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Supplier Management Setup and Administration

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SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
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SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new

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Supplier Management Setup and Administration Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Introduction to Supplier Management in SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . 13

Internal Supplier Requests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
External Supplier Requests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
New Supplier Registrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Supplier Registration Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Qualification and Miscellaneous Supplier Management Process Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using Supplier Qualification Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Preferred Category Statuses Management Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Supplier Disqualifications Using Supplier Disqualification Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Supplier Performance Evaluations Using SPM Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Key Assumptions for Setting Up SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Supplier Management Setup Checklist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
APIs for SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Integration Options for SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Supplier IDs in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Transition from Supplier Organizations to Supplier Requests and Registrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
In-Application Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
WalkMe in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SAP Companion In-Application Help for Supplier Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Where to Find More Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

SAP Ariba Supplier Management Applications on SAP Business Technology Platform. . . . . . . . . . 55

About SM Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

General Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Management Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
General Best Practices for Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Optional Feature Best Practices for Supplier Data Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Site Configuration Best Practices for Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Best Practices for Setting Up the Supplier Request for Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Registration Questionnaires For Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Supplier Management Data Imports and Exports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Data Imports for Supplier Management Projects and Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Preferred Supplier Level Data Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

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 Modular Questionnaire Type Data Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Supplier Certificate Type Data Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Questionnaire Scoring Band Category Data Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Questionnaire Scoring Band Data Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Process Type and Status Data Imports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Country/Region-Specific Bank ID Prefix Data Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Data Imports for Country/Region-Specific Validation of Supplier Bank Accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Country/Region-Specific ERP Region Code Mapping Data Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Country/Region-Specific Postal Code Validation Data Import. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Guided Buying Ship-To Address-to-Preferred and Qualified Supplier Region Mapping Data Import
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Importing Your Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Importing Your Translation Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Language Values for Defining Translations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Data Imports for Supplier and Supplier-Related Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Obtaining Existing SAP Ariba Supplier Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Importing Supplier Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Exporting Inactive Suppliers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Supplier Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Supplier Contact Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Supplier Qualification Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Preferred Supplier Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Supplier Factory Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Purchasing Organization Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Custom Display Name Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Primary Supplier Manager Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
User Matrix (Buyer Category Assignment) Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Supplier Process Projects Import File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Process project automatic status assignment rules Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Internal Supplier Registration Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Supplier Classification Based on Diversity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170
Importing Custom Region Codes for Supplier Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Business Partner IDs for ERP Suppliers Added Through SAP Ariba Procurement solutions. . . . . . . . . . . 175

Optional Features for Supplier and Supplier Contact Names. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Support for Supplier Display Names Longer Than 35 Characters in SAP Ariba Solutions. . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Setting Up Your Site to Show Contact Names with Family Name First. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Supplier Management User Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Supplier Management User Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Adding Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

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 Editing Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
User Groups in Buyer Category Assignments (the User Matrix). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Supplier Management Project Template Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

Characteristics of Supplier Management Project Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Commodity, Region, Department, and User Combinations in Supplier Management Projects. . . . . . . 191
Documents in Supplier Management Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Tasks in Supplier Management Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Teams in Supplier Management Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
SPM Project Templates in SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions That Use the Unified Vendor
Model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Supplier Management Project Template Import and Export. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Project Template Editing and Publishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Editing a Project Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Modifying Template Upgrade Validation for Publishing New Template Versions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Project Template Overview Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Publishing Supplier Management Project Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Reverting a Project Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Reverting a Draft Project Template That Doesn't Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Template Upgrade for Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
How Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade Works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Project Eligibility for Template Upgrade. . . . . . . . . 211
How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects. . . . . . . . 212
Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template
Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Best Practices for Upgrading Projects to the Latest Template Version. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Supplier Request Project Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

About the Internal Supplier Request Project Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Internal Supplier Request Project
Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Default Best Practice Content for the Internal Supplier Request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
About the External Supplier Request Project Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting up the External Supplier Request Project
Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Default Best Practice Content for the External Supplier Request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
External Supplier Requests by Business Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Default Supplier Request Duplicate Checks and Setting Up Custom Duplicate Checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . .240
How Duplicate Checks Work in Submitted Supplier Requests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Supplier Registration Project Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

About the Supplier Registration Project Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Registration Project
Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

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 Configuration Considerations for Supporting Both Internal and External Registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Default Best Practice Configuration for the External Supplier Registration Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Setting Up Reminders for Recipients to Complete Questionnaires in a New Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . .261
Setting Up Periodic Reminders for Registration Questionnaire Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Using a Custom Sender Name for Registration Invitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Setting Up Different Workflows for New Registrations and Registration Updates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Registration and Registration Update Statuses in Visibility and Editability Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Using Editability Conditions to Prevent Recipients from Updating Registration Questionnaire Answers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Conditional Workflows for Manual and Mass Invited Registrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Streamlining the Registration Questionnaire for Legacy Suppliers Using Editability Conditions. . . . . . . . 273
Question Mappings to Other Questions for Setting and Maintaining Associated Sets of ERP Profile
Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Supplier Blocking and Unblocking in Internal Registration Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Supplier Inactivation in Internal Registration Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

Qualification, Miscellaneous, and Discontinuation Process Project Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Overview of Process Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Comparison of Supplier Request, Registration, and Legacy Qualification Projects to Process Projects
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Prerequisites for Process Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Restrictions for Process Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Transition from Legacy Supplier Qualification Projects to Qualification Process Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . 289
About Supplier Qualification and SAP Ariba Sourcing Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Process Project Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Workflow for Setting Up Qualification and Miscellaneous Process Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Workflow for Setting Up Discontinuation Process Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
About Process Project Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up Process Project Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Creating Process Project Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Creating the Process Intake Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Conditional Commodity, Region, and Business Unit Questions in the Process Project Intake Form. . . . . 305
Initiators and Decision-Makers Setup in Process Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Setting Up Modular Questionnaire for Use in Process Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Adding Modular Questionnaires to a Process Project Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Enabling External Process Decision-Making Using the External Approval API for Sourcing and Supplier
Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314

Supplier Qualification and Disqualification Project Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

About the Supplier Qualification Project Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Qualification Project
Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Prequalification Questionnaire Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

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 Setting Up the Prequalification Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .322
Removing an Existing Internal Qualification Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
About the Supplier Disqualification Project Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Disqualification Project
Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Preferred Supplier Management Project Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

About the Preferred Supplier Management Project Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Preferred Supplier Management
Template. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Modular Questionnaire Project Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332

About Modular Questionnaire Project Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Modular Questionnaire Project Templates. . . . . . . . . 335
Workflows with Internal Forms in Modular Questionnaire Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Creating Modular Questionnaire Project Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Setting Up Separate Workflows for New and Updated Modular Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Certificate Management Setup in Modular Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356
Scoring Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Pre-Grades for Supplier Management Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Structural Considerations for Scoring Supplier Management Questionnaire Content. . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Setting Up Scoring Bands for Modular Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .367
Setting Up Scoring Bands for Individual Sections in Modular Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Adding Scoring to Modular Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Rating and Total Rating Question Setup for Internal Forms or Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Adding a Rating Question to an Internal Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Adding a Total Rating Question to an Internal Form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375

Supplier Management Form and Questionnaire Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Supplier Form or Questionnaire Closing, Reopening, and Due Dates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Comments and Attachments in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Creating a Supplier Form or Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Setting Up a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384
Creating a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire Segment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Creating an Internal Registration or Qualification Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
About Adding Content to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Adding a Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391
Adding a Certificate Section with Customizable Certificate Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
About Adding Questions to Supplier Forms and Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Adding a Requirement to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470

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 Adding Translations for Some Form and Questionnaire Content Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472
Adding an Attachment to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Sensitive Data Masking in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Visibility Conditions for Showing or Hiding Content Based on Answers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Creating Basic Visibility Conditions in a Form of Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Creating Advanced Visibility Conditions in a Form or Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Expressions for Advanced Visibility Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Editability Conditions for Controlling the Editability of Answers in a Form or Questionnaire. . . . . . . . . . .482
Examples of Content Configurations in Supplier Management Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 483
Example: Creating a Dropdown Menu with Predefined Answer Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Example: Automatically Rejecting Answers That Don't Fall Within a Limited Range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Example: Asking for a Supplier Certificate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Example: Creating a Question That's Only to Visible Suppliers with Green Certifications. . . . . . . . . . 486
Example: Asking About Preferred Category Status Using Master Data Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487

Project Groups and Team Members. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Project Groups and Team Members for Project Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Buyer Category Assignments in Supplier Management Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Using Buyer Category Assignments to Add Team Members to Project Groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493

Supplier Form and Questionnaire Approval Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495

Approval Flow Creation in the Approval Rules Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
About Approval Rules in Project Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .495
Creating or Editing Approval Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497
Approval Rules Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .499
Creating a Simple Approval Rule. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
Editing Approval Flows with the Approval Process Diagram. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Approval Rule Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Adding Approvers in the Approval Rule Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
Commodity, Region, and Department Assignments for Form and Questionnaire Approvals. . . . . . . . . . 509
Example: Creating a Conditional Approval Flow Using Commodity and Region Assignments. . . . . . . 509
Conditional Approval Flows Based on Questionnaire Answers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
Example: Adding the Legal Department to an Approval Flow When a Supplier Won't Agree to Your
Code of Conduct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
External Approval of SAP Ariba Project Approval Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518

Supplier Data Integration with SAP Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Default Values for Vendor Database Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .520
Setting Default Values for Vendor Database Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
Default_properties.csv. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
Definitions for Lookup Key Field-Based Default Values for Array Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
Defining default values based on condition fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525
Viewing and Managing Supplier Data Integration Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526

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 Managing Schema Validation Errors in Outbound Integration Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .530
Enabling Email Notifications with Daily Summaries of Integration Failures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Integration and Exception Monitoring for Supplier Data with SAP Cloud ALM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
When Updates from an Integrated ERP System Are Pushed to External Registration Questionnaires
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
Management of Leading Zeros in ERP Vendor IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .538
Setting up Integration of Qualification Status to ERP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
Setting Up Mutual TLS Authentication for Adapter-Based Cloud Integrations of Supplier Data That
Use the Polling Client. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541

Notifications for Supplier Management Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543

Notification Customization for Supplier Management Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
Customizing Project-Level Email Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
Deleting Customized Project-Level Email Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Customizing Questionnaire Invitations and Reminders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Adding Email Template Tokens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Adding Translated Text to Email Notification Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
Reference of Supplier Management Notification Templates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
Notifications Related to Supplier Requests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
Notifications Related to Supplier Registration Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Notifications Related to Supplier Management Process Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
Notifications Related to Supplier Qualification Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
Notifications Related to Preferred Supplier Status Changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
Notifications Related to Supplier Disqualification Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
Notifications Related to Modular Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Notifications Related to Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires in Sites That Use Process
Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Notifications Related to Certificate Questions in Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Notifications Related to Supplier Management Project Template Upgrades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Supplier Management-Specific Notifications Related to Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
Other Supplier Management Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565

Mass Registration Invitations for Suppliers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567

Issuing Mass Registration Invitations to Suppliers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
Monitoring the Progress of Mass Registration Invitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Mass Registration Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571

Mass Modular Questionnaire Invitations for Suppliers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

Issuing Mass Modular Questionnaire Invitations to Suppliers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .573
Monitoring the Progress of Mass Modular Questionnaire Invitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .575
Mass Modular Questionnaire Invitation Data File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576

Administrative Tasks for Supplier Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577

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 Supplier Inactivation, Reactivation, and Expiration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
Supplier Inactivation and Reactivation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
Viewing and Manually Reactivating Inactive Suppliers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
Marking a Supplier Managed in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba
Supplier Information and Performance Management (New Architecture) for Expiration. . . . . . . . . . 579
Importing Supplier Registration Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Downloading the Vendor Onboarding Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587
Canceling an In-Progress Supplier Qualification Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589
Managing Access to the Advanced View of Supplier Management Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Correcting Questionnaire, Task, and Registration Status Synchronization Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
Mass Inactivating Older Questionnaire Data for Multiple Suppliers at a Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .595

Setting up External Validation of Registration and Modular Questionnaires Using Web Services
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598

Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance . . . . . . . . . . . 601
Workflow for Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance. . . . . . . 602
Prerequisites for Integrating Dun & Bradstreet with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .604
Configuring Dun & Bradstreet Integration in Your Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
Internal Supplier Request Setup for Dun & Bradstreet Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607
Supplier Registration Questionnaire Set up for Dun & Bradstreet Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
Field Mappings for Dun & Bradstreet Questions in the Internal Supplier Request and Registration
Questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .609
Deletion of Dun & Bradstreet Data from Your Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Field Reference for Dun & Bradstreet Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614

Quick Reference to Optional Supplier Management Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624

Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .646
Default Bank Control Keys in Bank Account questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Mandatory Flags for IBAN Numbers in Bank Account Questions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Mandatory Flags for Account Holder Names, Account Numbers,
and Bank Keys in Bank Account Questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
Default Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 675
Default country/region-specific ERP region code mappings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
Default Syntax Validation for Postal Codes in Supplier Addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .774

Site Configuration Parameters for Supplier Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .786

Support-Enabled Site Configuration Parameters for Supplier Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786
Self-Service Site Configuration Parameters for Supplier Management in Intelligent Configuration
Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790
Allow request update on pending modular questionnaire statuses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792
Automatically start supplier registrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792

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 Automatically synchronize supplier users from SAP Business Network. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793
Create initial version of internal questionnaires on submission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .794
Define the length of supplier bank IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794
Disable field restrictions for field mappings in supplier management questionnaires. . . . . . . . . 795
Disable participant view for supplier management questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796
Enable additional street lines in supplier addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797
Enable API updates for external modular questionnaires with any status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
Enable certificate sections in supplier management questionnaires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .799
Enable country/region-specific visibility and optionality configurations for Bank Account
fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799
Enable custom sender name options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .800
Enable Extended Address editing in supplier requests using Dun & Bradstreet lookup . . . . . . . . 801
Enable improved user experience for internal questionnaires with visibility conditions . . . . . . . . 802
Enable internal forms in modular questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802
Enable internal supplier registrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803
Enable modular process framework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804
Enable modular questionnaire template creation in sites with a basic supplier management
entitlement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805
Enable questionnaire recipients in internal registrations to see and edit otherwise masked
answers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806
Enable repeatable sections in internal questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806
Enable enhanced filtering and pagination for standalone modular questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807
Enable ratings and total ratings in internal forms or questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808
Enable external validation of registration questionnaires using web services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808
Enable external validation of modular questionnaires using web services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809
Exclude [Link].name3 from Dun & Bradstreet lookup in supplier requests. . . . . . . . 809
Hide bank master data fields in Bank Account questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810
Hide timestamps in external supplier request names in project search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
Increase maximum size for name fields to 40 characters each in applied field restrictions. . . . . .812
Include previous approved answers in external validation of registration questionnaires using web
services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813
Include previous approved answers in external validation of modular questionnaires using web
services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .814
List Extended Address fields for which blank updates from SAP Business Network clear data
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814
Make account holder name required in Bank Account questions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815
Make Extended Address State/Province/Region Required Where Available. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816
Override existing source system with SAP domain values during vendor push. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816
Prepopulate process qualifications with request or registration commodities, regions, and
departments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817
Remove blank DUNS IDs in supplier data synchronization from supplier management to
sourcing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818
Reopen period for supplier questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818

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 Require only attachment and expiration date for supplier certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
Send Email Notification On Adding Supplier Contacts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
Set maximum length for Room ID in Extended Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821
Set minimum registration status for event participation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821
Specify the Web Assistant JavaScript template URL for supplier management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823
Start automatically-generated supplier bank IDs with 0001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823
Use custom logo and footer for emails sent to suppliers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
Validate required questions in repeatable sections in external questionnaires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .825
Web Assistant in-context help for supplier management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
Self-Service Site Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826
Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826
Managing Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .860

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Supplier Management Setup and
Administration Guide

This guide is for SAP Ariba buyer template creators and administrators seeking information about how to maintain
supplier data and set up processes for managing supplier lifecycles.

Buyers use supplier lifecycle processes to add new suppliers, gather and maintain supplier profile information, and
decide which suppliers are qualified or preferred in specific domains.

This guide applies to:

• SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance

• SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture)
• SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite

Related Guides

Quick Reference to Optional Supplier Management Features [page 624]

Managing Suppliers and Supplier Lifecycles

Supplier Data API with Pagination

Common Data Import and Administration Guide for SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Solutions and SAP Ariba
Supplier Management Solutions

Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management Group Descriptions

Migrating Suppliers to the Unified Vendor Model

Configuring Supplier Performance Management Reviews

Running Supplier Performance Management Reviews

Managing Project Email Notifications

Project Template Guide

Managing Projects, Teams, Documents, and Tasks

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Ariba Supplier Management Solutions

SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions provide a set of linked projects for managing suppliers. Category and
supplier managers use supplier profile to manage these processes and monitor their suppliers in one place.

The following diagram illustrates the complete set of projects in an SAP Ariba supplier lifecycle:

SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba
Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture). Both solutions offer:

• Defined, template-based projects for managing suppliers that scale easily to bring large numbers of suppliers
under management. These projects include:
• Internal and external requests for adding new suppliers to your vendor database.
• Supplier registrations for collecting and maintaining detailed profile information.
• (Optional) Supplier performance management (SPM) projects for evaluating the performance of the
suppliers with which you do business.
• Modular questionnaires for managing supplier certificates and collecting other reusable chunks of
information.
• A centralized supplier database with a complete, unified vendor model, and bidirectional integration with SAP
ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP MDG.
• A complete supplier profile for each supplier that provides guided navigation for supplier information and
lifecycle management activities.
• Supplier self-service through SAP Business Network

SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance also includes:

• "Matrix"-based supplier qualifications, preferred category status requests, disqualifications, and miscellaneous
lifecycle processes based on combinations of commodity categories, regions, and (optionally) departments.
Supplier qualifications can be managed using dedicated supplier qualification projects or qualification process
projects, which leverage modular questionnaires to collect information once and reuse it wherever it's
applicable. The flexible process framework also supports miscellaneous processes that can be tailored to
custom business processes and requirements.
• Built-in alignment with SAP Ariba Buying solutions and SAP Ariba Sourcing to leverage supplier qualifications
and preferred status in procurement and sourcing activities.

Internal Supplier Requests [page 14]

External Supplier Requests [page 16]

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 New Supplier Registrations [page 17]

Supplier Registration Updates [page 21]

Qualification and Miscellaneous Supplier Management Process Projects [page 22]

Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using Supplier Qualification Projects [page 28]

Preferred Category Statuses Management Projects [page 29]

Supplier Disqualifications Using Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 30]

Supplier Performance Evaluations Using SPM Projects [page 32]

Key Assumptions for Setting Up SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions [page 32]

Supplier Management Setup Checklist [page 34]

APIs for SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions [page 36]

Integration Options for SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions [page 37]

Supplier IDs in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance [page 38]

Transition from Supplier Organizations to Supplier Requests and Registrations [page 43]

Where to Find More Information [page 52]

Related Information

Internal Supplier Requests [page 14]

External Supplier Requests [page 16]
New Supplier Registrations [page 17]
Supplier Registration Updates [page 21]
Qualification and Miscellaneous Supplier Management Process Projects [page 22]
Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using Supplier Qualification Projects [page 28]
Preferred Category Statuses Management Projects [page 29]
Supplier Disqualifications Using Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 30]

Internal Supplier Requests

Internal supplier request projects allow internal users to request to work with new suppliers. When a supplier
request is approved, the supplier is created in your site.

Procurement agents, functional buyers, people running sourcing events, and others in your company who want to
work with new suppliers can request a new supplier by filling out and submitting an internal supplier request form.
Note that there's a separate project for suppliers to create an external supplier request [page 16].

The internal supplier request project template determines:

• What information users need to provide when submitting the request.

• Whether the request is automatically approved on submission or must be manually approved.

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• If the request requires manual approval, which category or supplier managers approve the request, and
whether other stakeholders at your company must also approve the request.

Requesters create internal supplier requests from the Create menu on the dashboard and monitor their progress in
the My Activities area of the Supplier Management dashboard. As the requester enters information in an internal
supplier request, an automatic duplicate check presents them with possible matches to suppliers that already
exist in the database. The requester then has the option of canceling the request if they see a valid match or of
submitting the request if they don't believe any of the potential matches are duplicates.

If your site is integrated with Dun & Bradstreet (D&B), the supplier request workflow also includes a step that looks
up the supplier in the Dun & Bradstreet database. If if the supplier isn't found, this workflow can also include an
exception process for requesting a non-D&B supplier.

Notifications inform approvers that the request requires approval. They can also see outstanding requests by
choosing Manage My Tasks on the dashboard. Notifications also inform the requester when the request has
been approved or denied, and show the final approver so that the requester can have further discussions about
denied requests. Approvers also see a list of potential duplicate suppliers so that they can deny duplicate requests
and approve only requests for genuinely new suppliers.

When a supplier request is approved, either automatically or manually, the supplier is created in your site's supplier
database. The information in the approved external supplier request shows in the Supplier request detail area of
the supplier's profile. If your site is integrated with Dun & Bradstreet, the new supplier profile includes data from
D&B.

If your site is integrated with SAP Master Data Governance for Suppliers (MDG-S), the supplier request workflow
can also include a final step for validating approved supplier requests in SAP MDG-S before creating suppliers in
the database. If MDG-S identifies the supplier as a duplicate, SAP Ariba marks the approved request as a duplicate,
hides it, and redirects the requester to the existing, matched supplier instead. This option is only supported if your
supplier requests don't use Dun & Bradstreet integration.

Newly created suppliers are eligible for registration, which gathers detailed profile information about them. Your
site's configuration determines whether the supplier is automatically invited to register or a registration manager
can manually start an internal or external registration. If your site is integrated with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA,
or SAP MDG-S, your site's integration settings determine whether the new supplier is automatically or manually
synchronized with the integrated system's vendor master list either at this point or during supplier registration.

Related Information

External Supplier Requests [page 16]

New Supplier Registrations [page 17]
Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using Supplier Qualification Projects [page 28]
Preferred Category Statuses Management Projects [page 29]
Supplier Disqualifications Using Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 30]
Supplier Performance Evaluations Using SPM Projects [page 32]

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External Supplier Requests
External supplier request projects allow suppliers who want to do business with your organization to introduce
themselves. When an external request is approved, the supplier is created in your site.

External supplier request projects aren't available by default and are only available in sites where the feature is
enabled. As part of external supplier request enablement, SAP Ariba Support provides your organization with
an external supplier request URL that’s specific to your site. Your organization can provide this URL to potential
new suppliers through specific outreach programs, by publishing it on a corporate website, or through other
means. Suppliers can introduce themselves to your organization by clicking the URL, completing a ReCAPTCHA
verification, and filling out and submitting the external supplier request form. Note that there's a separate type of
request project for internal users at your company to request a new supplier [page 14]. External supplier requests
are sometimes called self-registration, but the form submitted is a request, the first step in working with a supplier.
Supplier registration [page 17], the next step, is a separate type of project.

The external supplier request project template determines:

• What information suppliers need to provide when submitting the request.

• Which category or supplier managers approve the request and whether other stakeholders at your company
must also approve the request.

Notifications let the approver know that the external supplier request requires approval; they can also see
outstanding external requests using Manage My Tasks on the dashboard. Approvers see a list of existing
suppliers in the database that match information in the external request so that they can deny duplicate requests
and approve only requests for genuinely new suppliers.

When an external supplier request is approved, the supplier is created in your site's supplier database. The
information in the approved external supplier request shows in the Supplier request detail area of the supplier's
profile.

Depending on your site's configuration, the supplier can be automatically invited to register at this point, or a
category or supplier manager can manually issue a registration invitation. If your site is integrated with SAP ERP,
SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S, your site's integration settings determine whether the new supplier is automatically
or manually synchronized with the integrated system's vendor master list either at this point or during supplier
registration.

Related Information

Internal Supplier Requests [page 14]

New Supplier Registrations [page 17]
Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using Supplier Qualification Projects [page 28]
Preferred Category Statuses Management Projects [page 29]
Supplier Disqualifications Using Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 30]
Supplier Performance Evaluations Using SPM Projects [page 32]

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New Supplier Registrations
Starting a new supplier registration creates a registration project with questionnaires to gather detailed profile
information about a supplier.

After a new supplier is created, a registration manager starts a supplier registration by sending one or more
external registration questionnaires to recipients. Registration projects can also include internal questionnaires,
and starting the registration makes them available for editing. Approvers review the submitted questionnaires and
approve or deny them. If the new registration is approved, the registration project then supports ongoing updates
to both external and internal questionnaires.

There are two types of supplier registrations:

Table 1: Types of Supplier Registrations

Registration Type Description

External Invites a supplier contact to create an account or sign into an

existing account on SAP Business Network to fill out and sub-
mit external registration questionnaires. Suppliers participate
in external registrations, and you collect registration informa-
tion directly from them.

After a supplier completes an external registration, you can

establish a fulfillment relationship with them.

Internal Invites people in your organization to fill out and submit exter-
nal registration questionnaires on behalf of the supplier. Sup-
pliers don't participate in internal registrations, and you collect
registration information about them from people in your or-
ganization. A registration manager can invite the supplier to
participate in an internal registration later, converting it to an
external registration.

After an internal registration is completed for a supplier, you

can only establish a fulfillment relationship with them if they
have a linked SAP Business Network through another means,
such as participation in a sourcing event or response to an
external qualification questionnaire.

Both registration types use the same registration project and have the same registration statuses.

Depending on your site's configuration and the particular supplier, there are several different methods for starting a
registration:

Table 2: Methods for Starting a Supplier Registration

Registration Method Registration Type

Automatically whenever a supplier request is approved. External

Manually by a registration manager. External or Internal

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Registration Method Registration Type

Manually by choosing the Set Registered option in the Internal

Registration detail area of the supplier's profile

Through a mass invitation wave, which an administrator can External

create to onboard a specific set of suppliers at one time.

(In sites that include SAP Ariba Sourcing) Automatically when- External

ever an uninvited supplier is invited to a sourcing event that

requires that a registration status of at least Invited, if not
higher, to participate in the event.

(In sites that include SAP Ariba Sourcing) Automatically when External

a previously uninvited supplier attempts to participate in a

sourcing event if your site requires a minimum status of
Registered to participate in sourcing events.

The registration process typically asks for detailed profile information about the supplier, such as the commodities
they supply, the regions in which they operate, what standards they adhere to or agree with, financial details, and
so forth. Depending on the way registration is set up in your site, it can include one or more external registration
questionnaires to gather this information.

Supplier registration projects can also include internal questionnaires that allow internal stakeholders to answer
questions about the supplier based on your organization's internal processes and to add internally important
information to the supplier's profile.

It's possible to cancel a registration while it's in progress. Canceling is the only way to convert an external
registration to an internal one after the supplier has been invited, and is useful if an external registration is stalled
and you want to complete it internally instead.

The supplier registration project template determines:

• The number of external registration questionnaires and the number of internal questionnaires (if any), and
their content.
• Registration approvers, and whether or not there are different approval flows and other tasks for new
registrations versus questionnaire updates.
• Whether other tasks are part of the registration workflow.
• Whether or not denial of an internal questionnaire affects the supplier's registration status in a new
registration.
• How long external questionnaires remain open so that suppliers can submit their answers.

Users with the appropriate permissions start the registration, send one or more external questionnaires to
recipients, fill out any internal questionnaires, review the questionnaire responses, request more information,
complete To Do tasks, approve or deny the registration, and view its progress and status in the Registration detail
area of the supplier's profile.

In external registrations, the supplier submits external registration questionnaires in their SAP Business Network
profile. To do so, they must create an SAP Business Network account if they don't already have one. The supplier's
profile is automatically shared between SAP Business Network and SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions.
Once registration is complete, the supplier is public, meaning that they have a linked SAP Business Network
account in your site.

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In internal registrations, internal recipients in your organization submit external registration questionnaires in your
site and the supplier doesn't participate at all. Internal registrations don't establish communications with the
supplier through SAP Business Network. Unless you've interacted with the supplier through SAP Business Network
for another activity, such as a sourcing event or an external modular questionnaire, they remain private, meaning
that they don't have a linked SAP Business Network account in your site.

In registrations that are done using the Set Registered option, registration managers choose this option in the
supplier's profile and the supplier doesn't participate at all. The Set Registered option is available only after the
supplier request is approved. When registration managers choose this option, the system immediately sets the
status of the supplier to Registered. In addition, the system synchronizes supplier data with your ERP systems
automatically or with manual intervention depending on how your site is configured. This data then becomes
available for supplier qualifications or for use in other SAP Ariba procurement applications. After setting a supplier
as Registered, you can still start an internal or external registration project. However, if you do so, the registration
process starts and the Set Registered option is only available again if you cancel the newly started registration.

Notifications inform:

• Questionnaire recipients that they've been invited to register, including a link to the external questionnaires.
• The requester for the supplier that the registration has started.
• Approvers that they need to approve a new or updated registration questionnaire.
• Internal stakeholders that they need to complete other tasks.
• The supplier that the registration has been approved, denied, or requires more information (in external
registrations only).

If a registration invitation includes multiple external questionnaires, questionnaire recipients receive a separate
notification for each questionnaire. If the registration has been canceled, notifications inform registration managers
of the cancellation.

As your organization's registration process evolves over time, an administrator can upgrade existing registration
projects to the latest version of the template. An upgrade can include changes to internal or external
questionnaires, tasks, and approval flows. The administrator can opt to sent notifications about the upgrade
to supplier contacts so that they can update affected questionnaires. Internal users don't receive upgrade
notifications.

If your site is integrated with an SAP ERP system, your site's integration settings determine whether a new
supplier is automatically or manually synchronized with your ERP vendor master list. Many organizations require
registration before synchronizing a new supplier to the ERP system.

For suppliers with external registrations, additional settings allow registration managers to establish a fulfillment
relationship with the supplier as they register, at the same time as the sourcing relationship is established.

In solutions that include SAP Ariba Sourcing, event templates can specify that suppliers must be registered to
either participate in or be awarded events. There's also a configuration option for requiring a minimum registration
status for participation in sourcing events.

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The following diagram shows the workflow for a new external registration where integration is set to synchronize
the supplier automatically with the ERP vendor master after registration is approved:

Related Information

Internal Supplier Requests [page 14]

External Supplier Requests [page 16]
Setting a Supplier as Registered Using the Set Registered Option
Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using Supplier Qualification Projects [page 28]
Preferred Category Statuses Management Projects [page 29]
Supplier Disqualifications Using Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 30]
Supplier Performance Evaluations Using SPM Projects [page 32]
Supplier Registration Updates [page 21]
About the Registration Detail Area in the Supplier Profile
Supplier Registration Status Flow
Inviting a Supplier to Register
Starting an Internal Supplier Registration on Behalf of a Supplier
Canceling an In-Progress Supplier Registration
Approving or Denying a Supplier Registration Questionnaire

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Supplier Registration Updates
After a supplier is registered, external questionnaire recipients and people in your organization can update
questionnaires to keep profile information for the supplier current.

Supplier registration projects can be set up to support different approval flows for new registrations and for
updates to individual questionnaires.

When a new registration starts, external registration questionnaires are open for the amount of time defined in
the template questionnaire's timing rules. Once the recipient submits the questionnaire the first time, it closes
automatically. After all of the tasks in a new registration are completed and the supplier has Registered status,
previously closed external questionnaires automatically reopen for an amount of time defined by your site's
configuration and configurations in individual questionnaires. The default amount of time a questionnaire remains
open is 365 days from the approval. The recipient assigned to the external questionnaires in a registration can
navigate to them and submit updates at any time when they're not in approval. External questionnaires can be set
up to generate periodic reminders asking suppliers for updates.

Internal registration questionnaires are also always open for update when they're not in approval.

In a new registration, once the recipient invited to the registration opens at least one questionnaire, only they
can access the external questionnaires in the registration. In internal registrations, the registration project owner
can also access external questionnaires. After the new registration is approved, you can reassign external
questionnaires to a different recipient at any time when no external questionnaire updates are in approval.
Only the assigned recipient or, in internal registrations, the registration project owner, can update the external
questionnaires.

If a registration starts as an internal registration, meaning that people in your organization submit questionnaires
on behalf of the supplier, internal recipients can continue to update those questionnaires. A registration manager
can invite the supplier to an internal registration, transferring ownership of external questionnaires to a supplier
contact. When a supplier contact submits external questionnaires from a registration that was previously internal
for the first time, that initial submission is also treated as an updated.

As your organization's registration process evolves over time, an administrator in your organization can upgrade
existing registration projects to the latest version of the template. An upgrade can include changes to internal
or external questionnaires, tasks, and approval flows. The administrator can opt to sent notifications about the
upgrade to supplier contacts so that they can update affected questionnaires. Internal users don't receive upgrade
notifications. Suppliers or internal recipients can also choose to update registrations for other reasons.

When a recipient submits an update to an external registration questionnaire, the supplier remains in Registered
registration status, but has a separate Pending Approval registration update status.

The new registration workflow includes all of the tasks associated with all of the questionnaires in a new
registration. If your registration projects include one or more registration update phases to define tasks for
registration updates, each questionnaire update is handled individually. When a respondent submits an update
to an external or internal registration questionnaire, only the tasks associated with that questionnaire start, and
task owners or approvers can complete the tasks related to the questionnaire being updated. When there are no
remaining tasks in progress for the questionnaire that is being approved and no tasks in progress for the other
questionnaires in the update phase, the update status is Approved.

If the registration update isn't set to auto-approve, approvers approve or request more information for registration
updates. If the updates are approved, they're added to the supplier's profile. The supplier remains in Registered
registration status, but has Approved registration update status. The registration update status is always based on
the entire workflow defined by all of the tasks in registration update phases.

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The registration status reflects the supplier's progress through the full initial registration process where your
organization collects important profile information from them. Registration update status is useful mainly for
tracking individual updates, which typically involve small changes to that profile information, and can be used
to create conditions in the registration project. Registration update status does't show in the supplier's profile.
However, you can search for registration projects using the search bar on the Home dashboard and filter the results
by registration update status. If you have permission to access the advanced view of a registration project, you
can see also its registration update status on the Overview tab. To see the advanced of a registration project,
the Advanced View link for that project type must be enabled in your site and you must have the appropriate
permissions.

Related Information

New Supplier Registrations [page 17]

Supplier Registration Status Flow
Project Advanced View

Qualification and Miscellaneous Supplier

Management Process Projects
Your organization can use supplier management process projects to collect information about and decide status
for supplier qualifications, other business processes, or their discontinuation.

A supplier management process project is a framework that includes a collection of modular questionnaires to
gather information relevant to the process and a workflow for deciding an outcome. A process project can be for:

• Qualification: If your organization uses process projects for supplier qualifications, the modular questionnaires
can ask for specific qualification-related information for a particular combination of commodities, regions,
and departments. A qualification process can include one or more general modular questionnaires that cover
your organization's universal qualification criteria. It can also include specific modular questionnaires related
to critical information or certifications for specific commodities, regions, and departments. Qualification
processes can include both internal and external questionnaires.
If your company uses a qualification process and you're a process initiator for it, you can create and manage
those qualification process projects in the Qualifications or Processes detail area of the supplier profile.
• Miscellaneous processes: If your organization uses process projects for any other types of supplier
management process, they can also include external or internal modular questionnaires relevant to that
specific process. If your organization uses a miscellaneous process and you're a process initiator for it, you can
create and manage those process projects in the Processes detail area of the supplier profile.
• Discontinuation: If your organization uses qualification process projects, they can be disqualified using a
discontinuation process. A discontinuation process can also include internal modular questionnaires to collect
information about the reason for discontinuing the qualification process. You can fully or partially discontinue
existing qualification processes in the Qualifications detail area of the supplier profile.

Data imported in your site determine whether a process is a qualification process, discontinuation process, or
other (miscellaneous) process and the names of its statuses. The process project template determines:

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• Who can start the process (process initiators) and set its final status (decision-makers).
• The intake form that process initiators fill out when creating or renewing a process. This intake form can
include questions about the commodities, regions, and departments to which the process is applicable. A
question about at least one of these three elements is required. It can also include questions that set schedules
for the process's expiration and for expiration reminder notifications.
• The types of external or internal modular questionnaires used in the process.

Within a process, each modular questionnaire is defined by its own template, which determines:

• The questionnaire's type, which determines the processes it's included in.
• Whether the questionnaire is internal or external.
• Whether or not the questionnaire is required in matching processes.
• The commodities, regions, and departments to which the questionnaire applies.
• The content of the questionnaire.
• The approval flow for the questionnaire.
• Whether there are other tasks in the questionnaire's workflow.
• Whether or not the questionnaire project itself has an expiration date, and if so, which people in your
organization receive notifications of pending and elapsed expirations in addition to the questionnaire owner.
• Whether the expiration of a certificate in a questionnaire triggers the questionnaire project's expiration as well.
• Whether or not recipients can update the questionnaire after it's first approved, and if so, whether or not the
updates also require approval and the update approval flow.
• Whether the questionnaire automatically generates update requests to recipients each time it's included in a
new or renewed process.

Each modular questionnaire contains its own answers. Once a recipient has submitted a modular questionnaire for
the first time, those answers are available in the questionnaire in any process that reuses it.

Users with the appropriate permissions create a process for a supplier in the relevant area of their supplier profile.
Process creation involves several steps:

1. The process initiator chooses what type of process that they want to create, then specifies the commodities,
regions, and departments for the process and answers any other questions in the process intake form. If the

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 intake form includes questions about an expiration schedule, they can also specify when the process expires
and its expiration notification schedule. The following image shows an example of this step:

2. The process initiator sees the modular questionnaires that are both included in the process and match
the process commodities, regions, and departments. These questionnaires can be newly assigned, meaning
that they’ve never been filled out before for this particular supplier. If they've already been filled out and
approved for the supplier, the process initiator has the option to request an update, or the update request

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 can be automatic. Questionnaires can be required or optional. The process initiator can choose which optional
questionnaires to include in the process. The following image shows an example of this step:

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3. The process initiator chooses recipients for both external and internal questionnaires and finishes creating the
process project. The following image shows an example of this step:

Notifications let questionnaire recipients know that they need to fill out or update their assigned questionnaires
and inform the supplier primary contact that they've been invited to participate in the process.

Suppliers fill out or update external modular questionnaires and view any processes to which they've been
invited in their SAP Business Network account. Internal recipients fill out or update the internal modular supplier
management questionnaires to which they've been assigned in the Questionnaires detail area of the supplier's
profile or from the detail page for the process. Task owners and approvers complete To Do tasks and approve or
deny individual questionnaires in the Questionnaires detail area or from the process details page as well.

While a process is in progress, the process project owner can cancel it if necessary.

After all approvals and other tasks for every questionnaire in the process are completed, a decision-maker for the
process decides its final status in the Qualifications, or Processes detail area of the supplier profile. These final
statuses have names that are specific to your organization's business process, but they correspond to an approved,
conditionally approved, or denied status.

Once a process is complete, a process initiator can renew it to collect updated information for a new status
decision. For qualification processes, a renewal is a requalification.

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  Note

Before starting a renewal, verify that the correct modular questionnaire is selected. Avoid canceling a renewal
unless necessary. If a new renewal is created immediately after cancelation, the intake form may not display or
accept values for Commodity, Region, or Department, which can prevent the process from starting. To prevent
this from happening, wait briefly between canceling a renewal and creating a new one. Ensure all required fields
are visible on the intake form.

Decision-makers can also update the final status for a process at any time without a renewal. For example, if a
critical underlying questionnaire expires without an update, a decision-maker can change the final status of the
process from approved to denied. Currently, no separate disqualification process is supported, but changing the
status of a qualification process to denied produces the same result. The primary supplier contact, process project
owner, and all the decision-makers receive notifications when a decision-maker sets or updates the final status of a
process.

After a qualification process has been approved, category or supplier managers can evaluate the supplier for a
preferred category status level (if your organization uses preferred supplier levels) for the same combination of
commodities, regions, and departments or a subset. This option isn't available if the process is only conditionally
approved.

The process initiator of an approved or partially approved qualification process can fully or partially discontinue the
qualification process.

Administrators can also create processes using data imports. These processes aren't based on projects and don't
have associated questionnaires or workflows. However, if the imported process has an eligible status, users with
the appropriate permissions can:

• Cancel it using the same data import.

• Cancel or renew it (creating a process project for it) in the supplier's profile.

Canceling a process created using a data import doesn't generate any notifications, since there's no associated
project.

Related Information

Creating a Qualification or Miscellaneous Supplier Management Process Project

Filling Out an Internal Questionnaire for a Supplier Management Process
Making a Status Decision for a Supplier Management Process
Approving or Denying a Modular Questionnaire in a Process Project
Canceling a Qualification or Other Process in the Supplier's Profile
Renewing a Qualification or Other Supplier Management Process
Requesting an Update or Changing the Recipient for a Modular Questionnaire
Workflow for Creating a Qualification or Other Supplier Management Process Project

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Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using
Supplier Qualification Projects
After a supplier is registered, a qualification manager can start qualifying the supplier for one or more specific
combinations of commodities, regions, and (optionally) departments by starting qualification projects and sending
qualification questionnaires. Approvers review the supplier's answers and approve or deny the qualifications.

 Note

This topic describes qualification and requalification using supplier qualification projects. If your site uses
the process projects to manage supplier qualifications, refer to Qualification and Miscellaneous Supplier
Management Process Projects [page 22].

Although a customer administrator can set qualification statuses for suppliers using a data import operation in
both SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions, supplier qualification projects are only available in solutions that
include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.

Supplier qualification questionnaires typically ask for detailed information from the supplier that’s specific to the
qualification's commodities and regions. For example, qualification questionnaires can ask suppliers about their
sourcing and sustainability processes; shipping, delivery, and return policies; commodity-specific certifications;
compliance with policies; and other matters. New qualifications are always based on commodities and regions that
a qualification manager selects. They don't have to be for the commodities and regions for which the supplier is
registered. Qualifications and requalifications are also based on departments if they're enabled in your site.

When a supplier has either been disqualified or had a qualification expire, they're eligible for requalification.
Qualifications and requalifications use the same workflow; however, a requalification is always based on the same
commodities, regions, and departments as the previous disqualification or expired qualification.

The supplier qualification project template determines:

• The questionnaire segments for various commodity, region, and department combinations, and which
segments are required.
• The approvers for the qualification or requalification. In sites that use buyer category assignments, approvers
are automatically assigned based on the commodities, regions, and departments of the qualification or
requalification.
• The content of the questionnaire segments.
• Whether other stakeholders in your organization must also approve the qualification or requalification.
• Whether internal questionnaires or other tasks or documents are part of the qualification or requalification w.
• Whether the qualification expires after a specific date, and if so, whether there's a waiting period before the
supplier can be requalified.

The category or supplier managers assigned to the supplier start a new qualification or a requalification, send
the questionnaire, review the supplier's answers, request more information, approve or deny the qualification or
requalification, and monitor the approval flow and status in the Qualification detail area of the supplier's profile on
the Supplier Management tab of the dashboard. The supplier answers the qualification questionnaire in their Ariba
Network for Suppliers profile. The supplier's profile information is automatically shared between SAP Business
Network and SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions.

Notifications let the supplier know that they've been invited to qualify for specific commodities, regions, and
departments and provide a link to the questionnaire; let approvers know that they need to approve a supplier
qualification or requalification; let supplier or category managers know when one of their qualifications has expired

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or is eligible for requalification; and let the supplier know that the qualification or requalification has been approved,
denied, or requires more information.

At any point after the supplier qualification or requalification has been approved, category or supplier managers
can:

• Start new qualifications for additional combinations of commodities, regions, and departments.
• Evaluate the supplier for a preferred category status (if your company uses preferred supplier management
projects).
• Disqualify the supplier for commodities, regions, and departments for which it was previously qualified.

In solutions that include SAP Ariba Sourcing, event templates can specify that suppliers must have specific
qualification statuses for the event's commodities and regions to either participate in or be awarded events.
Departments aren't considered for event eligibility.

Related Information

Internal Supplier Requests [page 14]

External Supplier Requests [page 16]
New Supplier Registrations [page 17]
Preferred Category Statuses Management Projects [page 29]
Supplier Disqualifications Using Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 30]
Supplier Performance Evaluations Using SPM Projects [page 32]

Preferred Category Statuses Management Projects

After the supplier is qualified for a specific commodity, region, and (optionally) department combination, a
category or supplier manager can designate them as a preferred supplier for that combination.

Although a customer administrator can set preferred statuses for suppliers using a data import operation in both
SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions, preferred supplier management projects are only available in solutions
that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.

Supplier preferred category status is always based on a combination of commodity and region. It can also be based
on departments if the department feature for supplier management projects is enabled in your site.

The preferred supplier management project template determines:

• What information users add to the preferred category status request form.
• Whether the preferred category status request requires approval, and if so, who the approvers are.
• Whether other stakeholders in your organization must also approve the status change.

Users request a preferred category status for a new commodity, region, and department combination, or a change
to an existing status, in the Preferred detail area of the supplier's profile on the Supplier Management dashboard.
Up to five status levels are supported, including the preferred level. They also remove preferred status levels there.

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  Note

• You can't combine multiple qualified combinations in the same preferred status request. For example, if a
supplier has separate qualifications for Electronic reference material and Printed media in the Canada
region, you must create individual preferred category status requests for each category.
• If your site uses process qualifications, you can request preferred category status for any valid process
qualification or a subset.

If the preferred supplier management workflow includes an approval flow, notifications let the approver know that
the preferred status change request requires approval; let the requesting user know when the preferred status
request has been approved or denied;s and show the final approver so that requesting users can have further
discussions about denied preferred status requests.

In solutions that include SAP Ariba Sourcing, event templates can be set up to automatically invite the suppliers
that are preferred for the event's commodities and regions. Department isn't considered for automatic event
invitation.

Related Information

Preferred Supplier Level Data Import [page 80]

Internal Supplier Requests [page 14]
External Supplier Requests [page 16]
New Supplier Registrations [page 17]
Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using Supplier Qualification Projects [page 28]
Supplier Disqualifications Using Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 30]
Supplier Performance Evaluations Using SPM Projects [page 32]

Supplier Disqualifications Using Supplier

Disqualification Projects
After a supplier is qualified or preferred, a qualification manager can ask to disqualify the supplier for previously
qualified commodities, regions, and (optionally) departments by submitting a disqualification form.

Although a customer administrator can set qualification statuses for suppliers using a data import operation
in both SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions, supplier qualification and disqualification projects are only
available in solutions that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.

 Note

Disqualification projects work with qualifications based on supplier qualification projects. If your site uses
process projects to manage supplier qualifications, you don't use disqualification projects to manage
disqualification statuses. For more information, refer to Qualification and Miscellaneous Supplier Management
Process Projects [page 22].

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Disqualifications are always based on a previous qualification. However, the disqualified commodities and regions
don't have to match exactly, and the disqualification always applies to all commodity or region levels below the
ones approved for disqualification. For example, a supplier can be qualified for Europe and later disqualified only
in France; that disqualification applies to all departments and cities in France. Disqualifications are also based on
departments if they're enabled in your site.

The disqualification project template determines:

• What information qualification managers add to the form.

• Whether the disqualification requires approval, and if so, who the approvers are.
• Whether other stakeholders in your organization must also approve the disqualification.
• Whether the disqualification is immediate upon approval, takes effect on a specified date without phase-out, or
takes effect automatically after a phase-out period during which the supplier has Restricted status.

Category or supplier managers start the disqualification, approve or deny it, and monitor the approval flow and
status in the Qualification detail area of the supplier's profile on the Supplier Management dashboard.

If a disqualification includes an approval flow, notifications let the approver know that the disqualification requires
approval, let the requesting user know when the disqualification has been approved or denied, and show the final
approver so that requesting users can have further discussions about denied disqualifications.

Once a disqualification is approved, any preferred supplier status for the disqualified commodities, regions, and
departments (including any preferred commodities, regions, or departments above or below the disqualified
commodities, regions, and departments in the same branch of the hierarchy) is automatically removed. The
rationale is that suppliers can't be considered "preferred" if they're disqualified, for whatever reason and through
whatever means, at any hierarchical level within the same combination. For example, if a supplier is preferred for
shoes and later disqualified for apparel, the preferred status for shoes is automatically removed. Likewise, if a
supplier is preferred for apparel and later disqualified for shoes, the preferred status for apparel is automatically
removed. In solutions that include SAP Ariba Sourcing, if event templates are restricted to qualified participants,
or automatically invite preferred suppliers, disqualified suppliers aren't event participants. However, disqualification
is otherwise just a status. There's no mechanism for preventing users from inviting disqualified suppliers to
unrestricted sourcing events or conducting other activities with them.

Qualification managers can requalify disqualifications. If a qualification is restricted, a qualification manager can
only do so after the restricted period has passed and the supplier is disqualified. If a disqualification has a minimum
disqualification period, they can only do so after that date has passed. They can also start new qualifications for
categories, regions, and departments other than the ones for which the supplier was disqualified.

 Note

• If a supplier is requalified for a process, the supplier can again be marked "preferred" for the same
combination of commodity, region, and department.
• If a supplier is qualified for more than one process type for the same commodity, region, and department
combination, is preferred for the same combination, and is subsequently disqualified for one of those
processes, then the "preferred" status is automatically invalidated.

Related Information

Internal Supplier Requests [page 14]

External Supplier Requests [page 16]

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New Supplier Registrations [page 17]
Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using Supplier Qualification Projects [page 28]
Preferred Category Statuses Management Projects [page 29]
Supplier Performance Evaluations Using SPM Projects [page 32]

Supplier Performance Evaluations Using SPM

Projects
After your company has started buying from a supplier, category or supplier managers can use Supplier
Performance Management (SPM) projects to evaluate their performance on an ongoing basis.

SPM projects periodically solicit feedback from internal stakeholders based on a standardized set of criteria that is
applied to all suppliers.

The SPM project template typically uses:

• surveys, which collect input from stakeholders in your organization

• scorecards, which provide an overall score for suppliers
• recurring task phases for periodic review cycles, which include tasks to invite users to participate in surveys
and to review and publish scorecards

The category or supplier managers assigned to the project manage review cycles and use the information
gathered in them to evaluate and act on supplier performance by, for example, collaborating with suppliers on
improvements, designating them as preferred suppliers, or initiating disqualifications.

SPM projects use the classic SAP Ariba project interface, meaning that they aren't visible in supplier profiles on
the Supplier Management tab or linked to other supplier management projects. Supplier or category managers
create them by clicking Create SPM Project on the dashboard, and view them by searching for projects on
the Home dashboard.

Details on using SPM projects are covered separately in Running supplier performance management reviews.

Key Assumptions for Setting Up SAP Ariba Supplier

Management solutions
The topics about setting up and managing SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management (new architecture) assume the following:

• Your site has all common master data that isn't specific to suppliers (commodities, regions, users,
departments, and so forth) loaded.
• The commodity, region, and (optionally) department data used in supplier management projects uses a
hierarchical structure with an "All" root node at the top of the hierarchy and, to the degree possible, multiple
levels of groupings. In some supplier management projects such as qualifications, disqualifications, and
preferred supplier management projects, the commodity/region/department combination for the project is
an important part of its functionality. If your master data uses a flat structure with a large number of low-level

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 values, users must add large numbers of low-level commodities, regions, or departments to those projects if
they want to include broad categories, regions, or departments, resulting in potential performance issues for
project-related queries. Structuring your commodity, region, and department data so that they can add the
most appropriate grouping at a higher level avoids this problem. Supplier management project performance is
likely to be poor if the project includes more than 50 commodity, region, and department values. In addition,
if you use the user matrix (buyer category assignments) to populate project groups based on the project
commodity, region, and department, a well-defined hierarchy with groupings at multiple levels can provide
better user matrix coverage.
For example, if a category or supplier manager wants to qualify a supplier for shoes, but your commodity
master data only includes level 4 entries for mules, kitten heels, pumps, hiking boots, running shoes, and so
forth, the category or supplier manager must add each of those individual commodities to the qualification
project, and all queries related to that qualification must include all of those individual commodity values. On
the other hand, if your commodity hierarchy includes a level 3 value for shoes, with all of those level 4 values
located under it, the category or supplier manager can simply qualify the supplier for shoes, resulting in more
efficient qualification queries using the single commodity value.
In some cases, only one or two of the three "matrix" elements (commodity, region, and department) is
important in the project. For example, a qualification manager can qualify a supplier globally for a specific
commodity, or qualify a supplier for a commodity in Europe regardless of department. Including a top-level
value for "All" at the top of your commodity, region, and department hierarchies allows the category or supplier
manager to explicitly select one value of "All" rather than having to select multiple values that combine to
achieve "All," and the single-value selection avoids performance problems in queries. Note that "All" is used
here as an example, not a literal value.
• If your site also uses master data services, those services have already been configured, and their integration
has been set up. Master data service integration and supplier data integration with SAP Ariba Supplier
Management solutions are separate configurations.
• If you specify a currency for a supplier management questionnaire that's different from your site's default
currency, a currency conversion rate between the two currencies has been defined in your site. Failure to
define a currency conversion in this case can cause errors with updating or changing the recipient of the
questionnaire.

Related Information

Introduction to Supplier Management in SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions [page 13]
Where to Find More Information [page 52]
Integration Options for SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions [page 37]

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Supplier Management Setup Checklist
A checklist helps you identify the tasks that are essential to setting up SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and
Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture).

Assign users in your site to the relevant Supplier Management

 User Groups [page 181], making sure that:

• The users who set up integration are in the SM ERP

Administrator group.
• The users who import data are in the Customer
Administrator and SM Ops Administrator groups.
• The users who perform other supplier management-
specific administrative tasks are in the SM Ops
Administrator group.
• The users who set up project templates are in the
Template Creator group and, for modular supplier man-
agement questionnaire project templates, also in the SM
Modular Questionnaire Manager group. If the flexible
process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled in your
site, users who set up process project templates must
also belong to the SM Process Manager group.

Review the list of optional features [page 624] that aren't ena-
 bled by default and the available configuration options [page
786] and enable the ones you want to use.

If your company uses SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG,

 set up supplier data integration. Refer to one of the following
for details:

• Integrating SAP MDG-S with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle

and Performance (for integration with MDG-S)
• SAP Integration Suite, Managed Gateway for Spend Man-
agement and SAP Business Network Configuration Guide
(for integration with SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA)

Set up and publish the internal supplier request project tem-

 plate [page 224]. Make sure that the internal supplier request
form includes the required questions for supplier name and
contact first name, last name, and email address.

If you plan to use external supplier requests, set up and publish

the external supplier request [page 224] in this step as well. It
has the same requirements for questions about supplier name
and contact first name, last name, and email address.

Set up and publish the supplier registration project template

 [page 247].

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 Set up supplier qualification and disqualification using either of
 the following types of projects:

• Supplier qualification and disqualification projects [page

316]
• Supplier qualification process projects [page 294]

(SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only).

 Note
If the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is
enabled in your site, you use process projects for supplier
qualification. You can also create process projects for cus-
tom lifecycle processes.

(Optional) Set up preferred supplier management by:

 • Defining your preferred supplier levels [page 80].
• Setting up and publishing the preferred supplier manage-
ment project template [page 328].

(SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only)

(Optional) If you plan to use modular supplier management

 questionnaires either as stand-alone questionnaires (including
for certificate management) or in process projects, set them
up by:

• Importing questionnaire type data [page 81].

• For certificate management, importing certificate types
[page 84].
• Creating and publishing modular supplier management
questionnaire project templates [page 332].

(Optional) Customize notifications for all supplier manage-

 ment projects. [page 543]

(Optional) Contact your designated support contact to set up

 the way supplier contacts are synchronized from SAP Business
Network supplier accounts [page 786].

Assign your company's category or supplier managers to the

 commodities and regions [page 159] for which they're respon-
sible.

Import all of your supplier data.


(Optional) Start onboarding suppliers in bulk by issuing a mass
 registration invitation [page 567].

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 (Optional) If your solution includes SAP Ariba Sourcing, edit
 your event templates to:

• Use registration or qualification status as a criterion for

participating in or being awarded events.
• Automatically invite preferred suppliers to events that
match their categories and regions.

For details, refer to the Event Rules Reference Guide.

APIs for SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions

The SAP Ariba Developer Portal includes APIs that allow you to write applications that interact with SAP Ariba
Supplier Management solutions.

To use these APIs, you must complete the onboarding process on the SAP Ariba Developer Portal (https://
[Link]/api/ ). For instructions on how to do so, see the documentation there.

Supplier Data API with Pagination

The Supplier Data API with Pagination includes endpoints that allow you to:

• Extract basic supplier details, project IDs, questionnaires, and questionnaire content, including information on
certificate questions.
• Update registration, qualification, and modular questionnaires.
• Update qualification, preferred, and process decision statuses.

It uses pagination tokens to paginate results, and includes query and filter parameters that let you filter results. For
details, refer to Supplier Data API with Pagination.

External Approval API for Sourcing and Supplier Management

The external approval API allows you to process supplier management approval tasks in an external system,
including the addition of comments. You can also use it to lock manual process decision-making while a Supplier
Data API with Pagination client application sets the status decision. For details, refer to External Approval API for
Sourcing and Supplier Management.

Note that in addition to creating a client application with the API, you must configure the approval tasks in your
supplier management projects [page 518] to allow external approval.

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Integration Options for SAP Ariba Supplier
Management Solutions
SAP Ariba offers several options for integrating SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions with an ERP system.

SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions Integration with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, SAP S/
4HANA Cloud Public Edition, and SAP MDG

SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions support integration with SAP ERP and SAP Ariba Supplier Management
solutions, with or without SAP Master Data Governance for Suppliers (MDG-S), using SAP Integration Suite,
managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network.

In configurations that include MDG-S, integration options enable validation of supplier requests in MDG-S before
the supplier record is created in the SAP Ariba supplier database and approval in MDG-S of updates to supplier
data in registration questionnaires.

SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions support integration with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition using SAP
Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network and SAP Master Data
Integration (MDI) for customers who meet all prerequisites and requirements.

These integration methods includes bi-directional synchronization of supplier data between SAP Ariba Supplier
Management solutions and the ERP system.

For details, refer to:

• For integrations with SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA, SAP Integration Suite, Managed Gateway for Spend
Management and SAP Business Network Configuration Guide
• For integrations with SAP MDG, Integrating SAP MDG-S with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
• For integrations with SAP S/4HANA, Integrating Supplier Data from SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition with
SAP Ariba Solutions Using SAP Master Data Integration

SAP Ariba integration toolkit

If you have migrated from supplier organizations and have an existing supplier data integration using the SAP Ariba
integration toolkit, you can continue to use that integration to import of a limited set of supplier data from an ERP
system to SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions in CSV data files.

SOAP Web Service API Integration

If you have migrated from supplier organizations and have an existing supplier data integration using SAP Ariba
SOAP web service APIs, you can continue to use that integration to import of a limited set of supplier and supplier
contact data from an ERP system to SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions. For details and restrictions, refer
to Use of SOAP Web Service APIs for Supplier Data Integration with the Unified Vendor Model.

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Related Information

Integrating SAP MDG-S with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
SAP Integration Suite, Managed Gateway for Spend Management and SAP Business Network Configuration Guide
SOAP Web Service API Integration Guide

Supplier IDs in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and

Performance
Supplier data can flow through a number of different interconnected systems, including SAP Ariba applications,
SAP Business Network, and integrated ERP systems. A supplier in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) has several different IDs that
identify them in these different systems.

A supplier in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance
Management (new architecture) can have the following IDs:

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ID Description Field Names

ERP vendor ID A mandatory ID for the supplier, which • ERP Vendor ID in supplier profiles
must be unique in combination with the • erpVendorId in data imports
supplier's source system.
and exports in Manage SM
A supplier's ERP vendor ID can come Administration
from one of the following sources:
• ERP Vendor ID in JSON re-
• Automatic assignment by SAP sponses for Supplier Data API with
Ariba: SAP Ariba automatically as- Pagination client applications
signs an ERP vendor ID that starts • smsupplierid in the
with VDR and a source system of [Link] file used by
SM to all new suppliers created man- supplier organization data import
ually in SAP Ariba through an ap- tasks for operational procurement in
proved supplier request. In sites that Manage Core Administration
are integrated with SAP ERP or SAP
Site Manager Data Import/
S/4HANA, this VDR ERP vendor ID
serves as a placeholder until the Export , in sites that include SAP

supplier is synchronized to the inte- Ariba Procurement solutions such

grated system and obtains the "real" as SAP Ariba Buying or SAP Ariba

ERP vendor ID. Buying and Invoicing

• Data import: Customer adminis-

trators can create suppliers in
SAP Ariba by importing supplier
data, which includes a required
erpVendorId field. They can also
use data import to update the
erpVendorId in some circum-
stances.
• Migration: When you migrate sup-
plier organizations to the unified
vendor model, a specific supplier or-
ganization domain ID is migrated to
the ERP vendor ID. Which organiza-
tion ID is migrated depends on or-
ganization ID domains and migration
options. Refer to Migrating Suppliers
to the Unified Vendor Model for de-
tails about organization ID migration
to ERP vendor IDs.
• Synchronization from an inte-
grated ERP system: Suppliers cre-
ated by synchronization from an in-
tegrated SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA
system are created with the ERP
vendor ID from that system. If a
supplier is originally created in SAP

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ID Description Field Names

Ariba with a VDR ERP vendor ID and

then synchronized to an integrated
ERP system, the VDR ERP vendor ID
isn't sent to the integrated system.
The integrated system creates a new
vendor record and sends its ERP
vendor ID back to SAP Ariba, where
it replaces the supplier's placeholder
VDR ID as ERP vendor ID.

SM vendor ID A unique ID that SAP Ariba assigns auto- • SM Vendor ID in supplier profiles
matically to suppliers in SAP Ariba Sup- • smVendorId in data imports and
plier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP exports in SM Administration
Ariba Supplier Information and Perform- • SM Vendor ID in JSON re-
ance Management (new architecture). sponses for Supplier Data API with
Supplier Data API with Pagination client Pagination client applications
applications use SM vendor IDs to re-
trieve or update data for specific suppli-
ers.

ACM ID A unique ID assigned by SAP Ariba that • s4OrgSystemId in data imports

identifies suppliers internally within SAP and exports in SM Administration
Ariba applications. It's also sometimes • ACM ID in JSON responses for
called the "S4 Org System ID" (the "S4" Supplier Data API with Pagination
here isn't related to SAP S/4HANA). Sup- client applications
pliers created in SAP Ariba Strategic
Sourcing and Supplier Management sol-
utions typically have ACM IDs that start
with ACM_. In suite-integrated sites, sup-
pliers created in SAP Ariba Procurement
solutions such as SAP Ariba Buying or
SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing start with
buyer_.

Migrated suppliers always have ACM IDs.

In suite-integrated sites, common suppli-

ers in SAP Ariba Procurement solutions
are linked with corresponding suppliers
in SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing and Sup-
plier Management solutions by having
the same value for ACM ID (or organi-
zation ID in the buyersystemid do-
main in SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing
and Supplier Management solutions) and
buyersystemid in SAP Ariba Procure-
ment solutions.

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ID Description Field Names

DUNS ID A unique identifier assigned to suppliers • dunsId in data imports and ex-
by Dun & Bradstreet, a company that ports in SM Administration
maintains detailed information about • Duns Id in JSON responses for
companies, and also known as a D-U-N-S Supplier Data API with Pagination
Number. client applications

Supplier DUNS IDs can come from a

number of sources, including:

• Data import in SM Administration

• Mapped questions in supplier man-
agement questionnaires
• SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and
Performance integration with Dun &
Bradstreet
• A public supplier's SAP Business
Network profile
• An integrated ERP system

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ID Description Field Names

ANID An ID that SAP Business Network auto- • Ariba Network ID or ANID in sup-
matically assigns to suppliers when they plier profiles
create accounts there. • An Id in JSON responses for Sup-
plier Data API with Pagination client
A private supplier is a supplier that exists
applications
in your site but doesn't have a linked SAP
Business Network account. (The supplier Both of these fields hold the supplier's
can have an SAP Business Network ac- sourcing ANID.
count, but if they do, it's not yet linked to
your site.) A public supplier has a linked
SAP Business Network account and an
ANID in your site.

The supplier's ANID in SAP Ariba Sup-

plier Lifecycle and Performance, includ-
ing in the supplier profile, is their sourc-
ing ANID and is associated with sourc-
ing and supplier management activities.
If your solution includes SAP Ariba Pro-
curement solutions and you've estab-
lished a fulfillment or trading relationship
with them, they also have a transaction
ANID for procurement activities such
as orders and invoicing. In some cases,
the supplier's sourcing and transaction
ANIDs are different, and the ANID in the
supplier's profile is therefore different
from their ANID in Core Administration.

It's possible in some cases for a supplier

to have an ANID in their profile but not in
their organization IDs.

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ID Description Field Names

Business partner ID An ID assigned to the supplier in an inte- • smbpid in the

grated SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP [Link] file used by
MDG system. supplier organization data import
tasks for operational procurement in
If your solution includes both SAP Ariba
Procurement solutions and SAP Ariba Manage Core Administration
Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and Site Manager Data Import/
you add suppliers from the integrated
Export , in sites that include SAP
system using data import tasks in SAP
Ariba Procurement solutions such
Ariba Procurement solutions, it's impor-
as SAP Ariba Buying or SAP Ariba
tant to include a business partner ID for
Buying and Invoicing
every ERP supplier so that when they
synchronize back from SAP Ariba Sup-
plier Lifecycle and Performance to the
ERP system, the ERP system recognizes
it as an existing supplier.

Related Information

Sourcing and Fulfillment (Trading) Relationships with Suppliers

Transition from Supplier Organizations to Supplier

Requests and Registrations
If you have an existing SAP Ariba solution that includes SAP Ariba Sourcing, SAP Ariba Contracts, or SAP Ariba
Supplier Information and Performance Management (classic architecture) and you’re adding SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture),
your site is transitioning from a supplier data model that uses supplier organizations and the supplier profile
questionnaire to a unified vendor model that uses supplier requests and registrations.

The unified vendor model offers more flexible tools for gathering profile data, and in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance it includes additional methods for information-gathering and supplier management through
qualifications, preferred supplier management, and disqualifications.

SAP Ariba offers tools for migrating data from supplier organizations, supplier users, and supplier profile
questionnaires to the unified vendor model and supplier registration questionnaires. For information on these
tools, refer to Migrating Suppliers to the Unified Vendor Model.

The unified vendor model includes the following benefits:

• Rich supplier profile with all supplier information and management functionality in one place.
• Unified vendor master data management, with a complete vendor model in a supplier database and
bidirectional integration with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP MDG.

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  Note

If your site uses Supplier Performance Management (SPM) projects, they continue to be standalone projects
and aren't accessible from the supplier profile.

In sites that have transitioned from supplier organizations to the unified vendor model, users can no longer
explicitly create new suppliers. The new supplier request and registration processes replace both supplier creation
(workspace projects) and the supplier profile questionnaire. Existing suppliers that are migrated to the unified data
model no longer have a Profile tab or data in the supplier profile questionnaire. Instead, they have a Supplier
Management tab where they can search for suppliers and view supplier profiles, which include data managed in
supplier registration and other supplier management questionnaires.

This transition means that template creators no longer update your site's supplier workspace template and
supplier profile questionnaire. Instead, they set up request and registration project templates. Category and
supplier managers work with supplier data on the Supplier Management dashboard, and manage registration
in each supplier's profile instead of on the Profile tab.

The following table summarizes the differences between supplier organizations with the supplier profile
questionnaire and the request and registration workflow for gathering supplier profile information:

Feature Classic functionality New architecture functionality

Supplier creation Users in different supplier management Users such as sourcing agents and func-

groups click Create Supplier on tional buyers click Create Supplier

the dashboard to create a new supplier Request on the dashboard to create a
workspace project. The supplier is cre- new supplier request project. Users in the
ated at this point. A user in the Supplier/ request approval flow approve the sup-
Customer Manager group who is in the plier request. The supplier is only created
project team of the supplier workspace after the request is approved.
approves new suppliers.

Supplier profiles A supplier organization's Profile tab A supplier's profile on the Supplier
shows common profile fields and the Management dashboard shows request
supplier's answers to the supplier profile and registration information, information
questionnaire. from the ERP system, and information
from SAP Business Network.

Questionnaires Users collect information about suppliers Users collect information about suppli-
using the supplier profile questionnaires. ers using separate internal and external
registration questionnaires and modular
questionnaires.

Supplier search Users search for suppliers from any Users search for suppliers based on
dashboard tab based on values in profile name, ID, or contact name from any
fields. They can't filter search results. dashboard tab, and results are shown on
the Supplier Management tab. They can
filter search results based on commodity,
region, status, and other criteria.

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Feature Classic functionality New architecture functionality

Synchronization of new suppliers to the In integrated sites, all new suppliers are The stage of the request or registration
integrated ERP system initially synchronized to the ERP system process at which new suppliers are ini-
after they're created. tially synchronized to the integrated ERP
system is configurable.

One of the options is manual synchro-

nization, which allows customer admin-
istrators to decide if and when to syn-
chronize new suppliers.

In-Application Help
WalkMe in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
WalkMe Digital Adoption Platform is available in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.

WalkMe is an AI-powered digital adoption solution that enables teams to create guidance and automation in the
flow of work, while giving business and technology leaders insights into how people are using the software and
where users can be more self-sufficient. This enables organizations to accelerate user adoption of technology,
boost productivity, and maximize the value of enterprise software investments.

 Note

The following features and functionalities provided by SAP as part of SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and
Performance including automation and transaction processing may be continuously improved on behalf of
the customer. SAP may use Customer Data in order to achieve such improvement.

WalkMe is enabled by default in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance. An administrator can manage
WalkMe using the following self-service configuration parameters in Intelligent Configuration Manager:

• Enable the SAP WalkMe feature

• Specify URL for WalkMe custom content
• Enable WalkMe analytics

These parameters are general settings that control WalkMe in all available applications in your solution package.

Users click the WalkMe icon ( ) in the banner of each page to launch the WalkMe panel.

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If you have an SAP Companion help system enabled, its help content is available alongside WalkMe. In the WalkMe
panel, choose Switch to Help Topics to switch to SAP Companion help. In the SAP Companion panel, choose
Switch to Guided Help to switch back to the WalkMe panel. SAP Companion guided tours aren't compatible with
WalkMe and aren't available when WalkMe is enabled.

WalkMe includes the following standard smart walk-throughs from SAP Ariba:

• An introductory walkthrough that introduces the Supplier Management dashboard and shows users how to
launch the WalkMe panel.
• Walk-throughs for following the following supplier management processes:
• Creating a standard supplier request
• Creating a Dun & Bradstreet supplier request
• Approving a supplier request
• Starting a supplier registration
• Approving a supplier registration questionnaire
Users can only see the walk-through steps for the workflows and workflow pages they have permission to
access.

Users can start any of the available smart walk-throughs for the process for which they need help. Each walk-
through provides short descriptions of the main steps and guides them through the procedure for completing a
process. They can choose to close a walk-through at any point.

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Customers can also choose to develop their own content by first purchasing WalkMe Premium for SAP Ariba
solutions. For more information about WalkMe Premium for SAP Ariba solutions, see [Link] .

 Note

If SAP Companion enabled for supplier management in your site, it and WalkMe are both help systems with
similar functions. SAP Ariba recommends choosing which system you want to use and disabling the other one.

SAP Companion In-Application Help for Supplier

Management

Supplier management provides online, in-application help using SAP Companion, powered by SAP Enable Now.

SAP Companion provides online help to buyers who view and manage suppliers on the Supplier Management
dashboard tab. For supplier management, SAP Ariba provides:

• In-application help for many supplier profile pages and for the supplier search page, with standard help content
that provides a descriptive explanation of the user interface elements.
• Access to product documentation.
• Access to tutorials through the Learning Center.
• Ability to add custom help content and customize the layout and presentation, if you have a valid SAP Enable
Now license.

Prerequisites

• The parameter Web Assistant in-context help for supplier management must be enabled in your site. If the
supplier profile summary feature (NGSM-2959) is enabled in your site, this parameter controls the availability
of in-application help on that page as well.
• For custom content:
• You must have a valid license for SAP Enable Now.
• The self-service configuration parameter Specify the Web assistant JavaScript template URL for
supplier management must be enabled in Intelligent Configuration Manager. This parameter requires a
template URL that you can only obtain with a valid license for SAP Enable Now.
• To edit content in SAP Companion, you must be a member of the SAP Enable Now User group in your SAP
Ariba site and have the author role with write permissions assigned to you in Enable Now Manager.

 Tip

In the Administration SAP Companion Integration area of Enable Now Manager, toggle on the
Enable Editor Globally setting while adding or editing custom content, but toggle it off to make that
custom content available to your end users. Users in your site can't see your latest custom content
when the editor is globally enabled.

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Opening SAP Companion In-Application Help

The user interface pages that have online help contain a question mark icon ( ) on the right edge of the page. You
can click the question mark icon to open SAP Companion.

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Using the In-Application Help Panel

1. Exit SAP Companion.

2. Click to show the help topics for the page.
3. Click to choose the guided tour.
4. Access the Learning Center, which contains learning topics and tutorials.
5. Access What's new in this release if available.
6. Customize online help (requires additional configuration).
7. Minimize the help panel (SAP Companion continues to run).
8. Hide the help panel.

For More Information

• For detailed instructions on how to set up and configure the SAP Companion for custom content, refer to SAP
Companion Integration Guide.
The integration guide includes information on SAP Companion setup for SAP Ariba.
• For instructions on how to add and manage content in the SAP Companion, refer to the SAP Companion
Authoring Guide.

Related Information

Web Assistant in-context help for supplier management [page 825]

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Specify the Web Assistant JavaScript template URL for supplier management [page 823]

Page Context Information for In-Application Help in Supplier

Management

To deploy custom help content, you must map the page in the supplier management user interface where the help
content appears and the corresponding custom help page. Pages in the supplier management user interface are
identified by page IDs in SAP Companion.

The following table lists the IDs of the pages that support custom help content.

Page Name Description Page ID

Search results The supplier search results page with fil- supplierSearch
ters that shows after a supplier search on
the Dashboard.

Summary area The Summary area of the supplier pro- summary-container

file.

This area is only available in the clas-

sic supplier profile. It's not available
when the supplier profile summary
(NGSM-2959) is enabled in your site.

Supplier profile summary This page is only available when the sup- ngsmSupplier360
plier profile summary (NGSM-2959) is
enabled in your site, where it replaces the
Summary area.

Contacts area The Contacts deail area of the supplier contacts-container

profile.

ERP data area The ERP data detail area of the supplier erp-data-container
profile.

Certificates area The Certificates detail area of the sup- certificate-container

plier profile.

Public profile area The Public profile area of the supplier public-profile-container
profile.

This area is only available in the clas-

sic supplier profile. It's not available
when the supplier profile summary
(NGSM-2959) is enabled in your site.

Activity log area The Activity log detail area of the sup- activity-log-container
plier profile.

Registration invitation page The Registration detail area of the sup- registration-start-
plier profile when a supplier is in Not invitation
Invited registration status.

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Page Name Description Page ID

External registration page The registration invitation page where registration-invite-

a registration manager selects external container
questionnaires and external recipients
when inviting a supplier to an external
registration.

Internal registration page The internal registration invitation page internal-registration-

where a registration manager selects ex- invite-container
ternal questionnaires and their internal
recipients when starting an internal regis-
tration on behalf of a supplier.

Registration questionnaire preview page The registration questionnaire preview registration-questionnaire-

page, which registration managers can preview-container
open when selecting external question-
naires to include in a new registration.

Registration area The Registration detail area of the sup- registration-detail-

plier profile once the registration project container
is created, with registration summary,
process flow graph, questionnaires, and
tasks.

Qualification area The Qualifications detail area of the sup- qualification-container

plier profile.

Qualification details page The qualification details page that you qualification-details-
see when viewing an individual qualifica- container
tion created from a qualification project,
which includes summary information,
process flow graph, questionnaires, and
tasks.

Disqualification details The disqualification details page that disqualification-details-

you see when viewing an individual dis- container
qualification created from a disqualifica-
tion project, which includes summary in-
formation, process flow graph, question-
naires, and tasks.

New qualification page The prequalification form that a qualifica- qualification-start-

tion manager fills out as the first step to container
starting a new qualification using a quali-
fication project.

Qualification start page The page where a qualification manager qualification-invite-

selects optional questionnaire segments container
to include and questionnaire recipients
as the second step to starting a new
qualification using a qualification project.

Disqualification start page The disqualification form that a qualifica- disqualify-container

tion manager fills out to start a disqualifi-
cation using a disqualification project.

Preferred area The Preferred detail area of the supplier preferred-container

profile.

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Page Name Description Page ID

Preferred details page The details page of an individual prefer- preferred-details-container

red supplier management project, which
includes its process flow graph, question-
naire, and tasks.

Questionnaires area The Questionnaires detail area of the questionnaire-container

supplier 360° profile, which lists the sup-
plier's modular questionnaires and their
tasks.

Questionnaire details page The details page of an individualquestion- workspace-container

naire, which includes a summary, proc-
ess flow graph, comments, and the ques-
tionnaire content and version history.

Task details page The details page of an individual task, task-container

which includes a summary, process flow
graph, approval comments, the content
of the associated questionnaire if appli-
cable, and buttons for task actions.

 Note

• While adding custom help content in SAP Companion, you need the page ID to link the content to the
specific pages. When a new page is added to the supplier management user interface, it's assigned a page
ID.
• Currently, there's no support for SAP Companion in pages specific to process projects.

Where to Find More Information

In addition to this set of topics, there are a number of additional resources that contain useful information for
setting up and managing SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions.

To find more information about... See...

Managing master data other than suppliers (including users, Common Data Import and Administration Guide for SAP Ariba
regions, commodities, and so forth) into your site and un- Strategic Sourcing Solutions and SAP Ariba Supplier Manage-
linking public suppliers' SAP Business Network accounts and ment Solutions
ANIDs
 Note
The information about importing supplier data and man-
aging suppliers and supplier users in this guide doesn't
apply to your solution.

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To find more information about... See...

SAP Ariba project templates in general, including documents, Project Template Guide
task, teams, versioning, and publication
 Note
The information in this guide is general. Supplier manage-
ment project templates have a number of specific restric-
tions and requirements, and don't support a number of
general project template features.

SAP Ariba projects in general, including details about approval Managing Projects, Teams, Documents, and Tasks
and To Do tasks
 Note
Since users interact with supplier management projects
in a specialized workflow, for details about how users inter-
act with supplier management projects, refer to Managing
Suppliers and Supplier Lifecycles.

Managing enterprise users in your site Common Data Import and Administration Guide for SAP Ariba
Strategic Sourcing Solutions and SAP Ariba Supplier Manage-
ment Solutions

Understanding what permissions each supplier management Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management Group Descrip-
user group has in detail tions

Setting up sourcing event templates to use qualified and pre- Event Management Guide and Event Rules Reference Guide
ferred suppliers

General templates for email notification templates generated Managing Project Email Notifications
by SAP Ariba projects and their tasks

Setting up Supplier Performance Management (SPM) projects Configuring Supplier Performance Management Reviews

Running SPM projects Running Supplier Performance Management Reviews

Enabling and configuring SAP Ariba supplier management ap- Configuration Guide for SAP Ariba Supplier Management Ap-
plications, including the supplier profile summary, on SAP
plications on SAP Business Technology Platform
Business Technology Platform

Setting up integration with SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA SAP Integration Suite, Managed Gateway for Spend Manage-
ment and SAP Business Network Configuration Guide

Setting up integration with SAP Master Data Governance for Integrating SAP MDG-S with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and
Performance
Suppliers (MDG-S)

Using supplier management-related SAP Ariba APIs on the • Help for the SAP Ariba Developer Portal
SAP Ariba Developer Portal • Supplier Data API with Pagination
• External Approval API for Sourcing and Supplier Manage-
ment

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To find more information about... See...

Understanding and using SAP Ariba security features SAP Ariba Security Guide

Monitoring security-related system information such as Managing SAP Ariba Audit Information
changes to user records, application data, and application con-
figurations

Purging supplier transactional and master data Intelligent Configuration Manager Administration

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SAP Ariba Supplier Management Applications
on SAP Business Technology Platform

SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions include several applications, such as the supplier profile summary and
Finding and Event Collaboration, that are maintained on SAP BTP and accessed from your SAP Ariba site.

For information on enabling and configuring these applications, see the Configuration Guide for SAP Ariba Supplier
Management Applications on SAP Business Technology Platform.

The following SAP Ariba supplier management applications on SAP BTP are currently included in the applicable
solutions and accessed from your SAP Ariba site:

Application Applicable Solutions Additional Information

Finding and Event Collaboration SAP Ariba Supplier Risk For prerequisites and information on ena-
bling Finding and Event Collaboration,
see Enabling Finding and Event Collabo-
ration.

For more information on using the

Finding and Event Collaboration app,
see the Finding and Event Collaboration
User Guide.

Monitor Findings SAP Ariba Supplier Risk You can access the Monitor Findings
app from within Finding and Event
Collaboration once it's enabled.

For more information on using the

Monitor Findings app, see Monitor Find-
ings.

Supplier Profile Summary SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per- For prerequisites and information on en-
formance abling the supplier profile summary, see
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk Enabling the Supplier Profile Summary in
SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite
Your Site.

For information on using the supplier

profile summary, see About the Supplier
Profile Summary.

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About SM Administration

SM Administration is a collection of tasks for managing functionality related to suppliers, including importing
supplier data, setting configuration parameters, and configuring supplier data integration.

The tasks that are available in SM Administration depend on your organization's SAP Ariba solution package, the
features that are currently enabled in your site, and your user permissions.

