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SAP Procurement and SAP Business Network 2305 Release

 

  2305 Early Release Series What's New Guide Release Highlight Release Summary Features Becoming Mandatory  
  An interactive forum to engage with product experts providing simple, direct answers to your questions. Describes new or changed features included in the 2305 release. Discover the benefits coming with the 2305 release. Provides a downloadable overview of planned features with links to additional feature content. The opt-in period for these previously release features is ending.  With the 2305 release they will become automatically on for all customers with the applicable solutions or require other actions by customers for continued use.  

 

  Customer Action Required
     
  Feature Name & Description Impact Date Learn More  
  Enforce the Use of HTTPS in SAP Ariba Solutions [SI-6537]
This feature enforces the use of HTTPS in SAP Ariba solutions. 
Customers need to update all HTTP URLs, including vanity URLs, to HTTPS, and reconfigure your outbound endpoint URLs to HTTPS before the Q3 2023 release to ensure that SAP Ariba can transmit data, receive data, and display URLs in the user interface and email messages. Vanity URLs should only be updated to HTTPS if your SAP Ariba solution site is not on s1-2.ariba.com or s1-2-eu.ariba.com.
2308 What's New      
  Decommissioning of Certain TLS Ciphers for SAP Ariba Gateway in Australia Data Center [OPEC-12563]
Certain TLS ciphers no longer meet SAP’s minimum security standards and will eventually be decommissioned across all SAP Ariba products in all data centers.
This feature is optional for 90 days. After 90 days, SAP Ariba plans to turn it on for all customers in the Australia data center. If you continue to use the decommissioned ciphers after August 2023, the TLS handshake process for API Gateway calls will fail and the API calls will not be completed and all API integrations will fail.
2308 What's New      
  Decommissioning of Certain TLS Ciphers for SAP Ariba Gateway in Japan Data Center [OPEC-12564]
Certain TLS ciphers no longer meet SAP’s minimum security standards and will eventually be decommissioned across all SAP Ariba products in all data centers. 
This feature is optional for 90 days. After 90 days, SAP Ariba plans to turn it on for all customers in the Japan data center. If you continue to use the decommissioned ciphers after August 2023, the TLS handshake process for API Gateway calls will fail and the API calls will not be completed and all API integrations will fail.
2308 What's New      

  Features Becoming Mandatory
     
  Feature Name & Description Original Release Learn More  
  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. 
2303 Release
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  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.
2303 Release
Guide
     
  Decommissioning of Certain TLS Ciphers for SAP Ariba Gateway in Australia Data Center [OPEC-11902]
Certain TLS ciphers no longer meet SAP’s minimum security standards and will eventually be decommissioned across all SAP Ariba products in all data centers. The first phase of this decommissioning will begin June 2023 when these ciphers will no longer be supported during the TLS handshake process for API Gateway calls in the Australia data center. Future release notes will inform you when the ciphers will be decommissioned for other products and data centers. Ciphers will be decommissioned in June 2023 (2306)
2303 Release
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  General Features
 
    Enablement Model   Learn More  
  Feature Name & Description
Automatically
On
Customer
Configured
  KT Demo  
  Establish a Limit on Email Notifications Per Day from Test Sites [PLCS-7475]
When testing a document or workflow triggers notifications to groups that contain a large number of users or that share users between them, a flood of low-priority emails can be generated. These emails often go unread. This feature limits the number of email notifications from test sites to 5000 per day, and alerts the customer when that limit has been reached.
         
  Ability to Update Site Language Settings in Intelligent Configuration Manager [PLICM-887]
Customer administrators can now update language settings for their site in the Intelligent Configuration Manager workspace without having to request assistance from SAP Ariba representatives. Customer administrators can then follow the same workflow to test, approve, and deploy packages to their production site.
         
  Enhancements to Audit Reports in Intelligent Configuration Manager [PLICM-3207]
Customers can now securely download audit reports in the Intelligent Configuration Manager workspace. The generated audit reports are encrypted using the public key. Customers can decrypt the generated audit report files using their private key.
         
