Describing SAP Ariba 2602 Release Features

This feature enables buyers to import purchase contracts from SAP S/4HANA into SAP Ariba buying solutions. The import utilizes web services in SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network, which connects SAP S/4HANA and SAP Ariba buying solutions.

To enable suppliers to punch in and add items to the service entry sheet, you must first import the purchase contract from SAP S/4HANA to Ariba Contract Compliance in SAP Ariba buying solutions. Also, you must send the purchase order created based on the purchase contract from SAP S/4HANA to the supplier’s account on SAP Business Network. This will help suppliers to filter and add items against the imported purchase contract to create the service entry sheet.

In SAP Ariba buying solutions, you can publish non-catalog items in the compliance contract, which generates subscriptions for those items to make them available in the catalog search.

SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network, add-on for SAP S/4HANA is used for integrating SAP S/4HANA with SAP Ariba buying solutions. This integration uses web services available in SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network.

With this feature, you can utilize new Joule capabilities to shop more efficiently in guided buying. Now, Joule can be used to search for catalog items or to find content from Your favorites, Your requests, Your approvals, and Search results. When you use Joule to search for catalog items, or find content in guided buying, it provides you with better visibility into purchasing activities from all users in your organization.

Searching for catalog items in Joule can help you find the item or services in guided buying more efficiently. You can use natural language queries to find an item or service. For example, if you search using the phrase "floor cleaning solution for marble", the search results include products for cleaning marble floors, such as cleaning solutions or cleaning supplies. From the search results in Joule, you can then easily navigate to the item in guided buying using one of the following options:

• Open in App: If you choose this option in Joule, you're directed to the item details page in guided buying.
• Open List in App: If you choose this option in Joule, you're directed to the catalog search results for that item in guided buying.

Joule also has improved contextual memory, so users can build on the answers from previous questions. For example, after users ask Joule for the status of a purchase, they can type "shipping address" and Joule remembers the context of the previous question to display the shipping address for that purchase. It builds on and improves answers within the same conversation, not across multiple conversations or sessions.

The following new capabilities are available:

When Joule responds with a list of items, it initially displays up to three items, and if there are additional items, a View more button displays up to 30 items. For catalog search scenarios, an Open List in App button displays the complete list in the Search results page.

With this feature, you can deactivate automated feedback survey pop-ups for users in guided buying. Use this feature to prevent user feedback surveys from displaying in guided buying.

An automated user experience survey displays on the home page after starting a session in guided buying. The survey provides anonymous feedback about users' experience with guided buying to SAP Ariba. If users do not wish to provide feedback, they can choose the option to snooze the survey using the Ask me later option or by closing the pop-up. This action creates a snooze period of a few days. If the survey is snoozed three times, pop-up surveys stop displaying for six months.

This feature gives you the ability to permanently disable the feedback collection surveys in guided buying.

With this feature, you can display the currency on purchase requisitions in both the creator's currency and the approver's currency. This capability allows users with different currencies to collaborate more efficiently and process purchase requisitions more quickly. If the approver's currency is different from the creator's, the approver can hover over the total cost to find the total cost in their currency. This functionality eliminates currency discrepancies and ensures approvers and stakeholders understand the value of the transaction in familiar terms.

For more information on how different currencies are converted in SAP applications, see Currency Information.

Consider the following when using this feature:

• If the Total cost in the approver's currency is zero, you must add the approver's currency to the currency conversion table. For more information, see Import Currency Mappings.
• If you're approving a requisition on behalf of someone and you're logged in as the delegatee, the amount displays only in the delegator’s currency. For more information, see Delegating Your Approval Authority.