Table 3: Available Tasks in the Supplier Administration Area

Task Description For More Information Applicable Solutions

Data import or export (appli- Import and export supplier-re- Data Imports for Supplier and SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
cable data import tasks) lated data. Supplier-Related Data [page and Performance
121]. SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
tion and Performance Man-
agement (new architecture)
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
Guided buying

Default field values Set default field values to Setting Default Values for Ven- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
meet ERP requirements. dor Database Fields [page and Performance
520]. SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
tion and Performance Man-
agement (new architecture)

ERP Integration Configure integration with an Setting Up Initial Supplier SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
Data Synchronization to the and Performance
SAP ERP system.
ERP System. SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
For guided buying, this area tion and Performance Man-
is only applicable in sites that agement (new architecture)
have supplier data integration SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Guided buying
Public Edition using SAP Mas-
ter Data Integration.

Integration status Monitor inbound and out- Viewing and Managing Sup- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
plier Data Integration Mes- and Performance
bound integration messages
sages [page 526] SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
and troubleshoot errors.
tion and Performance Man-
For guided buying, this area agement (new architecture)
is only applicable in sites that SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
have supplier data integration Guided buying
with SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Public Edition using SAP Mas-
ter Data Integration.

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 Task Description For More Information Applicable Solutions

Mass invite Onboard large numbers of • Mass Registration Invita- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
suppliers at once by issuing and Performance
tions for Suppliers [page
mass registration invitations, SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
567]
or invite a large number of tion and Performance Man-
suppliers at once to fill out a • Mass Modular Question-
agement (new architecture)
modular questionnaire.. naire Invitations for Sup-
pliers [page 573]

Questionnaires Import external registration Importing Supplier Registra- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
questionnaire data. tion Questionnaires [page and Performance
581]. SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
tion and Performance Man-
agement (new architecture)

Inactive Suppliers Inactivate or reactivate suppli- Supplier Inactivation and Re- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
ers. activation [page 577]. and Performance
SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
tion and Performance Man-
agement (new architecture)
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk

Auto migration Automatically migrate sup- Migrating Suppliers to the Uni- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
plier organizations and sup- fied Vendor Model. and Performance
plier profile questionnaires. SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
tion and Performance Man-
agement (new architecture)

Cancel qualification Cancel in-progress qualifica- Canceling an In-Progress Sup- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
tion projects. plier Qualification Project and Performance
[page 589].

Template upgrade Upgrade supplier registration How Registration and Mod- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
or modular questionnaire ular Questionnaire Template and Performance
projects to the latest template Upgrade Works [page 209]. SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
version. tion and Performance Man-
agement (new architecture)
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk

Config Configure Dun & Bradstreet Refer to Dun & Bradstreet In- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
integration. tegration with SAP Ariba Sup- and Performance
plier Lifecycle and Perform- SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
ance [page 601]. tion and Performance Man-
agement (new architecture)

Advanced view configuration Manage access to project ad- Refer to Managing Access to SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
vanced view by project type the Advanced View of Supplier and Performance
and control which permissions Management Projects [page SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
allow advanced view access. 591]. tion and Performance Man-
agement (new architecture)

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Task Description For More Information Applicable Solutions

Reports Download vendor onboarding Refer to Creating a Supplier SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
reports. This vendor onboard- Data Snapshot. and Performance
ing report is also available as a SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
supplier data snapshot. tion and Performance Man-
agement (new architecture)

Service Admin Authorize access to Supplier Refer to Supplier Data API SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
Data API with Pagination cli- with Pagination. and Performance
ents using v3 or below of the SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
API. v3 is deprecated, and cli- tion and Performance Man-
ent applications using later agement (new architecture)
versions of the API can use
realm query parameters to
authorize access.

Configuration Parameters Manage configuration param- Refer to Managing Configura- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
eters for supplier-related fea- tion Parameters in Supplier and Performance
tures and functions. Administration [page 860]. SAP Ariba Supplier Informa-
tion and Performance Man-
agement (new architecture)
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
Guided buying

Config Fields Specify the fields to Refer to Configuring Export

be included in data ex- Fields for the Supplier Data
ported using the Supplier API with Pagination.
Data API with Pagination /
vendorDataRequests
endpoint, or enable certain
features and functions that
require specific supplier data
from your site.

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Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier
Management

General Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier

Management Projects
Following best practices for setting up supplier management projects ensures that they function as intended.

In addition to these general best practices, the following topics describe best practices for setting up templates for
specific project types:

• Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Internal Supplier Request Project Template
[page 226]
• Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting up the External Supplier Request Project Template
[page 234]
• Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Registration Project Template [page
251]
• Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Internal Supplier Request Project Template
[page 226]
• Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Qualification Project Template [page
318]
• Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Disqualification Project Template
[page 326]
• Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Preferred Supplier Management Template
[page 329]
• Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 335]

General Best Practices for Forms and Questionnaires

• SAP Ariba recommends that you add no more than 500 pieces of content to an individual questionnaire.
Adding more than 500 pieces of content can cause performance to degrade progressively as you add more
content.
• It's not necessary to publish template survey documents in supplier management project templates.
Publishing a new version of the template automatically publishes all changes to its survey documents.
• Don't combine a Bank Account question with individual questions mapped to [Link] fields in
the same questionnaire. Either use a Bank Account question or use individual mapped questions in a single
questionnaire.
• No more than one questionnaire per project can include mapped questions for commodities, regions, and
departments.

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General Best Practices for Project Configuration

• It's possible to create project field match conditions on global user groups to control which users can see the
template. Using a project field match on user groups is intended only for controlling overall template visibility.
This configuration is useful in some types of projects, such as sourcing events and contract workspaces, where
the project creator selects which template to use. It isn't supported in supplier management projects, since
project creators don't use the classic project creation workflow and don't choose the template to use.
Use of field matches on user groups for individual project items within a template, such as tasks or project
groups, isn't supported in any type of project.

General Best Practices for Integration

If you plan to integrate your site with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S, SAP Ariba recommends some
general best practices in setting up and configuring supplier management features and functionality.

• Currently, SAP Ariba doesn't synchronize data in mapped questions in modular questionnaires to an integrated
ERP system. Collect ERP-related data in supplier requests or registration questionnaires instead.
• Repeatable sections have the following restrictions related to integration:
• Supplier contact information isn't synchronized to the integrated system.
• While you can collect multiple supplier extended addresses in repeatable sections, replicating multiple
addresses to the integrated system isn't currently supported.
• Data in nested repeatable sections isn't synchronized to the integrated system. The integration best
practice is to add Tax and Bank Account questions to unnested repeatable sections in the external
registration questionnaire.
• Use of GenericCustomField mappings in repeatable sections isn't supported.
• Use of custom fields isn't a best-practice, verified scenario for integrations. If you map a question to a custom
field in the [Link] or [Link]
class, that field is automatically created in the SAP Ariba supplier database. Replicating a supplier from an
integrated ERP system with data in custom fields in those classes also creates those fields in the SAP Ariba
supplier database. However, this scenario is a work-around that requires thorough testing in your landscape
based on your specific requirements.
• Maintain international address versions directly in the integrated ERP system rather than in SAP Ariba.
• Import default properties [page 520] to set the following required default values:

Vendor database field Required default value Applicable systems

[Link] true All

sedIndicator
In sites deployed after the SAP Ariba
2205 release, this value is automatically
set in initial site configurations at de-
ployment.

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 Vendor database field Required default value Applicable systems

[Link] 1 All
ciliationPeriodCounterValu
In sites deployed after the SAP Ariba
e
2205 release, this value is automatically
set in initial site configurations at de-
ployment.

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 Vendor database field Required default value Applicable systems

[Link] For integration with SAP MDG-S and SAP MDG-S and SAP S/4HANA
SAP S/4HANA, use the answer to the
question in the supplier request about
account group [page 72] to condition-
ally set required values [page 525] for
[Link]. The
following example shows required val-
ues:

name,value,[Link]
[Link]
leCode
[Link](
FLVN01),FLVN01,KRED
[Link](
FLVN01),FLVN01,LIEF

In sites deployed after the SAP Ariba

2205 release, the following values are
automatically set in initial site configu-
rations at deployment:

name,value,[Link]
[Link]
leCode
[Link],
FLVN01,KRED

If your integrated ERP system uses a

different maintenance profile code for
accounting group, you must modify this
default value so that it matches the ERP
code.

 Note
For integrations with SAP ERP,
don't set any default role code in
SAP Ariba. After initial synchroni-
zation, the supplier is created in
the integrated system with a ge-
neric business partner role. Based
on your requirements, specific role
codes can then be added in the
integrated system to maintain pur-
chasing organizations and com-
pany code information for the sup-
plier. SAP Ariba recommends as-
signing purchasing organizations
and company codes using business

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 Vendor database field Required default value Applicable systems

partner transactions. If your site

was deployed after the SAP Ariba
2205 release, you must remove the
automatic default values set for
[Link]
in your site's default properties to
avoid setting a default role code.

[Link] Use the answer to the question in the All

rRangeIntervalBusinessPart supplier request about account group
nerGroupCode [page 72] to conditionally set required
values [page 525] for
[Link]
rRangeIntervalBusinessPart
nerGroupCode. The following exam-
ple shows required values:

name,value,[Link]
[Link]
leCode
[Link]
berRangeIntervalBusiness
PartnerGroupCode(0001),0
001,KRED
[Link]
berRangeIntervalBusiness
PartnerGroupCode(0002),0
002,LIEF

In sites deployed after the SAP Ariba

2205 release, the following values are
automatically set in initial site configu-
rations at deployment:

name,value,[Link]
[Link]
leCode
[Link]
berRangeIntervalBusiness
PartnerGroupCode,0001,KR
ED

 Note

It's a good idea to finalize your default properties settings before you start creating suppliers in SAP Ariba.
The default properties data import only applies the values set by the current import to suppliers created
in SAP Ariba after the import is completed. It doesn't apply values retroactively to previously-created
suppliers.

• If you plan to collect supplier bank account information that includes only IBAN numbers, refer to SAP Note
3926463 for information about required configurations in SAP ERP, SAP MDG-S, or SAP S/4HANA.

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Optional Feature Best Practices for Supplier Data
Integration
If you plan to integrate your site with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S, SAP Ariba recommends that you
enable some specific optional features as a best practice.

Feature Enablement Applicable systems For more information

SM-12250: Enhanced ques- Disable if necessary All • Automatic Field Restric-

tionnaire configuration capa- tions for Questions in
Supplier Management
bilities for increased integra-
Questionnaires [page
tion accuracy
410]
This feature automatically val- • Automatic Validation of
idates supplier field mappings Question Answers [page
and allows template creators 431]
to generate suggested field re- • Disable field restrictions
striction settings such as max- for field mappings in sup-
imum field length while setting plier management ques-
up text questions in supplier tionnaires [page 795]
management questionnaires.
Validations are based on de-
fault requirements for SAP
business partner data.

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Feature Enablement Applicable systems For more information

External approval of supplier Contact SAP Ariba Support to SAP MDG-S • Requiring SAP MDG-S
enable, then enable in the in- validation and approval
creation
tegration settings in your site of supplier creation in
This feature adds a final step SAP Ariba Supplier Life-
in the supplier request appro- cycle and Performance
val process for validating ap- solutions
proved requests in SAP MDG- • Requiring SAP MDG-S
S. If SAP MDG-S returns a rep- Validation and Approval
of Supplier Creation in
lication message that referen-
SAP Ariba Supplier Life-
ces an existing supplier, SAP
cycle and Performance
Ariba marks the requested
supplier as a duplicate, hides
it in the user interface, and
redirects the requester to the
matched supplier instead.

This external validation oc-

curs after SAP Ariba's default
duplicate check [page 240],
which occurs when the re-
quester is filling out the re-
quest and when approvers are
approving it in SAP Ariba. This
duplicate check only matches
against other suppliers in the
SAP Ariba database, and re-
questers and approvers can
choose to ignore it. Exter-
nal validation provides a final
safeguard against replicating
duplicate suppliers from SAP
Ariba to the integrated sys-
tem.

 Note
Use of this feature to-
gether with supplier re-
quest Dun & Bradstreet
integration (SM-7213)
hasn't been verified
and isn't currently recom-
mended. Either use exter-
nal approval of supplier
creation or Dun & Brad-
street integration, but not
both.

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Feature Enablement Applicable systems For more information

External approval for up- Contact SAP Ariba Support to SAP MDG-S • Requirement for External
enable, then enable in the in- System Approval for Up-
dates to supplier data in SAP
tegration settings in your site dates to Supplier Data in
Ariba
SAP Ariba Supplier Life-
This feature adds a final step cycle and Performance
in the approval process for up- • How to require exter-
dates to information in map- nal approval for supplier
ped questions in supplier reg- data updates in SAP
Ariba Supplier Manage-
istration questionnaires where
ment solutions
SAP Ariba sends an approval
request to SAP MDG-S and
only updates the supplier re-
cord if the update is approved
in SAP MDG-S. SAP Ariba rec-
ommends that this feature al-
ways be enabled in sites inte-
grated with SAP MDG-S.

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Feature Enablement Applicable systems For more information

Use Internal Format for ERP Contact SAP Ariba Support to All
disable if necessary
Vendor Id

This feature includes lead-

ing zeros for supplier
ERP IDs in business part-
ner and partner function
ReceiverInternalID
fields in integration messages
sent to the integrated ERP
system. It's currently enabled
by default.

If the integrated ERP system

also inserts leading zeros in
these IDs in integration mes-
sages sent to SAP Ariba, keep
this feature enabled so that
both outbound and inbound
messages include IDs with
leading zeros. However, if the
integrated ERP system sends
these IDs without leading ze-
ros, this feature must be disa-
bled in your site so that SAP
Ariba doesn't add them.

 Caution
• Only disable this fea-
ture together with
the parameter
[Link].
BusinessPartnerIdC
onversionEnabled in

SM

Administration
Configuration

Parameters ,
which also adds lead-
ing zeros to partner
function bpids in out-
bound integration
messages. Both the
feature and parame-
ter should be enabled
or disabled together

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Feature Enablement Applicable systems For more information

to prevent inconsis-
tent addition of lead-
ing zeros to ERP ven-
dor IDs.
• If you plan to use the
partitioned supplier
feature (SM-30017),
make sure that you
have the desired con-
figuration for both
the Use Internal
Format for ERP
Vendor Id feature
and the
[Link].
BusinessPartnerIdC
onversionEnabled
parameter before en-
abling the partitioned
supplier feature in
your site. Changing
either configuration
after enabling the
partitioned supplier
feature can result in
unexpected effects
on partitioned sup-
plier data.

This feature also includes

leading zeros in ERP vendor
IDs added to suppliers when
you you establish a sourcing
relationship with them on SAP
Business Network through
supplier registration.

For more information, see

Management of Leading Zeros
in ERP Vendor IDs [page 538].

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Feature Enablement Applicable systems For more information

SM-22911: Skip/add global2 Contact SAP Ariba Support to SAP MDG-S

enable if necessary
namespace prefix

By default, SAP Ariba in-

serts an mdg: namespace
into the three elements
in <TextSAPScriptLine>
elements in integration mes-
sages sent to SAP MDG-S. For
example:

<TextSAPScriptLine
>

<mdg:OrdinalNumber
Value>1</
mdg:OrdinalNumberV
alue>

<mdg:SAPScriptLine
FormatCode
xsi:nil="true"/>

<mdg:SAPScriptLine
Text
xsi:nil="true"/>
</
TextSAPScriptLine>

This feature skips inserting

the mdg: namespace. It's cur-
rently disabled by default for
integrations that useSAP Inte-
gration Suite, managed gate-
way for spend management
and SAP Business Network .

If your SAP MDG-S system

expects these elements to in-
clude the mdg: namespace,
keep this feature disabled.
However, if it doesn't expect
the mdg: namespace, enable
this feature to prevent integra-
tion messages for suppliers
with maintained long text fail
from failing in SAP MDG-S.

This feature isn't applicable to

integrations that use the leg-
acy polling client and is auto-
matically disabled for polling
client integrations.

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Feature Enablement Applicable systems For more information

SM-22896 Include empty Contact SAP Ariba Support to SAP MDG-S

enable SAP ERP
elements

This feature includes elements

of type String, Code, and
CashDiscountTermsCod
e that have null values as
empty elements in integration
messages sent to the inte-
grated ystem. It’s disabled by
default. By default, elements
with null values aren't included
in integration messages.

If a respondent deletes an
existing answer from a map-
ped question in an SAP Ariba
questionnaire, the value in the
field updates to a blank (null)
value. When the questionnaire
update is synchronized to an
integrated ERP system, the
corresponding empty element
isn't included in the integra-
tion message and therefore
doesn't remove the previous
answer in the integrated ERP
system, causing a mismatch
in supplier profile data in the
2 systems.

To include blank values cre-

ated by respondents deleting
existing answers in questions
mapped to database fields
that correspond to String,
Code, and
CashDiscountTermsCod
e elements in integration mes-
sages sent to an integrated
ERP system, enable this fea-
ture in your site.

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Feature Enablement Applicable systems For more information

Schedule ERP Contact SAP Ariba Support to All

synchronization enable

This feature creates a sched-

uled job to generate integra-
tion XML payload after a 1-mi-
nute delay, rather than gen-
erating payload immediately
when vendor updates meet
the synchronization threshold,
to prevent errors where pay-
loads aren't generated be-
cause the vendor record up-
date isn't completed yet when
payload generation starts.

Integration best practices also rely on the following features, which were initially released as optional features but
are now automatically enabled in all customer sites:

• SM-3263: Extended Address question answer type

• SM-3563: Repeatable Sections in supplier management questionnaires
• SM-5590: Bank Account question answer type
• SM-6558: Tax question answer type

You can verify that these features are enabled in your site by checking that they're available to add to survey
documents in supplier management project templates. Contact SAP Ariba Support to enable any of these features
that aren't currently enabled.

Site Configuration Best Practices for Integration

If you plan to integrate your site with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S, SAP Ariba recommends some
specific settings for site configuration parameters as a best practice.

Configuration parame-
ter Recommended setting Configuration method Applicable systems Notes

[Link] True, if required by the SM Administration SAP MDG-S

[Link] integration system SAP ERP
Configuration
geOrdinal
Parameters

[Link] True SM Administration SAP MDG-S

[Link] SAP ERP
Configuration
IdnSync
Parameters

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Configuration parame-
ter Recommended setting Configuration method Applicable systems Notes

[Link] True SM Administration SAP MDG-S

ssPartnerEnableBup0 SAP ERP
Configuration
07Sync
Parameters

Best Practices for Setting Up the Supplier Request

for Integration
If you plan to integrate your site with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S, SAP Ariba recommends collecting
specific types of information in the supplier request with questions mapped to corresponding database fields.

Data collected in this way synchronizes to the integrated ERP system.

In sites deployed after the SAP Ariba release with an internal supplier request project template in version 1, these
best practices are captured in default request content. For details, refer to Default Best Practice Content for the
Internal Supplier Request [page 230].

SAP Ariba supports the following mapped questions in the supplier request for integration:

Answer type and configura-

Description tion Field mapping Notes

Supplier name Text (single line limited) [Link] Required to create the sup-
me1 plier record in SAP Ariba.

Supplier address Extended Address [Link]

stalAddress

Supplier contact email ad- Text (single line limited) [Link] Required to create the sup-
dress plier record in SAP Ariba. Syn-
chronization of supplier con-
Supplier contact first name Text (single line limited) [Link] tact data to an integrated ERP
Supplier contact last name Text (single line limited) [Link] system is currently not sup-
ported.

Supplier contact language lo- Text (single line limited) [Link]

cale with an Acceptable Value
of Master Data Value and
Locale specified as the master
data

Supplier contact telephone Text (single line limited) [Link]

number

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 Answer type and configura-
Description tion Field mapping Notes

Supplier tax ID Tax [Link] This question is optional and

is available for requesters who
can provide a tax ID for the
supplier at this point. An
external registration question-
naire can also include Tax
question with the same map-
ping so that the supplier can
update the requester-provided
tax ID and add their own tax
IDs as needed.

Supplier account group Text (single line limited) with [Link] This question is required.
a list of choices of account .maintenanceProfileC
group codes in the integrated ode In integrations with SAP MDG-
system as the Acceptable S or SAP S/4HANA, you can
Values use its answer to set required
default values for
[Link]
ode and
[Link]
.numberRangeInterval
BusinessPartnerGroup
Code by importing default
properties.

In integrations with SAP ERP

and, you only set default val-
ues for
[Link]
.numberRangeInterval
BusinessPartnerGroup
Code.

Commodities supplied Commodity [Link]

Regions supplied Region [Link]

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Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Registration
Questionnaires For Integration
If you plan to integrate your site with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S, SAP Ariba recommends collecting
specific types of information in supplier registration questionnaires with questions mapped to corresponding
database fields.

Data collected in this way synchronizes to the integrated ERP system. SAP Ariba also recommends adding some
data to supplier records in the integrated ERP system rather than in SAP Ariba.

Best Practices for Internal Registration Questionnaires

Currently, SAP Ariba has the following recommendations for internal registration questionnaires in sites that are
integrated with an SAP ERP system:

• Don't include questions about supplier company codes and purchasing organizations. Add company code and
purchasing organization information to supplier records in the integrated ERP system rather than in SAP Ariba.
• Don't include questions that set blocked indicators. Set blocked indicators in the integrated ERP system rather
than in SAP Ariba.

To enable setting and editing supplier keywords or internal aliases in SAP Ariba, you can optionally create questions
in an internal registration questionnaire mapped to these fields:

• [Link]
• [Link]

Best Practices for External Registration Questionnaires

SAP Ariba currently supports the following mapped questions in external supplier registration questionnaires for
supplier data integration.

In sites deployed after the SAP Ariba release with a supplier registration project template in version 1, these best
practices are captured in default content for the external registration questionnaire. For details, refer to Default
Best Practice Content for the Internal Supplier Request [page 230].

Question Answer type and configuration Field mapping Notes

Supplier name Text (single line limited) [Link]

Info.name1

Search term (supplier alias) Text (single line limited) [Link]

[Link]
rdsText

Supplier name, continued Text (single line limited) [Link]

Info.name2

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Question Answer type and configuration Field mapping Notes

Supplier name, continued Text (single line limited) [Link]

Info.name3

Supplier name, continued Text (single line limited) [Link]

Info.name4

Supplier address Extended Address [Link]

[Link]
dress

Telephone or mo- Country/Region Text (single line limited) with a list of [Link] You can also in-
bile number (inside code valid country/region codes in SAP MDG- [Link] clude a question to
a repeatable sec- S as Acceptable Values e[$index].num set the telephone
tion) berCountryCod
usage code
e
([Link]
Main number Text (single line limited) [Link] [Link]
[Link] [Link]
e[$index].num
eCode), but it isn't
berSubscriber
required.
ID
Or you can set
Extension Text (single line limited) [Link]
default telephone
[Link]
and mobile de-
e[$index].num
fault usage co-
berExtensionI
D des for all suppli-
ers using configu-
Mobile flag Yes/No [Link] ration parameters
[Link] [page 826] in SM
e[$index].mob
Administration.
ilePhoneNumbe
rIndicator

Tax ID (inside a repeatable section) Tax [Link] 0

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Question Answer type and configuration Field mapping Notes

Bank details (inside a repeatable section) Bank Account [Link] Bank Account
fos[$index] questions allow
suppliers to pro-
vide bank mas-
ter data such as
bank address and
bank name for
buyer reference in
a supplier registra-
tion questionnaire.
These fields cur-
rently aren't vali-
dated against bank
master data in the
integrated system.

Integrations with
SAP ERP, SAP S/
4HANA, and SAP
MDG-S currently
don't support bank
account numbers
longer than 18
characters.

You can add other, unmapped questions to external registration questionnaires needed. SAP Ariba recommends
adding an approval task to the external registration questionnaire.

 Note

SAP Ariba doesn't currently recommend mapping supplier name and address questions to international
versions in sites integrated with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S.

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Supplier Management Data Imports and
Exports

Data imports create suppliers and supplier-related data in your site, and can also define important functionality in
supplier management projects. You can export the current data in your site.

Depending on the nature of the data, you import and export supplier-related data in one of the following two
locations in your site:

• Administration Site Manager Data Import/Export , which includes data import and export tasks
related to:
• Functionality in supplier management projects, such as questionnaire, certificate, and process types,
preferred supplier levels, and scoring bands.
• Fields, validation, and other behavior in bank, tax, and address questions.
• SM Administration Data import and export , which includes data import and export tasks related to:
• Suppliers and supplier contacts
• Supplier lifecycle statuses such as internal registration, qualification, preferred, and process, and supplier
characteristics such as diversity
• Automation of some functions in supplier management projects, such as buyer category assignments to
project teams (the user matrix) and assignment of process project statuses

There's also a separate workspace for importing custom SAP region codes.

Data Imports for Supplier Management Projects and Questionnaires [page 77]

Data Imports for Supplier and Supplier-Related Data [page 121]

Importing Custom Region Codes for Supplier Addresses [page 173]

Business Partner IDs for ERP Suppliers Added Through SAP Ariba Procurement solutions [page 175]

Data Imports for Supplier Management Projects and

Questionnaires
Data for supplier management projects is typically used to define types or levels in projects, or the behavior of tax,
bank account, and postal code fields in supplier management questionnaires. You import this data using the Ariba
Administrator Site Manager workspace.

Depending on your solution and the features enabled in your site, supplier management projects and
questionnaires can use the following types of data:

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This Data... Defines...

Preferred supplier levels [page 80] Names of the 5 preferred supplier management statuses in
your site (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only).

Modular questionnaire types [page 81] Types for the modular questionnaire projects in your site.

Supplier certificate types [page 84] Types for the certificates you collect using certificate manage-
ment in modular questionnaire projects.

Questionnaire scoring bands [page 87] Groupings or bands into which you divide different ranges of
modular questionnaire scores.

Questionnaire scoring band categories [page 86] Different types of scoring bands you use for scoring modular
questionnaires.

Process types [page 91] Types for the qualification and other lifecycle processes in your
site (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only, in
sites where the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798)
is enabled).

Custom process statuses [page 94] Custom statuses for the process types in your site, which are
mapped to standard project states (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecy-
cle and Performance only, in sites where the flexible process
framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled).

Country/region-specific tax ID fields [page 98] Country/region-specific tax ID fields, including supplier field
mappings and validation patterns, that are used in answers to
Tax questions in supplier management questionnaires.

Country/region-specific bank ID prefixes [page 101] Optional country/region-specific prefixes used in automatically
generated bank IDs for Bank Account questions in supplier
management questionnaires.

Country/region-specific bank control keys [page 104] Country/region-specific bank control key values available in
the Control Key field of Bank Account questions in supplier
management questionnaires.

Country/region-specific IBAN number syntax [page 106] Country/region-specific syntax against which IBAN number
answers in Bank Account questions is validated.

Country/region-specific syntax validation for bank account Country/region-specific syntax validation for bank account
holder name, account number, and bank key or ABA routing holder name, account number, and bank key or ABA routing
number [page 109] number answers in Bank Account questions.

Country/region-specific ERP region code mappings [page 113] Country/region-specific mappings between the custom SAP
region codes in Extended Address questions and the state
codes in supplier profile addresses on SAP Business Network.

Country/region-specific postal code validation for supplier ad- Country/region-specific syntax validations for postal codes in
dresses [page 114] Address and Extended Address questions.

Mappings between guided buying ship-to addresses and pre- Mappings between the 2-character ISO country codes used in
ferred and qualified supplier regions [page 117] guided buying and the region codes your site uses to identify
preferred and qualified suppliers.

These types of data are specific to supplier management. The Common Data Import and Administration Guide for
SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Solutions and SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions describes data imports for

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site master data, as well as site administration, in detail. You can also import custom SAP region fields for use in
Extended Address questions if your site is integrated with an SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S system that
includes custom region fields.

 Note

• The information on importing supplier data in Common Data Import and Administration Guide for SAP
Ariba Strategic Sourcing Solutions and SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions, and the data import
tasks in Ariba Administrator for importing and exporting supplier organizations and profiles, apply only to
sites that don't include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information
and Performance Management (new architecture). Sites that do include one of those solutions have
separate data imports for supplier data in SM Administration.
• The data import task Import SM Key Performance Indicators and its related data export task aren't used
by any supplier management features or functions and aren't supported.

Preferred Supplier Level Data Import [page 80]

Modular Questionnaire Type Data Import [page 81]

Supplier Certificate Type Data Import [page 84]

Questionnaire Scoring Band Category Data Import [page 86]

Questionnaire Scoring Band Data Import [page 87]

Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data Import [page 98]

Country/Region-Specific Bank ID Prefix Data Import [page 101]

Country/Region-Specific ERP Region Code Mapping Data Import [page 113]

Country/Region-Specific Postal Code Validation Data Import [page 114]

Guided Buying Ship-To Address-to-Preferred and Qualified Supplier Region Mapping Data Import [page 117]

Importing Your Data [page 118]

Importing Your Translation Data [page 119]

Language Values for Defining Translations [page 120]

Related Information

Supplier Data File Format [page 132]

Supplier-Related Data Imports in SM Administration

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Preferred Supplier Level Data Import
Preferred supplier levels indicate the degree to which your organization prefers one supplier over another for a
given category, region, department, or any combination of those three groups.

Examples of preferred supplier levels include number ranges (such as 1-5) and text labels (such as High, Medium,
Low). The most preferred suppliers are associated with a lower number ("1"), and the least preferred suppliers are
associated with the higher number ("5").

Suppliers with a level of 0, or no level, aren't considered preferred.

If your organization designates preferred suppliers, you define their levels or preferred category statuses. If your
preferred levels are text labels, you must also define translations for each language you use in your site. You can
define a maximum of five preferred levels in supplier management.

Preferred Supplier Level Data

You use the Import Preferred Supplier Level data import task to define preferred supplier levels. The task reads
from the [Link] file, which includes the following fields:

Field Description

Name The name of the preferred supplier level or category status.

UniqueName A unique identifier for the preferred supplier level.

 Note
Sourcing event templates have settings that allow you
to automatically invite preferred suppliers to sourcing
events that match their categories and regions. Suppliers
with a preferred category status that corresponds to a
UniqueName of 1 are automatically invited as preferred
suppliers.

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
Name,UniqueName
Gold,1
Silver,2
Bronze,3

After you've defined preferred supplier levels in [Link], you import it into your site.

Preferred Supplier Level Translation Data

You use the Import Translations for Preferred Supplier Level data import task to define preferred supplier levels.
The task reads from the [Link] file, which includes the following fields:

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 Field Description

Name The name of the preferred supplier level.

UniqueName A unique identifier for the preferred supplier level.

Language The language of the name.

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file for supplier level translation, as
well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
Name,UniqueName,Language
Oro,1,Spanish
Or,1,French
Ouro,1,BrazilianPortuguese

After you've defined preferred supplier level translations in [Link], you import it into
your site.

Related Information

Importing Your Data [page 118]

Importing Your Translation Data [page 119]
Language Values for Defining Translations [page 120]

Modular Questionnaire Type Data Import

Questionnaire types specify the different categories or areas into which your organization's modular questionnaires
are divided, based on their purpose or other categories. Each modular questionnaire template has a type that
determines its use.

For example, your organization can define questionnaire types such as Compliance, Finance, Quality,
Certifications, and so on. Based on your site's modular template configurations, modular questionnaire
managers can send different modular questionnaires based on their questionnaire type as well as the commodities,
regions, and departments applicable to a specific lifecycle process.

If your company uses modular questionnaires, you must define their types. If the types you use are text labels, you
must also define translations for each language you use in your site.

Questionnaire Type Data

You use the Import Questionnaire Types data import task to define questionnaire types. The task reads from the
[Link] file, which includes the following fields:

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Field Description Required?

Description A description of the questionnaire type. No

Specifies whether or not the modular No

EvaluationType
questionnaire uses scoring using one of
the following values:

• Graded, meaning that the ques-

tionnaire is evaluated based on
scores and scoring band ranges con-
figured in the modular questionnaire
project template, which generate a
score and a band indicator for each
questionnaire based on respondent
answers. In the modular question-
naire project template, if a template
creator chooses a questionnaire
type with the Graded evaluation
type, they see Band Score Range
settings where they can configure
the range of scores associated with
each scoring band in the question-
naire.
• NonGraded, meaning that the
questionnaire is evaluated based
on subjective judgment of respond-
ent answers. In modular question-
naire project templates, if a tem-
plate creator chooses a question-
naire type with the NonGraded
evaluation type, they can't configure
band score ranges.

Blank values are considered

NonGraded.

Note that the value you specify in this

field simply determines whether or not
questionnaires of a given type use grad-
ing for evaluation. For each individual
modular questionnaire project template
with a Graded evaluation type, the ac-
tual scoring, the type of scoring bands,
and the range values for those bands are
defined in the individual template.

Name The name of the questionnaire type. Yes

This name appears in the Questionnaire
Type dropdown menu in modular ques-
tionnaire templates.

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 Field Description Required?

UniqueName The unique ID of the questionnaire type. Yes

If you meet all of the following con-

ditions, you must define a question-
naire type with a UniqueName of
SR Engagement Questionnaire
Type, using this exact text:

• Your site includes SAP Ariba Sup-

plier Risk with control-based en-
gagement risk assessment projects.
• The ability to submit an engagement
request with no supplier selected is
enabled.
• You plan to use an engagement risk
assessment process with only inter-
nal assessments for engagements
with no supplier selected.

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
Description,EvaluationType,Name,UniqueName
Health and safety requirements,Graded,Occupational Health and Safety
Requirements,OHSR
Certifications,NonGraded,Certifications,CERT

Questionnaire Type Translation Data

You use the Import Translations for Questionnaire Types data import task to define translations for the
questionnaire types you defined in [Link]. The task reads from a CSV file that includes
the following fields:

Field Description Required?

Name The translation for the name of the ques- Yes

tionnaire type.

UniqueName The unique ID of the ques- Yes

tionnaire type as defined in
[Link].

Language A valid value for the translation language. Yes

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The following example shows lines from a CSV file for questionnaire type translations, as well as the mandatory
header:

UTF-8
Name,UniqueName,Language
Requisitos de Salud y Seguridad Ocupacional,OHSR,Spanish
Arbeitsschutzanforderungen,OSHR,German

Related Information

Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page 346]

About Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 332]
Importing Your Data [page 118]
Importing Your Translation Data [page 119]
Language Values for Defining Translations [page 120]

Supplier Certificate Type Data Import

Certificate types specify the different categories into which your organization's certificates are divided, based on
their purpose or other categories.

For example, your organization can define certificate types such as Small Business, Women Owned, Green,
various ISO standards, and so on.

If your organization uses certificate management, you must define certificate types. If the types you use are text
labels, you must also define translations for each language you use in your site.

 Tip

When defining your certificate types, keep in mind that the names of certificate types (which you define in the
Name field) and their translations show in the following places:

• A dropdown menu that template creators use when creating certificate questions in modular supplier
management questionnaires.
• Certificate information in suppliers' profiles.
• As search filters in supplier search on the Supplier Management dashboard.
• The subject lines of email notifications sent to suppliers and internal users to inform them of certificate
expirations.
• In your suppliers' Ariba Network for Suppliers accounts, next to the certificate questions they've answered
for you.

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Certificate Type Data

Use the Import Certificate Types data import task to define questionnaire types. The task reads from the
[Link] file, which includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

Description A description of the certificate type. No

Name The name of the certificate type. Yes

UniqueName The unique ID of the certificate type. Yes

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
Description,Name,UniqueName
Green Certified,Green,GRN
ISO 9001,ISO 9001,ISO9001

Certificate Type Translation Data

You use theImport Translations for Certificate Types data import task to define translations for the certificate
types you defined in [Link]. The task reads from a CSV file that includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

Name The translation of the name of the certifi- Yes

cate type.

UniqueName The unique ID of the certificate type as Yes

defined in [Link].

Language A valid value for the translation language. Yes

The following example shows lines from a CSV file for certificate type translations, as well as the mandatory
header:

UTF-8
Name,UniqueName,Language
Verde,GRN,Spanish
Grün,GRN,German

Related Information

Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire for Certificate Management [page 411]
Adding a Certificate Section with Customizable Certificate Fields [page 397]

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Notifications Related to Certificate Questions in Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 563]
Importing Your Data [page 118]
Importing Your Translation Data [page 119]
Language Values for Defining Translations [page 120]

Questionnaire Scoring Band Category Data Import

Scoring band categories define the different types of scoring bands your organization can use in questionnaire
scoring, based on the type of questionnaire data being scored or other categories. Each scoring band type includes
a set of individual bands.

For example, you can create a scoring band category called Compliance to use in modular questionnaires that
assess a supplier's compliance with different standards and procedures. You define the bands for the Compliance
band type in a separate scoring band data file.

If your organization uses scoring and banding in modular questionnaires, you must define scoring band categories.
There's no limit to the number of band categories you can define. If the categories you use are text labels, you must
also define translations for each language you use in your site.

Scoring Band Category Data

You use the Import Scoring Band Categories data import task to define scoring band categories. The task reads
from the [Link] file, which includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

Description A description of the scoring band cate- No

gory

Name The name of the scoring band category. Yes

This name shows in the Band Category
dropdown menu in modular question-
naire project templates.

UniqueName The unique ID of the scoring band Yes

category, which you specify in the
[Link] field
when defining the individual bands for
each band category [page 86].

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

Description,Name,UniqueName
Scoring band category for compliance-related questionnaires,Compliance,Compliance
Scoring band category for audit-related questionnaires,Audit,Audit

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Scoring Band Category Translation Data

You use the Import Scoring Band Category Translations data import task to define translations for the scoring
band types you defined in [Link]. The task reads from a CSV file that includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

UniqueName The unique ID of the scor- Yes

ing band category as defined
[Link].

Name The translation for the name of the scor- Yes

ing band category.

Description The translation for the description of the No

scoring band category.

Language A valid value for the translation language Yes

The following example shows a line from a CSV file for scoring band category translations, as well as the mandatory
header

UniqueName,Name,Description,Language
Compliance,Conformidad,Tipo de banda de puntuación para cuestionarios relacionados
con la conformidad,Spanish

Related Information

Questionnaire Scoring Band Data Import [page 87]

Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular Questionnaires [page 356]
Importing Your Data [page 118]
Importing Your Translation Data [page 119]
Language Values for Defining Translations [page 120]

Questionnaire Scoring Band Data Import

Scoring band data defines groupings for individual questionnaire scores. The band into which a score falls
determines the color of its color-coded indicator and label in the user interface. These elements provide guidance
for approvers and other stakeholders who need to evaluate a questionnaire's responses.

Each band category can include one or more bands. There's no technical limitation on the number of bands per
band category, but you can only assign them 16 pre-defined HTML colors . In practice, it's a good idea to create
no more than five bands per category to keep guidelines clear and prevent approvers and other stakeholders
from having to make subjective judgments on the differences between narrow bands. Keep in mind also that the
template creator must use all of the bands defined for the selected band category in a questionnaire. They can't
pick and choose which bands to use.

You define the bands themselves, their labels, and their associated colors in scoring band data. For example, for
the Compliance band category, you can define bands of Noncompliant (red), Marginally Compliant (yellow),

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Substantially Compliant (green), and Fully Compliant (lime green). You don't define the range of scores
for each band. The template of each modular questionnaire project defines the score ranges that apply to each
band so that template creators can calibrate the bands to the questionnaire's content.

If your organization uses scoring and banding in modular supplier management questionnaires, you must define
scoring bands. If the band names you use are text labels, you must also define translations for each language you
use in your site.

Scoring Band Data

You use the Import Scoring Bands data import task to define scoring bands. The task reads from the [Link]
file, which includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

[Link] The unique identifier of the category Yes

for the scoring band as defined in the
UniqueName field of the band category
data import file.

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 Field Description Required?

Color The color to display in the band indica- Yes

tor, which is a colored dot that shows to
the right of each numerical questionnaire
score. You can specify the name of any
of the following 16 pre-defined HTML col-
ors in this field:

• Aqua
• Black
• Blue
• Fuchsia
• Gray
• Green
• Lime
• Maroon
• Navy
• Olive
• Purple
• Red
• Silver
• Teal
• White
• Yellow
The color visually differentiates scores
that fall within different bands. It's a good
idea to use a different color for each
band in a single band category; other-
wise, approvers and other stakeholders
must know how to interpret the numeri-
cal differences between scores that fall
within different bands.

Description The description for the band. No

Name The name of the band. This name dis- Yes

plays as a label when a user mouses over
a color-coded band indicator.

UniqueName A unique ID for the scoring band.

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The following image shows a scoring band indicator for a score in a band with a Name of Average and a Color of
Yellow in the user interface:

The numerical range to the right of the Name in the hover text is the band range defined in the modular
questionnaire project template.
The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

[Link],Color,Description,Name,UniqueName
Compliance,Red,Band for noncompliant scores,Noncompliant,Compliance0
Compliance,Green,Band for fully compliant scores,Fully Compliant,Compliance3

Scoring Band Translation Data

You use the Import Scoring Band Translations data import task to define translations for the scoring band
categories you defined in [Link]. The task reads from a CSV file that includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

UniqueName The unique ID of the scoring band as de- Yes

fined [Link].

Name The translation for the name of the scor- Yes

ing band.

Description The translation for the description of the No

scoring band.

Language A valid value for the translation language Yes

The following example shows a line from a CSV file for scoring band category translations, as well as the mandatory
header

UniqueName,Name,Description,Language
Conformidad,Completamente en conformidad,Banda para puntajes completamente en
conformidad,Spanish

Related Information

Questionnaire Scoring Band Category Data Import [page 86]

Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular Questionnaires [page 356]
Importing Your Data [page 118]
Importing Your Translation Data [page 119]

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Language Values for Defining Translations [page 120]

Process Type and Status Data Imports

Process Type Data Import

Process types define the different supplier management processes used in your site and associate each type with a
predefined SAP Ariba lifecycle stage. Each process project template has a type that determines its use.

You associate a process type with one of the following lifecycle stages:

SAP Ariba Lifecycle Stage Corresponding Stage

Qualification The qualification stage of the lifecycle. Users with the appropri-
ate permissions can start, manage, and view process projects
for this stage in the Qualification detail area of a supplier's
profile.

Miscellaneous No specific lifecycle stage. Miscellaneous process types are

treated as standalone processes. Users with the appropri-
ate permissions start miscellaneous process management
projects in the Processes detail area of a supplier's profile.

Disqualification The discontinuation stage of the lifecycle.

There's only one discontinuation process type, which automat-

ically associates with all qualification process types.

Users with appropriate permissions can start full or partial dis-

continuation for an existing qualification process and perform
related cancellation, renewal, or decision-making operations in
a supplier's profile or through the data import task.

If your organization uses process projects, you must define their types. If the types you use are text labels, you
must also define translations for each language you use in your site.

Define process types if:

• Your solution package includes SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance. Process types are used in
process projects for supplier qualification and other lifecycle processes. In this case, if the types you use are
text labels, you must also define translations for each language you use in your site.
• Your solution package doesn't include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, but you set supplier
qualification statuses using the process project data import. These qualification statuses can be used in guided
buying and sourcing activities. In this case, you don't need to define translations.

 Note

• For qualification and miscellaneous process projects, there's a 1:1 relationship between process types and
process project templates. One template defines the workflow for one process type. You can't associate
more than one process project template with a single process type.

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 Currently, you can define only one discontinuation process type and one discontinuation process template.
The discontinuation process type automatically associates with all qualification process types, and the
discontinuation project template applies to all discontinuation processes.
• All processes with the Qualification lifecycle stage, and associated processes with the
Disqualification lifecycle stage, affect a supplier's overall qualification status. For example, if you
create prequalification and qualification processes with the Qualification lifecycle stage, setting an
approved status for either of those processes results in an overall qualified status. This overall qualified
status makes the supplier eligible for a preferred category status. Depending on your configuration, it can
also make a supplier eligible for a sourcing event or synchronize them to an ERP system.
Currently, sourcing events, contract workspaces, and the guided buying capability can't consume
qualification statuses for more than one process type with the Qualification lifecycle type.

Process Type Data

Use the Import Process Types data import task to define process types. The task reads from the
[Link] file, which includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

AribaLifeCycle The lifecycle stage for the process type: Yes

Qualification, Miscellaneous,
or Disqualification.

Description A description of the process type. No

EntityType Not currently used. No

The valid value for this field is Blank values default to SUPPLIER.
SUPPLIER.

This value is case-sensitive.

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 Field Description Required?

Name For qualification or miscellaneous proc- Yes

esses, the name of the process type.

This name shows in the Process Type

dropdown menu in process project tem-
plates. It also shows in the Process type
menu that process initiators see when
creating a new process, in tables that list
processes created in applicable areas of
supplier profiles, on the detail pages for
individual processes, and in various email
notifications related to process projects
and their associated modular question-
naires.

For discontinuation processes, the corre-

sponding supplier management process
type. Don't set Name to the discontinua-
tion process type.

UniqueName The unique ID of the process type. Yes

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
AribaLifeCycle,Description,EntityType,Name,UniqueName
Miscellaneous,Anti-corruption screening process,SUPPLIER,Anti-Corruption
Screening,ACQualification
Qualification,Detailed qualification with risk metrics for strategic
suppliers,SUPPLIER,Qualification for Strategic Suppliers,qual_strategic
Disqualification,Disqualify an audit process,SUPPLIER,Disqualify audit process, Dis-
audit

Process Type Translation Data

Use the Import Translations for SM Process Types data import task to define translations for the process types
you defined in [Link]. The task reads from a CSV file that includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

Name The translation for the name of the proc- Yes

ess type.

UniqueName The unique ID of the process type as de- Yes

fined in [Link].

Language A valid value for the translation language. Yes

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The following example shows lines from a CSV file for process type translations, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
Name,UniqueName,LanguageDetección
Anticorrupción,ACQualification,Spanish
Calificación para Proveedores Estratégicos,qual_strategic,Spanish

Related Information

Custom Status Data Import for Process Projects [page 94]

Project States (ProjectStatus) and Custom Process Statuses [page 96]
Importing Your Data [page 118]
Importing Your Translation Data [page 119]
Language Values for Defining Translations [page 120]

Custom Status Data Import for Process Projects

You can define custom statuses for each type of process in your site to provide status labels in the user interface
that reflect your organization's business processes and terminology.

 Note

If you don't define custom statuses, the system uses project states [page 96] such as InProgress and
ConditionallyApproved as statuses instead.

If you define custom process statuses, you must also define translations for each language you use in your site.

Process Status Data

You use the Import Process Statuses data import task to define custom process statuses. The task reads from the
[Link] file, which includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

Description A description of the process status. No

ImageName Not currently used No

Name The name of the process status, which Yes

shows in the user interface.

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 Field Description Required?

[Link] The unique ID of the process type to Yes

which the status applies as defined in
your process type data.

ProjectStatus The underlying project state to which the Yes

status applies.

UniqueName A unique ID for the process status. Yes

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
Description,ImageName,Name,[Link],ProjectStatus,UniqueName
Qualification has not yet started,,Qualification Not
Started,qual_strategic,InCreation,qualNotStarted
Qualification has started,,Qualification Started,qual_strategic,Created,qualStarted

Process Status Translation Data

You use the Translations for Process Status data import task to define translations for the process types you
defined in [Link]. The task reads from a CSV file that includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

Name The translation for the name of the proc- Yes

ess status.

UniqueName The unique ID of the process status as Yes

defined in [Link].

Language A valid value for the translation language. Yes

The following example shows lines from a CSV file for process type translations, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
Name,UniqueName,Language
Calificación No Comenzó,qualNotStarted,Spanish
Qualifikation Nicht Gestartet,qualNotStarted,German

Related Information

Process Type Data Import [page 91]

Project States (ProjectStatus) and Custom Process Statuses [page 96]
Importing Your Data [page 118]

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Importing Your Translation Data [page 119]
Language Values for Defining Translations [page 120]

Project States (ProjectStatus) and Custom Process Statuses

All SAP Ariba projects, including process projects, have an underlying project state. However, process project
states aren't automatically associated with predefined statuses. Instead, for each process type, you map your
custom process statuses to underlying project states.

In other types of supplier management projects, SAP Ariba automatically applies display labels to project states.
For example, legacy supplier qualification projects show Qualification Started instead of Created by default. You
can also define custom display labels for legacy qualification projects.

Process projects are by definition highly customized, and therefore don't include any default statuses. You define
custom statuses for each project state for each process type you’re using. You can tailor these statuses to both the
specific process type and to your organization's business processes and terminology.

For example, if you have a miscellaneous process type called Compliance, you can define a status of Compliant
for projects of that type that are in Approved state, Noncompliant for projects in Denied state, and Partially
Compliant for projects in ConditionallyApproved state.

If you're transitioning from legacy qualification projects to qualification process projects, any supplier qualification
based on a legacy qualification project or data import continues to show the legacy qualification status. Any
supplier qualification based on a qualification process project or process status data import shows the process
status. However, project states for process types that are mapped to the Qualification lifecycle stage are
mapped to standard SAP Ariba qualification statuses so that important functionality tied to those statuses also
functions with qualification processes, including:

• Sourcing events, contract workspaces, and guided buying. Note that qualification statuses in these areas only
function correctly if you have no more than 1 process type with the Qualification lifecycle type.
• Ability to start a preferred supplier management project once a qualification process project has an approved
status.
• Initial synchronization to an integrated ERP system based on qualification.

Unlike other supplier management projects, where SAP Ariba automatically sets project status based on final
approval or denial of the project, there are 2 different ways of setting the final status of a process project:

• Manually, when a member of a project group with the Decision Maker role in the process project sets the final
status.
• Automatically, based on ranked rules [page 166] that specify a status decision based on approval or denial of
the process's modular questionnaires.

You can also set and update process statuses using data import or the Supplier Data API with Pagination. Those
statuses don't require a project.

The following table describes the valid values for underlying SAP Ariba project states, which you must specify in
the ProjectStatus field of your custom process definition CSV file, as well as their corresponding standard SAP
Ariba qualification statuses:

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 Underlying project state Mapped standard SAP Ariba qualifica-
(ProjectStatus value) Description tion status

InCreation The project hasn't yet been created or is Qualification Not Started
in the process of being created.

Set automatically by SAP Ariba.

Created The project has been created. Qualification Started

Set automatically by SAP Ariba.

InProgress Process projects have this status from In Qualification

the time when questionnaire invitations
are sent until the approval flows of all
questionnaires are completed.

Set automatically by SAP Ariba.

PendingDecision All of the approval tasks in the proc- Pending Qualification Approval
ess's modular questionnaire projects
have been finally completed or approved.

Set automatically by SAP Ariba.

Approved The process project is finally approved. Qualified

Depending on your configuration, either

set manually by a member of the proc-
ess project Decision Maker project
group or automatically by a conditional
rule.

ConditionallyApproved The process project is conditionally ap- N/A

proved.

Depending on your configuration, either

set manually by a member of the proc-
ess project Decision Maker project
group or automatically by a conditional
rule.

Denied The process project is denied. Rejected

Depending on your configuration, either

set manually by a member of the proc-
ess project Decision Maker project
group or automatically by a conditional
rule.

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Underlying project state Mapped standard SAP Ariba qualifica-
(ProjectStatus value) Description tion status

The process project has reached its ex- Expired

Expired
piration date. This status is only applica-
ble in projects where the intake form in-
cludes questions that set an expiration
schedule.

Set automatically by SAP Ariba.

Related Information

Process Type Data Import [page 91]

Custom Status Data Import for Process Projects [page 94]

Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data Import

You can define the country/region-specific tax ID fields that respondents see in Tax questions, including validation
patterns and the vendor database fields to which they map, using data import tasks in Ariba Administrator.

Tax questions in supplier management questionnaires present respondents with an initial country/region
dropdown menu. Once the respondent chooses a country/region/region, the tax ID fields that you've defined for
that country/region show.

Sites deployed after the SAP Ariba 2211 release include default tax field data. Refer to Default Country/Region-
Specific Tax ID Field Data [page 675] for details.

Country/Region-Specific Tax Field Data

You use the Import Country-Specific Tax Fields data import task to define country/region-specific tax ID fields.
The task reads from the [Link] file, which includes the following fields:

Field Description

UniqueName A unique identifier for the country/region-specific tax ID field.

CountryCode The country/region code to which the tax ID applies. The coun-
try/region code that you specify must match the country/re-
gion code master data loaded for your site.

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 Field Description

IsOrganization A boolean field that specifies the tax category. Specify TRUE
for Organization or FALSE for Personal. Tax questions cur-
rently don't support the collection of personal tax data, and
rows with IsOrganization set to FALSE are ignored dur-
ing tax data import.

TaxCode A number between 0 and 5 that determines the vendor data-

base field to which the country/region-specific tax ID field is
mapped as follows:

• A TaxCode value of 0 maps to

[Link].
• TaxCode values of 1-5 map
to [Link].taxNumber1 -
[Link].taxNumber5, respectively.

TaxName The name of the tax. This name is used as the label for the
tax ID field in the question in your site's default locale. You
can provide translations for this name in a separate translation
data import file.

RegexPattern A regular expression that defines the validation pattern for the
tax ID.

 Tip
All tax ID fields for the chosen country/region are required
by default. To allow respondents to submit a blank answer
for a tax field, you can define a validation pattern of (^$).
To both allow blank answers and ensure that if the sup-
plier does answer the question, their answer has a valid
format, you can place the (^$) pattern at the beginning
or end of an existing validation pattern, separated by a
pipe character (|). For example, either of the following pat-
terns allows the supplier to submit either a blank answer
or an answer with a length of 10: (^$)|(^\d{10}$) or
(^\d{10}$)|(^$).

SampleFormat An example of a valid value for the tax ID. This example is used
in the automatic validation error message that respondents
see when they provide an answer that doesn't match the vali-
dation pattern defined in RegexPattern.

Unlike other types of questions, you can't specify validation patterns and validation error messages directly when
creating questions of answer type Tax. Instead, you specify the pattern and sample format for each country/region-
specific field in the [Link] file. The value a respondent provides for that field is automatically
validated against the pattern specified in the RegexPattern field, and the error message uses the example value
specified in the SampleFormat field.

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  Note

• For most countries/regions, SAP Ariba automatically maps each tax number or ID field to its corresponding
taxIdentificationNumberTypeCode. See the reference information for supplier tax field mappings for
exceptions to this rule. [page 444].
• The information in country/region-specific tax ID fields shows in the ERP data detail area of supplier
profiles. However, the labels for these fields describe the TaxCode field rather than the TaxName you assign
it. For example, if you define a TaxCode of 1 with a TaxName of Income Tax Number, the label for this
field in the ERP data area is Tax Number 1.

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
UniqueName,CountryCode,IsOrganization,TaxCode,TaxName,RegexPattern,SampleFormat
DE0,DE,TRUE,0,Germany: VAT Registration Number,^DE\d{9}$|^EU,DE123456789:EU
DE1,DE,TRUE,1,Germany: Income Tax Number,^DE\d{9}$|^EU,DE123456789:EU
DE2,DE,TRUE,2,Germany: VAT Number,^DE\d{9}$|^EU,DE123456789:EU
DE3,DE,TRUE,3,Germany: Elster Tax Number,^DE\d{9}$|^EU,DE123456789:EU
DE4,DE,TRUE,4,Germany: Tax Number,^DE\d{9}$|^EU,DE123456789:EU

Country/Region-Specific Tax Field Translation Data

You use the Import Country-Specific Tax Field Translations data import task to define translations for country/
region-specific tax ID fields. The task reads from a CSV file that includes the following fields:

Field Description

UniqueName The unique identifier for the country/region-specific tax

field, which must be one of the values you defined in
[Link].

CountryCode The country/region code associated with the UniqueName as

defined in [Link].

IsOrganization The tax category associated with the UniqueName as defined

in [Link].

TaxCode The tax code associated with the UniqueName as defined in

[Link].

TaxName The translated name for the tax field.

RegexPattern The regular expression associated with the UniqueName as

defined in [Link].

SampleFormat The valid value example associated with the UniqueName as

defined in [Link].

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 Field Description

Language The language of the name.

The following example shows lines of the country/region-specific tax field translation file, as well as the mandatory
header:

UTF-8
UniqueName,CountryCode,IsOrganization,TaxCode,TaxName,RegexPattern,SampleFormat,Lang
uage
DE0,DE,TRUE,0,Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer,^DE\d{9}$|^EU,DE123456789:EU,German
DE1,DE,TRUE,1,Einkommensteuernummer,^DE\d{9}$|^EU,DE123456789:EU,German

Related Information

Automatic Validation of Question Answers [page 431]

Tax Questions for Collecting Supplier Tax Information [page 426]
Default Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data [page 675]
Importing Your Data [page 118]
Importing Your Translation Data [page 119]
Language Values for Defining Translations [page 120]

Country/Region-Specific Bank ID Prefix Data Import

You can define the country/region-specific bank ID prefixes used in automatically generated bank IDs for the banks
suppliers add as answers to Bank Account questions using a data import task in Ariba Administrator.

SAP Ariba automatically generates unique, sequential IDs for each of a supplier's banks. These IDs are unique
per supplier but not across suppliers. Bank Account questions include a country/region dropdown menu that
allows questionnaire recipients to specify the country/region in which the bank is located. Automatically generated
bank IDs consist of sequential numerical values and, optionally, a country/region-specific prefix. Defining country/
region-specific prefixes allows you to create bank IDs that are unique per bank and per country/region or per
currency using the same ID format as the integrated ERP system. For example, you can define a prefix of EUR for all
European Union countries.

Country/region-specific bank prefixes are optional. If you don't define them in your site, SAP Ariba generates
sequential numerical bank IDs with a maximum length defined by the self-service configuration parameter Define
the length of supplier bank IDs ([Link]). For example, if the maximum length is 4 and
you don't define country/region-specific prefixes, SAP Ariba generates sequential, numerical bank IDs starting
at 0000 or 0001 up to a maximum of 9999. The self-service configuration parameter Start automatically
generated supplier bank IDs with 001 ([Link]) specifies whether the
automatically-generated IDs start with 0000 (the default) or 0001.

You use the Import Country-Specific Bank ID Prefix data import task to define country/region-specific bank ID
prefixes. This task reads from the [Link] file, which includes the following fields:

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Field Description

CountryCode The country code to which the tax ID applies. The country code
you specify must match the country code master data loaded
for your site.

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 Field Description

Prefix The country-specific prefix.

The length of the values you specify in this field depends on

the maximum length for bank IDs specified in your site using
the configuration parameter Define the length of supplier
bank IDs ([Link]). The maxi-
mum value of this parameter is 4 characters, but your site
might use a smaller maximum. All of the prefixes you define
must be at least one character shorter than the maximum
bank ID length defined in your site so that bank IDs include
at least one number. Use the same character length for all of
the prefixes you define to produce standard bank IDs.

SAP Ariba generates bank IDs by prepending the country/re-

gion-specific prefix to a number determined by the number of
characters in the prefix and the maximum bank ID size, start-
ing with a number from 0 to 0001 and ending with 9 to 0009.
Where previous bank IDs exist for the supplier and country/re-
gion or countries/regions, the automatically generated bank ID
uses the next number in sequence.

For example, if your maximum bank ID size is 4 characters

and you use 3-character prefixes, and you define a prefix of
EUR, the first bank that a supplier adds for a country/region
that uses that prefix receives an ID of EUR0, the second bank
receives an ID of EUR1, and so on.

 Note
• You can define the same prefix for multiple countries.
For example, if multiple countries use the same cur-
rency, and your bank ID prefixes are based on cur-
rency, you can define the same currency prefix for
all of the countries that use it. For example, if your
maximum bank ID size is 4 and you assign all of the
countries in the European Union a prefix of EUR, SAP
Ariba can generate 10 bank IDs for all supplier banks
in the European Union using the EUR prefix (EURO -
EUR9).
• Once a supplier has reached the maximum number
of unique bank IDs that SAP Ariba can generate for
a prefix, based on prefix length and maximum bank
ID length, subsequent IDs default to numbers only.
These strictly-numerical IDs are unique per supplier
but not per country/region. For example, if your maxi-
mum bank ID size is 4, your prefixes are 3 characters,
and you assign all of the countries in the European
Union a prefix of EUR, but a supplier has more than 10

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Field Description

banks in the European Union, SAP Ariba assigns the

11th bank the next sequential 4-number ID instead.
For example, if all of the supplier's other bank IDs
use country/region-specific prefixes until they add the
11th European Union bank, SAP Ariba assigns that
bank an ID of 0001. If the supplier then adds an 11th
bank in the United States (prefix USD), SAP Ariba
assigns that bank an ID of 0002, and so on.

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
CountryCode,Prefix
US,USD
DE,EUR
JP,JPY

Related Information

Define the length of supplier bank IDs [page 794]

Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information [page 421]
Importing Your Data [page 118]
Start automatically-generated supplier bank IDs with 0001 [page 823]

Data Imports for Country/Region-Specific Validation of

Supplier Bank Accounts

Country/Region-Specific Bank Control Key Data Import

You can define custom, country/region-specific bank control keys that show in the Bank Control Key dropdown
menu in Bank Account questions using a data import task in Ariba Administrator. By default, the dropdown menu
includes values defined by default master data.

A bank control key specifies the type of the supplier bank account, such as savings or checking. Different countries
can have different bank control keys. Bank Account questions in supplier management questionnaires include a
Bank Control Key field and a country/region field for the bank address. Once a respondent has chosen a country/
region, the Bank Control Key dropdown menu shows the bank control keys defined in your site's master data in
the format ControlKeyDesc [ControlKeyCode]. In sites that are integrated with an SAP ERP system, integration
errors can occur when a supplier synchronized to the ERP system has an invalid bank control key. Importing the
bank control key values used by the ERP system in SAP Ariba helps avoid this issue.

Default bank control key data is loaded in your site. Refer to Default Bank Control Keys in Bank Account questions
[page 646] for details. Default translation data isn't.

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Country/Region-Specific Bank Control Key Data

You use the Import Country-Specific Bank Control Key data import task to define custom bank control keys. The
task reads from the [Link] file, which includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

ControlKeyCode The code associated with the bank con- Yes

trol key.

ControlKeyDesc Descriptive text for the bank control key. Yes

You can define translations for these de-
scriptions in a separate translation mas-
ter data file.

CountryCode The country code to which the bank con- Yes

trol key applies. The country code you
specify must match the country code
master data loaded for your site.

UniqueName A unique identifier for the bank control Yes

key.

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
ControlKeyCode,ControlKeyDesc,CountryCode,UniqueName
Savings,savings account,US,USSavings
Checking,checking account,US,USChecking

Country/Region-Specific Bank Control Key Translation Data

You use the Import Country-Specific Bank Control Key Translations data import task to define translations for
bank control keys. The task reads from a CSV file that includes the following fields:

Field Description

Name The translated name of the bank control key.

UniqueName The unique identifier for the country/region-specific bank con-

trol key, which must be one of the values you defined in
[Link].

Language The language of the name.

The following example shows lines of the country/region-specific bank control key translation file, as well as the
mandatory header:

UTF-8
Name,UniqueName,Language
Cuenta de Cheques,USChecking,Spanish
Cuenta de Ahorros,USSavings,Spanish

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Related Information

Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Information [page 424]
Country/Region-Specific Validation Syntax, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account IBAN Number
Data Import [page 106]
Country/Region-Specific Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Holder Name,
Account Number, and Bank Key or ABA Routing Number Data Import [page 109]
Default Bank Control Keys in Bank Account questions [page 646]
Importing Your Data [page 118]
Importing Your Translation Data [page 119]
Language Values for Defining Translations [page 120]

Country/Region-Specific Validation Syntax, Visibility, and

Optionality for Supplier Bank Account IBAN Number Data Import

You can define custom, country/region-specific validation syntax, visibility, and optionality for the IBAN answers
that respondents provide to Bank Account questions in supplier management questionnaires using a data import
task in Ariba Administrator.

The International Bank Account Number (IBAN) is a system for identifying bank accounts across national borders.
This system uses a specific syntax that includes a country code, check digits, and other bank information. In sites
that are integrated with an SAP ERP system, integration errors can occur when a supplier synchronized to the ERP
system has an IBAN number that doesn't use the required syntax.

Bank Account questions in supplier management questionnaires include a country/region field for the bank
address. If you've defined IBAN syntax, once a respondent has chosen a bank country/region, SAP Ariba validates
the answer in the IBAN Number field and shows the appropriate error message for invalid answers.

If the self-service configuration parameter Enable country/region-specific visibility and optionality

configurations for Bank Account fields ([Link]) is enabled in
your site, you can also use this data to define whether the IBAN Number field is either visible or required for the
selected bank country/region in this data.

Default IBAN syntax data is loaded in your site. Refer to Country/Region-Specific Validation Syntax, Visibility, and
Optionality for Supplier Bank Account IBAN Number Data Import [page 106] for details.

You use the Import Country-Specific Bank IBAN fields data import task to define custom IBAN validation syntax
and visible and mandatory flags. The task reads from the [Link] file, which includes the
following fields:

Field Description Required?

CountryCode The country code to which the syntax Yes

definition applies. The country code you
specify must match the country code
master data loaded for your site.

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 Field Description Required?

IBANFormat The IBAN structure for the country/re- Yes

gion, using in the following representa-
tional conventions:

• n to represent numeric characters

(0-9)
• a to represent upper-case alpha-
betic characters (A-Z)
• c to represent upper- and lower-
case alphanumeric characters (a-z,
A-Z, 0-9)
• e to represent blank spaces
• <nn>! to indicate fixed length
• <nn> to indicate maximum length

For example, the following value de-

scribes valid IBAN structure for Brazil:
BR2!n8!n5!n10!n1!a1!c. An ex-
ample of an IBAN that uses this structure
is
BR9700360305000010009795493
P1.

The IBAN registry document maintained

by ISO describes valid ISO IBAN struc-
tures for each country/region.

IBANLength A numerical value defining the exact Yes

length of the IBAN.

IBANRegex A regular expression that defines the val- Yes

idation pattern for the IBAN structure
specified in the IBANFormat field.

For example, BR\d{25}[A-Z]{1}

[A-Z0-9]{1} specifies that the value
must start with the letters BR, followed
by 25 digits between 1 and 9, followed
by 1 upper case letter A-Z, followed by 1
upper- or lower-case alphanumeric char-
acter a-z, A-Z, or 0-9

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Field Description Required?

IBANMandatory A Boolean value that specifies whether No

the IBAN Number field is required for the
Data in this field is only processed
selected country/region.
if the self-service configuration param-
Valid values are: eter Enable country/region-specific
visibility and optionality configurations
• Y to make the field required.
for Bank Account fields is enabled. Oth-
• N to make the field optional. erwise, it's ignored.

Blank values are treated as N.

IBANVisible A Boolean value that specifies whether No

the IBAN Number field shows for the se-
Data in this field is only processed
lected country/region.
if the self-service configuration param-
Valid values are: eter Enable country/region-specific
visibility and optionality configurations
• Y to make the field visible.
for Bank Account fields is enabled. Oth-
• N to hide the field. erwise, it's ignored.

Blank values are treated as N.

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file file, as well as the mandatory header. It
includes Visible and Mandatory flags for the IBAN Number field:

UTF-8
CountryCode,IBANFormat,IBANLength,IBANRegex,IBANMandatory,IBANVisible
BR,BR2!n8!n5!n10!n1!a1!c,25,BR\d{25}[A-Z]{1}[A-Z0-9]{1},Y,Y

In this example, IBAN Number is both visible and required when recipients select Brazil as the bank country/
region.

 Note

When setting Visible and Mandatory flags for these fields, keep in mind that for each country/region:

• If you set IBANMandatory to Y, you must also set IBANVisible to Y.

• A combination of Bank Key/ABA Routing Number and Account Number are both required to create a
complete bank ID for banks in countries/regions that don't use IBAN numbers. Account number and bank
key syntax validation data [page 109] is defined separately and it's important to make sure that your
Visible and Mandatory settings for all three fields in combination result in a requirement for either IBAN
Number or a combination of Bank Key/ABA Routing Number or Account Number, with only required
fields visible.

Data imports for bank syntax validation don't validate Visible and Mandatory flags to identify incorrect
combinations.

Related Information

Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Information [page 424]

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Country/Region-Specific Bank Control Key Data Import [page 104]
Country/Region-Specific Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Holder Name,
Account Number, and Bank Key or ABA Routing Number Data Import [page 109]
Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Mandatory Flags for IBAN Numbers in Bank Account Questions [page 647]
Importing Your Data [page 118]

Country/Region-Specific Syntax Validation, Visibility, and

Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Holder Name, Account
Number, and Bank Key or ABA Routing Number Data Import

You can define custom, country/region-specific syntax validation for the supplier bank account holder name,
account number, and bank key or routing number answers that respondents provide to Bank Account questions in
supplier management questionnaires using a data import task in Ariba Administrator. You can also use it to define
country/region-specific visibility and optionality for account number and bank key.

Bank Account questions in supplier management questionnaires include a country/region field for the bank
address. Once a respondent has chosen a bank country/region, SAP Ariba validates the answer in the Account
Holder Name, Account Number, and Bank Key/ABA Routing Number fields. If the respondent attempts to
submit a questionnaire with invalid values, those fields show the appropriate error message.

If the self-service configuration parameter Enable country/region-specific visibility and optionality

configurations for Bank Account fields ([Link]) is enabled in
your site, you can also use this data to define whether the Account Number and Bank Key/ABA Routing Number
fields are either visible or required for the selected bank country/region.

Default syntax data is loaded in your site. Refer to Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Mandatory Flags for
Account Holder Names, Account Numbers, and Bank Keys in Bank Account Questions [page 657] for details.

 Tip

Default syntax data doesn't include any validation patterns, only field sizes and, in some cases, check rules.
If syntax validation data includes field sizes and check rules, the system automatically generates validation
patterns from them. In sites integrated with an SAP ERP system, specify field sizes and check rules. In sites
that aren’t integrated with an SAP ERP system, specify regular expressions for validation patterns instead.

If you want to specify a regular expression for an account number or bank key validation pattern, make sure
that the corresponding check rule and size fields are blank. If a row includes check rule, size, and validation
pattern data for account number or bank key, the import ignores the imported validation pattern data and
generates a default pattern based on check rule and size instead.

Bank account field validation definitions include fields where you specify which check rule to use during syntax
validation using a number between 1 and 8. These numbers correspond to the following check rules:

• 1: Maximum length, without gaps

• 2: Maximum length, numerical values only, without gaps
• 3: Exact length, without gaps
• 4: Exact length, numerical values only, without gaps
• 5: Maximum length

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• 6: Maximum length, numerical
• 7: Exact length
• 8: Exact length, numerical

You use the Import Country-Specific Bank validation fields data import task to define custom, country/region-
specific syntax validation for supplier bank account holder names, account numbers, and bank key or ABA routing
numbers, and visible and mandatory flags for account numbers and bank keys or ABA routing numbers. The task
reads from the [Link] file, which includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

CountryCode The country/region code to which the Yes

syntax definition applies. The country
code that you specify must match the
country code master data loaded for
your site.

AccountHolderNameCheckRule A number between 1 and 8 that specifies Yes

which check rule to use for the account
holder name validation.

AccountHolderNameRegex A regular expression that defines the val- Yes

idation pattern for the account holder

name.

 Tip
The Account Holder Name field
doesn't support special characters.
Making sure that the validation pat-
tern you define excludes special
characters helps questionnaire re-
cipients to avoid this issue.

AccountHolderNameSize The maximum length allowed for the ac- Yes

count holder name value.

AccountNumberCheckRule A number between 1 and 8 that specifies Either AccountNumberCheckRule

which check rule to use for the account and AccountNumberSize or
number validation. AccountNumberRegex are required.

AccountNumberRegex A regular expression that defines the vali- Either AccountNumberCheckRule

dation pattern for the account number. and AccountNumberSize or
AccountNumberRegex are required.
If AccountNumberCheckRule and
AccountNumberSize are specified,
the system automatically generates a
regular expression based on those
values and any values in the
AccountNumberRegex field are ig-
nored.

AccountNumberSize The maximum length allowed for the ac- Either AccountNumberCheckRule
count holder name value. and AccountNumberSize or
AccountNumberRegex are required.

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 Field Description Required?

BankKeyCheckRule A number between 1 and 8 that specifies Either BankKeyCheckRule and

which check rule to use for the bank key BankKeySize or BankKeyRegex are
or ABA routing number validation. required.

BankKeyRegex A regular expression that defines the val- Either BankKeyCheckRule and
idation pattern for the bank key or ABA BankKeySize or BankKeyRegex are
routing number. required. If BankKeyCheckRule and
BankKeySize are specified, the sys-
tem automatically generates a regular
expression based on those values and
any values in the BankKeyRegex field
are ignored.

BankKeySize The maximum length allowed for the ac- Either BankKeyCheckRule and
count holder name value, which can be a BankKeySize or BankKeyRegex are
number from 1 to 18. required.

AccountNumberMandatory A Boolean value that specifies whether No

the Account Number field is required for
Data in this field is only processed
the selected country/region.
if the self-service configuration param-
Valid values are: eter Enable country/region-specific
visibility and optionality configurations
• Y to make the field required.
for Bank Account fields is enabled. Oth-
• N to make the field optional. erwise, it's ignored.

Blank values are treated as N.

BankKeyMandatory A Boolean value that specifies whether No

the Bank Key/ABA Routing Number
Data in this field is only processed
field is required for the selected coun-
if the self-service configuration param-
try/region.
eter Enable country/region-specific
Valid values are: visibility and optionality configurations
for Bank Account questions is enabled.
• Y to make the field required.
Otherwise, it's ignored.
• N to make the field optional.
Blank values are treated as N.

AccountNumberVisible A Boolean value that specifies whether No

the Account Number field shows for the
Data in this field is only processed
selected country/region.
if the self-service configuration param-
Valid values are: eter Enable country/region-specific
visibility and optionality configurations
• Y to show the field.
for Bank Account questions is enabled.
• N to hide the field. Otherwise, it's ignored.

Blank values are treated as Y.

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Field Description Required?

BankKeyVisible A Boolean value that specifies whether No

the Bank Key/ABA Routing Number
Data in this field is only processed
field shows for the selected country/re-
if the self-service configuration param-
gion.
eter Enable country/region-specific
Valid values are: visibility and optionality configurations
for Bank Account questions is enabled.
• Y to show the field.
Otherwise, it's ignored.
• N to hide the field.
Blank values are treated as Y.

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file file, as well as the mandatory
header. It includes Visible and Mandatory flags for the Account Number and Bank Key/ABA Routing Number
fields.

UTF-8
CountryCode,AccountHolderNameCheckRule,AccountHolderNameRegex,AccountHolderNameSize,
AccountNumberCheckRule,AccountNumberRegex,AccountNumberSize,BankKeyCheckRule,BankKey
Regex,BankKeySize,AccountNumberMandatory,BankKeyMandatory,AccountNumberVisible,BankK
eyVisible
DE,4,^[0-9]{20}$,20,6,,20,1,,30,N,N,N,N
US,3,^[a-zA-Z0-9]{20}$,20,,^[a-zA-Z0-9\s]{20}$,,,^[0-9]{20}$,,Y,Y,Y,Y

In this example, both Bank Key/ABA Routing Number and Account Number are hidden and not required when
recipients select Germany for the bank country/region, but are visible and required when recipients select the
United States. For Germany, the row specifies an account number and bank key check rule and size, which the
system uses to generate default validation patterns. For the U.S., the row specifies account number and bank key
validation patterns, and therefore leaves the check rule and size fields blank so that the import reads the validation
patterns from the import.

 Note

Bank Key/ABA Routing Number and Account Number are both required to create a complete bank ID for
banks in countries/regions that don't use IBAN numbers. When setting Visible and Mandatory flags for
these fields, keep in mind that for each country/region:

• Both fields must have the same Mandatory setting.

• If both fields have Mandatory flags set to Y, Visible flags for both fields must also be set to Y.
• IBAN syntax validation data is defined separately and it's important to make sure that your Visible and
Mandatory settings for all three fields in combination result in a requirement for either IBAN Number or a
combination of Bank Key/ABA Routing Number or Account Number, with only the required fields visible.

Data imports for bank syntax validation don't validate Visible and Mandatory flags to identify incorrect
combinations.

Related Information

Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Information [page 424]
Country/Region-Specific Bank Control Key Data Import [page 104]

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Country/Region-Specific Validation Syntax, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account IBAN Number
Data Import [page 106]
Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Mandatory Flags for IBAN Numbers in Bank Account Questions [page 647]
Importing Your Data [page 118]

Country/Region-Specific ERP Region Code Mapping Data

Import

You can define custom, country/region-specific mappings between the custom SAP region codes in Extended
Address questions and the state codes in supplier profile addresses on SAP Business Network using a data import
task in Ariba Administrator.

When a supplier is public, meaning that they have an SAP Business Network account linked to your site,
updates they make to their SAP Business Network profile synchronize to your site. SAP Business Network uses
ISO-3166-2 state codes in supplier profile addresses. The default region codes in Extended Address questions
are automatically mapped to SAP Business Network state codes. If you import custom SAP region codes from
T005S and T005U tables to populate the region field in Extended Address, you can import country/region-specific
ERP region code mapping master data to maintain mappings between your custom SAP region codes and SAP
Business Network state codes and ensure that supplier address information synchronizes correctly between the
integrated ERP system, your SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions site, and supplier profiles on SAP Business
Network. You can also use the master data to add, edit, or remove mappings as your ERP region data changes.

 Note

Whenever you update SAP region codes in your site, you must use this data import to update their mappings as
well.

SAP Ariba provides a set of default country/region-specific ERP region code mappings [page 693].

By default, these ERP region codes aren't available in Address questions in buyer-facing
questionnaires. To make them available, enable the self-service configuration parameter
[Link] in SM Administration Configuration
Parameters .

You use the Import Country-Specific ERP Region Code Mappings data import task to define custom country/
region-specific ERP region code mappings. The task reads from the [Link] file, which
includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

UniqueName A unique identifier for the mapping. Yes

CountryCode The country/region code to which the Yes

syntax definition applies. The country
code you specify must match the coun-
try code master data loaded for your site.

ANStateCode The ISO 3166-2 state code used in SAP Yes

Business Network.

ERPRegionCode The ERP region code. Yes

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Field Description Required?

PrevANStateCode The previous state code used for the Yes if you're updating a mapping for
current mapping, if any. Note that since an existing SAP Business Network state
SAP Business Network has moved from code. Otherwise, no.
using two- or three-character state co-
des to using ISO-3166-2 state codes, the
default mapping data already includes
PrevANStateCode data so that the
state codes associated with suppliers at
the time of that change are mapped to
the correct region code.

PrevERPRegionCode The previous ERP region code used for Yes if you're updating a mapping for an
the current mapping, if any. The data in existing region code. Otherwise, no.
this column enables mappings for suppli-
ers that were created with the previous
region code.

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
UniqueName,CountryCode,ANStateCode,ERPRegionCode,PrevANStateCode,PrevERPRegionCode
"anrm_00000077","AU","AU-QLD","QLD","QLD"
"anrm_00000078","BE","BE_WNA","07","WNA"

Related Information

Default country/region-specific ERP region code mappings [page 693]

Importing Your Data [page 118]

Country/Region-Specific Postal Code Validation Data

Import
You can define custom, country/region-specific syntax for the postal codes that respondents provide in Address
and Extended Address questions in supplier management questionnaires using a data import task in Ariba
Administrator. Validation checks prevent respondents from entering answers that do not use the required syntax.

Address and Extended Address questions in supplier management questionnaires include a country/region
specific field. Once a respondent has chosen a bank country, SAP Ariba validates the answer in the address postal
code field and shows the appropriate error message for invalid answers.

 Note

There might be a short delay between when you import postal code validation data and when those validations
take effect in supplier management questionnaires.

SAP Ariba provides default country specific postal code validations which can be downloaded using the Export
Country-Specific Postal Code Validations in Ariba Administrator. For more information, see Obtaining Existing

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SAP Ariba Supplier Data [page 128] and Default Syntax Validation for Postal Codes in Supplier Addresses [page
774].

You can use the Import Country-Specific Postal Code Validations data import task to define postal code
validations. The task reads from a [Link] file, which includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

Country The name of the country to which the Yes

syntax definition applies.

CountryCode The country code to which the syntax Yes

definition applies. The country code you
specify must match the country code
master data loaded for your site.

ISO The two-digit ISO country code to which Yes

the syntax definition applies.

Note An optional note or explanatory informa- No

tion about the syntax definition.

Regex One or more regular expressions that No

define the validation patterns for the

postal code structure specified in the
ZipFormat field. To define multiple val-
idation patterns, separate the regular ex-
pression for each pattern with a pipe
character (|).

For example, the following regular ex-

pressions specify that the value must in-
clude either 5 digits between 1 and 9, or
5 digits between 1 and 9, followed by a
dash, followed by 4 digits between 1 and
9: ^(^\d{5})$|^(\d{5}-\d{4}$)
$.

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Field Description Required?

ZipFormat For countries that have a single postal No

code, the value of that postal code. For

countries that have multiple postal co-
des, one or more postal code structures
for the country, using in the following rep-
resentational conventions:

• N to represent numeric characters

(0-9)
A to represent upper-case alpha-
betic characters (A-Z)
C to represent upper- and lower-
case alphanumeric characters (a-z,
A-Z, 0-9)
• (!value1|value2) to indicate
required value 1 or required value 2
• [value] to indicate optional val-
ues
• [value1/value2] to indicate
optional value 2 or optional value 2

To define multiple postal code structures,

separate each structure with a comma (,)
and a space and enclose the entire value
with quotation marks.

