Using Joule and Generative AI within SAP Ariba Guided Sourcing
Joule is an AI-powered conversational assistant that helps users automate tasks, navigate systems, retrieve information, and gain analytical insights through natural language interactions. SAP Ariba Guided Sourcing users can chat with Joule to increase productivity by eliminating manual navigation and streamlining day-to-day business operations across transactional, navigational, informational, and analytical tasks.
Joule has the ability to help users with the following Sourcing Project operations:
| Scenario | Example Prompts |
|---|---|
| List Sourcing Projects, Sourcing Requests, and Events | Show me the sourcing events that I created in the last 30 days. |
| Check the Status or the Approver of an Approval Task | Show me the status of the approval task with task ID "TSK123". |
| List all tasks of a Sourcing Project | What are the tasks for the sourcing event having the event ID Doc123? |
| Display Pending Approvals | Show me tasks that are pending my approval. |
| Approval Processing | Approve the task with task ID TSK12344 with the comment Approved. |
| Navigate to the My Tasks and For You pages | Open the My Tasks page. |
| Navigate to a Project or the Project Creation page | Create a new sourcing project. |