Recognizing Notable Strategic Sourcing Parameters

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to identify noteworthy Strategic Sourcing parameters

Identifying Parameters

Updating System Parameters

Parameters are site-level controls that are unique for each SAP Ariba solution.

Application-specific parameters can only be modified by SAP Ariba, but a particular set of parameters can be modified by Customer Administrators in the Intelligent Configuration Manager (ICM) section of their Administration page.

Intelligent Configuration Manager (ICM) is the end-user solution for partners and customers, which allows them to manage configurations across various SAP Ariba services in one centralized location, including their Parameters.

The Welcome to Intelligent Configuration Manager page is open with the Continue link. The Sourcing and Contracts tab is expanded to show Parameters.

Note

Find more information in the AR730 SAP Ariba Administration: Intelligent Configuration Manager course.

Selecting the Parameters option from the Sourcing and Contracts tab within the ICM will open the Manage parameters page.

The Parameters page is open within Intelligent Configuration Manager. The Name and ID column on the left shows the parameter name and description. The New Value column to the right can be edited.

The New Value column is where administrators can make changes to the settings and add the edits to a package.

Below are noteworthy system parameters discussed within SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing deployments:

  • Allowable Project Type specifies the project type that the system allows the project owner to create. The default allows creating both full and quick projects.
  • Enable Private Messaging adds the option to specify one or more specific participants in the Compose Message area of an event.
  • Enable RFX Custom Templates should be set to true to allow users with template-creation permission to create templates.
  • Restrict Copy Project To Owner restricts the copying of projects to just the owner.
  • Email Approval Enabled specifies whether you want to enable email approvals in your configuration. If set to Yes, users can approve or deny approvables by responding to notification messages. If set to No, this feature is disabled.

Note

For detailed information about all available parameters, see Intelligent Configuration Manager Parameters Reference.

The Review package page is open in Intelligent Configuration Manager with a parameter setting change.

After review, testing, and approval, the package can be deployed and ultimately migrated to production if necessary.

Summary

  • Parameters are system-level settings.
  • Customer Administrators can edit some parameter values within Intelligent Configuration Manager.
  • Parameter details can be found in the descriptions in ICM, the enablement workbook, and the Intelligent Configuration Manager Parameters Reference Guide.

Learning

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