Mobile
	SAP Ariba Procurement	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
	Support for Users to Receive Centrally in SAP Ariba Procurement Mobile App [BMA-6542] The SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app now supports users who can perform central receiving tasks in the SAP Ariba web application to also receive items in the mobile app. Previously, only requesters could receive items in the mobile app. Also, the approval flow for receipts is now displayed in the app.
	Support for SAP Plant Field in SAP Ariba Procurement Mobile App [BMA-6546] Users can now view and edit the plant value when creating requisitions in the SAP Ariba Procurement mobile app. The plant value from the user profile is defaulted to the requisition header and line items. When the user changes the plant value at the header level, the plant value at the line level is also updated accordingly.
	Push Notifications in SAP Ariba Shopping Mobile App for Purchase Requisition Approvers [SAS-64] Approvers are now notified via push notifications in the SAP Ariba Shopping mobile app when a purchase requisition is assigned to them.
	Support for PunchOut Items in SAP Ariba Shopping Mobile App [SAS-118] Users can now access PunchOut catalogs in the SAP Ariba Shopping mobile app and make purchases directly from their mobile devices. Demo
	View and Edit Requisition Line Items in SAP Ariba Shopping Mobile App [SAS-239] SAP Ariba Shopping mobile app users can now view the line item detail in requisition details screen and also edit the line items in the checkout screen. Demo

 

	Strategic Sourcing
	Sourcing SAP Ariba Sourcing features are available in SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
	Ability to Create Optimization Scenarios for Multi-Round Bidding Events in Guided Sourcing [SS-48645] This feature enables buyer users to create optimization scenarios for multi-round bidding events in guided sourcing. In multi-round bidding events, buyer users can edit constraints and update scenarios created in the previous round to get the latest data.
	Ability to Exclude Questions, Requirements, and Attachments from a New Round in Multi-Round Bidding [SS-50824] This feature enables buyers to exclude requirements, attachments, sections, and certain questions from a new round of a multi-round bidding event. This feature also enables buyers to publish non-competitive events without adding any line items.
	Ability to View Custom Categories of Supplier Risk in Guided Sourcing [SS-50830] This feature introduces the support to view custom categories of supplier risk for guided sourcing events that are in Draft, Monitor, and Review responses states.
	Dynamic Bid Adjustment Percentages in Guided Sourcing Auctions [SS-51614] This feature introduces dynamic bid adjustment percentages for English forward, English reverse, Dutch, Japanese forward, and Japanese reverse auctions in guided sourcing.
	Disable the Event Publishing Capability in Guided Sourcing [SS-51749] This feature allows template administrators to disable the event publishing capability for guided sourcing. Disabling event publishing at the template level prevents buyer users from publishing guided sourcing events by using the user interface.
	Enhancements to Grading and Scoring in Guided Sourcing [SS-52326] This feature introduces changes to grading and scoring in guided sourcing. Section level grading is now rolled up for alternate bids on the Consensus grading page and Grade as a team member page. Graders can submit grades through the offline grade sheet only for primary bids. A section cannot be graded if the items in it have not been bid.
	Ability to Forward Event Messages in Guided Sourcing [SS-54209] This feature enables buyer users to forward messages in the event message board to team members in guided sourcing.
	Support for Overriding Terms After Bidding Ends in Guided Sourcing [SS-54211] This feature enables event or project owners, or sourcing bid term editors to enter or modify values for a term after bidding has been completed in guided sourcing. When bidding ends, event or project owners, or sourcing bid term editors can download all editable terms in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, modify the terms in Excel, and submit the new term values for the event. Supplier bids are then recalculated based on the new term attributes.
	Bulk Selection of Items, Questions, Requirements, and Attachments to Include or Exclude from a New Round in Multi-Round Bidding [SS-54350] This feature enables buyers to bulk select items, requirements, attachments, sections, and certain questions when excluding them or including them in a new round of a multi-round bidding event.
	Support for Buyer Locale in the Bid Response Sheet for Surrogate Bid API [SS-59401] This feature enables you to export, import, and submit the bid response sheet in either the buyer's or the supplier's locale by using the Surrogate Bid API.

 

	Strategic Sourcing For Industries Features ONLY available with SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
	Auto-Populating Term Values in Guided Sourcing Events Created for Material Items Using Recurring Quote [DMS-19987] This feature adds the capability of auto-populating term values in guided sourcing events created as part of the recurring quote for material items. When buyers create a recurring quote for material items, the term values of the selected items are auto-populated in the scheduled guided sourcing events.
	Flexibility in Associating Notices with ETendering Sourcing Project Templates [ET-3224] This feature removes the rules that had to be followed to associate notices with a public sector guided sourcing project template. It also introduces event rules in the template that allows users to configure when a public access page should be created for a public sector project and whether suppliers can invite themselves to the event through the public access page.
	Display the Disclaimer Banner and Event Update Messages on the Public Access Page [ET-3825] This feature adds a disclaimer message to the public access page and enables displaying public sector event update messages on the public access page.
	Ability to configure whether saved supplier answers are automatically added to Product Questionnaires [SSR-7071] This feature enables buyers to configure whether saved supplier answers are automatically added to product questionnaires.

