General Features
		Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Security
	Notification to Remove Old IP Addresses from Allowlist [CES-781] As part of the Next Generation Cloud Delivery program, SAP Ariba has completed its transition to a hyperscaler infrastructure, which affects all SAP Ariba cloud solutions and SAP Business Network. Consequently, if your organization uses IP blocking/allowlisting in your IT environment, it's now safe to remove old IP addresses for SAP data centers from your allowlist.
	Updated Privacy Disclosure in SAP Ariba Solutions [PLAF-5241] The updated Privacy Disclosure is now available in SAP Ariba Procurement solutions and SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management solutions.
	Updated Cookie Statement in SAP Ariba Solutions [PLAF-5877] The updated Cookie Statement is now available in SAP Ariba Procurement solutions and SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management solutions.
	Enforced Anti-Virus Scanning in SAP Ariba Solutions [PS-15406] This feature enforces the use of anti-virus scanning in SAP Ariba solutions. SAP Ariba scans all files uploaded using both the user interface and the SAP Ariba integration toolkit. If a virus or malware is detected when a file is uploaded, SAP Ariba displays a warning message indicating that the file is infected. Uploaded files are scanned for viruses by streaming the file contents to the virus scanning engine, so no local copies of the file are saved prior to being scanned. If a virus is detected, the file is automatically purged from the system.	Starting 2311
	Intelligent Configuration Manager
	Ability to Update Company Logo for the Site in Intelligent Configuration Manager [PLICM-859] Customer administrators can now update company logo images 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.

 

	Mobile
	Mobile features	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	SAP Ariba Procurement
	Generic Mobile Device Management Support for SAP Ariba Procurement Mobile App on iOS [BMA-4395] This feature introduces generic mobile device management support for the SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app installed on iOS devices.
	Enhanced Shopping Section, Approval Workflows in SAP Ariba Procurement Mobile App [BMA-4890] SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app users can use the enhancements related to viewing saved carts, viewing the last requisition that the user was creating, creating requests for non-catalog items, and searching for catalog items in the Shopping section on the home screen. Users can also view the approval details for their tasks, requisitions, and supplier onboarding requests, with less scrolling.
	SAP Ariba Shopping
	View and Browse in Categories in SAP Ariba Shopping Mobile Application [SAS-38] Items in the catalog are divided into categories and sub-categories within which the user can view and browse for items. These categories make viewing and browsing for items easier and provide a more manageable way to find items in a catalog with a large number of items.
	Approval Flow Preview in SAP Ariba Shopping Mobile Application [SAS-54] With this feature you can configure your approval flow logic in SAP Ariba, which is displayed in SAP Ariba Shopping's Requisition details screen. In the current preview mode, only two nodes are displayed, the current node and the upcoming node.Currently parallel approval types are not supported. If the approval flow of the requisition contains parallel nodes, the approval flow is not displayed.
	Withdraw Requisitions in SAP Ariba Shopping Mobile Application [SAS-56] This feature allows you to withdraw a requisition that is in SUBMITTED or DENIED status, thereby setting it back to COMPOSING status, where it can be modified by the user.

 

