Describing SAP Ariba 2405 Release Features

• Applicable Products
  • SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network

• User Type
  • Buyer
• Enablement Model
  • Customer configured
• SAP Ariba Solution Integrations
  • SAP Business Network for Supply Chain
  • SAP Business Network

This feature allows buyers integrated with SAP Business Network for Supply Chain and SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network to integrate URL-based links to the external information sources for order line items.

Buyers can include links to external information sources in line items of purchase orders or stock transport orders. External information sources can include anything that a buyer wants to add to support an order item. Examples of such sources are supporting memos, technical drawings, or a link to a website containing item specifications.

Buyers can decide if they want to send the external information sources (attachments) as a copy or provide references to attachments as URL-based links. To provide the reference to an attachment, in the OrderRequest cXML, buyers can include the URL in the AttachmentReference element in the item's ItemDetails element. Suppliers can use the links to securely access external information sources using single sign-on (SSO).

Ensure to provide a supplier with access to an external information source. There is no SAP Business Network involvement in opening an external information source. Access is handled between the buyer and the supplier only.

The attachment references can be included only for the line items of purchase orders or stock transport orders. This is not supported at the header level.

Previously, buyers integrated with SAP Business Network for Supply Chain and SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network could send attachments as copies only.

Now, buyers integrated with SAP Business Network for Supply Chain and SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network can choose to not send attachments, or send them as copies or references to attachments as URL-based links. Suppliers can use the links to securely access external information sources using single sign-on (SSO).

• The new BAdi, ARBCIG_HANDLE_ATTACHMENT, supports customizing sending attachment references for order line items.
• The feature applies to SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network, Release 2405 (Q2 2024, SP21), and later.

• Applicable Products
  • SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network

• User Type
  • Buyer
• Enablement Model
  • Automatically on
• SAP Ariba Solution Integrations
  • SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing
  • SAP Ariba Sourcing

This feature supports buyers importing the currency conversion file (CurrencyConversionRate.csv) from SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA to SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing and SAP Ariba Sourcing such that the conversion date is saved with the standard time zone ID, thereby ensuring a successful import.

Previously, when the currency conversion file (CurrencyConversionRate.csv) was exported from SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA, the imports failed because the timezone ID appeared in the file in the format Day Mon DD hh:mm:ss TimeZoneID YYYY. This format of the time zone ID was not recognized by SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing and SAP Ariba Sourcing.

With this enhancement, the file contains the converted timezone ID in the standard format (UTC), and appears as Day Mon DD hh:mm:ss UTC YYYY. This enables the correct import of the currency conversion export file.

The feature applies to SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network, Release 2405 (Q2 2024) and later.