Guided Buying requires four endpoints (Check last version of "SAP Ariba Procurement administration guide" for updated details):
- Ariba for SAP Ariba Buying & Invoicing/SAP Business Network integration
- Default for SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP Business Network integration with following configuration:
- Profile Url:
- US data center:
https://s1.ariba.com/Buyer/cxmlchannel/{ANID}
- EU data center:
https://s1-eu.ariba.com/Buyer/cxmlchannel/{ANID}
- US data center:
- POST URL checkbox selected
- Same shared secret (all endpoints must have same shared secret in SAP Business Network and OND)
- Profile Url:
- Guided Buying EndPoint
- Profile Url (realm name is case sensitive):
- US data center:
https://s1.ariba.com/gb/tenant/{realmName}/cxml/receiver
- EU data center:
https://s1-eu.ariba.com/gb/tenant/{realmName}/cxml/receiver
- US data center:
- POST URL checkbox selected
- Same shared secret (all endpoints must have same shared secret in SAP Business Network and OND)
- Profile Url (realm name is case sensitive):
- SAP Ariba Sourcing EndPoint
- Profile Url (realm name is case sensitive):
- US data center:
https://s1.ariba.com/Sourcing/cxmlchannel/{ANID}
- EU data center:
https://s1-eu.ariba.com/Sourcing/cxmlchannel/{ANID}
- US data center:
- POST URL checkbox selected
- Same shared secret (all endpoints must have same shared secret in SAP Business Network and OND)
- Profile Url (realm name is case sensitive):
This setting is dependent on a series of steps that need to be performed on the SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing side.
Enabling Suppliers
Enabling suppliers is the process of implementing vendors into Ariba Solutions.
- For operational procurement to work on SAP Business Network, a trading relationship is required between the buyer and supplier.
- Both parties need to agree to use SAP Business Network for their transactions.
- Trading relations can be created in either of the following ways:
- Manually established via an invitation (called TRR – Trading Relationship Request).
- Automatically created using a transaction (Standard Enablement typically via a Purchase Order).
There are a number of methods available to enable suppliers, such as:
- SAP Ariba Supplier Enablement Automation
- Assign enablement activities to suppliers
- Track enablement status across suppliers and enablement activities
- Search for existing suppliers
- Upload through a CSV load
- Allow vendors to send requests
- Standard Account
- A SAP Business Network account type, driven via interactive email providing suppliers access to SAP Business Network
- Free for suppliers for all basic transactions
Supplier Enablement Communication Templates
- The templates used to send supplier enablement email notifications can be updated.
- These templates can be customized for different languages and countries.
- There is both an edit and preview function for each letter.
Supplier Order Routing
SAP Business Network allows you to see the order routing method that each supplier supports.
Suppliers can use any of the following order routing methods, depending on their technical capabilities.
- Online Inbox: SAP Business Network stores orders online. Suppliers must log in and read them manually.
- Email: SAP Business Network sends orders to the supplier's email mailbox over the Internet.
- Fax: SAP Business Network sends orders to the supplier's fax machine.
- EDI: SAP Business Network sends orders to the supplier's Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) mailbox through a private Value Added Network (VAN). SAP Business Network supports both ANSI X12 and United Nations rules for ElecÂtronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport (UN EDIFACT) standards.
- cXML: SAP Business Network sends orders as commerce eXtensible Markup Language (cXML) to the supplier's website.
This setting is dependent on a series of steps that need to be performed on the SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing side.