	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
	Pagination and Search Support for the Supplier Tables on Draft and Monitoring Pages in Guided Sourcing Events [OPT-4286] This feature enables pagination support to supplier tables that are available when you add or edit questions in the Questions, requirements, and attachments table on the draft page. Additionally, pagination support is enabled in supplier tables on the guided sourcing monitoring page. A search capability is also added to supplier tables on these pages.
	Pagination and Search Support for Suppliers Lists in Guided Sourcing Events [OPT-4322] This feature enables pagination support and improves the search function in the supplier tables of guided sourcing events.
	Support for More Than 100 Suppliers in Select Reports in Guided Sourcing [OPT-5108] This feature enhances the capability of reports in the Monitor and the Review Responses pages of guided sourcing to support more than 100 suppliers and enables buyers to download reports in the XLSX format. The export of bid comparison report is also optimized to support bids from more than 100 suppliers.
	Pagination and Search Support for Supplier Tables on Guided Sourcing Review Responses Page [OPT-5196] This feature enables pagination and search support for supplier sections in the Items that need quotes and the Questions, requirements, and attachments tables on the guided sourcing Review Responses page. Suppliers are listed in batches of 10 records each.
	Ability to Link Existing Risk Engagement Projects to Guided Sourcing Events [SS-19984] This feature enables buyers to link existing supplier risk engagement projects with guided sourcing events. This helps buyers establish seamless navigation between supplier risk engagement projects and the supplier card in guided sourcing events, irrespective of the state (Draft, Open, Pending Selection, Awarded, Completed) of the guided sourcing event.
	Display Category Management Opportunities on the For You Dashboard [SS-38425] This feature enables buyers using SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP Ariba Category Management to view Category Management opportunities from the For You dashboard. It also introduces the new Category Buyer Opportunity Analysis user group.		Contact Customer Success Partner
	Configuring Custom Menu in Guided Sourcing [SS-34972] This feature enables template administrators to enable and configure custom actions menu options in the guided sourcing template. You can map the custom actions menu options to internal and external applications and specify the URL for accessing those applications. This enables buyers to seamlessly access internal and external applications by clicking the custom actions menu options in the guided sourcing user interface.
	Use Total Spend to Trigger Award Approval Flow [SS-35752] This feature adds support for using Total Spend, rather than Baseline Spend, to trigger an award approval task.
	Manage Sealed Bid Event Timing in Guided Sourcing [SS-35890] This feature enables users from buyer organizations to choose between revealing bids and extending event duration for sealed bid events in guided sourcing when a sealed bid event reaches the review responses phase. This feature is available to users who have the newly introduced role, Manage Sealed Bids, and are members of the Category Buyer and Event Administrator user groups. This feature ensures that the suppliers get an equal opportunity to participate in the bidding if they were not able to bid due to system unavailability.
	Support for viewing SAP Ariba Category Management analytical cards in a guided sourcing full project. [SS-33957] Support for viewing SAP Ariba Category Management analytical cards in a guided sourcing full project.		Contact Customer Success Partner
	Seamless Access to Supplier 360° Profile from SAP Ariba Sourcing [SS-38432] This feature enables buyers using SAP Ariba Sourcing integrated with SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions to seamlessly navigate to the supplier 360° profile in SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions and back.
	Access Control for Content Elements in Guided Sourcing Events [SS-40141] This feature allows event owners to control who can see various content elements in guided sourcing events. If event owners do not set any access control for content elements, they can be viewed by anyone who has access to the guided sourcing event.
	Matrix Terms in Guided Sourcing Events [SS-40142] Support matrix terms in guided sourcing events. Buyers use matrix terms to create copies of entries in an item table for items or lots, where each copy has a different value for the matrix term.  Includes feature SS-43651
	Expedited Support Requests on Sourcing Auctions and Competitive RFPs [SS-40648] This feature adds a new expedited support button, Request Immediate Assistance, to auction events and competitive RFPs. This button appears when the auction has one hour or less remaining for open bidding.
	Configuring Read-Only Terms in Guided Sourcing [SS-43516] This feature enables template creators to mark one or more terms in guided sourcing event templates as read-only terms. Marking a term as read-only prevents users from editing the term in events. Template creators can also configure the item definitions in the guided sourcing template to indicate whether a read-only term in an event can be edited by the project owners.
	Enabling Show Options to Switch to Guided Sourcing on All Sites [SS-44822] The ICM parameter Show Options to Switch to Guided Sourcing, which is currently disabled by default, will be enabled for all sites in the Q4 2023 release of SAP Ariba solutions.	Starting 2311	Starting 2308
	Disable Supplier Invitation in Guided Sourcing Events [SS-45723] This feature allows template administrators to disable supplier invitation from the guided sourcing event templates. Disabling supplier invitation at the template level prevents buyer users from inviting suppliers to guided sourcing events from the user interface.
	Guided Sourcing User Interface Updates [SS-45922] This feature introduces multiple changes to the guided sourcing user interface. You may want to communicate these changes to users in your organization. These changes are part of on-going user interface updates for SAP Ariba Sourcing. Includes features SS-45924

 

	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 for Materials Manager Users to Access the My Materials Action Tile [DMS-18660] This feature provides Material Managers of the Direct Material Sourcing solution, currently enabled as product sourcing features in the SAP Strategic Sourcing Suite, access to the My Materials action tile on the Product Sourcing Dashboard. The My Materials action Tile displays the total number of materials owned by the logged in user and provides quick access to this list of materials.
	Ability to capture award confirmation messages in the S/4HANA Sourcing with SAP Ariba Sourcing (4BL) Integration Scenario [DMS-18663] This feature enables SAP Ariba Sourcing to display award confirmation messages from S/4HANA Cloud in the classic SAP Ariba Sourcing user interface and the guided sourcing user interface.
	Product Hierarchy Management API Enhancements to Manage Category Attribute Data [SSR-5730] This feature introduces enhancements to the Product Hierarchy Management API that enable you to retrieve, create, update, and delete category attribute hierarchy data and item attributes in SAP Ariba.
	Product Questionnaire Enhancements [SSR-6039] This feature introduces enhancements to exported product questionnaire spreadsheets that help ensure suppliers provide appropriate answers and submit answers in the correct format. Exported product questionnaire spreadsheets now color code mandatory questions and include a new column that displays the expected answer type.