For example, the following values de-

scribe the valid postal code structures for
the United Status: "NNNNN, NNNNN-
NNNN". The following values describe
the valid postal code structure for Great
Britain: A[A]N[A/N] NAA. The follow-
ing value is the postal code used for all
addresses in Anguilla: AI-2640.

e following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
Country,CountryCode,ISO,Note,Regex,ZipFormat
United States,US,US,,^(^\d{5})$|^(\d{5}-\d{4}$)$,NNNNN, NNNNN-NNNN
U.S. Virgin Islands,VI,VI,U.S. ZIP codes. Range 00801 - 00851.,^(^\d{5})$|^(\d{5}-
\d{4}$)$,NNNNN, NNNNN-NNNN
Saudi Arabia,SA,SA,NNNNN for PO Boxes. NNNNN-NNNN for home delivery.,^(^\d{5}-\d{4})
$|^(\d{5}$)$,NNNNN-NNNN, NNNNN

Related Information

Default Syntax Validation for Postal Codes in Supplier Addresses [page 774]

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Importing Your Data [page 118]

Guided Buying Ship-To Address-to-Preferred and Qualified

Supplier Region Mapping Data Import
The guided buying capability in SAP Ariba Procurement solutions uses the standard 2-character ISO country
codes in ship-to addresses, but suppliers are preferred or qualified based on region code master data in your site.
Mapping between these codes allows guided buying searches locate the correct preferred and qualified suppliers.

When a user in the guided buying capability in SAP Ariba Procurement solutions searches for goods or services,
the search uses the standard 2-character ISO country codes in their ship-to addresses to identify and filter search
results based on qualified and preferred suppliers. However, suppliers are preferred or qualified based on the region
codes defined by the Import Region Codes data import task in Manage Administration Site Manager
Data Import Export .

If the configurable mapping feature (SM-20598) is enabled in your site, you use a separate Import Country Code
to Sourcing Region Code Mapping data import task to define mappings between the 2-character ISO country
codes used in guided buying and the region codes your site uses to identify preferred and qualified suppliers. If the
configurable mapping feature isn't enabled, SAP Ariba maps guided buying country codes to a standard list of ISO
3-chacter region codes. The configurable mapping feature (SM-20598) is suitable for sites that don't use standard
ISO 3-charcter region codes, and that therefore need to define mappings between guided buying country codes
and their own region code master data.

 Note

To use this mapping master data in guided buying searches, you must also enable the parameter
PARAM_ENABLE_SM_INTEGRATION_ON_COUNTRYCODE in Admin Parameters Manage parameters .

You use the Import Country Code to Sourcing Region Code Mapping data import task to define
mappings between the 2-character ISO country codes used in guided buying supplier locations and
the region code master data used for preferred and qualified suppliers. The task reads from the
[Link] file, which includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

CountryCode One of the 2-character ISO country co- Yes

des you use for supplier locations in
guided buying.

SourcingRegionCode The region code to which you want to Yes

map the country code. The value in this
field must be a valid value in the Region
field of the region master data loaded in
your SAP Ariba strategic sourcing solu-
tions site.

The following example shows lines of the [Link] file, as well as the
mandatory header:

UTF-8
CountryCode,SourcingRegionCode
US,USA

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 JP,Japan
GB,UK

Related Information

Guided Buying Parameters

Importing Your Data [page 118]

Importing Your Data

After you enter your data in the CSV files, you can import it using the data import tasks available from Site
Manager in Ariba Administrator.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Customer Administrator group to import data into a site.

Context

These steps are for importing data that doesn't require translation.

Procedure

1. Sign in to your site using your administrator user name and password.

2. On the dashboard, click Manage Administrator .

3. In Ariba Administrator, click Site Manager, and then click Data Import/Export.
4. Select the type of data import operation you want to perform. The data import operation you choose
determines exactly how the data is imported.

The maximum number of objects that can be removed from the database at one time is 160,000. This number
is controlled by a system parameter. If this number is exceeded, a warning message appears.

The following table describes import operations. If a data import task doesn’t support a particular data import
operation, that operation isn't available.

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 Import Operation Description

Load Creates and modifies objects in the database using values in the data file. If an object in the data
file doesn't already exist in the database, it's created. If an object in the data file already exists in
the database, it is modified using the value in the data file.

Create Creates new objects in the database using values in the data file. If an object in the data file
already exists in the database, it isn't modified.

Update Only Modifies existing objects only in the database using values in the data file. If an object in the data
file doesn't already exist in the database, it isn't created. If you don't want to modify a particular
object, don't include it in the data file.

Deactivate Deactivates objects in the database based on objects in the data file. If you don't want to deacti-
vate a particular object, don't include it in the data file.

5. Enter the location of the relevant file, or click Browse to find and select the file.
6. Click OK to import your data, or click Cancel to exit without importing your data.
7. Click Refresh Status on the Data Import/Export page to view the current status of the data import.

Next Steps

For detailed status information, click the link in the Status column.

Related Information

Importing Your Translation Data [page 119]

Importing Your Translation Data

After you enter your translation data in the appropriate CSV files, you can import it using the data import tasks
available from Site Manager in Ariba Administrator.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Customer Administrator group to import translation data.

Procedure

1. Sign in to your site using your administrator user name and password.

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2. On the dashboard, click Manage Administrator .

3. In Ariba Administrator, choose Site Manager Data Import/Export .

4. Click Import next to the data import task you want to run.
5. Choose the language you want to import from the dropdown menu. Choose All to import translations for all the
languages defined in the CSV.
6. Enter the location of your CSV file, or click Browse to find and select your CSV file.
7. Click OK to import your translations, or click Cancel to exit without importing your translations.
8. Click Refresh Status on the Data Import/Export page to view the current status of the data import.

Next Steps

For detailed status information, click the link in the Status column.

Language Values for Defining Translations

The following are valid values for the Language field in CSV files that define translations for some supplier
management-related data definitions:

• BrazilianPortuguese
• Bulgarian
• Croatian
• Czech
• Danish
• Dutch
• English
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Hungarian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Norwegian
• Polish
• Romanian
• Russian
• SimplifiedChinese
• Spanish
• Swedish

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 • Thai
• TraditionalChinese
• Turkish
• Ukrainian

Data Imports for Supplier and Supplier-Related Data

Supplier-related data defines the suppliers and supplier contacts in your site as well as their characteristics, such
as qualified or preferred status. You import supplier-related data using the Data import or export task in SM
Administration.

In sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and
Performance Management (new architecture), you always import supplier-related data in SM Administration.

Table 4: Data Import Tasks in SM Administration

Data Import and Export Task Description Applicable Solutions

Suppliers Suppliers in your site. SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
formance
For details, refer to Supplier Data File For- SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
mat [page 132]. formance Management (new architec-
ture)
 Caution SAP Ariba Supplier Risk

If you have an existing SAP Ariba

solution and are adding SAP Ariba
Supplier Risk, SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance, or SAP
Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new archi-
tecture), first migrate your existing
supplier data rather than using this
data import task to add it separately.
For more details, refer to Migrat-
ing Suppliers to the Unified Vendor
Model.

For sites that only include SAP Ariba

Supplier Risk, you can also refer to
Supplier Data in Solutions That In-
clude SAP Ariba Supplier Risk but
Don't Include SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance.

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Data Import and Export Task Description Applicable Solutions

Suppliers from sourcing Suppliers exported from SAP Ariba solu- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
tions in the formance
SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
SupplierOrganizationExport.
formance Management (new architec-
zip file. ture)
Only use this task to import the SAP Ariba Supplier Risk

SupplierOrganizationExport.
zip file. Don't import the CSV files it
contains individually.

 Caution
Only use this data import to migrate
existing supplier organizations from
another SAP Ariba solution. Before
you use this task, make sure you're
aware of how to migrate suppliers
with the correct ERP vendor IDs
and address information.

If you have an existing SAP Ariba

solution and are adding SAP Ariba
Supplier Risk, SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance, or SAP
Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new archi-
tecture), first migrate your existing
supplier data rather than using this
data import task to add it separately.
For more details, refer to Migrat-
ing Suppliers to the Unified Vendor
Model.

For sites that only include SAP Ariba

Supplier Risk, you can also refer to
Supplier Data in Solutions That In-
clude SAP Ariba Supplier Risk but
Don't Include SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance.

Supplier contacts Supplier contacts, external users in sup- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
plier organizations who can be invited to formance

and submit external questionnaires. SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new architec-
For details, refer to Supplier Contact Data ture)
File Format [page 137]. SAP Ariba Supplier Risk

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 Data Import and Export Task Description Applicable Solutions

Supplier contacts from sourcing Supplier users exported from SAP Ariba SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
solutions in the formance
SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
[Link]
formance Management (new architec-
vfile. ture)
Only use this task to import the SAP Ariba Supplier Risk

SupplierOrganizationExport.
zip file. Don't import the CSV files it
contains individually.

For details, refer to Manually Migrating

Supplier Users.

Supplier qualification data Qualification and disqualification sta- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
tuses for specific combinations of com- formance

modities, regions, and departments. SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new architec-
In sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier ture)
Lifecycle and Performance, qualification SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
managers can also manage these sta- Guided buying capability
tuses using qualification and disqualifica-
tion projects with questionnaires and ap-
provals. Otherwise, applicable solutions
can only set these statuses using data
import.

In sites that includeSAP Ariba Supplier

Risk, control-based engagement risk as-
sessment projects can optionally use
qualified status to recommend suppliers
during the supplier selection step of the
engagement request.

Guided buying uses qualification sta-

tuses to indicate qualified suppliers in
buying workflows.

For more information, refer to Supplier

Qualification Data File Format [page
140].

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Data Import and Export Task Description Applicable Solutions

Preferred supplier list data Preferred category statuses for specific SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
combinations of commodities, regions, formance

and departments. SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-

formance Management (new architec-
In sites that include SAP Ariba Sup- ture)
plier Lifecycle and Performance, prefer- SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
red category managers can also manage Guided buying capability
these statuses using preferred supplier
management projects with a question-
naire and approvals. Otherwise, applica-
ble solutions can only set these statuses
using data import.

In sites that includeSAP Ariba Supplier

Risk, control-based engagement risk as-
sessment projects can optionally use
preferred category status in risk expo-
sure calculations.

Guided buying uses preferred category

statuses to indicate preferred suppliers in
buying workflows.

For more information, refer to Supplier

Qualification Data File Format [page
140].

Purchasing org data The purchasing organizations associated Guided buying capability
with your suppliers.

For details, refer to Purchasing Organiza-

tion Data File Format [page 154].

Custom display names The custom labels you specify for regis- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
tration and qualification statuses. Only formance

buyer users can see these custom dis- SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new architec-
play labels. Supplier contacts on SAP
ture)
Business Network see default status la-
bels.

For details, refer to Custom Display

Name Data File Format [page 155].

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 Data Import and Export Task Description Applicable Solutions

Primary supplier manager The internal users in your organization SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
who are most familiar with or responsi- formance

ble for particular suppliers. Primary sup- SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new architec-
plier managers can receive notifications
ture)
for expiring and expired modular ques-
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
tionnaires.

For details, refer to Primary Supplier

Manager Data File Format [page 157].

User matrix User or global user group assignments SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
to specific combinations of commodities, formance
regions, and departments. These assign- SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new architec-
ments in turn assign task owners or ap-
ture)
provers to projects or activities relevant
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
to those specific combinations. These as-
signments are also called buyer category
assignments.

Buyer category assignments are sup-

ported in specific project types. In sites
that include SAP Ariba Supplier Risk,
they're also used to assign users to roles
in findings.

For details, refer to User Matrix (Buyer

Category Assignment) Data File Format
[page 159].

Supplier Process Projects Import Process statuses for specific combina- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
tions of commodities, regions, and de- formance

partments for specific process types.

Process initiators and decision-makes

can also manage these statuses using
process projects with questionnaires,
questionnaire approvals, and process
status decisions.

This data import is only available in

sites where the process project feature
(SM-16798) is enabled.

For details, refer to Supplier Process

Projects Import File Format [page 163].

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Data Import and Export Task Description Applicable Solutions

Process project automatic status Rules that define the statuses to which SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
assignment rules formance
process projects are automatically as-
signed when their included modular
questionnaires meet the specified condi-
tions.

This data import is only available in

sites where the process project feature
(SM-16798) is enabled.

For details, refer to Process project auto-

matic status assignment rules Data File
Format [page 166].

Risk Control Status Data Effectiveness of risk controls for specific SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
suppliers collected in tools or processed
outside of SAP Ariba Supplier Risk.

For details, refer to Risk Control Status

Data Import File Format.

Risk Assessment Status Data Header-level data for risk assessments SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
or questionnaires maintained outside of
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk.

For details, refer to Risk Assessment Sta-

tus Data Import File Format.

S4 SM Migration Mappings between supplier profile ques- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
tionnaire content and supplier registra- formance

tion questionnaire content, which are SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new architec-
used to manually migrate the content.
ture)
This data import is only applicable in
sites migrating from supplier organiza-
tions and supplier profile questionnaires
to the unified vendor model and supplier
registrations.

For details, refer to Manually Mapping the

Supplier Profile Questionnaire to Supplier
Registration Questionnaires.

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 Data Import and Export Task Description Applicable Solutions

SPQ Migration Report Migration status for content migrated SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
from the supplier profile questionnaire to formance

supplier registration questionnaires. SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-

formance Management (new architec-
This data export is only applicable in ture)
sites migrating from supplier organiza-
tions and supplier profile questionnaires
to the unified vendor model and supplier
registrations.

For details, refer to Checking Manual Mi-

gration Status.

Vendor Diversity Diversity types for specific suppliers, SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
which designate the suppliers as diverse. formance
SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
For details, refer to Vendor Diversity Data formance Management (new architec-
File Format [page 172]. ture)
Guided buying capability
For guided buying, refer also to Classify-
ing Diverse Suppliers and Creating a Di-
versity Program/

Diversity Info Diversity types for use in designating SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
suppliers as diverse. formance
SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
For details, refer to Diversity Info Data formance Management (new architec-
File Format [page 171]. ture)
Guided buying capability

Internal supplier registrations Specific unregistered suppliers that you SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
want to designate as internally registered formance
without creating a registration project. SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new architec-
ture)

Supplier Risk Custom Fields Risk-related information for custom SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
fields.

You can download samples of all supplier-related data files from the Imports/Exports area of SM Administration.
On the dashboard, click Manage SM Administration to access this area.

 Note

The sample files you download include a column for supplier name, which is included in exported data for
reference only. Do not include it in the data files you import. The exceptions to this rule are the name1 through
name4 columns in the file you import using the Suppliers data import task. Those columns must be included in
the imported file.

 Tip

For information about importing internal supplier registration questionnaires in the separate Questionnaires
area of SM Administration, refer to Importing Supplier Registration Questionnaires [page 581].

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The supplier data export is processed asynchronously, allowing buyers to switch between user interface pages
when the export is running in the background. You can come back to check the export status and download the file.
When the data export is in progress, you can’t trigger multiple exports for a specific file type. You can use Refresh
to check the status of the export. If you have appropriate permissions, you can download the exported file avoiding
multiple exports. The data in the file is based on the latest export. To download new data, you must export the file
type again.

Obtaining Existing SAP Ariba Supplier Data [page 128]

Importing Supplier Data [page 129]

Exporting Inactive Suppliers [page 132]

Supplier Data File Format [page 132]

Supplier Contact Data File Format [page 137]

Supplier Qualification Data File Format [page 140]

Preferred Supplier Data File Format [page 146]

Supplier Factory Data File Format [page 150]

Purchasing Organization Data File Format [page 154]

Custom Display Name Data File Format [page 155]

Primary Supplier Manager Data File Format [page 157]

User Matrix (Buyer Category Assignment) Data File Format [page 159]

Supplier Process Projects Import File Format [page 163]

Process project automatic status assignment rules Data File Format [page 166]

Internal Supplier Registration Data File Format [page 168]

Supplier Classification Based on Diversity [page 170]

Obtaining Existing SAP Ariba Supplier Data

If you already have an SAP Ariba solution, you need to add your existing suppliers to the supplier database.
Obtaining existing SAP Ariba supplier data involves using the Data Import/Export task in Ariba Administrator.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Customer Administrator or Supplier/Customer Manager group to export supplier
data in Ariba Administrator.

Context

Existing SAP Ariba supplier data is exported in a [Link] file. That file
contains two CSV files: SupplierOrganization_Export.csv, which contains data on the suppliers, and

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SupplierOrganizationOrganizationIdPart_Export.csv, which maps supplier domain IDs. For details on
the fields in these files, click Download Data Dictionary in the Ariba Administrator Site Manager Data
Import/Export task.

 Caution

If you are migrating your existing supplier organizations and supplier profile questionnaires to the unified
vendor model and supplier registration questionnaires, see Migrating Suppliers to the Unified Vendor Model
before you attempt to import existing SAP Ariba supplier data in SM Administration. That guide contains
important information about how to migrate suppliers with the correct ERP vendor IDs and address state
information, as well as detailed information about how migration works and the order in which you should
perform migration steps.

Procedure

1. Perform one of the following actions:

• If your site includes SAP Ariba Procurement solutions, on the dashboard, click Manage Core
Administration .
• If your site does not include SAP Ariba Procurement solutions, on the dashboard, click Manage
Administration .

2. Choose Site Manager Data Import/Export .

3. Choose the Export tab.
4. Locate the Export Supplier Organizations (CSV) data export task and choose Export.
5. Save the exported ZIP file to the location of your choice.

Next Steps

After exporting the existing SAP Ariba suppliers from your site, you import them into the supplier database [page
129].

Importing Supplier Data

Importing supplier-related data makes it available for supplier management, risk, and procurement activities.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the SM Ops Admin group, Customer Administrator group, or the Supplier Risk
Manager and SM Ops Admin groups to import supplier data in SM Administration.

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  Note

For customers who use guided buying, you must belong to both the Supplier/Customer Manager and SM Ops
Admin groups.

If you aren't importing suppliers for guided buying and your site includes existing SAP Ariba solutions with supplier
data, you must first obtain that data before importing it.

The suppliers referenced by supplier data files, such as supplier contacts and supplier factory data, must already
exist in the database before you import the files, either as a result of importing suppliers first or because they were
created manually in the user interface. The exception to this rule is for supplier qualification data and preferred
supplier list data, which offer an option to create the suppliers referenced in the file if they don't already exist.
However, if you're importing supplier data in SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions, the data in those files is
limited and importing supplier data first is recommended .

Context

You import all supplier data for suppliers exported from SAP Ariba cloud solutions in CSV files. There's no
restriction on file naming. Supplier data import supports the following encoding types for CSV files:

• UTF-8
• US ASCII
• ISO-8859-1
• IUTF-16BE
• UTF-16LE
• UTF-16

Unless otherwise specified, all supplier data imports add new records and update existing records. For example,
if you import supplier data with a new ERP vendor ID, the import operation adds the new supplier record to the
database. If you import supplier data with an existing ERP vendor ID and source system, but with a change to some
other data such as a different address, the import operation updates the existing supplier record with the new
address. If a data file contains an existing record with no changes, the import operation ignores that record.

Procedure

1. From the dashboard, navigate to SM Administration. Available paths depend on the groups to which your user
belongs.
• In sites that include SM Administration, members of the SM Ops Administrator, SM ERP Admin, or
Customer Administrator group can choose Manage SM Administration .
• Members of the Supplier Risk Manager group can access SM Administration from the SAP Ariba
Supplier Risk dashboard: choose the settings icon ( ), then choose Import data Link to SM
admin .

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  Note

Members of the Supplier Risk Manager group must also be members of the SM Ops Administrator
group.

2. Choose Data import or export.

3. On the Import tab, choose the type of data you want to import from the File type dropdown menu. The
data imports that are available depend on your solutions and which optional features are available. For more
information, refer to Data Imports for Supplier and Supplier-Related Data [page 121] or About Importing
Supplier-Related Data for Risk Activities.
4. (Optional) For supplier qualification data or preferred supplier list data, choose Create supplier if necessary to
add any suppliers in the data that don't already exist to the database.

If you use this option, the preferred of qualified suppliers are created in the database with SM IDs but no
names. To display them correctly in the user interface, import complete data for them using the Suppliers or
Suppliers from sourcing data import option, specifying those SM IDs in the supplier data files. Importing the
suppliers first, rather than creating them from the preferred or qualified supplier data, is recommended.
5. Choose Choose File and navigate to the file you want to import.
6. Choose the encoding that the data file you want to import uses from the Encoding Type dropdown menu.
7. Choose Import.

Next Steps

Choose the Import summary tab to view the status of your data import. If your import contains any errors, choose
the View link to the right of the number of errors in the import to see or download error messages.

You can cancel an data import by choose Cancel Job.

 Tip

If you're using Microsoft Internet Explorer and you don't see any information in the Status column of the
Import Summary tab, adjust the document mode compatibility setting of your browser. To do so, right-click
anywhere in the browser window and choose Inspect element to display the inspection pane at the bottom of
the browser window. Choose the Emulation tab, choose 10 from the Document Mode dropdown menu, and
close the inspection pane.

Related Information

Obtaining Existing SAP Ariba Supplier Data [page 128]

Supplier Data File Format [page 132]
Supplier Contact Data File Format [page 137]
Supplier Qualification Data File Format [page 140]
Preferred Supplier Data File Format [page 146]
Supplier Factory Data File Format [page 150]
Purchasing Organization Data File Format [page 154]

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Custom Display Name Data File Format [page 155]
Primary Supplier Manager Data File Format [page 157]
User Matrix (Buyer Category Assignment) Data File Format [page 159]
Supplier Risk Custom Fields Import File Format
Topics About Configuring Risk Exposure
Manually Migrating Supplier Organization Data
Supplier Process Projects Import File Format [page 163]
Process project automatic status assignment rules Data File Format [page 166]

Exporting Inactive Suppliers

Export inactive suppliers from your site from within the user inteface. This action gives you a handy list of inactive
suppliers in CSV format.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Customer Administrator or Supplier/Customer Manager group to export supplier
data.

Context

You can export inactive supplier data to a comma-separated value (CSV) file. You can use the exported file to work
with offline in a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel or import it into a third-party reporting tool.

Procedure

1. Go to Manage SM Administration Data import or export .

2. In the Import tab, choose Export your inactive supplier data.

The CSV file is exported to the default download folder on your computer.

Supplier Data File Format

Importing supplier data creates suppliers in the database.

You use the Suppliers data import task to import suppliers into your site. The task reads from a CSV file that
contains the following fields:

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 Field Description Required? Maximum field length

erpVendorId The ID of the supplier in the Yes 50

integrated ERP system.
(SAP ERP maximum field
length is 10)

smVendorId The ID that SAP Ariba assigns Yes, to update the

to the supplier. The value in erpVendorId. Otherwise,
this field must be an existing no.
SM vendor ID.

If you import a supplier

record with an existing
smVendorId but a new
erpVendorId value, the
database updates the exist-
ing supplier record with the
new erpVendorId. The
new erpVendorId must be
unique; it can't match an ex-
isting supplier record. You can
only update ERP vendor IDs
for suppliers that are in Not
Integrated or In Process inte-
gration status or whose initial
integration is in an error state.

masterVendorId Not currently used. No 255

sourceSystem The system in which the sup- Yes 255

plier was created; for example,
SM for SAP Ariba or SAP for
SAP ERP.

name1 The primary name of the sup- Yes 125

plier.
(SAP ERP maximum field
length is 35)

name2 An alternate name for the sup- No 125

plier.
(SAP ERP maximum field
length is 35)

name3 A second alternate name for No 125

the supplier.
(SAP ERP maximum field
length is 35)

name4 A third alternate name for the No 125

supplier.
(SAP ERP maximum field
length is 35)

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Field Description Required? Maximum field length

phone The supplier phone number. No 40

fax The supplier fax number. No 40

line1 The first line of the supplier At least one of the follow- 125
address. ing fields is required: line1,
(SAP ERP maximum field
line2, line3, city, length is 60)
state, postalCode, or
countryCode

line2 The second line of the supplier At least one of the follow- 255
address. ing fields is required: line1,
line2, line3, city,
state, postalCode, or
countryCode

line3 The third line of the supplier At least one of the follow- 255
address. ing fields is required: line1,
line2, line3, city,
state, postalCode, or
countryCode

postalCode The postal code of the sup- At least one of the follow- 10
plier address. ing fields is required: line1,
line2, line3, city,
state, postalCode, or
countryCode

poBox The post office box number of No 10

the supplier address.

city The city of the supplier ad- At least one of the follow- 40
dress. ing fields is required: line1,
line2, line3, city,
state, postalCode, or
countryCode

state The state or province of the At least one of the follow- 6

supplier address. ing fields is required: line1,
line2, line3, city,
state, postalCode, or
countryCode

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 Field Description Required? Maximum field length

The state of the migrated sup- No. This field is ignored in sup-
stateName
plier organization from the or- plier data imports.
ganization stateName field.

This field is included in sup-

plier data exports for informa-
tional purposes, and is there-
fore also included in the sup-
plier data sample file. How-
ever, it only includes data
from migrated supplier organi-
zations if the Suppliers from
sourcing data import task
uses the Consider State as
State Name option. For de-
tails on this option, see Mi-
grating Suppliers to the Uni-
fied Vendor Model.

This field's presence in sup-

plier data imports isn't re-
quired. If you reimport a pre-
viously exported file, don't
edit or delete the values in
this column.

countryCode The two-character ISO coun- At least one of the follow- 3 (minimum is 2)
try code of the country/region ing fields is required: line1,
for the supplier address. line2, line3, city,
state, postalCode, or
countryCode.

Either
taxIdentificationNum
berTypeCode or
countryCode is required.

countryCode is required
for country/region enrichment
in the SAP Ariba Supplier Risk
solution.

 Note
Enriched corporate infor-
mation is only available
in the full SAP Ariba Sup-
plier Risk solution.

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Field Description Required? Maximum field length

taxIdentificationNum A code that identifies the type Either 2

berTypeCode of the tax identification num- taxIdentificationNum
ber. berTypeCode or
countryCode is required. If
you specify partyTaxID,
taxIdentificationNum
berTypeCode is also re-
quired.

partyTaxID The supplier party tax ID. No 20

longPartyTaxID The long format of the sup- No 60

plier party tax ID.

dunsId The supplier D-U-N-S number. No 11

active Whether the supplier descri- No

bed by the current row is
active (TRUE) or inactive
(FALSE). If this field is empty,
the row is flagged as active.

s4OrgSystemId Used internally only. Migrated No

suppliers always include an
s4OrgSystemId.

This field is included in sup-

plier data exports for informa-
tional purposes, and is there-
fore also included in the sup-
plier data sample file. How-
ever, it's only used internally
by SAP Ariba. This field's pres-
ence in supplier data imports
isn't required. If you reimport
a previously exported file,
don't edit or delete the val-
ues in this column.

Unless otherwise indicated, the minimum length of required fields is 1. In sites integrated with SAP ERP, data sent
to SAP ERP is truncated based on the SAP ERP maximum field length.

The following example shows lines of a supplier CSV file, as well as the mandatory header:

erpVendorId,masterVendorId,sourceSystem,name1,name2,name3,name4,phone,fax,line1,line
2,line3,postalCode,poBox,city,state,stateName,countryCode,taxIdentificationNumberTyp
eCode,partyTaxID,longPartyTaxID,dunsId,active,s4OrgSystemId
VDR100001,,SAP,ABC Company,,,,555-555-5555,555-555-5556,1234 Main
Street,,,12345,,Anytown,CA,,USA,02,AB1234,ABCD12345678910,987654321,TRUE,,

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  Note

You can use multiple rows to add or update multiple different tax IDs for different countryCode values for the
same supplier. However, if you do so:

• All rows for the same supplier must include either erpVendorId or smVendorId or both. In other words,
all rows for the same supplier must use the same method for identifying the supplier.
For example, if the import includes 10 rows of tax IDs for the same supplier, and one row includes only
erpVendorId, the other nine rows must also include only erpVendorId. On the other hand, if one row
includes both erpVendorId and smVendorID, the other nine rows must also include both.
• If you're updating any existing country/region-specific tax IDs for a supplier, the import file must include
rows for all existing values for that supplier whether or not those rows contain updates.
• It's possible to import a supplier record with empty tax fields if countryCode is included. However, if the
import includes any tax data for a supplier, all rows for that supplier must contain required tax fields.
• The supplier data import doesn't support multiple-country taxes.

Failure to adhere to these rules can result in the creation of duplicate extended tax information for the supplier
or import errors.

Related Information

Imported Supplier Data and Risk Corporate Enrichment

Supplier Contact Data File Format

Supplier contacts are the supplier employees with whom your company interacts, and the primary contact receives
questionnaires by default.

To specify multiple contacts for the same supplier, add a unique row for each contact.

You use the Supplier Contacts data import task to add supplier contacts to suppliers. It reads from a CSV file that
contains the following fields:

Field Description Required?

erpVendorId The ID of the supplier in the integrated Yes

ERP system.

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Field Description Required?

supplierName The name of the supplier. Supplier con- No

tact data exports include this field for
informational purposes, and it is there-
fore also included in the supplier contact
sample data file. This field's presence
in supplier contact data imports is not
required. In imports, erpVendorId as-
sociates a contact with a supplier and
supplierName is ignored.

sourceSystem The system in which the supplier was Yes

created; for example, SM for SAP Ariba
or SAP for SAP ERP.

firstName The first name of the supplier contact. Either firstName or lastName is re-
quired.

middleName The middle name of the supplier contact. No

lastName The last name of the supplier contact. Either firstName or lastName is re-
quired.

countryCode The country/region code of the supplier No

contact's land line telephone number.
SAP Ariba Supplier Management solu-
tions automatically insert a plus sign (+)
before the country/region code in user
interface display.

telephone The supplier contact's land line tele- No

phone number.

mobileCountryCode The country/region code of the supplier No

contact's mobile telephone number. SAP
Ariba Supplier Management solutions
automatically insert a plus sign (+) be-
fore of the country/region code in user
interface display

mobilePhone The supplier contact's mobile telephone No

number.

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 Field Description Required?

email The supplier contact's email address, Yes

which is the default user name for sup-
plier contacts created using data import
(the supplier contact can edit their user
name on SAP Business Network). You
can create two different supplier con-
tacts with same email addresses for the a
supplier because the email addresses are
not case-sensitive. For example: you can
create emailaddress@[Link] and
Emailaddress@[Link].

type The type of the supplier contact, which No

must match one of the types defined for
your site.

locale The ISO code for the supplier contact's No

language.

title The supplier contact's title. No

categories The commodities for which the supplier No

contact is responsible.

 Note
This code must match the commod-
ity master data loaded in your SAP
Ariba strategic sourcing solutions
site.

regions The regions for which the supplier con- No

tact is responsible.

 Note
This code must match the region
master data loaded in your SAP
Ariba strategic sourcing solutions
site.

active A Boolean value that specifies whether No

the assignment described by the cur-
rent row is active (TRUE) or deactivated
(FALSE). If this field is empty, the row
is flagged as active. Deactivated contacts
are removed from the supplier.

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Field Description Required?

timeZoneID The ID of the timezone where the sup- No

plier contact is located. To obtain a list
of valid timezone IDs, in the Data import
or export area of SM Administration,
choose Supplier contacts from the File
type dropdown menu, then click Export
available time zones.

isPrimary A Boolean value that specifies whether or Yes

not the supplier contact is the primary
contact for the supplier. Valid values are
TRUE and FALSE.

If none of a supplier's contacts are desig-

nated the primary contact, the first con-
tact for the supplier in the file becomes
the primary contact.

If more than one of a supplier's contacts

is designated the primary contact, the
last contact for the supplier that is desig-
nated as primary in the file becomes the
primary contact.

The following example shows lines of a supplier contact CSV file, as well as the mandatory header:

erpVendorId,firstName,middleName,lastName,countryCode,telephone,mobileCountryCode,mo
bilePhone,email,type,locale,title,categories,region,active,timeZoneID,isPrimary
VND123456,Francine,Marie,Peugot,33,555-555-5555,,,fpeugot@[Link],,fr,,4213,F
RA,TRUE,Europe/Paris,TRUE

 Note

Although there's no limit to the number of contacts you can add to a supplier, a maximum of 1000 active
contacts per supplier is made available for searching, in no particular order or priority and with no guarantee
that one of those 1000 contacts is the primary contact. Only contacts that are made available for searching
show in lists of available contacts during questionnaire or sourcing event invitations and other workflows that
involve contact selection or can be used in supplier searches.

Supplier Qualification Data File Format

Supplier qualification data is used to designate the suppliers qualified for specific categories and regions for guided
buying and for supplier qualifications that were achieved outside of SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.

 Note

If the process project feature (SM-16798) is enabled in your site, you can only use this data import to update
existing qualifications to Expired status. To add or update other qualification statuses, use the supplier

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 process status data import [page 163] instead. Statuses for processes with the qualification lifecycle type are
automatically mapped to standard SAP Ariba qualification lifecycle statuses [page 96].

 Note

If your solution includes SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, you can only use this data import
to update existing qualifications to Expired status. To add or update other qualification statuses, use the
Supplier Process Projects Import task instead. Statuses for processes with the qualification lifecycle type are
automatically mapped to standard SAP Ariba qualification lifecycle statuses.

You use the Supplier qualification data import task to designate qualified suppliers. The task reads from a CSV file
that contains the following fields:

Field Description Required?

sourceSystem For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the Yes for existing suppliers.
SupplierOrganizationOrganiz
For suppliers that don't already exist in
ationIdPart_Export.csv file con- the database, if you check the Create
tains a Domain and Value entry for the supplier if required option during data
supplier, use the Domain in this field. If import, you can leave this field blank.
not, use SM. The supplier is added with the default SM
source system.
For suppliers imported from outside SAP
Ariba, use the sourceSystem speci-
fied in [Link].

vendorId For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the Yes

SupplierOrganizationOrganiz
ationIdPart_Export.csv file con-
tains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Value in this field. If
not, use the [Link].

For suppliers imported from outside SAP

Ariba, use the erpVendorId specified
in [Link].

category The commodity code ID for which qualifi- Yes

cation status applies.

 Note
This code must match the commod-
ity master data loaded in your SAP
Ariba strategic sourcing solutions
site.

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Field Description Required?

region The code for the region in which the qual- Yes
ification status applies. This code must
match the region master data loaded in
your site.

 Note
If your organization uses guided buy-
ing, SAP Ariba maps country/region
codes in user ship-to addresses to
a standard list of ISO 3-character
region codes used for qualified and
preferred supplier statuses. If you
use other region codes, you must de-
fine custom mappings [page 117] be-
tween guided buying country/region
codes and preferred and qualified
supplier region codes.

 Tip
If you're a guided buying customer,
make sure that users have a match-
ing ship-to country/region in the user
files in SAP Ariba Procurement solu-
tions.

businessUnit The department ID for which the qualifi- Yes

cation status applies.

 Note
This code must match the depart-
ment master data loaded in your
SAP Ariba strategic sourcing solu-
tions site.

This field is only used if the department

feature is enabled in your site. If it's not,
leave it blank.

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 Field Description Required?

status The supplier's qualification status. The Yes

following are valid status values:

• NotQualified -a qualification
hasn't been started for the supplier
yet (rather than that the supplier
isn't qualified or is disqualified)
• QualificationStarted - a
qualification has been started
• InQualification - a qualifica-
tion is in progress
• PendingQualificationAppr
oval - a qualification is pending ap-
proval
• PendingResubmit - a qualifica-
tion is pending a questionnaire re-
submission
• QualificationRestricted -
a qualification is in a phase-out pe-
riod
• QualificationRejected - a
qualification has been rejected
• Disqualified - an existing qual-
ification for the supplier has been
disqualified (rather than that the
supplier hasn't been qualified yet)
• Qualified - a supplier is qualified
• Expired - a qualification is expired
• Cancelled - a qualification is can-
celed

If you use display mappings to customize

what statuses are called in your site, you
must still use these values to import sup-
plier qualification data.

endDate The date to which the supplier qualifica- No

tion status is valid for the specified com-
modity and region, in the format YYYY-
MM-DD. This date is for informational
purposes only and doesn't trigger an au-
tomatic change of qualification status.

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Field Description Required?

name1 The name of the supplier. Yes if you use the Create supplier if
required option during data import to
create suppliers based on the data in this
file. Otherwise, no.

requalificationEligibleDate The date from which a supplier with a No

disqualification or expired qualification is
eligible for requalification for the speci-
fied commodity and region, in the format
YYYY-MM-DD. This date is for informa-
tional purposes only and doesn't trigger
an automatic change of qualification sta-
tus.

statusQualifier Supported values are: Yes

• CREATE, to add a new qualification.  Note

• UPDATE, to update the status of an
Rows that don't have a valid value
existing qualification. in this field show as successfully im-
These values are case-sensitive. ported but are ignored.

To specify the same supplier as qualified for multiple categories or regions, add a unique row for each combination
of category, region, and supplier.

 Note

• This file can contain a maximum of:

• 1,000 suppliers per commodity/region combination. If you add more than this maximum, the supplier
search doesn't find all preferred or qualified suppliers.
• 1,000 suppliers per supplier/commodity/region combination. If you add more than this maximum,
commodity information for the qualifications doesn't show correctly in the qualifications list in the
Qualifications detail area of the supplier profile. To avoid this issue, you can import less than 1,000
entries at a time, or you reduce the number of entries per supplier by using a smaller number of parent
commodities instead of a larger number of individual child commodities.
• Attempting to remove a supplier previously set as qualified with NotQualified or Cancelled can cause
data corruption in guided buying. Instead, use Disqualified or Expired to remove these suppliers.

To specify the same supplier as qualified for multiple categories or regions, add a unique row for each combination
of category, region, and supplier.

The following example shows lines of a supplier qualification CSV file and the mandatory header:

sourceSystem,vendorId,category,region,businessUnit,status,startDate,endDate,name1,re
qualificationEligibleDate,statusQualifierSAP,VDR1000001,1412,USA,IT,Qualified,2017-0
2-01,2018-01-31,ABC
Company,CREATESAP,VDR1000002,14,USA,HR,Disqualified,2017-02-01,2017-12-31,XYZ
Company,2018-01-01,UPDATE

An administrator can remove the qualification or preferred status from a supplier by doing the following:

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 • In the preferred supplier CSV file, set the active field to FALSE, or set an endDate value.
• In the supplier qualification CSV file, update the qualification status to Disqualified or Expired.

 Note

In sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, you can set qualification statuses for
a supplier either automatically using qualification data import or the Supplier Data API with Pagination,
or manually using qualification and disqualification projects. SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
is designed to maintain qualifications over the long term using projects, which have questionnaires and
workflows. Qualifications set using data import or the Supplier Data API with Pagination don't have associated
qualification or disqualification projects. Keep in mind the following behavior:

• If a qualification status was set using an approved qualification or disqualification project, you can't use
data import or the API to update it. If a supplier was qualified using a qualification project, you must
disqualify them using a disqualification project. If a supplier was disqualified using a disqualification
project, you must requalify them using a qualification project. If a supplier was qualified using a
qualification project with an expiration date and that qualification has expired, you must requalify them
using a qualification project.
• If a qualification status was set using data import or the API, you can use a qualification or disqualification
project to update it. In this case, a qualification manager can start a disqualification or requalification in the
supplier's profile. SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance then creates the appropriate qualification
or disqualification project based on the specified qualification commodities, regions, and departments.
Once that project is created, you can only manage that qualification's status using projects.
• The qualification end (expiration) and requalification eligibility dates in qualification data imports or API
requests are for information only and don't trigger updates to qualification status. For example, if you use
data import or the API to define qualified status with an end date of 1/31/2020, the qualification status
doesn't change to expired on 2/1/2020. Since there was no underlying qualification project to set the
status, you can't start a project-based requalification for a qualification that you defined using data import
or the API and that has since passed the expiration date. The qualification retains the original qualified
status unless you update it using another data import or API operation.
• Since commodities, regions, and departments are hierarchical, with higher and lower levels, when a
supplier is qualified or disqualified for a commodity, region, or department combination, they're also
automatically qualified or disqualified for the lower levels of those hierarchy branches. If a supplier is
disqualified at a higher level of the hierarchy, you can't qualify them at a lower level. For example, if the
supplier is disqualified for apparel in the United States of America, you can't qualify them for shirts in
Colorado. However, if a supplier is qualified at a higher level and the qualification isn't project-based, you
can use data import or the API to partially disqualify them at a lower level. For example, if the supplier is
qualified for apparel in the United States of America, you can disqualify them for shoes in Texas.

If you see an Unable to reach MDS or invalid code specified-[XXXX]error during data import, check
the following to ensure that your import is successful:

• The suppliers in the import file exist in the database. Choose Suppliers Export to export the
[Link] file and look for the required supplier on the list.
• The commodity code domain is set appropriately in the Other Settings section of SM Admin.
• The data values in the file are active and enabled in SAP Ariba Buying (commodity code) and SAP Ariba
Sourcing(commodity code and region), including all the parents to the top of the commodity code and region
hierarchies.

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Supplier Qualification Data Export

When you have huge data volumes, you can choose the date range to export the Supplier qualification data for
that specific period based on your time zone. You can export and download the specific qualification data, instead
of exporting all the data.

Choose the Supplier qualification data file type, and choose the From and To dates to export the qualification data
for a specific period. Choose the same From and To dates to export data for a specific day. The date fields are
mandatory and you must enter a date to export the qualification data. The latest date that you can choose for the
To date is the current date. The default From date is 6 months before the current date and the default To date is the
current date.

Related Information

Custom Display Name Data File Format [page 155]

Guided Buying Ship-To Address-to-Preferred and Qualified Supplier Region Mapping Data Import [page 117]
Canceling an In-Progress Supplier Qualification Project [page 589]

Preferred Supplier Data File Format

Preferred supplier data is used to designate preferred suppliers in the guided buying feature for SAP Ariba Buying,
and SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, and in SAP Ariba Supplier Risk, and for suppliers that were created outside of
SAP Ariba in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.

To specify the same supplier as preferred for multiple categories, add a unique row for each combination of
category and supplier. Preferred category statuses aren't supported in multi-ERP integration landscapes.

You import data about your list of preferred suppliers using the Preferred Supplier list data file type and a CSV file
that contains the following fields:

Field Description Required?

sourceSystem For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the Yes

SupplierOrganizationOrganiz
ationIdPart_Export.csv file con-
tains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Domain in this field. If
not, use SM.

For suppliers imported from outside SAP

Ariba, use the sourceSystem speci-
fied in [Link].

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 Field Description Required?

vendorId For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the Yes

SupplierOrganizationOrganiz
ationIdPart_Export.csv file con-
tains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Value in this field. If
not, use the [Link].

For suppliers imported from outside SAP

Ariba, use the erpVendorId specified
in [Link].

category The commodity code ID for which the Yes

supplier is preferred.

 Note
This code must match the commod-
ity master data loaded in your SAP
Ariba strategic sourcing solutions
site.

region The code for the region in which the sup- Yes
plier is preferred. This code must match
the region master data loaded in your
site.

 Note
If your organization uses guided buy-
ing, SAP Ariba maps country/region
codes in guided buying user ship-
to addresses to a standard list of
ISO 3-chacter region codes used for
qualified and preferred supplier sta-
tuses. If you use other region codes,
you must define custom mappings
[page 117] between guided buying
country/region codes and preferred
and qualified supplier region codes.

 Tip
If you use preferred supplier data for
guided buying, make sure that users
have a matching ship-to country/re-
gion in the user files in SAP Ariba
Procurement solutions.

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Field Description Required?

businessUnit The department ID for which the prefer- Yes

red status applies.

 Note
This code must match the depart-
ment master data loaded in your
SAP Ariba strategic sourcing solu-
tions site.

This field is only used if the business unit

matrix enhancement feature is enabled
in your site. If it's not, leave it blank.

startDate The date from which the supplier is pre- No

ferred for the specified commodity and
region, in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

 Note
startDate is for information only.
It doesn't affect a supplier's prefer-
red status or show in the user inter-
face.

endDate The date to which the supplier is prefer- No

red for the specified commodity and re-
gion, in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

 Note
endDate is for information only. It
doesn't affect a supplier's preferred
status or show in the user interface.

level The supplier's preferred status level. Yes

This status level must be one of the

UniqueName values in the master data
used to define preferred supplier levels in
your site.

active A Boolean value that specifies whether

the preferred supplier level described by
the current row is active (TRUE) or deac-
tivated (FALSE). If this field is empty, the
row is flagged as active.

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The following example shows one line of a preferred supplier CSV file, as well as the mandatory header:

sourceSystem,vendorId,category,region,startDate,endDate,level,active
SM,VDR100001,4212,North America,,,1,TRUE

 Note

In sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, you can set preferred category statuses for
a supplier either automatically using preferred supplier data import or the Supplier Data API with Pagination,
or manually using preferred supplier management projects. Preferred category statuses set using data import
or the API don't have associated preferred supplier management projects. Unlike with qualification statuses,
there's also no restriction on using data import or the API to update preferred status for a supplier that has an
existing status based on a preferred supplier management project.

If your company decides to make a different supplier preferred for that category and region instead, an
administrator can change the supplier by making the following changes in a preferred supplier CSV file:

• Set the active field to FALSE, or set an endDate value:

sourceSystem,vendorId,category,region,startDate,endDate,level,active
SM,VDR100001,4212,North America,,,1,FALSE
SM,VDR100002,4212,North America,,,1,TRUE

To remove a supplier previously set as qualified and preferred, an administrator can remove the supplier by doing
the following:

• In the preferred supplier CSV file, set the active field to FALSE, or set an endDate value.
• In the supplier qualification CSV file, update the qualification status to Disqualified or Expired.

 Note

You can't use the preferred supplier data import to remove a preferred category status that's associated with
more than one commodity, more than one region, or more than one department. You can only use the import to
remove a preferred category status that's associated with a single commodity, region, and department value.

If you see the following error during import, Unable to reach MDS or invalid code specified-[XXXX],
check the following to ensure your import is successful:

• The suppliers in the import file exist in the vendor database. Click Suppliers Export to export the
[Link] file and look for the required supplier on the list.
• The commodity code domain is set appropriately in the Other Settings section of SM Admin.
• The data values in the file are active and enabled in SAP Ariba Buying (commodity code) and SAP Ariba
Sourcing(commodity code and region), including all the parents to the top of the commodity code and region
hierarchies.

Related Information

Preferred Supplier Level Data Import [page 80]

Guided Buying Ship-To Address-to-Preferred and Qualified Supplier Region Mapping Data Import [page 117]

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Supplier Factory Data File Format
Supplier factory data can be used in product sourcing.

You import data about your list of supplier factories using the Supplier factory data file type and a CSV file that
contains the following fields:

Field Description Required?

vendorId For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the Yes

SupplierOrganizationOrganiz
ationIdPart_Export.csv file con-
tains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Value in this field. If
not, use the [Link].

For suppliers imported from outside SAP

Ariba, use the erpVendorId specified
in [Link].

sourceSystem For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the Yes

SupplierOrganizationOrganiz
ationIdPart_Export.csv file con-
tains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Domain in this field. If
not, use SM.

For suppliers imported from outside SAP

Ariba, use the sourceSystem speci-
fied in [Link].

factoryName The name of the factory. No

factoryId A unique identifier for the factory. Yes

factoryType The factory type. No

factoryClassification The classification category for the fac- No

tory.

businessImpact The factory business impact. No

factoryMainContact The name of the main contact at the fac- No

tory.

factoryMainContactEmail The email address of the main contact at No

the factory.

factoryMainContactPhone The phone number of the main contact No

at the factory.

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 Field Description Required?

factoryContact2 The name of a secondary contact at the No

factory.

factoryContact2Email The email address of a secondary con- No

tact at the factory.

factoryContact2Phone The phone number of a secondary con- No

tact at the factory.

addressName The name assigned to the factory ad- No

dress specified in this file (for example,
Headquarters).

phone1 The main phone number of the factory. No

phone2 A secondary phone number for the fac- No

tory.

fax The fax number for the factory. No

line1 The first line of the factory address. No

line2 The second line of the factory address. No

line3 The third line of the factory address. No

city The factory address city. No

state The factory address state. No

postalCode The factory address postal code. No

poBox The factory address post office box. No

countryCode The country code for the factory address No

country.

region The factory address region. No

province The factory address province. No

district The factory address district. No

languageCode The ISO language code for the factory No

address.

purchasingOrgCode The ID of the purchasing organization as- No

sociated with the factory.

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Field Description Required?

url The factory website URL. No

categoryCode The commodity code for the commdity No

supplied by the factory.

materialId The material master ID for the commod- No

ity supplied by the factory.

materialDescription The material master description for the No

commodity supplied by the factory.

internalMainContact The name of the main contact at your No

company who is responsible for the fac-
tory.

internalMainContactEmail The email address of the main contact at No

your company who is responsible for the
factory.

internalQualityManager The name of the quality manager at your No

company who is responsible for the fac-
tory.

internalQualityManagerEmail The email address of the quality manager No

at your company who is responsible for
the factory.

internalTechnicalContact The name of the technical contact at No

your company who is responsible for the
factory.

internalTechnicalContactEma The email address of the technical con- No

il tact at your company who is responsible
for the factory.

additionalInternalContact The name of a secondary contact at your No

company who is responsible for the fac-
tory.

additionalInternalContactEm The email address of a secondary con- No

ail tact at your company who is responsible
for the supplier.

qualityAuditStatus The factory quality audit status. No

qualityAuditNumber The factory quality audit number. No

qualityAuditor The name of the factory quality auditor. No

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 Field Description Required?

qualityAuditValidityStartDa The date from which the quality audit No

te status is valid, in the format YYYY-MM-
DD.

qualityAuditValidityEndDate The date to which the quality audit status No

is valid, in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

qualityAuditComments Any comments from the quality audit. No

complianceAuditStatus The factory compliance audit status. No

complianceAuditNumber The factory compliance audit number. No

complianceAuditor The name of the factory compliance au- No

ditor.

complianceAuditValidityStar The date from which the compliance au- No

tDate dit status is valid, in the format YYYY-
MM-DD.

complianceAuditValidityEndD The date to which the compliance audit No

ate status is valid, in the format YYYY-MM-
DD.

complianceAuditComments Any comments from the compliance au- No

dit.

otherAuditStatus The factory status from an other audit. No

otherAuditNumber The other audit number for the factory. No

otherAuditor The name of the auditor. No

otherAuditValidityStartDate The date from which the other audit sta- No

tus is valid, in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

otherAuditValidityEndDate The date to which the other audit status No

is valid, in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

otherAuditComments Any comments from the other audit. No

attribute1 Custom field. Regardless of the data in No

this field, the column header must be
attribute1.

attribute2 Custom field. Regardless of the data in No

this field, the column header must be
attribute2.

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Field Description Required?

active A Boolean value that specifies whether No

the supplier factory described by the cur-
rent row is active (TRUE) or deactivated
(FALSE). If this field is empty, the row is
flagged as active.

Purchasing Organization Data File Format

Your company is divided into various purchasing organizations that do business with your suppliers..

 Note

The purchasing organization data defined by this data import is for information only and isn't related to
purchasing organizations used for procurement or synchronized with an integrated SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or
SAP MDG-S system.

You use the Purchasing organization data data import task to import the purchasing organizations associated
with your suppliers into your site. The task reads from a CSV file that contains the following fields:

Field Description Required?

erpVendorId For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the Yes

SupplierOrganizationOrganiz
ationIdPart_Export.csv file con-
tains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Value in this field. If
not, use the [Link].

For suppliers imported from outside SAP

Ariba, use the erpVendorId specified
in [Link].

sourceSystem For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the Yes

SupplierOrganizationOrganiz
ationIdPart_Export.csv file con-
tains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Domain in this field. If
not, use SM.

For suppliers imported from outside SAP

Ariba, use the sourceSystem speci-
fied in [Link].

purchasingOrganisationId The ID of the purchasing organization. Yes

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 Field Description Required?

partyRoleCode The ID of the related partner function. Yes

partyInternalID The internal ERP ID of the related partner No

function.

defaultIndicator A Boolean value that indicates whether No

or not the purchasing organization is to
be used as the default.

The following example shows lines of a supplier purchasing organization CSV file, as well as the mandatory header:

erpVendorId,sourceSystem,purchasingOrganisationId,partyRoleCode,partyInternalID,defa
ultIndicator
VDR100001,SAP,1200,BA,DE1005,TRUE

Custom Display Name Data File Format

Customizing the labels your site uses for registration and qualification statuses allows you to make sure that they
match your supplier management processes and terminology.

You use the Custom display names data import task to import suppliers into your site. The task reads from a CSV
file that contains the following fields.

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Field Description Required?

fieldName The name of the registration, qualifica- Yes

tion, or disqualification status field, in dot
notation. Valid values are:

• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
ion
• [Link]
oval
• [Link]
bmit
• [Link]
• [Link]
nDenied
• [Link]
• [Link]
ed
• [Link]
ionStarted
• [Link]
ation
• [Link]
lificationApproval
• [Link]
lificationResubmit
• [Link]
• [Link]
ionRejected
• [Link]
fication
• [Link]
qualificationApproval
• [Link]
ionRestricted
• [Link]
ed
• [Link]
ithException

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 Field Description Required?

• [Link]
• [Link]
ualified
• [Link]
alification
• [Link]
DisqualificationApproval
• [Link]
ted
• [Link]
ified

locale The ISO code for the language used for Yes
the displayName.

displayName The custom label to use for the registra- Yes

tion or qualification status.

The following example shows lines of a custom display name CSV file, as well as the mandatory header:

fieldName,locale,displayName
[Link],en,Onboarding Started

Restrictions

Only buyer user can view the custom display labels. The supplier user cannot view the custom display labels.

Primary Supplier Manager Data File Format

Primary supplier managers are the contacts within your company who either interface with or can answer
questions about a supplier.

Primary Supplier Manger Import Data Format

Primary and alternate supplier managers do not have any role in supplier projects; they are for information only.
You use the Primary supplier manager data import task to import primary supplier managers into your site. The
task reads from a CSV file that contains the following fields:

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Field Description Required?

erpVendorId For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the Yes

SupplierOrganizationOrganiz
ationIdPart_Export.csv file con-
tains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Value in this field. If
not, use the [Link].

For suppliers imported from outside SAP

Ariba, use the erpVendorId specified
in [Link].

sourceSystem For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the Yes

SupplierOrganizationOrganiz
ationIdPart_Export.csv file con-
tains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Domain in this field. If
not, use SM.

For suppliers imported from outside SAP

Ariba, use the sourceSystem speci-
fied in [Link].

primarySupplierManager The user name of the buyer user who is Yes

the primary internal contact for the sup-
plier.

The following example shows lines of a primary supplier manager CSV file, as well as the mandatory header:

erpVendorId,sourceSystem,primarySupplierManager
VDR100001,SM,ayang

Primary Supplier Manager Export File Format

The export CSV file contains the following fields:

Field Description

erpVendorId For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the

SupplierOrganizationOrganizationIdPart_Exp
[Link] file contains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Value in this field. If not, use the
[Link].

For suppliers imported from outside SAP Ariba, use the

erpVendorId specified in [Link].

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 Field Description

sourceSystem For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the

SupplierOrganizationOrganizationIdPart_Exp
[Link] file contains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Domain in this field. If not, use SM.

For suppliers imported from outside SAP Ariba, use the

sourceSystem specified in [Link].

primarySupplierManager The user name of the buyer user who is the primary internal
contact for the supplier.

supplierName This field is solely to make the exported data easier to read,
by showing the supplier name alongside the primary supplier
manager data. If the field is present in the file you import (for
example, if you export your current data, update it in the ex-
ported file, and import the updated file without removing the
supplierName column), the import will succeed; however,
all data in the supplierName column is ignored in data im-
ports.

User Matrix (Buyer Category Assignment) Data File Format

Assigning users or global user groups to supplier processes involves importing a CSV file that defines user or group
assignments to commodities, regions, departments, and project groups.

 Note

Assignments to departments are only made in sites with the business unit matrix enhancement feature
enabled. If that feature isn't enabled in your site, department data in the user matrix data import file is ignored.

For example, you can assign the specific user John Smith to computer equipment in North America for the IT
department for the Project Owner project group. The supplier request template adds the Project Owner project
group to the approval flow of all supplier requests. When a user at your company submits a supplier request
indicating that the supplier provides computer equipment in North America for the IT department, John Smith
automatically becomes a member of the Project Owner project group for that request, and therefore becomes an
approver for it.

Or you can create a custom global user group called IT Category Managers and add users John Smith, Susan
Harris, Don Cortez, and Jane Yang to it. You can then assign the group to computer equipment in North America for
the IT department for the Project Owner project group. When a user at your company submits a supplier request
indicating that the supplier provides computer equipment in North America for the IT department, the IT Category
Managers user group becomes a member of the Project Owner project group for that request, and any user in the
IT Category Managers group can approve the request. Assigning a group rather than an individual user is useful
because if 1 user leaves the company, other members of the group are still assigned as approvers. You can add or
remove members of user groups at any time.

You can assign either an individual user or a global user group to a combination of commodities, regions,
departments, and project groups. You can also assign a user to only a region (by specifying the region and using

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All for commodity and department), or to only a commodity (by specifying the commodity and using All for
region and department), or to only a department (by specifying department and using All for commodity and
region).

 Note

• When you assign a user to a commodity or region in 1 level of the hierarchy, that user is also assigned to all
commodities and regions below it. For example, if you assign John Smith to North America, he's assigned
all 3 countries/regions in North America and to all cities and states in those countries/regions.
• If the current buyer category assignment (user matrix) data in your site doesn’t include an assignment that
exactly matches the commodities, regions, and departments in a project, a matching algorithm identifies
an assignment further up in the commodity, region, or department hierarchy and uses that assignment
instead. See the following information for a detailed explanation of how this matching works.
• When you assign a user to a project group, that group must also exist in the appropriate template.
• For prerequisites on supporting buyer category assignments in specific types of supplier management
projects, and other configuration details, refer to Buyer Category Assignments in Supplier Management
Projects [page 491].

You use the User Matrix data import task to specify user assignments to categories and regions. The task reads
from a CSV file that contains the following fields:

Field Description

commodityCodeDomain The domain of the commodity code; for example, unspsc.

commodityCode The code for the commodity to which to assign the user or
group. This code must match the commodity master data
loaded in your SAP Ariba site.

region The region to which to assign the user or group. This code
must match the commodity master data loaded in your SAP
Ariba site.

businessUnit The department to which to assign the user or group. This

code must match the commodity master data loaded in your
SAP Ariba site.

userName The user name of the user to which you're assigning commod-
ities, regions, departments, and project groups. Use this field
only for assignments to individual users. Leave it blank for
assignments to global user groups. Rows that contain values
in both the userName and groupUniqueName fields cause
import errors.

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 Field Description

groupUniqueName The unique name of the global system or custom user group
to which you're assigning commodities, regions, departments,
and project groups.

You can use either SAP Ariba default (SYSTEM) or your

own custom (AribaManaged or External) user groups. Group
unique names are visible in user group data exports from

Site Manager Data Import/Export and in the group

descriptions you see when clicking a group name in User

Manager Groups in Ariba Administrator.

Use this field only for assignments to global user groups. Leave
it blank for assignments to individual users. Rows that contain
values in both the userName and groupUniqueName fields
cause import errors.

projectGroup The name of the project group to which the user is assigned.
Note that this group must exist in the project; the assignment
doesn't automatically create it.

passwordAdapter The user's password adapter, usually PasswordAdapter1.

active A Boolean value that specifies whether the assignment de-

scribed by the current row is active (TRUE) or deactivated
(FALSE). If this field is empty, the row is flagged as active.

The following example shows lines of a user matrix CSV file, as well as the mandatory header:

commodityCodeDomain,commodityCode,region,businessUnit,userName,groupUniqueName,proje
ctGroup,passwordAdapter,active
unspsc,All,North America,Corporate,tjones,,Legal,PasswordAdapter1,TRUE
unspsc,4213,All,Corporate,ljenkins,,Project Owner,PasswordAdapter1,TRUE
unspsc,All,Los Angeles,Corporate,grooney,,Project Owner,PasswordAdapter1,TRUE
unspsc,All,San Diego,grooney,,Project Owner,PasswordAdapter1,TRUE
unspsc,All,All,IT,,IT Category Managers,Project Owner,PasswordAdapter1,TRUE

To assign a single user to multiple commodity, region, and department combinations, you must create separate
rows, one for each assignment. This example uses 2 rows to assign the same user, George Rooney, as project
owner for all commodities in Los Angeles and San Diego for the Corporate department.

You can use the active field to update assignments by deactivating the currently assigned user and assigning
another user in their place. For example, if Terry Jones leaves the company, and you can replace them with George
Smith by importing a user matrix CSV file with the following lines:

commodityCodeDomain,commodityCode,region,businessUnit,userName,groupUniqueName,proje
ctGroup,passwordAdapter,active
unspsc,All,North America,HR,tjones,,Legal,PasswordAdapter1,FALSE
unspsc,All,North America,HR,gsmith,,Legal,PasswordAdapter1,TRUE

If the current buyer category assignment (user matrix) data in your site doesn't include an assignment that exactly
matches the commodities, regions, and departments in a project, a matching algorithm identifies an assignment

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further up in the commodity, region, or department hierarchy and uses that assignment instead. The matching
algorithm starts with the hierarchy that has the lowest-level value and, if it doesn't identify an assignment,
continues with the hierarchy with the next-lowest value. If all project hierarchy values are at the same level, the
matching algorithm looks 1 level up for all hierarchies. For example, say that commodity, region, and department
hierarchies include the following values:

Level Commodity Region Department

0 All All All

1 42 EMEA Manufacturing

2 4213 Western Europe Product Manufacturing

3 421324 Germany Logistics

4 42132489 Munich Transportation

If a project has a commodity of 42, a region of Germany, and a department of Product Manufacturing, and
there's no buyer category assignment that exactly matches those values, the matching algorithm starts looking
for assignments higher up in the region hierarchy, since the region is the lowest-level value. If it doesn't find
any matches up to the highest level of the region hierarchy, it then starts looking for assignments higher up
in the department hierarchy, since the department is the second lowest-level value. However, if a project has
a commodity of 4213, a region of Western Europe, and a department of Product Manufacturing and there's no
exactly matching assignment, the matching algorithm starts looking for assignments that match 42, EMEA, and
Manufacturing, the next level up in all hierarchies.

When looking for assignments higher up in a hierarchy, the matching algorithm iterates through progressive
searches until it finds an assignment. These iterations can produce multiple matches at different hierarchy levels.
For example, say the user matrix (buyer category assignments) in a site include the following assignments:

User Commodity Region Department

A 421324 All All

B 4213 All All

C All All All

For a project with a commodity of 42132489, a region of EMEA, and no department set (a department of 0), the
matching algorithm starts with those exact values and then, when it doesn't find a match, performs additional
searches progressively higher up the commodity hierarchy in the first iteration:

Search Commodity Region Department Match?

1 42132489 EMEA 0 No

2 42132489, 421324 EMEA 0 No

3 42132489, 421324, EMEA 0 No

4213

4 42132489, 421324, EMEA 0 No

4213, 42

5 42132489, 421324, EMEA 0 No

4213, 42, All

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In this case, since the available buyer category assignments all specify a region of All, and the project region is
EMEA, the matching algorithm doesn't find an assignment by looking higher up the commodity hierarchy alone. In
the second iteration, it looks higher up the region hierarchy:

Search Commodity Region Department Match?

1 42132489, 421324, EMEA, All 0 No

4213, 42, All

In this case, since the available buyer category assignments all specify a department of All, and the project
department is 0, the matching algorithm doesn't find an assignment by looking higher up in the commodity
hierarchy and then in the region hierarchy. In a third iteration, it looks higher up the department hierarchy:

Search Commodity Region Department Match?

1 42132489, 421324, EMEA, All 0, All Yes

4213, 42, All

Based on the combined search created from these iterations, the matching algorithm identifies all 3 users (User A,
User B, and User C) for the buyer category assignment.

Supplier Process Projects Import File Format

Importing status data for process projects allows you to import supplier processes such as qualifications, to update
the status of existing processes, or to cancel processes. You can use the related data export to see the statuses of
all processes in your site and their associated suppliers.

This data import task is only available in sites with the process project feature (SM-16798) enabled.

Importing a new process status for a supplier adds data such as qualifications to the supplier, and is useful for
migrating that data from other systems to SAP Ariba. Adding a process to a supplier by importing data for process
projects doesn't create a corresponding process project with questionnaires. Rather, it sets the specified status for
the supplier and adds the process to the Qualifications or Processes detail area of the supplier's profile. Users with
the appropriate permissions can cancel or renew it from there.

Importing a process status update changes the status of an existing process, whether or not it has a corresponding
process project. The updated status shows in the Processes detail area of the supplier's profile. If the process is
associated with a process project, the updated status also shows in the Process status area of the process details
page, and the actions that are possible in the project reflect the updated status. For example, if you use data import
to update a process project from an in-progress status to a pending decision status, the process decision-makers
can set a final status for the project whether or not the associated modular questionnaires are complete.

 Note

If a process is associated with a project that's reached pending decision status, you can't use data import
to revert it to an earlier status. For example, you can't update a process that's pending decision back to in
progress. Once the process project has a final status such as approved, you can use data import to revert it
back to in progress or pending decision.

Importing a process status cancellation removes the process. Data import is the only way to cancel a process
that has a status corresponding to a decision state (Approved, Denied, or ConditionallyApproved). Canceling
a process removes it from the supplier's profile, search results, and data export of process status data. Unlike

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manually cancelling a process in the supplier's profile, canceling a process using data import doesn't affect its
associated modular questionnaires.

You use the Supplier Process Projects Import data import task in SM Administration to import process statuses.
The task reads from a CSV file that contains the following fields:

Field Description Required?

vendorId The smVendorId that SAP Ariba has No

assigned to the supplier.

type The process type defined in the Yes

UniqueName field of your site's process
type master data [page 91].

When configuring the data import task

for a discontinuation process project, set
type to the process type of the existing
supplier management process to be dis-
continued, not the discontinuation proc-
ess type.

categoryIds The commodity code to which the proc- Yes

ess applies.

 Note
This code must match the commod-
ity master data loaded in your site.

regionIds The code for the region to which the Yes

process applies.

 Note
This code must match the region
master data loaded in your site.

departmentIds The code for the department to which Yes

the process applies.

 Note
This code must match the depart-
ment master data loaded in your
site.

materialIds Not currently used. No

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 Field Description Required?

status The status of the process as defined Yes

in the UniqueName field of your site's

process status master data [page 94].

When configuring the Supplier Process

Projects Import CSV file for adding,
updating, or canceling discontinuation
processes, set the status field to the
discontinuation status or leave it empty.

action One of the following values: Yes

• Blank (no value) or NEW to add a

new status.
• UPDATE to update an existing sta-
tus.
• CANCEL to remove an existing sta-
tus.

These values are case-sensitive.

erpVendorId The ERP vendor ID of the supplier. Yes

sourceSystem The source system of the supplier. Yes

expiryDate Whether to add or update the expiration Yes, if you want to add or update the expi-
ration date.
date for a supplier management process.

The format is YYYY-MM-DD.

discontinue Whether to discontinue a supplier man- Yes, if you want to add a new discontin-
agement process. uation record, cancel an ongoing discon-
tinuation process, or update an existing
The value can be Y (discontinue) or N
discontinuation status.
(not discontinue).
Currently, only qualification processes
• Set this field to Y when you add
can be discontinued.
a discontinuation record, cancel an
ongoing discontinuation process, or
update the status of an existing dis-
continuation process.
• Set this field to N or leave it empty,
when you add a supplier manage-
ment process record.

Note the following when using the expiryDate field:

• The supplier management process to be uploaded with the expiration date must be in the decided status
(approved or conditionally approved).
• The expiration date to be configured must be a current or future date.
• About reminder offset

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 • If an existing supplier management process has an expiration reminder offset, the reminder schedule
is reused after the expiration date is uploaded. For example, if the expiration offset is 20 days and the
reminder offset is 18 days after you upload expiration date 27 February, the recipients are reminded on 25
February (two days before the expiration).
• If an existing supplier management process doesn't have a reminder offset, after the expiration date is
uploaded, the system recalculates the reminder date as 90% of the validity duration. For example, if the
process is expired in 10 days, the reminder time is calculated as 10 x 90%=9, which means the recipient is
reminded 1 day before the expiration.
• About notification
After the expiration date is uploaded, when the process is about to expire or has expired based on the new
expiration date:
• Recipients receive notification emails for the supplier management process created in the user interface.
• No notification emails are sent for the supplier management process created through the data import.

The following example shows 1 line of a process status CSV file, as well as the mandatory header:

vendorId,type,categoryIds,regionIds,departmentIds,materialIds,status,action,erpVendo
rId,sourceSystem,expiryDate,discontinue
S123456789,Prequalification,20,10,40,,Prequalified,new,V100000234,SAP,2022-02-20,N

The data export includes the same set of fields, but the action column is always blank.

Process project automatic status assignment rules Data File

Format

Automatic process status assignment rules allow you to automatically assign final statuses to supplier
management process projects based on the statuses of their underlying modular questionnaires. Automatic
assignment replaces manual status decisions by process decision-makers in individual process projects.

You use the Process project automatic status assignment rules data import task to define these rules. This data
import task is only available in sites with the process project feature (SM-16798) enabled. The task reads from a
CSV file that contains the following fields:

Field Description Required?

namespace The functionality to which the rule ap- Yes

plies. Currently, the valid value for this

field is SMProcess.

name A descriptive name for the rule. Each rule Yes

is uniquely identified by the combination
of its namespace and name.

conditionalExpression An expression in Spring Expression Lan- Yes

guage (SpEL) [page 168] that defines the
condition under which the rule applies,
including the process type and the sta-
tuses of the modular questionnaires in
the process.

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 Field Description Required?

outcome The UniqueName for the status that the Yes

rule sets for the specific process type
as defined in your site's custom process
status master data [page 94].

description A description of the rule. This description Yes

is for information only and doesn't show
in the user interface.

priority An integer value that determines the pri- Yes

ority for applying the rule, with 1 being

the highest priority.

 Note
Different rules that define different
outcomes for the same process
type must all have different priorities
to ensure that there's never any con-
flict between rules.

action • LOAD to set a new status or update Yes

an existing status.
• CANCEL to remove an existing sta-
tus.

 Note
These values are case-sensitive.

The following example shows lines from a process project status assignment rule CSV file, as well as the mandatory
header:

namespace,name,conditionalExpression,outcome,description,priority,action
SMProcess,Prequal_All_Denied,type == 'Pre-qualification' && (questionnaires !
= null && questionnaires.?[status =='Denied'].size() ==
[Link]()),Prequalification Denied,All questionnaires are denied,1,new
SMProcess,Prequal_All_Approved,type == 'Pre-qualification' && (questionnaires !
= null && questionnaires.?[status =='Approved'].size() ==
[Link]()),Prequalified,All questionnaires are approved,2,new
SMProcess,Prequal_Cond_Approved,type == 'Pre-qualification' && (questionnaires !=
null && questionnaires.?[status =='Denied'].size()>1 && questionnaires.?[status
=='Approved'].size()>1),Conditionally Prequalified,Some questionnaires are approved
and some are denied,4,new
SMProcess,Prequal_One_Denied,type == 'Pre-qualification' && (questionnaires !=
null && questionnaires.?[status =='Denied'].size()>1 && questionnaires.?[status
=='Denied'].size() != [Link]()),Prequalification Denied,At least one
questionnaire is denied,3,new

Related Information

Importing Supplier Data [page 129]

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Conditional Expressions for Process Project Assignment Rules

Automatic status assignment rules for process projects use conditional expressions in Spring Expression Language
(SpEL) to determine the final status of a process project. These expressions define conditions based on the
process type and the statuses of the modular questionnaires included in the process project.

The following conditional expressions define some conditions that are typical for automatic status assignment in
process projects:

Conditional Expression Modular Questionnaire Conditions

All approved
type == '<process type UniqueName>'
&& (questionnaires != null &&
questionnaires.?[status ==
'Approved'].size() ==
[Link]())

All denied
type == '<process type UniqueName>'
&& (questionnaires != null &&
questionnaires.?[status ==
'Denied'].size() ==
[Link]())

A mixture of approved and denied, with at least one approved

type == '<process type UniqueName>' questionnaire and at least one denied questionnaire
&& (questionnaires != null &&
questionnaires.?[status ==
'Denied'].size()>1 && questionnaires.?
[status == 'Approved'].size()>1)

Denied for at least one questionnaire

type == '<process type UniqueName>'
&& (questionnaires != null &&
questionnaires.?[status ==
'Denied'].size() >=
1 && questionnaires.?
[status =='Denied'].size() !=
[Link]())

 Note

• <process type UniqueName> in these expressions is always the UniqueName of the process type as
defined in your site's process type master data [page 91].
• The status in these expressions is always a modular questionnaire status, which can be Approved or
Denied. Currently, only these two statuses are supported.

Internal Supplier Registration Data File Format

Supplier internal registration data designates suppliers as internally registered so that they have a registration
status of Registered without use of a registration project.

Suppliers that achieve Registered registration status through this data import are automatically flagged as
internally registered. The data import changes suppliers' registration status to Registered but does not create

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underlying registration projects. When a supplier is flagged as internally registered through data import,
registration managers can manually start an internal registration or invite the supplier to register later, creating
a registration project so that recipients can fill out questionnaires to provide profile information.

Internal supplier registrations Import File Format

You use the Internal supplier registrations data import task to designate suppliers as internally registered. The
task reads from a CSV file that contains the following fields:

Field Description Required?

smVendorId The SM vendor ID for the supplier, which Yes

is an ID that SAP Ariba automatically as-
signs to every supplier created in the sys-
tem.

name1 The supplier name stored in the Yes

[Link].name1 field in
the supplier database.

The import only affects suppliers in Not Invited status registration status. Once a supplier has achieved at least
Invited registration status, you cannot set their registration status to Registered using this data import.

 Tip

You can use the Suppliers data export to see SM vendor IDs and [Link].name1 values for all
suppliers in your site.

The following example shows lines of a supplier internal registration CSV file, as well as the mandatory header:

UTF-8
smVendorId,name1
S10202900,Supplier 1
S10165792,Supplier 2

 Restriction

The data import must only include new internal registrations and can only include the smVendorId and
name1 fields. Importing a file that includes the additional columns in the data export, vendorActive,
registrationStatus, registrationStatusId, and registrationSource, results in a success message
but does not successfully add data. Importing a file that includes existing internal registrations results in errors.
For this data import, always use the sample file to import new data sets that include only the smVendorId and
name1 fields.

Internal supplier registrations Export File Format

The corresponding data export for Internal supplier registrations includes all of the internally registered suppliers
in your site, whether they were registered using the data import or manually in a registration project. The export
includes the following fields:

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Field Description

smVendorId The SM vendor ID for the supplier, which is an ID that SAP

Ariba automatically assigns to every supplier created in the
system.

name1 The supplier name stored in the

[Link].name1 field in the supplier data-
base.

vendorActive A Boolean value indicating whether the supplier is active or

inactive.

registrationStatus The registration status of the supplier.

registrationStatusId The project (workspace) ID of the registration project for the

internal registration.

registrationSource One of the following values:

• InternallyRegisteredViaCsv, which means that

the supplier's registration status was achieved through
internal supplier registration data import and there is no
registration project associated with the supplier.
• InternallyRegisteredViaUi, which means that
the supplier's registration status was achieved by a reg-
istration manager starting an internal registration in the
user interface and creating a registration project.

 Note

• The Internal supplier registrations data export includes suppliers that were originally registered internally
but who were later invited to participate in their registrations and are therefore no longer flagged as
internally registered.

Supplier Classification Based on Diversity

You can classify the suppliers based on multiple characteristics and support diversity through procurement to
encourage business with suppliers identified and verified as diverse.

The suppliers are segmented as diverse based on the definitions specific to the buyer organization. You can import
the diversity details and types using the Diversity Info and Vendor Diversity data files in the Data Import or
export tasks in SM Administration. The supplier diversity types are defined based on your requirements and must
be defined in the Diversity Info data file. The Vendor Diversity data file contains the supplier details and their
associated diversity types as defined in the Diversity Info data file.

 Note

You must first import the Diversity Info data file and then import Vendor Diversity data file to classify the
supplier based in the diversity types.

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You can update the diversity type for a supplier by adding an entry for the new diversity type and deactivating
the entry for old diversity type in the Vendor Diversity data file. You can also assign multiple diversity types for a
supplier.

Related Information

Diversity Info Data File Format [page 171]

Vendor Diversity Data File Format [page 172]
Importing Supplier Data [page 129]

Diversity Info Data File Format

Diversity Info data is used to define the types of diversities to classify the suppliers.

You can specify the diversity types for suppliers and import list of diverse suppliers using the Diversity Info file, that
contains the following fields:

 Restriction

• In the Diversity Info data file:

• You can't remove or deactivate the diversity types.
• You can only update the displayName.
• The locale field isn't supported.

Field Description Required?

name Define the diversity types based your re- Yes

quirements.

displayName The display name of the diversity types Yes

defined.

locale The ISO code for the language used for No

the displayName.

Related Information

Supplier Classification Based on Diversity [page 170]

Vendor Diversity Data File Format [page 172]
Importing Supplier Data [page 129]

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Vendor Diversity Data File Format
Vendor Diversity data is used to designate diverse suppliers.

You can classify the suppliers based on the diversity types. You can import the list of suppliers using the Vendor
Diversity file type, which contains the following fields:

Field Description Required?

erpVendorId The ID of the supplier in the integrated Either erpVendorid or smVendorid

ERP system. is required.

sourceSystem The system in which the supplier was No

created; for example, SM for SAP Ariba
or SAP for an SAP ERP system.

 Note
This field is currently ignored during
data import and isn't included in the
exported Vendor Diversity data file.

region The code for the region of the supplier. No

smVendorId The ID that SAP Ariba assigns to the sup- Either erpVendorid or smVendorid
plier. The value in this field must be an is required.
existing SM vendor ID.

diversityType The type of diversity as defined in the Yes

Diversity Info data file.

 Note
The value in this field must match
the value in the name field in the
Diversity Info data file.

The background information about the No

supplierStory
supplier outlining their diversity.

url The supplier website URL in the standard No

format.

active A Boolean value that specifies whether No

the vendor diversity described by the
current row is active (TRUE) or deacti-
vated (FALSE). If this field is empty, the
row is flagged as active.

In solutions that include the classic supplier 360° profile, the Summary area of a supplier's profile includes any
diversityType, region, and supplierStory information defined for them in this data file. It doesn't include
url data. Diversity information currently isn't available in the supplier profile summary (NGSM-2959).

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Related Information

Supplier Classification Based on Diversity [page 170]

Diversity Info Data File Format [page 171]
Importing Supplier Data [page 129]
About the Summary Area of the Classic Supplier 360° Profile

Importing Custom Region Codes for Supplier

Addresses
Follow these steps to ensure that supplier extended addresses use the same codes as your ERP system by
importing them as custom SAP region codes in Ariba Administrator.

Prerequisites

The region code data import feature isn't available by default. To enable this feature, see SM-5303: Enable SAP
region code upload.

To import or export region code data in Ariba Administrator, you must be a member of the Customer
Administrator group.

Context

Imported SAP region codes show in the Region dropdown menu of Extended Address questions. All other region
fields in your site use your site's region master data. In sites integrated with an SAP ERP system, you can obtain the
region code data from them. Otherwise, you can download region code data from your SAP Ariba site and edit it to
match your ERP system's data.

In new sites deployed after the SAP Ariba 2312 release, default data is available. In all cases, after you upload your
own region code data, the corresponding file download includes the current data in your site.

 Note

The Extended Address Region menu only shows the region codes you import. It doesn't add them to your
site's existing region master data. Make sure that you import the full set of region codes you want to use. When
a questionnaire recipient selects a country/region in an address answer, if there's no region code defined for
that country/region, the Region field doesn't show at all in the questionnaire.

Tthe State/Province/Region field is mandatory if the selected country/region is Canada (CA), China (CN),
Brazil (BR), Mexico (MX), or the United States (US). Therefore, when you upload your site's region master data,
ensure that there is at least one value for State/Province/Region if the country is any one of the above.

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By default, these ERP region codes aren't available in Address questions in buyer-facing
questionnaires. To make them available, enable the self-service configuration parameter
[Link] in SM Administration Configuration
Parameters .

Procedure

1. Perform one of the following actions:

• In the integrated SAP system, export the T005S and T005U tables to separate Microsoft Excel XLSX files.
• Download the T005S and T005U files as a ZIP file from your SAP Ariba site. Unzip the files and edit them as
needed.
2. Add both XLSX files to a ZIP file.

 Note

After downloading and editing the files, if you zip them on a machine using Mac OS, the system adds a
hidden __MACOSX folder. The presence of this folder causes upload of the SAP region code ZIP file to fail. To
remove this folder, in Terminal, enter the following command from the ZIP file directory:

zip -d [Link] "__MACOSX*"

3. On the dashboard of your SAP Ariba site, choose Manage Administration .

4. Choose SM Manager SAP Region Codes .

5. On the Sap Region Upload or Download tab, choose Choose File.
6. Navigate to the ZIP file containing your SAP region codes and choose Open.
7. Choose Upload.

Results

You can monitor the status of your SAP region code upload and see any error messages on the Sap Region Upload
or Download Status tab.

After the upload is complete, users in your site who answer an Extended Address question (for example, when
filling out a supplier request) choose from among the uploaded SAP region codes for the Region field, and
that region code is stored in the corresponding [Link] field. When
the supplier is synchronized with the integrated system, the supplier address information includes region codes
recognized by that system.

Next Steps

Make sure that your custom SAP region codes are correctly mapped to the country codes used for supplier
addresses on SAP Business Network. If your Extended Address questions are also mapped to SAP Business

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Network supplier profile address fields and a supplier updates their address in their SAP Business Network profile,
that update is synchronized back to your site. Your site includes default mappings [page 693], but if you use custom
SAP region codes, you must maintain custom mappings using master data imports [page 113].

Related Information

Default Fields and Field Mappings in Address Question Answer Types [page 447]

Business Partner IDs for ERP Suppliers Added

Through SAP Ariba Procurement solutions
If your solution includes SAP Ariba Procurement solutions and you add suppliers from an integrated SAP ERP
system using SAP Ariba Procurement solutions supplier data import tasks, including the business partner IDs for
those suppliers ensures that the ERP system recognizes them.

