2025 Release Resources for Business Network

SAP Business Network 2025 Release Resources
A list of features released in 2025

Early Release Series
Access presentations and replays from these sessions.

What's New Guide
User assistance documentation for new or changed features.

2502 Release Summary

2505 Release Summary

SAP Business Network
Procurement Collaboration	Learn More
Feature Name & Description	Presentation	Demo	Release
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Email Notifications for Buyer Announcements [NEXTGEN-5941] This feature sends email notifications to targeted suppliers whenever a buyer publishes an announcement on their SAP Business Network trading partner portal. This enhancement ensures that important communications from buyers are promptly delivered to suppliers, even if they do not frequently check their trading partner portal.		Demo	2502
Extending Support to Gold Suppliers for Guided Integration [NEXTGEN-15608] Gold Enterprise suppliers and Platinum suppliers can use Guided Integration for Trading Partners to discover which existing buyers to integrate with for additional business processes quickly and independently and become enabled for additional types of commerce collaboration with existing buyers.			2502
New Business Roles in the Registration Form [NS-29111] This feature introduces new business roles in the walk up registration landing page.			2502
Aligning Vendor Contact for Direct Connect Request [NS-29116] This feature allows the vendor contact to be in cc when a matched ANID is found on the network. This aligns them that a direct connect was sent as a matched vendor was found.			2502
Additional Entities on Company Profile [SA-54373] This feature introduces the new and simplified user interface to manage additional entities of suppliers in SAP Business Network.		Demo	2502
Virtual Card Payment Information in Purchase Orders [BCS3-5507] Taulia's virtual card payment solution allows buyers and suppliers to maximize cash flow, minimize payment uncertainty, and reduce the cost of business. Virtual cards reduce risks associated with physical credit cards and wire transfers, while allowing suppliers to save time and money on payment administration, reconciliation, and compliance. SAP Business Network purchase orders can now display information related to Taulia virtual card payments.			2505
Allow collaborative requisitions to suspended suppliers [BCS3-6566] Currently, if a supplier account is suspended for non-payment of their SAP Business Network fees or for having incorrect tax ID information, they can no longer receive collaborative requisitions from their buyers. With this change, buyers are able to send collaborative requisitions to all suppliers, even if they are suspended.			2505
Allow contract request for suspended suppliers [BCS3-6567] Currently, buyers can't create or update a contract request that references a suspended supplier account (the account could be suspended for non-payment of their SAP Business Network fees or for having incorrect tax ID information). With this change, buyers are able to update these contract requests even if the supplier that is referenced is suspended.			2505
Accessing Supplier's Catalog from Company Profile [BNCAT-3721] Supplier company profiles on SAP Business Network now feature a navigation link to the supplier's network catalog. This allows potential buyers to access detailed product and service information, including pricing and specifications, directly from the supplier's profile. This feature helps suppliers promote their catalog offerings and enables buyers to make informed purchasing decisions.	Feature Overview		2505
Audit Log Management on SAP Business Network [NEXTGEN-19995] The SAP Business Network audit service, logs selected user and administration actions performed in SAP Business Network applications. It also logs user interface audit actions like create, download, purge, or delete audit reports.	Feature Overview		2505
Support for PINT Invoices for Australia and New Zealand [NG-7287] SAP Business Network now supports Peppol International (PINT) Specifications for Australia & New Zealand for inbound flow of invoices.	Feature Overview		2505
E-Invoicing in Germany for External Invoices [NG-7314] This feature allows non-SAP Business Network suppliers to send external invoices (invoice created in supplier's system) to buyers in Germany through email.	Feature Overview		2505
Enhanced Temporary Account Support for Suppliers [NP-54069] - Feature For Suppliers Suppliers/ Trading Partner are allowed to register new public account (which is needed to participate in Networked Collaboration events) but existing BN accounts that claimed unique identifiers are assured that the new account is not used for any other further (unwanted) activity till company internal review has happened to decide if the temp account should merged into an existing account -> Fundamental for a clean BN directory.	Feature Overview	Demo	2505