 

	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
	Integrating SAP Ariba Contracts with SAP Fieldglass [SC-16976] Buyers using SAP Ariba Contracts can choose to integrate SAP Ariba Contracts with SAP Fieldglass to optimize their services procurement processes and ensure data consistency. SAP Fieldglass enables buyers to find and connect with service providers or suppliers to procure and manage services such as contingent workforce, consulting, and so on. These services are centred around a Statement of Work (SOW)–based model where buyers can establish a service contract with service providers for accomplishing a project within a stipulated timeframe. For buyers using suite-integrated solutions and SAP Fieldglass, this solution offers a seamless user experience by automatically creating SOWs when contracts are published in SAP Ariba Contracts and integrating SOWs with the Buying and Invoicing solution for creating purchase requisitions and purchase orders, managing invoices, and tracking spend.
	Enhancements to SAP Ariba Contracts Integration with Icertis Contract Intelligence for SAP Ariba Solutions [SC-19434] This feature introduces several enhancements to the integration between SAP Ariba Contracts and Icertis Contract Intelligence (ICI) for SAP Ariba Solutions. Buyers using SAP Ariba Sourcing along with SAP Ariba Contracts integrated with ICI can configure this feature to opt for capabilities such as creating or updating agreements in ICI directly from sourcing events, viewing associated contracts in guided sourcing events, accessing ICI agreements to select a procurement contract to add line items from sourcing events, and so on. This feature also introduces the new APIs, Contract Workspace Delete API and Contract Line Items Document Publish API, and various enhancements, including new endpoints, to the Contract Workspace Management API.
	Enhancements to the Contract Workspace Modification API [SC-11408] This feature introduces enhancements to the Contract Workspace Modification API- A new endpoint to change the state of a contract workspace to amend or complete amendment, and New parameters, accessControl and relatedId in the POST and PATCH methods of the /contractWorkspaces endpoint. The accessControl parameter enables users to specify access control permission for the contract workspace. The relatedID parameter enables users to specify the ID of the external system to which the contract is sent.  Includes SC-11800

 

	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
	Improved Visibility of Supplier Synchronization Status in SM Administration [SM-17820] This feature adds information to the ERP integration status page in SM Administration about the supplier's synchronization status with SAP Ariba sourcing and procurement applications.  Administrators can use this information to identify and correct synchronization issues.
	Streamline On-Behalf-Of Registration Process with New "Set Registered" Option [SM-23173] With this feature, you can set a supplier's status to "Registered" with just one click using a button in the Registration area of the supplier 360° profile. The new "Set Registered" button will be available only after the supplier request is approved.
	Improvements in Internal Questionnaires and Forms in Process Flow Projects [SM-32810] This feature adds the ability to save internal modular questionnaires, and internal forms in external modular questionnaires, as drafts. Users can save draft responses and return later to complete and submit them. Saved draft versions are not versioned, and only the most recent changes are included.
	Enhancement to Export Supplier qualification data Based on Date Range in SM Administration [SM-35889] The feature provides an option to export Supplier qualification data based on the date range in SM Administration.
	Support for Supplier Names up to 160 Characters in Supplier Name Fields [SM-36076] This feature adds support for supplier names up to a total of 160 characters by increasing the maximum size of the vendor.vendorInfo.name1 through vendor.vendorInfo.name4 fields from 35 to 40 characters each and the vendor.vendorInfo.fullname field from 140 to 160 characters. With this enhancement, name fields in the supplier database now synchronize up to 40 characters per name field with integrated SAP S/4HANA and SAP Master Data Integration (MDI) systems, where the four name fields each support a 40 character maximum.
	Restricting File Size When Importing Questionnaires [SM-36493] This feature restricts the size of the questionnaire file that you upload to 25 MB.
	New notifications for added contacts [SM-38617] With this feature, supplier contacts will receive an email notification when they’re added to the relevant SAP Ariba buyer applications.
	Supplier Data Integration and Exception Monitoring with SAP Cloud ALM [SM-36867] This feature introduces support for supplier data integration and exception monitoring using SAP Cloud ALM for Operations (SAP CALM) cloud operation platform in sites integrated with SAP S/4HANA Cloud. This integration and exception monitoring uses the Integration Event Monitoring Query API for Procurement. This REST API enables SAP CALM to monitor supplier data integration message flows between SAP Ariba and SAP S/4HANA Cloud.

