Describing SAP Ariba 2411 Release Features

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe new or changed features for SAP Ariba Procurement in the SAP Ariba 2411 release.

ACSS-1634: New User Group for Force Rejecting Service Sheets

Technical Details

Applicable Products
- SAP Ariba Buying
- SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing

User Type
- Buyer
Enablement Model
- Customer configured

Business Details

This feature introduces a new user group, Force Reject Service Sheet, that can be assigned to a user who can force-reject service sheets that are in the Processed state in the SAP Ariba solution. Users belonging to only the Force Reject Service Sheet group cannot perform other tasks, such as configuring the approval process for service sheets or approving or canceling service sheets, thus ensuring better segregation of duties.

User Interface Changes

Users in the Force Reject Service Sheet group can force-reject service sheets that are in the Processed state in SAP Ariba Buying (and Invoicing).

Implementation Details

Prerequisites

Ensure that your administrator adds users to the Force Reject Service Sheet group. This new user group Force Reject Service Sheet is displayed in Manage → Core Administration of the SAP Ariba solution.

Restrictions

The Force Reject button is only visible if the service sheet is in the Processed state.

CP-28459: Use Customer Catalog Prices in SAP Ariba Solutions to Replace User-Defined Prices of Customer Catalog Line Items in Imported Requisitions

Technical Details

Applicable Products
- SAP Ariba Buying
- SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing

User Type
- Buyer
Enablement Model
- Customer configured

Business Details

With this feature, buyers can replace user-specified prices of customer catalog line items in imported requisitions with the prices of the corresponding line items in the customer catalogs of SAP Ariba solutions.

This feature helps buyers be compliant with the customer catalog of the SAP Ariba solution. The line items in the requisition imported from an external system are first matched with the customer catalog line items in the SAP Ariba solution. If the Supplier, Supplier Part Number, Unit of Measure, and Supplier Part Auxiliary ID (if available) field values of a line item available in an imported requisition form an exact match with an item in the customer catalog of the buying solution from SAP Ariba, the item in the imported external requisition is considered a customer catalog line item. For an imported customer catalog line item, the price in the customer catalog of the SAP Ariba solution is used.

If a line item in the imported requisition doesn’t find a match in the customer catalog, it is considered a non-customer catalog item. Items not available in the customer catalog of SAP Ariba Buying Solutions are known as non-customer catalog items. A non-customer catalog item uses the price imported from the external system.

Note

If both Enable contract auto-selection (Application.Contract.MasterAgreement.EnableAutoSelect) and Use customer catalog price for an imported requisition line item (Application.Procure.UseCustomerCatalogPriceForImportedRequisitionLineItem) parameters are enabled in the environment, the former takes precedence.

If both Update prices of customer catalog line items with price configuration (Application.Purchasing.UpdatePricesOfCustomerCatalogLineItemsWithPriceConfiguration) and Use customer catalog price for an imported requisition line item (Application.Procure.UseCustomerCatalogPriceForImportedRequisitionLineItem) parameters are enabled in the environment, the latter takes precedence.

This feature helps buyers process PRs and POs efficiently by optimizing the effort required for the following:

Automating requisitions
Managing compliance to purchase orders

Restrictions

This feature does not support service items. It applies only to material items.
This feature does not support the import of SAP Fieldglass requisitions.

Implementation Details

Prerequisites

Ensure that your administrator (a member of the Customer Administrator group) sets the Use customer catalog price for an imported requisition line item (Application.Procure.UseCustomerCatalogPriceForImportedRequisitionLineItem) parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager workspace.

When the parameter is set to Yes, the customer catalog price is used for the imported requisition line item.

When the parameter is set to No, the customer catalog price is not used for the imported requisition line item.

SAS-118: Support for PunchOut Items in SAP Ariba Shopping Mobile App

Technical Details

Applicable Products
- SAP Ariba Buying
- SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing

User Type
- Buyer
Enablement Model
- Customer configured

Business Details

Users can now access PunchOut catalogs in the SAP Ariba Shopping mobile app and make purchases directly from their mobile devices. Mobile app users need not switch to another application to browse and select items managed in an external supplier catalog.

Changes to Existing Functionality

Users can now purchase items from Punchout catalogs directly from mobile devices.

All further steps, such as approvals are still maintained through the normal Ariba checkout process.

Implementation Details

Prerequisites

You must download the latest version of the SAP Ariba Shopping mobile app to your mobile device and have the required sign-in information.
This feature requires the guided buying capability.
The PunchOut Level 1 catalog items must be configured in the SAP Ariba solution.

Note

PunchOut Level 2 catalog items aren't supported and can't be added to the cart in the SAP Ariba Shopping mobile app.

Related Resources

Information about all the new or changed features in the SAP Ariba 2411 release is available in What's New in SAP Procurement and SAP Business Network.

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