SAP Ariba Buying Integration with SAP Business Network and SAP FG Suppliers [NP-47684] SAP Ariba Buying, which is part of SAP Ariba Procurement solutions uses SAP Fieldglass (restricted access) for service procurement. The buyer cannot onboard a supplier on SAP Fieldglass so, the buyer can leverage the SAP Business Network onboarding feature to onboard and manage suppliers. A new relationship type “Services” has been introduced to SAP Business Network to help Buyers to establish collaboration with Supplier for Services procurement via SAP Fieldglass. Suppliers can use SAP Business Network to view service orders.		Demo Demo1 Demo2 Demo3 Demo4	2505
Onboarding Automation on SAP Business Network [NS-30504] Buyers can now intuitively import vendors, define a segmentation criteria, invite and onboarding supplier, monitor their progress towards transaction readiness in a single experience. Additionally, they can utilize the network matching suggestions to send relationship requests directly to a supplier account to reduce time to onboard See exceptions and failures directly in the system and see next actions to resolve. Note: This feature is available for SAP Business Network Commerce Automation customers only. Limitations apply. Check the Feature Overview deck or What's New guide for details.	Feature Overview		2505
Postal Code Support for Mauritius [SA-54381] - Feature For Suppliers In the Company Profile of suppliers, the Postal Code field is now available when Mauritius is selected in the Country/Region field. Users can enter a five-digit postal code in this field.			2505
Assignment of Activities for Supplier Onboarding [NS-34089] This feature introduces Activities tab on the configuration page. This page will list all the activities that the buyer can assign to suppliers while onboarding.			2508
Quick Enablement Template Movement to Next Gen [NS-34092] This feature enhances the following interactive email templates for buyers: SAP Business Network Trading Relationship Request for Quick Enabled Suppliers SAP Business Network Interactive Email - Order (Unregistered Supplier) SAP Business Network Interactive Email - Order (Suspended Supplier) SAP Business Network Interactive Email - Order (Registered Supplier)			2508
Customization of Quick Enablement Templates [NS-34418] The feature enables buyers to customize the following Quick Enablement templates: Trading Relationship Request for Quick Enabled Suppliers (Basic) SAP Business Network Interactive Email - Order (Suspended Supplier) SAP Business Network Interactive Email - Order (Unregistered Supplier) SAP Business Network Interactive Email - Order (Registered Supplier)			2508
Configure Notifications [NS-34429] This feature introduces an enhanced Notifications tab in the Configure page. The enhanced page enables buyers to send notifications to suppliers when supplier enablement tasks are overdue or escalated and configure supplier notifications.	Feature Overview		2508
SAP Business Network Relationship Management User Interface [APIN-3306] This feature introduces the new enhancements to the relationship management user interface on SAP Business Network. The new and updated user interface for buyers introduces the updated supplier selector functionality with new tabs for different types of suppliers. The new user interface also supports notifications for new trading partner relationships and declined relationships. Suppliers can now view and manage linked child accounts and view suspended customer accounts in addition to pending, current, and rejected accounts.			2508
Trading Partner Search for Suppliers [BNCAT-3708] - Feature For Suppliers This feature enables suppliers on SAP Business Network to search for, view, and contact other suppliers within the network.			2508
New Announcements Experience on SAP Business Network Trading Partner Portal [NEXTGEN-24411] The announcements experience has been redesigned to introduce a fresh user experience. This new interface improves intuitiveness, navigation, and content organization, while bringing visual consistency across SAP Business Network applications.	Feature Overview		2508
Support Evaluated Receipt Settlement (ERS) Process in the 4R2 Integration Scenario [NP-28982] This feature introduces support for evaluated receipt settlement (ERS) process for lean-service items in the Service Procurement with Ariba Network and SAP Fieldglass (4R2) integration scenario. Service entry sheets created in SAP Fieldglass against lean-service orders created in SAP S/4HANA Cloud are delivered via Ariba Network to SAP S/4HANA Cloud for approval. In SAP S/4HANA Cloud, invoices are automatically created against approved service entry sheets and sent to SAP Fieldglass via Ariba Network.			2508
Timezone and Currency Support for Buyers and Suppliers [NP-56354] This feature adds a new entitlement Timezone and Currency in the Account Settings page where admin can set the Preferred TimeZone and Preferred Currency at an org level.	Feature Overview		2508
