaires.
	Improvements to internal questionnaires with visibility conditions [SM-33967] This feature changes the way visibility conditions are evaluated in internal questionnaires.
	Deletion of integration messages after a retention period [SM-34066] This feature introduces a retention period after which integration messages in inbound and outbound queues are automatically deleted. The retention period is 365 days for production sites and 180 days for test sites from the message creation timestamp in SAP Ariba.
	Default country/region-specific tax ID field data for Tax questions [SM-34629] This feature adds default country/region-specific tax field data with sample values that defines the tax ID fields that are available in Tax questions for the selected country/region, as well as their field mappings and validation patterns. You can edit this sample data to meet the requirements of an integrated ERP system and ensure that the tax information you collect from suppliers is valid. Previously, since no default data was provided, it was necessary to create it entirely from scratch.

 

	Supplier Risk	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Engagement scores in risk exposure [ARI-16372] The inherent risk and residual risk in control-based engagement risk assessment projects are now contributing factors to the risk exposure, providing a better view of the total risk associated with doing business with a supplier.
	Additional custom fields for supplier risk data [ARI-16778] The 15 custom fields limit for risk exposure configuration has been changed to allow 300 custom fields across all risk categories. The custom fields can now contribute to the risk exposure, or they can be displayed as information only and not contribute to the risk exposure. Adding additional custom fields and providing flexibility allows customers to bring in a variety of data across the risk categories for monitoring suppliers.
	Create Findings within Supplier Risk [ARI-16846] This feature introduces the ability to create findings from within Supplier Risk.  Users can create general findings, or findings specific to engagements, controls, or services.
	Enhanced status information for assessments and risk controls [ARI-17416] This feature changes the risk controls area of the engagement page, and the control review or control details page, to display both control status and review decision consistently.  Previously, these pages did not always show both values.  It also includes a technical change to ensure consistent assessment status across the user interface, and to derive control status each time it is needed for these pages or the Risk Control Summary report.
	Remove country/region risk as a contributing factor to risk exposure [ARI-17547] You can now remove country/region risk from the risk exposure for your suppliers. Over the past 2 years, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has paused the Global Competitiveness Index that is used by SAP Ariba Supplier Risk to calculate the country/region risk exposure. Refer to the various WEF reports in the supplier 360° enriched corporate information for the change policy beginning in 2020 due to the pandemic.
	Risk exposure calculation improvements [ARI-18100] The risk exposure calculation has been updated to be more intuitive and responsive. It distributes the risk exposure more evenly throughout the 1–100 range, manages missing data in a way that doesn’t cause the exposure to fluctuate unpredictably, and provides a default risk exposure calculation that you can adjust or reconfigure to your preferences.

 

 

	Procurement
	Buying & Invoicing	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Support for punching in to guided buying from work orders in an SAP S/4HANA system [ACSS-544] This feature enables users to punch in to guided buying from the Plant Maintenance module in SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud to add items to work orders. Work orders originate from Plant Maintenance module in SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud and are used to procure maintenance and repair services for plants and machinery.
	Enhancements to currency precision and rounding of money fields [CP-12912] The currencies of different countries have different decimal precisions. With this feature, buyers can define currency-specific decimal precisions allowed for amounts in transactions and set a single decimal precision for prices that applies to all currencies.
	Automatic deletion of inactive budget data [CP-22265] This feature enables automatic deletion of inactive budget records that are not referenced by any approvable document.
	Enhancements to forms builder conditions to enable clearing of widget values [PFD-13940] This feature enhances the conditions in the forms builder to enable values in widgets to be cleared when the widgets are hidden. When form designers add the Hide or Show conditions on widgets, they can choose an option to clear the values when the widgets are hidden. Alternatively, they can add a new Clear condition on widgets that will clear the values when the condition is met.

 