 

	Contracts SAP Ariba Contracts features are available in SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
	Importing and Exporting Service Line Items And Pricing Conditions in SAP Ariba Contracts Using An Excel File [SC-21987] This feature enhances the Simplified Excel Import functionality in SAP Ariba Contracts by allowing buyers to import and export service line item data in contract workspaces using an Excel file. Buyers can also import and export pricing conditions of line items in contract workspaces using the Simplified Excel Import functionality.
	Decommissioning of Next Gen UI for CLID in SAP Ariba Contracts [SC-22437] This feature removes the ability to use the Next Gen UI for CLID in SAP Ariba Contracts. Customers must use the classic user interface, available by default, to manage Contract Line Items Documents (CLID) in SAP Ariba Contracts.

 

	Supplier Management Features in this group are also available with SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
	Display ERP ID on Duplicate Check Pages for Supplier Requests [SM-45772] Currently, the requesters using suppliers' ERP IDs in their business processes find it challenging to identify duplicate suppliers from the duplicate screen. That's because these pages don't display the ERP ID, only the SM vendor ID for duplicate results. This feature introduces a new column that displays ERP IDs, making it easier for requesters or approvers to spot duplicate suppliers when they request a new supplier.
	New User Group for ERP Data View Access in the Supplier Profile [SM-45774] This feature introduces a new user group, SM ERP Data View Access and enables all internal users to view, but not edit, all ERP Supplier data, including supplier profiles, company codes, and purchasing organizations on getting access to the user groups. It's designed to give stakeholders access to important information without the risk of altering business-critical programs.
	Ability to Save Feature for Internal Supplier Registration Forms [SM-46043] When filling out an internal registration questionnaire and internal forms, the user will now see a SAVE option. This new option provides ability to save all answers as a draft, without losing data and user can come back later to edit and submit the questionnaire.

 

	Supplier Risk	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
	New User Experience Survey in Supplier Management [ARI-22957] This feature introduces a time-controlled survey in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance to collect anonymous data about the user experience.
	Moody's Replaces Bureau van Dijk [ARI-23755] Moody's is now the third-party financial data provider, replacing Bureau van Dijk.
	Self-Assessed Questionnaire Assessment Notification To All Relevant Suppliers [ARI-24848] When buyers send Self-Assessed Questionnaire such as Human Resource Assessment to suppliers, an email inviting suppliers to complete the questionnaire is sent to all the selected suppliers irrespective of whether they are registered in SAP Business Network.
	Supplier Risk Engagements API Enhancements [ARI-24918] The Supplier Risk Engagements API now retrieves the template upgrade information for engagements.
	Intelligent Recommendations Based on Supplier Risk Score [ARI-25048] SAP Ariba Supplier Risk now identifies suppliers with significant changes in the overall risk score and lists them on the dashboard in a new section called Recommendation. This section also provides you with option to further act upon the recommendation by creating a finding or ignoring the recommendation.
	SAP Business Network Certificate Information in the Supplier Profile Summary [NGSM-2729] This feature adds more complete certificate data to the supplier profile summary in a new Business Network Certificates panel for public suppliers with linked SAP Business Network accounts. The Business Network Certificates panel shows a summary of the certificates that the supplier has added to their SAP Business Network profile. Buyer users can choose the panel to open the Certifications area of the supplier's SAP Business Network profile in a new tab and see more information about these certificates.
	Custom Risk Categories in the Supplier Profile Summary [NGSM-6796] This feature adds support for custom risk categories in the Risk Exposure area of the supplier profile summary banner. Previously, only standard categories were supported. If you have enabled custom categories, supplier profile summaries now include risk exposure for the top four custom categories.

 

	Procurement
	Buying & Invoicing	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
	New User Group for Force Rejecting Service Sheets [ACSS-1634] This feature introduces a new user group, Force Reject Service Sheet, that can be assigned to a user who can force-reject service sheets that are in the Processed state in the SAP Ariba solution.
	Enhanced Handling of PunchOut Errors in SAP Ariba Catalog [CM-11269] With this feature, detailed error codes and messages are now displayed on the user interface to help users to try and troubleshoot the issue and reach out to SAP Ariba Support if required.
	Send the creation date of purchase orders with the timestamp in the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format [CP-26930] This feature enables buyer administrators to send the creation date of purchase orders with the timestamp in the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) format from SAP Ariba Buying and SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing to SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network.
	Using customer catalog prices in SAP Ariba solutions to replace user-defined prices of customer catalog line items in imported requisitions [CP-28459] With this feature, buyers can replace user-specified prices of customer catalog line items in imported requisitions with the prices of the corresponding line items in the customer catalogs of SAP Ariba solutions.
	Validate Receiving Tolerances for Imported Receipts [CP-28460] This feature enables buyer administrators to configure the SAP Ariba solution to validate the receiving tolerances for receipts imported using the web services task.