Supplier Onboarding Flag for Invoice Status Portal [NP-58875] This feature allows customers to send ISP invitation to selected suppliers rather than defaulting all CC-INV invitations to ISP.			2508
Enhanced Invitation Flows [NS-32607] - Feature For Suppliers This release introduces One-Time Password Verification and Email Verification Page in the invitation onboarding process.	Feature Overview		2508
Improved Trading Relationship Request Templates for Enterprise Accounts [NS-35569] Suppliers face inconsistent onboarding experience due to varying versions of Trading Relationship Request templates which lead to confusion, manual steps, and delays in getting started. This feature enhances the Trading Relationship Request template management process to improve the supplier onboarding process. The custom content is automatically carried over from the previous version to the latest activated template, allowing users to further edit it as needed to meet their business requirements.			2508
Central Settings page for SAP Business Network users [NEXTGEN-24183] All user settings of trading partners on SAP Business Network are consolidated into the new Settings page. The new Settings page has all the user settings from legacy Manage Profile and Settings menu. The user settings on SAP Business Network has been updated to provide a more consistent navigation experience across all trading partners. The new page improves visibility and usability of profile, system, and account settings on SAP Business Network.	Feature Overview		2511
Tax Invoicing in Belgium [NG-8736] SAP Business Network supports creating and processing of EN-16931 compliant invoices to address relevant Belgian B2B regulations, if the buyer activates this feature. In this case, the UBL invoice issued in SAP Business Network shall constitute as the legal invoice, whereas the cXML file is used only for data transfer and processing purposes.	Feature Overview		2511
E-Invoicing in Poland for Outbound Invoices [NG-9059] Suppliers in Poland can now submit the invoices that are created in SAP Business Network directly to the Polish tax authority portal, Krajowy System e-Faktur (KSeF). SAP Business Network converts the system readable cXML invoice into the Polish FA xml e-invoice format and sends it to the KSeF portal for validation of the invoice. Only valid FA xml e-invoice from the KSeF portal will be processed in the SAP Business Network system. Buyers will receive the cXML invoice along with the FA xml e-invoice and a PDF version of the invoice as attachments. Note: This feature will be enabled for all customers with the 2512 release.	Feature Overview Feature Overview		2511
Enhancement to Supplier Groups User Interface [NP-49710] This feature introduces a new and simplified user interface to manage supplier groups on SAP Business Network.	Feature Overview		2511
Enable 4R2 Service Procurement Process for Standard Account Suppliers [NP-57779] When SAP Fieldglass sends a Service Entry Sheet (SES), SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network processes and routes it to the SAP Business Network supplier account. However, this routing is designed for enterprise supplier accounts, and not for standard supplier accounts. This limitation blocks standard account suppliers from using the 4R2 integration, which relies on SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network for SES delivery. Now, SAP Business Network is configured to consume SES documents sent by SAP Fieldglass using SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network, regardless of the supplier’s account type, whether it is standard or enterprise.	Feature Overview		2511
Preferred Language Support for Buyers and Suppliers [NP-61450] This feature adds a new dropdown Preferred Language in the Account Settings page under Language and Region entitlement where admin can set the Preferred Language at an org level.	Feature Overview		2511
Account Linking in NextGen [NP-62741] - Feature For Suppliers This feature enables users to identify multiple accounts linked to the same organization or individual.	Feature Overview		2511
Next Generation Discovery [PAY-25168] Next Generation SAP Business Network Discovery is an independent application created using the SAP BTP platform and SAP Fiori user experience, enabling customers to enjoy a seamless onboarding experience, eliminate delays, and achieve exceptional performance. Note:This feature will not be available to all customers with the 2511 Release for SAP Business Network.It is planned to be rolled out in phases with all customers being enabled by 5th Dec.	Feature Overview		2511
Support for Managing Remit To Addresses on Company Profile[SA-55009] - Feature For Suppliers Suppliers can now manage their Remit To addresses directly under the Additional Entities tab of the Company Profile, ensuring consistent and accurate address information across invoicing and payment processes.			2511

Customer Configured
