Guided Buying
	Feature Name & Description	Release	Enablement Model			Learn More
			Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	New Settings Option in Guided Buying [GB-19085] This feature organizes user profile settings into a new option in the user menu: App settings. The App settings option contains the same options that were previously available, but they're now within App settings to provide a more consistent cross-product experience.	2311
	Synchronized status changes for guided buying requests edited in SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud in the 2NV and 3EN integration scenarios [GB-21591] 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 view the updated status changes in guided buying for requests that are approved or rejected in SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud. The status is updated based on the edits made in SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud to the approved or rejected request. includes GB-24956	2311
	Support for Adding Groups to Requisition Approval Flows in Guided Buying [GB-24299] Guided buying users can add user groups to approval flows when submitting their requisitions.	2311	starting 2402	starting 2311
	SAP Companion Enabled for All Guided Buying Users [GB-24309] The SAP Companion help and learning platform is turned on for all guided buying users. It comes with standard help content and tutorials. Your organization can optionally modify help topics and add new content by purchasing an SAP Enable Now license.	2311
	Require Administrators to Configure Secure URLs [GB-24620] To ensure that connections are more secure, guided buying no longer accepts "http://" URLs configured by administrators. All new absolute URLs added to the configuration must start with "https://" so that connections initiated by guided buying are secure.	2311
	Sending spot buy items in guided buying requests to SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud in the 2NV integration scenario [GB-17635] In the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV) integration scenario, this feature enables buyers to add spot buy items to guided buying requests that are sent to SAP S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Includes feature GB-20422	2308
	Improved Search in Request for Quotes and Forms [GB-23278] The Your Requests section is continuously improving. Now, there are additional search and sorting options available in the Request for quotes and Custom forms tabs.	2308	Starting Future	Starting 2308
	Recommended Alternatives for Non-Catalog Items [GB-23280] The Non-Catalog Request page and line item forms can now display the recommended alternatives carousel, which encourages users to buy catalog items instead of non-catalog items.	2308
	Item Recommendations [GB-8257] Guided buying can now suggest products and services to users based on their past purchases. It collects purchasing history from your organization and uses artificial intelligence to recommend catalog items that might be of interest based on the individual user.	2305
	Guided buying usage reports [GB-13455] The usage report provides administrators visibility into the searching and purchasing performed by users and the organization's overall interaction with guided buying. Guided buying generates this Excel report monthly to provide usage details, such as the number of users who logged in, number of users who added items to their cart, total number of items added to carts, and searches that returned no results.	2305
	Improved Screening for Suppliers in Guided Buying [GB-18350] This feature leverages supplier questionnaires in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance to better screen suppliers used in guided buying. When this feature is enabled, suppliers must be evaluated in supplier management before they're used for purchases in guided buying. You can configure policies that display warnings or require users to enter additional information so that guided buying uses only evaluated suppliers.	2305
	Evaluate Potential Risk for Non-Catalog Purchases [GB-18894] This feature allows your organization to use engagement requests, which evaluate suppliers for potential risk. Suppliers selected in guided buying for non-catalog purchases are evaluated. Engagement requests model a process, The control-based engagement risk assessment process, in which risk experts evaluate suppliers on a deeper level. If an engagement request is triggered, it must be approved by risk experts before the requisitioner can submit their purchase request.	2305
	Manage Multiple Policies at Once in Guided Buying [GB-21568] This feature allows administrators to perform mass exporting and deleting of guided buying policies. Previously, mass editing to guided buying policies was only available if you also had the enhanced RFQ editing feature (GB-15541) enabled. If you didn't have the feature enabled, you had to export and delete policies one at a time, which could be tedious if you work with many policies. Now, any administrator can make mass edits to guided buying policies.	2305
	Improved Search in Guided Buying [GB-22367] Search functionality in guided buying is continuously improving. This feature gives administrators more control over their user's search experience and introduces small changes that help the user find what they need.	2305
	More Flexibility in On-Behalf-Of Buying [GB-23279] Previously, on-behalf-of (OBO) buying in guided buying was too restrictive for some organizations, because users couldn't choose their own purchasing unit (PU) or Plant. Now, users can choose their own PU in Request-by-PU sessions and their own Plant in Request-by-Plant sessions. In addition, users can view their account profile information within guided buying, instead of having to go to SAP Ariba Procurement solutions to view it.	2305
	SAP Qualtrics survey for guided buying users [GB-23869] Users can now help SAP Ariba improve guided buying. A new link allows them to go to an SAP Qualtrics survey immediately after submitting a request, where they can express their opinion on guided buying and offer suggestions. SAP Ariba gathers this information and uses it to plan future enhancements. Note: No longer considered as becoming mandatory with the 2308 release.	2305		Starting 2005
	SAP Companion Enabled for All Users and Legacy Help Community Deprecated [GB-24308] SAP Ariba will turn on the SAP Companion help and learning platform for all guided buying users for the Q3 2023 release. At the same time, SAP Ariba will deprecate the guided buying legacy help community (also called the Ariba User Community). SAP Companion will be the only help system for guided buying going forward.	2305	Starting 2308	Starting 2305
	Improved Design for Finding Requests [GB-3350] Previously, there were limited sorting and filtering options available when searching for a request. If users had a large number of requests, finding a specific one could have been difficult. Now, users can leverage a redesigned Your requests page to find requests more easily.	2302	Starting in Future	Starting in 2302
	HTTPS recommendation for External Site tiles [GB-12935] Guided buying now examines URLs added by administrators for External Site (Action) tiles and recommends that they use the HTTPS protocol. If administrators add HTTP URLs in these tiles, guided buying issues warning messages indicating that HTTPS is a more secure transport protocol. This message is only a warning and External Site tiles can continue to use the HTTP protocol.	2302
	Diversity Information Available in Catalog [GB-16949] You can now see whether you're supporting a diverse supplier when you purchase items from the catalog. If a supplier supports diversity, you see diversity labels, like "Women owned" or "Hispanic owned", or diversity program information in a catalog item's details.	2302	Starting in 2305	Starting in 2302
	On-Behalf-Of Enhancements [GB-20432] The on-behalf-of (OBO) buying functionality in guided buying now performs better filtering of ship-to addresses and business entities for improved support of complex organizations. These enhancements are enabled if you set the existing guided buying parameter named PARAM_ENABLE_NEW_OBO_UI to true.	2302
	Date format unified in guided buying [GB-22232] Dates displayed in guided buying now use the same format as in other SAP Ariba applications for better consistency.	2302	Starting in 2305	Starting in 2302

 

 

 

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