Describing SAP Ariba 2502 Release Features

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to describe new or changed features for SAP Ariba Supplier Management in the SAP Ariba 2502 release.

PLICM-4237: Ability to Manage Feature Toggles in Intelligent Configuration Manager

Technical Details

Applicable Products
- SAP Ariba Contracts
- SAP Ariba Sourcing
- SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite
- SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management
- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
- SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
User Type
- Buyer
Enablement Model
- Automatically on

Business Details

With this feature, customer administrators can now manage select feature toggles for their site in the Intelligent Configuration Manager workspace without having to request assistance from SAP. Customer administrators can then follow the same workflow to test, approve, and deploy packages to their production site.

User Interface Changes

A new configuration type Feature toggles is added in the solution area. For example, Sourcing and Contracts → Feature toggles.

Implementation Details

Prerequisites

To manage select feature toggles for your site, you must be a member of the Customer Administrator group.

SC-22524: Viewing Supplier Risk Exposure with Custom Risk Categories in SAP Ariba Contracts

Technical Details

Applicable Products
- SAP Ariba Contracts
- SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
User Type
- Buyer
Enablement Model
- Customer configured

Business Details

Buyers using SAP Ariba Contracts, integrated with SAP Ariba Supplier Risk and SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance solutions, can view supplier risk exposure data in contract workspaces through custom risk categories.

The custom risk categories can include supplier risk exposure data from various sources such as customer data, external data from third-party providers, and so on. You can have up to 25 active custom risk categories per site. The custom risk category data is displayed in the user’s country/region format.

Note

This feature is applicable to SAP Ariba Contracts contract projects of type Contract Request (Procurement) and Contract Workspace (Procurement) only.

Implementation Details

Configuration

Your site must be integrated with SAP Ariba Supplier Risk and SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance solutions.
Your administrator must enable the Enable custom risk categories (Application.SR.Risk.EnableCustomRiskCategories) ICM parameter.
Custom categories for supplier risk exposure must be imported to your site master data.
Category weights and thresholds must be set for the active custom categories.

Effects on Existing Data

When you enable the Enable custom risk categories ICM parameter, all risk categories are custom categories and there are no longer any predefined risk categories. The formerly predefined risk categories Environmental & social, Financial, Operational, and Regulatory & legal are now considered as custom categories in site master data.

Related Resources

Information about all the new or changed features in the SAP Ariba 2502 release is available in What's New in SAP Procurement and SAP Business Network.

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