 

	Guided Buying	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
	Additional Supplier Contact Information on Multi-Line Request for Quotes [GB-28422] This feature enables you to have more visibility and control with suppliers when you submit a request for quote (RFQ). Previously, supplier contact information on RFQs included only the name and email address, and RFQs were sent to all of the supplier's contacts. You might have needed additional contact information and the wrong contacts might have received the RFQ. Now, the supplier contact information includes the name, email address, and phone number, and optionally, RFQs can be sent to the primary contact and Bid/Proposal Managers.

 

	Catalog & Spot Buy	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
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	SAP Ariba Category Management	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
	Enhancements to Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in SAP Ariba Category Management [CAT-8970] This feature allows you to generate articles in the Additional Resources section for tools like Category Segmentation, Market Dynamics, and Cost Structure on demand, rather than by default. This enhances performance and reduces the costs associated with producing AI-generated articles.
	Ability to Configure Team Member Roles in SAP Ariba Category Management [CAT-9400] This feature enables category management administrators to create, edit, delete, activate, and inactivate team member roles in the Manage Configurations app of SAP Ariba Category Management. Category managers can use these configured team member roles to create team members for categories within the Manage Category Profile app.
	Ability to Configure Spend Channel Types in SAP Ariba Category Management [CAT-9401] This feature enables category management administrators to configure spend channel types in the Manage Configurations app of SAP Ariba Category Management. A spend channel represents the buying channel through which an organization acquires goods and services, facilitating effective and strategic spending management. By configuring spend channel types, category managers can create tailored spend channels for categories in the Manage Category Profile app. This configuration enhances control over spending, resulting in improved financial oversight, more informed strategic decision-making, and better user experience.
	Ability to Configure and Associate Business Units in SAP Ariba Category Management [CAT-9678] This feature allows you to do the following: - As a category management administrator, you can create and manage a two-level hierarchy for business units. You can also edit, inactivate, or delete these units as needed. - As a category manager, you can associate business units with strategy and plan documents and tools in the toolkit.
	Ability to Create Category Strategy Details from the Develop Strategy and Plan App [CAT-9695] This feature introduces a new tool called Category Strategy Details in the Develop Strategy and Plan app of SAP Ariba Category Management. This tool enables category managers to create and manage multiple category-specific strategy details that align with the overall business strategy. Each strategy detail can be associated with one or more goals and business requirements. This tool helps category managers document their category-specific strategies and obtain approval by clearly outlining how they plan to address business requirements and achieve defined goals.
	Ability to View, Analyze, and Manage Initiatives Across Categories [CAT-10012] This feature introduces a new app, Initiatives Overview that allows you to perform the following actions  View initiatives data in form of customizable tables and charts. Filter and sort data, group rows, and add columns to the initiatives table based on your needs. Export the data from the initiatives table to a spreadsheet. Provides visual insights by generating charts that segregates  initiatives according to specific criteria. Personalize your views and save them for easy access in the future. View the timelines of your initiatives. This app enables you to manage, track, and optimize initiatives effectively, in your organization.

 

 

	Integration
	Extensibility & Configurability - APIs	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
	Supplier Risk Engagements API Enhancements [ARI-24918] The Supplier Risk Engagements API now retrieves the template upgrade information for engagements.
	Support for Buyer Locale in the Bid Response Sheet for Surrogate Bid API [SS-59401] This feature enables you to export, import, and submit the bid response sheet in either the buyer's or the supplier's locale by using the Surrogate Bid API.

 

	Intelligent Configuration Manager	Enablement Model
	Feature Name & Description	Automatically On 	Customer Configured 
	Enhancements to the SAP Ariba Buying Integration with SAP S/4HANA Package Available in SAP Integration Suite [IG-47754] This feature applies to buyers on SAP S/4HANA Cloud or SAP S/4HANA who have a license to SAP Integration Suite and are using the Guided Buying Capability with SAP Ariba Buying (2NV) or Guided Buying for Central Procurement with SAP Ariba Buying (3EN) integration scenarios. The enhancement to the SAP Ariba Buying Integration with SAP S/4HANA package now supports:  • Additional document types • Option to customize the integration flow templates
	Mandatory Domain Name Changes in SAP Integration Suite, Managed Gateway for Spend Management and SAP Business Network [IG-48522] SAP is standardizing domain names across SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network. These changes aim to provide consistent product branding across all data centers. To align with this standard, SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network will be introducing new domain names for all existing URLs.	Starting May 31, 2025	Starting 2411
	Support for Europe Access (EUA) Data Center [IG-51784] This feature enables new buyers and suppliers in Europe to connect their SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network account to the Europe Access (EUA) data center for hosting the business data of SAP Business Network. You can use the EUA data center if your SAP Business Network account is connected to the SAP Business Network Europe data center.
	Integration Support for Publishing Public Procurement Notices to the Central Digital Platform of the UK [IG-50368] This feature enables you to integrate SAP Ariba strategic sourcing solutions with the Central Digital Platform of the United Kingdom (UK) government through SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network. This integration helps in publishing public procurement notices to the Central Digital Platform, which is the public procurement portal of the UK.

 

This information reflects the status of SAP Ariba Procurement planning as of October 2024 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.