	Guided Buying	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Support for account assignment categories F (order), and N (network) in the 2NV and 3EN integration scenarios [GB-11384] In the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV) integration scenario and the Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (3EN) integration scenario, this feature supports setting the account assignment category to F (order) in guided buying requests that are sent to SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud. It also supports setting the account assignment category to N (network) in requests that are sent to SAP S/4HANA.
	Improved search in guided buying [GB-13968] When users search for an item in guided buying, an improved search experience allows them to find the item they need faster, and better compare details of multiple items. SAP Ariba recently redesigned the search results page, adding tabs for buying channels and other features to help improve searching. Since the initial redesign of the search results page, additional changes have been made to help the user have an even better search experience.	Starting 2305	Starting 2211			(Search Comparison) (Inventory items)
	Support for sending UoM mappings in requests sent to SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud in the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying and Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying integration scenarios [GB-17624] In the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV) integration scenario and the Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (‏3EN‏) integration scenario, this feature enables sending unit of measure mappings in the guided buying requests that are sent to SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud, and the integration error messages and the line numbers for different document IDs are displayed in guided buying.
	Support for setting account assignment category to blank for items with a material number in the SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud in the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying and Guided Buying for Central Procurement integration scenarios [GB-17638] In the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV) integration scenario and the Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (‏3EN‏) integration scenario, this feature enables setting the account assignment category to blank for items that have a material number in guided buying requests that are sent to SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
	UI enhancements to inventory reservations [GB-17747] This feature enables UI enhancements to the inventory reservation functionalities.
	Support for storage locations in inventory reservation requests in the 2NV and 3EN integration scenarios [GB-19439] In the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV) integration scenario and the Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (‏3EN‏) integration scenario, this feature enables including the storage locations for items in the inventory reservation requests that are sent to SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
	Improved accessibility for on-behalf-of buying screens [GB-18180] Guided buying meets WCAG 2.1 level AA accessibility requirements on the pages that are widely used for on-behalf-of buying.
	Support for requesting contracted items and sending the requests to SAP S/4HANA Cloud in the 2NV and 3EN integration scenarios [GB-18396] In the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV) integration scenario and the Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (3EN) integration scenario, this feature enables buyers to request contracted items in guided buying and send contract information in the requests to SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The contract information includes the purchase contract ID and purchase contract line item number. SAP S/4HANA Cloud then processes guided buying requests against the contracts.
	Support for tactical sourcing in the 2NV and 3EN integration scenarios for SAP S/4HANA Cloud [GB-18544] In the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV) integration scenario and the Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (3EN) integration scenario, this feature enables tactical sourcing for guided buying requests.
	Support for team buying in the 2NV and 3EN integration scenarios [GB-18545] This feature supports team buying in the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV) and the Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (‏3EN‏) integration scenarios.
	Support for transferring the purchase order price type in the 2NV and 3EN integration scenarios and transferring the source determination flag in the 2NV integration scenario in guided buying requests [GB-19437] In the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV) integration scenario and the Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (3EN) integration scenario, this feature enables users to specify the purchase order price type in guided buying requests that are sent to SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud. In the 2NV integration scenario, this feature enables administrators to set the source determination flag at the site level, which is then sent in guided buying requests to SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
	Mutual TLS authentication for outbound OData calls in the 2NV and 3EN integration scenarios [GB-19743] This feature enables mutual authentication during TLS handshake for outbound OData calls in the 2NV and 3EN integration scenarios for SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
	Prevention of very long policies [GB-19746] Very long policies can cause server errors or long wait times when users attempt to display suppliers, check out, start a functional document, or perform other operations. These are individual policies defined over hundreds of rows using the AND (&&) or OR (||) logical operators. To help prevent these problems, guided buying issues an error if you import a policy defined over more than 500 rows.	starting 2302	starting 2211
	Full publish with enhanced error checking now available to all customers [GB-21269] All guided buying customers can now optimize user searching by eliminating deleted content from the search database. You now have access to Full publish functionality, which regenerates the landing page, tile, and form search index. Previously, this functionality was available only by first contacting SAP Ariba Support.
	Support for receiving goods in guided buying in the SAP Ariba Buying and Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying scenarios for SAP S/4HANA [GB-21653] In the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV) integration scenario and the Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (‏3EN‏) integration scenario, this feature enables users to receive goods in guided buying and sends the receipts that are created to SAP S/4HANA.

 

 

	Catalog & Spot Buy	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Enhancements to currency precision and rounding of money fields [CP-12912] The currencies of different countries have different decimal precisions. With this feature, buyers can define currency-specific decimal precisions allowed for amounts in transactions and set a single decimal precision for prices that applies to all currencies.

 

 

	SAP Business Network
	for Procurement	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	MRP Exception Process with Suppliers [CSC-31280] MRP Exceptions Collaboration - Split Response
	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.
	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).
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.

 

	for Supply Chain	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Order confirmation deviation approval improvements [CSC-25909] This feature adds two improvements to the order confirmation deviation approval process. First, buyers can now choose actions for approving order confirmation deviations. Second, the Order confirmation approval alerts page displays a new column with the item description.
	Support for multiple descriptions in quality notification sections [CSC-27172] With this feature, buyers and suppliers can add multiple descriptions to the description fields in quality notification sections. They can also view the description histories, which contain all the published descriptions.
	Customizations to quality notification sections [CSC-27211] This feature provides additional customizations to certain sections of a quality notification. Buyers can hide a section or make a section read only. Buyers can also limit the number of sections their suppliers can create and prevent their suppliers from removing previously-submitted sections.
	Component planning collaboration [CSC-28384] This feature adds component planning collaboration to SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration.
	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.
	Prevent component consumption that exceeds the authorized quantity [CSC-30446] This feature prevents a supplier from entering for consumption a quantity of a component that is greater than the amount the buyer authorized for consumption.
	Enable supplier updates to stock-on-hand levels [CSC-32030] With this feature, suppliers can update their stock-on-hand levels in the Ariba Network user interface.