  Migration of legacy audit logs to SAP Ariba's audit service [PLMSG-1557]
This feature introduces a phased migration of audit logging in SAP Ariba solutions to SAP Ariba's audit service. All new audit data logged after the notified transition date will be available only in the audit service logs, accessible from the Intelligent Configuration Manager. Initially, legacy audit data logged in the one year preceding May 1, 2022 (the date on which the audit service became available) will be migrated to the audit service. In subsequent phases, legacy audit data will be completely migrated to the audit service. Until this migration is completed, legacy audit data will be available in both the internal logs of SAP Ariba applications and the audit service logs.
       
  Data purge capabilities in SAP Ariba solutions [SI-23]
SAP Ariba solutions now enable you to purge transaction data, audit log data, blocked users' profile information, and supplier master data in your site. For the purpose of data management, you may be required to purge data from your system after a certain retention period or you may choose to purge data simply because it no longer serves any business purpose. You can manually purge data older than a specified date. You can also configure recurring data purges based on the retention policy in your site using the Intelligent Configuration Manager workspace.
Note: This feature will not be available to customers until the 2306 Release.

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  Enforce the Use of HTTPS in SAP Ariba Solutions [SI-6537]
This feature enforces the use of HTTPS in SAP Ariba solutions. Existing HTTP URL links no longer display as hyperlinks in the user interface and email messages. If you enter an HTTP link in a URL field in the user interface, SAP Ariba now displays a message indicating that you must use HTTPS. The use of HTTP is also logged in the SAP Ariba audit service. This feature also validates that outbound endpoint URLs are HTTPS. SAP Ariba blocks the creation of new HTTP outbound endpoint URLS and blocks existing HTTP outbound calls.


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  Mobile 
 
  Mobile App Enablement Model   Learn More  
  Feature Name & Description
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On
Customer
Configured
  KT Demo  
  Redesigned User Interface of Home Screen in SAP Ariba Procurement Mobile App [BMA-4325]
The redesigned user interface of the home screen in the SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app introduces the following changes: Your requests and Your to dos sections are displayed as tiles instead of cards and the Your to dos section displays the number of items for each tile.
           
  Support for Display of Custom Fields in Receipts in the SAP Ariba Procurement Mobile App [BMA-4401]
This feature enables the display of custom fields in receipts in the SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app.
       
  Enable SAP Ariba Procurement Mobile App Access for all Users [BMA-4590]
This feature enables customer administrators to configure their site to bypass the Ariba Mobile User group membership check, and allow all users, irrespective of their group membership, to use the SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app.
         
  Sort and Filter Search Results in SAP Ariba Shopping Mobile Application [SAS-33]
This feature allows you to refine your search results by sorting them (by relevance, best-selling, price and alphabetical order) and filtering them (according to category, price, manufacturer name, supplier ID, keyword).
         
  Delete Requisitions in SAP Ariba Shopping Mobile Application [SAS-34]
This feature allows you to delete requisitions that are in Composing state.
         
  Push Notifications in SAP Ariba Shopping Mobile Application [SAS-36]
A push notification is sent when the status of a requisition is changed to one of the following: Fully Approved, Ordered, Denied
         

 

  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  
  Ability to Mark Suppliers as Excluded in Guided Sourcing Events [ET-1490]
This feature enables buyers using guided sourcing to mark one or more suppliers as excluded suppliers at the event level. In an event in draft phase, buyers can mark suppliers as excluded or carry over the exclusion status when importing suppliers from a predecessor project. In a published event, buyers can mark or unmark suppliers as excluded and Configure the Bid Comparison report to filter, sort, or highlight the suppliers according to their exclusion status and View suppliers' exclusion status in the Supplier Response report user interface and scorecard page.
         
  Ability to Include Product Questionnaire Responses in the Supplier Response Report [ET-1621]
This feature enables buyers using guided sourcing to include product questionnaire responses in the supplier response report PDF. This also enables public sector buyers to include the European Single Procurement Document (ESPD) questionnaire responses in the supplier response report.
         