This information is applicable if your SAP Ariba solution package includes both SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and
Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) and SAP Ariba
Procurement solutions such as SAP Ariba Buying or SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing. Currently, you must import
ERP supplier data separately for procurement, using SAP Ariba Procurement solutions data import tasks, and for
supplier management, using data import tasks in SM Administration or ERP synchronization.

The [Link] file used by SAP Ariba Procurement solutions supplier organization data import tasks
can include two domains that are used in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management (new architecture):

Domain Example Value Description

smbpid 100023 The SAP ERP business partner ID for the

supplier.

If your solution includes SAP Ariba Sup-

plier Lifecycle and Performance but you
add suppliers from SAP ERP in SAP
Ariba Procurement solutions, it's impor-
tant to include an smbpid value for ev-
ery ERP supplier. This smbpid ensures
that when a supplier synchronizes back
from SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and
Performance to the ERP system, that
synchronization includes the supplier's
business partner ID, which identifies it as
an existing supplier. Otherwise, SAP ERP
creates a new, duplicate supplier.

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Domain Example Value Description

smsupplierid vdr70073 A supplier ID used in SAP Ariba Sup-

plier Lifecycle and Performance, typically
the supplier's ERP vendor ID. For inte-
grated suppliers, this ID is the same
as their sap ID. In cases where there
are IDs defined for a supplier in both
sap and smsupplierid domains, the
smsupplierid domain takes prece-
dence.

For more information about supplier data import tasks in SAP Ariba Procurement solutions, refer to the Common
Data Import and Administration for SAP Ariba Procurement Solutions.

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Optional Features for Supplier and Supplier
Contact Names

Support for Supplier Display Names Longer Than 35

Characters in SAP Ariba Solutions
By default, in sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, supplier display names have a
maximum length of 35 characters. An optional feature allows you to show supplier names of up to 140 characters
across all SAP Ariba solutions.

Both SAP ERP and the unified vendor model that SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions use includes four
name fields, [Link].name1 through [Link].name4. By default, each field has a
maximum length of 35 characters, and they can form the full name of the supplier when concatenated.

By default, only the values in the [Link].name1 field show in the user interface in SAP Ariba
solutions. When a supplier name is longer than 35 characters, the remaining portions of the name are truncated.
Some suppliers have multiple legal entities, each with the same name plus a suffix to differentiate it from the
others. If the portion of a supplier name that differentiated it from other related entities falls outside of the
vendor.vendorInfoname1 field because of length, it's difficult for users in SAP Ariba solutions to identify the
correct supplier in supplier searches, supplier profiles, and when adding suppliers to transactions such as events
and contracts.

An optional supplier full name feature, SM-14213, allows you to display full or long names for suppliers across SAP
Ariba solutions. It adds a separate vendor database field, [Link], to store full supplier
names. By default, [Link] has a maximum length of 140 characters. Enabling this
feature also adds support for importing organization names of up to 140 characters in length using the Suppliers
from Sourcing data import in SM Administration. An administrator can enable this feature toggle in Intelligent
Configuration Manager. For more information, see SM-14213: Enable supplier full name.

An additional optional feature, SM-36076, increases the maximum length of individual name fields
([Link].name1 through [Link].name4) from 35 to 40 characters, and increases
the maximum length of [Link] from 140 to 160 characters. If SM-14213 is already
enabled in your site, an administrator can enable this additional feature using the self-service configuration
parameter [Link].Enable160CharacterSupportForFullName in SM Administration Configuration
Parameters . If you use the Apply Field Restrictions tool for adding or editing questions in project templates,
an administrator can also increase its default settings to 40 and 160 characters by enabling the self-service
configuration parameter Increase maximum size for name fields to 40 characters each in applied field restrictions
[page 812] in Intelligent Configuration Manager.

SAP Ariba trims any leading or following whitespace from full name values. Other SAP Ariba solutions then show
the value in this field as the supplier name.

 Note

Currently, the supplier full name feature doesn't support supplier names in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean.

To collect supplier full names directly using the [Link] field:

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• Map a question to [Link] in supplier management questionnaires such as the
supplier request and external registration questionnaires.
• Make sure that none of the supplier management questionnaires in your site contain any questions mapped to
any of the numbered name fields, [Link].name1 through [Link].name4.

 Note

Mapping to both the full name field and the numbered name fields in questionnaires isn't supported. Choose
which type of name data you want to collect from supplier management questionnaires, either the full name in
one field or different parts of the name in the four numbered fields, and map the name questions in the supplier
management questionnaires in your site accordingly. Collecting both types of name data can introduce errors
and distortions in supplier names.

SAP Ariba uses whatever type of name data you collect for a supplier to populate both types of name fields.

If a mapped question doesn't directly add full name data to the [Link] field
for a supplier, SAP Ariba automatically concatenates existing data in [Link].name1 through
[Link].name4 fields to populate it.

 Note

Because of this automatic concatenation of values in numbered name fields, the supplier full name feature isn't
suitable for sites that use any of the numbered name fields to collect alternate names for suppliers. Since the
Dun & Bradstreet integration feature can use [Link].name3 to collect a separate legal name
value, it can't be used in combination with the supplier full name feature.

If mapped questions, data import, or synchronization from an integrated ERP system don't directly add name data
to the numbered name fields for a supplier, but there's data in the [Link] field, SAP
Ariba automatically splits up that data and populates the numbered name fields with it as follows:

• If the full name is 35 characters or less, SAP Ariba adds the entire name to [Link].name1.
• If the full name is between 36 and 70 characters, SAP Ariba adds the remaining characters above 35 to
[Link].name2.
• If the full name is longer than 70 characters, SAP Ariba adds additional characters to the
[Link].name3 and then [Link].name4 fields in the same way.

SAP Ariba considers spaces when splitting names between numbered name fields, and omits final characters
that are spaces. For example, if the value in the [Link] field is Supplier ABCDEFG
Incorporated, Limited, SAP Ariba adds Supplier ABCDEFGHIJ Incorporated, (33 characters,
omitting the space after Incorporated,) to [Link].name1 and Limited (seven characters) to
[Link].name2.

The data split into individual numbered name fields are used for ERP synchronization and are included in supplier
data exports.

In sites that include SAP Ariba Procurement solutions, you must fulfill the following prerequisites before enabling
the full name feature:

• If you use the SAP Ariba integration toolkit to integrate your ERP system with SAP Ariba Procurement
solutions, you must implement an enhancement in your ERP system to send the full supplier name
(concatenating all numbered name fields) through the SAP Ariba integration toolkit. Currently, SAP Ariba
integration toolkit integration sends only the first name field.

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• The configuration of your ERP system integration with SAP Ariba must ensure that suppliers synchronize
from the ERP system to SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions before they synchronize with SAP Ariba
Procurement solutions.

Setting Up Your Site to Show Contact Names with

Family Name First
You can set up your site to show existing external contacts with their family names first.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Customer Administrator group.

Make sure that the configuration parameter [Link] (set by SAP

Ariba Support) is disabled before you update existing supplier contact data and while the family name first feature
is enabled. SAP Ariba uses spaces in a contact's name as delimiters when adding it to the first, middle, and last
name fields in the supplier database, which can introduce errors. Contact SAP Ariba support to disable this site
configuration parameter.

Context

If your organization wants to address existing external contacts with family names first, you can enable the family
name first feature. When you enable it, the family name first feature reverses the order in which all new supplier
contact names show, but existing contact name data is unaffected in your database. Contact first names are still
stored in the [Link] field, and last names are stored in the [Link] field. To show
existing supplier contact names in reverse order after the feature is enabled, you must use the Data Import/
Export task in Ariba Administrator to update contact name data added before the feature is enabled.

For example, if you want an existing supplier named "John Doe" to show as "Doe John", you must update the
contact name data to be "Doe John" before enabling the feature. After the feature is enabled, if you create a new
supplier contact named "Jane Doe", the name shows as "Doe Jane".

Procedure

1. Enable the family name first feature in your site:

a. In Intelligent Configuration Manager, enable the feature toggle SM-15622: Enable supplier contact
name display with family name first.
b. In SM Administration Configuration Parameters , enable the
[Link] parameter.

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  Note

Always enable or disable these settings together.

2. In Ariba Administrator, choose Site Manager Data Import/Export .

3. Export supplier contacts using the Export Supplier Users data export task.
4. Edit the order of contact names in the FullName field so that they're in the order you want them shown in your
site.
5. Import the edited file using the Import Supplier Users data import task.
6. Contact SAP Ariba support to enable the family name first.

Next Steps

If you disable the family name first feature later and want to show supplier contact names as they were before
enabling the family name first feature, with family names shown last, repeat these data export and import steps.

Related Information

Managing Feature Toggles for the Site

SM-15622: Enable supplier contact name display with family name first
Managing Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 860]

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Supplier Management User Setup

SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions use global user groups to manage user permissions. Administrators can
add users to these groups when creating or editing them.

Administrators can also assign user groups to project groups for specific combinations of commodities, regions,
and (in sites with departments enabled) departments. These buyer category assignments (also called the user
matrix) dynamically give assigned users roles such as approver or task owner in projects that match those
combinations.

Supplier Management User Groups [page 181]

Adding Users [page 184]

Editing Users [page 186]

User Groups in Buyer Category Assignments (the User Matrix) [page 187]

Supplier Management User Groups

Membership in global SAP Ariba user groups grants users permissions to work with specific supplier management
features.

 Note

Before you set up supplier management users, they must be created in your site. Typically, enterprise users
are imported as master data as part of SAP Ariba's deployment of your site. Administrators can also create
and edit users. For details, see the Common Data Import and Administration Guide for SAP Ariba Strategic
Sourcing Solutions and SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions.

The following table provides a brief description of the user groups that are pertinent to supplier management. For
complete details, see the Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management Group Descriptions.

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Members of This Group... Can...

Template Creator Manage all supplier management templates, including creating

questionnaires and request forms. In the default configuration,
the Template Creator group is a member of the project team
for all of the supplier management project templates.

Members of the Template Creator group must also belong

to the SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group to cre-
ate and manage modular supplier management questionnaire
templates.

Members of the Template Creator group must also belong to

the SM Process Manager group to create and manage process
project templates.

Translator Provide translations in supplier management project templates

for:

• questionnaire and form content (for users that are also

members of the Template Creator group)
• custom notifications (for users that are also members of
the Project Email Template Administrator group)

Project Email Templates Administrator Customize the content of all project-related notifications.

Customer Administrator Import and export data in Ariba Administrator and SM

Administration, create new users, and add groups to existing
users.

Customer User Admin Create new users and add groups to existing users.

Supplier Request Manager Create supplier requests.

Supplier Registration Manager Start and manage supplier registrations.

Supplier Qualification Manager Start and manage supplier qualification projects and disqualifi-
cation projects.

Preferred Supplier Manager Start and manage preferred category status projects.

SM Modular Questionnaire Manager Create and manage modular questionnaire projects. Users who
are also members of the Template Creator group can also
create and manage modular project templates.

In sites where the flexible process framework feature

(SM-16798) is enabled, users in this group can also create
process projects, including qualification process projects, if
they're also a member a project group with the Process
Initiator role in the process project template.

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 Members of This Group... Can...

SM Process Manager Create and manage process project templates, if they're also
members of the Template Creator group, in sites where the
flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled.

Supplier Internal Questionnaire Editor Edit internal registration questionnaires.

SPM Agent Create and manage SPM projects.

Sensitive Data Access View masked answers and attachments in supplier manage-
ment questionnaires.

SM Manual ERP Sync Manually synchronize new suppliers with an integrated SAP
ERP system.

 Note
To preserve backward compatibility, all members of the
Supplier Registration Manager group as of the time of the
SAP Ariba May 2018 release were automatically added to
the SM Manual ERP Sync group so that they didn't lose an
existing permission. If you want to remove the permission
from any of those users, you can do so in Ariba Adminis-
trator either manually or using the Import Group/User
Relationships data import task.

Users added to the Supplier Registration Manager group

after the SAP Ariba May 2018 release only have the man-
ual ERP synchronization permission if you also add them
to the SM Manual ERP Sync group.

SM Ops Administrator Import and export data and perform other administrative ac-
tions in SM Administration area, unlink supplier and supplier
user SAP Business Network accounts from your site, and ac-
cess the Advanced View of supplier management projects
when the Control access by group option is disabled.

SM ERP Administrator Configure integration with an external ERP system in SM

Administration area and manually synchronize new suppliers
with an integrated SAP ERP system.

SM Advanced View Access Access the Advanced View of supplier management projects
when the Control access by group option is enabled.

SM Advanced Configuration Access Enable seven supplier management features (that were previ-

ously SAP-controlled) in your site by going to Manage SM

Administration Configuration Parameters .

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Members of This Group... Can...

Legal Approve forms and questionnaires, if they're part of the appro-

val process defined in the template. This group doesn't confer
many functional privileges, but is useful for defining approval
processes that require participation by your organization's le-
gal department.

Finance Approve forms and questionnaires, if they're part of the appro-

val process defined in the template. This group doesn't confer
many functional privileges, but is useful for defining approval
processes that require participation by your organization's le-
gal department.

To set up supplier management users, either create new users or edit existing users, adding the relevant groups to
them.

 Note

Membership in project groups can also grant permissions in individual supplier management projects. For
example, project owners typically have wide-ranging permissions in their projects, and members of project
groups with the Decision Maker role have permission to set final status in process projects. While global user
groups grant general permissions, project groups always grant permissions only in specific projects. In some
cases, users require a combination of global user and project group permissions for certain actions. Topics that
describe how to perform specific supplier management procedures include any global user or project group
prerequisites for those tasks.

Related Information

Adding Users [page 184]

Editing Users [page 186]
Sensitive Data Masking in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 475]
Project Owner Group and Capabilities

Adding Users
Use these steps to add individual users from Ariba Administrator as necessary.

Prerequisites

To add users to your site, you must be a member of the Customer Administrator or Customer User Admin group.

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Context

If you need to add many users, it's more efficient to run data import tasks.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, click Manage Administration .

2. In Ariba Administrator, click User Manager, and then click Users.
3. On the Users page, click Create New User.
4. On the General tab, enter:

• Type: This field can be set to Enterprise User, Third Party Enterprise User (SAP Ariba), or Supplier User.
• User ID: A unique internal identifier for the user. For security reasons, this field can't contain an
apostrophe.
• Name: The display name for the user.
• Organization: Don't modify the value in this field.
• Business Email Address: The user’s business email address.
User email addresses are checked for validity. Valid email addresses be entered, even in test environments.
Invalid email addresses trigger an error message and must be corrected. By default, an email address
must include a valid, existing domain. (The domain name is the part of the email address that
appears after the @ sign.)SAP Ariba Customer Support can set a parameter to turn off the domain
portion of the validity check, in which case only syntax is checked. The name of the parameter is
[Link] (set by SAP Ariba Support).

 Note

If SAP Ariba Customer Support configured a set of valid email address domain names specifically for
your site, any domain you use in the Business Email Address field must match a domain in that set,
unless you select the Allow External Email Domain option (see the next item).

• Allow External Email Domain - Check this checkbox to allow an unapproved email address domain for this
user.
• Business Phone Number - The user’s business phone number.
• Business Fax Number - The user’s business fax number.
• Locale - The user’s default locale.
• Default Currency - The user’s default currency. Specify one of the currency codes defined in your SAP
Ariba solution.
• Timezone - The user’s time zone.
• Supervisor - The user’s supervisor.
5. On the Invitation tab, set your preference for user password generation and sign-in invitation:

• Check the checkbox if you want Ariba Administrator to generate a temporary password and send a sign-in
invitation message to the user immediately after you click Save.
• Clear the check box (the default) if you want to manually generate a temporary password before Ariba
Administrator sends a sign-in invitation message.

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6. On the Ship To Addresses tab, click Add/Remove to display the available shipping addresses and enter the
user’s ship-to address.
7. On the Billing Addresses tab, click Add/Remove to display the available billing addresses and enter the user’s
billing address.
8. On the Groups tab, click Add/Remove to display the available groups. Select one or more groups to assign to
the new user and click Done.
9. Click Save to save your changes, or click Cancel to return to the previous page without saving your changes.

Results

If you allowed SAP Ariba to generate a temporary password for the user, the user receives the system-generated
email invitation containing a temporary password and instructions for signing in to SAP Ariba. When the user clicks
the URL in the invitation, the user is prompted to create a new password.

Related Information

User Data Import and Export Tasks

Generating or Reseting User Passwords
Topics About User Group Management

Editing Users
You can modify existing users from Ariba Administrator.

Prerequisites

To edit users, you must be a member of the Customer Administrator or Customer User Admin group.

Context

If you need to edit many users at once, it's more efficient to run data import tasks.

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Procedure

1. On the dashboard, click Manage Administration .

2. In Ariba Administratorclick User Manager, and then click Users.
3. Search for and select the user you want to edit.
4. Choose Edit from the Actions pull-down menu.
5. On the General tab, edit the user’s name, contact information, locale, default currency, supervisor, and
department. Don't edit the default values in the Type and Organization fields.
6. On the Ship To Addresses tab, click Add/Remove to display the available shipping addresses and edit the
user’s ship-to address.
7. On the Billing Addresses tab, click Add/Remove to display the available billing addresses and edit the user’s
billing address.
8. On the Groups tab, click Add/Remove to display the available groups and edit the groups to which the user
belongs.
9. Click Save to save your changes, or click Cancel to return to the previous page without saving the changes.

Related Information

User Data Import and Export Tasks

Topics About User Group Management

User Groups in Buyer Category Assignments (the

User Matrix)
You can assign either custom or default user groups to teams in supplier management projects by importing a
buyer category assignment (user matrix) CSV data file.

The data import adds each specified user or group to a specific project group in supplier management projects
that match the assigned commodities, regions, and (in sites with department enabled) department. In project
approval and To Do tasks, those groups can be approvers or task owners. Buyer category assignments therefore
dynamically add users (either explicitly or through user group membership) to individual tasks and approval flows
based on the project's commodities, regions, and departments. For details on buyer category assignment data, see
User Matrix (Buyer Category Assignment) Data File Format [page 159]. For details and an example of using buyer
category assignments to create a dynamic approval flow, see Commodity, Region, and Department Assignments
for Form and Questionnaire Approvals [page 509].

There are advantages to making buyer category assignments by user group. If you assign individual users, when
those users leave the company or change roles, you must update and reimport the user matrix data. If you assign
groups, any member in the group can approve or deny the task, and you can add or remove users from groups as
needed rather than updating individual assignments. Having a larger pool of potential approvers means that there's
less risk that individual projects can have approval nodes with no assigned approvers. Whether you define buyer
category assignments by group or user depends on how detailed you want to make the assignments and how you
want to manage user groups in general in your site.

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You can use SAP Ariba's default system groups or custom groups that you create when defining buyer category
assignments. For example, you can use the default Category Manager group, which includes a number of sourcing
permissions; or you can create a custom IT Category Manager group and add only a subset of your category
managers to it.

For details on user groups and how to create custom groups, see Common Data Import and Administration Guide
for SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Solutions and SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions.

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Supplier Management Project Template Basics

SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions use projects for creating suppliers, collecting detailed profile
information about them, and qualifying or preferring them. Projects are template-based and include questionnaires
and workflows.

Characteristics of Supplier Management Project Templates [page 189]

SPM Project Templates in SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions That Use the Unified Vendor Model [page
197]

Supplier Management Project Template Import and Export [page 198]

Project Template Editing and Publishing [page 199]

Template Upgrade for Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 209]

Characteristics of Supplier Management Project

Templates
SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions use project templates with some specialized characteristics to define
processes for maintaining supplier information and managing supplier lifecycles.

The following templates are single templates that define the workflow for all projects of that type in your site:

• Supplier Request Project Template [page 224]

• Supplier Self-Registration Request Template. [page 232] (in sites with the external supplier request feature
enabled)
• Supplier Registration Project Template [page 247]
• Supplier Qualificaton Project Template [page 316] (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only)
• Preferred Supplier Management Project Template [page 328] (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and
Performance only)
• Supplier Disqualification Project Template [page 325] (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only)

Your site's deployment includes default templates for these projects.

You can create multiple templates for the following project types to define different workflows for different projects
of the same type:

• SM Modular Questionnaire [page 332]

• SM Process Project [page 297] (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only, in sites where the flexible
process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled)

There are no default templates for these project types.

 Note

In sites where the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled, project creation from the supplier
qualification project template is disabled, and project creation from the supplier disqualification template

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 is limited to disqualifications for existing qualifications. Supplier qualifications are managed using process
projects instead.

Supplier registration and modular questionnaire projects allow upgrade to the latest template version. If you
edit any of these other templates, only new projects created after the new template version is published reflect
those changes. While template upgrade isn't supported for process projects, it's supported for the modular
questionnaires included in them. Process renewals also always include the intake form and any additional modular
questionnaires referenced by existing or new external tasks in the currently published version of the template.

Templates for supplier management projects function in much the same way as project templates in other SAP
Ariba solutions: they have documents, tasks, project teams, and so forth. However, the way users experience the
projects created from these templates is different.

The category or supplier managers who manage these projects don't manage them as separate projects, or see the
classic project interface with its tabs for documents, tasks, team, and so forth. Instead, they work in the profiles
of individual suppliers. A supplier's profile includes all supplier management projects for the supplier except for
classic Supplier Performance Management (SPM) projects. The category or supplier manager assigned to the
supplier creates and manages projects from this profile: starting registration, qualification, and other projects,
sending and approving external questionnaires, filling out and submitting internal questionnaires, monitoring
approval flows, and so forth. They don't manage the project's team, upload additional documents, or perform
other activities associated with the classic project interface in other SAP Ariba projects.

These supplier management project templates are designed to support these special workflows and user
experiences. The classic project interface is available in the advanced view of the project. To see the advanced
view of a supplier management project, the Advanced View link for that project type must be enabled in your site
and you must have appropriate group membership permissions. For more information, see Managing Access to the
Advanced View of Supplier Management Projects [page 591].

Commodity, Region, Department, and User Combinations in Supplier Management Projects [page 191]

Documents in Supplier Management Projects [page 192]

Tasks in Supplier Management Projects [page 193]

Teams in Supplier Management Projects [page 196]

Parent topic: Supplier Management Project Template Basics [page 189]

Related Information

SPM Project Templates in SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions That Use the Unified Vendor Model [page
197]
Supplier Management Project Template Import and Export [page 198]
Project Template Editing and Publishing [page 199]
Template Upgrade for Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 209]
Commodity, Region, Department, and User Combinations in Supplier Management Projects [page 191]
Documents in Supplier Management Projects [page 192]
Tasks in Supplier Management Projects [page 193]
Teams in Supplier Management Projects [page 196]
Project Advanced View

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Commodity, Region, Department, and User Combinations in
Supplier Management Projects
Supplier management projects use a combination of commodities and regions to route supplier management
projects to the appropriate approvers and other internal stakeholders. Some projects are specific to a combination
of commodity and region as well.

If departments are enabled in your site, templates use a combination of commodities, regions, and departments.

Commodity, region, and department combinations are used in the following areas of supplier management:

• Projects for specific combinations:

• If you manage supplier qualifications using qualification projects, template creators create different
qualification questionnaire segments (content documents) with questions pertaining to specific
commodities, regions, or departments, or any combination of the three. When a qualification manager
starts a qualification, the questionnaire sent to the supplier includes all of the segments that apply to the
selected commodities, regions, and departments. Disqualification projects are always for the commodities,
regions, and departments of an existing qualification, or a subset of them.
• If you manage supplier qualifications using process projects, those projects can include all modular
questionnaires that are applicable to the process's combination of commodities, regions, and
departments. You can have a separate process of the same type for each possible combination.
• Preferred category statuses are always associated with a combination of commodities, regions, and
departments for which the supplier was previously qualified.
• The flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) also allows you to create miscellaneous processes that
are custom to your organization's business processes. These processes are also for specific combinations
of commodities, regions, and departments.
Qualification, disqualification, preferred supplier management, and process projects are only available in
solutions that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.
• Assigning the appropriate project owners, approvers, and other team members: The buyer category
assignment (user matrix) data import [page 159] automatically adds assigned users to the specified project
groups in templates where those groups allow assignments. These assignments are based on either answers
to commodity, region, and department questions in a questionnaire (in supplier requests and registrations),
the project template (in modular questionnaires), or the combination specified for the project at creation (in
qualification, disqualification, and process projects). These team members can approve or deny forms and
questionnaires, edit internal questionnaires, complete tasks, manually set project status, or perform other
roles, depending on their permissions and the project type.

Related Information

Characteristics of Supplier Management Project Templates [page 189]

Setting Up a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire [page 384]
Creating a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire Segment [page 386]
Buyer Category Assignments in Supplier Management Projects [page 491]

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Documents in Supplier Management Projects
Documents in supplier management projects are forms and questionnaires that either a supplier or an internal
respondent fills out and submit. Some types of projects involve questionnaires that are targeted to specific
commodity, region, and department combinations.

Supplier management projects center around forms and questionnaires, which collect information about a
supplier. Therefore, each supplier management project template must include at least one survey document for a
form or questionnaire. Some projects support more than one survey document to create both internal and external
forms and questionnaires.

• Forms: for projects that need a basic set of information from a limited number of questions, you use the survey
document in the project template to create a form. Content in forms isn't numbered in the buyer view, but is
numbered in the supplier view on SAP Business Network.
For example, a supplier request is an initial process and that can involve having one of your company's sourcing
agents or buyers provide the name, contact information, commodities, regions, and other basic information for
the requested supplier. In this case, you create the supplier request by editing the default template survey to
set its type to Form and add the form content, such as questions.
• Simple questionnaires: for projects that need a larger set of information, you use the survey document in the
project template to create the simple questionnaire. Content in questionnaires is always numbered both in the
buyer view and in the supplier view on SAP Business Network.
For example, an external registration questionnaire typically involves a long set of questions to collect detailed
profile information about the supplier. You can create an external registration questionnaire by editing the
default template survey to set its type to Questionnaire and add the questionnaire content.
• Internal forms or questionnaires: some supplier management projects support additional survey documents
to internal respondents to supplement the information gathered in the project's external questionnaires.
For example, suppliers can fill out external registration questionnaires, but there's some supplier profile
information that can only be provided by internal users. You can create one or more additional survey
documents in the project and specify that they're internal.
• Dynamic qualification questionnaires: if you use supplier qualification projects to manage supplier
qualifications, those projects automatically assemble a dynamic external questionnaire using an empty survey
document and a set of questionnaire segments. These questionnaire segments are defined in separate content
documents that are targeted to specific commodity, region, and department combinations. Qualification
projects are only available in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.
If you use process projects to manage supplier qualifications or miscellaneous lifecycle processes, those
projects automatically assemble a collection of applicable modular questionnaires based on the process's
combination of commodity, region, and department. Each modular questionnaire is its own project with its own
survey document. Depending on the characteristics of a modular questionnaire project, it can be reused in
multiple processes, or each process can create a new questionnaire project.

Forms and questionnaires in supplier management projects are always defined in the template. Suppliers fill out
and submit them on SAP Business Network, while internal respondents edit and submit them in the supplier's
profile. Unlike in other types of SAP Ariba projects, team members can't add documents to supplier management
projects.

Related Information

Characteristics of Supplier Management Project Templates [page 189]

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Creating a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 380]
Setting Up a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire [page 384]
Creating a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire Segment [page 386]
Creating an Internal Registration or Qualification Questionnaire [page 388]
Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page 346]

Tasks in Supplier Management Projects

Supplier management projects use approval tasks and approval flows to define approval processes for forms and
questionnaires. Some types of projects also support To Do tasks. They don't support any other type of project task.

Supplier management projects are designed to use approval tasks on the template's survey documents to route
approvals for the project's questionnaires, and ultimately for the project itself. Approval flows are defined in
approval tasks.

Although some types of supplier management projects also support To Do tasks, the most important tasks for a
supplier management project are the approval tasks on the project's forms or questionnaires.

Approval flows in approval tasks are often constructed using site-wide user groups (such as Supplier Registration
Manager or Legal) and project groups (such as Project Owner or custom project groups). If you're using buyer
category assignments (the user matrix) to determine project group membership, you can create approval flows
and assign ownership of To Do tasks based on project groups. The tasks are then automatically assigned to the
users who are responsible for managing suppliers in specific categories, regions, and (in sites that use them)
departments. You can also use special field mappings on hidden questions in the project's questionnaire or form to
add approvers based on questionnaire answers.

Some supplier management projects also support To Do tasks on its forms or questionnaires. For example, you can
use a To Do task to make an internal registration questionnaire a required part of the new registration workflow. The
To Do task assigns completion of that internal questionnaire, and associated task, to the task owner.

Task owners and approvers complete these approval and To Do tasks in the supplier's profile. They can also
complete all project tasks outside of the supplier's profile by choosing Manage My Tasks on the dashboard.
In both cases, they complete tasks on a supplier management-specific task details page that shows information
about the associated form or questionnaire and the project's workflow.

In sites where the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled, process projects themselves don't
contain any actionable tasks. They do contain external tasks, which specify the modular questionnaire types that
are applicable to the process. External tasks don't have task owners and don't require any actions to complete.
Approvals occur in approval tasks in the linked modular questionnaire projects rather than in the process project
itself. Final project status is determined by a manual or automatic decision-making process rather than by
completion of tasks.

 Restriction

Working with tasks in supplier management projects isn’t supported in SAP Ariba mobile app.

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Related Information

Characteristics of Supplier Management Project Templates [page 189]

Supplier Form and Questionnaire Approval Setup [page 495]
Commodity, Region, and Department Assignments for Form and Questionnaire Approvals [page 509]
Conditional Approval Flows Based on Questionnaire Answers [page 512]

Approval Tasks in Supplier Management Projects

Approval of forms or questionnaires is an important part of the workflow for most supplier management project.
Approval tasks in supplier management projects have some specific behaviors.

In some cases, approval tasks in supplier management projects have some important differences in behavior from
To Do tasks in other types of SAP Ariba projects.

Approval tasks in supplier management projects are always on forms or questionnaires. The approval task always
starts when its associated form or questionnaire is submitted. Completion of the final approval task in the project's
workflow approves the project. In most cases, denying a questionnaire in the project denies the project. In supplier
registration projects, whether or not an internal questionnaire approval affects the project's status depends on its
configuration.

Registration projects are the only type of supplier management project to support creating a new round of
an approval task after a denial. However, most approval tasks in most projects include a Request Additional
Information option. This option allows approvers to ask questionnaire recipients to update unsatisfactory answers
rather than denying the questionnaire. The option isn't available in approval tasks for registration questionnaire
updates, since denial of updates doesn't affect the supplier's registration status, and a supplier can continue to
submit updates to a registration questionnaire after denial.

If your site uses qualification and other process projects, they don't include approval tasks. Modular questionnaires
included in process projects have approval tasks. However, the process's final status is determined by a process
decision-maker or automatic decision assignment rather than by approval tasks.

Related Information

Approving or Denying a Supplier Request

Approving or Denying a Supplier Registration Questionnaire
Starting a New Approval Round for a Denied Supplier Registration Questionnaire
Approving or Denying a Qualification, Disqualification, or Requalification Based on a Supplier Qualification or
Disqualification Project
Approving or Denying a Preferred Supplier Category Status
Approving or Denying an External Modular Questionnaire
Approving or Denying an Internal Form in a Modular Questionnaire Project

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To Do Tasks in Supplier Management Projects

Supplier management projects can include To Do tasks. These To Do tasks behave in specific ways to help supplier
management workflows.

In some cases, To Do tasks in supplier management projects have some important differences in behavior from To
Do tasks in other types of SAP Ariba projects.

Automatic Start

To Do tasks in supplier management projects automatically start when the project meets specific circumstances. In
other types of SAP Ariba projects, task owners typically must manually start To Do tasks.

The To Do task's setup in the project determines when it automatically starts:

Table 5: When To Do Tasks Start

Task Setup Circumstance for Automatic Start

Standalone (not on a questionnaire) and with no predecessors Project creation

On an internal questionnaire, with no predecessors, and not set Project creation

to auto-complete

On an internal questionnaire, with no predecessors, and set to A user submits the internal questionnaire.
auto-complete

On an external questionnaire and with no predecessors The supplier submits the external questionnaire.

Either standalone or on a questionnaire, with a predecessor The predecessor task is complete.

task, and configured to start when dependencies complete.
The questionnaire can be internal or external.

Project Group Ownership

Since To Do tasks in supplier management projects start automatically, if a task owner is a project group, any
member of the group can complete the task. In other types of SAP Ariba projects, the project group member who
manually starts the task must also complete it.

Once a project group member completes the task, they show as the owner of the completed task.

If the To Do task restarts, ownership reverts to the project group assigned as the task owner and any member of the
group can complete the task again.

Visibility in My Tasks

To Do task owners can see their assigned tasks by choosing Manage My Tasks on the dashboard. By default,
the My Tasks area shows all incomplete tasks, both active and inactive. Since To Do tasks in supplier management

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projects start automatically, they can show in the My Tasks list even if the part of the project workflow in which
they're located hasn't started yet.

For example, if a registration project includes a standalone To Do task in the registration update phase, the task
starts when the registration starts (project creation). At that point, task owners see it in their My Tasks lists.
However, they can't complete it until the new registration is completed and the registration update phase starts,
activating the To Do task.

Internal Questionnaire or Form Assignment

To Do tasks on internal questionnaires or forms in certain supplier management projects assign those
questionnaires or forms to the task owners. Task owners act on their assigned To Do tasks to edit the questionnaire
or form, and mark the task complete to submit it.

Related Information

Completing a Standalone To Do Task in a Supplier Management Project

Filling Out an Internal Registration Questionnaire
Filling out an Internal Form in a Modular Questionnaire Project

Teams in Supplier Management Projects

Supplier management projects use teams to define who can work with and approve supplier management
questionnaires for specific suppliers. In process projects, teams also determine who can create a process and
manually set its status.

In other SAP Ariba projects, the user who creates the project is automatically a member of the Project Owner
group. However, supplier management project templates can be set up to dynamically add users to project groups
on the Team tab, including Project Owner, based on their assignments to categories and regions. In sites with
departments enabled, supplier management project templates can also add users to project groups based on their
assignment to departments.

Project groups can be approvers in approval tasks or owners of To Do tasks. In sites where the flexible process
framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled, you use specialized Process Initiator and Decision Maker roles to
create project groups with permission to create or make status decisions about a process project created from the
template.

Buyer category assignments (the user matrix) ensure that each supplier management project automatically has
the correct team members based on the project's commodities, regions, and departments. If there's no exact
match, a flexible algorithm dynamically determines the closest match. This feature is especially useful in sites that
work with large numbers of individual commodity codes, because you don't have to assign a buyer user to every
low-level commodity code you use. The project automatically adds the user with the closest matching assignment
in the hierarchy to the project team. However, you can't use buyer category assignments to populate project groups
with the Process Initiator role in process projects.

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Unlike in other SAP Ariba projects, where project owners often add other team members on an ad hoc basis, teams
in supplier management projects are typically defined solely by the template and buyer category assignments.
This templated approach provides predictable way for organizations to route supplier management projects to
the people who manage suppliers in specific categories and regions, who manage specific parts of the supplier
lifecycle, or both.

Related Information

Characteristics of Supplier Management Project Templates [page 189]

Buyer Category Assignments in Supplier Management Projects [page 491]
Using Buyer Category Assignments to Add Team Members to Project Groups [page 493]
Initiators and Decision-Makers Setup in Process Projects [page 306]
Project Groups and Team Members for Project Templates [page 489]

SPM Project Templates in SAP Ariba Supplier

Management Solutions That Use the Unified Vendor
Model
Your site can use Supplier Performance Management (SPM) projects to periodically review the performance
of your suppliers. These projects function differently from the other supplier management projects in some
significant ways.

SPM projects use the classic SAP Ariba project infrastructure, meaning that they're not visible in supplier profiles
on the Supplier Management dashboard. They exist as individual projects and aren't tied to the supplier's
profile or linked to other supplier management projects. Supplier or category managers create them by choosing
Create SPM Project on the dashboard, and view them by searching for projects on the Home dashboard.
Project owners can add documents and tasks to the project and modify the project team.

SPM project templates don't include the following supplier management features:

• Buyer category assignments to project teams: To assign category or supplier managers to an SPM project
team, use team member rules instead.
• Supplier management by commodity/region/department combination: SPM projects evaluate performance
for an individual supplier. To show content based on the supplier's commodities, regions, and (optionally)
departments, you must do one of the following things:
• Add conditional content to a single template.
• Create separate templates for different commodity/region combinations, and rely on category or supplier
managers to choose the correct template when they create an SPM project for the supplier.
• Dynamic questionnaires: Content documents aren't available in SPM project templates. Each survey document
in the project acts as an independent survey, which participants must fill out separately.

For information on SPM project template setup, see the Project Template Guide and Configuring Supplier
Performance Management Reviews.

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Parent topic: Supplier Management Project Template Basics [page 189]

Related Information

Characteristics of Supplier Management Project Templates [page 189]

Supplier Management Project Template Import and Export [page 198]
Project Template Editing and Publishing [page 199]
Template Upgrade for Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 209]

Supplier Management Project Template Import and

Export
You can export and import templates for supplier management projects to move them from a test environment to a
production one after validation.

When you import a template, SAP Ariba checks whether the supplier field mappings and max lengths in the
template content are valid. If not, the import fails.

 Note

• Once a registration or modular questionnaire project template is in use in your production site and
has projects created from it, updating it by reimporting it from the test site can replace the KI IDs of
individual pieces of content. Upgrading those projects to the latest template version can then replace
existing content in individual projects with "new" content identified by different KI IDs, causing loss of data
in questionnaires. Exporting and importing registration and modular questionnaire project templates is
therefore most useful during the initial template setup, before these templates are in use in your production
site.
• Import of field masking patterns isn't supported. Masking patterns must always be manually configured in
the template.
• Expiration schedules for certificate sections are not included in template import and export. If your
template includes any certificate sections, you must manually re-configure expiration schedules after
import.

Default Supplier Management Project Templates

SAP Ariba creates and deploys the following supplier management project templates:

• Supplier Request Project Template

• Supplier Self-Registration Request Template (in sites where the external supplier request feature is enabled)
• Supplier Registration Template
• Supplier Qualification Project Template (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only)

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 • Preferred Supplier Management Project Template (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only)
• Supplier Disqualification Project Template (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only)

Importing a template overwrites any existing template that has the same identifier. Each of these project templates
has identical identifiers in all customer sites. Only one of each template can exist in a site, but each can be imported
to another site, overwriting the existing version. You can export these project templates from a test site to a
production site without modifying identifiers.

Custom Supplier Management Project Templates

The following project types support the creation of multiple project templates:

• SM Modular Questionnaire
• SM Process Project (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only, in sites where the flexible process
framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled)

There's no default template for these project types. Instead, template creators with the appropriate permissions
create these templates from scratch, and each template automatically generates a unique identifier. If you have
a test site and a production site, you can create a template in the test site, then export it and import it into your
production site. The imported template in the production site retains the identifier from the test site. If you modify
the template in the test site and export it again, you can reimport it into the production site because the identifier is
the same.

Parent topic: Supplier Management Project Template Basics [page 189]

Related Information

Characteristics of Supplier Management Project Templates [page 189]

SPM Project Templates in SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions That Use the Unified Vendor Model [page
197]
Project Template Editing and Publishing [page 199]
Template Upgrade for Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 209]

Project Template Editing and Publishing

Project templates use versioning, and editing a template requires creating a new version. Publishing a template
version makes it the basis of all projects created from the template.

Editing a Project Template [page 200]

Modifying Template Upgrade Validation for Publishing New Template Versions [page 202]

Project Template Overview Tab [page 204]

Publishing Supplier Management Project Templates [page 205]

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 Reverting a Project Template [page 206]

Reverting a Draft Project Template That Doesn't Open [page 207]

Parent topic: Supplier Management Project Template Basics [page 189]

Related Information

Characteristics of Supplier Management Project Templates [page 189]

SPM Project Templates in SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions That Use the Unified Vendor Model [page
197]
Supplier Management Project Template Import and Export [page 198]
Template Upgrade for Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 209]

Editing a Project Template

Use these steps to create a new, draft version of a project template so that you can edit it.

Prerequisites

To create or edit project templates, you must be a member of the global Template Creator group or the Templates
project’s Template Creators team group. To create or edit a modular supplier management questionnaire project
template, you must also be a member of the global SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group. To create or edit
a supplier management process project template, you must also be a member of the global SM Process Manager
group.

Context

To edit a template, the template status must be Draft. If you've published a template, you must create a new, draft
version of the template to edit. When you're done editing a template, you must publish the template to make the
changes affect subsequent projects created using the template.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage Templates .

If you're a guided sourcing user (member of the Category Buyer group), choose Manage templates under the
Quick links section of the For You dashboard.

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 2. Locate the template you want to edit. Choose the template name and select Open.
3. Navigate to the Overview tab of the template.

4. In the Properties pane, choose Actions Template New Version .

You can modify and add items to the template.

Results

To make the changes available to users creating projects, you must publish the new version of the template.

The following table describes how editing different types of templates affects existing projects created from those
templates.

Editing a Template of This

Type... Affects Existing Projects Created from the Template in This Way...

• Knowledge projects Editing a template and publishing a new version doesn't affect any projects created with
previous versions of the template. When a user creates a project, the system copies tem-
• Sourcing projects (both full
plate data as it exists in the current template version. Any subsequent changes to the
and quick, including events)
template have no effect on projects already in existence.
• Contract requests
If a user creates a project from a template while you're editing it (you've created a new
• Supplier requests (both in-
ternal and external) template version but haven't published it), the system uses data from the last published
version of the template.
• Supplier qualifications
• Supplier disqualifications
• Preferred supplier manage-
ment category status re-
quests

 Note
Deleting predefined terms,
such as Price, Quantity,
and Extended Price, from a
sourcing request or sourcing
project template is not rec-
ommended. For more infor-
mation, refer to the following
topics:

• Deleting Predefined
Terms from Sourcing
Project Template
• Deleting Predefined
Terms from a Sourcing
Request Template

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Editing a Template of This
Type... Affects Existing Projects Created from the Template in This Way...

• Contract workspaces Editing a template and publishing a new version doesn't affect any contract workspaces
created with the previous version of the template by default. However, SAP Ariba Contracts
has an option for updating a contract workspace created from an updated template when
the project owner amends the contract workspace. If your site doesn't support upgrading
template versions in contract workspaces, contact SAP Ariba Customer Support.

• SPM projects Editing a template and publishing a new version updates all of the projects created with
the previous version of the template if you specify that you want to upgrade those projects
• Supplier workspaces
before you publish the new version of the template.

• Supplier registrations Editing a template and publishing a new version doesn't affect any projects created with
previous version of the template. Members of the SM Ops Administrator group can per-
• Modular supplier manage-
form a separate template upgrade operation to upgrade eligible projects created from
ment questionnaires previous versions of the template to the current version.

Supplier risk engagements Editing a template and publishing a new version doesn't affect any projects created with
previous versions of the template. Members of the Supplier Risk Manager group can make
specific engagement projects eligible for upgrade, and then project owners or other users
with the appropriate permissions can upgrade the eligible projects.

Related Information

Supplier Workspace Upgrade and SPM Project Templates

Template Upgrade for Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 209]
About Template Upgrade for Engagement Risk Assessment Projects

Modifying Template Upgrade Validation for Publishing New

Template Versions

Use these steps to modify settings for template upgrade validation. This validation identifies changes that can
cause data loss in projects upgraded to the newly published version.

Prerequisites

To create or edit project templates, you must be a member of the global Template Creator group or the Templates
project’s Template Creators team group. To create or edit a modular supplier management questionnaire project
template, you must also be a member of the global SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group. To create or edit
a supplier management process project template, you must also be a member of the global SM Process Manager
group.

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Context

When you publish a new version of a supplier registration or modular questionnaire template, by default, the
template upgrade validation system flags all differences in template documents that have the potential to cause
data loss. Changes that can result in data loss include removal of questions, removal of questionnaires, and
changing the answer type of an existing question.

 Note

If the new version of a template changes visibility conditions so that an answer that was visible in the previous
version is hidden in the current version, template upgrade validation doesn't currently identify this data loss. To
avoid data loss, manually check template changes related to visibility conditions.

If you encounter upgrade validation warnings and want to ignore them and publish your changes, you can modify
the following template properties:

Table 6: Template Properties for Upgrade Validation

Property Description

Required content match (%) This property controls the percentage of content in template
survey documents that must match the content of the previ-
ous template version. The default value is 100.

Edit the default value to allow more differences in survey docu-

ments between template versions. For example, if the previous
version of the template had one questionnaire with 10 ques-
tions, and you edit one of the questions to change its answer
type in the new template version, the Required content match
(%) property must have a value of 90 or higher for you to
publish the new template version.

Skip pre-publication validation? If set to Yes, this property ignores document matching and
content matching validation warnings and allows you to pub-
lish new template versions regardless of the changes you
make. The default setting, No, is the recommended setting.

 Note
If you set the property to Yes, you can unintentionally lose
supplier response data.

After you publish a new template version, this property auto-

matically resets to Yes.

Procedure

1. On the template Overview tab, choose Actions Edit Properties .

2. Enter a value for Required content matching (%).

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3. Set the Skip pre-publication validation? property.

 Note

SAP Ariba recommends keeping the default Skip pre-publication validation? property of No. If you set the
property to Yes, you can unintentionally lose supplier response data.

Related Information

Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template Version [page 219]

Project Template Overview Tab

You can perform a number of tasks on a project template from the Overview tab. The available tasks can vary
depending on the project type and the state of the template.

To Perform This Task... Choose...

View template details Actions Template View Details to view the name, description, version, status,
base language, rank, owner, access control, access control lock, conditions, tasks, and
Documents tab.

View the template’s history Actions Template View History to view and search the past actions per-
formed on the template, including the type of action and the user who performed the
action.

Edit the template properties attrib- Actions Template Edit Properties to edit the template name, description,
utes owner, process status, rank, access control, access control lock, and conditions.

Make the template available to use to Actions Template Publish .

create projects

Revert to the original version of a Actions Template Revert .

template

Export the template to a ZIP file Actions Template Export Template to export various template components to
XML files in a ZIP file.

Create a new version of the template Actions Template New Version .

To deactivate a template so new Actions Template Inactivate . You can later Reactivate the template.
projects can't be created from it

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 To Perform This Task... Choose...

Display all tabs in a project Actions Display Full View . The newly created template displays in compact
view. The view you use when publishing the template determines the initial view users
see in projects created from the template. Choose Actions Display Compact
View to return to the compact view.

 Note
Templates for SAP Ariba Sourcing quick projects only use compact view.

Publishing Supplier Management Project Templates

Use these steps to publish a draft project template to make it available to users who are creating projects.

Prerequisites

To create or edit project templates, you must be a member of the global Template Creator group or the Templates
project’s Template Creators team group. To create or edit a modular supplier management questionnaire project
template, you must also be a member of the global SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group. To create or edit
a supplier management process project template, you must also be a member of the global SM Process Manager
group.

Context

When you publish a template, any previous active version of that template changes to archive status. You can
create a new version from an archived version as a way to recover a previous version as the current draft.

Error messages alert you to issues that require attention in order to publish the template. You must fix any
validation errors in template documents or questionnaire content before you can publish the template.

During template publication, documents in supplier registration and modular questionnaire templates are also
validated automatically for template upgrade impact by default. The validation flags differences that have the
potential to cause data loss if projects on the previous template version are upgraded to the version you are
trying to publish. On the template Overview tab, you can set your own value for the Required content match (%)
property to alter the strictness of the validation, or set the Skip pre-publication validation? property Yes to skip
this validation entirely. However, SAP Ariba recommends keeping the Skip pre-publication validation? property
set to No. If you set the property to Yes, you can lose supplier response data after template upgrade to this version.
For details, refer to Modifying Template Upgrade Validation for Publishing New Template Versions [page 202]. After
publishing a new template version, Skip pre-publication validation? automatically resets to No.

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  Note

Documents don't have versions within a particular version of a template. However, if you edit a document in
a subsequent version of a template, the original version of the document is retained in the previous template
version.

Procedure

• On the template's Overview tab, choose Actions Publish .

 Note

If changes you've made to the current template version have generated validation errors and you're
concerned that they can cause data loss in existing projects after template upgrade, you can choose
Actions Revert on the Overview tab instead of publishing a new template version. Reverting
template versions undoes any changes you made, such as deleting a template document, and allows you to
create another new template version.

Related Information

Modifying Template Upgrade Validation for Publishing New Template Versions [page 202]
Reverting a Project Template [page 206]

Reverting a Project Template

Use these steps to create a new version of a project template that restores the contents of a previous version.

Prerequisites

To create or edit project templates, you must be a member of the global Template Creator group or the Templates
project’s Template Creators team group. To create or edit a modular supplier management questionnaire project
template, you must also be a member of the global SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group. To create or edit
a supplier management process project template, you must also be a member of the global SM Process Manager
group.

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Context

You can create a new version of a project template from the contents of a previous version. The new version
becomes the most recent version of the template. Creating a new version of an older version reverts the template
to a previous version without losing its history.

Procedure

1. Open the project template. If the template state isn't Active, go to the Properties area and choose Actions
Publish .
The template must be in the Active state before you can create a new version.
2. Open the previous version of the template you want to revert to.
a. Open the Overview tab and scroll down to the Version History area.
b. Select the version that you want to use to create a new version, then choose Action Open .

3. On the Overview tab of the previous template version, go to the Properties area and choose Actions New
Version .

SAP Ariba copies the contents of the older template version and creates a new version in the Draft state.

4. On the Overview tab of the new template version, go to the Properties area and choose Actions
Publish .

Results

All projects that were created with previous versions of the template continue to use the version from which they
were created. When project owners amend the contract workspace created from the updated template, they can
choose to use the updated version or the original version. If your site does not support upgrading template versions
in contract workspaces, contact SAP Ariba Customer Support.

Reverting a Draft Project Template That Doesn't Open

Use these steps to revert a draft project template that's corrupted or doesn't open to the most recent published
template version and start over.

Prerequisites

To create or edit project templates, you must be a member of the global Template Creator group or the Templates
project’s Template Creators team group. To create or edit a modular supplier management questionnaire project

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template, you must also be a member of the global SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group. To create or edit
a supplier management process project template, you must also be a member of the global SM Process Manager
group.

Context

When the draft project template is corrupted or doesn't open, you can revert it to the most recent published
template version without opening it. You can then create a new draft and start editing again. When reverting to the
previous publish version, you lose all unsaved data and draft modifications.

If the template isn't corrupted and does open, you can also revert it to the previous published version from the
template's Overview tab.

Procedure

1. Choose Manage Templates .

2. Locate the draft template you want to revert.

 Note

You can only revert a template in Draft status.

3. Click the template you want to revert and choose Revert.

Results

The draft template is reverted to the previous published version. You can now create a new version and start editing
again.

Related Information

Reverting a Project Template [page 206]

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Template Upgrade for Supplier Registration and
Modular Questionnaire Projects
Template upgrade allows you to update existing registration and modular questionnaire projects with changes
you've made to the template from which they were created.

Currently, supplier registration and modular questionnaire projects are the only supplier management projects
that support template upgrade. Both of these project types support ongoing updates to questionnaires. With
registration projects, questionnaires are open to updates unless the registration is denied or a questionnaire
update is currently in approval. With modular questionnaire projects, you must enable the Always open rule in the
template's key questionnaire survey document to enable updates.

These projects remain open so that respondents can edit and resubmit questionnaires at any time after the initial
questionnaire is approved, including updating them to answer additional questions added in a template upgrade.
However, even if the project is otherwise closed, template upgrade allows recipients to revise their responses to
questionnaires and restarts any approval tasks associated with them on a one-time basis. This one-time, upgrade-
related update ensures that questionnaire data and approvals are consistent and match your current processes
regardless of when a recipient submitted the questionnaire.

How Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade Works [page 209]

Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Project Eligibility for Template Upgrade [page 211]

How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 212]

Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template Version [page
219]

Best Practices for Upgrading Projects to the Latest Template Version [page 223]

Parent topic: Supplier Management Project Template Basics [page 189]

Related Information

Characteristics of Supplier Management Project Templates [page 189]

SPM Project Templates in SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions That Use the Unified Vendor Model [page
197]
Supplier Management Project Template Import and Export [page 198]
Project Template Editing and Publishing [page 199]

How Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template

Upgrade Works
Template upgrade is a version-based process that upgrades eligible projects of the selected version directly to the
current published version of the template.

You upgrade eligible projects on one previous version of the template to the current published version in one
operation. You use separate upgrade operations to update the eligible projects on each previous version of the

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template to the current published version. For supplier registration and external modular questionnaire templates,
upgrade operations include a notification option that allows you to alert suppliers to changes that affect them.
Internal users don't receive notifications of template upgrades.

Safeguards ensure that you can't upgrade projects that have active tasks to prevent the upgrade from disrupting
tasks with template changes while they're in progress. For a given previous version of the template, some number
of projects fewer than the total number created from that version are typically eligible for upgrade at a given time
because of task activity in some of the projects. Therefore, you typically perform an upgrade for a specific version
several times over a period of time until you've finally upgraded all of the projects on that version.

Template upgrade always upgrades projects directly to the current published version of the template. It's possible
to have some projects in your site that are multiple versions behind the current version of the template because
they weren't eligible for upgrade to previous versions when they were current. For example, if your current version
is 6, you can have a project on version 3 that wasn't eligible for upgrade to version 4 or 5 when they were current,
and is only now eligible for upgrade. In this case, the project is upgraded directly from version 3 to version 6.

The template upgrade operation automatically creates new projects and copies the data from the previous
projects, which it archives. The original project and each upgraded project all have unique IDs, but upgraded
projects are linked to their previous projects. The History tab in the advanced view of each upgraded project logs
the template upgrade with an entry labeled Upgraded to a new version of template. It doesn't show specific
details about which elements of the project were modified during the upgrade. However, information from previous
projects, such as previous questionnaire versions and previous project documents and tasks, is accessible in
various places in the supplier profile, questionnaire details pages, and advanced views of the projects.

Template upgrades can introduce significant changes to questionnaires in existing projects. Each upgrade
operation validates the projects that will be upgraded against the current template version and identifies
differences that can result in a loss of data in questionnaires after upgrade. If the validation identifies changes
that can cause loss of data and you still want to proceed with the upgrade (not recommended), you must enter the
justification.

 Note

• If your site uses either of the following types of projects, they also support template upgrade, but they use
different upgrade processes with different functionality:

Table 7: Template Upgrade Processes for Other Project Types

Project Type Upgrade Process

Supplier Performance Management (SPM) projects (only About Supplier Workspace and Supplier Performance
available in sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle Management (SPM) Project Template Upgrades
and Performance)

Control-based engagement risk assessment projects (only About Template Upgrade for Engagement Risk Assess-
available in sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Risk) ment Projects

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Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Project
Eligibility for Template Upgrade
In general, a supplier registration or modular questionnaire project is only eligible for template upgrade if none of
its tasks are currently active.

More specifically, a supplier registration or modular questionnaire project is eligible for upgrade if it meets the
following conditions:

• The supplier is active: Only projects associated with active suppliers are upgraded. Projects for deactivated
suppliers aren't included in upgrade operations, including in counts of eligible projects, even if they meet other
eligibility criteria.
• The project exists: For supplier registration projects, the project exists if the supplier has been invited to
register (either automatically, manually, or through mass invitation) or if the supplier has been migrated with
supplier profile questionnaire data. For modular questionnaire projects, the project exists if the questionnaire
has been sent to a recipient (either as a stand-alone questionnaire, as part of a process project, or as a risk
assessment).
• None of the project's tasks has started or all of its tasks have been completed: For projects that allow
updates and have tasks in both new and update phases, either none of the tasks in either phase have started,
all of the tasks in the new phase have been completed but none of the tasks in the update phase have started,
or that all of the tasks in both phases have been completed.

The following table describes upgrade eligibility by project status:

Upgrade Eligibility Registration Status Modular Questionnaire Status

Always eligible for template upgrade • Invited • Not Responded

• In Registration • Denied
• Registration Denied
• Expiring
• Expired

Never eligible for template upgrade • Not Invited • Pending Submission

• Pending Approval • Pending Approval

• Pending Resubmit

Eligible for template upgrade only if an • Registered • Approved

update isn't in approval

Regardless of project status, a project is never eligible for template upgrade if one of its approval tasks is in
approval.

Note that denied projects show as eligible for upgrade. However, respondents can't update their questionnaires as
they can for approved projects that are upgraded.

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How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and
Modular Questionnaire Projects

Template upgrades can affect questionnaires, tasks, phases, teams, conditions, and project attributes in supplier
registration and modular questionnaire projects.

Template upgrade creates a new registration or modular questionnaire project based on the current published
version of the template and copies the data from the previous project to it. This new, upgraded project shows in
the relevant area of the supplier's profile and in search results for projects of that type. Links in invitation emails to
suppliers automatically point to the new, upgraded project's questionnaires, and suppliers see the new, upgraded
questionnaires when filling out or updating them.

The new, upgraded project is treated as an updated version of the previous project. Questionnaire version histories
include all versions of the questionnaire from all previous projects. The previous project is archived and is
accessible if you view previous project versions in the supplier's profile or in project advanced view.

Even if the project template isn't configured to allow updates, upgrading registration projects Registered status
or modular questionnaire project in Approved status automatically reopens the project and restarts its tasks one
time. If the external questionnaires in the project haven't exceeded their due dates, questionnaire recipients and
form assignees can then update the upgraded versions of the project questionnaires and forms one time.

If external questionnaires in a registration project in Registered status or a modular questionnaire project in

Approved status have exceeded their due dates and are in Closed state, template upgrade doesn't automatically
reopen them, and those questionnaires remain closed to updates unless manually reopened. In this case, a
registration or modular questionnaire can reinvite recipients to closed questionnaires, or someone with permission
to work in the advanced view of the project can reopen them there.

In either case, if the project doesn't allow updates, any updates made because of the upgrade are processed using
the tasks defined in the new workflow of the current published version of the template. If the template does allow
updates, any updates made because of a template upgrade are processed using the tasks defined in the update
workflow of the current published version of the template.

Template upgrade updates projects in Denied status. However, in this case, the projects don't reopen, and
recipients can't update answers. This behavior preserves the original answers that triggered the denial.

Questionnaires and Forms in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade [page 213]

Tasks in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 214]

Phases in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 216]

Teams in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 216]

Project Attributes, Dates, and Project-Level Conditions in Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template
Upgrades [page 218]

Related Information

Reopening a Closed External Supplier Management Questionnaire

Reinviting a Supplier to Register
Supplier Form or Questionnaire Closing, Reopening, and Due Dates [page 377]
Project Advanced View

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Questionnaires and Forms in Supplier Registration and Modular
Questionnaire Template Upgrade

Template upgrade can modify the questionnaires or forms included in a supplier registration or modular
questionnaire project and their content.

Supplier registration projects support multiple internal and external questionnaires, and template upgrade can add
or remove questionnaires from a project in some cases.

Modular questionnaire projects support one key questionnaire, which can be internal or external, and can also
support multiple internal forms. Template upgrade can add or remove internal forms in some cases.

The following table describes how template upgrade modifies questionnaires or forms and their content in projects
that are eligible for template upgrade:

Table 8: Template Upgrade Modifications to Questionnaires and Forms

Template Change. Results

Adding a new external questionnaire survey document to a Adds the new external questionnaire to the registration project
registration project template if you choose the Include new questionnaires option and se-
lect the new questionnaire during the upgrade.

Adding a new internal questionnaire survey document to a Adds the internal questionnaire or form.
registration project template or a new internal form survey
document to a modular questionnaire project template

Removing an internal or external questionnaire survey docu- Removes the questionnaire or form. The questionnaire or form
ment in a registration project template or remove an internal and its answers are retained in the previous, archived versions
form in a modular questionnaire project template of those projects.

Adding, removing, or modifying a question or other piece of Adds, removes, or modifies the question or other piece of con-
content in a questionnaire or form tent in the questionnaire or form. If the content triggers a visi-
bility or editability condition, the change affects those pieces
of content triggered by the condition. For example, if a new
question includes a visibility condition, its addition can hide
another piece of content that was previously always visible.

For modular questionnaires that are scored, changing a ques-

tion's pre-graded list of choices changes the way the question-
naire's scored after template upgrade.

 Note
If the new version of the template removes a question that
is mapped to a field in the vendor database, the upgrade
removes the question from the questionnaire, but any pre-
vious answers stored in the mapped database field remain
after upgrade.

Adding, removing, or modifying a visibility or editability condi- Adds, removes, or modifies the condition.
tion

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For both internal and external questionnaires and forms, if the recipient hasn't opened the questionnaire or form
yet before the template upgrade, they see the updated questionnaire or form when they first open it. If they've
opened the questionnaire or form before upgrade and are in the process of filling it out when the upgrade occurs,
the questionnaire or form loads the changes and they fill out the updated questionnaire or form before submitting
it.

If an internal questionnaire or form is approved before the template upgrade, internal users see the updated
questionnaire the next time they open it (for example, to revise their responses). If an external questionnaire is
approved before the template upgrade, the supplier sees the updated questionnaire the next time they open it and
choose Revise Response. They don't see updates when simply opening the approved questionnaire.

The notify option allows customer administrators to alert suppliers to update external questionnaires after an
upgrade. There's no notification for internal questionnaires or forms.

Parent topic: How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 212]

Related Information

Tasks in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 214]
Phases in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 216]
Teams in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 216]
Project Attributes, Dates, and Project-Level Conditions in Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template
Upgrades [page 218]
Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Project Eligibility for Template Upgrade [page 211]
How Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade Works [page 209]
Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template Version [page 219]

Tasks in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template

Upgrades

Template upgrade can add, remove, or modify tasks in supplier registration and modular questionnaire projects.

A supplier registration or modular questionnaire project is only eligible for template upgrade [page 211] if none of
its tasks have started or all of its tasks have been completed.

For eligible projects that use new and update phases, template upgrade only modifies the tasks in the new phase
in projects where none of the tasks in the new phase have started yet. Once all of the tasks in the new phase have
been completed, template upgrade only modifies tasks in update phases. It doesn't modify tasks in the new phase,
even if those tasks have been modified in the new version of the template, since that phase is a one-time process
and any updates that recipients make to the project's questionnaires and forms are handled by the tasks in update
phases.

If the project template doesn't use new and update phases, template upgrade modifies project tasks, and they
restart after upgrade so that recipients can make one-time updates.

The following table describes how template upgrade modifies tasks in eligible projects:

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Table 9: Template Upgrade Modifications to Tasks

Template Change Phase Results

Adding a new approval or To Do task on No phase (if the project doesn't use Adds the task to all upgraded projects if
a new external registration questionnaire phases), new phase, or update phase you also add the questionnaire by choos-
survey document. ing the Include new questionnaires op-
tion and selecting the new questionnaire.
Applicable only to registration projects,
which support multiple external ques-
tionnaires.

Adding, removing, or modifying an ap- New phase Adds, removes, or modifies the task in all
proval or To Do task on an existing exter- projects that include that questionnaire.
nal questionnaire survey document. In projects that have completed the new
phase, the task is inactive. Projects that
don't include the questionnaire are un-
changed.

No phase or update phase Adds, removes, or modifies the task in all

projects that include that questionnaire.
Projects that don't include the question-
naire are unchanged

Adding, removing, or modifying an ap- New phase Adds, removes, or modifies the task in all
upgraded projects. In projects that have
proval or To Do task on an existing inter-
completed the new phase, the task is in-
nal registration questionnaire or modular
active.
questionnaire internal form survey docu-
ment. No phase or update phase Adds, removes, or modifies the task in all
upgraded projects.

Adding, removing, or modifying a stand- New phase Adds, removes, or modifies the task in all
alone To Do task (not associated with a upgraded projects. In projects that have
questionnaire) in the template. completed the new phase, the task is in-
active.

No phase or update phase Adds, removes, or modifies the task in all

upgraded projects.

Parent topic: How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 212]

Related Information

Questionnaires and Forms in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade [page 213]
Phases in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 216]
Teams in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 216]
Project Attributes, Dates, and Project-Level Conditions in Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template
Upgrades [page 218]

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How Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade Works [page 209]
Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Project Eligibility for Template Upgrade [page 211]
Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template Version [page 219]

Phases in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire

Template Upgrades

Template upgrades can add, remove, or modify phases in supplier registration and modular questionnaire projects.

If you add new and update phases to a supplier registration or modular questionnaire project template, during
upgrade:

• The phases are added to eligible projects.

• Any tasks from the previous version that you moved into the phases in the template are moved to the same
locations in eligible projects if they're included in the update. For example, if you move an approval task for
an external registration questionnaire to the new registration phase, and that questionnaire was included in a
newly started registration, it's moved to the new registration phase in the upgraded project. However, if the
questionnaire wasn't included in the registration, or if the new registration is completed, the task isn't included
in the upgrade at all.

Parent topic: How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 212]

Related Information

Questionnaires and Forms in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade [page 213]
Tasks in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 214]
Teams in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 216]
Project Attributes, Dates, and Project-Level Conditions in Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template
Upgrades [page 218]
How Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade Works [page 209]
Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Project Eligibility for Template Upgrade [page 211]
Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template Version [page 219]

Teams in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template

Upgrades

Template upgrade can add, remove, or modify project teams in supplier registration and modular questionnaire
projects.

The following table describes how template upgrade modifies teams in supplier registration and modular
questionnaire projects:

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Table 10: Template Upgrade Modifications to Teams

Template Change Result

Adding a project group Adds the new group.

Adding a project group member or role Adds the new project group member or role.

Removing a project group Removes the group only if they don't have any tasks assigned
to them. If a project group has one or more tasks assigned to it
in a project, template upgrade doesn't remove it.

Removing a project group member or role Removes the project group member or role.

Changing a project owner Modifies membership in the Project Owner group, if applica-
ble, if the group doesn't use buyer category assignments (team
member rules) to assign membership automatically.

Doesn't modify the explicit project owner, which remains the

user who created the project.

 Note

Template upgrade always overwrites any edits made to teams in individual projects with the latest template
team. For example, if someone adds members to the team of an individual project in the advanced view,
template upgrade removes those ad hoc additions and updates the group to the membership defined in the
template.

Parent topic: How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 212]

Related Information

Questionnaires and Forms in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade [page 213]
Tasks in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 214]
Phases in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 216]
Project Attributes, Dates, and Project-Level Conditions in Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template
Upgrades [page 218]
How Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade Works [page 209]
Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Project Eligibility for Template Upgrade [page 211]
Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template Version [page 219]

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Project Attributes, Dates, and Project-Level Conditions in
Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades

Supplier registration and modular questionnaire template upgrade resets some project dates, and can add,
remove, or modify project attributes and project-level conditions in upgraded projects.

Template upgrade applies changes to project-level conditions in eligible projects. It adds, removes, or modifies
conditions and modifies project content depending on those changes. For example, if you add a project-level
condition for legacy suppliers to a supplier registration project template and use it to hide an existing To Do task,
upgraded projects for legacy suppliers no longer show that task.

Template upgrade also applies changes to the project attributes defined on the Overview tab of the project
template, such as commodity, region, department, and questionnaire type for modular questionnaire projects.

 Note

• Since template upgrade creates a new replacement project, it resets the project Start Date to the upgrade
date.
• Modular questionnaire projects can achieve a status of Expiring or Expired because of an expiration
date on the questionnaire project itself, or (optionally) because of an expiration date for a
certificate answer included in the project. By default, template upgrade resets the Expiring or
Expired statuses of modular questionnaires that are achieved from included certificate answers
to Approved after template upgrade. To retain the Expiring or Expired statuses of modular
questionnaire projects achieved through certificate answers after template upgrade, the parameter
[Link], which is set by SAP Ariba Support,
must be enabled in your site.
,

Parent topic: How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 212]

Related Information

Questionnaires and Forms in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade [page 213]
Tasks in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 214]
Phases in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 216]
Teams in Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrades [page 216]
How Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade Works [page 209]
Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Project Eligibility for Template Upgrade [page 211]
Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template Version [page 219]

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Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular
Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template Version

Use these steps to upgrade eligible supplier registration or modular questionnaire projects from a previous
template version to the currently published version. Template upgrade allows you to update projects with all of
the current template settings.

Prerequisites

To upgrade supplier registration and modular questionnaire projects to the latest template version, you must be a
member of the SM Ops Administrator group.

Template upgrade is only available for supplier registration and modular questionnaire projects. Those projects
must be eligible for upgrade.

Context

Template upgrade of registration and external modular questionnaire projects includes an option to send a
notification to the supplier contacts for all projects included in the upgrade to inform them of changes that need
their attention. If you use the notification option, you can insert a specific message in these notifications to provide
details about the current upgrade.

Supplier registration projects can support multiple external and internal questionnaires. If the previous version of
the template included more than one external questionnaire, the upgrade sends a separate notification for each
external questionnaire. The notification references the questionnaire name, but otherwise uses the same text for all
of the external questionnaires included in the same upgrade operation.

For modular questionnaire projects, template upgrade sends a notification for external modular questionnaire
projects. It doesn't send notifications for internal modular questionnaire projects. It also doesn't send notifications
to internal users assigned to internal forms in either external or external modular questionnaire projects.

Before starting the upgrade operation, you choose the type and title of the template. You only have one supplier
registration project template in your site, so when you choose the registration template for the upgrade, there's
only one title option and it's the default selection. However, you can have multiple modular questionnaire project
templates in your site, and you must specify the title of the template to see the projects that are eligible for
upgrade.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Template upgrade.
3. On the Project template dropdown menu, choose the type of the template for the upgrade.

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4. On the Template title dropdown menu, choose the name of the template for the upgrade.
5. Optional: If you want to upgrade project templates of a specific supplier, provide their vendor ID in the SM
Vendor ID field. SM Vendor ID is an optional field. If you don't input a supplier ID, and then click Find projects,
the Start upgrade table displays all of your site's projects that are based on the template you've selected.
6. Choose Find projects.

The Start upgrade tab shows a table with a row for each previous template version that is in use by at least
one project. Each row shows the total number of projects in the site that are still using that template version
and the number of those projects that are currently eligible for upgrade. To find details about eligible suppliers,
choose Export in the Supplier details column and export the supplier details for the template in each row.
Download the file from the Export supplier status tab.
7. In the table, locate the template version that you want to upgrade to the currently published version and
choose one of the following:

• Upgrade: Choose this option to mass upgrade all eligible projects to the most recent version.
• Upgrade via Import: Choose this option to upgrade specific suppliers to the most recent version. To
upgrade specific suppliers:
1. From the file that you downloaded in the previous step, delete any supplier rows that you don't wish to
upgrade.
2. Choose Upgrade via Import.
3. Navigate and choose the updated file from your computer.
4. Click Validate.

The template upgrade validates the projects to be upgraded in this operation against the current template
version and identifies differences that can result in a loss of data in questionnaires after upgrade.

 Caution

• Do not add any rows to the CSV file. You can only delete existing rows to remove suppliers you don't
wish to upgrade.
• Do not add or delete any columns in the CSV file.
• The Version column in the CSV file displays the current version of the template that suppliers are on.
Note that the Version field has the same value in all the rows. Do not alter or delete this value. If you do
so, validation will fail when you import the file.
• Ensure that you import the edited CSV file into exactly the same row you exported it from. If you import
your file into an incorrect row, file validation will fail because the version numbers won't match.
• Ensure that you import the edited file only in the supported encoding formats—the supported formats
are ISO-8859-1 and UTF-8 only.
• Ensure that you export the file afresh every time you wish to run the upgrade using the Upgrade
via Import option. This is essential so that you export the most recent data in the file. If you use a
previously exported file, the data may not be up to date since some supplier data may have changed
since you last exported that file.

8. Perform one of the following actions:

• If the validation doesn't identify any issues, choose Next.

• If the validation identifies issues that you want to address, revert the template to a version before the
change was introduced and proceed with edits from there before performing the upgrade. For example, if
your changes included removing a question without realizing that it has been answered in existing projects,
you can revert the template to the last version that includes that question. Create another new version,

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 add the other changes you want to make, and publish that version so that it includes the question with its
original KI ID.
• If the validation identifies issues that can result in data loss and you still want to proceed with the upgrade
(not recommended), choose I confirm to proceed with the above validation errors and enter a required
justification for this action, then choose Next.
9. Optional: For supplier registrations, if the current version of the template includes new external questionnaires
that weren't present in the selected template version and you want to add them to eligible projects with the
upgrade, perform the following actions:
a. Choose Include new questionnaires.
b. Select the new questionnaires you want to include.

 Note

This setting only applies to new external registration questionnaires. It doesn't apply to new internal
registration questionnaires or new internal forms in modular questionnaire projects, which are added
automatically.

10. Optional: To notify primary supplier contacts that there are changes to external questionnaires that require
their attention, perform the following actions:
a. Choose Notify supplier's primary contact about the upgrade.
b. Enter an optional message to insert into the notification to supplier contacts about the template upgrade.

 Tip

For registration project template upgrades:

• Since the upgrade generates notifications for all of the registration project's external
questionnaires, regardless of whether not they're affected by the upgrade, it's a good idea to
reference questionnaire names in your message when providing details about specific changes to
specific questionnaires.
• External questionnaires added during the upgrade don't generate invitation notifications to
the supplier contact. You can use this message to tell the supplier contact about any new
questionnaires.

11. Choose Upgrade

12. Choose the Upgrade status tab to monitor the progress of the upgrade and download status summary
information. The status summary includes the SM vendor IDs of the suppliers associated with the upgraded
projects.

Results

All of the eligible supplier projects using that version of the template are upgraded to the currently published
version. Refer to How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page
212] for details on how upgrades modify project questionnaires, tasks, phases, teams, and conditions.

The upgrade can result in respondents revising responses to previously submitted or approved questionnaires.

In modular questionnaire projects that don't allow updates, recipients normally can't revise previously submitted
questionnaires. However, if the template upgrade modifies the content of a questionnaire in an approved project,

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the upgrade operation reopens the questionnaire for a one-time update. The respondent can then revise their
responses and resubmit them, and the associated tasks restart once the revisions are submitted.

In modular questionnaire projects that do allow updates, recipients can update questionnaires at any time as long
as any previous updates are fully approved. The update process is defined by the project template's task setup.

Denied projects are also upgraded, but their primary supplier contacts aren't included in any notifications and
recipients can't update questionnaires.

In the Upgrade status tab, a table provides information about the estimated completion date, time, status, and
progress along with the rate at which the upgrade is progressing. You can refresh the table to view rate of upgrade
progress. You can also download a summary, which has the result of the template upgrade for individual projects
or view the validation errors shown earlier during the template upgrade in the validation report. If the template
upgrade progress is blocked, contact SAP Ariba Support.

The Export supplier status tab provides details about the status of the supplier details export, along with a
Download link to download the file.

Next Steps

As other projects using the same previous version of the template become eligible for upgrade, usually by being
finally approved or denied, you can repeat these steps until all projects on that previous version are upgraded.

Related Information

How Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade Works [page 209]
Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Project Eligibility for Template Upgrade [page 211]
How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 212]
Best Practices for Upgrading Projects to the Latest Template Version [page 223]

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Best Practices for Upgrading Projects to the Latest
Template Version
To optimize performance during upgrade of supplier registration and modular questionnaire projects to the latest
version of the template, SAP Ariba recommends the following:

• Limiting your upgrades to a maximum of two per week.

• Executing one template upgrade at a time – either from a modular questionnaire template or the supplier
registration template. Before performing a template upgrade in a project, navigate to the Upgrade status tab
of both the projects and ensure that there are no existing upgrades in progress.
• Identifying the projects that include maximum number of your high-priority suppliers, and start your upgrade
with those projects. To do this, in the Start upgrade tab, select the Export link corresponding to each row that
has eligible projects for upgrade. The projects that include the majority of your top-priority suppliers can then
be identified from the exported file. Prioritize these projects and upgrade the templates accordingly. First, run
the upgrade on the project that involves the majority of your top-priority suppliers. Proceed to the next project
on the list that has the suppliers that are the next most important, and so on.
• For modular questionnaire projects, you must enable the Always open rule in the template's key questionnaire
survey document to enable recipients to update project questionnaires after template upgrade.

Related Information

How Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade Works [page 209]
Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Project Eligibility for Template Upgrade [page 211]
How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 212]
Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template Version [page 219]

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Supplier Request Project Setup

Supplier request projects provide a templated workflow for creating new suppliers in your site. To set them up, you
configure a default project template.

There are two types of supplier requests, each of which has a separate project template:

• Internal requests, which people in your organization create in your site when they want to work with a new
supplier. Internal requests are always enabled and are the required mechanism for manually creating a new
supplier.
• External requests, which suppliers outside your organization submit when they want to introduce themselves.
External requests are an optional feature and must be enabled by an administrator. For more information, see
SM-2861: Enable external supplier requests.

About the Internal Supplier Request Project Template [page 224]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Internal Supplier Request Project Template
[page 226]

Default Best Practice Content for the Internal Supplier Request [page 230]

About the External Supplier Request Project Template [page 232]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting up the External Supplier Request Project Template
[page 234]

Default Best Practice Content for the External Supplier Request [page 237]

External Supplier Requests by Business Unit [page 239]

Default Supplier Request Duplicate Checks and Setting Up Custom Duplicate Checks [page 240]

About the Internal Supplier Request Project

Template
The project template for the internal supplier request defines the process by which internal users at your company
manually create suppliers in your site. The project template must always include an internal request form with an
approval task.

Internal users with the appropriate permissions create internal supplier request projects by choosing Create
Supplier Request , then submitting the internal supplier request form. The user who creates the internal request
is the explicit project owner as well as a member of the Project Owner project group. There are separate project
templates for external requests, which suppliers create by clicking a custom URL, and internal requests, which
your company’s users create in your site. The different types of request typically require different sets of questions,
and potentially different approval flows. The Create Supplier Request menu action always opens the default
survey document in the Supplier Request Template.

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If your site uses the supplier request with Dun & Bradstreet integration, it also uses the default survey document
in theSupplier Request Template. In this case, the requester chooses Create Supplier Request with D&B
Lookup .

There are separate project templates for external and internal supplier requests because the different scenarios
typically require different forms and different approval flows. Internal users typically create internal supplier
requests because they're interested in working with specific new suppliers for specific reasons, and they can prove
internally focused information.

The supplier request process is designed to ask for basic profile information about the supplier: the supplier’s
name and address, the name of at least one contact, which commodities they supply and in what regions, and so
on. The internal supplier request can also ask for information that’s specific to your company’s processes, such as
the department that wants to use the supplier. These answers display in the Supplier request detail area of the
supplier profile.

The internal supplier request process is a one-time process. The requester can edit their submitted requests until
the supplier request is in the Pending Approval status. Approvers can edit submitted supplier requests while
approval is still in progress. After the request is finally approved, it can't be edited. If a request is approved,
the supplier is created based on its information, and that information is captured in the Supplier request area.
However, if you map a question in the supplier request to a vendor database field, and you also map a question
in a subsequent project (such as registration) to the same vendor database field, the later answer overwrites the
request answer in the database and shows in the subsequent questionnaire.

Deployment of your solution includes an internal supplier request project template with the following default
configuration, which includes a request survey document and an approval task. You must edit the template to
define your organization's specific processes.

Table 11: Initial Default Configurations for the Internal Supplier Request Project Template

Template Element Default Configuration

Version and Status Version 1, Active

Documents Supplier request form, a survey document in Draft status with

the Form questionnaire type.

In sites with the project template for the internal request in ver-
sion 2 or higher as of the SAP Ariba 2203 release, this survey
document is empty.

In sites deployed after SAP Ariba 2203 release with an internal

request project template in version 1, this document contains
default best practice content. For details, refer to Default Best
Practice Content for the Internal Supplier Request [page 230].

Tasks Approval for supplier request (an approval task for the in-
ternal supplier request form document with members of the
Project Owner group as approvers)

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Template Element Default Configuration

Team The default team has one project group, Project Owner, with
system user aribasystem and the Template Creator user
group as approvers.

By default, membership in these groups isn't assigned by com-

modity, region, and department.

Related Information

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Internal Supplier Request Project Template [page
226]
Default Best Practice Content for the Internal Supplier Request [page 230]
Default Supplier Request Duplicate Checks and Setting Up Custom Duplicate Checks [page 240]
Internal Supplier Requests [page 14]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for

Setting Up the Internal Supplier Request Project
Template
Internal supplier requests function within a specific supplier management workflow, and there are some
restrictions and requirements in their configuration that ensure they fit successfully in that workflow.

For information that applies to all supplier management project templates, refer to General Best Practices for
Setting Up Supplier Management Projects [page 59].

Restrictions

• Use the template's default survey document for the internal supplier request form or questionnaire and
create questions directly in the survey document. The supplier request project template doesn't support any
additional documents.
• You can add approval tasks in addition to the template's default approval task on the internal request survey
document and chain them together as predecessors, but don't add any other type of task to the template. The
supplier request project template only supports approval tasks on its single survey document.

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Requirements

If the survey document in your internal supplier request project template has default content, required question
configurations are included in that content, and you can edit them as necessary. Otherwise, you must add them
from scratch. For more information, refer to Default Best Practice Content for the Internal Supplier Request [page
230].

• The following question configurations are required because they're necessary for creating the supplier in the
database once the request is approved:

Question Supplier Field Mapping Included in Default Content?

Supplier name Either of the following mappings: Yes, with the

• [Link].name1 [Link].name1
mapping
• [Link]
ame (if your site uses the optional
supplier full name feature [page
177] (SM-14213))

 Note
If your site uses the supplier full
name feature, use the
[Link]
ame mapping for all supplier name
questions in all of your supplier
management questionnaires. Don't
use mappings to any of the individ-
ual numbered name fields.