E-Invoicing of Pre-Approved Invoices for Malaysia [NG-6276] The Malaysian tax authority has introduced new regulations to improve the e-invoicing process for e-commerce transactions. To harmonize with the local regulations, SAP Business Network implements the changes in the application in two phases. In this release, suppliers can recreate a pre-approved invoice in SAP Business Network. A pre-approved invoice is an invoice created outside of SAP Business Network and approved by the Malaysian tax authority. Therefore, additional Malaysian-specific fields are introduced during invoice creation process. Hence, suppliers in Malaysia must provide additional tax details during invoice creation and the same information will be displayed on the invoice summary once the invoice is created.	Feature Overview		2502
Enhancements to Outbound Invoicing Process for Malaysia [NG-6842] This feature enhances the existing Malaysian e-invoicing process for outbound invoices (invoices created by a supplier using SAP Business Network). The invoices generated on SAP Business Network will be validated with the Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (IRBM) portal. As a result, buyers will be able to receive both the Malaysian UBL invoice and the PDF version of the invoice.	Feature Overview		2502
Supplier search and discovery [PAY-13904] A sourcing user can find more suppliers to expand their existing supplier data using SAP Business Network Discovery Postings			2502
Discontinuing Legacy Discovery pages [PAY-15266] Classic discovery pages are discontinued. We encourage you to use the discovery available in the trading partner portal.			2502
SAP Business Network Promote Subscription [PAY-21630] SAP Business Network, promote subscription is a new commercial offering designed to significantly boost a supplier’s discoverability on the world’s largest B2B network. Available as an annual subscription, it provides a bundle of value-added features to help suppliers differentiate themselves on SAP Business Network, attract new buyers, and grow their business.			2502
Improved Matching Criteria for Supplier Registration [PAY-21695] This feature provides enhanced matching criteria for suppliers during the registration process. Suppliers can identify existing accounts on SAP Business Network and choose to contact system admin or continue logging on using their existing credentials.			2502
Enhanced Data Protection Capabilities through Attribute-Based Access Control [REGAN-18218] SAP Business Network now extends capabilities for Segregation of Duties (SoD) and access control for buyers based on enhanced authorization profiles to achieve the Zero Trust security model. Note: Availability of this feature has been delayed. Please check this page for updates on availability.		Demo	2502
Profile Data Federation [SA-52210] This feature enables your company profile data to be replicated across SAP Business Network's global data centers, making your profile visible to trading partners in different regions.			2502
Enhanced Profile Transparency [SA-52508] This feature enhances supplier profile transparency by providing detailed information about their registration history with SAP Business Network.			2502
Five-Digit Postal Code Support for Taiwan [SA-54134] SAP Business Network now supports five-digit postal codes for Taiwan, applicable during supplier onboarding and within supplier company profiles.			2502
Support Auto Generation of a Line Item Credit Memo from a Revised Service Entry Sheet for Fieldglass Integration (4R2) [NP-28980] This feature enables suppliers to make corrections a service entry sheet (SES) in Fieldglass, if the SES is already invoiced in SAP Business Network. When a SES is corrected or revised, the previously created SES is canceled, a new SES is created, and a line item credit memo is automatically generated in SAP Business Network.	Feature Overview		2511
Support Auto Generation of a Line Item Credit Memo from a Revised Service Entry Sheet for 42K and Commerce Automation [NP-34675] This feature enables suppliers to make corrections or revise a service entry sheet (SES) if the SES is already invoiced in SAP Business Network. When a SES is corrected or revised, the previously created SES is canceled, a new SES is created, and a line item credit memo is automatically generated in SAP Business Network. Previously, after a service sheet had been approved or invoiced, suppliers were able to make a corrections to the service sheets but assigning negative values and the line item credit memo was not auto generated. For this reason, the service sheet was not correctly processed by the buyer and they have to implement a custom logic. The service sheet correction with negative values is not supported out of the box.	Feature Overview		2511

Supply Chain Collaboration	Learn More
Feature Name & Description	KT	Demo	Release
