Describing SAP Ariba 2505 Release Features

To create a site-level configuration to automatically generate a custom prefix value for the contract ID, you must be a member of the Customer Administrator group.

You must be a member of the Advanced Configuration Access group.

The process to automatically derive a custom contract ID prefix for replacing the default contract ID prefix (CW) involves two steps:

1. Create a custom field with the configuration to evaluate the custom contract ID prefix.
2. Assign the field to a self-service parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager workspace.

1. Sign in to the application and select Manage→Administration.
2. Select Customization Manager→Field Configuration.
3. In the Browse Classes text box, search for Contracts.
4. Under the Contracts class, choose ContractWorkspace and then select Create Field→Computed Field.
   Note

   You can choose to create a Normal Field if you don’t have complex business logic to evaluate the contract ID prefix.
5. Under the General tab, specify the field label.
6. Select the field type as Text.
7. Add an expression to specify the logic to evaluate the custom contract ID prefix based on your business requirement.
   Hint

   • Example 1: In this example, the contract ID prefix is evaluated based on whether the user is creating a contract request or a contract workspace. The contract ID prefix value is returned as JCR in case of a contract request and JCW in case of a contract workspace.

     Sample code:

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     StringUtil.startsWithIgnoreCase(Title.getStringForDefaultLocale(),"CR") ? "JCR" :
               "JCW"

   • Example 2: In this example, the contract ID prefix is evaluated based on the value of another field. If the value of cus_isContractRequest is true, then the contract ID prefix value is returned as JCR, else the value returned is JCW.

     Sample code:

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     cus_isContractRequest == true
               ?'JCR':'JCW'

   Note

   It is recommended that you create a custom contract ID prefix in a format that is similar to the default contract ID prefix (CW).
8. Confirm the changes and publish the field configuration. The field configuration is created.

Assign the field to the Field Name to Identify Custom Contract ID Prefix (Application.ACM.FieldNameToIdentifyCustomContractIDPrefix) ICM parameter. Once assigned, the custom contract ID prefix is applicable to all the contract workspaces created in SAP Ariba Contracts. For more information about the parameter, refer to Field Name to Identify Custom Contract ID Prefix.

Create a contract workspace in SAP Ariba Contracts to test the configuration. For more information about creating contract workspaces, refer to Creating Contract Projects.

Migrate the field configuration and the parameter to your production site. For more information, refer to Field Migration in Intelligent Configuration Manager and Package Deployments in Intelligent Configuration Manager.