Supplier contact first name [Link] Yes

Supplier contact last name [Link] Yes

Supplier contact email address [Link] Yes

• If you want to use buyer category assignments (the user matrix) to add approvers to supplier requests, the
following question configurations are required:

Included in Default Con-

Question Answer Type Supplier Field Mapping tent?

Supplier commodities Commodity [Link] Yes

Supplier regions Region [Link] Yes

Supplier departments (only Department [Link] No

required if your site uses de-
partments)

• To include tax data in default duplicate checks during the internal supplier request workflow:
• The Tax answer type (SM-3891) must be enabled in your site.
• You must define metadata for country/region-specific tax ID fields. For details, refer to Country/Region-
Specific Tax ID Field Data Import [page 98].

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 • Your internal supplier request must include a Tax question mapped to [Link] (for a single
question) or [Link][$index] (for a question in a repeatable section). To check against tax IDs
updated in a supplier registration questionnaire, that questionnaire must also use a Tax question with the
same configuration and mapping.
Default content includes a Tax question mapped to [Link].
For more information, refer to Default Supplier Request Duplicate Checks and Setting Up Custom Duplicate
Checks [page 240].
• If your site is integrated with Dun & Bradstreet, refer to Internal Supplier Request Setup for Dun & Bradstreet
Integration [page 607] for additional requirements.

Helpful Hints

• If you plan to integrate your site with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S, refer to Best Practices for
Setting Up the Supplier Request for Integration [page 72].
In sites integrated with SAP MDG-S, these best practices, as well as specific, verified configurations for MDG-S
integration, are also included in Integrating SAP MDG-S with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.
• SAP Ariba recommends using modular questionnaires for managing supplier certificates. You can include
certificate questions in internal supplier request project templates, but respondents are able to answer "Yes"
without providing details about the certificate. Modular questionnaires require details about a certificate
if the respondent answers "Yes". For more information, see Certificate Management Setup in Modular
Questionnaires [page 354].
• SAP Ariba recommends enabling auto-approval for approval tasks on internal supplier request if you plan to
have the requester also be the approver and if you don't need additional approvers.
• If you do set up an approval flow for the supplier request, it's editable while it's in approval. Who
can edit a supplier request while it's in approval is determined by the self-service configuration
parameter [Link] in SM Administration Configuration
Parameters . Refer to Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826] for
details.
• SAP Ariba recommends that you add no more than 500 pieces of content to an individual questionnaire.
Adding more than 500 pieces of content can cause performance to degrade progressively as you add more
content.
• The survey document in the supplier request project template is automatically internal, regardless of the value
you set for Specify questionnaire type.
• SAP Ariba also recommends asking for the supplier contact's locale based on the locale information in your
site. This locale information allows you to send the notifications and questionnaire content that match the
supplier contact's language. Ask for the contact's locale using master data as the acceptable answer value,
select Locale as the master data type, and map the question to [Link]. This configuration is an
integration best practice.
• SAP Ariba's default time zone for supplier contacts is Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), but you can set a different
time zone with a question mapped to [Link]. Valid time zone values are defined by master
data in your site.
• You can allow the requester to set the time zone with a question that has Acceptable Values set to Master
Data Value, Type of master data for answer set to Time Zone, and Visible to Participant set to Yes.
• You can set a default time zone with a question that has Acceptable Values set to Master Data Value,
Response Required? set to Not Required, Visible to Participant set to No, Type of master data for

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 answer set to Time Zone, and Initial Value set to your desired time zone. The initial value must be an exact
match to the master data value.

 Note

• SAP Ariba defines time zone master data. You can't import custom time zone master data.
• When a supplier contact becomes public, they can set their own time zone.
• For private supplier contacts, users with appropriate permission can edit the supplier contact's time
zone.

• Although it isn't required, you can also ask a question for the contact's middle name and map it to
[Link].
• If any of your questions involve sensitive data, you can mask the answers [page 475] so that only users with the
appropriate permissions can see them.
• In addition to SAP Ariba's default duplicate check on name, street address, city, state, country/region, postal
code, and D-U-N-S Number, you can specify additional questions in the internal supplier request for use in the
duplicate check. There are some configuration considerations and requirements [page 240] for both types of
duplicate check.
• If you map a question in the internal supplier request and a question in a supplier registration questionnaire
to the same vendor database field, inviting a supplier to register automatically adds the answer from the
request to the question in the registration questionnaire. Respondents can keep that initial answer or edit it;
any changes they make are then stored in the mapped database field as the current value. This automatic
population of registration questionnaires from the request occurs for questions mapped to vendor database
fields, but not to matrix fields ([Link], [Link], and [Link]).
• Keep in mind that once any internal supplier request is approved, its original information is permanently
preserved in the supplier's profile, even if the information in an underlying database field is updated (through
ERP synchronization or data import for example). On the other hand, the supplier registration template
supports ongoing updates to questions in both internal and external (supplier-facing) questionnaires, including
approvals for those updates and the ability to view previous answers to external questionnaires during
approval. Therefore:
• If you want to record the initial answer in the supplier profile, ask the question in the supplier request.
• If you want to allow either the supplier or an internal user to update the answer, ask the question in an
external supplier registration questionnaire (for supplier update) or the internal registration questionnaire
(for internal updates) and configure new and updated registration phases in the supplier registration
project template.
• If you ask the same question in both the internal supplier request and a registration questionnaire, and
map it to the same vendor database field, the supplier's initial answer is added to the Summary area, and
registration questionnaire answers are updated in the database and shown elsewhere.
• If your questionnaire includes an Extended Address question, the respondent must provide an answer in the
Region field to submit the request.

Related Information

Internal Supplier Requests [page 14]

About the Internal Supplier Request Project Template [page 224]
Default Supplier Request Duplicate Checks and Setting Up Custom Duplicate Checks [page 240]
Integrating SAP MDG-S with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance

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Default Best Practice Content for the Internal Supplier Request [page 230]
Best Practices for Setting Up the Supplier Request for Integration [page 72]
Tax Questions for Collecting Supplier Tax Information [page 426]

Default Best Practice Content for the Internal

Supplier Request
If your site was deployed after the 2203 release and its project template for the internal supplier request is in
version 1, it includes a set of default content. This content includes required questions for creating a supplier
contact and reflects best practices for integration.

To edit this default content, create a new version of the template.

If your site's internal request project template was in version 2 or higher as of the SAP Ariba 2203 release, it doesn't
include default content. You must add all content manually.

 Note

Currently, default best practice question content is only available in English. To provide content in other
languages, add translations.

Answer Type
and Configura- Response Supplier Field
Section Name Description tion Required? Mapping Other Settings

General Supplier Supplier name The supplier's Text (single line Yes, Participant [Link] Max Length: 35
Information name. limited) Required [Link]
1

Supplier Main The supplier's The supplier's Extended Yes, Participant [Link]
Address address address. Address Required [Link]
alAddress

Primary Sup- Supplier contact The supplier Text (single line Yes, Participant [Link] Validation
plier Contact email address contact's email limited) Required il Pattern:
address.
^\w+(.\w+)*
@[a-zA-
Z0-9-]+?\.
[a-zA-Z]
{2,3}$

Validation
Pattern Error
Message:
Please enter in a
valid email for-
mat.

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 Answer Type
and Configura- Response Supplier Field
Section Name Description tion Required? Mapping Other Settings

Supplier contact The first or given Text (single Yes, Participant [Link]
first name name of the limited) Required stName
supplier con-
tact.

Supplier contact The last or fam- Text (single line Yes, Participant [Link]
last name ily name of the limited) Required tName
supplier con-
tact.

Supplier contact The locale of the Text (single line Not Required [Link]
locale supplier con- limited with ale
tact. Master Data
Value specified
as the
Acceptable
Values and
Locale specified
as the master
data

Supplier contact The telephone Text (single line Not Required [Link]
telephone num- number of the limited) ephone
ber supplier con-
tact.

None Supplier tax ID The country/ Tax Not Required [Link]

region-specific xt
tax ID for the
supplier.

None Supplier ac- The account Text (single line Yes, Participant [Link] Max Length: 4
count group group or mainte- Required orInfoExt.m
limited) with
nance profile aintenanceP Code
List of Choices
code for the rofileCode Delimiters: []
supplier. specified as the
Acceptable
Values and a de-
fined choice of
[KRED]
Vendor
[Link]
assignment

Additional Infor- Commodities The commodi- Commodity Not Required [Link]

mation supplied ties to associate gories
with the sup-
plier.

Regions of oper- The regions to Region Not Required [Link]

ation associate with ons
the supplier.

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Related Information

Default Best Practice Content for the External Supplier Request [page 237]
Default Best Practice Configuration for the External Supplier Registration Questionnaire [page 257]
Optional Feature Best Practices for Supplier Data Integration [page 64]
Best Practices for Setting Up the Supplier Request for Integration [page 72]
About the Internal Supplier Request Project Template [page 224]
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Internal Supplier Request Project Template [page
226]
Internal Supplier Requests [page 14]

About the External Supplier Request Project

Template
The project template for the external supplier request defines the process by which suppliers ask to be added to
your site. This process, which is sometimes referred to as supplier self-registration, always includes an external
request form with an approval task.

The external supplier request project template is only available in sites with the external supplier request feature
enabled. As part of external supplier request enablement, SAP Ariba Customer Support provides your organization
with an external supplier request URL specific to your site. Your organization can provide this URL to potential new
suppliers through specific outreach programs, by publishing it on a website, or through other means.

Suppliers create external supplier request projects by accessing the external supplier request URL and filling
out and submitting the external supplier request form. The system user aribasystem is the explicit owner of
external supplier request projects as well as the requester. If the request is approved, the supplier is created
in the database. The external supplier request URL always opens the survey document from the Supplier Self-
Registration Request Template.

There are separate project templates for external and internal supplier requests because each scenario typically
requires different forms and different approval flows. Internal users typically create internal supplier requests
because they're interested in working with specific new suppliers for specific reasons. Internal supplier requests
can prove internally focused information such as the reason for adding the supplier, the supplier's applicability to
specific organization processes, and so on. The types of suppliers who submit external supplier requests depend
on how your organization distributes the request URL. Suppliers can't provide internally focused information, and
it's often not desirable to show those questions to them. You can also ask suppliers a specific set of questions to
help you categorize them and identify their usefulness, but omit those questions for internal users to whom they're
not relevant. Furthermore, suppliers who submit external requests can warrant an additional degree of scrutiny, or
different types of scrutiny, during the approval process.

The external supplier request process is designed to ask for basic profile information about the supplier: the
supplier’s name and address, the name of a contact, and so forth. These answers show in the Supplier request
detail area of the supplier profile.

The external supplier request process is a one-time process. Approvers can edit submitted external requests while
approval is still in progress. If an external request is approved, the supplier is created based on its information,
and that information is captured in the Supplier request detail area. However, if you map a question in the

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external supplier request to a vendor database field, and you also map a question in a subsequent project (such
as registration) to the same vendor database field, the later answer overwrites the external request answer in the
database and shows in the subsequent questionnaire.

The initial enablement of the external supplier request feature in your site adds the external supplier request
project template in a default configuration that includes an empty request survey document and approval task flow.
You must edit the template to define your organization's specific processes.

Table 12: Initial Default Configurations for the External Supplier Request Project Template

Template Element Default Configuration

Version and Status Version 1, Active

Documents Supplier self-registration request form, a survey document in

Draft status with the Form questionnaire type.

In sites where the project template for the external request was
added before the SAP Ariba 2203 release and was in version 2
or higher as of that release, this survey document is empty.

In sites with the project template for the external request was
in version 1 as of the SAP Ariba 2203 release or was added
after that release, this survey document contains default best
practice content. For details, refer to Default Best Practice
Content for the External Supplier Request [page 237].

Tasks Approval for supplier self-registration request (an empty ap-

proval task for the external supplier request form document)

Team The default team has two project groups:

• Project Owner, with the system user aribasystem as

the only member.
• Template Creators, with the Template Creator group as
the only member.

By default, membership in these groups isn't assigned by com-

modity, region, and department.

Related Information

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting up the External Supplier Request Project Template [page
234]
About the Internal Supplier Request Project Template [page 224]
Default Best Practice Content for the External Supplier Request [page 237]

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Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for
Setting up the External Supplier Request Project
Template
External supplier requests function within a specific supplier management workflow, and there are some
restrictions and requirements in their configuration that ensure they fit successfully in that workflow.

For information that applies to all supplier management project templates, refer to General Best Practices for
Setting Up Supplier Management Projects [page 59].

Restrictions

• Use the template's default survey document for the external supplier request form or questionnaire and create
questions directly in the survey document. The external supplier request project template doesn't support any
additional documents.
• You can add approval tasks in addition to the template's default approval task on the external request survey
document and chain them together as predecessors, but don't add any other type of task to the template. The
external supplier request project template only supports approval tasks on its single survey document.
• Unlike registration and qualification questionnaires, which suppliers fill out on SAP Business Network, the
external supplier request is served directly in your site. The external supplier request URL allows suppliers to
access the external supplier request form in your site as guest users for this strictly limited purpose. Although
the external supplier request is supplier-facing, it isn't an external questionnaire served on SAP Business
Network, and it functions in the same way as an internal questionnaire does. Therefore, you can only use
question or other content configurations that are supported in internal questionnaires in the external supplier
request. You can't use question or other content configurations that are supported in external (supplier-facing)
questionnaires that suppliers answer on SAP Business Network but not in internal questionnaires.
• Questions of answer type Bank Account and Tax aren't supported in the external supplier request.

Requirements

• The external supplier request feature (SM-2861) isn't enabled by default. To enable it, see SM-2861: Enable
external supplier requests.
• If the survey document in your external supplier request project template has default content, required
question configurations are included in that content, and you can edit them as necessary. Otherwise, you
must add them from scratch. For more information, refer to Default Best Practice Content for the External
Supplier Request [page 237].
• The following question configurations are required because they're necessary for creating the supplier in the
database once the request is approved:

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 Question Supplier Field Mapping Included in Default Content?

Supplier name Either of the following mappings: Yes, with the

• [Link].name1 [Link].name1
mapping
• [Link]
ame (if your site uses the optional
supplier full name feature [page
177] (SM-14213))

 Note
If your site uses the supplier full
name feature, use the
[Link]
ame mapping for all supplier name
questions in all of your supplier
management questionnaires. Don't
use mappings to any of the individ-
ual numbered name fields.

Supplier contact first name [Link] Yes

Supplier contact last name [Link] Yes

Supplier contact email address [Link] Yes

• If you want to use buyer category assignments (the user matrix) to add approvers to supplier requests, the
following question configurations are required:

Included in Default Con-

Question Answer Type Supplier Field Mapping tent?

Supplier commodities Commodity [Link] Yes

Supplier regions Region [Link] Yes

Supplier departments (only Department [Link] No

required if your site uses de-
partments)

Helpful hints

• SAP Ariba recommends using modular questionnaires for managing supplier certificates. You can include
certificate questions in external supplier requests project templates, but respondents are able to answer
"Yes" without providing details about the certificate. Modular questionnaires require details about a certificate
if the respondent answers "Yes". For more information, see Certificate Management Setup in Modular
Questionnaires [page 354].
• Internal users who aren't approvers can't edit external supplier requests. Don't add questions intended for
internal users to external supplier requests; add them to the internal supplier registration questionnaire
instead.

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• SAP Ariba recommends that you add no more than 500 pieces of content to an individual questionnaire.
Adding more than 500 pieces of content can cause performance to degrade progressively as you add more
content.
• SAP Ariba also recommends asking for the supplier contact's locale based on the locale information in your
site. This locale information allows you to send the notifications and questionnaire content that match the
supplier contact's language. To ask for the contact's locale, use master data as the acceptable answer value,
choose Locale as the master data type, and map the question to [Link].
• SAP Ariba's default time zone for supplier contacts is Pacific Daylight Time (PDT), but you can set a different
time zone with a question mapped to [Link]. Valid time zone values are defined by master
data in your site.
• You can allow the requester to set the time zone with a question that has Acceptable Values of Master
Data Value, Type of master data for answer of Time Zone, and Visible to Participant set to Yes.
• You can set a default time zone with a question that has Acceptable Values of Master Data Value,
Response Required? set to Not Required, Visible to Participant set to No, Type of master data for
answer of Time Zone, and Initial Value set to your desired time zone. The initial value must be an exact
match to the master data value.

 Note

• SAP Ariba defines time zone master data. You can't import custom time zone master data.
• When a supplier contact becomes public, they can set their own time zone.
• For private supplier contacts, users with appropriate permission can edit the supplier request contact's
time zone.

• Although it's not required, you can also ask a question for the contact's middle name and map it to
[Link].
• You don't need to publish the external supplier request survey document. Instead, simply publish the new
template version to activate your changes to the template's survey document.
• If any of your questions involve sensitive data, you can mask the answers so that only users with the
appropriate permissions can see them.
• In addition to SAP Ariba's default duplicate check on name, street address, city, state, country/region, postal
code, and D-U-N-S Number, you can specify additional questions in the internal supplier request for use in the
duplicate check. There are some configuration considerations and requirements [page 240] for both types of
duplicate check.
• If your site uses the external request by business unit feature, there are some specific requirements and
settings [page 239] for that feature.
• Keep in mind that once any supplier request is approved, its original information is permanently preserved
in the supplier's profile, even if the information in an underlying database field is updated (through ERP
synchronization or updates to a mapped SAP Business Network profile field, for example). On the other
hand, the supplier registration template supports ongoing updates to questions in both internal and external
(supplier-facing) questionnaires, including approvals for those updates and the ability to view previous answers
to external questionnaires during approval. Therefore:
• If you want to record the supplier's initial answer in its profile, ask the question in the external supplier
request.
• If you want to allow the supplier to update their answer, ask the question in an external supplier registration
questionnaire and configure new and updated registration phases in the supplier registration project
template.
• If you ask the same question in both the external supplier request and an external registration
questionnaire, and map it to the same vendor database field, the supplier's initial answer is added to

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 the Supplier request detail area of the supplier's profile, and registration questionnaire answer is updated
in the database and shown elsewhere.
• If your questionnaire includes an Extended Address question, the respondent must provide an answer in the
Region field to submit the questionnaire.

Related Information

About the External Supplier Request Project Template [page 232]

Question Field Mapping [page 432]
About Field Mappings for SAP Business Network Supplier Profile Fields [page 456]
Sensitive Data Masking in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 475]

Default Best Practice Content for the External

Supplier Request
If your site was deployed after the 2203 release and its project template for the external supplier request is in
version 1, it includes a set of default content. This content includes required questions for creating a supplier
contact and reflects best practices for integration.

To edit this default content, create a new version of the template.

External supplier request projects aren't available by default. They're only available in sites where the optional
external supplier request feature (SM-2861) is enabled. Enabling the feature adds the template for the external
supplier request to your site. If your site's external request project template was added before the SAP Ariba 2203
release and was in version 2 or higher as of that release, it doesn't include default content. You must add all content
manually.

 Note

Currently, default best practice question content is only available in English. To provide content in other
languages, add translations.

Answer Type
and Configura- Response Supplier Field
Section Name Description tion Required? Mapping Other Settings

General Supplier Supplier name The supplier's Text (single line Yes, Participant [Link] Max Length: 35
Information name. limited) Required [Link]
1

Supplier Main The supplier's The supplier's Extended Yes, Participant [Link]
Address address address. Address Required [Link]
alAddress

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 Answer Type
and Configura- Response Supplier Field
Section Name Description tion Required? Mapping Other Settings

Primary Sup- Supplier contact The supplier Text (single line Yes, Participant [Link] Validation
plier Contact email address contact's email limited) Required il Pattern:
address.
^\w+(.\w+)*
@[a-zA-
Z0-9-]+?\.
[a-zA-Z]
{2,3}$

Validation
Pattern Error
Message:
Please enter in a
valid email for-
mat.

Supplier contact The first or given Text (single line Yes, Participant [Link]
first name name of the limited) Required stName
supplier con-
tact.

Supplier contact The last or fam- Text (single line Yes, Participant [Link]
last name ily name of the limited) Required tName
supplier con-
tact.

Supplier contact The locale of the Text (single line Not Required [Link]
locale supplier con- limited with ale
tact. Acceptable
Values specified
as the Master
Data Value and
Locale specified
as the master
data

Supplier contact The telephone Text (single line Not Required [Link]
telephone num- number of the limited) ephone
ber supplier con-
tact.

Additional Infor- Commodities The commodi- Commodity Not Required [Link]

mation supplied ties to associate gories
with the sup-
plier.

Regions of oper- The regions to Region Not Required [Link]

ation associate with ons
the supplier.

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Related Information

Default Best Practice Content for the External Supplier Request [page 237]
Default Best Practice Configuration for the External Supplier Registration Questionnaire [page 257]
Optional Feature Best Practices for Supplier Data Integration [page 64]
Best Practices for Setting Up the Supplier Request for Integration [page 72]
External Supplier Requests [page 16]
About the External Supplier Request Project Template [page 232]
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting up the External Supplier Request Project Template [page
234]

External Supplier Requests by Business Unit

The external supplier request by business unit feature allows suppliers to see familiar business unit names in the
external supplier request, confirmation pages, and notifications.

If your organization is divided into specialized or regional business units, suppliers can be more familiar with the
name and function of one of those business units than with your organization's overall name and function. For
example, you can do business in a country under a different name, or a variation of your organization's name.
External supplier request by business unit (SM-6380) isn't enabled by default. When it's enabled and set up in your
site:

• Suppliers choose the business unit to which they request to be added when filling out the external supplier
request. After they submit requests, the confirmation screen shows the name of the business unit instead of
your organization's name.
• Request approvals are routed to the appropriate stakeholders in the specific business units specified in the
external supplier requests.
• External supplier request notifications for both suppliers and approvers show the name of the business unit
instead of your organization's name.

 Note

When this feature is enabled, requesters can only select one department value in both external and internal
supplier requests. This restriction allows you to route external requests to a specific business unit in your
organization. It doesn't apply to other supplier management questionnaires.

To set up external supplier request by business unit, you:

1. Enable the feature in your site:

• Enable the feature toggle SM-6380: Enable business unit-specific notifications for external supplier
requests in Intelligent Configuration Manager.
• Enable the configuration parameter [Link].
EnableBusinessUnitSpecificNotificationsForExternalSupplierRequests in SM Administration
Configuration Parameters .
2. Import your business units as department master data: in the Ariba Administrator Site Manager Data
Import/Export task, use the Import Departments data import task to import your business units. For more

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 information, see Common Data Import and Administration Guide for SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Solutions
and SAP Ariba Supplier Management Solutions.
3. Ask suppliers to choose a business unit in the external supplier request: in the survey document in the
external supplier request project template, add a Department question and map it to [Link].
The presence of this question with this mapping in the external supplier request is required.
4. On the Conditions tab of the external supplier request project template, create a condition for each business
unit using a field match on the Departments field and specifying that the match is on a child of the selected
business unit value. Use these conditions to create a parallel, conditional approval node for each business unit
in the approval task or tasks on the external supplier request. For more information, refer to Project Template
Guide.

Related Information

About the External Supplier Request Project Template [page 232]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting up the External Supplier Request Project Template [page
234]
Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]
Approval Flow Creation in the Approval Rules Editor [page 495]
Project Template Conditions
Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826]
Managing Feature Toggles for the Site

Default Supplier Request Duplicate Checks and

Setting Up Custom Duplicate Checks
After a requester submits either an internal or external supplier request, duplicate checks identify potential
matches to existing suppliers in your site to help prevent the creation of duplicate suppliers. Your internal and
external supplier request setups can affect how these duplicate checks function.

Supplier requests include automatic, default duplicate checks based on the following information:

Information Fields Configuration Notes

Name • [Link].name1
• [Link]
me (if your site uses the optional
supplier full name feature [page 177]
(SM-14213))

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 Information Fields Configuration Notes

Address • [Link].line1 For address fields, you can use ei-

ther individual questions mapped to
• [Link].line2 these individual address fields, or
• [Link].line3 an Address question mapped to
• [Link] [Link]. Although use of
an Extended Address question in the
• [Link] supplier request is an integration best
• [Link] practice, Extended Address fields aren't
de used in the default duplicate check.

• [Link]
e

Dun & Bradstreet ID [Link]

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Information Fields Configuration Notes

Tax IDs • [Link] For these tax ID fields, you must

e use a Tax question mapped to

• [Link] [Link] (for a single ques-

icationNumberTypeCode tion) or [Link][$index]
(for a question in a repeatable section).
• [Link]
For detailed requirements, refer to Re-
strictions, Requirements, and Helpful
Hints for Setting Up the Internal Supplier
Request Project Template [page 226].

For default duplicate checking against

tax IDs updated in a supplier registration
questionnaire, that questionnaire must
also use a Tax question with the same
configuration and mapping.

Since default duplicate check on tax IDs

is more robust and checks against more
tax data, SAP Ariba recommends using it
instead of custom duplicate check.

 Tip
If you previously used custom dupli-
cate check based on individual, map-
ped tax questions, you can adopt de-
fault duplicate check on tax IDs in-
stead. To do so, update the supplier
request to replace those individual
tax question configurations with the
prerequisite Tax question configura-
tion. Answers in new requests based
on this update are checked against
all previously collected tax data from
supported sources, including previ-
ous requests.

 Note
• Default duplicate check using
Tax questions is only supported
in the internal supplier request
without Dun & Bradstreet inte-
gration. It's not supported in the
external supplier request, which
can't include Tax questions, or
in the D&B-integrated supplier

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 Information Fields Configuration Notes

request, which doesn't include

tax data in the initial lookup.
• Including both a Tax question
and any individual questions
mapped to tax fields in the
same questionnaire isn't sup-
ported. Choose either the rec-
ommended default duplicate
check based on Tax answers or
custom duplicate check based
on individual tax questions, but
don't attempt to combine both
of them in the same supplier re-
quest.

If you add questions with these field mappings to the internal or external supplier request, the answers are used in
duplicate checks.

You can use additional questions in the internal and external supplier requests for duplicate check using the Enable
duplicate check setting. Custom duplicate check can increase the probability of matching supplier requests to
existing duplicate suppliers by contributing additional variables to matching algorithms. When setting up questions
for use in custom duplicate checks, keep in mind the following considerations:

• There's no need to enable duplicate check manually on questions that are already used in default duplicate
check.
• You can only enable custom duplicate check for questions of answer type Text (single line limited), Whole
Number, Decimal Number, and Yes/No. These questions must be mapped to at least one vendor database
field.
• To avoid overly broad duplicate checks, enable no more than five questions for custom duplicate check.
• To avoid overly broad matching, make sure that any question you enable for custom duplicate check is likely to
yield a unique answer for each supplier, such as a national ID.
• The position of the question (top-level or nested within one or more sections) has no effect on custom
duplicate check.
• If your site uses both internal and external supplier requests, and you include the same custom duplicate
check-enabled question in both the internal and external requests, the vendor database field mappings for
both questions must be identical: they must have the same number of mappings, to the same fields, in
the same order. Otherwise, custom duplicate matching doesn't work properly. Identical mappings aren't a
requirement for questions used in the default duplicate check.

 Note

• Duplicate checks are linked to specific supplier database field and match against questionnaire answers in
questions mapped to those fields. If you delete a question in one version of a template, and then readd it
in a subsequent version using same field mapping, duplicate check can match responses to the readded
question against stored response data from the deleted question.
• In sites integrated with SAP MDG-S, SAP Ariba recommends enabling the optional feature to validate
supplier requests in SAP MDG-S as a best practice. Default and custom duplicate checks in SAP Ariba only
match against other suppliers in the SAP Ariba database. Validation in SAP MDG-S provides an additional
step after duplicate check in SAP Ariba that allows you to match potential new suppliers against all types of

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 business partners in SAP MDG-S and avoid synchronizing new duplicate suppliers created in SAP Ariba to
MDG-S.

Related Information

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Internal Supplier Request Project Template [page
226]
Tax Questions for Collecting Supplier Tax Information [page 426]
Address or Extended Address Questions for Collecting Supplier Address Information [page 417]
Default Fields and Field Mappings in Address Question Answer Types [page 447]

How Duplicate Checks Work in Submitted Supplier

Requests
Duplicate checks help prevent the creation of duplicate records for the same supplier in the database. After a
requester submits an internal supplier request, or a supplier submits an external supplier request, a duplicate
check matches its information to existing suppliers to identify potential duplicates.

The information in the request that contributes to the duplicate check depends on your site's configuration and
the setup of your organization's supplier requests. External supplier requests and duplicate check based on custom
questions are both optional features.

The supplier request duplicate check searches for existing suppliers in your site's vendor database, by a
combination of:

• Exact match to Dun & Bradstreet ID (D-U-N-S Number).

• Exact match to country/region-specific tax IDs in internal supplier requests only, if your organization uses
default duplicate check based on tax IDs.
• Strict match to the full supplier name, based on the following conditions:
• Company extensions such as LLC, INC, Incorporated, are truncated when performing a duplicate check.
For example, if your site has an existing supplier with the value "First Light Diagnostics LLC", the duplicate
check removes "LLC" from the supplier name and performs a search only for "First Light Diagnostics".
Note that the supplier full names support the following company extensions but truncate them during
duplicate checks: “co”, “company”, “corp”, “corporation”, “incorporated”, “inc”, “llc”, “llp”, “sa”, “sl”, “srl”,
“ag”, “ltd”, “gmbh”.
• When searching, if the supplier name matches any of these vendor database fields in your site: name1,
name2, name3, or name4. For example, a supplier in your site has “First”, “Light”, “Medical”, and
“Diagnostics” as values for name1, name2, name3, and name4 respectively. Consequently, a search for
"Medical" returns every supplier with the value “Medical” in name1, name2, name3, or name4. Therefore,
“SMR Medical”, “Medical Diagnostics”, “Health and Medical” and so on are all potential matches for the
search.
• In a supplier search, the exact full match is shown regardless of the supplier's status, whether approved,
registered, draft, and so on.
• At least a partial match to supplier name followed by a partial or full address match. At least a partial name
match must occur before address matching is attempted.

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 • If your site uses custom duplicate check, partial matches to answers are also used for custom duplication
check. For custom duplicate check, the answer must match starting with the first character. If the answer
contains any spaces, each space-separated word or group of characters is matched separately, and each must
either fully or partially match starting with the first character.
For example, if your site has an existing supplier with the value "Green Energy Corporation" in a field used for
a custom duplicate check, "Green," Energy," and "Corporation" are all indexed for matching separately. Any
corresponding supplier request answer that starts with "G," "E," or "C" is considered for matching, and answers
such as "Gre," "Energ," and "Corp" are matched. Answers such as "Greed," "Reen," and "Gre Energion" aren't
matched.

Matching is case insensitive. The duplicate check scores different matches based on predefined logic. The score
is expressed as a percentage between 0 and 100, with scores of 70% and above considered strong matches and
scores of less than 70% considered weak matches.

In match scoring, a D-U-N-S Number match scores either 100% for an exact match or 0% for no match. Strict
name matches score 100%, while partial name matches can vary between 0% and 100%. For matches on country/
region, the duplicate check assigns maximum scores to exact matches but also accepts synonyms, ignoring case,
and scores synonym matches based on degree of similarity to the request answer, with an exact string match
scoring 100%. The duplicate check assigns a total matching score to existing, potentially matching suppliers based
on all matching fields.

When the requester submits the supplier request (for internal requests only) and during supplier request approval
(for both internal and external supplier requests), the duplicate check displays the top 20 matching suppliers,
based on match score, in the following order:

• Exact matches (score of 100%) first.

• Partial matches next, in descending order based on score.

The duplicate check popup includes information on which answers in the current supplier request match to existing
suppliers.

 Restriction

• For default duplicate check on supplier D-U-N-S Number, name, and address, the duplicate check cleanses
the values in those fields and replaces newlines, white spaces, and ASCII punctuation with a single space
before matching values to existing suppliers. Because of this cleansing, a new supplier request with a
supplier name of "Supplier A, Ltd." matches an existing supplier name "Supplier A Ltd" but not an existing
supplier named "Supplier A, Ltd.".
• Default duplicate checks match against existing suppliers in the database regardless of how the
matching supplier information was added. Default duplicate check against tax IDs in supplier registration

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 questionnaires with the required configuration is only supported for answers added by questionnaire
recipients. It's not supported for answers added by registration questionnaire imports.
Custom duplicate checks match answers in internal or external supplier requests against mapped
answers from existing submitted supplier requests. They don't match against mapped data that originates
from sources outside of supplier requests, such as data import, ERP integration, or other types of
questionnaires.
• Duplicate checks don't match against denied supplier requests or inactivated suppliers.

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Supplier Registration Project Setup

Supplier registration projects provide a templated workflow for collecting and maintaining important profile
information about suppliers. To set them up, you configure a default project template. Supplier registration
projects support a number of optional elements such as multiple internal and external questionnaires and separate
workflows for new registrations and updates.

About the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 247]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Registration Project Template [page
251]

Configuration Considerations for Supporting Both Internal and External Registrations [page 256]

Default Best Practice Configuration for the External Supplier Registration Questionnaire [page 257]

Setting Up Reminders for Recipients to Complete Questionnaires in a New Registration [page 261]

Setting Up Periodic Reminders for Registration Questionnaire Updates [page 263]

Using a Custom Sender Name for Registration Invitations [page 265]

Setting Up Different Workflows for New Registrations and Registration Updates [page 267]

Registration and Registration Update Statuses in Visibility and Editability Conditions [page 270]

Using Editability Conditions to Prevent Recipients from Updating Registration Questionnaire Answers [page
271]

Conditional Workflows for Manual and Mass Invited Registrations [page 272]

Streamlining the Registration Questionnaire for Legacy Suppliers Using Editability Conditions [page 273]

Question Mappings to Other Questions for Setting and Maintaining Associated Sets of ERP Profile Data [page
275]

Supplier Blocking and Unblocking in Internal Registration Questionnaires [page 278]

Supplier Inactivation in Internal Registration Questionnaires [page 279]

About the Supplier Registration Project Template

The supplier registration project template defines the process by which your company gathers and maintains
detailed profile information about suppliers from both internal users and the suppliers themselves.

The supplier registration project template must always include, at minimum, an external (supplier-facing)
registration questionnaire with an approval task. However, it supports:

• Internal questionnaires: one or more internal-facing questionnaires that users at your company fill out and
submit to maintain information about the supplier that’s specific to your organization’s business processes,
including ERP profile information.
• Multiple external questionnaires: one or more external (supplier-facing) questionnaires that suppliers fill
out and submit to provide information such as their locations, ability to provide various goods and services,

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 adherence or agreement to various standards, certifications, and so forth. In internal registrations, internal
recipients fill out these external questionnaires on behalf of the supplier instead.

In the registration project, internal users can update internal questionnaires at any time as long as a previous
edit isn't currently in approval. Unlike other supplier management projects, the supplier registration project also
supports continuous updates to external questionnaires, and you can use separate phases in the template [page
267] to create different workflows for new registrations and registration updates. You can also always upgrade
supplier registration projects to the latest version of the template [page 219], ensuring consistency in supplier
profile data and registration processes for suppliers who registered at different times. These characteristics make
the questionnaires in the supplier registration project the ideal location for maintaining supplier profile information
that can change over time.

Any of the following methods can create a supplier registration project, depending on your site’s setup:

• Manual invitation: when a user with the appropriate permissions clicks Invite or Start internal registration
in the Registration detail area of the supplier profile and selects one or more available external registration
questionnaires to send. Manual invitations are typically used to register suppliers that were created manually
through supplier requests. In this case, the user who starts the registration is the explicit project owner.
• Mass invitation: when a customer administrator creates a mass invitation wave [page 567] to invite a number
of suppliers at once and chooses one questionnaire from the available external registration questionnaires.
Mass invitations are typically used to onboard your existing suppliers to SAP Ariba Supplier Management
solutions. These suppliers are typically already known to your company and are created in your site using data
import [page 129], migration, or replication from an integrated ERP system. For mass-invited suppliers, the
user who issues the mass invitation is the explicit project owner. The primary supplier manager must be part of
the Supplier Registration Manager group or SM Ops Administrator group to invite mass invite suppliers.
• Automatic invitation: when the self-service site configuration parameter Automatically start supplier
registrations ([Link]) is enabled in your site. In this case, the owner
of the resulting supplier registration project depends on whether the request has a manual approval flow
configured for it:
• If the request has a manual approval flow, the final approver becomes the explicit project owner of the
resulting supplier registration project in all cases.
• If the request is automatically approved, the explicit project owner of the request also becomes the explicit
project owner of the resulting supplier registration project. For internal supplier requests, the owner is the
internal user who created the request. For external supplier request, the owner is always aribasystem.
This behavior applies whether or not the request workflow includes a step for validation in an integrated SAP
Master Data Governance for Suppliers (MDG-S) system.
• Automatic registration: when primary supplier contacts are added or imported for the very first time, or when
supplier requests are externally approved in an integrated SAP Master Data Governance for Suppliers (MDG-S)
system, and confirmed in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.

 Note

The configuration parameter [Link]

must be enabled in Manage SM Administration Configuration Parameters . The
self-service site configuration parameter Automatically start supplier registrations
([Link]) must also be enabled in your site. A member of the
Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager workspace.

• Participate in a sourcing event: when a supplier with Not Invited registration status
attempts to participate in a sourcing event to which they've been invited, and the
site configuration parameter Set minimum registration status for event participation

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 ([Link]) in your site is configured to require
a minimum registration status of Registered or higher.
• Migration: when a public supplier (a supplier with an associated SAP Business Network profile) with an
approved supplier profile questionnaire is migrated. Migrated suppliers are generally suppliers you already
work with; migrating their legacy supplier profile questionnaire data creates registration projects and populates
their questionnaires with that data as specified in your migration configuration. In this case, the owner of the
supplier workspace project from which the supplier was migrated is the explicit project owner of the supplier
registration project.

It's important to keep these different creation scenarios in mind as you create external supplier registration
questionnaires and their approval flows. For example, if your company uses mass invitations, you can create a
separate questionnaire specifically for mass invited suppliers, or you can use conditions in the questionnaire you
use for all suppliers [page 272].

If a question in the supplier request and the question in any external or internal registration questionnaire
are both mapped to the same vendor database field, the registration invitation automatically prepopulates the
registration questionnaire with the answer from the request. The questionnaire respondent can choose to retain
the prepopulated answer or to change it.

 Note

If a mapped question in the supplier request is hidden by a visibility condition at the time of request approval,
its data isn't prepopulated in registration questionnaire questions with the same mapping. However, if a
mapped question in the supplier request is hidden because Visible to Participants is set to No, its data is
prepopulated in registration questionnaire questions with the same mapping.

Both internal and external registration questionnaires show in the Registration detail area of the supplier profile.

By default, when a user submits an internal questionnaire, the questionnaire details page shows submitted answers
immediately, even if there's an approval flow for the questionnaire and it isn't yet approved. In sites that are
integrated with an SAP ERP system and that are configured to synchronize with the ERP before registration is
completed, mapped answers also synchronize immediately with the ERP system. There's an optional feature that
requires final approval of any internal questionnaire with approval tasks before synchronizing the mapped answers
to an integrated ERP system.

For external questionnaires, only approvers can see unapproved answers. After a questionnaire is approved, any
user who has permission to view the Registration area can see the answers.

Deployment of your solution includes a supplier registration project template with the following default
configuration, which includes an external questionnaire survey document and an approval task. You must edit
the template to define your company's specific processes.

Table 13: Initial Default Configurations for the Supplier Registration Project Template

Template Element Default Configuration

Version and Status Version 1, Active

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Template Element Default Configuration

Documents Supplier registration questionnaire, a survey document in

Draft status with the Questionnaire questionnaire format.

In sites with the supplier registration project template in ver-

sion 2 or higher as of the SAP Ariba 2203 release, this survey
document is empty.

In sites deployed after the SAP Ariba 2203 release with a sup-
plier registration project template version of 1, this document
contains default best practice content. For details, refer to
Default Best Practice Configuration for the External Supplier
Registration Questionnaire [page 257].

Tasks Approval for supplier registration

questionnaire (an approval task for the supplier regis-
tration questionnaire survey document with members of the
Project Owner group as approvers)

Team The default team has one project group, Project Owner, with
system user aribasystem and the Template Creator user
group as approvers.

By default, membership in these groups isn't assigned by com-

modity, region, and department.

Related Information

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 251]
Setting Up Different Workflows for New Registrations and Registration Updates [page 267]
Registration and Registration Update Statuses in Visibility and Editability Conditions [page 270]
Using Editability Conditions to Prevent Recipients from Updating Registration Questionnaire Answers [page 271]
Conditional Workflows for Manual and Mass Invited Registrations [page 272]
Streamlining the Registration Questionnaire for Legacy Suppliers Using Editability Conditions [page 273]
Question Mappings to Other Questions for Setting and Maintaining Associated Sets of ERP Profile Data [page 275]
Supplier Blocking and Unblocking in Internal Registration Questionnaires [page 278]
Automatically start supplier registrations [page 792]
Set minimum registration status for event participation [page 821]
How Registration and Modular Questionnaire Template Upgrade Works [page 209]
Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Project Eligibility for Template Upgrade [page 211]
How Template Upgrade Affects Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects [page 212]
Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template Version [page 219]
Default Best Practice Configuration for the External Supplier Registration Questionnaire [page 257]

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Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints
for Setting Up the Supplier Registration Project
Template
Supplier registration projects function within a specific supplier management workflow, and need some specific
configurations to ensure that they fit successfully in that workflow. Since they can collect both new and updated
information from both suppliers and internal users, they can also support a number of specialized supplier
management activities.

For information that applies to all supplier management project templates, refer to General Best Practices for
Setting Up Supplier Management Projects [page 59].

Restrictions

• The supplier registration project template only supports survey documents. Don't add any other type of
document to it.
• The supplier registration project template only supports To Do and approval tasks. Don't add any other type of
task to it.
• Tasks aren't supported for folders or documents within folders in supplier management project templates.
Don't add a task to a folder or document within a folder in supplier management project templates.
• You can specify an Allowed Commodity Level of between 0 and 10 on the template Overview tab. However,
since supplier management projects don't support commodity level restrictions in external questionnaires, this
setting doesn't restrict acceptable answers for suppliers choosing commodities in external questionnaires.
• Supplier management projects don't support recurring phases. If you add new registration and registration
update phases to the supplier registration project template, once a new registration is approved, the
registration update phase reopens automatically.
• Supplier management projects don't support the use of conditions to show or hide project documents in
individual projects based on specific circumstances. Supplier registration projects always include the survey
documents for the questionnaires that are selected at the start of the registration. The only way to add or
remove questionnaires from a registration project after it is created is through template upgrade [page 213].
• Make sure that the questions you create in supplier-facing questionnaires don't collect sensitive personal
information as defined in the Data clause in the SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass Supplemental Terms and
Conditions . SAP Ariba doesn't support collecting sensitive personal information for individuals, including
tax information (including tax IDs such as social security numbers) and bank information, in supplier
management questionnaires.
• Use of conditions on tasks in registration projects is supported but isn't a best practice and is subject to
restrictions, including the following:
• Conditions can add tasks to the project's workflow, but they can't remove a task once it has been added to
the project, even if the project no longer meets the applicable condition.
• Project completion requires completion of approval tasks on external questionnaires. It's not a good idea to
use conditions on tasks themselves to construct these required approvals, since these configurations can
result in external questionnaires with no approval tasks in projects that don't meet any of the configured
conditions, blocking project completion. Instead, SAP Ariba recommends creating conditional approval
nodes in unconditional approval tasks so that the required approval task is always present. If your site has

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 the feature for adding missing approvers enabled, project owners can add ad-hoc approvers in projects
that don't meet any of the conditions for adding approvers to the approval flow, since the task itself is
present.
Conditional tasks work best when the conditions are constructed using project fields with stable data. For
example, you can create conditions that add different approval tasks in registrations for legacy suppliers invited
using mass invitation than for individually-invited new suppliers. Using conditions based on data that can
be updated, or that can create complex combinations (such as commodity, region, and department), isn't
recommended. Those configurations can result in projects with tasks that aren't applicable to the current data
or that become blocked because they don't include required approval tasks.

Requirements

• The supplier registration project template must contain at least one external survey document with an
associated approval task.
• Each external questionnaire you use must have an approval task. If you're using multiple external
questionnaires, create separate approval and (optionally) To Do tasks for each of them.
• If you want to require submission of an internal registration questionnaire as part of the new registration
workflow, but you don't want to require approval for it, create a To Do task on it. The To Do task ensures that the
task owner must submit the questionnaire to complete the registration. The To Do task isn't required for editing
the internal questionnaire, and is only necessary if your registration process requires it to be filled out.
If you create a To Do task to require completion of an internal questionnaire with the Supplier profile
questionnaire type in a new registration, make that To Do task the predecessor of another task that affects
the supplier's registration status, such as an approval task on an external questionnaire or a To Do or approval
task on an Internal questionnaire. That way, the To Do task must be completed before the registration can be
completed. Otherwise, since Supplier profile questionnaires don't affect registration status, once all approvals
for questionnaires that affect the registration status are completed, the registration automatically moves to
Registered or Registration Denied status whether or not Supplier profile questionnaire (which does not affect
registration status) has been submitted or approved, and it's no longer possible to complete its tasks in a new
registration.
Note that To Do tasks don't support multiple rounds, and once a registration is completed, tasks in the update
phase only start when a recipient submits an update to the associated questionnaire. If you don't use new
registration and registration update phases for tasks, To Do tasks only start once, during the new registration. If
you do use new registration and registration update phases, To Do tasks in the registration update phase start
once, with the first update of a related questionnaire, but don't start again for subsequent updates.
• Template validation prevents you from publishing a template that contains an approval task with both an
auto-approve setting and a defined approval flow. Therefore, you can't set up a conditional approval that
includes either auto-approval or an approval flow in a single approval task. Create separate conditional approval
tasks, one for auto-approval and another for the approval flow, instead.
• You can populate project groups in supplier registraton projects automatically using the user matrix (buyer
category assignments) [page 491]. For details on required questionnaire configurations to support buyer
category assignments, refer to Buyer Category Assignments in Supplier Management Projects [page 491].
• If your site is integrated with Dun & Bradstreet, refer to Supplier Registration Questionnaire Set up for Dun &
Bradstreet Integration [page 608] for additional requirements.

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Helpful Hints

• If your site has default best practice content for the external registration questionnaire, you can edit that
content to meet your requirements. Otherwise, you must add content to the template's default survey
document from scratch. For details, refer to Default Best Practice Configuration for the External Supplier
Registration Questionnaire [page 257].
• If you plan to integrate your site with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S, refer to Best Practices for
Setting Up Supplier Registration Questionnaires For Integration [page 74]. If your site includes default content
for the external registration questionnaire, that content is designed to meet integration best practices.
In sites integrated with SAP MDG-S, these best practices, as well as specific, verified configurations for MDG-S
integration, are also included in Integrating SAP MDG-S with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.
• Use the template's default survey document and approval task to define an external (supplier-facing)
registration questionnaire. You can add additional survey documents with a questionnaire type of External
to create multiple supplier-facing questionnaires. Each of these questionnaires is treated separately: they
generate separate registration invitations and must have separate approval and To Do tasks. You can also
set up reminder notifications [page 261] for suppliers who have been invited to register and fill out the
questionnaire but have not yet submitted it.
• SAP Ariba recommends that you use modular questionnaire projects to collect certificate information
from suppliers rather than creating certificate questions in registration questionnaires. Collecting supplier
certificate information in modular questionnaires provides key benefits that are not available for certificates
collected in registration questionnaires, including expiration schedules, notifications at both the certificate and
questionnaire level, and the ability to search for suppliers by certificate type. For details, refer to Certificate
Management Setup in Modular Questionnaires [page 354].
Certificate questions in registration questionnaires include a detail field for Certificate Type that is a text
field to which respondents can supply any answer. In modular questionnaires, the Certificate Type field in
Certificate questions is read-only, since certificate types are defined using data import and specified in the
modular questionnaire project template. Certificate Type values are used as search filters in supplier search,
and free text answers in registration questionnaires that match existing certificate types defined for use in
modular questionnaires can create duplicate search filters.
• In sites where the internal registration feature is enabled, registration managers can either invite a supplier
to register or start an internal registration. In an internal registration, recipients in your organization complete
external registration questionnaires on behalf of the supplier, who is not involved in the registration at all. There
are some considerations to keep in mind [page 256] when setting up supplier registrations, since they might
start as internal registrations.
• You can use the questionnaire type setting to control whether approval or rejection of an internal questionnaire
affects the supplier's registration status. By default, in new registrations, the rejection of any approval task
on any questionnaire in a supplier registration project sets the registration's status to Denied and all of
the project's questionnaires close to further editing. After that, to complete the registration, a user with
the appropriate permissions must start a new round of the approval task or restart the registration. If you
set Specify questionnaire type to Internal for an internal questionnaire, this default behavior applies: if an
approver rejects the internal questionnaire in a new registration, the registration changes to Denied status.
However, internal questionnaires have a special questionnaire type, Supplier profile, that specifies that the
questionnaire's approval status does not affect the supplier's overall registration status.
The Supplier profile setting also specifies that the questionnaire is internal, and is useful in cases where
your company's registration process includes continuous internal updates. An approver can reject a particular
update during a new registration (meaning that its answers are not committed to the database) without
changing the supplier's registration status and closing the registration project to further action. Other internal
users then have the opportunity to submit different updates for approval or rejection while the new registation
is in progress.

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• For registration updates, you can:
• Use phases to set up different workflows for new registrations and registration updates. [page 267]
• Use the Send reminders for periodic updates setting in the Timing Rules section of survey documents
for external (supplier-facing) questionnaires to set up periodic reminders for suppliers to update those
questionnaires [page 263].
• For new registrations, the Due Date setting in the Timing Rules section of survey documents for external
(supplier-facing) questionnaires defines the amount of time the supplier contact has to fill out the
questionnaire after the invitation is sent. If the supplier contact does not fill and submit the questionnaire
in that time, the questionnaire closes and the supplier contact can no longer edit it. Reinviting the supplier
to register reopens all questionnaires in the registation and resets the due date clock. The default due date
value is 30 days, but you can change that time period by editing the Due Date field in the questionnaire
survey document. This setting is ignored in internal questionnaires, but it does apply to external registration
questionnaires that are sent to internal recipients in an internal registration.
If you have configured phases for new registrations and registration updates, once all of the tasks in the new
registration phase are completed, the external questionnaires associated with that registration automatically
reopen so that the supplier can submit updates. Depending on your site's configuration, the Due Date setting
might also determine how long the questionnaires remain reopened for updates. For details, refer to Supplier
Form or Questionnaire Closing, Reopening, and Due Dates [page 377].
• SAP Ariba recommends that you add no more than 500 pieces of content to an individual questionnaire.
Adding more than 500 pieces of content can cause performance to degrade progressively as you add more
content.
• The following aspects of mass registration invitations are useful to keep in mind as you set up the supplier
registration project template:
• The supplier registration project template includes an Is Legacy field. Suppliers who are invited to
register in a mass invitation wave [page 568] are flagged as legacy suppliers. You can use this field to
create project-level conditions for legacy and non-legacy suppliers, and then apply those conditions to
both content in questionnaires and approval flows. These conditions allow you to set up a specialized
registration for existing suppliers for whom you already have profile information, but whom you are
onboarding to SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions for the first time.
• Customer administrators who send mass registration invitations can choose which external questionnaire
to send with the wave, but they can only send one questionnaire. Sending multiple external questionnaires
with mass registration invitations is not supported.
• Editability conditions are particularly useful in the supplier registration project template. You can use them
to prevent suppliers from updating initial answers [page 271] and to streamline questionnaires for legacy
suppliers [page 273].
• Mapping questions to SAP Business Network supplier profile fields [page 456] can support automatic
synchronization of updates from a supplier's SAP Business Network profile to registration questionnaires in
your site without any further action from the supplier.
However, when a supplier updates an SAP Business Network profile field that is mapped to a question in
a registration questionnaire, the approval task associated with that questionnaire restarts. If you don't use
new registration and registration update phases in your registration projects, denial of that approval task
sets supplier's entire registration status to Registration Denied. To manage updates from SAP Business
Network profile changes, as well as other types of questionnaire updates, set up a separate approval flow in a
registration update phase. That way, approval or denial of individual updates do not affect the supplier's overall
registration status.
• Since internal users with the appropriate permissions can always update internal registration questionnaires,
you can use them to enable internal users to:
• Inactivate suppliers by flagging them for deletion [page 279].

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 • Set ERP search terms and keywords. If your site is integrated with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP
MDG-S, you can create up to three questions for search terms in the internal questionnaire and map them
[page 432] to the [Link].searchTerms1, [Link].searchTerms2,
and [Link].searchTerms3 fields in the supplier database. You can do
the same for keywords, mapping them to [Link] and
[Link]. The answers to these questions are then
synchronized with the search term or keyword fields in the integrated ERP system. You can also turn
these questions into filters for supplier searches [page 428].
• Your organization can implement custom labels for registration status [page 155].
• Tax questions [page 426] are the recommended method for collecting supplier tax information. Tax questions
include a mandatory country/region field that specifies the region code associated with each tax ID. If you
use individual questions mapped to individual tax fields to collect supplier tax information instead, SAP Ariba
recommends that you:
• Ensure that the configuration parameter [page 826][Link] is disabled
in your site.
• Include an Address or Extended Address question in the supplier request and external registration
questionnaires and make them required.
This configuration allows the country/region field in the address answer to set the region code associated with
tax ID answers in individual tax questions. Otherwise, tax IDs collected in individual tax ID questions have a
default tax country code of US, and mismatches between the supplier address country/region code and tax
country codes can cause integration errors.

 Note

A Tax question in a repeatable section and an Extended Address question in an external registration
questionnaire are integration best practices [page 74].

• You can customize templates for email notifications to suppliers [page 543] to include approver comments
from approval tasks with the [TASK_COMMENT_TEXT] email token. By default, approver comments are not
included in those notifications.
• By default, registration invitation emails use a system email alias for the sender name, and suppliers might
not recognize the alias. There are two different options for adding a custom sender name to the "From" and
"Reply-To" fields of registration invitations. You can use either or both of these options:
• Custom default sender name [page 265] settings in survey documents for external questionnaires
allow you to configure a custom default sender name. This name is always used for registration
invitations sent through mass invitation, and is the only way to customize the sender name for those
invitations. To make this setting available, a customer administrator in your organization must set the
self-service configuration parameter Enable configurable default sender for supplier invitations [page
800] ([Link]) to Yes in Intelligent Configuration Manager.
• If the registration requester feature (SM-20904) is enabled in your site, the questionnaire invitation uses
the requester selected by the registration manager during the manual invitation workflow in the "From"
and "Reply-To" fields of the invitation for that questionnaire. If the registration manager does not choose a
requester for the registration, and you have also configured a custom default sender name for an external
registration questionnaire, the questionnaire invitation uses the custom default sender name instead. For
suppliers created from approved supplier requests, the default requester is the owner of the supplier
request project, who might be a person with whom the supplier already has a relationship. To have this
feature enabled in your site, contact SAP Ariba Support.
You can use the [CUSTOM_SENDER_NAME] email template token to insert the custom sender name or
registration requester into the subject or body of registration invitations as well. The [CUSTOM_SENDER_NAME]
token is only available in sites where the self-service configuration parameter Enable configurable default

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 sender for supplier invitations [page 800] ([Link]) is enabled. This
token also inserts the name of the registration requester if one is selected during registration invitation, and
otherwise inserts the custom default sender for the questionnaire.

Related Information

About the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 247]

New Supplier Registrations [page 17]
Supplier Registration Updates [page 21]
Integrating SAP MDG-S with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
Supplier Management Form and Questionnaire Setup [page 377]

Configuration Considerations for Supporting Both

Internal and External Registrations
Internal and external registrations both use the same supplier registration project template, but suppliers don't
participate in internal registrations. Since registrations can have either internal or external recipients for external
registration questionnaires, there are some considerations to keep in mind when setting up the registration project
template.

In external registrations, a registration manager invites a supplier to register, and the invited supplier contact
fills out and submits external registration questionnaires by creating or signing into an account on SAP Business
Network. Registration managers invite suppliers to register when they want to collect detailed profile information
directly from them.

In internal registrations, a registration manager starts a registration on behalf of a supplier and assigns
internal recipients to fill out and submit external registration questionnaires. Registration managers start internal
registrations when they want to onboard and work with a supplier that is low-volume or one-time, isn't tech-savvy,
is a government entity or third party, or that they otherwise want to register without requiring them to create an
account on SAP Business Network and complete external questionnaires.

Both types of registration use the same supplier registration project template. Keep the following considerations in
mind when setting it up:

• The supplier registration project template doesn't support creating conditional content or workflows based
on whether a registration is external or internal. Therefore, plan to use the same registration questionnaire
content and workflow for both types of registrations.
• When a registration manager invites a supplier to participate in a registration based on a previously approved
internal registration project, they can't add or remove questionnaires in the project. Therefore, plan to use the
same external registration questionnaires for both types of registrations.
• When making questions or other content required in questionnaires, make sure that both internal and external
recipients can fulfill those requirements.
• Attachments to answers in questionnaires edited by internal users have a maximum file size of 10 MB. This
limit applies to both internal questionnaires, such as the internal supplier request, and external questionnaires

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 edited by internal users, such as external registration questionnaires edited by internal recipients during
internal registrations.
• The Visible to Participants setting for questionnaire content is only supported in external questionnaires
that suppliers fill out on SAP Business Network. Content with this field set to No is visible in questionnaires
answered by internal recipients in your site.
• If you include repeatable sections in any of your external registration questionnaires, make sure that you've
also enabled the ability to add or edit repeatable sections in internal questionnaires. In internal registrations,
internal recipients fill out external questionnaires in your site, and all requirements and restrictions for
repeatable sections in internal questionnaires apply to them. The ability to create and edit repeatable sections
in internal questionnaires, including external questionnaires in internal registrations, is disabled by default. For
details, refer to Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 391].

Related Information

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 251]
Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 391]

Default Best Practice Configuration for the External

Supplier Registration Questionnaire
If your site was deployed after the SAP Ariba 2203 release and its supplier registration project template is in version
1, its default survey document for the external registration questionnaire includes a set of default content. This
content reflects best practices for integration.

To edit this default content, create a new version of the template.

If your site's supplier registration project template was in version 2 or higher as of the SAP Ariba 2203 release, it
doesn't include default content. You must add all content manually.

 Note

Currently, default best practice question content is only available in English. To provide content in other
languages, add translations.

Table 14: Default Best Practice Content for the External Supplier Registration Questionnaire
Answer
Repeatable Repeatable Type and Supplier
Section Pa- Section Question Configura- Response Field Other Set-
Section rent Name Name Name Description tion Required? Mapping tings

Supplier In- N/A Name: The suppli- Text (single Yes, vendor.v Max
formation er's name. line limited) Participant endorInf Length: 35
Required o.name1

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 Answer
Repeatable Repeatable Type and Supplier
Section Pa- Section Question Configura- Response Field Other Set-
Section rent Name Name Name Description tion Required? Mapping tings

N/A Search term An alias or Text (single Not vendor.v Max

(alias): search term line limited) Required endorInf Length: 20
to associate [Link]
with the WordsTex
supplier.
t

N/A Name, con- Additional Text (single Not vendor.v Max

tinued or al- or alternate line limited) Required endorInf Length: 35
ternate supplier o.name2
name (2) name infor-
mation con-
tinued from
the first
name ques-
tion.

N/A Name, con- Additional Text (single Not vendor.v Max

tinued or al- or alternate line limited) Required endorInf Length: 35
ternate supplier o.name3
name (3) name infor-
mation con-
tinued from
the second
name ques-
tion.

N/A Name, con- Additional Text (single Not vendor.v Max

tinued or al- or alternate line limited) Required endorInf Length: 35
ternate supplier o.name4
name (4) name infor-
mation con-
tinued from
the third
name ques-
tion.

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 Answer
Repeatable Repeatable Type and Supplier
Section Pa- Section Question Configura- Response Field Other Set-
Section rent Name Name Name Description tion Required? Mapping tings

Telephone Telephone Country The country Text (single Yes, vendor.a Max
numbers number code: code for the Participant ddressEx
line limited) Length: 3
supplier's Required [Link]
with List of
telephone or one[$ind
mobile num- Choices
ex].numb
ber. specified as
erCountr
the
yCode
Acceptable
Values and
a defined list
of the fol-
lowing
choices:

• US (de-
fault)
• CA
• GB
• AD
• AE
• DE
• IN
• UK
• JP
• AU
• CH
• CN

Telephone The suppli- Text (single Yes, vendor.a Max

or mobile er's tele- line limited) Participant ddressEx Length: 30
number: phone or Required [Link]
mobile num- one[$ind
ber.
ex].numb
erSubscr
iberID

Extension: An exten- Text (single Not vendor.a Max

sion for the line limited) Required ddressEx Length: 10
supplier's [Link]
telephone or one[$ind
mobile num-
ex].numb
ber.
erExtens
ionID

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 Answer
Repeatable Repeatable Type and Supplier
Section Pa- Section Question Configura- Response Field Other Set-
Section rent Name Name Name Description tion Required? Mapping tings

Is this a mo- A flag indi- Yes/No Not vendor.a

bile num- cating Required ddressEx
ber? whether or [Link]
not the one[$ind
number is a
ex].mobi
mobile num-
lePhoneN
ber.
umberInd
icator

None Tax IDs Tax ID Tax ID Country/ Tax Not vendor.t

region-spe- Required axExt[$i
cific tax IDs ndex]
for the sup-
plier.

None Bank ac- Bank ac- Bank ac- Country/ Bank Not vendor.b
counts count count: region-spe- Account Required ankInfo
cific ban de- s[$index
tails for the ]
supplier.

Related Information

New Supplier Registrations [page 17]

Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Registration Questionnaires For Integration [page 74]
About the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 247]
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 251]
Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information [page 421]
Tax Questions for Collecting Supplier Tax Information [page 426]

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Setting Up Reminders for Recipients to Complete
Questionnaires in a New Registration
Use these steps to remind recipients to submit questionnaires in a new registration by setting up reminders in the
timing rules of external questionnaire survey documents in the supplier registration project template. Reminders
can help prevent new registrations from becoming blocked by lack of response.

Prerequisites

To enable registration reminders and edit notification templates for registration reminder in individual
questionnaires, you must be a member of the Template Creator group.

To edit notification templates for registration reminders in Manage Administration Event Manager
Messaging Templates , you must be a member of the Customer Administrator group. These templates apply to
all questionnaires where notifications aren't individually customized.

You must be working with a new version of the template, so that the template itself is open for editing, in order to
edit its survey documents.

Context

In the supplier registration project template, due date settings in the survey documents for external questionnaires
allow you to configure reminders for questionnaire due dates in new registrations. These reminder settings
generate email notifications that are specific to supplier registrations.

If you configure reminders, SAP Ariba sends the following email notifications:

Table 15: Reminder Notifications by Questionnaire Type

Questionnaire Type Notifications

Internal (both internal and supplier profile) Default template survey document reminders, which are
shared with sourcing events.

External Specific reminders for new registration completion.

Template creators can customize the messages for individual questionnaires in the Customize Messages area of
the Summary step in survey documents.

Configure reminders separately for each registration questionnaire for which you want to use them. Respondents
receive a separate notification for each questionnaire in their registration for which reminders are set up.

Note that you can also configure reminders for external questionnaires in other projects, such as supplier
qualifications and modular supplier management questionnaires. However, those reminders use the same email
notification templates as sourcing events.

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Procedure

1. Open the supplier registration project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. Choose the Documents tab.
3. Choose the external registration questionnaire for which you want to configure update reminders and choose
Action Edit .
4. In the Timing Rules area of the Rules step, for the due date, choose Reminder.
5. Choose Edit and specify at least one of following settings:

• Start reminders: Specifies when to send the first reminder. If you enter 0 in this field, no initial reminder is
sent. If this field is the only reminder field for which you specify a number other than 0, the system sends
one reminder in total.
• Send reminders every: Specifies the frequency with which to send reminders in addition to the start and
last reminders. If you enter a number other than 0 for this setting, you must also set either the start
reminder, the last reminder, or both. If this field is the only reminder field for which you specify a number
other than 0, the system doesn't send any reminders.
• Send last reminder: Specifies when to send the last reminder. If you enter 0 in this field, no final reminder
is sent. If this field is the only reminder field for which you specify a number other than 0, the system sends
one reminder in total.

a. Choose OK.
6. After you've finished making all necessary changes to the supplier registration project template, publish the
new version.

Results

If a recipient hasn't submitted a registration questionnaire for which reminders are set up, they start receiving
those reminders at the intervals you specified.

Related Information

Setting Up Periodic Reminders for Registration Questionnaire Updates [page 263]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 251]
Creating a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 380]

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Setting Up Periodic Reminders for Registration
Questionnaire Updates
Use these steps to set up external supplier registration questionnaires so that they generate periodic email
notifications reminding recipients to submit updates. Periodic update reminders help keep profile information
current.

Prerequisites

To set up update reminders for external supplier registration questionnaires, you must be a member of the
Template Creator group.

You must be working with a new version of the template, so that the template itself is open for editing, to edit its
survey documents.

Context

In the supplier registration project template, update reminder settings in the survey documents for external
questionnaires allow you to define an update interval and specify when and how frequently to send suppliers
reminders to update the questionnaires. These settings only apply to external questionnaires. Update reminders
aren't supported for internal questionnaires. Registration update reminder emails are based on email notification
templates.

Configure update reminders separately for each external registration questionnaire for which you want to use
them. Suppliers receive a separate update reminder for each external questionnaire in their registration for which
reminders are set up.

The update interval you specify determines when periodic updates are due. For a newly completed registration, the
update intervals for all questionnaires with periodic reminders in the registration start when the overall registration
is finally approved and the supplier moves to Registered status. Subsequent update intervals for each individual
questionnaire start when the most recent update to the questionnaire is finally approved.

For example, if you specify an update interval of 365 days, the first update for a questionnaire is due 365 days after
the final approval of the new registration. If the supplier submits the first update before the end of the first update
interval and it's finally approved (for example on day 200), a new update interval starts for the questionnaire and
the second update is due in 365 days (565 days from the registration completion date).

If a supplier doesn't submit an update by the end of an update interval, a new update interval can't start and
they receive no further update reminders. If the supplier later submits an update on their own after the end of
the previous update interval, a new update interval starts at that point and the supplier receives the associated
reminder for the next update.

 Tip

If you haven't enabled the Keep questionnaire reopened indefinitely setting for an external questionnaire, it
automatically closes to further updates in the amount of time specified by the self-service parameter Reopen

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 period for supplier questionnaires [page 818] ([Link]).
When setting up periodic update reminders for a questionnaire, either enable the Keep questionnaire
reopened indefinitely setting or make sure that the reminder interval you set is shorter than
the amount of time specified in your site's Reopen period for supplier questionnaires [page 818]
([Link]) setting. Otherwise, it's possible to send reminder
updates for a closed questionnaire that the supplier can't update.

Procedure

1. Open the supplier registration project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. Choose the Documents tab.
3. Choose the external registration questionnaire for which you want to configure update reminders and choose
Action Edit .
4. In the Timing Rules area of the Rules step, choose Yes for Send reminders for periodic updates.
5. Specify the update interval.
6. Choose Reminder.
7. Choose Edit and specify at least one of following settings:

• Start reminders: Specifies when to send the first reminder. If you enter 0 in this field, no initial reminder is
sent. If this field is the only reminder field for which you specify a number other than 0, the system sends
one reminder in total.
• Send reminders every: Specifies the frequency with which to send reminders in addition to the start and
last reminders. If you enter a number other than 0 for this setting, you must also set either the start
reminder, the last reminder, or both. If this field is the only reminder field for which you specify a number
other than 0, the system doesn't send any reminders.
• Send last reminder: Specifies when to send the last reminder. If you enter 0 in this field, no final reminder
is sent. If this field is the only reminder field for which you specify a number other than 0, the system sends
one reminder in total.

a. Choose OK.
8. After you've finished making all necessary changes to the supplier registration project template, publish the
new version.

Results

In registration projects, registered suppliers receive email notifications reminding them to update the questionnaire
at the intervals and frequency you specified. These reminders show on the Event Messages tab in the advanced
view of individual registration projects. Note that to see the advanced view of a supplier management project,
the Advanced View link for that project type must be enabled in your site and you must have appropriate
group membership permissions. For more information, see Managing Access to the Advanced View of Supplier
Management Projects [page 591].

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Related Information

About the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 247]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 251]

Using a Custom Sender Name for Registration

Invitations
Use these steps to specify a custom sender name in registration invitation emails. By default, invitations use a
system email alias for the sender name, and suppliers don't necessarily recognize the alias. Specifying a custom
sender name that the supplier recognizes, such as a clearly labeled onboarding group or other name, helps
registration invitations get suppliers' attention.

Prerequisites

The self-service site configuration parameter Enable custom sender name options
([Link]) must be enabled in your site.

To specify a custom default sender name for an external registration questionnaire in the supplier registration
project template, you must be a member of the Template Creator group.

Context

You can specify custom default sender names for the invitations to external registration questionnaires in their
survey documents in the supplier registration project template. The custom default sender name replaces the
generic system sender name in the following places in the "From" field in registration invitation notifications.

Depending on how a supplier is created and invited to register, the explicit registration project owner can be the
customer administrator who sent a mass registration invitation, the registration manager who manually invited
a supplier to register, or the supplier requester. In mass registration invitations, the sender name is likely to be
unfamiliar to the supplier and cause the supplier to ignore the invitation.

For mass or automatic registration invitations, the only way to specify a custom sender name is by using the
Sender name used in the ‘From’ field in emails to participants setting in the Message Board area of the Rules
step in the survey documents for external questionnaires. The Other sender name you specify in that setting is
always the default custom sender name for the questionnaire.

 Note

• If you specify an Other sender name for the Sender name used in the ‘From’ field in emails to
participants setting, make sure that the Email address used for the ‘From’ field in emails to participants
setting isn't set to Owner email address.

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If the sender selection during manual registration invitation feature (SM-20904) is also enabled in your site,
the registration manager can choose the requester, and that selection overrides the template-configured default
sender name. If you don't specify a custom default sender name in the template survey document and the
registration manager doesn't choose a requester when manually inviting the supplier to register, the notifications
for that questionnaire use the generic system sender name.

Configure custom sender names separately for each external registration questionnaire for which you want to
use them. Suppliers receive separate questionnaire-level notifications for each external questionnaire in their
registration.

This setting applies only to those email notifications that you customize in individual questionnaire template
survey documents or in Event Manager Messaging Templates task in Ariba Administrator, which include
registration invitations and new registration reminders. It doesn't apply to email notifications that you configure in
the Project Manager Project Email Templates task, which include notifications of registration approval and
requests for additional information during approval. Those notifications continue to use the generic system sender
name.

 Tip

You can use the [CUSTOM_SENDER_NAME] email template token, which is available for these message
templates, to insert the custom sender name you specify here into notification emails.

Procedure

1. Open the supplier registration project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. Choose the Documents tab.
3. Choose the name of an external registration questionnaire and choose Edit.
4. Choose Rules and navigate to the Message Board area.
5. For the Sender name used in the ‘From’ field in emails to participants setting, choose Other sender name.
6. Enter the custom default sender name you want to show in registration invitations for the questionnaire.
7. Choose Exit, then click Save and then exit.

Results

Once you publish the new version of the template, registration invitation notifications for the questionnaire show
the sender name you specified in the From" field by default.

Next Steps

To add this setting to existing registration projects, a customer administrator can upgrade those projects to the
latest template version.

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Related Information

About the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 247]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 251]
Creating a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 380]
Upgrading Supplier Registration and Modular Questionnaire Projects to the Latest Template Version [page 219]
Enable custom sender name options [page 800]

Setting Up Different Workflows for New

Registrations and Registration Updates
Use these steps to set up different types of phases to manage separate sets of tasks for new registrations and
registration updates.

Prerequisites

To add phases and tasks in the supplier registration template, you must be a member of the Template Creator
group.

Context

The supplier registration project template supports phases with special New Registration and Registration
Update settings to control the order in which the phases start and whether the tasks in a phase are one-time-only
(for new registrations) or recur (for every registration update). The New Registration phase starts one time,
immediately when the supplier is invited to register. Registration Update phases start again every time a supplier
updates a registration questionnaire.

Within the new registration and update phases, you can add separate approval and To Do tasks on the same
questionnaire survey documents to define their workflows in new and updated registrations. For example, for an
external registration questionnaire, you can set up an approval task with a full approval flow involving all relevant
stakeholders in the new registration phase, and an approval task with a more streamlined approval flow in the
update phase. The order in which tasks appear in a phase on the template Tasks tab doesn't affect the order in
which they start. You can chain the tasks in a phase together as predecessors to define the order in which they start
and create a workflow.

You can create multiple registration update phases to group tasks for different registration questionnaires, or you
can keep all update-related tasks in a single update phase. Regardless of how you organize update-related tasks,
when a supplier or internal user updates a registration questionnaire, that update only starts the tasks that are
associated with that questionnaire. After tasks for an individual external questionnaire update are completed,
approved answers are committed to the supplier database and synchronized to the integrated ERP system
regardless of the status of the overall update phase or of the other questionnaire tasks in it. Approval tasks on

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external questionnaires in registration update phases don't include an option to deny the questionnaire. The status
of the overall registration update is still based on the entire workflow defined by all of the tasks in registration
update phases.

 Note

Questionnaire updates submitted using the Supplier Data API with Pagination only trigger approval tasks if set
to do so.

When setting up registration phases and their tasks, keep the following in mind:

• The use of phases is only supported in supplier registration and modular questionnaire projects. These phases
don't use the Subscribe For, Rank, or Predecessor settings. The new registration phase always proceeds
registration update phases, and a registration update phase always starts with submission of a questionnaire
for which it has tasks.
• If you use phases, make sure that all of the template tasks are inside either the new registration phase or an
update phase. If you use these phases in the registration project, adding tasks outside of them isn't supported.
• Make sure that the tasks you specify as predecessors are within the same phase. Don't make tasks in a phase
predecessors of tasks in a different phase.
• To Do tasks don't support multiple rounds. To Do tasks in both new and update phases start once and don't
start again after they've been marked complete, regardless of whether they're configured to start when a
predecessor task is completed.
• You can't apply conditions to registration phases. You can apply conditions to registration tasks, but keep in
mind restrictions and best practices [page 251].

 Note

As part of setting up different workflows for new and updated registrations, you can also use editability
conditions [page 270] to make different questions either hidden or read-only.

Procedure

1. Open the supplier registration project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. Choose the Tasks tab.
3. Create a phase for new registrations by performing the following steps:

a. Choose Actions Create Phase .

The Create Phase page opens.

b. Enter a name for the phase, such as New Registration.
c. Choose only the New Registration option.
d. Choose OK.

The new phase, indicated by the unstarted phase icon ( ), appears on the Tasks tab.
4. Move the registration template's default approval task and any other existing tasks that you want to use for
new registration by dragging and dropping them into the new registration phase. Add new tasks as needed.

If you're using two conditional approval tasks for the registration questionnaire to define different approval
flows for mass invited (legacy) and non-legacy suppliers [page 272], make sure that they're both in the new
registration phase.

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 5. Create at least one phase for registration updates by performing the following steps:

a. Choose Actions Create Phase .

The Create Phase page opens.

b. Enter a name for the phase, such as Updated Registration.
c. Choose only the Registration Update option.
d. Choose OK.

The new phase, indicated by the unstarted phase icon ( ), appears on the Tasks tab.
6. Add an approval task for the registration questionnaire updates by performing the following steps:

a. On the Tasks tab, click the registration questionnaire and choose Create New Tasks Approval .
b. Enter a name for the task.
c. Define an approval flow or, if you want to automatically approve registration updates, choose Yes for Allow
auto approval.
d. Specify other settings for the task as needed and choose OK.

The new approval task is created on the Tasks tab outside of the phases.
e. On the Tasks tab, drag and drop the new approval task into the update phase.
7. Add other To Do or approval tasks to the phase as needed.
8. After you've finished modifying the supplier registration template, publish it.

Results

When a supplier is first invited to register, the new registration phase starts. Final approval of the new registration
automatically completes the new registration phase.

After registration phase is completed, submitting an update to a registration questionnaire starts only those tasks
in an update phase that are associated with that questionnaire. After those tasks are completed, respondents can
update the questionnaire again.

Related Information

About the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 247]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Registration Project Template [page 251]
New Supplier Registrations [page 17]
Registration and Registration Update Statuses in Visibility and Editability Conditions [page 270]
Conditional Workflows for Manual and Mass Invited Registrations [page 272]

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Registration and Registration Update Statuses in
Visibility and Editability Conditions
You can create conditions based on registration status and registration update status in the supplier registration
template. You can then apply those conditions as either editability or visibility conditions based on whether the
supplier is registering for the first time or updating the registration questionnaire.

A visibility condition hides content by default, and only shows it when the condition is met. Hidden content is
hidden from both suppliers and internal users. An editability condition makes an answer read-only by default, and
only allows participants to edit it when the condition is met. Read-only content is always visible to participants.

For example, if registration questionnaire contains questions requiring suppliers to agree to certain terms and
conditions, you can make those questions editable in new registrations but hide them in updates so that suppliers
can't change their answers later. Or you can create follow-up questions that only show when a supplier updates the
answers to certain questions.

The following table describes the status fields and values that you can use to build field match conditions for initial
and updated registrations:

Table 16: Registration Statuses in Field Matches

Field Description

Registration Status Conditions based on this field can be triggered by matches to

the following registration statuses:

• No Choice
• Not Invited
• Invited
• In Registration
• Pending Approval
• Registered
• Registration Denied
• Pending Resubmit

Registration Update Status Conditions based on this field can be triggered by matches to
the following registration update statuses:

• No Choice
• Pending Approval
• Pending Resubmit
• Approved
• Denied

 Note

Don't use project-level conditions on registration approval tasks to define different approval flows for initial
registrations and registration updates. Use registration phases instead.

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Related Information

Visibility Conditions for Showing or Hiding Content Based on Answers [page 477]
Using Editability Conditions to Prevent Recipients from Updating Registration Questionnaire Answers [page 271]
Setting Up Different Workflows for New Registrations and Registration Updates [page 267]

Using Editability Conditions to Prevent Recipients

from Updating Registration Questionnaire Answers
Use these steps to create editability conditions that prevent registration questionnaire recipients from updating
their initial answers when updating a registration questionnaire. The questions and their initial answers remain
visible to both suppliers and to your company's internal users.

Prerequisites

To create project-level conditions and edit template survey documents, you must be a member of the Template
Creator or Customer Administrator group.

Context

Visibility conditions based on registration status can hide questions from suppliers who are updating the
registration questionnaire after their initial registration. However, if the question is hidden from the supplier during
the update, both the question and the supplier's original answer are also hidden from your company's internal
users when they review the supplier's registration.

If you apply an editability condition based on registration status instead, the questions and the supplier's initial
answers are visible to both suppliers updating the questionnaire and to your company's internal users. However,
the supplier can't change their initial answers.

By default, all questions are editable. If you apply an editability to the question, it's only editable when the condition
is met, and otherwise can't be edited.

Procedure

1. Open the supplier registration project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. If the template doesn't already include a project-level condition for registered suppliers, create one by
performing the following steps:
a. Choose the Conditions tab.

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 b. Choose Add Condition.
c. Enter a name and description for the condition.
d. In the expression editor, choose None Is True.
e. Choose the action triangle button ( ) next to None Is True and choose Add Condition Field
Match .

A new condition component for selecting the field appears.

f. Choose Select, then choose Select Other Fields more fields .
g. In the field browser, to the right of the Registration Status field, choose Select.
h. For the operator, choose is equal to.
i. Choose the Select menu to the right of (No Value Selected) and choose Select Value.
j. From the Registration Status dropdown menu, choose Registered, then choose OK.
k. Choose OK to create the condition.
3. Choose the Documents tab.

4. Choose the external (supplier-facing) registration questionnaire survey document and choose Action
Edit .
5. Choose Content.
6. Add or edit a question that you don't want already-registered suppliers to be able to update.

7. For the Editability Conditions setting, choose none Select Condition Other .
8. To the right of the editability condition for new suppliers you created, Choose Select.
9. Continue to add or edit questions in the supplier registration questionnaire as needed and apply the new
supplier condition to any questions you don't want already-registered suppliers to be able to update.

Related Information

Registration and Registration Update Statuses in Visibility and Editability Conditions [page 270]

Conditional Workflows for Manual and Mass Invited

Registrations
You can use the Is Legacy project field in the supplier registration project template to create conditional tasks,
documents, and questionnaire content in registration projects for manual and mass invited suppliers.

Suppliers that are created manually through approved supplier requests and are then invited to register individually
are typically unknown, and your main registration process is designed to collect complete information from them
and have them vetted by a full set of approvers. Mass registration invitations [page 567] are designed to quickly
bring a large number of suppliers into your site. These suppliers can be created by being imported from another
of your company's systems, in which case you already have some of their information. If you plan to use mass
registration invitations to onboard existing suppliers, you can create a separate, conditional registration process for
them in order to streamline the process.

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Supplier registration projects include a special Is Legacy field that you can use to create both project and visibility
conditions (for example, legacy and nonlegacy). You can then use those conditions to:

• Create separate approval flows for legacy and nonlegacy supplier registrations. Conditions based on the Is
Legacy field don't work in approval flows, so you can't use them to create conditional approval flows in a
single approval task. However, you can create two separate approval tasks on the registration questionnaire
document and apply the conditions to the approval tasks.
• Show different questionnaire content to legacy and nonlegacy suppliers by applying visibility conditions in the
questionnaire survey document.
• Make some questionnaire content read-only for legacy or nonlegacy suppliers by applying editability conditions
in the questionnaire survey document.