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Key Figures for Unreceived Orders and Optional Matching for Certain Criteria [CSC-37983] This feature lets buyers display to their suppliers what firmed or replenishment order quantities aren't yet received. This feature also enables buyers and suppliers to ignore the supplier part number or system ID for part matching. And, this feature can allow suppliers to populate certain key figures without having a planning record.		Demo	2502
Allow to Upload Certificates When Using the Advance Ship Notice Upload File [CSC-43876] Enhances the adoption for the customer’s internal processes when working with mass upload for ship notices and Quality certificates.	Feature Overview	Demo	2502
Increase Customer-Defined Attributes to 60 [CSC-45124] This feature increases the number of customer-defined attributes to 60 for buyers and suppliers to consume both in the user interface as well as in the Manufacturing Visibility CSV templates.	Feature Overview	Demo	2502
Support for Supplier Search in Number Range Setup for SAP Business Network for Supply Chain [CSC-46344] When creating advanced ship notices and Handling Unit Number ranges, buyers can search for all suppliers or a specific supplier. This reduces the buyers' time to add one or many suppliers to their advanced ship notices.		Demo	2502
Support of Serial number info in ASN Excel Upload template [CSC-29963] - Feature For Suppliers This feature enhances the mass entry functionality for serial numbers and asset tags per line item in the Ship Notice Upload/Download Excel template to improve the experience for suppliers in the portal.	Feature Overview
Support for Buyers and Suppliers to Search for Confirmed Delivery Dates in the Items to Ship Tile [CSC-32456] This feature provides SAP Business Network for Supply Chain suppliers and buyers visibility about the confirmed quantity and delivery date of the Order line items in the "Items to Ship" workbench tile.	Feature Overview		2505
Blocking Line Items and Changes to Closing Line Items in Purchase Orders [CSC-41391, CSC-45783] This feature adds blocking of line items and improves closing of line items in purchase orders in SAP Business Network. For both blocked and closed line items, suppliers are prevented from creating any subsequent documents (order confirmation and ship notice).	Feature Overview		2505
Enhancements to the Open Orders Reports for SAP Business Network for Supply Chain [CSC-48032] SAP Business Network for Supply Chain buyers and suppliers can now view the schedule line-level and item-level information for open orders reports.			2505
Support to Define an Estimated Delivery Date at the Header Level for Suppliers with Order Confirmation Approval [CSC-48043] - Feature For Suppliers This feature allows suppliers with order confirmation approvals in SAP Business Network for Supply Chain to define an Estimated Delivery Date for all lines in their order confirmations. The Estimated Delivery Date can be entered at the header level and automatically applied to all lines if it differs from the requested Delivery Date in the original purchase order.	Feature Overview		2505
Support for Approval of Order Confirmation Deviations for a Single Purchase Order [CSC-52943] Buyers now can approve all line items from a single purchase order in the Order confirmation approval alerts page of the Supply Chain Monitor tab.	Feature Overview		2505
Component Consumption Download and Upload via Excel Files [CSC-13186] This feature adds the Component Consumption job type to Upload/Download in SAP Business Network. Buyers and suppliers can create and run Component Consumption jobs to download prepopulated Excel files with component consumption data. Buyers can review the component consumption data in these downloaded Excel files. Suppliers can also review these downloaded Excel files and can additionally edit and add data to them and then upload them. This provides suppliers with the capability to process component consumption data in bulk.	Feature Overview		2508

Customer Configured
Allow Selection of Serial Numbers During Component Consumption [CSC-32328] This feature allows suppliers to select serial numbers from the ones available in the component inventory for the component during component consumption reporting. This feature prevents suppliers from selecting a serial number for the component which is not available in the component inventory.	Feature Overview	Demo	2502
Batch-managed material validation in ASN creation [CSC-43917] This feature enables buyers to make the Supplier Batch ID mandatory during the ASN creation and enhances the validation for Production and Expiry dates for Batch-managed materials.	Feature Overview	Demo	2502
Download PDF support for Ship Notices in Workbench tile [CSC-45606] This feature enables buyers and suppliers to download the Ship Notice custom PDF directly from the new Ship Notice Workbench tile. Also, buyers can now download the PDF from the Ship Notice Detail page.	Feature Overview		2505