  Ability to View Supplier Ranking and Other Enhancements to the Bid Analysis Table View [OPT-4290]
This feature enables buyers to view supplier ranks based on the suppliers' bid values for each line item. You can view the supplier ranks in the Bid Analysis table view of the Awards scenario section. The sort and filter operations in the table view are improved. This feature also improves the pagination capability in the Bid Analysis table view.
       
  Support for Replicating Product Group Master Data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud Using SAP Master Data Integration [PLMDS-5641]
This feature introduces support for replicating product 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 ProductGroup v5.0.0 master data object.
         
  Ability to Confirm Deletion of Predefined Terms in Sourcing [SS-29027]
A new confirmation dialog is added to warn buyers when they try to delete a predefined term from a sourcing request or sourcing project template in SAP Ariba Sourcing. A predefined term is deleted only after the buyer user confirms the delete action.
         
  Improved Grading Functionality in Guided Sourcing Events [SS-37684]
This feature introduces the following enhancements to the grading functionality in guided sourcing: Team graders can grade suppliers' alternative bids, and buyers can review and adjust the consensus grade of alternative bids. Buyers can specify if the external graders can see the participant identity or profile during the grading process to increase the level of objectivity and remove bias. Buyers can set each grader’s weight in an guided sourcing event. Buyers can prohibit the project owners from overriding the consensus grade.
         

 

  Strategic Sourcing For Industries
Features ONLY available with SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite 

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  Feature Name & Description Automatically
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Configured
  KT Demo  
  Custom Field Header Support in the S/4HANA Sourcing with SAP Ariba Sourcing (4BL) Integration Scenario [DMS-17970]
This feature gives buyers the ability to use custom header fields in the S/4HANA Sourcing with SAP Ariba Sourcing (4BL) Integration Scenario.
         
  Multiple Sourcing Request Template Support in the S/4HANA Sourcing with SAP Ariba Sourcing (4BL) Integration Scenario [DMS-18224]
This feature adds support for multiple sourcing request templates in the S/4HANA Sourcing with SAP Ariba Sourcing (4BL) Integration Scenario.
         

 

  Contracts
SAP Ariba Contracts features are available in SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite   

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  Feature Name & Description Automatically
On
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Configured
  KT Demo  
  Migration of Contract Workspaces to SAP Ariba Contracts and Icertis Contract Intelligence [SC-17778]
This feature enables buyers using SAP Ariba Contracts integrated with Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) for SAP Ariba solutions to migrate legacy (or existing) contract workspaces and agreements between SAP Ariba Contracts and ICI or from third-party applications to SAP Ariba Contracts and ICI. You can establish a mapping between the contract records in ICI and SAP Ariba Contracts by using the IntegratedSystemReference.csv file. Creating a mapping between the records in ICI and SAP Ariba Contracts facilitates seamless navigation between the user interfaces and helps you manage the records from either of the systems.
         

 

  Supplier Management
Features in this group are also available with SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite 

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  Feature Name & Description

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On
Customer
Configured
  KT Demo  
  Ability to Access the Supplier's SAP Business Network Profile in the Supplier 360° Profile [SM-34778]
This feature enables a link to the supplier's SAP Business Network profile in the supplier 360° profile, if the supplier is public.
           
  Option to Require Supplier Registration Before Starting Qualification Processes [SM-35771]
This feature adds an option for restricting the ability to create process qualifications for a supplier until the supplier has a completed registration.
         
  Invalidation of Preferred Status After Disqualification [SM-35912]
This feature automatically invalidates the preferred status of a supplier if an existing process qualification is disqualified, expired, or becomes obsolete anywhere within the hierarchy of the related commodity, region, (and optionally) department combination.
         
  Accessibility Enhancements in Supplier Management [SM-37158]
This feature introduces the accessibility enhancements in the supplier management user interface such as keyboard navigation, screen reader functionality, and tooltips for the fields.
         

 

  Supplier Risk
Enablement Model   Learn More  
  Feature Name & Description Automatically
On
Customer
Configured
  KT Demo  
  Accessibility Enhancements in SAP Ariba Supplier Risk [ARI-15748]
The SAP Ariba Supplier Risk user interface has accessibility enhancements including keyboard shortcuts, screen reader functionality, color contrast, and tooltips to enable people with special needs to access content and perform various tasks.
         
