Identifying Main Guided Buying Parameters and Their Purpose

This parameter enables the display of SAP Companion controls, such as the question mark icon and the right-hand help panel, and displays standard or custom help content.​

This parameter determines whether user searches return suppliers. If set to the default value of true, in addition to accessing supplier details from landing pages, users can also search the catalog directly for the supplier’s name to find a list of matching suppliers. If set to false, users can view supplier details only when choosing a supplier tile from a preferred supplier row on landing pages.

This parameter determines whether users can receive orders on behalf of others. If set to the default value of false, users can receive orders only on their own behalf. If set to true, users can receive for other users when they’re approvers in the receipt approval flow. They're redirected to SAP Ariba Procurement solutions to complete the receiving process. To allow each user to receive items in guided buying, set both this parameter and the SET_ADVANCED_RECEIVE_TAB parameter to false.

This parameter enables team buying and receiving controls. If set to the default value of true, guided buying displays team buying controls for administrators (Admin → Manage teams). It also considers the PARAM_DISABLE_USER_TEAM_MANAGEMENT parameter. If set to false, guided buying doesn’t display any team buying and receiving controls, such as Admin → Manage teams (for administrators), or User → Manage your teams, Quick Links → Buy with a team, or the Buy with your team introductory pop-up window (for users).

This parameter enables team requests for quotes (RFQs). It supports self-service, low-touch, and high-touch RFQs, not sourcing requests. It works with new-style single-line and multiple-line RFQs, not legacy single-line RFQs. If set to true, guided buying allows users to create team RFQs. If set to the default value of false, guided buying doesn’t allow users to start team RFQs. Guided buying considers this parameter only if the parameter PARAM_ENABLE_TEAM_BUYING is set to true. To use this parameter, you must set the guided buying parameters PARAM_ENABLE_EDIT_RFQ and PARAM_ENABLE_ENHANCED_RFQ_INTEGRATION to true.

This parameter displays inventory reservation features for guided buying users. If set to the default value of false, no controls for inventory reservation display. If set to true, fields for inventory reservation display, such as Storage location in search results and Required-by Date in item details. This parameter is enabled only to use the SAP Ariba-hosted IMS microservice and not for sending inventory reservations to SAP S/4HANA. For sending to SAP S/4HANA, this parameter must be set to false.

This parameter allows guided buying to analyze clickstream data and suggest catalog items to users based on their past purchases. Guided buying collects your organization's purchasing history and uses artificial intelligence to recommend items that might be of interest based on the individual user's purchasing history. To use this parameter, you must first set the PARAM_ENABLE_CLICKSTREAM_PUBLISH parameter.

This parameter enables user controls for creating, managing, and using personal addresses. If set to the default value of false, no personal address controls are available. If set to true, personal address controls display so that users can create addresses and use them when creating requisitions.

This parameter enables users to see the risk exposure graphic for suppliers with non-catalog purchases. If set to true, the risk exposure graphic displays within the supplier’s details for non-catalog purchases. If set to false, the risk exposure graphic doesn't display.​