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SAP Procurement 2023 Release Resources:
Buying & Invoicing
A list of features released in 2023

 

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What's New Guide
Describes new or changed  features included in the 2023 releases.
 
           
   

2311 Release Summary
2308 Release Summary
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  Buying & Invoicing  
  Feature Name & Description Release Enablement Model   Learn More  
      Automatically
On
Customer
Configured
  KT Demo  
  Importing Purchase Contracts from SAP S/4HANA Cloud into Suite-Integrated SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing Solution with SAP Ariba Contracts Disabled [ACC-643]
This feature supports importing purchase contracts from SAP S/4HANA Cloud and creating corresponding item-level compliance contracts for customers running suite-Integrated SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing solution that has SAP Ariba Contracts disabled from SAP strategic sourcing solutions.
2311          
  Usability Enhancement for Creation of Standing Orders for Limit Items in Guided Buying [ACSS-1241]
For buyer sites that create standing orders for limit items (item category B) in guided buying, the standing orders checkbox in the request can be configured to be deselected by default for catalog items.
2311        
  Enhanced warnings for force actions on invoices and payments [AINV-1098]
When a user performs a force action on an invoice or payment document, a detailed warning message is shown before the user completes the action. This feature applies to the following actions: Force Reconcile on invoices, Force Pay and Force Reject on invoice reconciliations, Force Send on payment requests, and Force Pay and Force Cancel on payment transactions and advance payments.
2311          
  Adding Comments for Suppliers When Denying Invoices [AINV-1189]
When users deny an invoice created on SAP Business Network, they can now add a comment that's visible to the supplier to explain the reason for the denial. Comments to suppliers can be made mandatory by an administrator.
2311          
  Support for Resending Multiple Purchase Orders and Receipts [CP-19875]
Buyers can now initiate resending multiple purchase orders and receipts that appear stuck in the SAP Ariba solution. Purchase orders may be stuck in Ordering or Canceling state due to various reasons while sending or resending them from the SAP Ariba solution to SAP ERP or SAP Business Network and receipts may be stuck in the sending or failed state while sending them to SAP Business Network.
2311        
  Using SAP Ariba Standard Functionality to Send the Date Received Field to External Systems [CP-23579]
With this feature, customers can use SAP Ariba standard functionality to send the receiving date of line items in a purchase requisition (the Date Received field) to SAP ERP and other external systems using the receipt export file.
2311          
  Enable Administrators to Search for all Form Documents and Add or Delete Approvers [PFD-13941]
This feature enables administrator users in the customer's organization to search for all form documents. In addition, they will be able to add or delete approvers in the approval flow of the form documents.
2311          
  Support for Replicating Purchasing Group Master Data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud Using SAP Master Data Integration [PLMDS-4924]
This feature introduces support for replicating purchasing group master data into SAP Ariba applications from SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Master Data Integration. In this release, support is available for the PurchasingGroup v6.0.0 master data object.
2311          
  Support for Resending Failed Service Sheets from SAP Ariba Solutions to SAP Business Network [ACSS-1219]
Buyers can use this feature to enable SAP Ariba solutions to initiate the resending of service sheets in the Processed state that failed to reach SAP Business Network. A processed service sheet might fail to reach SAP Business Network due to various reasons such as when SAP Business Network is down.
2308          
  Enhanced Resending of Purchase Orders Stuck in Ordering or Cancelling State [CP-19278]
This feature provides buyers greater flexibility to self-correct common issues and resend a purchase order document that is stuck in the Ordering or Canceling state. The purchase order may be stuck due to various reasons while sending or resending it from SAP Ariba buying solutions to ERP and/or SAP Business Network. Currently customers have no way to resend purchase orders that are stuck in ordering – other than to log an SR with Support to have support resend the document.
2308        
  Support for resending receipts stuck in sending or failed state to SAP Business Network [CP-22890]
Users in buying organizations can resend a receipt that is stuck in the sending or failed state when it's being sent to SAP Business Network.
2308        
  Integration between SAP Business Network and SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing to Support New Invoicing Method for Japan [NG-6139]
The tax authority in Japan will follow a new invoicing method called as TEKIKAKU SEIKYUSHO TOU HOZON HOUSHIKI, and it is effective October 1, 2023. SAP Business Network and SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing now provides an enhanced method for tax calculation to support the new invoicing method in Japan. Thus, invoices created in both these systems will have the tax summarization calculated at the header level during invoice creation. The tax rounding (round up, round half-up, round down) occurs only once per tax rate in a single invoice.
2308   Contact Customer Success Partner      
  Support for Replicating General Ledger Account Master Data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud Using SAP Master Data Integration [PLMDS-5066]
This feature introduces support for replicating general ledger account (G/L account) master data into SAP Ariba applications from SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Master Data Integration. In this release, support is available for the G/L Account v5.0.0 master data object.
Availability of this feature has been delayed. 
2308          
  Correction of Service Sheet Accumulators on ERP Errors [ACSS-635]
This feature enables the correction of service sheet accumulators on SAP ERP validation errors that occur when the SAP Ariba solution is trying to send the service sheet to the ERP system.
2305          
  Support for Service Hierarchy Requisitions in Guided Buying [ACSS-683]
Buyers can create multi-level service purchase requisitions in guided buying. They can search for service items containing hierarchical items, based on the contract requests imported into the SAP Ariba solution, and add them to the cart as any other item in guided buying.
2305        
  Integration Between SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, SAP Fieldglass, and SAP Business Network for Routing Service Requisitions Through SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network [ACSS-1249]
The integration between SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, SAP Fieldglass, and SAP Business Network through SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network enables the creation of service requisitions based on Statements of Work (SOWs) and work orders.
2305      
  Enhancements to Purchasing Unit Responsibilities Validations for Groups Assigned to Users [CP-21430]
This feature enables validations to check whether purchasing unit responsibilities are selected for groups that allow user responsibility requests. These validations are performed when a user logs in or makes user profile changes after new groups are assigned to users through data import tasks or through the SAP Ariba Administrator user interface.
2305          
  Enhanced Requisition Import Using Web Services [CP-22523]
Requisition updates can be imported using web services irrespective of whether the requisition was created or updated in the past using the SAP Ariba buying solutions or the import web service.
2305        
  Improved Validation During Approval [PLAF-4885]
A new warning message informs approvers when the approvable has been modified.
Note: This feature will not be available to customers until the 2306 Release.
2305          
  Support for Replicating Exchange Rates Master Data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud Using SAP Master Data Integration [PLMDS-6014]
This feature introduces support for replicating exchange rates master data into SAP Ariba applications from SAP S/4HANA Cloud using SAP Master Data Integration. In this release, support is available for the ExchangeRate v4.0.0 master data object.
2305          
  Enhancements to Force Process and Cancel Options for Service Sheets [ACSS-75]
This feature enables users to process a service sheet manually using the Force Process button if the service sheet appears to be stalled in the Awaiting External Approval state for 15 days (by default) from the date the service sheet was approved in the SAP Ariba solution. Users can also cancel the service sheets that are autogenerated based on an invoice when the service sheets are in the Awaiting External Approval, Sending to External System, or Submitted states.
 2302          
  Access Invoice Reconciliation Details from Guided Buying [AINV-986]
Invoices in guided buying now have a link for viewing invoice reconciliation (IR) details. Clicking the link opens the corresponding IR document in SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing.
2302          
  Enabling History Records for enriching requisition data in external systems [CP-21901]
For sites that are configured for external validation and enrichment of approvable data, this feature enables history records for changes made to requisitions by external systems while enriching the requisition data.
 2302      

 

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