  Link Engagement Requests to Non-Catalog Purchase Requisitions [ARI-17113]
This feature introduces the ability to trigger a new engagement request project from a non-catalog purchase requisition initiated via guided buying, or to link the requisition to an existing engagement.  This ensures that if necessary, an appropriate risk due diligence process is completed before proceeding with the purchase.
       
  Additional Translation Support for Master Data Fields in Engagement Requests [ARI-19148]
This feature extends use of the master data translation capability introduced with ARI-18565: Enhanced Translation Support for Master Data Fields in Engagement Requests. Customer-imported translated values for control name, control owner, decisionmaker, risk type, and assessment name now show on additional pages or areas of the user interface.
         
  Supplier List Page Enhancements Enabled for Everyone [ARI-20543]
Supplier List Page Enhancements is changing from a self-service optional parameter to enabled on for everyone in 2308 GA. The feature will be enabled on with no option to disable it. It will no longer be a customer configured feature using a self-service parameter.

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  View Activity in Finding and Event Collaboration for Audit and Monitoring [NGSM-551]
All activities performed for a finding are logged in Finding and Event Collaboration. These activities include the activities by all members of the finding's management team as well as the activities by Finding and Event Collaboration (for example, status change).
       
  Enable Collaboration with Third-Party Contacts on Findings [NGSM-3326]
This feature enables collaboration with third-party contacts, such as members of public, NGOs, auditors, and more, in Finding and Event Collaboration. Finding Validators and Finding Response Coordinators assigned to a finding can add third-party contacts to the finding's management team.
       

 

  Procurement
 
  Buying & Invoicing Enablement Model   Learn More  
  Feature Name & Description
Automatically
On
Customer
Configured
  KT Demo  
  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.
         
  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.
       
  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.
     
  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.
         
  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.
       
  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.
         
  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.
         

 

  Guided Buying
Enablement Model   Learn More  
  Feature Name & Description

Automatically
On
Customer
Configured
  KT Demo  
  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.
         
  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.
         
  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.
         
  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.
     
  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.
         
  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.
     
  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.
         
  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. 
 
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  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.

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Starting 2305
     

 

  Catalog & Spot Buy
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  Integration
 
  Extensibility & Configurability - APIs Enablement Model   Learn More  
  Feature Name & Description
Automatically
On
Customer
Configured
  KT Demo  
  Import Engagement Risk Assessment Responses from External Systems [ARI-18133]
This feature allows you to map an external source for responses to modular questionnaires used as assessments in engagement requests. Integration using the Engagement Risk Assessment External Response Import API enables automatic imports of responses. This avoids the duplication of sending the assessment to a supplier who has already answered the same questions in another system.
         
  External Approval API for Sourcing and Supplier Management Supports External Approval of Engagement Tasks [ARI-18725]
This API can be used for external approval of engagement tasks.  Previously, support was recognized only for sourcing projects, contract workspaces, and supplier management projects.
         
  Risk Exposure API Enhancement to Retrieve the Risk Exposure for Multiple Suppliers [ARI-19205]
The Risk Exposure API has a new endpoint that enables you to retrieve up to 500 suppliers' overall and category risk exposure so you can integrate the information into other SAP Ariba applications.
Note: This feature is planned to be available with a later release
           
  Event Management API Enhancements for Fetching Bid History and Attachments [ET-1626]
This feature enables buyers to obtain the following details by using the Event Management API:
• All the bids that the suppliers have submitted for a specific event
• All the bids that a specific supplier has submitted for an event
• Attachments from all the bids that a specific supplier has submitted for an event
         
  Decommissioning of Certain TLS Ciphers for SAP Ariba Gateway in Australia Data Center [OPEC-12563]
Certain TLS ciphers no longer meet SAP’s minimum security standards and will eventually be decommissioned across all SAP Ariba products in all data centers. Future release notes will inform you when the ciphers will be decommissioned for other products and data centers.

