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
	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

 

	Supply Chain Collaboration		Learn More
	Feature Name & Description		KT	Demo	Release
	Automatically On
	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
	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
	Integrations		Learn More
	Feature Name & Description		KT	Demo	Release
	Automatically On
	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
	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

 

 

This information reflects the status of SAP Procurement and SAP Business Network planning as of May 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.

 

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