 Note

Content that is hidden from the supplier is also not visible to internal users. Hidden or read-only content also
continues to be hidden or read-only not only in new registrations but in all subsequent registration updates.

All suppliers who are invited to register through the mass invitation feature or are migrated from supplier
organizations are marked as legacy suppliers, while all suppliers that are invited to register following an approved
supplier request are marked as nonlegacy suppliers. The registration projects created for both sets of suppliers
automatically apply the conditions you create based on the Is Legacy field.

For more information about project-level conditions, refer to the Project Template Guide.

Related Information

Visibility Conditions for Showing or Hiding Content Based on Answers [page 477]
Editability Conditions for Controlling the Editability of Answers in a Form or Questionnaire [page 482]

Streamlining the Registration Questionnaire for

Legacy Suppliers Using Editability Conditions
Use these steps to create editability conditions that allow the suppliers you already work with to skip the questions
in the registration questionnaire that apply to new suppliers. Both suppliers and internal users can see the
questions, and if you import or migrate your legacy suppliers' previous answers, they're also visible.

Prerequisites

To create project-level conditions and edit template survey documents, you must be a member of the Template
Creator or Customer Administrator group.

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Context

All suppliers that are either migrated from supplier organizations or invited to register through the mass invitation
feature are marked as legacy suppliers, while all suppliers that are invited to register following an approved supplier
request are marked as nonlegacy suppliers. You can therefore use the Is Legacy field to create project-level
conditions to streamline the registration questionnaire for those known suppliers, since you already have some of
the information you otherwise use the questionnaire to collect from new suppliers.

Visibility conditions can hide questions from legacy suppliers and show them to new suppliers. However, if you
apply a visibility condition based on the Is Legacy field, the question and answer are also hidden from your
company's internal users when they review the registration questionnaires of legacy suppliers.

If you apply an editability condition for new suppliers instead, the questions (and any imported or migrated
answers) are visible to both legacy suppliers and to internal users who review the registration questionnaire.
However, the legacy suppliers can't edit them and can therefore skip them, even if they're required questions Any
imported or migrated answers are also visible. New suppliers, on the other hand, can edit the questions to answer
them, and must answer them if they're required.

By default, all questions in the supplier registration questionnaire and editable. If you apply an editability to the
question, it's only editable when the condition is met, and otherwise can't be edited.

Procedure

1. Open the supplier registration project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. If the template doesn't already include a project-level condition for new (nonlegacy) suppliers, create one by
performing the following steps:
a. Choose the Conditions tab.
b. Choose Add Condition.
c. Enter a name and description for the condition.
d. In the expression editor, choose All are true.
e. Choose the action triangle button ( ) next to All Are True, then choose Add Condition Field
Match .

A new condition component for selecting the field appears.

f. Choose Select, then choose Select Other Fields more fields .
g. In the field browser, to the right of the Is Legacy field, choose Select.
h. For the operator, choose is equal to.
i. Choose the Select menu to the right of (No Value Selected), then choose Select Value.
j. Choose No, then choose OK.
k. Choose OK to create the condition.
3. Choose the Documents tab.

4. Choose a survey document for an external registration questionnaire, then choose Action Edit .
5. Choose Content.
6. Add or edit a question that you want new suppliers to answer but legacy suppliers to skip.

7. For the Editability Conditions setting, choose none Select Condition Other .

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 8. To the right of the editability condition for new suppliers you created, choose Select.
9. Continue to add or edit questions in the supplier registration questionnaire as needed and apply the new
supplier condition to any questions you want legacy suppliers to be able to skip.

Results

When you publish the template, new suppliers are able to edit and answer the questions to which you applied
the editability condition, and must answer required questions. Legacy suppliers can see the questions but can't
edit them and are able to skip them, even if they're otherwise required. In both cases, internal users reviewing the
registration are able to see the questions.

Question Mappings to Other Questions for Setting

and Maintaining Associated Sets of ERP Profile Data
A special syntax in supplier field mappings allows you to map one question answer to another question answer.
This mapping allows internal users to set and maintain associated sets of ERP profile data in supplier management
questionnaires.

 Note

As a best practice, SAP Ariba recommends managing company code and purchasing organization information
directly in the integrated SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S system. Setting or maintaining this data
in SAP Ariba is a work-around that requires thorough testing in your landscape based on your specific
requirements.

This requirement is particularly the case for setting or maintaining a large number of company codes or
purchasing organizations using complex field mappings.

Mapping question values to other questions is designed to support maintaining ERP supplier profile data in SAP
Ariba in a specific scenario where a questionnaire respondent sets the initial details associated with a lookup key
field value for a supplier, and then they or another respondent updates the associated details in an internal supplier
registration questionnaire when necessary.

The question answers to which you map other question answers must themselves be mapped to the lookup key
field for an array class in the vendor database, such as [Link]. The questions that you map
to the lookup key field question must be about detail fields in the same array class, such as [Link].

To map question values to other questions, you use the following syntax in the Supplier Field Mapping field on the
Add Questions page:

[Link]($[Link]).fieldName

lookupKeyQuestionNumber is always the number of the question on the survey document content table. For
example, the first question in section 4.1 is numbered 4.1.1.

 Note

Questions are always numbered in the order in which they appear in the content table of template survey
documents, and inclusion in sections affects question numbering. Note that adding a new question ahead of

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 a mapped lookup key question, changing its position in a list of questions, or moving it in or out of a section
changes its numbering. If you do so, you must update the mappings in all questions that reference it.

The following table shows the list of available array classes and lookup key fields for mapping:

Table 17: Array Classes and Lookup Key Fields

Field Class Lookup Key Field

[Link] [Link]

[Link] [Link]

[Link] [Link]
onSystemCode

[Link] [Link]
nID

[Link] [Link]

[Link] [Link]

[Link] [Link]
ode

[Link] [Link]

[Link] [Link]
fierTypeCode

[Link] [Link]
suerPartyInternalID

Questions for Establishing Initial Values Between Associated Fields

You can set up the questions that establish initial values between associated fields either in the supplier request or
the internal supplier registration questionnaire. These two scenarios require different mapping configurations for
the lookup key field question. For best practices on setting ERP- related data in the supplier request, refer to Best
Practices for Setting Up the Supplier Request for Integration [page 72].

To set up the questions in the supplier request: You first create a question about the lookup key field, and then
map it to both the lookup key field and to itself:

[Link]($[Link]).lookupKeyFieldName

This mapping establishes that the answer to the question is the value associated with any mapped detail questions.

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To set up the questions in the internal registration questionnaire: You first create a question about the lookup
key field and then map it only to the lookup key field:

[Link]

 Tip

If you ask the questions that set the initial values in the internal registration questionnaire, consider putting
them in a section with a title makes that purpose clear, so that they're distinguished from the second set of
questions in the same questionnaire that update the values.

In both cases: Typically, you create a list of choices for the answers to the initial lookup key question, so that
questionnaire respondents must choose from a list of valid values. You can allow users to choose multiple answers
to this question.

Next, you create questions about detail fields in the same array class and map them to both the associated vendor
database field and the lookup key answer:

[Link]($[Link]).differentFieldName

Typically, you also create lists of choices for the answers to these questions so that users must choose from lists of
valid values, specifying that respondents must choose only one value for each answer.

After the questionnaire is approved, these values display in the ERP data detail area of the supplier's profile and are
synchronized to the integrated ERP system.

Internal Supplier Registration Questionnaire Configuration for Maintaining Values Between

Associated Fields

 Note

This configuration isn't a best practice for integration and SAP Ariba recommends against using it. For details,
refer to Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Registration Questionnaires For Integration [page 74].

Creating duplicate mapped questions in the supplier internal registration questionnaire allows internal respondents
to update the initial values set by the first set of questions. Internal respondents with the appropriate permissions
can edit the internal registration questionnaire at any time to update those values.

In the internal registration questionnaire, you first create a duplicate question about the lookup key field. However,
unlike in the initial set of questions, you don't map it to anything. The self-referential mapping in the initial question
associated the mapped detail answers with the lookup key answer, while the second question is designed simply to
specify which lookup key value has updated details. A separate mapping in the second lookup key question in the
internal registration questionnaire would allow a new respondent's answer to replace the original answer, which is
why you omit it in this case.

Next, you create duplicate questions about the detail fields in the same array class and map them to both the
associated vendor database field and the answer to the second lookup key question, the one in the current
questionnaire. Note that this number is typically different from the number you used to set up the related question
in the supplier request:

[Link]($[Link]).differentFieldName

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The updated value shows in the ERP data detail area of the supplier's profile and is synchronized to the integrated
SAP ERP system.

 Tip

If you ask the questions that set the initial values in the internal registration questionnaire, consider putting the
update questions in a section with a title makes that purpose clear, so that they're distinguished from the first
set of questions in the same questionnaire that set the initial values.

Supplier Blocking and Unblocking in Internal

Registration Questionnaires
Blocking offers a way of indicating that your organization doesn't currently want to transact with a supplier,
typically because of an issue that has a potential resolution. It’s a less drastic step than deactivating a supplier.

 Note

• As a best practice, SAP Ariba recommends managing supplier blocking and unblocking directly in the
integrated SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S system. Managing supplier blocking and unblocking
in SAP Ariba is a work-around that requires thorough testing in your landscape based on your specific
requirements.
The ERP data detail area of the supplier profile shows block indicators, including blocked indicators at
the purchasing organization and company code level, regardless of whether any supplier management
questionnaires in SAP Ariba have questions mapped to blockedIndicator fields.
• In sites where the supplier profile summary (NGSM-2959) is enabled, suppliers with a common
block ([Link] set to true) show an Activity Status of
Blocked.
• At this time, SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions don't enforce supplier blocks in some cases.
For example, users can still invite blocked suppliers to sourcing events and create contracts for
blocked suppliers in solutions where those features are available. Suppliers with a common block
([Link] set to true) aren't included in guided buying
search results.

To set up supplier blocking and unblocking, you create Yes/No questions in the internal registration questionnaire
and map them to blockedIndicator fields in the vendor database. There are five types of blocks that you can set
up:

Table 18: Mappings for Different Types of Supplier Blocks

Field Mapping Description

[Link] A central block on the supplier.

r

[Link] A payment block on the supplier.

or

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 Field Mapping Description

[Link] A purchasing block on the supplier.

cator

[Link](company A company code-specific block on the supplier.

code).blockedIndicator

[Link](purchasing A purchasing organization-specific block on the supplier.

organization
ID).purchasingBlockedIndicator

Use the answer type Yes/No for questions mapped to these fields.

 Note

Your integration synchronization settings determine when a supplier in SAP Ariba is initially synchronized with
an integrated ERP system. Until that initial synchronization occurs, SAP Ariba don't receive or send blocked
indicators, and the supplier is only blocked or unblocked in SAP Ariba.

Supplier Inactivation in Internal Registration

Questionnaires
Flagging a supplier for deletion can inactivate the supplier in the SAP Ariba vendor database or set a deletion flag
for a specific company code or purchasing organization, depending on the deletedIndicator mapping you use
in the question.

 Note

As a best practice, SAP Ariba recommends inactivating suppliers by either:

• Setting deletedIndicators in an integrated SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S system.
SAP Ariba inactivates suppliers with the overall deletedIndicator set in integration messages from the
integrated ERP system. The ERP data detail area of the supplier profile shows deletedIndicators at
the purchasing organization and company code level, regardless of whether any supplier management
questionnaires in SAP Ariba have questions mapped to deletedIndicator fields.
• Setting the active flag to false in supplier data imports in SAP Ariba.

Managing supplier inactivation and reactivation in mapped questions SAP Ariba is a work-around that requires
thorough testing in your landscape based on your specific requirements.

To allow questionnaire respondents to flag suppliers for deletion, you create Yes/No questions in the internal
registration questionnaire and map them to deletedIndicator fields in the vendor database. There are three
deletedIndicators:

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Table 19: Field Mappings for Deletion Flags

Field Mapping Description

[Link] Flags the supplier for overall deletion and inactivation. Profiles
tor of suppliers with this field set to true show an Inactive label.

[Link](purchasing Flags the supplier for deletion for a specific purchasing organi-
organization ID).deletedIndicator zation.

[Link](company Flags the supplier for deletion for a specific company code.
code).deletedIndicator

To set up the internal registration questionnaire so that users can use it to set deletion flags, use answer type
Yes/No for questions mapped to these fields.

 Note

Your integration synchronization settings determine when a supplier in SAP Ariba is initially synchronized with
the integrated ERP system. Until that initial synchronization occurs, SAP Ariba doesn't receive deletion flags set
in that system.

Related Information

Supplier Inactivation and Reactivation [page 577]

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Qualification, Miscellaneous, and
Discontinuation Process Project Setup

Process projects provide a flexible framework that allows you to define custom qualification and other supplier
lifecycle processes to fit your organization's business processes. They allow you to tailor questionnaire content to
specific suppliers, to leverage and reuse modular questionnaires across different processes, and to create custom
processes for your specific supplier lifecycle activities.

Process qualifications and disqualifications (discontinuations) are a more customizable alternative to qualification
and disqualification projects. For more information about setting up those projects, refer to Supplier Qualification
and Disqualification Project Setup [page 316].

Overview of Process Projects [page 281]

Comparison of Supplier Request, Registration, and Legacy Qualification Projects to Process Projects [page
283]

Prerequisites for Process Projects [page 286]

Restrictions for Process Projects [page 287]

Transition from Legacy Supplier Qualification Projects to Qualification Process Projects [page 289]

About Supplier Qualification and SAP Ariba Sourcing Events [page 291]

Process Project Elements [page 292]

Workflow for Setting Up Qualification and Miscellaneous Process Projects [page 294]

Workflow for Setting Up Discontinuation Process Projects [page 296]

About Process Project Templates [page 297]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up Process Project Templates [page 298]

Creating Process Project Templates [page 300]

Creating the Process Intake Form [page 302]

Conditional Commodity, Region, and Business Unit Questions in the Process Project Intake Form [page 305]

Initiators and Decision-Makers Setup in Process Projects [page 306]

Setting Up Modular Questionnaire for Use in Process Projects [page 308]

Adding Modular Questionnaires to a Process Project Template [page 312]

Enabling External Process Decision-Making Using the External Approval API for Sourcing and Supplier
Management [page 314]

Overview of Process Projects

Process projects offer:

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• Flexible lifecycle process framework: instead of using 1 process for all suppliers, you can tailor multiple
different processes to specific circumstances and for specific types of suppliers using collections of modular
questionnaires. When a process initiator starts a process, they specify the commodity, region, and department.
The resulting process project automatically includes the relevant modular questionnaires, which have their
own approval flows. You can also define custom statuses for your process projects, allowing you to use your
organization's terminology and reflect more nuanced outcomes than the statuses in standard SAP Ariba
lifecycle projects.
• Process-based qualification: process projects are an alternative to legacy supplier qualification projects.
Each process project includes a dynamically generated list of available modular questionnaires based on the
commodities, regions, and departments selected in the process project intake form, eliminating the need to
construct a complicated set of questionnaire segment content documents. Process projects also allow you
to leverage separate modular questionnaire approval flows rather than needing to define 1 approval flow for
all qualifications. Certificate and other information collected during qualification is stored in the process's
individual modular questionnaires and can be shared and reused in multiple processes. You can also use
process projects to create internal-only qualification processes.
You disqualify an existing qualification process by using the discontinuation process project, which is a
separate process with its own workflow and process statuses.
• Custom (miscellaneous) processes: you can create processes tailored to your organization's specific supplier
lifecycle. Miscellaneous processes don't need to match the standard SAP Ariba lifecycle stages, and you can
tailor them to your organization's needs. For example, you can create a process to evaluate how strategic a
supplier is for specific commodities, regions, and departments; to conduct due diligence; to evaluate data
privacy or security practices; and so on.
• Support for both internal and external modular questionnaires: process projects can collect information
from both internal recipients in internal modular questionnaires, and supplier contacts in external (supplier-
facing) modular questionnaires. Internal modular questionnaires are only supported in process projects.
• Flexible, streamlined data collection: since process projects use modular questionnaires to collect
information, and modular questionnaires are independent projects, you can:
• Reuse a questionnaire in multiple processes: once a modular questionnaire is approved, it's valid until
it expires. If you make the questionnaire reusable, once you collect information in it, you don't need to
ask recipients to respond again, and it doesn't need to be re-evaluated and reapproved for each new
process where it's included. This streamlined data collection makes it easier for recipients to provide
the information you need. Process decision-makers can see that information while reviewing the current
process project.
• Request updates for reused questionnaires: process initiators and owners can request updates of reused
questionnaires manually on a per-process basis, or you can automatically generate update requests every
time the questionnaire is reused. These options allow you to tailor update request requirements to the
specific questionnaire and help ensure information in reused questionnaires is current. Recipients only
need to update existing answers with information that has changed.
• Leverage single-use questionnaires: if a questionnaire involves information that is specific to each
individual process, such as a per-process audit or certification, you can automatically generate a new
questionnaire project for each process.
• Reduced process cycle time: reused questionnaires that are approved don't need to be re-evaluated and
reapproved for each new process. Those questionnaires that do require submission and approval in a process
are all independent projects, and submissions and approvals can happen in parallel, reducing bottlenecks.

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Comparison of Supplier Request, Registration, and
Legacy Qualification Projects to Process Projects
There are some key differences between process projects, which provide a flexible process framework, and
dedicated supplier request, registration, and legacy qualification projects, which have features tailored to their
specific roles and requirements in the supplier lifecycle.

Supplier Management Process Projects

Dedicated Request, Registration, and (Miscellaneous, Qualification, and Dis-
Area Qualification projects continuation)

Questionnaires

Content Defined in dedicated project templates. Defined in separate modular question-

naire project templates.

Selection Requests support one form. Information in the process intake form
determines which modular question-
Registrations support multiple internal
naires linked in the template are included
and external questionnaires, but their in-
in the project.
clusion in a registration isn't driven by
registration characteristics. Required modular questionnaires are au-
tomatically selected. The process initia-
The external qualification questionnaire
tor can also choose optional modular
includes segments based on qualification
questionnaires to include.
commodity, region, and department.

Reuse Each questionnaire is contained in its in- Modular questionnaires can be used as
dividual project. Recipients must provide stand-alone questionnaires as well as
information separately in each question- linked in multiple processes. Recipients
naire. provide information once in the modular
questionnaire and it shows in all linked
processes.

Scoring Not supported. Supported for the modular question-

naires used in process projects.

Certificate management Recipients must provide certificate infor- Modular questionnaires include certifi-
mation separately in each questionnaire. cate management features, including re-
There's no mechanism for generating re- minders and questionnaire expiration.
minders about expiring certificates, and Recipients provide a certificate once in
expiring certificates don't affect project the modular questionnaire and it's availa-
status. ble in all linked processes. Questionnaire
expiration can be linked to certificate
expiration, and expiring questionnaires
generate notifications to process owners
and decision-makers, who can request
updates and change the status of proc-
esses with outdated certificates.

Project infrastructure

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 Supplier Management Process Projects
Dedicated Request, Registration, and (Miscellaneous, Qualification, and Dis-
Area Qualification projects continuation)

Notifications Questionnaire invitations are individual Modular questionnaire notifications in-

per questionnaire. clude information about linked process
projects. Process project notifications in-
clude information about linked modular
questionnaires.

Buyer category assignments (user ma- Supported for supplier requests, regis- Supported for both process projects and
trix) trations, and qualifications. their included modular questionnaires.

Approvals While approval tasks are on individual Each modular questionnaire in a process
project forms or questionnaires, all ap- project has an individual approval flow for
provals are tied to the overall project ap- data collection. There's a separate deci-
proval workflow. sion-making step for the overall process
project.

Project status Registrations and qualifications support Configurable statuses and display
custom display names. However, the un- names.
derlying status flow is defined by SAP
Ariba and isn’t customizable.

Template upgrade Supported for registration. Not sup- Supported for modular questionnaires,
ported for request or qualification. which are used in process projects. Proc-
ess renewals also include the intake
form and any additional modular ques-
tionnaires referenced by new external
tasks in the currently published version
of the template. Any questionnaires in-
cluded in a process project that are no
longer referenced by external tasks in the
currently published version of the tem-
plate remain in the process project.

Automated, rule-based project outcomes Each project requires manual approval. Data import for defining rules that au-
tomatically assign decisions to process
projects based on process type and the
approval statuses of included question-
naires.

Process types Lifecycle stages defined by SAP Ariba Supports a qualification lifecycle stage,
discontinuation lifecycle stage, and a
miscellaneous lifecycle stage that can be
tailored to unique, custom processes and
supplier types.

Qualification functionality

Qualification eligibility Supplier must have a registration status Supplier is eligible for process qualifica-
of Registered to be eligible for project- tion with any registration status, making
based qualification. it possible to qualify a supplier before
registering them and synchronizing them
to the vendor master in an integrated
ERP system.

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 Supplier Management Process Projects
Dedicated Request, Registration, and (Miscellaneous, Qualification, and Dis-
Area Qualification projects continuation)

Qualification matrix If there's an existing qualification for a Supports a separate qualification proc-
higher-level combination of commodities, ess of the same process type for every
regions, and departments, it's not pos- unique combination of commodity, re-
sible to separately qualify the supplier gion, and department. If there's an exist-
at a lower level in the same hierarchy ing process qualification for a higher-level
branches. combination of commodities, regions,
and departments, it's also possible to
separately qualify the supplier for lower
commodity, region, or department levels
in the same hierarchy branches.

Requalification Requalification of project-based qualifi- Process project owners can choose dif-
cations reopens the existing qualification ferent questionnaire content when re-
project with the same questionnaire. newing a process qualification.

Requalifications are only possible for ex- Process qualifications are eligible for re-
pired qualifications or disqualifications. newal at any time after the original deci-
sion is made, and it's possible to renew
a valid qualification to gather updated in-
formation and reassess the decision.

Disqualification Separate disqualification projects with in- Denied status can be set manually by a
ternal form and approval flow.
decision-maker or through data import
or API.

The discontinuation process project is

available to disqualify existing qualifica-
tion processes.

APIs, data imports, and integration

Supplier Data API with Pagination Supported. Supported.

External Approval API for Sourcing and Supported. Supported.

Supplier Management

CSV status import Supported for qualification and for reg- Supported for process projects.
istrations (internal Registered status
only). Not supported for request or other
registration statuses.

ERP integration Uses the currently supported methods Uses the currently supported methods
for SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per- for SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
formance. formance. Synchronization of data from
the process intake form to an integrated
ERP system isn't supported. If your inte-
gration configuration specifies automatic
integration of new suppliers based on
qualification status, process qualification
status works the same way as legacy
qualification status to trigger initial syn-
chronization to the ERP system.

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Related Information

Overview of Process Projects [page 281]

Qualification and Miscellaneous Supplier Management Process Projects [page 22]
Workflow for Creating a Qualification or Other Supplier Management Process Project
Workflow for Renewing a Qualification or Other Supplier Management Process

Prerequisites for Process Projects

There are some prerequisites for enabling and setting up the flexible process framework for qualification and
custom supplier lifecycle processes (SM-16798).

• The flexible process framework feature is only available in sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance. It isn't available in sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance
Management (new architecture).
• A customer administrator in your organization must enable the flexible process framework feature using the
following two self-service configuration parameters:
• Enable modular process framework [page 804] in Intelligent Configuration Manager (requires
membership in the Customer Administrator group).
• [Link] in SM Administration Configuration
Parameters (requires membership in the SM Ops Administrator group).

 Remember

Always make sure both of these parameters have the same setting.

• To use departments in process projects, the business unit (department) feature must be enabled and
department master data must be loaded in your site.
• If your site also includes SAP Ariba Sourcing, there are some specific considerations and prerequisites related
to legacy versus process qualification and guided versus legacy sourcing events. Refer to About Supplier
Qualification and SAP Ariba Sourcing Events [page 291] for details.

Related Information

Transition from Legacy Supplier Qualification Projects to Qualification Process Projects [page 289]
Managing Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 860]
Qualification and Miscellaneous Supplier Management Process Projects [page 22]
Workflow for Setting Up Qualification and Miscellaneous Process Projects [page 294]

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Restrictions for Process Projects
The flexible process framework for qualification and custom supplier lifecycle processes (SM-16798) has some
restrictions.

• There's no migration from legacy qualification projects to process qualification projects. This restriction means
that:
• There's no way to migrate data from questionnaires in legacy, dedicated qualification projects to the
modular supplier management questionnaires used in qualification process projects. Once the process
project feature is enabled in your site, requalifications based on legacy qualifications involve new
qualification process projects that don't include any data from the previous qualification, and recipients
must submit new process-based modular questionnaires to requalify. The questionnaire import in SM
Administration doesn't support importing data into modular questionnaires and can't be used to migrate
qualification data from legacy qualification questionnaires or external systems into process-related
modular questionnaires.
• Legacy qualifications and process qualifications have different status filters in supplier searches. Supplier
searches using Qualification status filters return results for legacy qualifications, while supplier searches
using Supplier process status return results for process qualifications. If your site includes both types of
qualifications, searches must use both filters to return complete results.
• Template upgrade for process projects isn't currently supported. However:
• Template upgrade for the modular questionnaire projects used in process projects is available.
• Process renewals always include the intake form and any additional modular questionnaires referenced
by new external tasks in the currently published version of the template. Any questionnaires included in
a process project that are no longer referenced by external tasks in the currently published version of the
template remain in existing process projects.
• Once process projects are enabled in your site, legacy qualifications are disabled and:
• Qualification managers can no longer create legacy qualification projects.
• Starting a requalification based on an existing legacy qualification project creates a new process
qualification project.
• Qualification managers can still create disqualification projects based on existing legacy qualifications.
• You can no longer use the Supplier qualification data import to define new legacy supplier qualifications
or update existing qualifications with any status other than Expired. Instead, you use the supplier
process [page 163] data import to set qualification statuses, which are mapped to standard SAP Ariba
qualification lifecycle statuses [page 96]. This new import can't create a process qualification if there's
a legacy qualification project that is in progress for the same combination of commodities, regions, and
departments.
Using the Supplier qualification data import to define new qualifications or update existing imported
qualifications to Expired status makes them eligible for renewal using process qualification. You can't use
this data import to update the status of legacy qualifications that are based on projects.
The process project feature doesn't disrupt legacy qualification projects that are in progress. Existing
workflows for these projects continue to work, and they can be completed as before.
• After a supplier is qualified using a qualification process project, a decision-maker for the qualification process
project can manually change its status, and you can also update the status using data import or an API client
application. Alternatively, you can disqualify existing qualification processes using a separate discontinuation
process project with unique workflow and process statuses.
• If you use a process project for qualification, the supplier's custom qualification status in the user interface
is determined by the associated process project based on mappings between process project states and

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 standard SAP Ariba qualification statuses. Qualifications based on legacy qualification projects or data import
continue to show legacy qualification statuses in the user interface.
• Currently, SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance supports 1 project template per process type. You
can define only one discontinuation process type for the disqualification lifecycle stage and multiple process
types for the qualification or miscellaneous lifecycle types, but keep in mind that the first process project
of a given lifecycle type sets the overall status for the supplier. If your ERP integration is configured to
synchronize new suppliers based on qualification, this status also synchronizes the supplier to the ERP at
that point. For example, you can create a prequalification process type and a full qualification process type,
both mapped to the Qualification lifecycle type. However, the supplier's overall qualification status is
determined by the final statuses of all process projects with the Qualification lifecycle type completed
at the time. Therefore, an approved prequalification process can set the supplier's overall qualification status
to Qualified and synchronize them to the ERP system. Refer to Project States (ProjectStatus) and Custom
Process Statuses [page 96] for more information.

 Note

Currently, sourcing events, contract workspaces, and the guided buying capability can't consume
qualification statuses if you have more than 1 process type with the Qualification lifecycle type.

• You can only create internal modular questionnaire projects as part of a process project. Stand-alone internal
modular questionnaires aren't supported.
• Synchronization of data in mapped questions in modular questionnaires to an integrated ERP system isn't
currently verified or certified by SAP Ariba. Synchronization of data from the process intake form to an
integrated ERP system isn't supported. If your integration configuration specifies automatic integration of new
suppliers based on qualification status, process qualification status works the same way as legacy qualification
status to trigger initial synchronization to the ERP system.

Related Information

Prerequisites for Process Projects [page 286]

Comparison of Supplier Request, Registration, and Legacy Qualification Projects to Process Projects [page 283]
Transition from Legacy Supplier Qualification Projects to Qualification Process Projects [page 289]
Qualification and Miscellaneous Supplier Management Process Projects [page 22]
Process Project Elements [page 292]
Workflow for Setting Up Qualification and Miscellaneous Process Projects [page 294]
About Supplier Qualification and SAP Ariba Sourcing Events [page 291]

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Transition from Legacy Supplier Qualification
Projects to Qualification Process Projects
If your site previously used legacy qualification projects for supplier qualifications, you can switch to using
qualification process projects instead. Understanding what happens when you enable the process project feature in
your site and the current restrictions for qualification processes is important to managing this transition.

When the Process Project Feature Starts Affecting Qualification Projects

Enabling the process project feature (SM-16798) in your site immediately disables creation of new projects from
the legacy supplier qualification project template.

Changes to the Supplier Profile

If a supplier doesn't have a legacy qualification project in any status, the Qualifications detail area of their profile
only shows qualification process controls and qualification processes. The Qualifications detail area is only visible
in the profiles of registered suppliers.

If a supplier does have at least one legacy qualification in any status, the Qualifications detail area of their profile
includes two different tabs:

• Legacy qualifications, which show any legacy qualification and disqualification projects.
• Process qualifications, which shows qualification process controls and qualification processes.

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The following image shows an example of a Qualifications detail area with these two tabs:

Transition for Existing Qualifications and Disqualifications

Process qualification doesn't disrupt qualification activity that is in progress in legacy qualification and
disqualification projects, but for an entirely new qualification, you can only use a qualification process project.
During this transition:

• If a legacy qualification or disqualification is in progress (has a status of Qualification Started, In

Qualification, Pending Qualification Approval, Pending Qualification Resubmit, In Disqualification, or
Pending Disqualification Approval):
• If it's based on a project, suppliers and internal users can complete the questionnaires and tasks in the
project.
• A process initiator can't create a qualification process project based on the same combination of
commodities, regions, and departments.
• If a legacy qualification, disqualification, or requalification is completed (has a status of Qualified, Disqualified,
Restricted, or Expired), a process initiator can create a qualification process project for the same combination
of commodities, regions, and departments. Once a status decision is made for the process qualification, the
legacy qualification is marked as obsolete and:

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 • The legacy qualification remains in the supplier's profile for information purposes only.
• Search results and API output reflect the process qualification rather than the legacy qualification.
• External questionnaires from a legacy qualification project remain in the supplier's SAP Business Network
account but can't be edited.
The completed legacy qualification is also marked obsolete if a customer administrator imports a process
status for the same combination of commodities, regions, and departments. Starting or importing a process
qualification for a subset of the commodities, regions, and departments in a legacy qualification has no effect
on the legacy qualification.
• A qualification manager can still start a disqualification (create a legacy disqualification project) based on a
legacy qualification (project-based or imported).
• Starting a requalification based on a legacy qualification or disqualification (project-based or imported)
automatically opens the page for creating a new qualification process project.

 Tip

Once the process project feature is enabled in your site, the legacy Supplier qualification data import is
disabled for most uses. However, you can still use it to update the statuses of imported legacy qualifications
to Expired. If a supplier has a legacy qualification that was created from a data import, updating its status to
Expired enables a process initiator to start a requalification (renewal) and create a process qualification for
the same combination of commodities, regions, and departments.

 Note

Migration of data from legacy qualification projects to process qualification projects isn't supported. When
a qualification manager starts a requalification from a legacy qualification project, the resulting new process
qualification project starts from scratch.

Transition for Supplier Qualification Status

If a supplier has a legacy qualification for a combination of commodities, regions, and departments, that
legacy qualification continues to determine the supplier's qualification status for that combination until there's
a qualification process with an approved, conditionally approved, or denied status for the same combination. At
that point, the qualification process becomes the source of the qualification status.

About Supplier Qualification and SAP Ariba Sourcing

Events
In sites that include both SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Sourcing, there are some
specific considerations and prerequisites related to legacy versus process qualification and guided versus legacy
sourcing.

Sourcing events can use qualification status to determine supplier eligibility, and event managers see qualification
status when inviting participants and awarding events.

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Sourcing user interface Qualification Method Compatibility Notes

Classic sourcing Legacy qualification projects Classic sourcing can use leg- SAP Ariba doesn’t plan any
acy qualification statuses. further enhancements to the
use of either legacy or process
Process qualification projects Classic sourcing can use
qualifications in classic sourc-
process qualification statuses.
ing.
However, to function cor-
rectly, you can only create
one process type with the
Qualification lifecycle
type.

Guided sourcing Legacy qualification projects Guided sourcing can use leg- SAP Ariba doesn’t plan any
acy qualification statuses. further enhancements to the
use of legacy qualifications in
guided sourcing.

Process qualification projects Guided sourcing can use proc- If you need more advanced ca-
pabilities for supplier qualifica-
ess qualification status. How-
tion in sourcing events, SAP
ever, to function correctly,
Ariba recommends adopting
you currently can only cre- both guided sourcing and
ate one process type with process qualification.
the Qualification lifecy-
cle type.

Related Information

Overview of Process Projects [page 281]

Comparison of Supplier Request, Registration, and Legacy Qualification Projects to Process Projects [page 283]
Qualification and Miscellaneous Supplier Management Process Projects [page 22]

Process Project Elements

Supplier management process projects combine a project template that has some specialized functionality with
other elements such as imported data and modular supplier management projects to create a workflow. To set up a
process project, you must understand these elements and their relationships to one another.

The overall workflow for a process project is defined by an SM Process Project template. Process projects include
the following elements:

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 Element Description

Custom process types You define your own types of supplier management processes
by importing process type data in CSV files. When you define a
process type, you specify its lifecycle type, which can be:

• A miscellaneous process that is unique to your organiza-

tion.
• A qualification process that is mapped to the SAP Ariba
qualification stage of the supplier lifecycle.
• A discontinuation process that is currently used to dis-
qualify existing qualification processes.

Custom process statuses You define your own process statuses by importing process
status data in CSV files. You define a set of custom statuses for
each process type you use. The display names you define for
these statuses can match your organization's specific business
processes and terminology.

SM Process Project project type You use this project type to create templates for supplier man-
agement process projects. Like modular questionnaire project
templates, you can create multiple SM Process Project tem-
plates to define different processes, assigning each template
a different process type. One process type has one process
project template.

Process intake form The survey document in a process project template defines the
form that process project initiators fill out to create a project
from the template. Answers to questions you create in the in-
take form determine which of the modular questionnaires that
are referenced in the process project template are applicable
to an individual process project.

External tasks You create external tasks in process project templates to link
modular questionnaire types to the process.

Process initiator and decision-maker project groups You use specialized project groups to assign specific users the
ability to create or make status decisions for specific process
projects. These project groups provide a finer degree of control
over responsibility for individual processes than global user
group membership.

You only need to configure the initiator and decision-maker

groups for qualification and miscellaneous process templates.

Don't configure them in the discontinuation process project,

because these groups configured in the corresponding quali-
fication process templates are reused in the discontinuation
process project.

Currently, SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance supports one project template per process type. You
can have multiple qualification or miscellaneous process types. However, you can only define one discontinuation
process type, and that discontinuation process type is automatically associated with all qualification process
types. Statuses in process projects with the Qualification lifecycle type and their associated discontinuation
processes are all mapped to standard SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance qualification statuses
automatically. Therefore, if you create multiple Qualification process types to support multiple qualification

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process project templates, the first qualification process project created for a supplier from any of those process
project templates determines their overall qualification status.

Related Information

Process Type Data Import [page 91]

Custom Status Data Import for Process Projects [page 94]
Project States (ProjectStatus) and Custom Process Statuses [page 96]
Creating Process Project Templates [page 300]
Creating the Process Intake Form [page 302]
Adding Modular Questionnaires to a Process Project Template [page 312]
Initiators and Decision-Makers Setup in Process Projects [page 306]

Workflow for Setting Up Qualification and

Miscellaneous Process Projects
Setting up qualification and miscellaneous process projects involves a workflow with several stages for importing
data and setting up various project templates. Since each stage is dependent on the completion of tasks in the
previous stage, is important to perform setup tasks in a specific order.

Before you start setting up process projects, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with these elements. For details,
refer to Process Project Elements [page 292].

1. Import data definitions: Import the data definitions you need for setting up process project templates and
associated modular questionnaire project templates. You must be a member of the Customer Administrator
group to import data in Ariba Administrator.
1. Import process types [page 91].
2. Import process project statuses [page 94].
3. If you're creating new questionnaire types for use in process projects, import questionnaire types [page 81]
for those questionnaires. You can perform this step in any order.
If you plan to score the modular questionnaires used in process projects and you haven't yet defined the
scoring band types [page 87] and categories [page 86] you want to use, import that master data as well
and make sure that their questionnaire types have an EvaluationType of Graded.
2. Set up modular questionnaires: Edit existing modular questionnaire project templates or create new ones as
needed and set them up for use in process projects [page 308]. Process projects can include both external
and internal modular questionnaires. You must be a member of both the Template Creator and SM Modular
Questionnaire Manager groups to create or edit modular questionnaire templates.
Modular questionnaires used in process projects have specific configuration requirements and considerations,
including:
• Questionnaire type
You add modular questionnaires to a process project by specifying the questionnaire type rather than
individual modular questionnaire project templates. Therefore, the questionnaire type you select here is
directly related to the questionnaire's availability in a process project.

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 • Commodity, Region, and Department attributes.
• Supplier Management rules that determine whether the questionnaire is internal or external, whether or
not it can be reused in multiple processes, its expiration schedule, and so on.

 Note

Make sure that each modular questionnaire project template that you want to add to a process project
template has at least one published version. You can't add a modular questionnaire project template in its
original version in Draft mode to a process project template.

3. Set up the process project: Set up the template for your process project. You must be a member of both the
Template Creator and SM Process Manager groups to create and edit process project templates.
1. Create the process project template and set its process type. [page 300]
2. Create the process project intake form. [page 302]
3. Add modular questionnaires using external tasks. [page 312]
4. Create the project groups for the process initiators and decision-makers. [page 306]

 Note

You only create these groups for qualification and miscellaneous processes. You don't create them for
discontinuation processes.

5. Publish the process project template.

4. (Optional) Define rules for automatic status assignments: Import data to define rules [page 166] that
automatically assign approved, denied, or conditionally approved status to process projects based on the
statuses of their underlying modular questionnaires.
5. Customize email notification templates for process projects [page 555] and for modular questionnaires [page
561].

Related Information

Modular Questionnaire Type Data Import [page 81]

Questionnaire Scoring Band Category Data Import [page 86]
Questionnaire Scoring Band Data Import [page 87]
About Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 332]
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 335]
Creating Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 344]
Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page 346]
Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular Questionnaires [page 356]

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Workflow for Setting Up Discontinuation Process
Projects
The workflow for setting up discontinuation process projects is slightly different from that for setting up
qualification and miscellaneous process projects. The discontinuation process is a separate process with its own
workflow and process statuses.

Before you start setting up process projects, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with these elements. For details,
refer to Process Project Elements [page 292].

To discontinue a supplier management process using a project, you must set up the discontinuation process by:

1. Defining the discontinuation process type.

 Note

The buyer administrator currently can configure only one discontinuation process type, which
automatically associates with all supplier management process types.

2. Defining statuses for the discontinuation process type.

3. Creating and publishing a discontinuation process project template.
• When users create a template, they must choose the defined discontinuation process type for SM Process
Project.
• The template can't contain Process Initiator and Decision Maker groups.
• Discontinuation processes are designed to be internal processes that only involve users in the buying
organization. To keep the discontinuation a strictly internal process, the buyer administrator needs
to make sure that only internal modular questionnaires are referenced in the external tasks of the
discontinuation project template.

Except these points, the remaining template setup steps are the same as those for setting up any qualification
or miscellaneous process project. For details, refer to Workflow for Setting Up Qualification and Miscellaneous
Process Projects [page 294].

Related Information

Workflow for Setting Up Qualification and Miscellaneous Process Projects [page 294]
Modular Questionnaire Type Data Import [page 81]
Questionnaire Scoring Band Category Data Import [page 86]
Questionnaire Scoring Band Data Import [page 87]
About Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 332]
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 335]
Creating Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 344]
Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page 346]
Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular Questionnaires [page 356]

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About Process Project Templates
Process project templates define custom supplier management processes using collections of modular
questionnaires. Process projects can target the qualification or discontinuation lifecycle stage, or they can be
individual, miscellaneous processes.

Process project templates have the project type SM Process Project. This project type is only available in sites with
the process project feature (SM-16798) enabled.

For qualification or miscellaneous processes, you can create multiple process project templates in your site, 1 for
each process type. Currently, you can only define one discontinuation process type, and you can create only one
discontinuation process project template for disqualifying all qualification processes. Discontinuation doesn't apply
to miscellaneous processes.

Process project templates are different from other types of supplier management project templates in the following
ways:

• Process project templates don't contain questionnaires and approval or To Do tasks themselves. Instead,
they use a specialized External Task type of task to reference modular questionnaire types, and the modular
questionnaire project templates associated with those questionnaire types define the questionnaires and tasks
that are part of the process.
Discontinuation processes are designed to be internal processes that only involve users in the buying
organization. To keep the discontinuation a strictly internal process, make sure that only internal modular
questionnaires are referenced in the external tasks of the discontinuation project template.
• The ability to create a process project is determined by membership in not only a global user group for the
project type but also a specialized project group. In addition to belonging to the SM Modular Questionnaire
Manager group, users must be members of a project group in the process project template that has the
Process Initiator role to create a process project from it.
• Unlike other supplier management projects, the final status of a process project isn't determined by the
completion of tasks in the project itself. Instead, it can be determined in any of the following ways:
• Manually: members of project groups with the Decision Maker role can set the final status of a process
project. Members of those groups can also update that status.
• Automatically: you can define rules [page 166] to automatically assign statuses to process projects based
on the statuses of the included modular questionnaires.
• Externally in another system, using the External Approval API for Sourcing and Supplier Management.

You can also set final statuses for a process project directly using data import or the Supplier Data API with
Pagination.

Internal users with the appropriate permissions create process projects by clicking the add icon ( ) in the
appropriate area of a supplier profile, filling out the intake form defined by the process project template survey
document, and choosing or confirming a list of available modular questionnaires, which can be required or optional.
A modular questionnaire is available in a particular process project if it both has a questionnaire type that is
references in an external task in the process project template and matches the process commodities, regions, and
departments specified in the intake form.

The process initiator who creates the process project is the explicit project owner and is identified as the process
owner in the user interface and in email notifications. Creating the process project automatically creates any
necessary modular questionnaire projects and makes the process initiator their explicit project owner as well. If the
process project includes existing modular questionnaire projects that are configured for reuse, they're linked to the
new process but their ownership remains unchanged.

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Deployment of new solutions or enablement of the process project feature in existing solutions doesn't create a
default process project template. Instead, you create these templates [page 300] yourself.

Related Information

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up Process Project Templates [page 298]
Creating Process Project Templates [page 300]
Initiators and Decision-Makers Setup in Process Projects [page 306]
Creating the Process Intake Form [page 302]
Setting Up Modular Questionnaire for Use in Process Projects [page 308]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for

Setting Up Process Project Templates
Process projects function as frameworks for sets of modular questionnaire projects and include some specialized
settings and components to create that workflow. They require some specific configuration settings to function
properly.

Restrictions

• Process project templates don't contain any questionnaires of their own. Instead, they reference one or more
modular questionnaire types that link the process's questionnaires. They do require an intake form that
process initiators fill out to create a process project, and you create a survey document in the process project
template to define that intake form. Aside from the intake form survey document, don't add any other survey
documents, or any other type of document, to process project templates.
• Process project templates only support the following task configurations:
• External Tasks, which you use to add one or more modular questionnaire types to the process.
• One approval task on the process intake form, which you can use to enable status decision-making in
external systems [page 314] using the External Approval API for Sourcing and Supplier Management.
Don't add any other type of task directly to a process project template. Add any approval or To Do tasks that
you want to include in the process to the individual modular questionnaire project templates in the process
instead.
• Process project templates don't support any type of phases. Don't add any phases directly to a process
project template. You can use new questionnaire and questionnaire update phases in the individual modular
questionnaire project templates in the process to define new questionnaire and questionnaire update
workflows for individual questionnaires in the process instead.
• Don't set access control or apply conditions to process project templates to control who can create projects
from them and under what circumstances. Users don't explicitly create process projects, and can't answer
questions to meet conditions for project creation. You control who can create projects from a process project
template using project groups with the Process Initiator role instead.

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 • Currently, a site can only have one discontinuation process type and one associated discontinuation process
project template in total. You define the discontinuation process project template for all qualification process
types in the site.
Currently, discontinuation isn't supported for miscellaneous processes. Only qualification processes can be
discontinued.

Requirements

• The modular questionnaire project templates that define the components of your processes must have at least
one published version before you can add their questionnaire type to the process project template.
• Every process project template must contain exactly one survey document, which defines the intake form
that process initiators fill out to create projects from the template. Process initiators must use this form to
create process projects. The process intake form must include at least one mapped Commodity, Region, or
Department question. If you want the process to expire, the intake form must also include mapped questions
that define the process expiration schedule. Refer to Creating the Process Intake Form [page 302] for details.
• Every process project template must contain at least one External Task, and each External Task in the
template must specify a modular questionnaire type.
• When setting up modular questionnaire projects [page 308] and referencing them in a process project
template, make sure that regardless of the commodity, region, and department specified in the process
intake form, at least one modular questionnaire referenced by the process project template is available in
every project created from it. Process initiators can't create a process project if the commodities, regions, and
departments they specify in the intake form don't match at least one applicable modular questionnaire.
• You must set the process type for each process project template you create, and the process type you want
to use must be defined using the process type data import [page 91]. Note that each process type specifies
whether it's used for qualification or discontinuation, or is an individual (miscellaneous) process.

 Note

Each process type can only be associated with 1 process project template.

• Your site must include definitions for process statuses [page 94] for each process type you use.
• When setting up qualification and miscellaneous process projects, you must create project groups with
Process Initiator and Decision Maker roles [page 302] on the process project template Team tab and you
must add members to Process Initiator groups directly in the project template. You can populate Decision
Maker groups outside of the template using buyer category assignments (the user matrix).
When setting up a discontinuation process project, you don't need to configure Process Initiator and Decision
Maker roles in the template. The process initiator and decision-maker groups configured in the qualification
process to be discontinued are reused in the discontinuation process project.

Helpful hints

• The process intake form only requires at least one mapped Commodity, Region, or Department question. If
you don't include a question for one of these matrix elements, the process project automatically defaults to the
values at the root level of the hierarchy. SAP Ariba recommends structuring the associated master data so that
it has an "All" root node at the top of the hierarchy and, to the degree possible, multiple levels of groupings.

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 In this case, the process project defaults to the "All" root node and includes all values below that node in the
hierarchy. If your master data for any of these hierarchies is structured with multiple values at the root level,
the process project defaults to all of the root-level values, and process summaries and notifications include all
of those values.
If your Commodity, Region, or Department hierarchy includes a large number of values at the root level,
including a required question for that matrix element in the intake form, or including a hidden question that
sets an initial value, prevents creation of process projects with a large number of default values.

Related Information

About Process Project Templates [page 297]

Creating Process Project Templates [page 300]
Creating the Process Intake Form [page 302]
Adding Modular Questionnaires to a Process Project Template [page 312]
Initiators and Decision-Makers Setup in Process Projects [page 306]
Setting Up Modular Questionnaire for Use in Process Projects [page 308]

Creating Process Project Templates

Use these steps to create separate process project templates to define every different supplier management
process in your site. The template specifies the type of the process, the included modular questionnaires, and the
process initiators.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Template Creator and SM Process Manager groups to create or edit process project
templates.

Process types [page 91] and their statuses [page 94] must be defined for your site.

Context

You must set the SM Process Type attribute for each process project template you create. A customer
administrator defines the process types in your site using data import. Each process type has a lifecycle type,
which can be qualification, discontinuation, or miscellaneous. Therefore, the process type you specify in the
process project template determines whether it's mapped to the qualification or discontinuation lifecycle stage or
is an independent process.

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  Note

For qualification and miscellaneous process projects, only create one process project template per process
type. Processes are designed to support a 1:1 relationship between process types and process project
templates.

For discontinuation process projects, a site can only have one discontinuation process type and one associated
discontinuation process project template. The discontinuation process type maps to all qualification process
types in the site.

Only set the Commodity, Region, or Department attribute in a process project template if you aren't including the
related question in the process intake form [page 302]. Either the template attribute or the mapped question in the
intake form sets the commodities, regions, or departments for the resulting process project. If you want to set a
universal value for all projects, you can set them in the template.

Don't set access control or apply conditions to process project templates themselves. In process projects, the
ability to create a project from the template is controlled by a combination of membership in the SM Modular
Questionnaire Manager global user group and a project group in the template that has the Process Initiator role.
Access control or condition settings on the template itself aren't supported. Visibility and editability conditions in
the intake form are supported.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage Templates .

2. On the Documents tab of the Templates area, choose Actions Create Template .
3. For project type, choose SM Process Project.
4. Enter a name and optional description for the new template.
5. Choose a language from the Base Language dropdown menu. The base language is the language in which you
plan to author the template's content and is shown to its users by default unless you provide translations.
6. Choose OK.

The new template opens on the Overview tab. It's in Draft status.

7. In the Properties area, choose Actions Edit Properties .

8. Set the process type by performing the following actions:
a. For SM Process Type, choose the dropdown menu, then choose Search more.
b. Choose Select for one of the process types defined in your site, then choose Done.
9. Set any other template properties as needed.
10. Choose Save.

Next Steps

To finish setting up process project template you created:

• Set up the process intake form [page 302].

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• Add modular supplier management questionnaires to the process [page 312].
• Define initiators and decision-makers for the process [page 306].

Related Information

Process Type Data Import [page 91]

About Process Project Templates [page 297]
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up Process Project Templates [page 298]

Creating the Process Intake Form

Use these steps to create the process intake form that process initiators submit to create process projects. The
intake form includes questions that define specific aspects of the process. Setting up the intake form involves
creating a survey in the process project template and ensuring that it includes required questions.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of both the Template Creator and SM Process Manager groups to edit and publish process
project templates.

Context

The process intake form opens automatically when a process initiator creates a new process project. The form
must include at least one mapped Commodity, Region, or Department question, and can include all three. The
process initiator chooses a combination of commodities, regions, and departments for the process and submits
the intake form. The list of modular questionnaires that are available in the process includes all of the modular
questionnaires with questionnaire types referenced by the process project template that match that combination.

The process intake form opens again when a process initiator renews an existing process project. Decision-makers
can also edit the intake form when making or updating a status decision for the process. After the process project
is first created, any Commodity, Region, and Department questions become read-only, but all other answers in
the intake form are editable.

If you want to enable the process to expire, the intake form must also include questions that set the expiration and
expiration reminder schedules for the process project.

In addition to required questions, you can also add questions for any other information you want to collect for the
process project itself, such as the reason for creating it.

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Survey documents in process project templates support the same types of content, question answer types, and
settings as the survey documents in other supplier management project templates, including the use of visibility
and editability conditions, field mappings, sensitive data masking, and other settings.

 Note

• Survey documents in process project templates have a default format of Form and a default questionnaire
type of Intake Form in the Supplier Management rules. Don't change these settings, which are required.
• Template survey documents contain a number of settings (timing rules, eligibility criteria, definitions,
participants, and so forth) that aren't relevant to process intake form. These settings are ignored in the
process intake form, which is always treated as an internal questionnaire.
• You can't add supplier field mappings with the vendor.* or network.*extension to questions in the
process intake form. Synchronization of data collected in the process intake form to an integrated ERP
system isn't supported.

Procedure

1. Open the process project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.

2. On Documents tab, choose Actions Create Survey .

3. In the Title field, enter a title for the intake form.

 Tip

The title of the intake form doesn't show on the intake form page during process creation or renewal, but it
does show in the dashboard My Documents list, the advanced view of the project, and other areas. Make
sure that the title you give the form makes sense in these contexts.

4. Optional: In the Description field, enter descriptive information about the survey. This information is only
visible in the template.
5. For Test Event, choose No.
6. Choose a language from the Base Language dropdown menu. The base language is the language in which you
plan to author the survey's content, and is shown to its users by default unless you provide translations.
7. Choose Create.
8. Navigate to the Content area.
9. Create at least one question with the following settings:

Answer Type Supplier field mapping

Commodity [Link]
Region [Link]
Department [Link]

 Tip

An answer to one of these questions is required for creating process projects. If a process initiator does't
select a value for one of these fields (either because the question is optional or because it's not present

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 in the intake form), and you haven't set up a preset value, the answer defaults to the root value of the
hierarchy, which is typically "All." To ensure that process initiators provide the required information, make
any of these questions that you create required.

You can also use conditions [page 305] to make the editability or visibility of any of these questions
conditional based on the answer to another of the questions.

If you set a Commodity, Region, or Department property in the template itself [page 300], don't create a
question for the same information in the intake form.

10. Optional: If you want to enable this process to expire, create the following two required questions so that
process initiators can create an expiration schedule:

Question purpose Required settings

Expiration frequency, which is a unit of time (days, • Answer Type: Text (single line limited)

months, or years). • Acceptable Values: List of Choices

• Supplier field mapping:
[Link]
• Allow participants to specify other value?: No
• Allow participants to select multiple values?: No
• List of Choices: Days, Months, and Years

Expiration offset, which is a whole number. • Answer Type: Whole Number

• Supplier field mapping: [Link]

 Note
This field mapping supports a maximum of 3 charac-
ters.

The expiration frequency and expiration offset combine to create the expiration schedule. For example, an
expiration frequency of months and an expiration offset of 6 means that the process expires 6 months after its
first status decision is made.

11. Optional: If you have added questions to create the expiration schedule, create the following 2 questions so
that process initiators can specify the expiration reminder schedule for the process:

Question purpose Required settings

Expiration reminder frequency, which is a unit of time • Answer Type: Text (single line limited)

(days, months, or years). • Acceptable Values: List of Choices

• Supplier field mapping:
[Link]
• Allow participants to specify other value?: No
• Allow participants to select multiple values?: No
• List of Choices: Days, Months, and Years

Expiration reminder offset, which is a whole number. • Answer Type: Whole Number
• Supplier field mapping:
[Link]

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 The expiration reminder frequency and expiration reminder offset combine to create the expiration reminder
schedule, which determines not only when the system generates reminder notifications but also the amount
of time between the first process status decision and when the process moves to expiring status. For example,
an expiration reminder frequency of months and an expiration reminder offset of 5 means that the process
generates expiration reminder notifications and moves to expiring status 5 months after the first status
decision is made.

You don't have to add questions to allow the process initiator to specify an expiration reminder schedule. If you
add expiration schedule questions but don't add expiration schedule questions, the default reminder schedule
is 90% of the expiration schedule. For example, if the expiration schedule is 100 days, the process project
moves to expiring status on the 90th day.

12. Choose Exit to save your changes and exit the survey document.

Related Information

About Process Project Templates [page 297]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up Process Project Templates [page 298]
Creating Process Project Templates [page 300]
Adding Modular Questionnaires to a Process Project Template [page 312]
Initiators and Decision-Makers Setup in Process Projects [page 306]

Conditional Commodity, Region, and Business Unit

Questions in the Process Project Intake Form
When configuring commodity, region, and business unit questions to be displayed in the intake form for a process
project, you can set editability and visibility conditions for these three questions.

To edit the process intake form, you must be a member of both the Template Creator and SM Process Manager
groups.

If you want a question to be visible or editable only when certain conditions are met, you can set Visibility or
Editability conditions for the question.

 Example

If your organization wants to perform qualification only in the North America region, you can make the following
settings:

• For the region question, set North America as Initial Value and "Boolean"="true" as Editability
conditions.
• For the Boolean question, set "Boolean"="false" as Initial Value.
• For the commodity and business unit questions, set region=North America as Visibility Condition.

When the process initiator starts a qualification process, the intake form's region question has a default,
read-only answer of North America, and they can choose answers for the commodity and business unit

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 questions. After the Boolean is set to Yes, if the user changes the default region answer of North America to
another value, the commodity and business unit questions are hidden.

Refer to the following topics for setting up visibility and editability conditions:

• Visibility Conditions for Showing or Hiding Content Based on Answers [page 477]
• Editability Conditions for Controlling the Editability of Answers in a Form or Questionnaire [page 482]

 Note

The hidden question fields are filled with "All" by default and aren't shown in the process intake form when you
start a qualification project from a supplier's profile.

Related Information

About Process Project Templates [page 297]

Creating Process Project Templates [page 300]
Creating the Process Intake Form [page 302]

Initiators and Decision-Makers Setup in Process

Projects
Process projects use membership in specialized project groups to grant permission to create a process project
or make a status decision for it. You set up these groups in the qualification and miscellaneous process project
templates.

 Note

You don't need to set up initiator and decision-maker groups in the discontinuation process project template.
The groups configured in the qualification process project template are reused in the corresponding
discontinuation process project.

Process Initiator Setup

A user must be a member of not only the global SM Modular Questionnaire Manager user group but also the
process project template's Process Initiator group to create a project from the template. Therefore, the presence
of a project group with the Process Initiator role is required in process project templates.

To set up process initiators, on the process project template Team tab, add one or more project groups, add the
Process Initiator role to them, then add members directly in the template. Since the process initiator requirement
is triggered before the creation of the project, you must define Process Initiator group membership directly in the

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template. You can't use buyer category assignments (the user matrix) to add users to Process Initiator project
groups.

 Tip

You can add individual users or global user groups as members. However, keep in mind that adding global user
groups provides more flexibility. With individual users, you must update the template every time you want to
change the group membership, and since process projects don't support template upgrade, those changes
only apply to new projects. If you add global user groups, you can manage their membership outside of the
template by adding and removing users in the group. You can create custom global user groups that contain the
SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group and its permissions for this purpose.

Process Decision-Maker Setup

Up until all of the modular questionnaires in a process project are approved or denied, process project statuses
are set automatically. After that point, when the process is ready for final status decision, members of a process
project's Decision Maker group can set its final status manually. Typically, process decision-makers are people in
your organization who are in a position to render final judgment about a process. You grant this permission using
one or more project groups with the Decision Maker role in process project templates.

To set up decision-makers, on the process project template Team tab, add one or more project groups and add the
Decision Maker role to them.

Since decision-makers act after the creation of the project, you can either add members directly in the template or
use buyer category assignments (the user matrix) to assign group membership dynamically. If you add members
directly in the template, all of the process projects created from it inherit that membership, meaning that the same
users are decision-makers for all of those process projects. If you use buyer category assignments, you can make
specific users decision-makers for processes based on their commodities, regions, and departments. Mapped
questions on the process intake form [page 302] set the commodities, regions, and department attributes for a
process during project creation, and buyer category assignments then add specific users to the project's Decision
Maker project group.

Related Information

About Process Project Templates [page 297]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up Process Project Templates [page 298]
Creating Process Project Templates [page 300]
Creating the Process Intake Form [page 302]

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Setting Up Modular Questionnaire for Use in Process
Projects
Use these steps to include specific process-related configurations when setting up modular questionnaires that
you plan to use in a process. Process projects can include both external and internal modular questionnaires to
gather information about the process.

Prerequisites

To create or edit modular questionnaire templates, you must be a member of the Template Creator and SM
Questionnaire Manager groups.

Questionnaire types must be defined in your site's master data.

To add internal forms as well as the questionnaire survey document to a modular questionnaire project template:

• The feature for internal forms in modular questionnaire projects (SM-30222) must be enabled in your site.
• The Allow multiple internal forms property must be set to Yes on the Overview tab of the modular
questionnaire project template.

Context

 Tip

Questionnaire type determines which questionnaires are included in process projects. Once you add an
external task that specifies a questionnaire type, all questionnaires of that type are potentially included in the
process. Plan the questionnaire types you want to use for process projects, defining new questionnaire types as
needed, and change the questionnaire types of existing modular questionnaire project templates that you don't
want to use in processes as needed. That way, when you specify a questionnaire type in an external task in a
process project template, the resulting process projects only include those modular questionnaires that you
want to use in processes.

All external modular questionnaires you use in process projects are also available as stand-alone
questionnaires. Modular questionnaire managers can invite suppliers to fill them out independently by
choosing Manage SM Modular Questionnaires on the dashboard. There's no way to prevent
the external modular questionnaires you use in process projects from being available as stand-alone
questionnaires.

Modular questionnaire projects that don't include internal forms contain one survey document, which is the
project questionnaire. You create this survey document and set timing and supplier management rules in it.
Modular questionnaire projects that do include internal forms contain multiple survey documents:

• A key questionnaire, which is the questionnaire set to the project's recipient. You create this survey
document and set timing and supplier management rules in it. Those settings control the project's
behavior, including whether it's internal or external, whether it can expire, and its status. This survey
document must have a format of Questionnaire.

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 • One or more internal forms, which are always submitted by internal users and are designed to supplement
the information in the key questionnaire. You create these survey documents but don't set most timing or
supplier management rules in them. These survey documents must have a format of Form and a type of
Internal.

For details, refer to Workflows with Internal Forms in Modular Questionnaire Templates [page 338].

Procedure

1. Perform one of the following actions:

• Create a new modular questionnaire template.

• Create a new version of an existing modular questionnaire template.

2. On the template Overview tab, choose Actions Template Edit Properties .

3. Set the following properties:

Property Description

Commodity, Region, and Department These properties determine when a modular questionnaire
that is referenced by external tasks in the process project
template is included in an individual process project.

When a process initiator creates a process project, their first

step is filling out an intake form that specifies the commodi-
ties, regions, and departments to which the process applies.
The modular questionnaires that are referenced by the proc-
ess project template and that match the selected commodi-
ties, regions, and departments are available in the resulting
process project.

A modular questionnaire matches a process if the commodi-

ties, regions, and departments selected for the process are
an exact match to the modular questionnaire; if the com-
modities, regions, and departments for the modular ques-
tionnaire are values lower in the hierarchy; or if they’re pa-
rents.

 Tip
You can use modular questionnaires for specific com-
modity, region, and department combinations to create
specific, targeted processes for those combinations.
However, keep in mind that process initiators can only
create a process if it includes at least one modular ques-
tionnaire. It's therefore important to make sure that the
set of modular questionnaires you plan to use in a proc-
ess project covers the entire range of possible combina-
tions.

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 Property Description

Questionnaire Type Each modular questionnaire project template must include a

questionnaire type.

When you reference modular questionnaires in external

tasks in the process project template, you specify the ques-
tionnaire type rather than individual modular questionnaire
project templates. All modular questionnaires with the ref-
erenced questionnaire type that match the process's com-
modities, regions, and departments are available in the proc-
ess project. Therefore, the questionnaire type you select
here is directly related to the questionnaire's availability in
process projects.

Allow multiple internal forms (optional) If the feature for multiple internal forms in modular question-
naire projects is enabled in your site, setting this property
to Yes allows you to add one or more internal forms to the
template.

4. On the template Documents tab, perform one of the following actions:

• If you're working with an existing template, edit the project or key questionnaire survey document.
• If you're creating a new template, create the project or key questionnaire survey document.

5. In the Rules area of the project or key questionnaire survey document, define the rules for the modular
questionnaire project, keeping in mind the following considerations that are specific to process projects:

Rule Significance in process projects

Is questionnaire required? If you choose Yes, the modular questionnaire is always in-
cluded in process projects where it's available.

If you choose No, the modular questionnaire is optional and

the process initiator can choose whether or not to include it
in process projects where it's available.

Specify questionnaire type Choose External for questionnaires you want to send to
external recipients. You can send external modular question-
naires to suppliers either as part of a process project or as
stand-alone modular questionnaires.

Choose Internal for questionnaires you want to send to in-

ternal recipients. You can only send internal questionnaires
to recipients as part of a process project. Stand-alone inter-
nal modular questionnaires aren't supported.

Reuse If you choose Yes, sending the modular questionnaire to a

recipient the first time creates the modular questionnaire
project for the supplier, and that same project is then reused
in every process project for the same supplier that includes
it. The recipient fills out 1 questionnaire, and process initia-
tors can request an update or use the existing answers. This

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setting is suitable for questionnaires with answers that are

valid or useful across different process projects, such as
questionnaires about certificates.

If you choose No, every time a process initiator includes

the questionnaire in a process, the system creates a new
modular questionnaire project and sends it to the recipient.
The recipient fills out a new questionnaire every time. This
setting is suitable for questionnaires with answers that are
specific to each process, such as questionnaires about spe-
cific logistics, security checks or audits, and so on.

Always request updates when used in a process If you choose Yes and the questionnaire isn't either new or
in approval, creating or renewing the process automatically
sends the questionnaire recipient a request for an update.
In the list of applicable questionnaires for the process, the
Request updates toggle switch is automatically enabled and
can't be disabled.

If you choose No, the process initiator can choose whether

to request updates for the questionnaire by manually ena-
bling or disabling the Request updates toggle switch.

Can expire? and Expiration schedule Expiring and expired questionnaires generate notifications
to the owners and decision-makers for the processes in
which they're included. The process owner can renew the
process to request updates. The expiration of modular ques-
tionnaires included in the process is a typical reason for
a process decision-maker to change a status decision. For
example, if a modular questionnaire that includes a critical
certificate expires, a decision-maker can change the status
of a qualification process from qualified to disqualified.

Creating an expiration schedule for the questionnaire can

therefore provide an important signal to process owners and
decision-makers that they need to revisit a process and re-
new it or change its status.

If you create an expiration reminder schedule for the ques-

tionnaire and choose Notify project owners, an impending
questionnaire expiration also generates notifications to the
questionnaire project owner, who can request an update for
the individual questionnaire outside of a process renewal.

Questionnaire expiration schedules are independent of any

expiration schedules for process projects in which the ques-
tionnaires are included.

6. In the Content area of the questionnaire survey document, add or edit questionnaire content as needed.
7. Optional: In the Content area of the questionnaire survey document, set up scoring for the questionnaire.

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 Process detail pages show the overall score and scoring band indicator for each questionnaire in the process.
Scoring isn't required, but it can provide guidance not only to individual questionnaire approvers but to process
decision-makers.
8. On the template Tasks tab, perform the following actions:
a. Add or edit phases for new questionnaire and questionnaire update tasks as needed.
b. Add or edit the questionnaire approval task as needed.
9. Optional: Create one or more internal forms to supplement the key questionnaire.
10. Publish the template.

To add a questionnaire type to a process project template, modular questionnaire templates of that type must
have at least one published version.

Related Information

Creating Process Project Templates [page 300]

Creating the Process Intake Form [page 302]
Adding Modular Questionnaires to a Process Project Template [page 312]
Workflow for Setting Up Qualification and Miscellaneous Process Projects [page 294]
Process Project Elements [page 292]
Modular Questionnaire Type Data Import [page 81]
About Adding Content to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 390]
Certificate Management Setup in Modular Questionnaires [page 354]
Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular Questionnaires [page 356]
Workflows with Internal Forms in Modular Questionnaire Templates [page 338]
Creating Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 344]
Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page 346]

Adding Modular Questionnaires to a Process Project

Template
Use these steps to create specialized External Task tasks that specify the types of modular questionnaires that can
be included in a process. Process project templates don't include any questionnaires other than the intake form
directly, and use these tasks to reference the modular questionnaires to include.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of both the Template Creator and SM Process Manager groups to edit and publish process
project templates.

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Context

Process project templates don't support any type of task except External Task and one optional approval task
to enable external approval of modular questionnaires in the process and external decision-making for the
process itself. Users don't act on or complete external tasks. Instead, each external task references a modular
questionnaire type. You use external tasks to add modular questionnaires of that type to the process.

You add all of the questionnaire types that are applicable to a process to external tasks in its project template.
Modular questionnaires themselves are tied to specific combinations of commodity, region, and department based
on their template properties. When a process initiator creates a process, they specify the commodities, regions,
and departments to which it applies in the intake form. In the resulting process project, only the subset of modular
questionnaires that have the questionnaire type referenced by external tasks in the process project template and
that match that combination of commodities, regions, and departments specified in the intake form are available to
include in the process.

 Note

External tasks include a number of settings that aren't relevant to their function, such as Owner and Due Date.
Don't specify values or change default values for any settings other than Title and Template. The Template
Type must always be SM Modular Questionnaire, the default value. Other settings can interfere with the
proper functioning of external tasks.

Procedure

1. Open the process project template. If it's not in Draft status, create a new version.

2. On the Tasks tab, choose Actions Create External Task .

3. Enter a descriptive name for the task. The task name isn't visible outside the template, but including the name
of the modular questionnaire type is helpful for distinguishing between multiple external tasks in the template.
4. On the Template dropdown menu, choose the questionnaire type for the modular questionnaires you want to
add to the process.

When adding modular questionnaires for discontinuation processes, note the following:

Discontinuation processes are designed to be internal processes that only involve users in the buying
organization. To keep the discontinuation a strictly internal process, you need to make sure that only internal
modular questionnaires are referenced in the external tasks of the discontinuation project template.
5. Choose OK.

Results

Specifying a questionnaire type in the external task makes all of the modular questionnaires associated with that
type potentially available in the process.

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Related Information

Creating Process Project Templates [page 300]

Creating the Process Intake Form [page 302]
Initiators and Decision-Makers Setup in Process Projects [page 306]
Setting Up Modular Questionnaire for Use in Process Projects [page 308]
Enabling External Process Decision-Making Using the External Approval API for Sourcing and Supplier
Management [page 314]

Enabling External Process Decision-Making Using the

External Approval API for Sourcing and Supplier
Management
Use these steps to create a specialized approval task configuration in the process project template that enables
approvals of process project modular questionnaires and final status decision-making for the process itself in an
external system.

Prerequisites

If you haven't already done so, you must complete the prerequisites for creating applications using the External
Approval API for Sourcing and Supplier Management and develop a client application.

You must be a member of both the Template Creator and SM Process Manager groups to edit and publish process
project templates.

Context

For individual questionnaires, you enable external approval using the External Approval API for Sourcing and
Supplier Management with the External System Approval setting in the approval task on the questionnaire in the
modular questionnaire project template. For process projects, you can use the External System Approval setting
to enable external decision-making for the process itself.

A specific configuration in an approval task on the process intake form allows you to use these external
task references to enable external approval for while maintaining the link between the process project and its
questionnaires. You specify the external tasks for any modular questionnaire for which you want to enable external
approval as predecessors to the approval task on the intake form. With this configuration, final approval of the
predecessor modular questionnaires task triggers external system approval through the API client application.

 Note

Approval tasks include a number of settings that aren't relevant for this particular use, such as Owner, Allow
auto approval, Due Date, and settings for specifying approvers. To ensure that the task enables external

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 approval correctly, don't specify values or change default values for any settings other than Title, External
System Approval and Predecessors, and make sure that the approval flow in the task remains empty.

Procedure

1. Open the process project template. If it's not in Draft status, create a new version.
2. Choose the Documents tab.

3. Choose the survey document for the process intake form, then choose Actions Create New Task
Approval .
4. For External System Approval, choose Yes.
5. For Predecessors, perform the following actions:
a. Choose select.
b. Choose the external tasks for the modular questionnaires that must be approved or denied before external
decision-making is triggered. Choose at least one task to enable external approval.
c. For Start When Dependencies Complete, choose Yes.
d. Choose OK.

Results

Final approval or denial of the modular questionnaires that are included in a process project, and that are linked
to the process project by external tasks that are specified as predecessor of the approval task on the intake form,
trigger external decision-making for the process through a client application using the External Approval API for
Sourcing and Supplier Management.

While the external status decision-making is in progress, the Make decision button on the process details
page is locked and process decision-makers can't set the status manually. Once the external decision-making
is completed, the Make decision button is unlocked.

Related Information

Adding Modular Questionnaires to a Process Project Template [page 312]

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Supplier Qualification and Disqualification
Project Setup

Supplier qualification and disqualification projects provide templated workflows for qualifying and disqualifying
suppliers. Supplier qualification projects use one external questionnaire and optional, additional internal
questionnaires. Supplier disqualification projects use one internal questionnaire.

These topics describe how to set up qualifications using the supplier qualification and disqualification project
templates. For information about setting up qualifications using the flexible process framework feature
(SM-16798), refer to Qualification, Miscellaneous, and Discontinuation Process Project Setup [page 281].

About the Supplier Qualification Project Template [page 316]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Qualification Project Template [page
318]

Prequalification Questionnaire Setup [page 321]

About the Supplier Disqualification Project Template [page 325]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Disqualification Project Template
[page 326]

About the Supplier Qualification Project Template

The supplier qualification project template defines the questionnaires and tasks that your organization uses to
qualify suppliers for specific combinations of commodities, regions, and departments.

This topic applies to qualifications using the supplier qualification project template, which uses one workflow and
one external questionnaire for all qualifications. For information about setting up qualifications using the flexible
process framework feature (SM-16798), refer to Qualification, Miscellaneous, and Discontinuation Process Project
Setup [page 281].

The supplier qualification project template must always include an external (supplier-facing) qualification
questionnaire with an approval task. It can also include an internal questionnaire. Supplier qualifications are always
based on a combination of commodities, regions, and, if your site has the supplier management business unit
matrix enhancement enabled, departments. The external qualification questionnaire is a dynamic questionnaire
generated from two different types of template documents:

• An empty survey document, which functions as a vehicle for serving the qualification content. Approval and
other tasks are always on this empty survey document.
• Content documents, which define questionnaire segments for specific combinations of commodity, region,
and department.

Qualification managers create qualification projects in the Qualifications detail area of supplier profiles. In this
case, the qualification manager who starts a qualification is the explicit project owner and also a member of
the Project Owner project group. Suppliers can also be qualified through a data import. The qualification data
import doesn't create a corresponding qualification project. However, if the qualification expires, a qualification

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manager can requalify the supplier. In this case, the requalification action creates a qualification project based
on the supplier's previous, data import-defined qualification, and the qualification manager who initiates the
requalification is the explicit project owner. Qualification managers can't start a manual qualification for a supplier
until the supplier has the registration status Registered; however, data imports can qualify suppliers who haven't
achieved that status.

Unlike request and registration projects, a supplier can have multiple separate qualification projects, each
for a different combination of commodity, region, and department. A supplier's qualifications and associated
questionnaires show in the Qualifications area. Only approvers can see unapproved questionnaires. After a
questionnaire is approved, any user who has permission to view the Qualifications area can see the answers.

There are two possible ways users can start a new qualification. Your supplier qualification project template
determines which method is used in your site.

• Static application page: by default, qualification managers starting a qualification are presented with a static
application page, where they specify the commodities and regions for the qualification. Submitting these
answers creates the qualification project. The page doesn't allow qualification managers to specify department
or expiration information for the qualification.
• Prequalification questionnaire: you can set up a prequalification questionnaire [page 321]. If you set one up,
qualification managers starting qualifications are presented with it rather than with the default application
page. If your organization uses departments in qualifications, you must set up a prequalification questionnaire.
You can also use it to specify an expiration date and a requalification eligibility date. If you don't use the
prequalification questionnaire but want to allow qualification managers to set expiration and requalification
eligibility dates, you must set up an internal questionnaire instead.

A qualification project closes after its final task is completed. However, if a qualification expires, a qualification
manager can initiate a requalification. When a qualification manager requalifies a supplier that was previously
qualified using a project (rather than through data import), the original qualification project reopens and all of its
tasks start again.

Deployment of your solution includes a supplier qualification project template with the following default
configuration, which includes an empty qualification questionnaire survey document and an approval task. You
must edit the template to define your organization's specific questionnaires and workflow.

Template element Default configuration

Version and Status Version 1, Active

Documents Supplier qualification questionnaire (an empty survey docu-

ment with a questionnaire format of Questionnaire) in Draft
status

Tasks Approval for supplier qualification (an approval task for

the supplier qualification questionnaire survey document with
members of the Project Owner group as approvers)

Team The default team has 1 project group, Project Owner, with sys-
tem user aribasystem and the Template Creator user group
as approvers.

By default, membership in these groups isn't assigned by com-

modity, region, and department.

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Related Information

Setting Up a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire [page 384]

Creating a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire Segment [page 386]
Supplier Qualification Data File Format [page 140]
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Qualification Project Template [page 318]
Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using Supplier Qualification Projects [page 28]
Supplier Disqualifications Using Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 30]
Prequalification Questionnaire Setup [page 321]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for

Setting Up the Supplier Qualification Project
Template
Supplier qualification projects function within a specific supplier management workflow, and need some specific
configurations to ensure that they fit successfully in that workflow.

This topic applies to qualifications using the supplier qualification project template, which uses one workflow and
one external questionnaire for all qualifications. For information about setting up qualifications using the flexible
process framework feature (SM-16798), refer to Qualification, Miscellaneous, and Discontinuation Process Project
Setup [page 281].

For information that applies to all supplier management project templates, refer to General Best Practices for
Setting Up Supplier Management Projects [page 59].

Restrictions

• The supplier qualification project template only supports survey and content documents. Don't add any other
type of document to it.
• The supplier qualification project template only supports To Do and approval tasks. Don't add any other type of
task to it.
• Tasks aren't supported for folders or documents within folders in supplier management project templates.
Don't add a task to a folder or document within a folder in supplier management project templates.
• The supplier qualification project template supports one external questionnaire survey document. You define
the content of the external questionnaire in multiple content documents. The survey document itself must be
empty. Adding content to the external questionnaire survey document itself causes the questionnaire to fail
with errors.
• The supplier qualification project template supports multiple internal questionnaire survey documents. You
define the content of internal questionnaires in the survey documents themselves. They don't use content
documents. You can have internal surveys in addition to the prequalification questionnaire. However, note that
the project team is defined by commodity, region, and (optionally) department values set in either the static
application page for starting qualifications or the prequalification questionnaire, rather than an internal survey.

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 • Don't apply project-level visibility conditions based on commodity, region, or department to the content
documents that define qualification questionnaire segments. When a qualification manager starts a
qualification, the questionnaire segments that apply to the qualification's commodities, regions, and
departments show automatically.
• Use of conditions on tasks in qualifications projects is supported but isn't a best practice and is subject to
restrictions, including the following:
• Conditions can add tasks to the project's workflow, but they can't remove a task once it has been added to
the project, even if the project no longer meets the applicable condition.
• Project completion requires completion of approval tasks on external questionnaires. It's not a good idea to
use conditions on tasks themselves to construct these required approvals, since these configurations can
result in external questionnaires with no approval tasks in projects that don't meet any of the configured
conditions, blocking project completion. Instead, SAP Ariba recommends creating conditional approval
nodes in unconditional approval tasks so that the required approval task is always present. If your site has
the feature for adding missing approvers enabled, project owners can add ad-hoc approvers in projects
that don't meet any of the conditions for adding approvers to the approval flow, since the task itself is
present.
Using conditions based on data that can create complex combinations (such as commodity, region, and
department), isn't recommended. Those configurations can result in projects with tasks that aren't applicable
to the current data or that become blocked because they don't include required approval tasks.

Requirements

• The supplier qualification project template must contain one external survey document with an associated
approval task.
• You must create a To Do task for each internal registration questionnaire survey document you add. The task
ensures that the correct internal users can edit the survey to fill it out.
• If you want to qualify suppliers based on department as well as commodity and region, you must use a
prequalification questionnaire. [page 321]
• If you want to qualifications in your site to expire, you must create a question with answer type Date and map
it [page 432] to [Link]. If you want to allow a category or supplier manager to establish
a waiting period before an expired qualification can be requalified, add a second date question and map it
to [Link]. Depending on how you set up your supplier qualification
project template, you can add these questions in the prequalification questionnaire (if you use one) or in an
internal questionnaire (if you don't use the prequalification questionnaire).
• If your site is integrated with an SAP ERP system and configured to synchronize new suppliers automatically
to that ERP system based on qualification status, the external qualification questionnaire must include at least
one question that's mapped to a vendor database field. To ensure that this question is always present, make
sure to add it to a segment that's included in every external qualification questionnaire. For more information,
refer to Setting Up Initial Supplier Data Synchronization to the ERP System.