Starting 2308

Starting 2302
       
  Decommissioning of Certain TLS Ciphers for SAP Ariba Gateway in Japan Data Center [OPEC-12564]
Certain TLS ciphers no longer meet SAP’s minimum security standards and will eventually be decommissioned across all SAP Ariba products in all data centers. Future release notes will inform you when the ciphers will be decommissioned for other products and data centers.

Starting 2308

Starting 2302
       
  Inclusion of Error Messages Generated due to Internal Integration Errors in Document Approval API Responses [PLAF-4930]
A new query parameter enables customers to determine whether error messages generated due to internal integration errors should be included in the responses to Document Approval API queries.
         
  Enhancements to asynchronous Audit Search API to support encryption of data [PLMSG-1619]
Customers can now securely download audit data using the asynchronous Audit Search API. The downloaded audit data files are encrypted using the public key. Customers can decrypt the generated audit data files using their private key.
         

 

  SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway (Formally known as Cloud Integration Gateway CIG)
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  KT Demo  
  SAP Central Invoice Management Integration with Invoice Status Portal in SAP Business Network [IG-38768]
Buying organizations can send invoice details including status from SAP Central Invoice Management to the invoice status portal in SAP Business Network using SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network. If a buying organization has configured the invoice status portal in SAP Business Network, suppliers can view the invoice details including status in the invoice status portal.
         
  Renaming SPRO Menu Components in the SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA Addons of SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network. [IG-41640]
The SPRO nodes associated with the following addons are renamed:
• SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network, addon for SAP ERP
• SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network, addon for SAP S/4HANA 
The UI components of SPRO nodes contain the short name, Managed Gateway for Spend&Network. The content on the Performance Assistant pages associated with the SPRO nodes displays the name as SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network. Also, the name “Ariba Network” is renamed as “SAP Business Network” throughout the SPRO menu components.
         

 

 

  SAP Business Network
 
  for Procurement Enablement Model   Learn More  
  Feature Name & Description
Automatically
On
Customer
Configured
  KT Demo  
  Days to pay benchmarking widget [BNA-1131]
The Days To Pay benchmarking widget displays the average number of days to pay an invoice on the supplier home page.
The Days To Pay benchmarking widget allows suppliers to compare their customers’ Average Days To Pay performance against the aggregate performance of the network.
- Suppliers may compare performance by supplier region, buyer industry, and buyer performance quartile. 
- Suppliers may choose last quarter, last month, last 12 months.
         
  Change Order Rate KPI Widget [BNA-276]
The PO change rate KPI widget measures the percentage of purchase orders sent by customers that have a subsequent change.
The Changes Orders KPI widget measures the quantity of change orders. The data can be displayed for All customers or a specific customer and for purchase orders in the Last month, Last quarter, or Last 12 months.
         
  Change Orders Widget [BNA-300]
The Changes Orders KPI widget measures the quantity of change orders.  The data can be displayed for All customers or a specific customer and for purchase orders in the Last month, Last quarter, or Last 12 months.
         
  Approved invoices benchmarking chart [BNA-681]
The Benchmarking: Invoice cycle time widget has been enhanced to include a chart that shows the value and volume of approved invoices across SAP Business Network by buyer industry, supplier region, and buyer performance quartile. This helps you understand the size of the transactions that make up the invoice cycle time benchmark.
         
  Permissions for actions on order change request for supplier [CSC-31808]
This feature enables the supplier to provide authorization to relevant users to perform different actions on order change request.
         
  Support the reshipment of goods based on receipts for all SAP Business Network buyers [CSC-32826]
This feature makes the "Allow recalculation of shipment due quantity based on goods receipts" transaction rule available to all SAP Business Network buyers. This recalculation allows suppliers to reship any missing requested item. This rule no longer requires SAP Business Network for Supply Chain enablement.
         
  Support for External UBL Documents for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [NG-5439]
Buyers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia can now receive external UBL document through email from non-SAP Business Network suppliers. The UBL document must be approved by the Saudi Arabian Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA). Suppliers can send the external UBL document to the email ID ordersender-sc1man02@m1.lab-us.cloud.ariba.com, and send upto only one attachment in the email.
         