 

 

	Integration
	Extensibility & Configurability - APIs	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Buyer and supplier APIs for change requests and responses [CSC-30492] Buyers and suppliers can use an API to retrieve information from change requests and change request responses sent to a specific trading relationship.
	Accessibility enhancements to the What’s Next graphical progress tracker on the SAP Ariba developer portal [OPEC-9061] Accessibility enhancements provide the limited ability to manipulate the What’s Next graphical progress tracker on the SAP Ariba developer portal using keyboard controls.
	Ability to extract customer information from the SAP Ariba Developer Portal [OPEC-9975] This feature supports your ability to make decisions related to data privacy by expanding the range of customer data that can be extracted from the SAP Ariba developer portal. In the past, the SAP Ariba developer portal supported extraction of user data. Now you can also extract data related to applications, outbound APIs, and registered BOTs.
	Self-service parameter to exclude unsubmitted requisitions from certain Document Approval API responses [PLAF-4706] Adds a new self-service parameter, Application.Approvable.IncludeComposingInChanges, which enables customers to specify whether responses to GET /changes Document Approval API queries include requisitions that have triggered an assignmentChanged event but that have not yet been submitted. The default value is Yes, meaning that these requisitions are included in responses.
	Deprecation of the Transaction Monitoring API [PLMSG-5143] With this release, the Transaction Monitoring API, which enables Ariba Network to monitor SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration transactions across the network, will be deprecated. This API will be decommissioned one year from the date of deprecation. We recommend the Integration Event Monitoring Query API for Procurement as an alternative to customers who are already using or planning to use the Transaction Monitoring API.

 

	Cloud Integration Gateway	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Support to publish public procurement notices on an approved external portal [IG-32935] This feature supports integration between SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing solutions and Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) using SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway, to publish public procurement notices to this external portal.
	Enhancements to integration support for quality notifications [IG-33929] With this feature, the following enhancements are available in the quality notifications integrated using SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway: * Display the descriptions maintained at various levels on quality notifications like the header, item, task, activity, defects, cause, and so on without any repetition. * Send links of existing files from the web as URLs from suppliers to buyers. Buyers can click and access these URLs. * Send Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) number from suppliers to buyers, which helps buyers consume the RMA number for the return process.
	Integration support for attachments at the header level in outbound deliveries sent from SAP S/4HANA Cloud in the Automation of Order-to-Invoice with Ariba Network (4A1) integration scenario [IG-35057] With this feature, suppliers can add attachments at the header level in outbound deliveries sent from SAP S/4HANA Cloud to buyers on Ariba Network through SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway.
	Integration to support quality certificates for scheduling agreements and scheduling agreement releases [IG-36812] - Continuous Influence Feature Learn More  With this feature, when buyers request the quality certificate for material items in scheduling agreements or scheduling agreement releases, suppliers can include the quality certificates at the line item level in the ship notices on Ariba Network. Buyers receive the quality certificates as attachments in the ship notice and create the quality certificate records for the inbound delivery on their ERP system.
	Certification of SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway for SAP S/4HANA 2022 [IG-37967] SAP Ariba certifies the integration between SAP S/4HANA 2022 and the following SAP Ariba solutions using SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway, add-on for SAP S/4HANA: • Ariba Network • SAP Ariba Buying • SAP Ariba Buying, multi-ERP edition • SAP Ariba Sourcing • SAP Ariba Collaborative Sourcing • SAP Ariba Commerce Automation • SAP Ariba Discount Management • SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance • SAP Ariba Invoice Management • SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing • SAP Ariba Catalog • SAP Ariba Contract Invoicing • SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite • SAP Ariba Contracts • SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration for Buyers
	Enhanced support for target value variable and target position variable mappings in the SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway mapping tool [IG-38579] This feature enables buyers using custom mapping to select the same target node of an existing mapping as the target value variable or target position variable in the SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway mapping tool.
	Support for forward error handling (FEH) for SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing [IG-39228] This feature enables buyers to asynchronously monitor and process errors related to inbound documents received from SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing on SAP ERP. When a document sent from SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing to SAP ERP through SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway fails, the document can be checked and processed again on SAP ERP using forward error handling (FEH).
	Enhancement to the integration of product replenishment messages with scheduling agreements as part of supplier-managed inventory [IG-40384] - Continuous Influence Feature Learn More  With this enhancement to SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway, the planned shipment date in the product replenishment message from suppliers is considered the primary criteria to update schedule lines in scheduling agreements as part of supplier-managed inventory.

 

	Features Becoming Mandatory
	Feature Name & Description	Original Release	Learn More
	There are no previously released features becoming automatically on with the 2211 release.

 

This information reflects the status of SAP Ariba's planning as of October 2022 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.