How to correctly map a supplier with Email for Preferred Ordering Method?

• SAP Ariba Purchasing and Receiving

Please follow the next steps to verify that all the necessary fields are populated correctly for a supplier with Preferred Ordering Method Email:

1) Core Administration > Manage Suppliers > Supplier > Search for the supplier name or ID

2) Click on the Supplier (known as common supplier)

• In Supplier > OrganizationIDs make sure to populate:
• • buyersystemid
  • internalsupplierid
  • sap
• In Supplier > Profile make sure to populate:
• • Main email address

3) Click on Partitioned Supplier

• In Partitioned Supplier > OrganizationIDs make sure to populate:
• • internalsupplierid

4) Click on Supplier Location

• In Supplier Location > General:
• • Preferred Ordering Method: Email
  • Ariba Network ID: is not populated
  • Ariba Network Private ID: is populated
• In Supplier Location > Supplier Address:
• • Email address is populated

• Please note that, for either Standard or Enterprise account, the supplier will have an Ariba Network Private ID.
• For more information regarding the IDs utilized to map between Ariba Buying & Invoicing and Business Network check the article: Supported ID Domains

Purchasing > Purchase Orders