  Legal Profile Enhancements for Japan [NG-5876]
The tax authority in Japan introduces a new invoice format, effective October 2023 which requires supplier organizations to register to the tax authority who then issues a unique ID for each supplier called as Tax Registration Number. The supplier invoice must contain the Tax Registration Number that is used as an identifier in SAP Business Network to route it to the relevant buyer. SAP Business Network recommends domestic suppliers to setup a Legal Profile in their SAP Business Network supplier account and include additional information such as Tax Registration Number. Buyers can generate reports to verify if the supplier has a Legal Profile in SAP Business Network and reports for all the suppliers with established trading relationship in the system.
         
  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.
         
  Ability for buyers to resend multiple invoices with routing status Failed at once [NP-34591]
Buyers have a need to resend invoices that have failed being sent from the network to the buyer's backend processing system. Today, buyers have to resend invoices one-by-one which is time consuming. With this feature, buyers can resend up to 100 failed invoices at a time.
         
  Capability to invite supplier from trading partner search results [NS-21013]
This feature enables buyers to invite selected suppliers for fulfillment collaboration directly from trading partner search results. Buyer users can now search directly for trading partners, verify the profile, and trigger invitation to supplier from the profile page.
         
  Sustainability rating filter available in trading partner search [NS-21015]
This feature allows customers to filter search results by sustainability rating.
         
  AD converted buyer address change [PAY-10635]
Any walk up suppliers or walk up discovery buyers cannot change the address when they act as buyers on discovery.
         
  Post-Login Alert to Enter Tax Information [PAY-11754]
SAP Business Network collects tax-related information from suppliers located in countries where collection of tax information is mandatory for billing. Suppliers must enter the Tax/VAT ID in the standard tax information format of their country. The system throws an error message if the added tax information fails the standard tax information format of the respective country.

         
  Economic Activity Code (GIRO) For Chilean Suppliers [PAY-12972]
This feature prompts both existing and new Chilean enterprise suppliers to select the applicable economic activity code (GIRO).

         
  Workbench Usability Improvements [SA-32048]
The workbench has been enhanced to improve usability. The table header with column labels is now frozen and continues to display when scrolling. The Reset button now resets workbench tiles to their saved filters and removes any configuration changes that have not been applied.

         
  Supplier Profile Download Limit [SA-33371]
This feature limits the number of supplier profiles that a buyer organization can download from SAP Business Network to 100,000 records per year.
         
  Topical Workbench for Buyers [SA-34550]
The classic document list pages for buyers have been replaced by topical workbench pages, for orders, Invoices, and payments. Object-oriented menus now direct to these topical workbench pages.
         
  Search from dashboard page to Topical Workbench [SA-39725]
Dashboard search related to orders and releases, invoices or payments will direct the user to topical workbench.
         
  Enhancements to the User Interface for Supplier Self-Assessment [SA-35736]
This feature enhances the user interface for the supplier self-assessment function by displaying assessment questionnaires in window mode instead of dialog boxes.
         

 

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  Consignment process improvements [CSC-32655]
This feature improves the consignment process by adding fields to consignment reports and enhancing consignment movement.
         

 

  Business Network Branding Changes
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  Branding Updates to Login Pages and Product Switcher [BNC-1181]
Login pages and the product switcher now use SAP Business Network branding.
         
  Branding Updates to Account Mode Switch [BNC-895]
The user interface related to switching between test and production account modes has been updated to align with SAP Business Network branding.
         
  SAP Business Network Reflects New SAP Integration Suite, Managed Gateway for Spend Management and SAP Business Network Branding [REGAN-12328]
SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway has been rebranded as SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network (Managed Gateway for Spend & Network). The SAP Business Network user interface has been updated to reflect this new branding.
         
  Ariba Network badge rebranded to SAP Business Network badge [SA-32806]
Supplier profile badges have been updated to use SAP Business Network branding. Trading partners can find the new badges on the Marketing profile.
         

 

 


This information reflects the status of SAP Procurement and SAP Business Network planning as of April 2023 and the features discussed are subject to change at any time without notice.  SAP assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions and nothing in this web page should be construed to represent any commitment by SAP to include any specific new features in any version of the SAP solutions. Please contact your Customer Engagement Executive for additional details.

 

 

 

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