Helpful Hints

• Each qualification questionnaire segment content document is tied to specific commodities, regions, and
departments. You can apply visibility conditions [page 477] to show and hide additional questionnaire content

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 based on answers in a questionnaire segment, but be careful to make sure that the conditions work with the
commodities, regions, and departments to which the segment is targeted.
• SAP Ariba recommends that you add no more than 500 pieces of content to an individual questionnaire.
Adding more than 500 pieces of content can cause performance to degrade progressively as you add more
content.
• Unlike registration, which is a single process, qualification projects are designed so that qualification managers
can run multiple separate qualifications for different commodities, regions, or departments for the same
supplier. A supplier contact can potentially answer multiple qualification questionnaires from you. Therefore,
it's a good idea to choose the levels of the commodity, region, and department hierarchies at which you want
to qualify suppliers and use them consistently to target questionnaire segments so that you avoid asking
the same questions over and over. For example, you can create a questionnaire segment that is required
for all suppliers in the U.S.. However, if your company qualifies suppliers by individual state, qualification
questionnaires for all states in the United Statues include that required segment for the U.S.. If you need
to gather information about a supplier that is broadly applicable across multiple commodities, regions, or
departments, consider either doing so during registration or making sure that the questionnaire segment isn't
required so that qualification managers can omit it from successive qualifications.
• Plan a consistent strategy for organizing each questionnaire segment's contents using sections [page 390]. If
you don't use sections in any questionnaire segments, all of the questionnaire content shows as a continuous
numbered list when the segments are assembled in the final questionnaire. If you use a top-level section in
each segment, and nest all of the segment's content inside it, each segment is its own numbered section in the
final questionnaire, with the segment content as numbered sub-items under it. However, if you use a top-level
section in 1 questionnaire segment and no top-level section in the segment that comes after it, the content in
the second segment is added to the previous segment's section, and uses the previous section's numbering, in
the final questionnaire.
• SAP Ariba recommends that you use modular questionnaire projects to collect certificate information from
suppliers rather than creating certificate questions in the qualification questionnaire. Collecting supplier
certificate information in modular questionnaires provides key benefits that aren't available for certificates
collected in qualification questionnaires, including expiration schedules and notifications at both the certificate
and questionnaire level and the ability to search for suppliers by certificate type. For details, refer to Certificate
Management Setup in Modular Questionnaires [page 354].
• There's no need to add questions about the supplier's commodities, regions, and departments to the external
qualification questionnaire. The qualification manager who starts the qualification sets it commodities, regions,
and departments at that time, and indeed, having a second set of mapped commodity, region, and department
questions in the same questionnaire can cause problems.
• If you add any internal questionnaires to the project:
• Make sure to set Specify questionnaire type to Internal for them.
• If you add one or more To Do tasks and one or more approval tasks to an internal qualification
questionnaire, it's a good idea to make sure that the To Do tasks are predecessors of the approval tasks.
Otherwise, if an internal qualification questionnaire has more than one To Do task and at least one approval
task, it remain editable until all To Do tasks are complete, regardless of whether approval has started. Using
predecessor settings ensures that approval doesn't start until all To Do tasks are complete.
• Commodity level restrictions in qualification templates only apply to users starting qualifications if your project
uses a prequalification questionnaire [page 321]. If your site uses the default, static application page to start
qualifications, the commodity chooser in that page doesn't recognize commodity level restrictions set in the
project template, since the static application page is independent of the template.
• You can customize templates for email notifications to suppliers [page 543] to include approver comments
from approval tasks with the [TASK_COMMENT_TEXT] email token.

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Related Information

About the Supplier Qualification Project Template [page 316]

Setting Up the Prequalification Questionnaire [page 322]
Removing an Existing Internal Qualification Survey [page 324]
Setting Up a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire [page 384]
Creating a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire Segment [page 386]

Prequalification Questionnaire Setup

By default, when a qualification manager starts a qualification, they open an application page where they select
commodities and regions. You can replace that page with a prequalification questionnaire that allows you to add
department, qualification expiration dates, and custom content to the initial step for creating a qualification.

This topic applies to qualifications using the supplier qualification project template, which uses one workflow and
one external questionnaire for all qualifications. For information about setting up qualifications using the flexible
process framework feature (SM-16798), refer to Qualification, Miscellaneous, and Discontinuation Process Project
Setup [page 281].

When you create a prequalification questionnaire in your site's qualification project template, it automatically
replaces the static application page as the first step in starting a qualification. The qualification manager who starts
a qualification fills out the prequalification questionnaire, and their answers determine the questionnaire segments
that are available for them to send to the supplier as part of the qualification questionnaire.

SAP Ariba recommends that you set up your own prequalification questionnaire instead of using the default static
application page. The prequalification questionnaire offers two distinct advantages:

• You can add Department as a third filter for qualification questionnaire content. The static application
page only allows qualification managers to select category and region as filters, but the prequalification
questionnaire supports filtering by the department master data in your site as well. Department data is only
used in qualifications if departments are enabled in your site.
• It provides a convenient way to set up qualification expiration. Mapped questions enable qualification
expiration. If you don't put them in the prequalification questionnaire, you must create a separate internal
survey in the qualification project for that purpose.

The prequalification questionnaire currently supports up to five questions: up to three questions to filter
questionnaire segments based on commodity, region, and department, and up to two questions on qualification
expiration. The answers to questions in the prequalification questionnaire are used to filter the questionnaire
segments that are available for the qualification and to set the expiration dates. They don't show anywhere in the
supplier profile, so don't use the prequalification questionnaire to ask for any other information.

Related Information

Setting Up the Prequalification Questionnaire [page 322]

Creating a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire Segment [page 386]

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Setting Up the Prequalification Questionnaire

Use these steps to set up a prequalification questionnaire to set the commodity categories, regions, and
departments for the supplier qualification. The prequalification questionnaire can also define the qualification's
expiration date and the date on which the supplier is eligible for requalification for the same combination of
commodities, regions, and departments.

Prerequisites

To set up the prequalification questionnaire, you must be a member of the Template Creator group.

To qualify suppliers by department, the departments feature must be enabled in your site.

Make sure that the content documents that define your qualification questionnaire segments have the appropriate
Commodity, Region, and (optionally) Department settings. If your qualification project setup is based on
commodity and region, and you're adding the prequalification questionnaire with departments to this existing
setup for the first time, makes sure that all the content documents that define qualification questionnaire
segments also have a Department setting. Adjust your questionnaire segment strategy as necessary, edit existing
content documents, and create new content documents to define segments that apply to department as well as
commodity and region.

Context

This topic applies to qualifications using the supplier qualification project template, which uses one workflow and
one external questionnaire for all qualifications. For information about setting up qualifications using the flexible
process framework feature (SM-16798), refer to Qualification, Miscellaneous, and Discontinuation Process Project
Setup [page 281].

The supplier qualification questionnaire is assembled from a set of segments targeted to different commodities,
regions, and departments. In the supplier qualification project template, those segments are defined by a set of
separate content documents with commodity, region, and department settings.

The prequalification questionnaire is an initial form that qualification managers fill out when they start a
new qualification. The values they choose for commodity, region, and department define the list of available
questionnaire segments they can select to assemble a qualification questionnaire to send to the supplier. Only the
content documents that match all three values (or any values below them in a hierarchy) are shown as available
questionnaire segments.

The answers to questions in the prequalification questionnaire don't show anywhere in the supplier profile, so you
can't use it to collect other information. You can only use it to filter the list of available qualification questionnaire
segments and to optionally enable qualification expiration. Don't add any other questions besides the three
mapped filtering questions and (optionally) up to two mapped qualification expiration questions, because category
or supplier managers have no way to see the answers.

The specialized Qualification Request setting in the survey document for the prequalification questionnaire
ensures that the prequalification questionnaire always shows automatically when a qualification manager starts
a new qualification. This setting isn't available in the default template survey document, which forms the basis of

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the qualification questionnaire. It's only available in new survey documents. Only one prequalification questionnaire
per supplier qualification project template is supported.

Currently, if you're using buyer category assignments (the user matrix) to assign ownership of and approvers for
qualification projects, the Commodity and Region values in the prequalification questionnaire are used for those
assignments. However, the Department value isn’t .

Procedure

1. Open the supplier qualification project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. Choose the Documents tab.

3. Choose Actions Create Survey .

4. On the Rules page, in the Supplier Management area, specify the following settings:
a. On the Specify question format dropdown menu, choose Form.
b. On the Specify questionnaire type dropdown menu, choose Qualification Request.

The Is questionnaire required? setting has no effect on the prequalification questionnaire and is ignored.
5. On the Content page, add the following questions:

• For the category filter, create a question with answer type Commodity and enter [Link] in
the Supplier field mapping field.
• For the region filter, create a question with answer type Region and enter [Link] in the
Supplier field mapping field.
• (Optional) For the department filter, create a question with answer type Department and enter
[Link] in the Supplier field mapping field.
• (Optional) To enable qualification expiration, create a question with answer type Date and enter
[Link] in the Supplier field mapping field.
• (Optional) To specify a date before which an expired qualification can't be requalified, create a question
with answer type Date and enter [Link] in the Supplier field
mapping field.
6. Choose Exit to save the survey.
7. After you've finished editing the supplier qualification template, publish it.

Next Steps

It's important for the supplier qualification project template to include only one mapped qualification expiration
question and one mapped requalification eligibility question. If you're adding the prequalification questionnaire and
the current template already has an internal survey that already includes 1 or both of these questions, and you
decided to include them in the prequalification questionnaire instead, perform one of the following actions:

• If the internal survey includes other questions, edit it to delete the mapped expiration and requalification
eligibility question.
• If the internal survey was added solely to enable qualification expiration, and doesn't include any other
questions, remove it from the template.

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Related Information

Removing an Existing Internal Qualification Survey [page 324]

Removing an Existing Internal Qualification Survey

If your site used an internal qualification survey solely to enable qualification expirations, and you've added the
expiration questions to the prequalification questionnaire instead, use these steps to remove the now-obsolete
internal survey from the supplier qualification template.

Prerequisites

To remove an existing internal qualification survey, you must be a member of the Template Creator group.

Context

This topic applies to qualifications using the supplier qualification project template, which uses one workflow and
one external questionnaire for all qualifications. For information about setting up qualifications using the flexible
process framework feature (SM-16798), refer to Qualification, Miscellaneous, and Discontinuation Process Project
Setup [page 281].

Template upgrade isn't supported for supplier qualification projects. Qualifications created before you published
the new version of the template with the deleted internal survey and To Do task still include that survey regardless
of when they're completed. Qualifications created after you published the new version don't.

To remove an obsolete internal survey from the qualification workflow, you must delete both the survey document
and associated To Do task from the supplier qualification template.

Procedure

1. Open the supplier qualification project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. Choose the Tasks tab.

3. Choose the To Do task for the internal survey and choose Action View Task Details .

4. On the task details page, choose Actions Task Delete .

5. Choose OK.
6. Choose the Documents tab.

7. Choose the internal survey document and choose Action View Details .

8. On the survey Overview tab, choose Actions Document Delete .

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 9. Choose Delete.

Related Information

Setting Up the Prequalification Questionnaire [page 322]

Prequalification Questionnaire Setup [page 321]

About the Supplier Disqualification Project Template

The supplier disqualification project template defines the questionnaire and workflow that your organization uses
to disqualify suppliers for specific combinations of commodities, regions, and departments for which they were
previously qualified.

Supplier disqualification projects are only applicable if you manage qualifications using supplier qualification
projects. They aren't applicable if your site uses process projects for supplier qualifications.

The supplier disqualification project template must always include an internal disqualification questionnaire with
an approval task. Supplier disqualification is always an internal process. There's no external (supplier-facing)
disqualification questionnaire. Supplier disqualifications are always based on a combination of commodities,
regions, and, if your site has the supplier management business unit matrix enhancement enabled, departments.

Qualification managers create disqualification projects in the Qualifications detail area of supplier profiles. In this
case, the qualification manager who starts a disqualification is the explicit project owner and also a member of
the Project Owner project group. Suppliers can also be disqualified using a data import. The disqualification data
import doesn't create a corresponding disqualification project. Qualification managers can only start a manual
disqualification for a supplier based on an existing qualification. However, data imports can disqualify suppliers who
haven't been qualified previously.

As with qualifications, a supplier can have multiple separate disqualification projects, each for a different
combination of commodity, region, and department. A supplier's disqualifications and associated questionnaires
show in the Qualifications area. Only approvers can see unapproved questionnaires. After a questionnaire is
approved, any user who has permission to view the Qualifications area can see the answers.

Depending on how you set up the disqualification questionnaire, disqualifications in your site can take effect
immediately, or only after a specified phase-out period.

Deployment of your solution includes a supplier disqualification project template with the following default
configuration, which includes an empty disqualification questionnaire survey document and an approval task. You
must edit the template to define your company's specific processes.

Template Element Default Configuration

Version and Status Version 1, Active

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Template Element Default Configuration

Documents Supplier disqualification questionnaire (an empty survey

document with a questionnaire format of Questionnaire) in
Draft status

Tasks Approval for supplier disqualification (an approval task for

the supplier disqualification questionnaire survey document
with members of the Project Owner group as approvers)

Team The default team has one project group, Project Owner, with
system user aribasystem and the Template Creator user
group as approvers.

By default, membership in these groups isn't assigned by com-

modity, region, and department.

Related Information

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Supplier Disqualification Project Template [page
326]
Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using Supplier Qualification Projects [page 28]
Supplier Qualification Data File Format [page 140]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for

Setting Up the Supplier Disqualification Project
Template
Supplier disqualification projects function within a specific supplier management workflow, and need some specific
configurations to ensure that they fit successfully in that workflow.

Supplier disqualification projects are only applicable if you manage qualifications using supplier qualification
projects. They aren't applicable if your site uses process projects for supplier qualifications.

For information that applies to all supplier management project templates, refer to General Best Practices for
Setting Up Supplier Management Projects [page 59].

Restrictions

• The supplier qualification project template only supports one survey document for one internal questionnaire.
Don't add any other type of document to it, and don't add any more survey documents beside the template's
default disqualification questionnaire.

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 • The supplier disqualification project template only supports To Do and approval tasks. Don't add any other type
of task to it.
• Tasks aren't supported for folders or documents within folders in supplier management project templates.
Don't add a task to a folder or document within a folder in supplier management project templates.

Requirements

• The supplier qualification project template must contain one internal survey document with an associated
approval task.
• A disqualification is always tied to a previous qualification's commodities, regions, and departments, so
setting that data for the project is required. To do so, you must create commodity and region questions
in the disqualification questionnaire using the Commodity and Region answer types and mapping them
to the [Link] and [Link] fields in the supplier database. If your site has the
departments enabled and you also qualify suppliers by department, you must also add a question of answer
type Department and map it to [Link]. These settings ensure that disqualifications use the
same commodity, region, and department data that is used for qualifications and preferred supplier levels.

Helpful Hints

• You can make the disqualification date-based and introduce a phase-out period in the following ways:
• If you add date questions to the disqualification questionnaire without mapping, they're for information
only.
• If there are no mapped date questions in the disqualification questionnaire, once the questionnaire is
approved, the supplier is immediately disqualified.
• If you create a date question and map it to [Link], once the questionnaire
is approved, the supplier has Restricted status for a phase-out period until the date is reached, and is
then automatically disqualified on that date. This mapped question is the only way to achieve a restricted
qualification phase for the supplier before disqualification.
• If you create a date question and map it to [Link], once the questionnaire
is approved, the supplier can't be requalified for the same commodities, regions, and departments until the
date is reached.
• SAP Ariba recommends that you add no more than 500 pieces of content to an individual questionnaire.
Adding more than 500 pieces of content can cause performance to degrade progressively as you add more
content.

Related Information

About the Supplier Disqualification Project Template [page 325]

Creating a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 380]

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Preferred Supplier Management Project Setup

Preferred supplier management projects designate suppliers with one of five preferred category statuses defined in
your site.

About the Preferred Supplier Management Project Template [page 328]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Preferred Supplier Management Template
[page 329]

About the Preferred Supplier Management Project

Template
The preferred supplier management project template defines the process by which your company grants preferred
category statuses to suppliers for specific combinations of commodities and regions.

The preferred supplier management project template must always include an internal (supplier-facing) category
status questionnaire with an approval task. Your company's preferred levels are defined in your site using
master data import, and up to five preferred levels are supported. Preferred designations are always based on
a combination of commodities, regions, and, if your site has the supplier management business unit matrix
enhancement enabled, departments.

Internal users with the appropriate permissions request a category status change for a specific combination of
commodities, regions, and departments in the Preferred details area of supplier profiles. In this case, the user
who requests the status change is the explicit project owner and also a member of the Project Owner project
group. Suppliers can also gain preferred levels through a data import. The preferred data import doesn't create
a corresponding preferred supplier management project. However, a user with the appropriate permissions can
always request a change for an existing preferred category status. In this case, the action of editing a preferred
category status creates a preferred supplier management project based on the supplier's previous, data import-
defined preferred levels, and the user who requests the change is the explicit project owner. Users can't manually
request a preferred category level for a combination of commodities, regions, and departments until the supplier
has been qualified for that combination.

As with qualifications, a supplier can have multiple separate preferred supplier management projects, each for a
different combination of commodity, region, and department.

Users can always request changes to existing preferred category levels to either upgrade, downgrade, or remove
a supplier's preferred status. A preferred supplier management project closes after its final task is completed.
When a user requests a preferred category status change for a supplier that was previously designated as preferred
through a project (rather than data import), the original preferred supplier management project reopens and all of
its tasks start again. If a supplier is disqualified for a commodity, region, and department combination for which it's
also preferred, the final approval of the disqualification automatically removes the corresponding preferred status
without reopening any associated preferred supplier management project.

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Deployment of your solution includes a preferred supplier management project template with the following default
configuration, which includes an empty category status questionnaire survey document and an approval task. You
must edit the template to define your company's specific processes.

Template Element Default Configuration

Version and Status Version 1, Active

Documents Category status (an empty survey document with the

Questionnaire questionnaire format) in Draft status

Tasks Approval for category status change (an approval task for the
category status questionnaire survey document with members
of the Project Owner group as approvers)

Team The default team has one project group, Project Owner, with
system user aribasystem and the Template Creator user
group as approvers.

By default, membership in these groups isn't assigned by com-

modity, region, and department.

Related Information

Preferred Supplier Level Data Import [page 80]

Preferred Supplier Data File Format [page 146]
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Preferred Supplier Management Template [page
329]
Preferred Category Statuses Management Projects [page 29]
Supplier Qualification and Requalification Using Supplier Qualification Projects [page 28]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for

Setting Up the Preferred Supplier Management
Template
Preferred supplier management projects function within a specific supplier management workflow, and need some
specific configurations to ensure that they fit successfully in that workflow.

For information that applies to all supplier management project templates, refer to General Best Practices for
Setting Up Supplier Management Projects [page 59].

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Restrictions

• The preferred supplier management project template only supports one survey document for one internal
questionnaire. Don't add any other type of document to it, and don’t add any more survey documents beside
the template's default disqualification questionnaire.
• The preferred supplier management project template only supports To Do and approval tasks. Don't add any
other type of task to it.
• Tasks aren't supported for folders or documents within folders in supplier management project templates.
Don't add a task to a folder or document within a folder in supplier management project templates.
• Preferred category statuses aren't supported in multi-ERP integration landscapes.

Requirements

• The preferred supplier management project template must contain one internal survey document with an
associated approval task. If you don't want to require approvals for preferred category status changes, you can
set the task to auto-approve.
• A preferred category status is always tied to a previous qualification's commodities, regions, and departments,
so setting that data for the project is required. To do so, you must create commodity and region questions
in the category status questionnaire using the Commodity and Region answer types and mapping them to
the [Link] and [Link] fields in the supplier database. If your site has the business
unit matrix enhancement feature enabled and you also qualify suppliers by department, you must also add
a question of answer type Department and map it to [Link]. These settings ensure that
preferred category status designations use the same commodity, region, and department data that is used for
qualifications and disqualifications.

Helpful Hints

• The preferred supplier management questionnaire is automatically internal-only, regardless of whether you set
Specify questionnaire type to Internal or External.
• For the question asking which preferred supplier level to use for the supplier, use your site's preferred supplier
level master data for acceptable answers and map the question to [Link] in the supplier database.
• SAP Ariba recommends that you add no more than 500 pieces of content to an individual questionnaire.
Adding more than 500 pieces of content can cause performance to degrade progressively as you add more
content.

Related Information

About the Preferred Supplier Management Project Template [page 328]

Preferred Supplier Level Data Import [page 80]
Preferred Category Statuses Management Projects [page 29]

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Supplier Management Form and Questionnaire Setup [page 377]

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Modular Questionnaire Project Setup

Modular questionnaire projects are designed to collect specific sets of information about suppliers in one place,
where it can be maintained in one place and reused where needed. They can be standalone questionnaires, or they
can be included in process qualifications or other lifecycle process projects.

Modular questionnaire project templates include a number of configuration options to support different workflows
and uses for the questionnaire, including:

• Ability to reuse the same questionnaire project in multiple contexts or to create a new questionnaire project for
each new use.
• Ability to allow updates to the questionnaire or to use it for one-time snapshot data collection.
• Optional internal forms to include information from internal stakeholders in the project and to aggregate
ratings from internal stakeholders.
• Features for managing supplier certificates.

About Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 332]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 335]

Workflows with Internal Forms in Modular Questionnaire Templates [page 338]

Creating Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 344]

Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page 346]

Setting Up Separate Workflows for New and Updated Modular Questionnaires [page 351]

Certificate Management Setup in Modular Questionnaires [page 354]

Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular Questionnaires [page 356]

Rating and Total Rating Question Setup for Internal Forms or Questionnaires [page 373]

About Modular Questionnaire Project Templates

Modular questionnaire project templates define the questionnaires and workflows that your organization uses to
gather and maintain discrete sets of related information, such as certificate information, qualification information,
or risk assessments, about suppliers or engagement risk.

Unlike other supplier management projects, you can create multiple modular supplier management templates in
your site, one for each questionnaire. These templates all have the project type SM Modular Questionnaire. You
specify the commodities, regions, and departments to which each template applies.

Each modular questionnaire project template must contain one questionnaire. If the template allows internal
forms, the required questionnaire is the "key" questionnaire and must have a format of Questionnaire. In either
case, you set a questionnaire type (external or internal). You can also specify an expiration schedule for the
questionnaire. This schedule is specific to the questionnaire itself, and operates independently of the expirations of
any of the certificates collected in the questionnaires.

There are three ways to create a modular questionnaire project:

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 Creation Method Description Supported Questionnaire Types

Inviting suppliers to standalone question- Internal users with the appropriate per- External only
naire
missions can create standalone external
modular questionnaire projects outside
of other supplier management processes

by choosing Manage SM Modular

Questionnaires on the dashboard and

inviting one or more suppliers to fill out
one or more questionnaires. During this
process, the questionnaire manager se-
lects from a list of available question-
naires. The list shows each question-
naire's type and the commodities, re-
gions, and departments to which it ap-
plies. This invitation process creates a
modular questionnaire project for each
selected questionnaire, for each invited
supplier. The questionnaire manager who
issues the invitation is the explicit project
owner.

After an external modular questionnaire

project that allows updates is finally ap-
proved, if a questionnaire manager sends
the same modular questionnaire to the

same supplier again using Manage

SM Modular Questionnaires , the ex-

isting project reopens and its tasks re-
start. The explicit project owner remains
the original user who sent the question-
naire.

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Creation Method Description Supported Questionnaire Types

Sending risk assessments In sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier External or internal

Risk, sending risk assessments for a con-

trol-based engagement risk assessment
project also creates modular question-
naire projects for the required assess-
ments, which can be either internal or
external. In this case, the person who
sends the assessments becomes the ex-
plicit project owner of the modular sup-
plier management questionnaire projects
created by their action.

Sending assessments always creates

new internal modular questionnaires,
which are used once per engagement risk
assessment project. It only creates exter-
nal modular questionnaires for engage-
ment risk assessment projects where the
selected supplier doesn't already have a
valid questionnaire from a previous en-
gagement risk assessment project.

If an external modular questionnaire is

set up to import supplier responses,
sending the assessment doesn't create
a modular questionnaire project, but in-
stead triggers a request to import the
supplier's response.

Creating or renewing a process project In sites where the flexible process frame- External or internal

work feature (SM-16798) is enabled, cre-

ating or renewing a process project also
creates modular questionnaire projects
for any included questionnaires that
aren't reused. In this case, the proc-
ess owner becomes the explicit project
owner of the modular questionnaire
projects created by their action. Mod-
ular questionnaires created in process
projects can also be either internal or ex-
ternal.

Unlike registration projects, which collect basic profile information in one project, modular questionnaire projects
are designed to collect specific, limited sets of information, such as a certificate or set of related certificates,
or information that’s applicable to a specific risk area or domain. A supplier can have any number of modular
questionnaire projects. The Questionnaires detail area in a supplier's profile shows all external questionnaires,
internal questionnaires created in process projects, and their tasks. After a questionnaire is approved, any internal
user who has permission to see the Questionnaires area can see its answers. Internal modular questionnaires
created as risk assessments show on the engagement page of the control-based engagement risk assessment

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project in which they’re created and are also visible to recipients in the To Do content item of their Home
dashboard.

Survey documents in modular questionnaire templates include an Always open setting. In modular questionnaire
templates that allow multiple internal forms, this setting is in the survey document for the key questionnaire. If this
setting isn't enabled, once the final task is complete, the project closes. If it's enabled, the project stays open and
recipients of external questionnaires and internal questionnaires created in process projects can update them on
a continuous basis. If you don't use phases for template tasks, all the project's tasks are for new questionnaires
and approval tasks reopen when the recipient submits an update. However, you can use phases to set up different
workflows for new questionnaires and questionnaire updates [page 351]. Internal modular questionnaires used as
risk assessments are used once per control-based engagement risk assessment project and never reopen.

There's no default modular questionnaire project template. Instead, you create these templates [page 344]
yourself.

Related Information

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 335]
Creating Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 344]
Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page 346]
Setting Up Separate Workflows for New and Updated Modular Questionnaires [page 351]
Workflows with Internal Forms in Modular Questionnaire Templates [page 338]
Setting Up a Modular Questionnaire to Import Supplier Responses from the Human Rights Assessment on SAP
Business Network

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for

Modular Questionnaire Project Templates
Modular questionnaire projects can be standalone questionnaires or included in process or engagement risk
assessment projects. In addition to a questionnaire, they can include multiple internal forms. They require some
specific configuration settings to function properly in each of these contexts and workflows.

For information that applies to all supplier management project templates, refer to General Best Practices for
Setting Up Supplier Management Projects [page 59].

Restrictions

• By default, modular questionnaire project templates only support one survey document. Only add one survey
document to a template unless you've enabled its Allow multiple internal forms property. This property is only
available if the feature for internal forms in modular questionnaires (SM-30222) is enabled in your site.
• Modular questionnaire project templates only support survey documents. Don't add any other type of
document to them.

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• Modular questionnaire project templates only support approval and To Do tasks. Don't add any other types of
task to them.
• Tasks aren't supported for folders or documents within folders in supplier management project templates.
Don't add a task to a folder or document within a folder in supplier management project templates.
• You can specify an Allowed Commodity Level of between 0 and 10 on the template Overview tab. However,
since supplier management projects don't support commodity level restrictions in external questionnaires, this
setting doesn't restrict acceptable answers for suppliers choosing commodities in external questionnaires.
• Modular questionnaire project templates only support the use of phases for new questionnaire and
questionnaire update workflows [page 351].
• Currently, SAP Ariba doesn't synchronize data in mapped questions in modular questionnaires to an integrated
ERP system. Collect ERP-related data in supplier requests or registration questionnaires instead.
• Synchronization of data in mapped questions in modular questionnaires to an integrated ERP system is
currently neither verified nor certified by SAP Ariba. Additionally, data synchronization from the process intake
form to an integrated ERP system is not supported. If your integration setup includes automatic supplier
integration based on qualification status, the process qualification status functions in the same manner as the
legacy qualification status. It can be used to trigger the initial synchronization to the ERP system.
• Individual modular questionnaire projects inherit their Commodity, Region, and Department attributes from
the template, ensuring consistent settings for all projects created from the template. This consistency is
important for modular questionnaire functionality. Don't add mapped Commodity, Region, or Department
questions to a modular questionnaire, since answers to those questions can interfere with the attributes set by
the template. If you want to include these questions, don't add field mappings to them.
• Don't add more than 100 individual commodities to the Commodity attribute. Doing so can cause
performance issues.

Requirements

• By default, each modular questionnaire project template includes one questionnaire. To include one or more
internal forms in addition to this questionnaire:
• The feature for internal forms in modular questionnaires (SM-30222) must be enabled in your site.
A customer administrator in your organization can enable this feature using the following self-service
configuration parameters:
• Enable internal forms in modular questionnaires [page 802] in Intelligent Configuration Manager.
• [Link] in SM Administration
Configuration Parameters .
These parameters must always be enabled or disabled together.
• You must set the template property Allow multiple internal forms to Yes.
• Each modular questionnaire project template must contain at least one survey document.
• In templates that allow internal forms, one survey document must have a questionnaire format of
Questionnaire, and that survey document must have an approval task on it.
• You must set the questionnaire type for each modular questionnaire project template you create, and therefore
your site must have questionnaire types defined for it. Your site's questionnaire types are defined using a
data import. In sites where the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled, questionnaire type
determines which processes the questionnaire is included in.
• For most uses, you must set the Commodity and Region properties for each modular questionnaire project
template you create. If your site also uses departments for supplier management, you must also set the

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 Department property. Modular questionnaire projects are designed to apply to specific commodity, region,
and department combinations in most cases. If you leave any of these properties blank, it defaults to a value
of All. For modular questionnaires used in process projects, these properties are required and determine which
specific process projects include the questionnaire.
Supplier request, qualifications, disqualification, and preferred supplier management projects are created by
submission of a questionnaire that can include commodity, region, and department questions. Standalone
modular questionnaire projects, however, are created through invitations, before a questionnaire is submitted.
The Commodity, Region, and Department properties in the project template therefore determine buyer
category assignments for standalone modular questionnaire projects created outside of other supplier
management processes.
• If you enable the Always open setting in the Supplier Management area of the template survey document's
rules, the modular questionnaire projects created from it reopen after every final approval, and recipients can
update their questionnaires on an ongoing basis. In templates for modular questionnaire projects that include
internal forms, this setting is in the survey document for the key questionnaire. There's no need to configure
phases in the template to support this update capability. However, without phases, the tasks in the template
only apply to new modular questionnaires and all updates are automatically approved. To enable approval of
questionnaire updates, set up phases and add separate tasks to them [page 351]. You can use these phases to
define separate workflows for new external questionnaires and questionnaire updates.

Helpful Hints

• For details on specific settings for modular questionnaires used in process projects in SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance, refer to Setting Up Modular Questionnaire for Use in Process Projects [page 308].
• For details on specific settings for modular questionnaires used as engagement risk assessments in SAP Ariba
Supplier Risk, refer to About Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires in Control-Based Engagement Risk
Assessment Projects.
• For details on specific settings for modular questionnaire projects that include internal forms, refer to
Workflows with Internal Forms in Modular Questionnaire Templates [page 338]
• Modular questionnaire projects without internal forms don't require any tasks, including approval tasks. If you
don't add an approval task on the project template survey document, the project is automatically approved
when the respondent submits the questionnaire. Modular questionnaires with internal forms require at least
one approval task on the key questionnaire.
• Suppliers can have many modular questionnaire projects. The project questionnaires and associated tasks
display in separate Questionnaire and Task tabs in the Questionnaires area. Make sure that the names you
give to tasks clearly associate them with the questionnaires to which they belong so that users can easily
identify the associations in the Questionnaires area.
• Modular questionnaire projects are useful for collecting certificate information from suppliers. For specific
guidance about setting up templates for certificate management, refer to Certificate Management Setup in
Modular Questionnaires [page 354].

 Note

In modular questionnaire projects with internal forms, certificate management features are only supported
in the key questionnaire. They're not supported in the internal forms.

• For new questionnaires, the Due Date setting in the Timing Rules section of survey documents defines the
amount of time the recipient has to fill out the questionnaire after the invitation is sent. In templates for
modular questionnaire projects that include internal forms, this setting is in the survey document for the key

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 questionnaire. If the recipient doesn't fill and submit the questionnaire in that time, the questionnaire closes
and the recipient can no longer edit it. Requesting an update reopens the questionnaire so that the recipient
can edit it again. The default due date value is 30 days, but you can change that time period by editing the Due
Date field in the questionnaire survey document. This setting is ignored in internal questionnaires and internal
forms.
If you've set Always open to Yes for the questionnaire, once all the tasks for a new questionnaire are
completed, it automatically reopens so that the supplier can submit updates. Depending on your site's
configuration, the Due Date setting can also determine how long the questionnaire remains reopened for
updates. For details, see Supplier Form or Questionnaire Closing, Reopening, and Due Dates [page 377].
• SAP Ariba recommends that you add no more than 500 pieces of content to an individual questionnaire.
Adding more than 500 pieces of content can cause performance to degrade progressively as you add more
content.
• You can customize templates for email notifications to suppliers to include approver comments from approval
tasks with the [TASK_COMMENT_TEXT] email token. You can also use the [MQ_REQUEST_UPDATE_COMMENT]
email token to insert comments that questionnaire managers make when they request a modular
questionnaire update.

Related Information

About Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 332]

Creating Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 344]
Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page 346]
Setting Up Separate Workflows for New and Updated Modular Questionnaires [page 351]
Certificate Management Setup in Modular Questionnaires [page 354]
Modular Questionnaire Type Data Import [page 81]
Notification Customization for Supplier Management Projects [page 543]

Workflows with Internal Forms in Modular

Questionnaire Templates
You can use multiple survey documents of format Form with To Do and approval tasks to create a workflow with
multiple internal forms in an external or internal modular questionnaire project. The final step in the workflow
approves or denies the entire questionnaire project.

If the internal forms in modular questionnaire projects feature (SM-30222) is enabled in your site, you can use
multiple forms in a modular questionnaire project template to organize how and from whom you collect the
information related to the questionnaire project. Each form in the questionnaire project workflow can have a
different recipient, specified as the owner of a related To Do task, and a different approval flow defined by a related
approval task. Approval of the key questionnaire at the end of the workflow completes it.

For example, if you have an internal audit that has several different components, different task owners can
complete forms related to the audit in the same internal modular questionnaire project. Or you can have an
external questionnaire asking a supplier to provide certain information, and include internal forms in the project so
that internal task owners can provide analysis or ratings of that information. In both cases, the key questionnaire

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recipient completes the key questionnaire, and approvers can approve or deny the questionnaire project based
on the combined information from the forms and questionnaire. If the modular questionnaire is used in a process
project or an engagement risk assessment project, that approval or denial then factors into the status of the
associated project.

The following diagram shows an example of a modular questionnaire project workflow that includes two internal
forms:

In this example, the key questionnaire in the modular questionnaire project is an external questionnaire for a
critical certificate. The template also includes two internal forms to allow two different departments to perform due
diligence on the certificate.

Once the modular questionnaire is sent to the external recipient, parallel To Do tasks start. Once the external
recipient has submitted the questionnaire, the task owners in the two different departments edit their internal
forms by acting on their tasks. Each internal form also has an approval task that has its To Do task as its
predecessor, and both form approval tasks are predecessors of the questionnaire approval task. Once both internal
due diligence forms are approved, the approval task for the key questionnaire starts, and approval or denial of
the key questionnaire determines whether the modular questionnaire project is approved or denied. If one of the
internal forms is denied first, the questionnaire project is denied.

By default, modular questionnaire project templates support no more than one survey document and only support
approval tasks on that survey document. If configured to allow internal forms, they instead support:

• Multiple survey documents. Only survey document per template can have a questionnaire format of
Questionnaire. Multiple survey documents can have a questionnaire format of Form.

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• Both To Do and approval tasks on internal form survey documents.

In modular questionnaire projects that include at least one internal form:

• The recipient selected for the questionnaire project is the recipient of the key questionnaire (defined by the
template survey document with a questionnaire format of Questionnaire). In internal modular questionnaire
projects, the key questionnaire recipient can only edit internal forms when granted access separately. In
external modular questionnaire projects, the key questionnaire recipient has no access to or visibility into
internal forms. The key questionnaire recipient receives all modular questionnaire project-related notifications
sent to recipients, as well as questionnaire invitations and other event messages for the key questionnaire.
Requests to update any form or questionnaire in the project generate notifications to the recipient of the key
questionnaire.
• Ability to edit internal forms can be assigned through ownership of To Do tasks. To Do task owners can edit
the form while their assigned To Do task is active. If assigned to an internal form through ownership of a To Do
task, internal form editors receive standard To Do task notifications. They don't receive modular questionnaire
project-related notifications or questionnaire or other event messages for their assigned form.
• Project statuses related to questionnaire response are determined solely by the key questionnaire. Whether
or not internal forms are submitted and approved, only an action by the key questionnaire recipient on the
key questionnaire can move the project to from its initial Not Responded status to Pending Submission,
Submitted, or Pending Approval. However, all approval tasks in the project workflow (including approval tasks
on internal forms) must be approved to move the project to Approved status. Denial of either an internal form
or the key questionnaire in any part of the workflow moves the project to Denied status and closes it to further
updates.

The following table describes the elements in the template of a modular questionnaire project that includes internal
forms:

Template element Description and setup

Project-level setting The Allow multiple internal forms setting on the Overview tab
of the modular questionnaire project template determines if
the project can include one or more internal forms.

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 Template element Description and setup

A survey document with a questionnaire format of The Questionnaire format specifies that the survey document
Questionnaire
is the key questionnaire in the project.

The modular questionnaire project template must include one

survey document with the Questionnaire format. Its presence
is required. You can add only one survey document with the
Questionnaire format to a modular questionnaire project tem-
plate.

The key questionnaire performs the following functions:

• Defining all of the characteristics of the questionnaire

project, such as whether it can be reused or expire,
whether it's an internal or external modular questionnaire,
whether it allows updates, and its timing rules. The full set
of Supplier Management rules is available in the survey
document for the key questionnaire.
• Determining the overall recipient of the questionnaire
project.

Set all of the Supplier Management and other applicable rules

in the key questionnaire. For details on these settings, refer to:

• Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal

Forms [page 346]
• Setting Up Modular Questionnaire for Use in Process
Projects [page 308] (in sites where the process project
feature (SM-16798) is enabled)

Add content to the questionnaire as needed.

Don't create any To Do tasks on this questionnaire. The recipi-

ent assigned to the modular questionnaire project fills it out
and submits it.

Survey documents with a questionnaire format of Form and a The Form questionnaire format specifies that the survey docu-
questionnaire type of Internal
ment: is part of the modular questionnaire project workflow
but doesn't define the characteristics of the project itself and
doesn't affect its status. The questionnaire type of Internal is
required for these forms.

You can add multiple survey documents with the Form ques-
tionnaire format and the Internal questionnaire type to a mod-
ular questionnaire project template that allows internal forms.

The Specify questionnaire format and Specify questionnaire

type settings are the only Supplier Management rules availa-
ble in internal forms. Timing rules in forms are ignored.

Add content to the form as needed.

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Template element Description and setup

To Do tasks on internal forms Each form in the template can have a To Do task. These tasks
perform the following functions in new modular questionnaire
projects:

• Assigning specific ownership: The owners you specify for

the To Do task edit the form while completing the task.
Task owners don't need any other permissions to edit the
form, but can only do so while the task is active.
• Specifying that the form must be submitted at a spe-
cific point in the new questionnaire workflow: A To Do
task that is a predecessor of other tasks in the question-
naire project workflow ensures that the form must be sub-
mitted for the workflow to progress. If you don't add an
approval task to the form, a To Do task is the only way to
make the form a required part of the workflow.

You can use predecessors to chain these To Do tasks in

the necessary order and define the overall new questionnaire
workflow for the project.

When adding To Do tasks to internal forms, keep in mind the

following considerations:

• Approval of internal forms can't move the project to

Approved status. Final approval of the key questionnaire
is required to complete the project. If an internal form
doesn't have a To Do or approval task, the form is optional
and the project can be completed without it. Therefore, to
make an internal form a required part of the questionnaire
workflow, make sure its To Do or approval task is a prede-
cessor of the key questionnaire approval task.
• To Do tasks are completed once and don't support new
rounds. They're useful for assigning ownership of com-
pleting a form for new questionnaires, but you can't use
them to assign ownership for recurring updates. If you
don't use new questionnaire and questionnaire update
phases, a To Do task on an internal form starts and is
completed during the new questionnaire workflow and
doesn't start for any updates. If you put a To Do task on
an internal form in an update phase, it starts with the first
update to the key questionnaire, but doesn't start again
for any subsequent updates.
• Even if it doesn't become active again, the presence of a
To Do task on an internal form means that after the ques-
tionnaire project is first approved, the form only opens
for edit when the recipient submits an update to the key
questionnaire only remains editable until the key question-
naire is finally approved. If you don't allow updates to the

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 Template element Description and setup

key questionnaire (by setting Always open to No in its

survey document), internal forms with To Do tasks don't
allow updates either. Internal forms without To Do tasks
are always editable even if the key questionnaire doesn't
allow updates.

Approval tasks You can add approval tasks to the forms in the template if you
want to require their approval. If an internal form also has a To
Do task, make it the predecessor of the associated approval
task so that it starts when the To Do task has been completed
for new questionnaire projects.

One or more approval tasks on the key questionnaire trig-

gers approval of not only that questionnaire but of the entire
project. Therefore, at least 1 approval task on the key question-
naire is required. If you don't want to require manual approval
of the modular questionnaire project itself, set the task on the
key questionnaire to auto-approve. Approval tasks on the key
questionnaire only start when the questionnaire is submitted.

All approval tasks in the new questionnaire workflow (including

approval tasks on internal forms) must be approved to move
the project to Approved status. However, denial of an approval
task on an internal form moves the project to Denied status
and closes it. This behavior applies whether or not an approval
task on an internal form is a predecessor of the key question-
naire approval task. However, if you want to make sure that
the key questionnaire approval doesn't start until all internal
forms in the project have been approved, make sure that inter-
nal form approval tasks are predecessors of key questionnaire
approval tasks.

After a new questionnaire project is finally approved, an update

to an individual form or the key questionnaire only restarts
the approval tasks associated with the updates, regardless of
predecessor settings.

Phases For questionnaires that allow updates, you can create both new
questionnaire and questionnaire update phases [page 351] for
tasks on both internal forms and the key questionnaire. Note
that To Do tasks in update phases only start once, for the first
update.

 Note

• Using conditions to add internal forms to a modular questionnaire project based on project conditions isn't
supported. You can use project-level field mappings to trigger project-level conditions that add To Do tasks
to internal forms.

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 • Certificate management features aren't supported in internal forms in a modular questionnaire project.
Certificates collected in Certificate questions and certificate sections in internal forms:
• don't show in the Certificates area of the supplier's profile.
• can't be used to filter supplier searches.
• don't generate notifications or trigger expiration of the associated modular questionnaire project,
regardless of settings in the Certificate question or certificate section.
Always collect certificate information using Certificate questions or certificate sections in the key
questionnaire in the project, where certificate management is supported, rather than in internal forms.

Related Information

Enable internal forms in modular questionnaires [page 802]

Creating Modular Questionnaire Project Templates

Use these steps to create templates for the modular questionnaires you plan to use. Every modular questionnaire is
defined by a separate template, which specifies the type of questionnaire, its content, and its approval flow.

Prerequisites

To create or edit modular questionnaire templates, you must be a member of the Template Creator and SM
Questionnaire Manager groups.

Questionnaire types must be defined in your site's master data.

The Department attribute in modular questionnaire templates is only used in sites with the department feature
enabled. Otherwise, it's ignored.

The Allow multiple internal forms template property is only available if the feature for internal forms in modular
questionnaire projects (SM-30222) is enabled in your site.

If your site includes SAP Ariba Supplier Risk but not SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP
Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture), an administrator must enable
the self-service configuration parameter Enable modular questionnaire template creation in sites with a
basic supplier management entitlement ([Link]) in
Intelligent Configuration Manager.

Context

Set the Questionnaire Type attribute for each modular questionnaire template you create. A customer
administrator defines the questionnaire types in your site using master data import. In sites where the

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flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled, questionnaire type determines which processes the
questionnaire is included in.

You can also set the template's Commodity, Region, and Department attributes so that projects created from it
are applicable to a specific commodity, region, and department combination. For modular questionnaires used in
process projects, these settings are required and determine which specific process projects the questionnaire's
included in.

Don't set access control or apply conditions to modular questionnaire templates. Since users don't explicitly create
projects from them, access control or condition settings can interfere with the workflow by which users select the
questionnaires and send them to suppliers.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage Templates .

2. On the Documents tab of the Templates area, choose Actions Create Template .
3. For project type, choose SM Modular Questionnaire.
4. Choose OK.
5. Enter a name and optional description for the new template. Template names can have a maximum of 255
characters and can't contain these special characters: \ / : ? “ < > | # + % &.
6. Choose a language from the Base Language dropdown menu. The base language is the language in which you
plan to author the template's content and is shown to its users by default unless you provide translations.
7. Choose OK.

The new template opens on the Overview tab. It's in Draft status.

8. In the Properties area, choose Actions Edit Properties .

9. Set the type for the modular questionnaire by performing the following actions:
a. For Questionnaire Type, choose the dropdown menu, then choose Search more.
b. Choose Select for one of the questionnaire types defined in your site, then choose Done.
10. Repeat the previous step to set specific values for Commodity, Region, and Department. If you leave any of
these properties blank, it defaults to All.
11. Optional: If you plan to add internal forms to the modular questionnaire project in addition to the key
questionnaire, set Allow multiple internal forms to Yes.
12. Choose Save.

Next Steps

Set up the template's modular supplier management questionnaire [page 346].

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Related Information

Modular Questionnaire Type Data Import [page 81]

Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional

Internal Forms
Use these steps to set up a modular questionnaire by creating a survey document and specifying settings for
how it behaves. To set up a modular questionnaire project that includes internal forms, you create multiple survey
documents.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of both the Template Creator and SM Questionnaire Manager groups to edit and publish
modular questionnaire templates.

To add internal forms as well as the questionnaire survey document to a modular questionnaire project template:

• The feature for internal forms in modular questionnaire projects (SM-30222) must be enabled in your site.
• The Allow multiple internal forms property must be set to Yes on the Overview tab of the modular
questionnaire project template.

Context

The properties of the modular questionnaire project template [page 344] to which you're adding a questionnaire
specify a combination of commodities, regions, and departments. The questionnaire that you set up is designed to
hold content that’s applicable to that combination.

If the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled in your site and you're setting up the modular
questionnaire for use in a process project, refer to Setting Up Modular Questionnaire for Use in Process Projects
[page 308].

Modular questionnaire projects that don't include internal forms contain one survey document, which is the project
questionnaire. You create this survey document and set timing and supplier management rules in it. Modular
questionnaire projects that do include internal forms contain multiple survey documents:

• A key questionnaire, which is the questionnaire set to the project's recipient. You create this survey document
and set timing and supplier management rules in it. Those settings control the project's behavior, including
whether it's internal or external, whether it can expire, and its status. This survey document must have a
format of Questionnaire.
• One or more internal forms, which are always submitted by internal users and are designed to supplement the
information in the key questionnaire. You create these survey documents but don't set most timing or supplier
management rules in them. These survey documents must have a format of Form and a type of Internal.

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For details, refer to Workflows with Internal Forms in Modular Questionnaire Templates [page 338].

In general, modular questionnaire survey documents support the same types of content and question answer
types as the survey documents in other supplier management project templates, including the use of visibility
and editability conditions, supplier database field mapping, sensitive data masking, and other settings. However,
since one of the purposes of these questionnaires is to collect certificate information from suppliers, questions
of answer type Certificate and certificate sections in modular questionnaire project templates have specialized
settings to support certificate management. Certificate management features are only supported in the project's
key questionnaire. They're not supported in internal forms.

 Note

Template survey documents contain a number of settings (supplier eligibility criteria, definitions, participants,
and so forth) that aren't relevant to modular questionnaire projects and are ignored. Only the timing rule and
supplier management settings on the survey's Rules page and the content on its Content page are used in
modular questionnaire projects. In modular questionnaire project templates that allow internal forms, you only
set timing and supplier management rules in the survey document for the key questionnaire.

Timing rules in modular questionnaires determine how much time a recipient has to fill out and submit the form
or questionnaire after being invited to do so. For external questionnaires, if you specify Yes for the Always open
setting in the supplier management rules, once the questionnaire is approved, it automatically reopens so that the
recipient can update it. If you specify Yes for the Keep questionnaire reopened indefinitely setting in the timing
rules, the reopened external questionnaire remains open indefinitely.

Procedure

1. Open the modular questionnaire template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. Choose the Documents tab.
3. Create the project questionnaire or key questionnaire by performing the following steps:

a. Choose Actions Create Survey .

b. In the Title field, enter a descriptive title for the questionnaire.

 Tip

Modular questionnaire titles show in lists of questionnaires that category and supplier managers can
send to suppliers and in supplier profiles, so make sure that the title you give the questionnaire
identifies its purpose clearly. If the project includes internal forms, the title you give to the key
questionnaire is the project or questionnaire name that shows in most areas of the user interface,
including in the supplier profile and in notifications.

c. (Optional) In the Description field, enter descriptive information about the questionnaire. This information
is only visible in the template.
d. For Test Event, choose No.
e. Choose a language from the Base Language dropdown menu. The base language is the language in which
you plan to author the questionnaire's content, and is shown to its users by default unless you provide
translations.
f. Choose Create.
g. On the questionnaire's Rules page, navigate to the Supplier Management rules and set the following rules:

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 For this setting... Choose...

Specify questionnaire format • In project templates that don't allow internal forms,
choose Form to create a questionnaire with an un-
numbered list of questions, or Questionnaire to cre-
ate a questionnaire with numbered questions.
• In project templates that allow internal forms, choose
Questionnaire to specify that the current survey
document is the key questionnaire in the project. This
setting is required.

Is questionnaire required? Yes.

 Note
This setting is ignored in questionnaires created in
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk control-based engagement
risk assessment projects.

Specify questionnaire type Specify External for questionnaires that suppliers fill out,
or Internal for questionnaires that stakeholders in your
organization fill out. Internal modular questionnaires are
only supported in SAP Ariba Supplier Risk control-based
engagement risk assessment projects and in process
projects.

Reuse and Always request updates when used in a These settings are only applicable to modular question-
process naires used in process projects. Refer to Setting Up Modu-
lar Questionnaire for Use in Process Projects [page 308]
for details.

Always open Yes to automatically reopen the external questionnaire for

updates after approval, or No to permanently close the
questionnaire after the initial approval or denial.

If you're creating the questionnaire to collect certificate

information, always choose Yes so that recipients can al-
ways update their certificate information. If you set the
questionnaire to expire, it's also useful to keep it open
so that the recipient can update an expiring or expired
questionnaire. Otherwise, once it expires, it remains per-
manently expired.

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 For this setting... Choose...

Can expire? Yes if you want the questionnaire to expire on a specific

date; otherwise No.

If you choose Yes, set the expiration schedule and the

amount of time before expiration that email reminders are
sent to the recipient who submitted the questionnaire. You
also have the option of sending expiration notifications
to the supplier's primary supplier manager and to the
members of the questionnaire's Project Owners group
and anyone who has Project Owner capabilities for the
project.

If a questionnaire project created from this template is

approved, its status changes to Expiring or Expired based
on the reminder and expiration date settings in the expira-
tion schedule.

These expiration settings apply to the questionnaire itself.

If you add certificate questions to the questionnaire, each
of them also has its own expiration date, and each certif-
icate expiration also generates notifications. A setting in
certificate questions allows you to base the questionnaire
project's Expiring and Expired status on the expiration
schedule for the certificate rather than the questionnaire.

h. In the Timing Rules area, perform the following actions:

• (Optional) Edit the default due date. The due date affects how long new questionnaires remain open. It
doesn't affect how long reopened questionnaires remain open.
• (Optional) Enable reminders to the recipient as the due date approaches. If you set Always open to
Yes, after the questionnaire is approved for the first time, the due date determines only affects the
reminder schedule. The questionnaire never closes, and if the recipient doesn't update it by the due
date, the reminder schedule restarts and the recipient receives a new set of reminders on the next
dates in the reminder schedule.
• If you set Always open to Yes, choose a setting for Keep questionnaire reopened indefinitely. Choose
Yes to keep an external questionnaire reopened indefinitely.
For details, refer to Supplier Form or Questionnaire Closing, Reopening, and Due Dates [page 377].
i. In the navigation pane on the left side of the page, choose Content.
j. Add questions and other content to the questionnaire as needed.
k. Choose Exit to save your changes and exit the questionnaire survey document.

4. Optional: Create one or more internal forms by performing the following steps:

a. Choose Actions Create Survey .

b. In the Title area, enter a descriptive title for the form.

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  Tip

The titles of Internal forms in modular questionnaire projects only show on the questionnaire details
page for the project. Other areas of the user interface show the project name defined in the key
questionnaire.

c. (Optional) In the Description field, enter descriptive information about the form. This information is only
visible in the template.
d. For Test Event, choose No.
e. Choose a language from the Base Language dropdown menu. The base language is the language in which
you plan to author the form's content, and is shown to its users by default unless you provide translations.
f. Choose Create.
g. On the questionnaire's Rules page, navigate to the Supplier Management rules and set the following rules:

For this setting... Choose...

Specify questionnaire format Form.

Specify questionnaire type Internal.

These settings are both required.

h. Add questions and other content to the questionnaire as needed.

 Note

Don't add Certificate questions or certificate sections to internal forms. Certificate management
features aren't supported in internal forms. They're only supported in the project's key questionnaire.

i. Choose Exit to save your changes and exit the form survey document.

Next Steps

After you've created the questionnaire survey document and (optionally) one or more internal forms:

• Create at least one approval task for the questionnaire or key questionnaire survey document and configure
the approval flow:
• If the template doesn't allow internal forms, an approval task is optional. If you don't create one, projects
created from the template are automatically approved when the recipient submits or resubmits the
questionnaire.
• If the template does allow internal forms, at least one approval task on the key questionnaire is required
to enable completion of the project workflow. This approval task must be the final task in the workflow
created by all of the project's tasks.
You can also create multiple approval tasks for the questionnaire and chain them together as predecessors.
• (Optional) Create one or more To Do tasks for the questionnaire or key questionnaire survey document. If you
don't use phases, the To Do tasks in the project template apply only to new questionnaires.
• If the template includes internal forms, create To Do and approval tasks for those forms. Creating a To Do
task for an internal form allows you to assign editing that form to specific internal users in new questionnaire
workflows. For more details on tasks for internal forms, refer to Workflows with Internal Forms in Modular
Questionnaire Templates [page 338]

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 • Create new questionnaire and questionnaire update phases [page 351] to apply approval and To Do tasks
separately to new questionnaires and questionnaire updates.
• Publish the modular questionnaire project template.

Related Information

Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire for Certificate Management [page 411]
About Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 332]
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 335]
Creating Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 344]
Setting Up Separate Workflows for New and Updated Modular Questionnaires [page 351]
Certificate Management Setup in Modular Questionnaires [page 354]
About Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires in Control-Based Engagement Risk Assessment Projects
Supplier Form or Questionnaire Closing, Reopening, and Due Dates [page 377]
Workflows with Internal Forms in Modular Questionnaire Templates [page 338]
Project Owner Group and Capabilities

Setting Up Separate Workflows for New and Updated

Modular Questionnaires
Use these steps to add phases that apply separate approval and To Do tasks to new questionnaires and
questionnaire updates. Questionnaire updates are automatically approved unless the project template includes
an approval task in the update phase.

Prerequisites

To add phases and tasks in a modular questionnaire project template, you must be a member of the Template
Creator and SM Modular Questionnaire Manager groups.

Context

Whether or not a modular questionnaire requires an approval task depends on whether the project also includes
internal forms:

• If the template doesn't allow internal forms, an approval task is optional. If you don't create one, projects
created from the template are automatically approved when the recipient submits or resubmits the
questionnaire.

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• If the template does allow internal forms, at least one approval task on the key questionnaire is required to
enable completion of the project workflow. This approval task must be the final task in the workflow created by
all of the project's tasks.

Questionnaire recipients can always update modular questionnaires set to Always Open, and internal form editors
can update internal forms in those projects while the project is active and associated To Do tasks allow editing. If
the modular questionnaire project template doesn't use phases, once a new questionnaire is approved, updating
the questionnaire or a form restarts the approval tasks associated with the update. It doesn't restart To Do tasks.
If you want to apply different tasks to questionnaire updates, you must create a new questionnaire phase and
a questionnaire update phase and add tasks to each phase to define separate workflows and approvals for the
different stages of the questionnaire's lifecycle.

Modular questionnaire project templates support phases with special New Questionnaire and Questionnaire
Update settings to control the order in which the phases start and whether the tasks in the phase are one-time-
only (for new questionnaires) or recur (for every questionnaire update). The New Questionnaire phase starts one
time, immediately when the recipient is invited to fill out the questionnaire. The Questionnaire Update phase starts
again every time the recipient updates the modular questionnaire.

Within the new questionnaire and questionnaire update phases, you add separate approval and To Do tasks on the
same questionnaire survey document to define the workflows for new and updated questionnaires. For example,
you can set up an approval task with a full approval flow involving all relevant stakeholders in the new questionnaire
phase, and an approval task with a more streamlined approval flow in the update phase. The order in which tasks
appear in a phase doesn't affect the order in which they start. When the phase starts, all of its tasks automatically
start unless they're predecessors of other tasks. You can chain the tasks in a phase together as predecessors to
define the order in which they start and create a workflow.

When setting up modular questionnaire phases and their tasks, keep in mind the following considerations:

• You can only add two phases to modular questionnaire projects: one with the New Questionnaire setting and
one with the Questionnaire Update setting. These phases don't use the Subscribe For, Rank, or Predecessor
settings. The new questionnaire phase automatically precedes the questionnaire update phase.
• Make sure that all of the template tasks are inside either the new questionnaire phase or the update
questionnaire phase. If you use these phases in a modular questionnaire project template, adding tasks outside
of them isn't supported.
• Make sure that the tasks you specify as predecessors are within the same phase. Don't make tasks in one
phase the predecessors of tasks in a different phase.
• You can't apply conditions to modular questionnaire tasks or phases themselves.
• To Do tasks are designed to be completed once and don't support new rounds. If you don't use phases, a
To Do task on a questionnaire or internal form in the modular questionnaire project starts once, when the
questionnaire project is new, and doesn't restart for any subsequent updates. If you add a To Do task to the
update phase, the task starts once, for the first update, and doesn't restart.

Procedure

1. Open the modular questionnaire project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. Choose the Tasks tab.
3. Create a phase for new questionnaires by performing the following steps:

a. Choose Action Create Phase .

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 The Create Phase page opens.
b. Enter a name for the phase, such as New Questionnaire
c. Choose only the New Questionnaire option.
d. Choose OK.

The new phase, indicated by the unstarted phase icon ( ), appears on the Tasks tab.
4. If you haven't already done so, add the approval and To Do tasks you want to use for new questionnaires, and
make sure that they're located inside the new questionnaire phase. On the Tasks tab, you can move tasks into
phases by dragging and dropping them.
5. Create a phase for questionnaire updates by performing the following steps:

a. Choose Action Create Phase .

The Create Phase page opens.

b. Enter a name for the phase, such as Questionnaire Updates
c. Choose only the Questionnaire Update option.
d. Make sure that Recurring Schedule is set to No so that the tasks in the phase are used only once, when
the questionnaire is first submitted.
e. Choose OK.

The new phase, indicated by the unstarted phase icon ( ), appears on the Tasks tab.
6. Add any approval tasks and To Do tasks you want to use for questionnaire updates, and make sure that they're
located inside the questionnaire update phase.
7. After you've finished setting up the modular project template, publish it.

Results

When a questionnaire manager, process initiator, or the owner of the task for sending risk assessments first
sends the questionnaire to recipients, the new questionnaire phase starts. Final approval of the project or key
questionnaire in the modular questionnaire project completes the new questionnaire phase. After that, every time a
recipient updates the questionnaire or an internal form editor updates an internal form, associated approval tasks
in the update phase restart. Final approval of active tasks related to the update completes that recurrence of the
questionnaire update phase.

Related Information

About Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 332]

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 335]
Creating Modular Questionnaire Project Templates [page 344]
Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page 346]
Setting Up Separate Workflows for New and Updated Modular Questionnaires [page 351]

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Certificate Management Setup in Modular
Questionnaires
Modular questionnaire projects are designed to collect supplier certificate information in dedicated projects with
their own approval flows. Certificates collected in these projects show in the Certificates detail area of the
supplier's profile.

A modular questionnaire can contain one or more questions of type Certificate, or certificate sections with
individual certificate questions, along with related noncertificate questions and other types of content.

In sites where the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled, process projects (including
qualification processes) collect information in modular questionnaires, which can be reused in multiple processes.
In modular questionnaires, you can collect certificates once from recipients and then include them wherever
they’re applicable, rather than asking recipients to provide the same certificate in multiple questionnaires for
different types of projects.

Modular questionnaire project templates, and the certificate questions in their survey documents, include the
following features to support certificate management:

• Commodity, Region, and Department properties for the project template, which allow you to tie a certificate
or set of certificates to the specific combinations of commodity, region, and department to which they're
applicable. These properties also determine which process projects the modular questionnaire is available in,
and allow you to collect certificates that are relevant to specific combinations.
• Both a questionnaire type (in the template properties) and a certificate type (in the settings for certificate
questions), which allow you to differentiate between modular questionnaire projects that serve different
purposes, and to categorize the certificates they contain. Questionnaire type also determines which processes
a modular questionnaire is included in.
• Modular questionnaires support both Certificate questions, which include standard certificate detail fields,
and certificate sections, which include default certificate fields that you can customize. You can also add more
questions within the certificate section. You can define visibility and editability conditions for both standard
certificate fields and the additional questions in the certificate section.
• Expiration schedules and notification settings for both certificate questions (in question or certificate section
settings) and entire questionnaires (in the questionnaire survey document's Supplier Management rules).
Certificates always have expiration dates. Both Certificate questions and certificate sections in modular
questionnaire projects generate notifications for upcoming expirations (in the amount of time before the
expiration that you specify) and when the expiration date has passed. You can also configure the questionnaire
itself to expire when a certificate expires, in which case the questionnaire also generates notifications for
upcoming expirations (in the amount of time before the expiration you specify) and when the expiration has
passed. For both certificate and questionnaire expirations, you can also notify the supplier's primary supplier
manager and the members of the project owner group. Certificate expirations can update the status of the
entire questionnaire project to Expiring or Expired.
If the modular questionnaire is included in a process, expiring or expired questionnaires can prompt process
owners to request questionnaire updates and can impact decisions about process status. For example, if a
qualification process includes a questionnaire with a critical certificate, a process decision-maker can change
its status from approved to denied, removing a supplier qualification.
• By default, all detail fields in Certificate questions are required in external questionnaires. You can make all
detail fields except for Expiration Date and Attachment optional by enabling the self-service site configuration
parameter Require only attachment and expiration date for supplier certificates [page 819].

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You can create different modular questionnaire project templates to collect different certificates or sets of
certificates for different commodity, region, and department combinations. Since each questionnaire has its own
template, it also has its own approval flow, and you can leverage that feature to route specific certificates to the
relevant approvers.

Setting up certificate management in your site involves:

1. Defining questionnaire [page 81] and certificate [page 84] types in your site.
2. Creating templates for certificate-related modular questionnaire projects [page 344].
3. Setting up the questionnaires [page 346] in those templates and adding certificate questions [page 411] or
sections [page 397].
4. Defining an approval flow for each questionnaire using template approval tasks.

For certificates that are critical to your company in one way or another, SAP Ariba recommends creating
dedicated modular questionnaire project templates for each critical certificate, defining both a questionnaire
type and certificate type for each. Doing so gives each critical certificate its own approval flow, category,
region, and department combination, and project-level expiration status, and makes it available independently
for use in process projects. You can group multiple questions about related noncritical certificates in the same
modular questionnaire template. For that purpose, define a general questionnaire type for certificates or several
questionnaire types for broad categories of certificates, and a specific certificate type for each certificate.

Example

ABC Company company wants suppliers of chemicals to its German manufacturing department to have Certificate
X. A customer administrator at ABC Company therefore defines both a questionnaire type and a certificate type of
Certificate X. A template creator then creates a modular supplier management questionnaire project template
with Commodities of chemicals, Region of Germany, and Department of manufacturing, and questionnaire type of
Certificate X. In that project template, they can create a questionnaire survey document called Certificate
X Questionnaire for German chemical suppliers, enabling Always open but not enabling an expiration
schedule, since the certificate itself expires. They add a certificate question, Do you have certificate X?,
to the questionnaire, making it required, setting its certificate type to Certificate X, setting the expiration
reminder and the options to notify the primary supplier manager and project owners, and specifying that
the certificate expiration updates the questionnaire status. They then add an approval task that routes the
questionnaire's approval to relevant stakeholders for this particular certificate, such as category or supplier
managers who handle German chemicals, the German legal department, and so on.

Once the template creator publishes the template, a questionnaire manager or process initiator at ABC company
can send the questionnaire to its German chemical suppliers. Once a questionnaire project is approved, category or
supplier managers can see it in the supplier's profile and initiate actions such as changing the status of processes
that require the certificate. Notifications let both recipients and internal stakeholders know when a questionnaire
is about to expire or has expired, and recipients can update the questionnaire with more recent versions of the
certificate.

If ABC Company is also interested to know whether its French suppliers have Certificate X, but don't consider it
critical for any commodity or department, a template creator can add a question to a more general questionnaire
about multiple noncritical certificates in a separate modular questionnaire project template with Commodities of
All, Region of France, and Department of All, using a more general questionnaire type such as Certificates.
They can then add multiple certificate questions to the template survey document, including Do you have
certificate X?. In this case, they can set an expiration schedule for the questionnaire itself, but don't opt
to have any one of its certificates' expirations change the questionnaire status. Certificate expirations and the

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questionnaire's expiration both generate notifications to questionnaire recipients and (optionally) primary supplier
managers and/or project owners.

 Note

Certificate management features aren't supported in internal forms in a modular questionnaire project.
Certificates collected in Certificate questions and certificate sections in internal forms:

• don't show in the Certificates area of the supplier's profile.

• can't be used to filter supplier searches.
• don't generate notifications or trigger expiration of the associated modular questionnaire project,
regardless of settings in the Certificate question or certificate section.

Always collect certificate information using Certificate questions or certificate sections in the key
questionnaire in the project, where certificate management is supported, rather than in internal forms.

Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular

Questionnaires
Modular questionnaires can include scoring to apply standardized, template-driven judgments to respondent
answers. You define scoring for a modular questionnaire in its project template.

Scoring reduces the need for subjective judgments and applies uniform criteria to the answers from all the
respondents who fill out a given modular questionnaire. Scoring and score bands provide approvers and other
stakeholders with guidelines and indicators of the desirability or acceptability of respondent answers.

In modular questionnaire scoring, pre-grades for individual questions combine with their importance and the
weight of their sections to produce numerical scores for the sections. Section scores roll up into an overall
numerical score for the questionnaire. Section and questionnaire scores are percentages that express how many
points the questionnaire answers earned out of the maximum number of possible points.

Every score falls within a scoring band, or grouping of scores. All scores within a band receive the same judgment
and the same label, such as "Good," "Average," or "Poor." Next to each score, a colored dot provides a visual
indicator of the band into which the score falls, and hover text identifies the band by name and shows its associated
score range.

Adding scoring to modular questionnaires involves several components:

• Defining scoring bands for your site: master data in your site defines:
• Whether the questionnaire type of the modular questionnaire supports scoring. Questionnaire type
data includes an evaluation type for each questionnaire type. You can only add scoring to a modular
questionnaire if its questionnaire type has an evaluation type of Graded.
• The scoring bands that you can use for a scored questionnaire. Scoring band category data defines
the categories or types of bands in your site. For example, you can define a Compliance category of
scoring bands, a Legal category, a Quality category, and so on. There's no limit to the number of band
categories that your site can use. Scoring band data defines all the different possible scoring bands in each
category, their names, and the colors of their indicators. For details, refer to Questionnaire Scoring Band
Category Data Import [page 86] and Questionnaire Scoring Band Data Import [page 87].

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 • Adding scoring to the questionnaire: you add scoring in survey documents in the modular questionnaire
project template by enabling scoring, then pre-grading and weighting questions and adding importance to
sections. For details, refer to Adding Scoring to Modular Questionnaires [page 371].
• Setting up the scoring bands for the questionnaire: you set up the scoring bands for the overall
questionnaire score on the Overview tab of the modular questionnaire project template. There, you choose
the band category, specify the score ranges for each band in the category, and optionally enable banding at the
section level. If you don't enable section-level scoring bands, each section score uses the questionnaire band
settings. For details, refer to Setting Up Scoring Bands for Modular Questionnaires [page 367].
• (Optional) Setting up section-level scoring bands: if you enable section-level banding for the questionnaire,
you set up the scoring bands for individual sections in the survey document. For each section, choose the
band category and specify the score ranges for each band. You can use section level scoring bands to either
use different band categories for different sections within the same questionnaire, or to use the same band
category for multiple sections but specify different scoring ranges for the bands in that category in the different
sections. For details, refer to Setting Up Scoring Bands for Individual Sections in Modular Questionnaires [page
369].

 Note

If you enable section-level banding in a questionnaire, you must set up scoring bands for each of the
questionnaire's sections individually. Whether or not you plan to add scoring to an individual section and
its questions, you can only publish the modular questionnaire project template if all of its sections have
banding settings. Only sections with scoring show associated scoring bands, but the band settings are
required for all sections.

 Note

• Scoring and section-level banding currently aren't supported for repeatable sections.
• If your site includes SAP Ariba Supplier Risk and you use modular questionnaires as assessments in
control-based engagement risk assessment projects, you can add scoring to those questionnaires, but
scores don't show on the engagement page and aren't used in control-based engagement risk assessment
projects.
• In sites where the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled, process details pages show
overall scores and scoring band indicators for the questionnaires included in the process.
• In sites where the feature for internal forms in modular questionnaire projects (SM-30222) is enabled, the
overall score for the modular questionnaire project is the score for the key questionnaire (the template
survey document with a questionnaire format of Questionnaire) only. This overall questionnaire project
score shows in the Questionnaires detail area of the supplier profile, the questionnaire project details page,
and on the details pages for process projects that include the modular questionnaire. You can also retrieve
it using the /scores endpoint of the Supplier Data API with Pagination.
It's possible to set up scoring for internal forms, and those scores are available in the project advanced
view. But internal form scores don't contribute to the overall questionnaire score, don't show in
questionnaire detail pages, and aren't retrieved by the /scores endpoint of the Supplier Data API with
Pagination. You can set up self-assigned and aggregated ratings for internal forms; see Rating and Total
Rating Question Setup for Internal Forms or Questionnaires [page 373] for details.

Scoring Points [page 358]

Pre-Grades for Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 360]

Structural Considerations for Scoring Supplier Management Questionnaire Content [page 364]

Setting Up Scoring Bands for Modular Questionnaires [page 367]

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 Setting Up Scoring Bands for Individual Sections in Modular Questionnaires [page 369]

Adding Scoring to Modular Questionnaires [page 371]

Related Information

Questionnaire Scoring Band Category Data Import [page 86]

Questionnaire Scoring Band Data Import [page 87]
Scoring Points [page 358]
Pre-Grades for Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 360]
Structural Considerations for Scoring Supplier Management Questionnaire Content [page 364]

Scoring Points

The more scoring points you assign each piece of event or questionnaire content, the more that content
contributes toward the final score. There are two different types of scoring points, Weight and Importance, that
work together in score calculations for hierarchical content.

Weight

Weight is the relative level of importance of a section of content. It's used with the score you assign each response
and contributes to the overall score for each respondent.

Assign Weight points to “container” content types such as sections and event line items (for scoring purposes, a
line item “contains” its terms). Altering a section or lot’s Weight allows you to alter the Overall % for all the section
content.

For example, suppose that there are 30 scoring points assigned to a Car Performance section, and 70 to a Car
Financing section. (Assign a total of 100 scoring points to cause the Overall % to be equal to the number of
assigned scoring points).

For sections, the Overall % column shows how the section contributes to the overall score based in the following
formula:

• section weight / total number of weight points = overall % of section

Using the previous example to verify the Overall % of the Car Financing section, the numbers would look like
this:

• 70 / 100 = 70%

If you don't assign exactly 100 weight scoring points, it complicates the math. For example, if you assign 27 points
to the Car Performance section, and 88 points to the Car Financing section, the total of the weight scoring
points is 115. In this case, the Overall % of the Car Financing section is:

• 88/115 = 76.52%

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The following table demonstrates the breakdown of scoring calculations based on the preceding example:

Number Name Weight (base level) Overall %

1 Section 1 – Car Performance 27 27 / 115 = 23.48%

2 Section 2 – Car Financing 88 88 / 115 = 76.52%

Maximum points for content 115

Importance

Importance is the relative level of importance for individual pieces of content that require answers from suppliers
or other respondents, such as questions and event line item terms.

Assign each question or other piece of individual content between 0–10 Importance scoring points, with 10 being
the most important. Content to which you assign 0 scoring points doesn't count towards the score.

In the following graphic, question 1.2 has the highest importance with 10 Importance points, and question 1.1 is half
as important as question 1.2 with 5 Importance points.

>The Overall % of questions changes depending on how you weight the section they're located in. To calculate
the Overall % of the questions in the Car Performance section, first calculate their percentage within the Car
Performance section, and then multiply that by the Overall % of the Car Performance section. The formula for
the numbers in the example would be:

• (importance of question 1.1 (5) / total number of importance points in the Car Performance section (15)) *
overall % of Car Performance section (30) = overall % of question 1.1 (10%)

Written numerically:

(5/15) * 0.3 = 0.1

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The following table combines section Weight and question Importance to calculate the overall % of the questions
within section 1:

Number Name Weight Importance Overall %

1 Section 1 – Car Performance 30 30 / 100 = 30%

1.1 Question 1.1 5 10% = 30%*5/15

1.2 Question 1.2 10 20% = 30%*10/15

Maximum points for content in Sec- 15

tion 1

2 Section 2 – Car Financing 70 70 / 100 = 70%

Maximum points for content 100

Pre-Grades for Supplier Management Questionnaires

The pre-grade you assign to a specific answer to a question determines the amount that the answer contributes to
the total score of the questionnaire relative to other answers to the same question.

When you pre-grade a question, you assign a grade to each possible answer to the question. You can only pre-grade
questions that have defined or quantifiable answers.

In percentage-based scoring, pre-grades are always percentage values between 0 and 100, with 0 being the lowest
and 100 being the highest grade. They specify the percentage of the question's available scoring points each
answer earns. That question-level scoring point calculation then rolls up into the calculation of both section-level
and overall questionnaire scores based on the question's importance and its section's weight.

In point-based scoring, pre-grades are always point values, which add up to section-level and overall questionnaire
scores. Point-based scoring is available in the engagement request and assessment questionnaires in legacy
engagement risk assessment projects and the engagement request inherent risk screening questionnaire in
control-bases engagement risk assessment projects in sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Risk. It isn't available
in sourcing events or modular supplier management questionnaires.

You can only pre-grade questions that have defined or quantifiable answers.

Questions with defined answers include multiple choice and Yes/No questions. For example, you can't pre-grade a
question of type Text (single line limited) with no defined acceptable answers because a respondent can answer
with any possible text, and there's no way to quantify and grade such an answer. However, if you set the Acceptable
Values option to List of Choices for the question, so that the respondent must choose from a set of predefined
answers, you can pre-grade each answer. Yes/No questions automatically include two defined answers: yes and
no.

Questions with quantifiable answers include Whole Number, Money, and Date. Answers to these questions are
numerical quantities that can be calculated or, for dates, counted.

Related Information

Adding Scoring to Modular Questionnaires [page 371]

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Setting Up Scoring Bands for Individual Sections in Modular Questionnaires [page 369]
Scoring Points [page 358]
Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular Questionnaires [page 356]

Pre-Grades for Yes/No Questions

To pre-grade questions with Yes/No answers, enable pre-grading and specify the pre-grades for the answers.

Pre-grading for Yes/No questions is based on the values you specify. For example, if you assign a pre-grade of 100
to a Yes answer, then it receives a grade of 100%.

To pre-grade Yes/No questions in a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet, map No or the Boolean false value first, or to the
left of the pipe character. For example, if the pre-grade values are No=0 and Yes=100, enter 0|100 in the Microsoft
Excel spreadsheet. If No=100 and Yes=0 then enter 100|0 in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

 Note

If you assign a pre-grade to one answer but choose No Grade for the other answer, and the participant
chooses the No Grade answer, the question generates a blank score as expected in classic sourcing events,
surveys, and supplier management questionnaires. Currently, in guided sourcing events, the No Grade answer
is automatically assigned a grade of 0, which contributes to section and overall scores.

Pre-Grades for Multiple-Choice Questions

To pre-grade questions with a predefined list of possible answers, enable pre-grading and specify the grades to
assign each available answer in advance.

For example,you might have a multiple choice question with four possible choices, A, B, C, and D. You assign A 0%,
B 50%, C 70%, and D 100%. Each possible choice can have an assigned grade between 0% and 100%.

Pre-grading for the answers to multiple choice questions is based on the values you specify.

 Note

• If the question has the Allow participants to specify other value? option set to Yes, the other values
supplied by respondents cannot be pre-graded and therefore are not included in score calculations.
• If the question has the Allow participants to select multiple values? option set to Yes, the grade assigned
to each answer the respondent selects is included in the score calculation. In percentage-based scoring,
this option might contribute to a total score of over 100%.

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Pre-Grades for Number and Date Questions

Since questions that require numerical answers can receive answers that span a range of values, a calculation
assigns them a grade.

The calculation is based on three values you specify: From (a minimum possible value), To (a maximum possible
value), and Ideal (your preferred value). The calculation assigns the grade based on the answer's position relative
to those three values.

When pre-grading number and date questions, keep the following points in mind:

• The Ideal value must be a number between the To and From values.
• Negative numbers produce no special behavior. For example, assigning From= -5, Ideal=1, and To=10 results in
a pre-grade of 0% for -5, which ramps up to 100% for 1, and drops back down to 0% at 10.
• It is important to determine the range of likely answers to your question as accurately as possible and set the
To and From values accordingly. Setting the To and From values too closely together increases the likelihood
that more answers will fall outside of the range and be assigned a grade of 0%. If you set them too far apart,
a great many answers might qualify as nearer your ideal value than is accurate, rendering your results less
useful.

You can assign numeric values to all, one, or a combination of From, To, and Ideal values.

Pre-Grades with From, To, and Ideal Values

Assign From, To, and Ideal values to favor answers that are neither too great nor too small.

Assigned grades start at 0% for the From value, climb to 100% for the Ideal value, and descend again to 0% for the
To value.

For example, suppose that you're selecting a model of car to add you your company’s fleet. You don't want a car
that is too slow at top speed, but also one that has too much horsepower. In this case, you can assign the slowest
acceptable top speed in the From value to 100 MPH, the fastest acceptable top speed in the To value to 160 MPH,
and the ideal top speed in the Ideal value to 120 MPH.

In this example, assigned grades start at 0% for 100 MPH, climb to 100% for 120 MPH, and descend again to 0%
for 160 MPH.

Pre-Grades with From and Ideal Values, but No To Value

Assign From and Ideal values without specifying a To value when you don't want to place a restriction on the
maximum value a respondent can provide for a question.

The assigned grade is 0% for answers less than or equal to the From value, rising to 100% for answers equal to or
greater than the Ideal value.

For example, you suppose that you're selecting a model of car to add to your company’s fleet. You want the car to
hold at least three passengers, ideally five passengers, with no upper limit. In this case, you assign a value of 3 to
the From value, a value of 5 to the Ideal value, and assign no value to To.

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In this example, the assigned grade is 0% for answers of 3 or fewer, and 100% for answers of 5 or greater.

Pre-Grades with Ideal and To Values, but No From Value

Assign Ideal and To values without specifying a From value when you don't want to place a restriction on the
minimum value a respondent can provide to a question.

The assigned grade is 0% for answers equal to or greater than the To value and rises to 100% for answers less than
or equal to the Ideal value.

For example, suppose that you're selecting a model of car to add to your company’s fleet. You want the car to cost
no more than $30,000, ideally $22,000, but without setting a lower limit. In this case, you assign a value of 30000
to the To value, a value of 22000 to the Ideal value, and assign no value to From.

In this example, the assigned grade is 0% for answers of 30000 or greater, and 100% for answers of 22000 and
less.

Pre-Grades with Only an Ideal Value

Assign an Ideal value but no From or To values when you want a single, specific answer.

The assigned grade is 100% for answers of the Ideal value and 0% for all other answers.

For example, suppose that you're selecting which model of car to purchase for your company’s fleet. You want it to
have a four-cylinder engine, no more, no less. In this case, you specify an Ideal value of 4, and leave the From and
To values empty.

In this example, the assigned grade is 100% for answers of 4, and 0% for all other answers.

Pre-Grades with Only a From Value

Assign a From value but no To or Ideal values when you require a specific maximum threshold value, above which a
greater answer doesn't add value for you.

The assigned grade is 0% for answers less than the From value and 100% for all answers equal to or greater than
the From value.

For example, suppose that you're selecting which model of car to purchase for your company’s fleet. Your company
has a policy of only purchasing cars that have been in production for at least 10 years. Set the From value to 10, and
leave the To and Ideal values empty.

In this example, the assigned grade is 0% for answers less 10, and 100% for all answers equal to or greater than 10.

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Pre-Grades with Only a To Value

Assign a To value but no From or Ideal values when you require a specific minimum threshold value, below which a
lesser answer doesn't add value for you.

The assigned grade is 0% for answers greater than the To value and 100% for answers equal to or less than the To
value.

For example, suppose that you're selecting which model of car to purchase for your company’s fleet. In order to
purchase a car, your company requires it to be financed with a loan of 4% annual percentage rate (APR) or lower.
Set the To value to 4, and leave the From and Ideal values empty.

In this example, the assigned grade is 0% for answers greater than 4%, and 100% for answers equal to or less than
4%.

Structural Considerations for Scoring Supplier

Management Questionnaire Content

The hierarchical structure of the content in a supplier management questionnaire affects its scoring. Combining
questions outside of sections with questions in sections, or nesting sections within sections, produces specific
scoring behavior.

In supplier management questionnaires, the base level is the root or beginning of the hierarchical scoring structure.
Content in the base level has a number with no decimal points such as 1 or 2.

Scoring of supplier management questionnaires is simplest when:

• Either the questionnaire has no sections and every question is at the base level, or the questionnaire has
sections and every question is in a section. You can only use weight points in scoring if the questionnaire has
sections. If the questionnaire includes both questions and sections at the base level, both contribute equally to
the maximum number of scoring points for the questionnaire, which can produce unexpected results.
• In questionnaires with sections, all sections are at the base level rather than nested. Only sections at the base
level contribute to the questionnaire's maximum number of scoring points, and the weights of nested sections
only apply to scoring within the section.