Enhancement to Retain Order Confirmations for Purchase Orders with Schedule Lines [CSC-49945] Buyers can now retain their order confirmations when they match the supplier's confirmation even if the item has changed. Therefore, the supplier does not need to reconfirm fulfilled items with conditions set at the schedule line level.			2505
MRP Exceptions Collaboration - Open APIs for Buyer to post Change Request and Change Request Confirmation [CSC-46859] The open APIs allow the buyer to post via API change request and change request confirmations corresponding to the changes proposed for date, quantity of a purchase order schedule line.	Feature Overview		2508

Integrations	Learn More
Feature Name & Description	KT	Demo	Release
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Support Multi-Consignment for Transport Request - X12 204N 4010 Out [SBNI-1029] This feature enhances the EDI 204 mapping process by supporting multiple consignments within a single TransportRequest CXML. Previously, the mapping was limited to a single consignment, which restricted its usability. The updated mapping, referred to as "204N," ensures that all consignments included in a transport request are accurately captured and transmitted. This update introduces a new naming convention and extrinsic definition for seamless integration, allowing suppliers and partners to efficiently process multi-consignment transport requests.			2502
Support CII format for X-Rechnung Invoice [SBNI-1258] This feature enables compliance with Germany’s e-invoice mandate by supporting the CII format. It automates the conversion of CII invoices to cXML via SAP Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) for processing in SAP Business Network (SBN), with secure transmission and attachment handling.			2502
Support Cancellation of Multi-order Advanced Ship Notice [SBNI-1247] This feature addresses the issue of cancelled ASNs (Advanced Ship Notices) in SBN failing to cancel or delete all corresponding IBDs (Inbound Deliveries) in ERP for multi-order ASNs. Currently, the system allows unidirectional transactions, requiring buyers to manually delete IBDs in ERP, leading to inefficiencies and potential inconsistencies. The enhancement ensures that when a multi-order ASN is cancelled in SBN, all related IBDs in ERP are automatically cancelled, streamlining the process and maintaining synchronization between SBN and ERP.	Feature Overview		2505
Support Block Purchase Order Line Items [SBNI-1393] This feature adds blocking of line items in purchase orders for SAP Business Network.	Feature Overview		2505
Support Close Purchase Order Lines [SBNI-1476] This feature improves closing of line items in purchase orders.	Feature Overview		2505
Support for multi-tier quality inspection [SBNI-1928] Using this feature, buyers on SAP Business Network integrated with SAP ERP using SAP Managed Integration Gateway can send multi-tier quality inspections to suppliers. This feature supports copy partner functions for quality inspection.	Feature Overview		2505
Integration Support to Send Acknowledgment of Inbound Transactions from SAP S/4HANA to SAP Business Network [SBNI-495] This feature enables SAP S/4HANA users integrated with SAP Business Network using SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network, to send acknowledgment of sales order creation in SAP S/4HANA to SAP Business Network.			2508
Block UnlimitedDelivery Indicator for SA/SAR [SBNI-877] Prevents the unlimitedDelivery flag from being passed in Schedule Agreement (SA) and Schedule Agreement Release (SAR) documents to SAP Business Network via SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management.	Feature Overview		2508
Scheduling Agreement Release Integration for S/4HANA Public Cloud [SBNI-1887] Enables integration of Scheduling Agreement Releases (LP/LPA) from SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud to suppliers via SAP Business Network using SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network.			2508
Support X12 947 4010 In Document Type [SBNI-1889] - Feature For Suppliers This feature supports X12 947 4010 document type for inventory adjustments and return purchase orders movements.			2508
Integration Support for Serial Numbers in Advanced Ship Notice (Inbound Delivery) in 5I2 Integration Scenario [SBNI-2011] Subcontracting processes are quite diverse based on industry and customer requirements. Therefore, there is a need to track and validate the lifecycle of finished products and contained components. Serial numbers provide a unique identifier for each component, allowing for precise inventory management, quality control, and traceability. A handling unit is a container or packaging used to group multiple individual items together for efficient transportation, storage, and handling. It simplifies the movement of goods and makes it easier to manage large quantities of products. Examples: pallets, Cartons, etc. Handling Unit Serial Numbers are unique identifiers assigned to individual handling units. These numbers provide a way to track and manage these units throughout the supply chain, from manufacturing to delivery. With this feature, suppliers can create Advance Ship Notice on SAP Business Network with serial numbers for components and at handling unit level and buyers can integrate with Inbound Delivery in SAP S/4HANA Cloud in 5I2 integration scenarios.	Feature Overview		2508