 

	Supplier Risk	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Improved Accessibility in Supplier Risk [ARI-16978] The SAP Ariba Supplier Risk user interface has improved accessibility enhancements including keyboard shortcuts, screen reader functionality, color contrast, and tooltips.
	Expiration and Error Management Enhancements for Third-Party Provider Dun & Bradstreet [ARI-20273] User interface messages have been added to inform users when the Dun & Bradstreet financial third-party provider credentials have expired, and when errors occur after submitting a supplier for evaluation. The enhancements provide additional information to help users resolve issues with expired licensing credentials and failed supplier submissions for evaluation.
	SAP Companion Implementation for In-App Help in Finding and Event Collaboration [NGSM-3776] In-app help is now available in the Finding and Event Collaboration user interface, supported by SAP Companion. You can access the in-app help to view the information for select user interface elements.
	Navigation-optimized task flows for users with multiple Finding and Event Collaboration roles [NGSM-4319] Navigation-optimized task flows are supported for users who have multiple Finding and Event Collaboration roles in a finding management team. Such users can now perform the tasks of all their roles from the finding's details page, without having to navigate to and from the Finding and Event Collaboration home page.

 

	Procurement
	Buying & Invoicing	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	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.
	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.
	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.
	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.		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. Please check this page for updates on availability.

 

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

 

	Catalog & Spot Buy	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Support for Multiple Child Sites Using Spot Buy [SB-9432] This feature allows parent and child sites to share the same Amazon Business account token once one of the sites is authorized for Amazon Business integrated search, without having to go through the re-authorization process on the Spot Buy administration page again for other sites.

 

	SAP Ariba Category Management	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	SAP Ariba Category Management — A New Solution by SAP for Managing Purchasing Categories [CAT-3503] SAP introduces a new product, SAP Ariba Category Management, that provides an integrated and configurable solution for managing purchasing categories and maximizing the benefits from procurement activities of an organization. SAP Ariba Category Management enables organizations to create, manage, and monitor purchasing categories (referred as categories), category-specific strategies to achieve the procurement goals, sourcing opportunities for categories, create guided sourcing projects to execute initiatives or opportunities of category-specific strategies, if SAP Ariba Category Management is integrated with SAP Ariba Sourcing, and view and analyze spend data of categories, if your organization's spend data is published to procurement data warehouse. SAP Ariba Category Management provides multiple applications to support various functionalities. The solution also provides integration support for SAP Ariba Sourcing that allows users to create and execute guided sourcing projects for categories from SAP Ariba Sourcing.		Contact Customer Success Partner			Updated 8/11
	Display Category Management Opportunities on the For You Dashboard [SS-38425] This feature enables buyers using SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP Ariba Category Management to view Category Management opportunities from the For You dashboard. It also introduces the new Category Buyer Opportunity Analysis user group.		Contact Customer Success Partner
	Support for viewing SAP Ariba Category Management analytical cards in a guided sourcing full project. [SS-33957] Support for viewing SAP Ariba Category Management analytical cards in a guided sourcing full project.		Contact Customer Success Partner

 

	Integration
	Extensibility & Configurability - APIs	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
	Change "Ariba Network" to "SAP Business Network" in the SAP Ariba Developer Portal UI [OPEC-11078] This feature rebrands references of "Ariba Network" to "SAP Business Network" for the SAP Ariba Developer Portal UI. Note that this feature does not affect the naming of the APIs, and SAP Ariba reserves the right to rebrand individual APIs at a future date.
	Deprecation of the Master Data Integration Job Status API for Operational Procurement [PLMDS-2308] The Master Data Integration Job Status API for Operational Procurement Version 1 (V1) is deprecated as of the Q3 2023 release. This API will be decommissioned one year from the date of deprecation.
	Enhancements to the Contract Workspace Modification API [SC-11408] This feature introduces enhancements to the Contract Workspace Modification API- A new endpoint to change the state of a contract workspace to amend or complete amendment, and New parameters, accessControl and relatedId in the POST and PATCH methods of the /contractWorkspaces endpoint. The accessControl parameter enables users to specify access control permission for the contract workspace. The relatedID parameter enables users to specify the ID of the external system to which the contract is sent.  Includes SC-11800
	Supplier Data Integration and Exception Monitoring with SAP Cloud ALM [SM-36867] This feature introduces support for supplier data integration and exception monitoring using SAP Cloud ALM for Operations (SAP CALM) cloud operation platform in sites integrated with SAP S/4HANA Cloud. This integration and exception monitoring uses the Integration Event Monitoring Query API for Procurement. This REST API enables SAP CALM to monitor supplier data integration message flows between SAP Ariba and SAP S/4HANA Cloud.
	Product Hierarchy Management API Enhancements to Manage Category Attribute Data [SSR-5730] This feature introduces enhancements to the Product Hierarchy Management API that enable you to retrieve, create, update, and delete category attribute hierarchy data and item attributes in SAP Ariba.

 

	SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway (Formally known as Cloud Integration Gateway CIG)	Enablement Model			Learn More
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 		KT 	Demo
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This information reflects the status of SAP Procurement planning as of July 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 Success Partner for additional details.