Support of Multi-Tier Collaboration for sub-contracting Purchase Orders [SBNI-2013] Using this feature, buyers on SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration integrated with SAP S/4HANA using Cloud Integration Gateway can send multi-tier sub contracting purchase orders to suppliers. This feature supports copy partner functions for multi-line sub contracting purchase orders.	Feature Overview		2508
Integration Support for Serial Numbers in Component Ship Notice (Outbound Delivery) in 5I2 Integration Scenario [SBNI-2014] This feature enables the transfer of serial numbers for components in subcontracting scenarios from SAP S/4HANA Cloud to SAP Business Network via SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management. When buyers maintain serial numbers at the outbound delivery (OBD) line-item level, these are now mapped and displayed in the Component Ship Notice for suppliers—ensuring improved traceability and compliance in serialized component provisioning.	Feature Overview		2508
Support Inventory Reporting with B2B – EDIFACT INVRPT D.96A [SBNI-2262] - Feature For Suppliers This feature enhances the EDI inventory reporting process by enabling suppliers to transmit stock information using the EDIFACT INVRPT D.96A standard. The new inbound mapping transforms INVRPT messages into ProductReplenishmentMessage (cXML), ensuring inventory data is accurately captured and transmitted to buyers. This enhancement provides a standardized integration path for suppliers using EDIFACT, allowing buyers to gain real-time visibility into supplier inventory levels and supporting manufacturing visibility requirements.			2511
Support Self-Billing Invoices with B2B – EDIFACT INVOIC D.96A [SBNI-2375] - Feature For Suppliers This feature introduces support for generating self-billing invoices (Evaluated Receipt Settlement – ERS) in EDIFACT INVOIC D.96A format.			2511
Accelerated Release Cycle for SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network Add-On 1.0 for SAP S/4 HANA and SAP ECC [IG-55157] Starting with the SAP Ariba 2602 release, the release frequency of the SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network AddOn 1.0 is increased to four times a year. This applies to SAP S/4HANA, SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, and SAP ECC. The AddOn support package will be released in February, May, August, and November, effective from SAP Ariba release 2602. SAP will provide support for all Add-On support packages released within the 12-month period preceding the most recent quarterly Add-On support package. Increased frequency of delivery provides you quick access to latest features, improvements, and compliance enhancements on time, and enables faster adoption			2511

Customer Configured
VAT and Tax Enhancement for Invoice [SBNI-496] This feature enhances the invoices sent by suppliers via the 4A1 soap interface. The S/4 tax code is customized to the CXML tax category and the Header and Item Supplier tax code is mapped to the CXML tax code.			2502
Support Ship Notice for STO with B2B - X12 943 4010 Out [SBNI-881] - Feature For Suppliers This feature addresses the integration requirement for the Stock Transport Order (STO) scenario. Currently, when an OEM performs a goods issue, a Component Ship Notice (CSN) is generated and available in the Portal UI. However, Contract Manufacturers (CMs) expect the CSN to be received as an EDI 943 document. This enhancement ensures that the system automatically generates and sends an EDI 943 document to the CM whenever a CSN is created for an STO scenario.			2505
Invoice Status Portal Integration for Suppliers [SBNI-1633] Enable seamless supplier access to invoice statuses by allowing buyers to send an Invoice Status Portal (ISP) invite when an ERPCC invoice is sent. This ensures suppliers can register and track invoice progress without prior ISP registration.	Feature Overview		2505
Supporting Lean Services Procurement Integration between SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Network using SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network AddOn [IG-54359] This feature supports lean services procurement integration between SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Network Commerce Automation using the SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network AddOn component, S4CI1. This feature allows buyers and suppliers to exchange all the lean service documents such as service orders, service sheets, and invoices.	Feature Overview		2511

This information reflects the status SAP Business Network planning as of July 2025 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.