You can score questionnaires with more complicated structures, but keep these behaviors in mind if you do so.

 Note

Currently, scoring is only supported for static sections. It's not supported for repeatable sections.

Related Information

Scoring for Questions in the Base Level [page 365]

Scoring for Nested Sections [page 366]

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Scoring for Questions in the Base Level

Scoring is simplest when you place questions and event line items inside sections. Structuring content differently
(for example, placing a question outside of a section) can cause confusion about the resulting scores.

The base level is the root or beginning of the hierarchical scoring structure. Content in the base level has a number
with no decimal points. Content numbering with a decimal point (for example 1.2) indicates that the content is
nested inside a section.

For example, suppose that a questionnaire has Section 1 and Section 2, and also Question 3, a question
outside of any section, all at the base level. In this case, the Maximum points for content field doesn't equal the
sum of the Weight column, since the Maximum points for content field is the sum of all the scoring points in the
base level. Both Weight and Importance are scoring points.

The following screenshot illustrates this scoring configuration:

In this example, Maximum points for content field is 7 rather than 2. There's a question at the base level, outside
of any section, and its Importance points are added into the Maximum points for content field.

The Overall % of any piece of content is calculated in relation to other content in the same hierarchical location.
Since there's a question at the base level, its Overall % is calculated in comparison to the Weight of the sections at
the same level. The total number of scoring points assigned in that hierarchical location is 7, five of which belong to
the question. So, the Overall % of each section is 14.29% (1/7) and the Overall % of the question is 71.43% (5/7).

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If you place the question inside of Section 2, the Maximum points for content changes to 2. Each section has an
equal weight an Overall % of 50% (½), and the question's Overall % is calculated in the standard way relative to
other content in Section 2. The following screenshot illustrates this updated scoring configuration:

Related Information

About Importance [page 359]

Weight [page 358]

Scoring for Nested Sections

If you nest sections inside of other sections, the resulting scoring can produce unexpected results because
sections nested within other sections aren't scored with their parents.

For example, if you nest Section 2 within Section 1, the weight points of Section 2 don't count towards the
Maximum points for content field since they're not located in the base level. Only the weight points of Section 1
are located in the base level. The following screenshot illustrates this configuration:

The event or survey document indents Weight fields to illustrate the hierarchical scoring structure. For example,
since Section 1 is the only content located in the base level, it contributes all of the scoring points to that level

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and receives an Overall % of 100%. Likewise, since Section 2 is the only content nested within Section 1 and
contributes all of the scoring points to that level, it receives all of Section 1’s Overall %.

Setting Up Scoring Bands for Modular Questionnaires

Use these steps to categorize the scores generated by a modular questionnaire into scoring bands, which group
and label scores for easier judgment. In the template, you can specify the scoring band category you want to use
and the range of questionnaire scores for each band in the category.

Prerequisites

To set up scoring bands for a modular supplier management questionnaire, you must be a member of both the
Template Creator and SM Modular Questionnaire Manager groups.

Scoring band category and scoring band data must be defined in your site.

The type of the modular questionnaire for which you want to set up scoring bands must have an evaluation type of
Graded.

To generate a numerical score that translates into a scoring band, you must also add scoring to the questions and
sections in the questionnaire survey document. You can add scoring to the questionnaire before or after setting up
scoring bands for it.

Context

Scoring bands are or grouping of scores. All scores within a band receive the same judgment and the same label,
such as "Good," "Average," or "Poor." Next to each score, a colored dot provides a visual indicator of the band into
which the score falls, and hover text identifies the band by name and shows its associated score range.

Enter Score From and Score To values define the score ranges for each band in the selected band category. Define
a range for every band in the category. The ranges you define must, in total, include every number from 0 to 100.
A band range goes from the Score From value up to, but not including, the Score To value. Except for the band
that starts at 0, the Score From value you specify must always be the same number as the Score To value of the
immediately lower band. For example, you can define a score range of 0-25 for band A and a score range of 25-50
for band B. Scores from 0 through 24 fall in Band A, but a score of 25 falls in band B.

The scoring bands you set up here always apply to the overall questionnaire score. By default, they also apply
all of the scores for individual sections in the questionnaire. If you enable section-level scoring for this particular
questionnaire, the scoring bands you set up here apply only to the overall questionnaire score, and you set up
scoring bands for each individual section separately.

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Procedure

1. If the modular supplier management questionnaire project template isn't in Draft status, create a new version
of it.

2. On the Overview tab, choose Actions Edit Properties .

3. On the Band Category dropdown menu, choose the type of scoring band you want to apply to the
questionnaire score.

The Band Score Range setting shows all of the bands defined for the category you selected.
4. Enter a score range for each band in its Score From and Score To fields.
5. (Optional) To set up scoring bands at the individual section level, for Enable Section Level Band, choose Yes.

Results

When you publish the questionnaire project template with scoring bands and questionnaire scoring, whenever a
respondent submits a questionnaire created from it, their answers generate an overall score for the questionnaire.
To the left of the score, a colored band indicator and label identify the band into which the score falls based on the
scoring band setup for the questionnaire.

If you didn't enable section-level scoring bands for the questionnaire, the questionnaire band settings also apply to
section scores.

Next Steps

If you enabled section-level scoring bands for this questionnaire, set up scoring bands for each individual section.

Related Information

Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular Questionnaires [page 356]
Adding Scoring to Modular Questionnaires [page 371]
Setting Up Scoring Bands for Modular Questionnaires [page 367]
Setting Up Scoring Bands for Individual Sections in Modular Questionnaires [page 369]

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Setting Up Scoring Bands for Individual Sections in
Modular Questionnaires

Use these steps to categorize and label scores for individual questionnaire sections in scoring bands, which group
and label scores for easier judgment. In the template, you can specify the scoring band category you want to use
and then define the range of section scores for each band in the category.

Prerequisites

To set up scoring bands for individual sections in a modular questionnaire, you must be a member of both the
Template Creator and SM Modular Questionnaire Manager groups.

Scoring band category and scoring band data must be defined in your site.

The type of the modular supplier management questionnaire for which you want to set up section-level scoring
bands must have an evaluation type of Graded.

Section-level scoring bands must be enabled on the template Overview tab. For details, refer to Setting Up Scoring
Bands for Modular Questionnaires [page 367].

Context

Scoring bands are or grouping of scores. All scores within a band receive the same judgment and the same label,
such as "Good," "Average," or "Poor." Next to each score, a colored dot provides a visual indicator of the band into
which the score falls, and hover text identifies the band by name and shows its associated score range.

Section-level scoring bands apply only to the current section. You can use them to:

• Apply different scoring band categories to different sections in the same questionnaire. For example,
you can apply a set of code of conduct scoring bands to a section of questions about compliance with your
organization's code of conduct, and a different set of regulatory compliance scoring bands to a section of
questions about compliance with legal regulatory requirements. The code of conduct band category can have
three bands: one for compliant scores, one for noncompliant scores, and one for undecided scores, all with
names specific to code of conduct agreement. You can then associate the scores corresponding to agreement
to your code of conduct with the compliant band, scores corresponding to provision of an alternative code
of conduct with the unknown band, and scores corresponding to lack of agreement with the noncompliant
band. This setup provides clear guidance about the answers to the code of conduct questions, but it's specific
to code of conduct questions. The regulatory compliance band category can have a larger number of bands
with more general names. By applying the most appropriate band category to each individual section, you can
provide more precise guidance to approvers and other stakeholders who need to evaluate its answers and
decide how acceptable they are.
• Define different scoring ranges for the same bands in different sections of the same questionnaire: For
example, you can apply a control effectiveness scoring band category with two bands (effective and ineffective)
to two different sections of questions about security controls. One section can contain questions about
optional controls, and you can define a score range of 20-100 for the effective band, indicating that a fairly
low score for this section is acceptable. The other section can contain questions about important or critical

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 controls, and you can define a score range of 90-100 for the effective band, indicating that only a high score for
this section is acceptable.

You enter Score From and Score To values define the score ranges for each band in the selected band category.
Define a range for every band in the category. The ranges you define must, in total, include every number from 0 to
100. A band range goes from the Score From value up to, but not including, the Score To value. Except for the band
that starts at 0, the Score From value you specify must always be the same number as the Score To value of the
immediately lower band. For example, you can define a score range of 0-25 for band A and a score range of 25-50
for band B. Scores from 0 through 24 fall in Band A, but a score of 25 falls in band B.

The scoring bands you set up here apply only to this section.

You can only set up scoring bands for static sections. They're not supported in repeatable sections.

 Note

If you've enabled section-level banding in a questionnaire, you must set up scoring bands for each of the
questionnaire's sections individually. Whether or not you plan to add scoring to an individual section and its
questions, you can only publish the questionnaire template if all of its sections have banding settings. Only
sections with scoring show associated scoring bands, but the band settings are required.

Procedure

1. Open the modular questionnaire project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. On the Documents tab, click the questionnaire survey document and choose Edit.
3. Click Content.
4. Perform one of the following actions:

• To set up scoring bands for an existing section, click the section and choose Edit.
• To add scoring bands to a new section, choose Add Section .
5. On the Band Category dropdown menu, choose the type of scoring band you want to apply to the
questionnaire score.

The Band Score Range setting shows all of the bands defined for the category you selected.
6. Enter a score range for each band in its Score From and Score To fields.

Results

When you publish the modular questionnaire project template with scoring bands and questionnaire scoring,
whenever a respondent submits a questionnaire created from it, their answers generate scores for each question
and section as well as the overall questionnaire. To the left of each section score, a colored band indicator and label
identify the band into which the section score falls based on the scoring band setup for the section.

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Related Information

Setting Up Scoring Bands for Modular Questionnaires [page 367]

Adding Scoring to Modular Questionnaires [page 371]
Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular Questionnaires [page 356]

Adding Scoring to Modular Questionnaires

Use these steps to add weights to sections, and importance and pre-grades to questions with defined or
quantifiable answers, in modular questionnaires. These scoring settings allow a questionnaire to calculate scores
based on recipient answers.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of both the Template Creator and SM Modular Questionnaire Manager groups to add
scoring to survey documents in modular questionnaire project templates.

To group questionnaire scores into scoring bands and show color-coded indicators for those bands, band category
and band data must be defined in your site using data imports.

Context

Modular supplier management questionnaires calculate scores at the section level and those scores roll up to an
overall questionnaire score. You set up scoring bands with defined score ranges for the questionnaire. These bands
apply to section scores as well unless you set up scoring bands at the individual section level.

Modular questionnaires use percentage-based scoring. They don't support point-based scoring. Percentage-based
scoring uses question pre-grades together with question importance and section weight to calculate section and
overall questionnaire scores. Before you start scoring a modular questionnaire, it's important to understand how
pre-grades and scoring points work.

Currently, Target Grade values aren't used in modular questionnaire scoring.

Procedure

1. Open the modular questionnaire project template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. On the Documents tab, choose the questionnaire survey document and choose Edit.
3. Choose Rules.
4. In the Bidding Rules area, make sure that Choose Scoring Type is set to Percentage Based Scoring and
Delegated.

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5. Choose Content.
6. On the Display dropdown menu, choose Scoring.

The Content table shows scoring-related fields.

7. Enter a Weight value [page 358] for each section that you want to contribute to the questionnaire score
calculation. Sections with a weight of 0 don’t contribute to scores.

 Tip

The values you specify for section weights can be any numbers, but using numbers that add up to a total of
100 makes it easier to determine how your weight and importance settings contribute to the overall score
calculation for the questionnaire.

8. Choose an Importance value [page 359] of 1-10 for each question that you want to contribute to the
questionnaire score calculation, with 10 being the highest importance. Questions with an importance of 0
don't contribute to scores.
9. Pre-grade possible answers to questions with defined answers, such as number, date, multiple choice, or
Yes/No questions, by performing the following actions:
a. In the Pre-grade column, choose Yes from the dropdown menu.
b. For multiple choice and Yes/No questions, select a pre-grade percentage value 0–100 for each available
answer. For number and date questions, enter values in one, two, or all the From, Ideal, and To fields to
define the pre-grading for a range of possible answers.
10. Choose Update at any time to recalculate the Overall % for the current scoring configuration.
11. When you're finished adding scoring to the questionnaire, choose Exit, then choose Save and then exit.

Results

Once you publish the new version of the template and a respondent submits a questionnaire created from that
version, the questionnaire automatically calculates section and overall scores based on your settings. The overall
questionnaire score and scoring band indicator show in the Questionnaires detail area of the supplier profile.

In sites where the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled, the process details page also
shows overall scores and scoring band indicators for questionnaires included in the process. Both the overall
questionnaire score and individual section scores and band indicators show on the questionnaire details page.

Related Information

Questionnaire Scoring Band Category Data Import [page 86]

Questionnaire Scoring Band Data Import [page 87]
Setting Up Scoring Bands for Modular Questionnaires [page 367]
Setting Up Scoring Bands for Individual Sections in Modular Questionnaires [page 369]
Scoring and Score Band Setup for Modular Questionnaires [page 356]
Pre-Grades for Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 360]
Scoring Points [page 358]

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Rating and Total Rating Question Setup for Internal
Forms or Questionnaires
You can add questions to collect and aggregate ratings for internal forms and questionnaires in modular
questionnaire projects.

Internal stakeholders of your organization can enter ratings in one or more internal forms or internal questionnaires
of a project. Ratings enable your organization to create a formal methodology by which you evaluate responses.
You use ratings to evaluate or "rate" the responses (on various parameters such as delivery, quality, service, price,
compliance, and so on). The final rating is a simple aggregation of all the individual ratings entered by internal users
in their respective internal forms or questionnaires.

These ratings can be configured as questions in internal forms or internal questionnaires and can be included as
part of a modular questionnaire project. The project can include external or internal survey questionnaires of type
Questionnaire in addition to one or more internal forms of type Form. For internal users to be able to assign ratings
to responses, you create or configure templates and include questions with a new answer type called Rating which
takes a numeric value.

You also configure a new answer type called Total Rating in an internal form or internal questionnaire of the project.
This non-editable field is automatically aggregated and populated in internal questionnaires or forms where it is
configured.

 Note

Although you can configure the Total Rating field in any internal form or internal questionnaire of a project, SAP
Ariba recommends that you configure this field only in the "final" form, and not in any other form. The "final"
form is the one in which an approver of a questionnaire project chooses to approve or deny the project.

For example, you may want to gather information on certain aspects related to mandatory environmental
compliance, and this project may have several different components. Different internal users can complete forms
in the same internal modular questionnaire project. Or you can have an external questionnaire asking a supplier
to provide information, and include several internal forms in the project so that internal users can provide a rating
of that information. The Total Rating field, if configured in the final form, displays the aggregate of all the ratings
entered by previous task owners in their respective forms.

Adding a Rating Question to an Internal Form

Ratings enable you to create a formal methodology by which you can evaluate your respondents' answers. You can
configure your internal forms to include questions that have an answer type of Rating.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Template Creator group to create modular supplier management questionnaire
templates.

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Procedure

1. Open the supplier modular questionnaire template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. Choose the Documents tab.

3. Choose the questionnaire survey document and choose Action Edit .

4. Choose Content.
5. Perform one of the following actions:

• To add the question at the end of the questionnaire, choose Add Question .
• To add the question inside a non-repeatable section, select the section and choose Add Question in
the content table.

 Note

Questions of answer type Rating are not supported in internal repeatable sections.

• To add a question inside or immediately after a section, select the section and choose Add
Question from the dropdown menu.
6. If you selected a location for the new question, choose Add Inside to add the new question nested inside
section, or Add After to add it after the selected section on the same level.
7. Choose Ratings from the Answer Type dropdown menu.
8. Enter the text for your question in the Name field.
9. Specify the following settings for the question:

Setting Description and options

Response Required? Specifies whether or not you want to require the recipient to
answer the question. Options are:
• Not Required
• Yes, Participant Required: The recipient must answer
the question.
• Yes, Owner Required: Don't use this setting. In supplier
management projects, all internal and external ques-
tionnaire recipients are participants. There's no way to
satisfy an owner requirement, and using this setting
prevents recipients from submitting the questionnaire.

Reference Documents Choose Attach a file to attach a reference file to the ques-
tion. You can either upload the file from your local computer
or select it from your site’s library content. You can only
attach library content that you have permission to access.

Visible to Participant Specifies whether or not recipients can see the question.
Only choose No if you're setting up a hidden question that
triggers a conditional approval.

Rating Type Choose Numeric. This is the only type available.

Max Rating Maximum value for the rating. Configure this field as a whole
numeric value between 1 and 100. For example, if you config-
ure this field as 50, task owners filling out forms can't enter
values greater than 50 for a rating question.

Rating Weight Configure this field as a whole numeric value between 1 and
100. This is a percentage value and determines the "weight"

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 Setting Description and options

or value that you assign to this question in an internal form.

The rating for a question is determined by the formula
Rating = (Max Rating) times (Rating Weight).

Visibility Conditions Specifies the conditions under which questionnaire recipi-

ents see the question. Choose none and select an existing
condition, or choose Create Condition to create a new con-
dition.

10. Choose Done.

Related Information

Field Mapping for Repeatable Sections [page 434]

Comments and Attachments in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 379]

Adding a Total Rating Question to an Internal Form

Ratings enable you to create a formal methodology by which you can evaluate your respondents' answers. You can
configure your internal forms to include questions that have an answer type of Total Rating. This field displays
an aggregate of ratings of all the internal forms in a questionnaire project. Although you can configure this field in
any internal form of a questionnaire project, SAP Ariba recommends that you configure this field only in the "final"
form. The "final" form is the one in which an approver of a questionnaire project chooses to approve or deny the
project.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Template Creator group to create modular supplier management questionnaire
templates.

Procedure

1. Open the supplier modular questionnaire template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. Choose the Documents tab.

3. Choose the questionnaire survey document and choose Action Edit .

4. Choose Content.
5. Perform one of the following actions:

• To add the question at the end of the questionnaire, choose Add Question .

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 • To add the question inside a non-repeatable section, select the section and choose Add Question in
the content table.

 Note

Questions of answer type Total Rating are not supported in internal repeatable sections.

• To add a question inside or immediately after a section, select the section and choose Add
Question from the dropdown menu.
6. If you selected a location for the new question, choose Add Inside to add the new question nested inside
section, or Add After to add it after the selected section on the same level.
7. Choose Total Rating from the Answer Type dropdown menu.
8. Enter the text for your question in the Name field.
9. Specify the following settings for the question:

Setting Description and options

Response Required? Specifies whether or not you want to require the recipient
to answer the question. The only option currently is Not
Required.

Reference Documents Choose Attach a file to attach a reference file to the ques-
tion. You can either upload the file from your local computer
or select it from your site’s library content. You can only
attach library content that you have permission to access.

Visible to Participant Specifies whether or not recipients can see the question.
Only choose No if you're setting up a hidden question that
triggers a conditional approval.

Total Rating Type Choose Sum. This is the only type available.

Visibility Conditions Specifies the conditions under which questionnaire recipi-

ents see the question. Choose none and select an existing
condition, or choose Create Condition to create a new con-
dition.

10. Choose Done.

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Supplier Management Form and Questionnaire
Setup

SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions use forms and questionnaires to collect information about suppliers
from both internal stakeholders and the suppliers themselves.

Supplier management projects such as supplier requests and registrations uses template survey documents to
create forms and questionnaires. Supplier qualification projects (available only in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance) use template survey and content documents to create dynamic questionnaires with segments
targeted by commodity, region, and, in sites where department is enabled, departments.

Some supplier management projects with external questionnaires can also use survey documents to collect
information from internal stakeholders.

You can map questions in supplier management forms and questionnaires to specific fields in the vendor database
so that their answers are always stored in an appropriate database field. These mappings perform one of two
functions:

• Associating question answers with a specific database field. These mappings perform an important role in
creating supplier requests and in synchronizing supplier data to an integrated ERP system.
• Enabling certain project functionality, such as enabling qualifications to expire, transferring question answers
to project fields so that they can be used to create conditional approvals, or setting the project's commodities,
regions, and departments.

Supplier Form or Questionnaire Closing, Reopening,

and Due Dates
External (supplier-facing) questionnaires close when a supplier submits them and reopen under certain
circumstances. The questionnaire due date always determines how much time a supplier has to fill out a new
questionnaire before it closes, and can affect how long a supplier has to update a questionnaire after it reopens.

The timing rules of the template survey document for a supplier form or questionnaire include a Due date setting.

In external questionnaires, the due date defines how much time a supplier has to fill out and submit a new
questionnaire before it closes. The countdown to the due date starts when the supplier is invited to fill out the
questionnaire. The questionnaire closes either when the supplier has submitted the questionnaire or when the due
date is reached, whichever comes first. When the questionnaire is closed, the supplier can no longer edit it. The
questionnaire reopens automatically when:

Questionnaire Type Condition for Reopening

All external questionnaires An approver requests additional information during the appro-
val process.

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Questionnaire Type Condition for Reopening

External qualification questionnaires and external registration A registration or qualification manager reinvites a supplier to
questionnaires in new registrations fill out the questionnaire because the supplier didn't respond
to the previous invitation by the due date.

External registration questionnaires in completed registrations A questionnaire update is approved or denied.

External modular questionnaires • A category or supplier manager reinvites the supplier to fill
out the questionnaire because the supplier didn't respond
to the previous invitation by the due date.
• If the questionnaire allows updates, either the new ques-
tionnaire or a questionnaire update is approved.

Once a registration questionnaire or a modular questionnaire that allows updates has reopened, the supplier can
edit and resubmit it until it closes again. The questionnaire's configuration determines whether it remains reopened
indefinitely or closes again after a specific amount of time.

Questionnaires in registration and modular questionnaire projects include a Keep questionnaire reopened
indefinitely setting. If you specify Yes for this setting, every time the external questionnaire reopens, it remains
reopened indefinitely.

If the Keep questionnaire reopened indefinitely setting is set to No, the amount of time a questionnaire remains
reopened is determined by the self-service parameter Reopen period for supplier questionnaires [page 818]
([Link]). The default amount of time is 365 days, but your site
can use a different number of days. If the setting for the parameter is 0, the amount of time a reopened
questionnaire remains open is determined by the template survey document Due date setting instead. In this
case, make sure that the due date you set for the questionnaire anticipates not just the expected response
time for a new questionnaire but its expected update cycle. If the Keep questionnaire reopened indefinitely
setting is set to Yes, the questionnaire ignores the Reopen period for supplier questionnaires [page 818]
([Link]) parameter and remains reopened indefinitely.

For modular questionnaires, if Always open is set to Yes and you've enabled reminders, after the new questionnaire
is approved and it reopens for updates, the Due date setting determines when its reminder schedule resets. For
example, if you set a due date of 180 days, after the questionnaire reopens, it generates reminders relative to that
due date. If the recipient submits an update on day 50, the reminder schedule resets to 180 days. If the recipient
doesn't update the questionnaire by the due date, the reminder schedule resets to 180 days on the due date, but
the questionnaire remains open.

After a questionnaire has closed, it can only be reopened in one of the following ways:

• If the questionnaire is new and it has closed before the supplier responded to it for the first time, reinviting the
supplier to the registration or modular questionnaire reopens it.
• If the questionnaire has closed after reopening for updates, a project owner who also has permission to work in
the project advanced view must manually monitor and reopen the questionnaire.

To see the advanced view of a supplier management project, your site must be configured to show Advanced View
link for that project type.

Modular questionnaires can expire, but questionnaire expiration is a status change that indicates the current
validity of the questionnaire content. It's not related to whether or not the questionnaire is open or the
questionnaire due date. An expiring or expired questionnaire that is set to always open only closes if the supplier
doesn't update it before it due date. Otherwise, it remains open until the supplier submits an update.

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Related Information

Creating a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 380]

Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page 346]
Supplier Management Form and Questionnaire Setup [page 377]
Managing Access to the Advanced View of Supplier Management Projects [page 591]
Reopen period for supplier questionnaires [page 818]

Comments and Attachments in Supplier Forms and

Questionnaires
There are several different ways to allow respondents to attach files to supplier forms and questionnaires. The
attachment method and whether the respondent is internal or external determine the maximum file size allowed
for an attachment.

Questionnaire respondents can add attachments to a supplier management questionnaire as a response to any of
the following questions:

• Answer type of Attachment.

• Answer type of Certificate, where one of the certificate detail fields is an attachment field.
• Any other answer type, with Participant can add additional comments and attachments set to Yes.

In the first two cases, the attachment is a direct answer to the question. In the third case, the attachment is an
optional addition to the response and can be added with or without a comment.

When a supplier fills out an external questionnaire on SAP Business Network, the maximum allowable file size for
the attachment is determined by the configuration parameter [Link], which
has a default value of 100 MB. SAP Ariba Support sets this parameter in your site. This rule applies to both answers
to Attachment questions and attachments added with answers to other types of questions.

When an internal user provides a response in the buyer view of the questionnaire in your site, the maximum
allowable file size for the attachment is:

• 10 MB for questions with answer types of Attachment. There's also a limit of one file per attachment answer.
• 10 MB for additional attachments added to responses to questions of other answer types except for
Certificate, with a total limit of 25 MB for all attachments added to a single question. The following other
limits also apply:
• A maximum of five comments per question.
• A maximum of five attachments per comment.

For questions with an answer type of Certificate in both internal and external questionnaires, there's a limit of one
file for the certificate attachment, but no limit to its file size.

 Note

These maximum file sizes are determined by where the questionnaire is edited, rather than whether the
questionnaire type is set to External or Internal in the template survey document. This distinction is important
for external registration questionnaires. The maximum file size a supplier can attach when editing an external
registration questionnaire on SAP Business Network during an external registration is determined by the

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 configuration parameter [Link] in all cases. However, the maximum file
size an internal recipient can attach when editing an external questionnaire in your site during an internal
registration depends on the answer type of the question and isn't configurable.

Related Information

Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]

Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire for Certificate Management [page 411]
Adding an Attachment to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 473]

Creating a Supplier Form or Questionnaire

Forms are useful if you have a relatively small set of content, such as with a request. Content in forms isn't
numbered in the buyer view, but is numbered in the supplier view on SAP Business Network. Questionnaires are
useful if you have a large set of content and want it to be numbered. Content in questionnaires is always numbered
both in the buyer view and in the supplier view on SAP Business Network.

Prerequisites

You must be working with a new version of the template, so that the template itself is open for editing, to edit an
existing survey document or create a new one.

Context

This topic describes the general procedure for creating a supplier form or questionnaire. There are more specific
topics that provide information about how to set up certain specialized supplier forms and questionnaires. Refer to:

• For qualifications using supplier qualification projects, Prequalification Questionnaire Setup [page 321], Setting
Up a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire [page 384] and Creating a Targeted Supplier Qualification
Questionnaire Segment [page 386].
• For modular questionnaires in general, Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page
346].
• In SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance sites where the flexible process framework feature
(SM-16798) is enabled, Creating the Process Intake Form [page 302] and Setting Up Modular Questionnaire for
Use in Process Projects [page 308].
• For modular questionnaires used as engagement risk assessments in SAP Ariba Supplier Risk, About Modular
Supplier Management Questionnaires in Control-Based Engagement Risk Assessment Projects.
• For other questionnaires used in control-based engagement risk assessment projects in SAP Ariba Supplier
Risk, Considerations for Setting Up the Business Details Questionnaire in the Engagement Request,

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 Considerations for Setting Up the Inherent Risk Screening Questionnaire in the Engagement Request, About
Setting Up Supplemental Engagement Questionnaires, and About Customizing the Issue Page.

 Note

Template survey documents contain a number of settings (supplier eligibility criteria, definitions, participants,
and so forth) that aren't relevant to supplier management projects. These settings are ignored in supplier
management projects. Certain settings on its Rules page and the content on its Content page are used in
supplier management projects.

Depending on the project type for the form or questionnaire, you can use the following settings on the Rules page
of template survey documents:

Rule type Setting Applicable project types Description

Timing Rules Due date All external questionnaires Determines how much time
a supplier has to fill out and
Internal modular question- submit the form or question-
naires used in process naire before it closes. See
projects Supplier Form or Question-
naire Closing, Reopening, and
Due Dates [page 377] for more
information.

Reminder for the Due date Supplier registration Generates reminders to sup-
setting
pliers who haven't yet submit-
ted the questionnaire at the
times you specify relative to
the due date.

Due date reminder settings

are available in questionnaires
in all supplier management
project types. However, in
all projects except for sup-
plier registrations, they gen-
erate notifications based the
default survey document mes-
sage templates, which are
shared with sourcing events.
For external supplier registra-
tion questionnaires, there are
registration-specific message
templates.

Keep questionnaire Supplier registration After initial project approval

reopened indefinitely or update approval, keeps
Modular questionnaire the external questionnaire re-
opened indefinitely for further
updates.

Send reminders for periodic Supplier registration Generates periodic notifica-

updates tions reminding the supplier
to update the questionnaire at
the defined intervals.

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Rule type Setting Applicable project types Description

Supplier Management Specify questionnaire format All Specifies whether the survey
document is a form of ques-
tionnaire. Questionnaires are
numbered in the supplier view,
while forms are unnumbered.
Neither are numbered in the
buyer view regardless of this
setting.

Is questionnaire required? Supplier registration Specifies whether or not a reg-

istration manager can opt not
Modular questionnaire (for
to include the questionnaire
questionnaires used in proc-
when starting a supplier regis-
ess projects only)
tration.

Specify questionnaire type Supplier registration Specifies whether the audi-

ence for the questionnaire is
Supplier qualification internal users in your site or
external suppliers.
Modular questionnaire (for
questionnaires used in proc- Questionnaires in registration
ess projects and assessments projects have a third option,
used in SAP Ariba Supplier Supplier Profile, which speci-
Risk engagement risk assess- fies that the questionnaire is
ment projects only) internal and its approval or de-
nial doesn't affect registration
status.

Questionnaires in qualification
projects have a third option,
Qualification Request, which
specifies that the question-
naire is used to start supplier
qualifications.

Always open and Can expire? Modular questionnaire Refer to Setting up Modular
Questionnaires with Optional
Internal Forms [page 346].

Reuse and Always request Modular questionnaire (for Refer to Setting Up Modular
updates when used in a Questionnaire for Use in Proc-
questionnaires used in proc-
process ess Projects [page 308]
ess projects only)

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Rule type Setting Applicable project types Description

Message Board Sender name used in the Supplier registration Specifies a default custom
'From' field in emails to sender name to use in the
participants "From" and "Reply To" fields
in questionnaire-specific noti-
fications for external registra-
tion questionnaires. This set-
ting is only available if the
self-service configuration pa-
rameter Enable configurable
default sender for supplier
invitations is enabled in your
site.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage Templates .

2. On the Documents tab of the Templates page, expand the folder for the template you want to work with to see
its contents.`
3. Choose the template and choose Open.
4. Choose the Documents tab of the template project.
5. Perform one of the following actions:

• If the project only supports one form or questionnaire and the template includes a default survey
document, select it and choose Edit.
• If the project supports multiple forms or questionnaires, create a new survey document.
6. On the Rules page, in the Timing Rules area, perform the following actions:
a. For Response start date, choose When I Click the Publish button on the Summary page.

In supplier management projects, this setting specifies that the amount of time the respondent has to fill
out the form or questionnaire is counted starting when the project is created. Don't schedule the survey for
the future. Supplier management forms and questionnaires aren't designed to work with that setting.
b. For Due Date, choose Duration and specify a duration in days, such as 30 days.

The countdown to the due date starts when the invitation to the recipient is generated. For details about
the due date setting, see Supplier Form or Questionnaire Closing, Reopening, and Due Dates [page 377].
c. Specify Delegated where that option is offered.
7. In the Supplier Management area, perform the following actions:

• For Specify questionnaire format, choose Form to create a form or Questionnaire to create a simple
questionnaire.
• For Specify questionnaire type, choose Internal if people in your organization fill out the form or
questionnaire, or External if external people such as supplier contacts fill it out. For internal registration
questionnaires, choose Supplier Profile instead of Internal if you don't want approval or denial of the
internal questionnaire to affect the supplier's registration status.
• Set other supplier management rules based on the type of project in which you're creating the
questionnaire and its desired behavior, based on available options.

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8. Choose Content.
9. Add content to the form or questionnaire. [page 390]
10. Click Summary.
11. Choose Exit, then choose Save and then exit

Results

Once you publish the new version of the template, the form or questionnaire is available to users.

Related Information

Project Template Editing and Publishing [page 199]

Setting up Modular Questionnaires with Optional Internal Forms [page 346]
About Adding Content to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 390]
Supplier Form or Questionnaire Closing, Reopening, and Due Dates [page 377]
Setting Up Periodic Reminders for Registration Questionnaire Updates [page 263]
Setting Up Reminders for Recipients to Complete Questionnaires in a New Registration [page 261]
Using a Custom Sender Name for Registration Invitations [page 265]
Setting Up the Prequalification Questionnaire [page 322]
Enable custom sender name options [page 800]

Setting Up a Targeted Supplier Qualification

Questionnaire
Setting up an external qualification questionnaire in the supplier qualification project template, with segments
targeted to specific commodities, regions, and departments, is a one-time operation. It involves making sure that
the project's empty survey document, which forms the questionnaire framework, has the right settings.

Prerequisites

You must be working with a new version of the template, so that the template itself is open for editing, in order to
edit its survey document.

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Context

An empty survey document and content documents are used to create the external qualification questionnaire in
supplier qualification projects. If the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled in your site, you use
modular questionnaires instead. For more information, refer to Qualification, Miscellaneous, and Discontinuation
Process Project Setup [page 281].

When you're setting up the targeted qualification questionnaire by editing the survey, don't add any content to it
directly. You add questionnaire content in separate content documents. Qualification projects are the only projects
that support a questionnaire targeted by commodity, region, and department.

 Note

Template survey documents contain a number of settings (supplier eligibility criteria, definitions, participants,
and so forth) that aren't relevant to supplier management processes. These settings are ignored in supplier
management projects. Only the timing rule and supplier management settings on the survey's Overview page
and the content on its Content page are used in supplier management projects.

Timing rules for template survey documents are used in supplier-facing forms and questionnaires; they're ignored
in internal surveys. Timing rules determine how much time a supplier has to fill out and submit the form or
questionnaire. They survey is automatically closed once the supplier submits it.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage Templates .

2. On the Documents tab of the Templates page, expand the folder for the template you want to work with to see
its contents.`
3. Choose the template and choose Open.
4. Choose the Documents tab of the template project.
5. Choose the template's survey document and choose Edit.
6. On the Rules page, in the Timing Rules area, perform the following actions:
a. Choose When I Click the Publish button on the Summary page.

This setting means that the countdown to the due date starts when an internal user starts a qualification
and sends the qualification questionnaire to the supplier.
b. For Due Date, choose Duration and specify a duration in days, such as 30 days.

For more information on how timing rules affect how long a supplier has to answer an external
questionnaire before it closes, refer to Supplier Form or Questionnaire Closing, Reopening, and Due Dates
[page 377].
c. Specify Delegated where that option is offered.

Don't schedule the survey for the future or set a fixed duration. Supplier management forms and
questionnaires aren't designed to work with those settings.
7. In the Supplier Management area, perform the following actions:

• For Specify questionnaire format, choose Questionnaire.

• For Is questionnaire required?, choose Yes.

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 • For Specify questionnaire type, choose External because the qualification questionnaire is sent to
suppliers external to your organization.
8. Choose Summary.
9. Choose Exit, then click Save and then exit

Results

The qualification questionnaire framework is now ready. The next step is to add content to it by creating
questionnaire segments [page 386].

 Note

Don't publish the survey. Once you publish the new version of the template, your changes become active.

Related Information

Project Template Editing and Publishing [page 199]

Creating a Targeted Supplier Qualification

Questionnaire Segment
Questionnaire segments in supplier qualification projects are targeted at specific commodities, regions, and
departments. Qualification managers can add them to the qualification questionnaire based on the commodities,
regions, and departments for which the supplier is qualifying.

Prerequisites

You must be working with a new version of the template, so that the template itself is open for editing, in order to
create questionnaire segments.

If you plan to target questionnaire segments by department, the business unit supplier management matrix
enhancement feature must be enabled in your site, and you must set up a prequalification questionnaire [page
322] with a mapped department question. The default application page that category or suppliers use to start a
qualification doesn't include a department setting. The prequalification questionnaire replaces that page and allows
category or supplier managers to specify a department for the qualification as well as the commodity and region.

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Context

Content documents are used as targeted segments in the external qualification questionnaire in supplier
qualification projects. If the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled in your site, you use modular
questionnaires instead. For more information, refer to Qualification, Miscellaneous, and Discontinuation Process
Project Setup [page 281].

Selecting at least 1 commodity and 1 region (and if you're using a prequalification questionnaire with a mapped
department question, 1 department) for each questionnaire segment is required, because it's how you make sure
that the current questionnaire segment is sent to suppliers for those commodities, regions, and departments.

Commodities, regions, and departments are hierarchical, ranging from high-level (general) to low-level (specific)
values in a hierarchy tree. A questionnaire segment is included in the questionnaire for qualifications at its
targeted level and also at any levels above or below it in its branch of the hierarchy. For example, if you create
a questionnaire segment targeted to the state of California in the United States, it’s included in qualifications where
the qualification manager selects a location within California as the region (lower in that branch of the region
hierarchy), or where the qualification manager selects the United States, North America, or all regions (higher up
that branch of the region hierarchy). However, it's not included in qualifications where the qualification manager
selects a different state such as Texas as the region (a different, parallel branch of the region hierarchy at the state
level).

To include a questionnaire segment in all possible qualifications that include a specific commodity, region, or
department, including any subdivisions of that commodity, region, or department, target it to that commodity,
region, or department. To include a questionnaire segment in all qualifications for all suppliers, choose All for
commodity, region, and department.

 Note

If you edit content documents in your supplier qualification template and publish the changes, the sequence of
the content documents in future questionnaires isn't guaranteed.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage Templates .

2. On the Documents tab of the Templates page, expand the folder for the template you want to work with to see
its contents.`
3. Choose the template and choose Open.
4. Choose the Documents tab of the template project.

5. Choose Actions Create Content Document .

6. In the Title field, enter a descriptive title for the questionnaire segment. Qualification managers see this title
when they're selecting questionnaire segments to include in a questionnaire.
7. (Optional) In the Description field, enter descriptive information about the questionnaire. This information is
only visible in the template.
8. Choose at least 1 value from the Commodities, Regions, and Departments dropdown menus.

If the commodity, region, or department you want to specify doesn't appear on the menu, choose select more,
select a value, and choose Done. If you want to send the questionnaire segment to all suppliers, choose All

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9. (Optional) To add more commodities, regions, or departments, choose add more to the right of the dropdown
menus and repeat the previous step.
10. Choose Create.
11. Add content to the questionnaire segment. [page 390]
12. Choose Done.

Related Information

Project Template Editing and Publishing [page 199]

Setting Up a Targeted Supplier Qualification Questionnaire [page 384]

Creating an Internal Registration or Qualification

Questionnaire
Internal questionnaires in supplier registration and supplier qualification projects allow internal stakeholders to
add information that supplements the project's form or questionnaire. Creating an internal questionnaire involves
adding a survey document to the template.

Prerequisites

You must be working with a new version of the template, so that the template itself is open for editing, to edit its
survey document.

Context

In sites where the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled, qualification processes use internal
modular questionnaire projects to collect information from internal stakeholders. For details, refer to Setting Up
Modular Questionnaire for Use in Process Projects [page 308].

Internal questionnaires in supplier registration projects show in the Registrations detail area of the supplier profile.
In solutions that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, internal questionnaires in qualification
projects show in the details for individual qualifications, which you can view from the summary table in the
Qualifications detail area.

 Note

Template survey documents contain a number of settings (supplier eligibility criteria, timing rules, definitions,
participants, and so forth) that aren't relevant to internal surveys. These settings are ignored in internal
surveys. Only the supplier management settings on the survey's Overview page and the content on its Content
page are used in internal surveys.

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Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage Templates .

2. On the Documents tab of the Templates page, expand the folder for the template you want to work with to see
its contents.`
3. Choose the template and choose Open.
4. Choose the Documents tab of the template project.

5. Choose Actions Create Survey .

6. In the Title field, enter a descriptive title for the questionnaire.
7. (Optional) In the Description field, enter descriptive information about the questionnaire. This information is
only visible in the template.
8. Choose Create.
9. On the Rules page, in the Supplier Management area, perform the following actions:

• For Specify questionnaire format, choose Form to create an unnumbered form or Questionnaire to
create a numbered questionnaire.
• For Specify questionnaire type, choose Internal.
10. Choose Content.
11. Add content to the questionnaire. [page 390]
12. Choose Summary.
13. Choose Exit, then click Save and then exit

Results

Once you publish the new version of the template, the internal questionnaire is available to users.

Next Steps

To create an approval flow for the internal questionnaire, add one or more approval tasks to the survey document.

In some cases, a To Do task on the survey document is required to make it a required part of the project workflow or
to specify when it's submitted. For details, refer to Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the
Supplier Registration Project Template [page 251] or Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up
the Supplier Qualification Project Template [page 318].

Related Information

Project Template Editing and Publishing [page 199]

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About Adding Content to a Supplier Form or
Questionnaire
These topics describe how to add content to form or questionnaire in a supplier management project.

 Note

Rich-text editor is used in various situations that require styled or structured content. By default, it supports full
HTML styling; however, this capability can expose the system to potential vulnerabilities.

To mitigate these risks, contact SAP Ariba Support to enable the PLUI-2891-1: HTML Injection – Enable Strict
Parsing of Rich Text Editor Content Using DOMPurify feature. This feature enhances security by limiting the
use of HTML, specifically by restricting the ability to change font colors.

Adding a Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 390]

Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 391]

Adding a Certificate Section with Customizable Certificate Fields [page 397]

About Adding Questions to Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 399]

Adding a Requirement to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 470]

Adding Translations for Some Form and Questionnaire Content Fields [page 472]

Adding an Attachment to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 473]

Sensitive Data Masking in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 475]

Adding a Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire

A section is a container in which you organize other content, such as questions, requirements, or attachment. You
can nest sections within other sections.

Context

Sections are automatically numbered in their order of appearance, and the content inside them is numbered based
on the parent section number. For example, a section in a questionnaire segment can be numbered 1, and the 3
questions inside it numbered 1.1, 1.2. and 1.3.

Refer to the following topics for details about specialized types of sections:

• Repeatable sections: see Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 391].
Repeatable sections are available only if your site has an active subscription to SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture).

 Note

Repeatable sections are not supported in modular questionnaires used for supplier engagement risk
assessments.

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• Certificate sections: see Adding a Certificate Section with Customizable Certificate Fields [page 397].

If your solution includes SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and you manage supplier qualifications
using supplier qualification projects, top-level sections in questionnaire segments are useful for organizing content
in the final qualification questionnaire, which is assembled from multiple segments. If you nest all the content of a
questionnaire segment inside a section, it's displayed and numbered together in the final assembled questionnaire.
If you don't, but the content of a previous questionnaire segment is nested in a top-level section, the content of the
current segment is added to and numbered with the previous segment's content in the final questionnaire.

If you apply a condition to a section, that condition applies to all the content in the section. Sections are therefore
useful if you have a series of questions that you want to show or hide based on the answers to other questions.

Procedure

1. To nest a section inside another section, select it.

2. Choose Add Section .

3. If you're creating a nested section, choose Add Inside.
4. Enter a name and description for the section.
5. Select whether or not suppliers can see the question from the Visible to Participants pull-down menu.
Choosing No creates a requirement that is only visible to internal users.
6. Choose none and select an existing visibility condition, or select Create Condition to create a new condition.
Refer Visibility Conditions for Showing or Hiding Content Based on Answers [page 477] for details.
7. Choose OK.

Related Information

Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]

Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire for Certificate Management [page 411]
Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 391]
Adding a Requirement to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 470]
Adding Translations for Some Form and Questionnaire Content Fields [page 472]

Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or

Questionnaire

Use these steps to add a repeatable section to a form or questionnaire in a supplier management project. A
repeatable section is a container in which you organize other content. The questionnaire includes an instance of
the repeatable section and its content. Respondents can add as many repetitions as they need to provide multiple
sets of answers. It's useful for collecting bank account, tax, and other information for which there can be multiple
answers.

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Prerequisites

To edit a supplier management template or its contents, you must be a member of the Template Creator group.
For modular questionnaire projects, you must also be a member of the SM Modular Questionnaire Manager
group. For process projects, you must also be a member of the SM Process Manager group.

To edit a supplier management template or its contents, the template must be in Draft.

Adding and editing repeatable sections in internal questionnaires, including external questionnaires in internal
registrations, is disabled by default. If not already enabled in your site, an administrator can enable this feature
by enabling the self-service configuration parameters Enable repeatable sections in internal questionnaires [page
806] in Intelligent Configuration Manager and [Link] in
SM Administration Configuration Parameters . Always enable or disable both parameters together.

Context

 Note

• When setting up repeatable sections, where recipients edit the questionnaire is especially significant.
Repeatable sections behave differently, and have different requirements and restrictions, depending on
whether the questionnaire is supplier-facing (edited by suppliers on SAP Business Network) or buyer-
facing (edited by internal users in your site). For most questionnaires, the Questionnaire type setting in the
template survey document, which specifies whether the questionnaire is internal or external, reflects where
the questionnaire is edited. However, the following exceptions apply:
• Since suppliers access the external supplier request in your site rather than through SAP Business
Network, it functions like an internal questionnaire.
• If your site uses internal registrations, internal recipients fill out external questionnaires in your site,
where they also function like internal questionnaires.
Repeatable section behaviors and restrictions that apply to internal questionnaires also apply to
external supplier requests and external registration questionnaires edited by internal recipients during
internal registrations.
• Repeatable sections are not supported in modular questionnaires used for supplier engagement risk
assessments.
• As a best practice, SAP Ariba recommends managing company code and purchasing organization
information directly in the integrated SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S system. Setting or
maintaining this data in SAP Ariba is a work-around that requires thorough testing in your landscape based
on your specific requirements.

Repeatable sections are useful for collecting any type of information that involves a set of questions and for which
respondents typically have an unknown number of multiple answers, such as supplier bank and tax details. For
example, if you add a question about supplier bank accounts in a repeatable section, the questionnaire recipient
can add repetitions for each supplier bank account.

You can nest repeatable sections in other repeatable sections to capture sets of information in a hierarchical
structure, up to a maximum of three layers.

In template survey and content documents, you use two pieces of content to create a repeatable section: a
repeatable section parent and the repeatable section itself. These pieces of content are always paired together,

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with the repeatable section parent serving as an otherwise empty container for the repeatable section and its
content. You can only add a repeatable section inside a repeatable section parent, and you can only add content
such as questions in the repeatable section.

The repeatable section parent defines the overall section, and its name provides the section heading. Inside the
repeatable section parent, the repeatable section contains the questions and other content that repeats. The name
you give it defines the repeating unit. Both parent and section names appear in various user interface controls that
both suppliers and people in your organization use to view, add, or edit repeatable sections. Keep this usage in
mind when naming both the parent and the section in the template:

This name... Is used in these places...

Repeatable section parent name; for example, Bank In the supplier view on SAP Business Network:
Accounts • In links for adding or editing repetitions of the section. For
example, Add Bank Accounts (1).
• As the title of the page for editing section content such as
questions, and for adding or removing section instances.

In the buyer view for internal users:

• As the top-level heading for the repeatable section on the

questionnaire details page when there's only one version
of the questionnaire or when the recipient is editing the
questionnaire. For example, 3 Bank Accounts.
• As a section heading in questionnaire version comparison.

Repeatable section name; for example, Bank Account In the supplier view on SAP Business Network:

• As the numbered title of each repetition of the section the

supplier recipient adds. For example, if a supplier adds two
bank accounts, the page on which they edit the answers
labels those repetitions Bank Account #1 and Bank
Account #2.
• In the label of the button for adding more repetitions; for
example, Add Bank Account.

In the buyer view for internal users, including in questionnaire

version comparisons:

• As the heading for the section on the questionnaire details

page.
• As the link to click to review the section answers. For ex-
ample, Bank Account (2)

Keep in mind the following considerations for different questionnaire types when creating repeatable sections:

Functionality External Questionnaires Internal Questionnaires

Nested repeatable sections You can nest repeatable sections in other repeatable sections to a maximum of three
layers. The fourth and lower layers don't show in the buyer view of questionnaires.

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Functionality External Questionnaires Internal Questionnaires

Rearranging content within a repeatable Dragging and dropping to rearrange the order of content in a repeatable section
section isn't supported in any repeatable section. Plan the order of the content you want
to add to a repeatable section in advance. If you do need to rearrange content in a
repeatable section, you must delete it and add it again in the desired order.

Combining repeatable sections with You can add a repeatable section to a static section to group the repeatable content
static sections with other content in the section. Adding static sections inside repeatable sections
isn't supported regardless of where the questionnaire is edited.

Visibility and editability conditions In external questionnaires, use of visibil-In internal questionnaires, use of visibil-
ity and editability conditions with repeat-
ity conditions with repeatable sections
able sections and their content isn't sup-
and their content is only supported in the
ported.
following circumstances:

• You can apply visibility conditions to

a repeatable section as a whole so
that a question outside the repeata-
ble section triggers the condition on
the repeatable section itself.
• You can apply visibility conditions
on content within a repeatable sec-
tion so that a question outside the
repeatable section triggers the con-
dition on the repeatable section con-
tent. You can't use content within
a repeatable section to trigger con-
ditions on content outside of the re-
peatable section.

Use of editability conditions with repeat-

able sections and their content isn't sup-
ported in external questionnaires.

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Functionality External Questionnaires Internal Questionnaires

Complex answer types In external questionnaires, repeatable In internal questionnaires, repeatable

sections don't support the following an- sections don't support the following an-
swer types for included content: swer types for included content:

• Region • Certificate. Use certificate sections

• Commodity [page 397] instead.

• Department • Questions based on integrated

• Address master data [page 415]

(CompanyCode, PurchaseOrg,
• Extended Address (if mapped).
Incoterms, and PaymentTerms).
Multiple supplier addresses aren't
SAP Ariba recommends adding and
replicated to an integrated ERP sys-
maintaining this data in the inte-
tem.
grated ERP system.
• Region
• Commodity
• Department
• Address
• Extended Address (if mapped).
Multiple supplier addresses aren't
replicated to an integrated ERP sys-
tem.

Repeatable sections support both Tax and Bank Account questions regardless of
where the questionnaire is edited. However, as a best practice:

• Don't combine both Tax and Bank Account questions in a single repeatable
section. Add them in separate, top-level repeatable sections. Don't nest repeat-
able sections that contain Tax or Bank Account questions within other repeata-
ble sections.
• Don't include more than one "complex" answer type, such as Bank Account and
Extended Address, in a single repeatable section.

Comments and attachments Adding comments and attachments to Adding comments and attachments to
answers in repeatable sections is sup- answers in repeatable sections isn't sup-
ported in external questionnaires. ported in internal questionnaires.

Outside content N/A If an internal questionnaire contains a

repeatable section, as a best practice,
make sure there's at least one content
item, such as a question, outside the re-
peatable section.

Analytical reporting Questions and answers in repeatable sections aren't available in analytical reports
regardless of where the questionnaire is edited.

 Note

Repeatable sections have the following restrictions related to integration:

• Supplier contact information isn't synchronized to the integrated system.

• While you can collect multiple supplier extended addresses in repeatable sections, replicating multiple
addresses to the integrated system isn't currently supported.

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 • Data in nested repeatable sections isn't synchronized to the integrated system. The integration best
practice is to add Tax and Bank Account questions to unnested repeatable sections in the external
registration questionnaire.
• Use of GenericCustomField mappings in repeatable sections isn't supported.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage Templates .

2. Open the supplier management template for editing. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
3. Add or edit the template survey or content document to which you want to add the repeatable section.

4. At the bottom of the content table, choose Add Repeatable Section Parent .
5. Enter a title for the repeatable section parent.
6. To apply a visibility or editability condition to the entire repeatable section, choose none and choose an existing
condition or create a new condition.
7. Choose OK.
8. In the content table, click the repeatable section parent you created and choose Repeatable Section.
9. Enter a title for the repeatable section.
10. Choose OK.
11. In the content table, click the repeatable section you created and add questions, attachments, requirements,
or sections to it as needed. You can also nest another repeatable section in it by adding a repeatable section
parent to it, then adding a repeatable section inside the parent.

 Note

Mapping repeatable sections to vendor database fields requires a specialized mapping syntax, and you can
only map repeatable sections to array fields, which support storing multiple answers in the same field.
Refer to Field Mapping for Repeatable Sections [page 434] for details.

12. When you're finished making your changes, publish the new version of the template.

Related Information

Field Mapping for Repeatable Sections [page 434]

Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information [page 421]
Tax Questions for Collecting Supplier Tax Information [page 426]
Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Registration Questionnaires For Integration [page 74]

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Adding a Certificate Section with Customizable Certificate
Fields
When creating a modular questionnaire to ask about supplier certificates, a template creator can use a certificate
section. Unlike certificate questions, certificate sections allow you to customize the standard certificate fields.

Prerequisites

• Certificate sections must be enabled in your site. To enable them, a customer

administrator in your organization must enable the self-service configuration parameter
Enable certificate sections in supplier management questionnaires [page 799]
([Link]) in Intelligent Configuration Manager.
• You must be a member of the SM Modular Questionnaire Manager and Template Creator groups.

Context

Certificate sections are supported only modular questionnaires and aren't supported in any other types of supplier
management questionnaires. You can create one or more certificate sections in a modular questionnaire. A
certificate section can be created in a normal section, or you can create a normal section in a certificate section.
You can customize the standard certificate fields and add more fields to a certificate section.

 Note

Only the standard fields in certificate sections show in the Certificates detail area of the supplier profile.
Additional custom questions that you add don't show there. You can see custom questions and answers in a
certificate section by opening the source questionnaire from the Certificates detail area.

When adding a certificate section, note the following:

• If the modular questionnaire project in which you want to collect certificate information allows internal forms,
add certificate sections only in the key questionnaire. In a modular questionnaire project template that allows
internal forms, the key questionnaire is the survey document with a questionnaire format of Questionnaire.
The key questionnaire is the only questionnaire in the project that supports certificate management. Internal
forms don't support certificate management features, so don't add certificate sections to them.
• The certificate type must be specified in the certificate section or added as a question within the certificate
section. If the certificate type is defined at the header level, mention the certificate type in the description of
the certificate section. During the initial certificate section creation, if a certificate type is defined at the header
level, the certificate type question isn't added in the section by default. When you edit the section and add a
certificate type at the section header, the existing certificate type-mapped question isn't removed.
• Make sure that the questions you create within the certificate section don't ask for sensitive personal
information as defined in the SAP Ariba Privacy Statement .
• SAP Ariba recommends that you don't nest certificate sections inside other certificate sections.
• You can't add a certificate question within a certificate section.
• You can't add a certificate section in a repeatable section.

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Procedure

1. Open a modular questionnaire template for editing. If it isn't in Draft, create a new version.

2. On the Documents tab, click the document name, and choose Action Edit . Then, go to the Content tab.
3. Click Add in the lower left corner and choose Certificate Section.

On the displayed page, Certificate Section - is prefilled as a prefix in the Name field, and Enter certificate-
related information in this section is automatically populated in the Description field. You can edit these
fields as required.
4. Optional: Customize the certificate section name and description.

 Note

The certificate section name can't contain the following special characters:
• Bracket ([ or ])
• Colon (:)
• Slash (/)
• Backslash (\)
• Question mark (?)
• Asterisk (*)

5. Click OK to return to the Content page.

In the Content page, the standard certificate fields are displayed in the certificate section.

The following table lists the fields and their predefined values for Answer Type and Supplier field mapping:

Field Supplier Field Mapping Answer Type

Certificate Type [Link] Text (single line limited)

e

Issuer [Link]

Issuer ID [Link]

Audit Result [Link]

Year of Publication [Link]

ion

Certificate Number [Link]

ber

Certificate Location [Link]

ation

Effective Date [Link] Date

Expiration Date [Link]

Attachment [Link] Attachment

Description [Link] Text (multiple lines)

6. Customize the standard certificate fields as needed. For example, they're optional by default, but you can make
any of them required. You can also add initial answers or lists of choices and apply visibility conditions.

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  Note

• SAP Ariba recommends that you don't change the default field mappings or answer types. Changing
them doesn't generate error messages, but in some cases answers provided by respondents don't
show in the supplier's profile.
• The field names are bound with the mappings, so it's recommended you don't to change field names.
• If you delete any of the fields, the field name with an empty value is displayed in the Certificates detail
area of the supplier profile.

7. Add other content to the certificate section as needed.

 Tip

Text and date questions in certificate sections are available in analytical reports. However, since the
certificate name is in the section header, it isn't available in reports. Adding a text question for the
certificate name in the certificate section makes the name available in analytical reports as well. Certificate
type is also not available in analytical reports if it's at the header level, but is available if it's a text question
in the section.

Related Information

Enable certificate sections in supplier management questionnaires [page 799]

About Adding Questions to Supplier Forms and

Questionnaires

These topics describe how to collect supplier information using questions in supplier forms and questionnaires.

Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]

Question Answer Types for Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 407]

Automatic Field Restrictions for Questions in Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 410]

Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire for Certificate Management [page 411]

Adding a Question About Integrated Master Data to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 415]

Address or Extended Address Questions for Collecting Supplier Address Information [page 417]

Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information [page 421]

Tax Questions for Collecting Supplier Tax Information [page 426]

Questions as Search Filters [page 428]

Code Delimiters for Associating Descriptive Questionnaire Answers with ERP or Other Codes [page 431]

Automatic Validation of Question Answers [page 431]

Question Field Mapping [page 432]

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Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire

A question is a content item that asks the respondent to provide some type of information. The answer type you
specify for a question determines the type of information and the format of the response.

Context

The Add Question page includes a number of settings (include in cost, access control, participant-specific initial
values, and so on) that aren't relevant to supplier management. These settings are ignored in supplier management
projects. Only the settings discussed in the following steps are used in supplier management projects. If you're
creating a Text (single line limited) or Text (single line) answer type question, you can optionally use the Apply
field restrictions button to have the system suggest a field validation pattern and maximum length based on the
default SAP ERP business partner configurations of the mapped field. The Apply field restrictions button isn't
available in SAP Ariba Supplier Risk engagement risk assessment and issue management projects.

 Tip

• Answers for questions with the Whole Number answer type have a maximum value of 2147483647, making
it suitable for amounts but not for questions that have numerical answers that can exceed the maximum,
such as phone numbers. For questions with large numerical answers that aren't amounts, use Text (single
line limited) instead.
• Individual questions have KI ID numbers, which are unique identifiers, and the supplier responses that
duplicate checks match against are linked to KI IDs. Duplicate checks match question responses against
recorded supplier responses that are associated with that question's KI ID. As a result, if you delete and
re-create a question, duplicate check doesn't match responses to the re-created question against stored
response data from the deleted question.

 Note

• Make sure that the questions you create in supplier-facing questionnaires don't collect sensitive personal
information as defined in the Data clause in the SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass Supplemental Terms
and Conditions . SAP Ariba doesn't support collecting sensitive personal information for individuals,
including tax information (including tax IDs such as social security numbers) and bank information, in
supplier management questionnaires.
• SAP Ariba doesn't support URL hyperlinks in the questionnaire content.

Procedure

1. Perform one of the following actions:

• Select Add Question at the bottom of the content table to add the question to the end of the form
or questionnaire.
• Select the section to which you want to add the question and select Add Question at the bottom of
the content table.

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 • Click a section to add the question inside or after it and select Add Question from the pull-down
menu.
2. If you selected a location for the new question, select Add Inside to add the new question nested inside
section, or Add After to add it after the selected section on the same level.
3. Choose an answer type from the Answer Type dropdown menu. The answer type you choose determines the
other settings you can specify for the question.
4. Enter the text for your question in the Name field.
5. (Optional) For answer types that allow acceptable values, on the Acceptable Values dropdown menu, perform
one of the following actions:

• To allow respondents to enter any value in the answer field, choose Any Value.
• For questions with answer type Text (single line limited) only, to force respondents to choose a value from
the master data loaded in your site, choose Master Data Value. At the bottom of the Add Question page,
choose a master data type from the Type of master data for answer dropdown menu.

 Note

Use of Locale, User, Group, and Supplier Preferred Level master data for acceptable answers is only
supported in internal forms and questionnaires. Use of integrated CompanyCode, Incoterms, and
PaymentTerms master data for acceptable answers is only supported in the supplier request and
internal supplier registration questionnaires.

• To force respondents to choose from a set of answers you predefine, select List of Choices. The default list
of choices is a dropdown menu where respondents select 1 value from the list. At the bottom of the Add
Question page, specify the following properties for your list of choices:

Property Description and Options

Allow participants to specify other value? Options are:

• Yes: respondents can select Other on your list of choices and
enter a value that isn't on your list in an Other field.
• No: respondents must choose from the values on your list.

Allow participants to select multiple values? If you select Yes, the list of choices is a set of check boxes instead
of a pull-down menu, and respondents can select multiple values
to answer the question. If you allow multiple answers to a question,
you can't add it to reports.

List of Choices Specifies the value on the list of choices.

Enter values and click Add to add choices to the list. Select a value
from the list and click Set Default to make it the default choice.

• For answer types that allow number ranges, to limit answers to a specific range of numbers, select Limited
Range. At the bottom of the Add Question page, add from and to values to define the range. For date
questions, select a relative range such as Last Week or This Year from the Range menu, or select Custom
and specify a fixed from and to date to define the range.

6. For decimal number, money, or percentage answer types, enter the number of decimal places; the default
number is 2.
7. Specify the following settings for the question; available settings depend on the answer type you selected:

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 Setting Description and Options

Response Required? Specifies whether or not you want to require various respondents to answer the
question. Options are:
• Not Required
• Yes, Participant Required: in external-facing questionnaires, the supplier
must answer the question. In internal-facing questionnaires, the internal
recipient must answer the question.
• Yes, Owner Required: Don't use this setting. In supplier management
projects, all internal and external recipients who complete questionnaires
act as participants. There's no way to satisfy an owner requirement, and
using this setting causes recipients to be unable to submit the form or
questionnaire.

Description Specifies a message to show in a popup that users open by clicking an informa-
tion icon next to the question. If you specify a description, you can use the
Translations link to provide translations for it in languages other than your site's
primary language.

 Note
The Description field is available in supplier management questionnaires
(request, registration, qualification, disqualification, preferred, and modular
questionnaires) and in engagement request questionnaires in the supplier
engagement risk assessment project.

Reference documents Click Attach a file to attach a reference file to the question; you can either upload
the file from your local computer or select it from your site’s library content. You
can only attach library content to which you have access.

Mask Attachments Specifies whether or not you want to mask attachments so that only the users
with the appropriate permissions can view or download them.

 Note
The attachment masking setting isn't supported in supplier engagement risk
assessment and issue management projects.

Sensitive Data Mask Pattern If you want to mask the answer so that only users with the appropriate permis-
sions can view it, you can specify a masking pattern to mask all or part of the
answer.

 Note
The data mask pattern setting isn't supported in supplier engagement risk
assessment and issue management projects.

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 Setting Description and Options

Code Delimiters Specifies the characters that enclose the codes you associate with descriptive
answers in a list of choices. If you specify code delimiters, and then create a
list of choices that includes codes enclosed by those delimiters, that enclosed
information is the only part of the answer stored in a mapped database field.

 Note
The code delimiters setting isn't supported in supplier engagement risk as-
sessment and issue management projects.

Visible to Participants Specifies whether or not suppliers can see the question in external question-
naires. This setting is ignored in internal questionnaires and in external question-
naires that buyer users edit in the buyer user interface, where all questions are
visible.

Don't add internal-only questions to external questionnaires. For external (sup-

plier-facing) questionnaires, only choose No if you're setting up a hidden ques-
tion that triggers a conditional approval or prepopulates an answer with a fixed
value.

Participants can add additional Specifies whether or not respondents can add additional attachments and com-
comments and attachments ments to the question using an icon that opens an extra comment field and
attachment link.

 Note
• Attachments in supplier management questionnaires can't include em-
bedded documents.
• Internal questionnaire recipients can't add comments or attachments to
questions in repeatable sections.

Max length Specifies the maximum character length for text questions. The length you spec-
ify must be shorter than the absolute maximum length of the question (255 for
Text (single line limited), 4000 for Text (single line), and unlimited for Text
(multiple lines) answers. Answers can't exceed the absolute maximum length for
an answer type regardless of the setting you apply in this field.

If you're mapping a question to a supplier database field and the question has
a Text (single line limited) or Text (single line) answer type, you can use the
optional Apply field restrictions button to automatically generate a suggested
maximum length. The Max Length setting helps to make sure that the answer
doesn't exceed the maximum length of that field. For mapped questions, the
length of the database field is the ultimate determiner of the stored answer
length.

 Note
The maximum length setting isn't supported in supplier engagement risk
assessment and issue management projects.

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 Setting Description and Options

Supplier field mapping If you want to map the question to a supplier database field, enter the field name.
You can also use project and matrix mappings in this field.

The optional Apply field restrictions button can help validate your supplier field
mapping entry. If it doesn't recognize a supplier field mapping, it suggests alter-
native field mappings. The feature can also suggest a Max length and Validation
pattern based on the supplier field mapping.

 Note
Supplier engagement risk assessment and issue management projects don't
support mapping to supplier database fields. They support a specific set of
project and matrix mappings only. See the topics about setting up those
templates for details.

Search term If you want to turn the question into a filter for supplier searches, enter the filter
name.

 Note
• You can only turn some answer types into search filters, and keep in
mind best practices for constructing effective search filters. Turning
questions into search filters isn't supported in supplier risk engage-
ments
• Search terms aren't supported in supplier engagement risk assessment
and issue management projects.
.

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 Setting Description and Options

Validation Pattern and Validation If you want to specify that the answer must be provided in a specific format,
Pattern Error Message enter a regular expression to define that format. You can also enter an optional
custom error message that recipients see when they try to submit an answer
that doesn't fit the pattern.

If you're mapping a question to a supplier database field and the question has
a Text (single line limited) or Text (single line) answer type, you can use the
optional Apply field restrictions button to automatically generate a suggested
validation pattern.

 Note
• Validation patterns aren't supported in supplier engagement risk as-
sessment and issue management projects.

•  Note
Questions can't include both a validation pattern and an SAP Busi-
ness Network field mapping, since there's no way to apply the val-
idation pattern to a question answer synchronized from an SAP
Business Network profile field. Template validation prevents publi-
cation of any templates that include a question with both a valida-
tion pattern and an SAP Business Network field mapping.

Enable duplicate check Specifies whether or not the answer is used to identify duplicate suppliers during
the supplier request process. In both internal and external supplier requests,
questions mapped to name, street address, city, state, country/region, postal
code, and D-U-N-S Number fields are automatically used in duplicate check.
This setting allows you to specify additional questions to use in duplicate check.
This field is only available for Text (single line limited) questions in internal
and external supplier requests in sites with the custom duplicate check feature
enabled.

 Tip
Only enable this setting for questions that are likely to yield unique answers
for each supplier. SAP Ariba recommends that you enable this setting for no
more than 5 questions total in an internal or external supplier request. Overly
broad duplicate checks result in a higher number of false positives.

Visibility Conditions Specifies the conditions under which suppliers and internal users at your com-
pany see the question. Click none and select an existing condition, or select
Create Condition to create a new condition. For details, see Visibility Conditions
for Showing or Hiding Content Based on Answers [page 477].

8. (Optional) To communicate your expectations of how you want respondents to answer the question, provide an
initial value by performing one of the following actions:

• For yes/no questions, select Yes or No as a default value, or select Unspecified if you don't want to provide
a default value.

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 • For attachment questions, click Attach a file and either upload the file from your local computer or select
it from your site’s library to provide an attachment that respondents can use as a template or form for
providing their responses.
• For certificate questions, select Yes or No as a default value, or select Unspecified if you don't want to
provide a default value. If you select Yes, you can click Details and provide default certificate information
such as issuer to communicate your expectations for how you want respondents to answer the question.
• For quantity questions, the default unit of measure for the initial value is each. To change it, click each and
select from the list of units of measure used in your site.
• For all other answer types, enter an initial value in the Initial Value field.

 Note

Setting initial values for questions that are hidden by default using visibility conditions isn't supported.
When the condition is met and the question shows, it doesn't include the initial value. If you're using the
initial value to set a default answer to a question, you can either:
• Set Visible to Participants to No instead of using visibility conditions, if you want to prepopulate the
answer with a fixed value and the recipient doesn't need to edit it. Submitting the questionnaire sets
the answer to the initial value in the hidden question.
• Make the question visible by default.

9. Click Done.

Related Information

Question Answer Types for Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 407]
Question Field Mapping [page 432]
Questions as Search Filters [page 428]
Automatic Validation of Question Answers [page 431]
Conditional Approval Flows Based on Questionnaire Answers [page 512]
Sensitive Data Masking in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 475]
Code Delimiters for Associating Descriptive Questionnaire Answers with ERP or Other Codes [page 431]
Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire for Certificate Management [page 411]
Adding a Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 390]
Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 391]
Adding an Attachment to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 473]
Adding a Requirement to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 470]
About Field Mappings for SAP Business Network Supplier Profile Fields [page 456]
Default Supplier Request Duplicate Checks and Setting Up Custom Duplicate Checks [page 240]
Automatic Field Restrictions for Questions in Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 410]
Adding a Question About Integrated Master Data to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 415]
Comments and Attachments in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 379]

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Question Answer Types for Supplier Forms and Questionnaires

For each question you add to a supplier form or questionnaire, you specify an answer type that defines the type of
data you want in that field.

Answer Type Description

Text (single line limited) The answer field accepts a single line of text (numerical and
alphabetic characters) with no character returns and a maxi-
mum of 255 characters.

This answer type is the only one for which you can set master
data values as an acceptable answer.

Text (single line) The answer field accepts a single line of text (numerical and
alphabetic characters) with no character returns and a maxi-
mum of 4000 characters.

 Note
When questionnaire recipients in different locales answer
Text (single line) questions, those answers are stored in
different, locale-specific database fields and treated as lo-
cale-specific values. If a recipient in locale A submits the
questionnaire and then a recipient in locale B updates it,
the updated answers in locale B are not treated as updates
to the answers in locale A in questionnaire version compar-
ison, and don't show to users viewing the questionnaire
in locales other than B. This behavior is not an issue for
questionnaires that are only submitted once, but can be
an issue in questionnaires that support updates. With the
Text (single line limited) answer type, answers are stored
in the same, locale-independent database field and treated
as comparable values regardless of the locale in which
they are provided. SAP Ariba therefore recommends using
Text (single line limited) rather than Text (single line) for
questions in questionnaires that allow updates.

Text (multiple lines) The answer field initially shows six lines of text and can be
expanded indefinitely with a vertical scroll bar and no character
limit.

Whole Number A whole number. For example, 20. Answers have a maximum
value of 2147483647. For questions with large numerical an-
swers that are not amounts, such as phone numbers or IDs,
use Text (single line limited) instead.

Decimal Number A decimal number. For example, 19.5. The default number of
decimal places is 2

Date A formatted date. For example, Fri., 12 Aug., 2009.

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Answer Type Description

Money A decimal number plus currency symbol. The default number

of decimal places is 2.

Yes/No The answer field is a dropdown menu with Yes and No menu
items.

Attachment Requires the respondent to answer the question by uploading

a file attachment. You can provide a default file attachment as
an initial value, which the respondent can then download, edit,
and upload to answer the question.

 Note
• Use the certificate sections [page 397] or the
Certificate answer type [page 411] to ask for supplier
certificates.
• Attachments to answers in questionnaires edited by
internal users have a maximum file size of 10 MB. This
limit applies to both internal questionnaires, such as
the internal supplier request, and external question-
naires edited by internal users, such as external reg-
istration questionnaires edited by internal recipients
during internal registrations.

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Answer Type Description

Certificate The answer field is a dropdown menu with Yes and No menu
items. Selecting Yes displays a Details link that allows re-
spondents to enter certificate information such as issuer, num-
ber, location, type, and effective and expiration dates, and to
upload a certificate file as an attachment. For more details, re-
fer to Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire
for Certificate Management [page 411].

 Note
• SAP Ariba doesn't validate the details in certificate
answers (effective date, expiration date, and so on)
against associated certificate attachments.
• Certificate management features for Certificate
questions are only supported in modular question-
naire projects. Certificate questions only include ex-
piration settings modular questionnaire project tem-
plates. In modular questionnaire projects that include
internal forms, certificate management features are
only supported in the key questionnaire (the template
survey document with a format of Questionnaire).
They aren't supported in internal forms.
• Questions in certificate sections [page 397] are cus-
tomizable, and questions with supported answer
types, such as text and date questions, are availa-
ble in analytical reports on questionnaire responses.
Fields in Certificate questions aren't available in ana-
lytical reports.

Address The answer is a complete set of address fields: Street, City,

State/Province/Region, and Country/Region, which uses a
dropdown menu to allow users to select from a list available
countries.

Extended Address The answer is an extended set of address fields; the coun-
try/region fields use dropdown menus to allow users to select
from a list of available values. A limited number of fields, in-
cluding any fields with values, show by default in a Show Less
view. Users can click Show More to see the full set of fields.

Percentage A percentage value. For example, 25%. The default number of

decimal places is 2.

Quantity A number value plus a unit of measurement selected from a

predefined list. The default unit of measurement is each.

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Answer Type Description

Commodity The answer field is a dropdown menu that allows respondents

to select from the commodities used in your site.

Region The answer field is a dropdown menu that allows respondents

to select from the regions master data defined in your site.

Department The answer field is a dropdown menu that allows respondents

to select from the departments or cost center master data
defined in your site.

Supplier The answer field is a dropdown menu that allows respondents

to select from the suppliers in your site.

This answer type is only supported in SAP Ariba Supplier Risk.

Bank Account The answer field is a complete set of predefined bank account
fields. For details, refer to Bank Account Questions for Collect-
ing Supplier Bank Information [page 421].

This answer type is not available in SAP Ariba Supplier Risk.

Tax The answer field is a dropdown menu for country/region and a

set of country/region-specific tax fields defined by master data
in your site. For details, refer to Tax Questions for Collecting
Supplier Tax Information [page 426].

This answer type is not available in SAP Ariba Supplier Risk.

Related Information

Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire for Certificate Management [page 411]
Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]
Default Fields and Field Mappings in Address Question Answer Types [page 447]
Predefined Fields and Field Mappings in Bank Account Questions [page 454]
Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data Import [page 98]

Automatic Field Restrictions for Questions in Supplier Management

Questionnaires

You can validate supplier field mappings and automatically add system-generated recommendations for validation
patterns and maximum field length when you're creating questions.

If the enhanced questionnaire configuration capabilities for increased ERP integration accuracy feature
(SM-12250) is enabled in your site, and the question has an answer type of Text (single line limited) or Text
(single line), you can use a tool to validate supplier field mappings and to generate recommendations for validation
patterns and maximum field length based on specified field mappings.

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To use this tool, choose Apply field restrictions. If you've entered an invalid supplier field mapping, the system
offers corrections. If you've enter a valid supplier field mapping, the system suggests a validation pattern and
maximum field length for the specified mapping, based on default SAP ERP business partner configurations.

The Apply field restrictions option isn't available for questions with answer types other than Text (single line
limited) or Text (single line), or if an administrator in your organization has disabled it.

Related Information

Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]

About Adding Questions to Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 399]
Disable field restrictions for field mappings in supplier management questionnaires [page 795]
Question Field Mapping [page 432]
Increase maximum size for name fields to 40 characters each in applied field restrictions [page 812]

Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire for

Certificate Management

One of the purposes of the modular questionnaire is to collect certificate information about suppliers. Questions of
answer type Certificate in modular questionnaire templates have special settings for certificate management.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Template Creator group to create modular supplier management questionnaire
templates.

Certificate types [page 84] must be defined for your site.

Context

Questions of answer type Certificate in automatically include a set of predefined detail fields. Questionnaire
recipients see these fields when they choose a Yes answer for the question:

• Certificate Type, which you define in the question settings in the modular questionnaire template. Modular
questionnaire recipients can't edit this field.
Certificate Type is a search filter in supplier searches on the Supplier Management dashboard. When you
collect certificates in modular questionnaires, you specify a predefined Certificate Type for all answers to the
same Certificate question. In other types of supplier management projects, the Certificate Type field is a text
field and recipients can add any value to it, resulting in duplicate or confusing search filters.
• Issuer

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• Year of publication
• Certificate Number
• Certificate Location
• Effective Date
• Expiration Date
• Attachment
• Description

Regardless of whether or not you make a Certificate question required, if a supplier answers Yes to the question,
they're required to provide answers in all of these fields except for Certificate Type. To make most certificate
fields in Certificate questions optional, a customer administrator in your organization can enable the self-service
configuration parameter Require only attachment and expiration date for supplier certificates [page 819]. When
this parameter is enabled, all Certificate question fields in external questionnaires are optional except for
Expiration Date and Attachment.

 Tip

These fields are always included in every Certificate question and aren't customizable. You can customize
the fields your organization uses to collect supplier certificates by creating a certificate section [page 397]
instead. Certificate questions aren't available in analytical reports, but questions with supported answer types
in certificate sections, such as text and date questions, are.

A certificate answer inherits the commodity, region, and department of its modular supplier management
questionnaire.

You set the Certificate Type for each certificate question that you create. A customer administrator defines the
certificate types in your site through data import.

Questions of answer type Certificate in modular questionnaires are automatically mapped to the
[Link] database field, and therefore don't include a Supplier Field Mapping setting. This mapping
ensures that certificates provided in answer to the question show in the Certificates detail area of the supplier
profile. This mapping is the only mapping that doesn't require the [$index] [page 434] syntax if the question is
in a repeatable section. Certificate questions in other types of supplier management projects aren't automatically
mapped, and you must manually map them to [Link].

The Add Question page includes a number of settings (access control, participant-specific initial values, and so on)
that aren't relevant to modular questionnaires. These settings are ignored in modular questionnaire projects. Only
the settings discussed in the following steps are used in modular questionnaire projects.

 Note

• SAP Ariba doesn't validate the details in certificate answers (effective date, expiration date, and so on)
against associated certificate attachments.
• Attachments in supplier management questionnaires can't include embedded documents.
• If the modular questionnaire project in which you want to collect certificate information allows internal
forms, add Certificate questions only in the key questionnaire. In a modular questionnaire project template
that allows internal forms, the key questionnaire is the survey document with a questionnaire format of
Questionnaire. The key questionnaire is the only questionnaire in the project that supports certificate
management. Internal forms don't support certificate management features, so don't add Certificate
questions to them.

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Procedure

1. Open the supplier modular questionnaire template. If it's not in Draft, create a new version.
2. Choose the Documents tab.

3. Choose the questionnaire survey document and choose Action Edit .

4. Choose Content.
5. Perform one of the following actions:

• To add the question at the end of the questionnaire, choose Add Question .
• To add the question inside a section, select the section and choose Add Question in the content
table.
• To add a question inside or immediately after a section, select the section and choose Add
Question from the dropdown menu.
6. If you selected a location for the new question, choose Add Inside to add the new question nested inside
section, or Add After to add it after the selected section on the same level.
7. Choose Certificate from the Answer Type dropdown menu.
8. Enter the text for your question in the Name field.
9. Specify the following settings for the question:

Setting Description and options

Response Required? Specifies whether or not you want to require the recipient to
answer the question. Options are:
• Not Required
• Yes, Participant Required: The recipient must answer
the question.
• Yes, Owner Required: Don't use this setting. In supplier
management projects, all internal and external ques-
tionnaire recipients are participants. There's no way to
satisfy an owner requirement, and using this setting
prevents recipients from submitting the questionnaire.
Note that for Certificate questions, even if you don't require
a response, if the supplier answers Yes, they must answer all
the detail questions.

Reference Documents Choose Attach a file to attach a reference file to the ques-
tion. You can either upload the file from your local computer
or select it from your site’s library content. You can only
attach library content that you have permission to access.

Visible to Participant Specifies whether or not recipients can see the question.
Only choose No if you're setting up a hidden question that
triggers a conditional approval.

Certificate Type Choose the applicable certificate type for the question.

Expiration schedule Specifies certain automatic actions that occur based on the
Expiration Date in the certificate answer. You can set the
following options:
• Specify the amount of time before the expiration date
when an automatic notification is sent to the supplier to
remind them to update their answer.

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 Setting Description and options

• Choose Notify primary supplier manager to send a

notification to the internal user assigned to the supplier
as primary supplier manager at the same time as the
supplier reminder is sent.
• Choose Notify project owners to send automatic noti-
fications to members of the modular questionnaire's
Project Owner project group at the same time as the
supplier reminder is sent.
• Check Update status on the questionnaire when the
certificate is expiring or expired to change the mod-
ular questionnaire project status to Expiring when
the expiration reminder notification is sent, and to
Expired when the certificate expiration date provided
has passed.
You can create a separate expiration schedule for
the modular questionnaire project. If the expiration re-
minder or expiration date for the Certificate question
comes before the questionnaire's scheduled reminder
or expiration date, the certificate question settings
override the questionnaire expiration schedule and trig-
ger the status change for the questionnaire.

Visibility Conditions Specifies the conditions under which questionnaire recipi-

ents see the question. Choose none and select an existing
condition, or choose Create Condition to create a new con-
dition.

10. Optional: Provide an initial value as an example of how you want recipients to answer the question by choosing
Yes or No as a default value. If you choose Yes, you can choose Details and provide default certificate
information such as issuer.

 Note

Setting initial values for questions that are hidden by default using visibility conditions isn't supported.
When the condition is met and the question shows, it doesn't include the initial value. If you're using the
initial value to set a default answer to a question, you can either:
• Set Visible to Participants to No instead of using visibility conditions, if you want to prepopulate the
answer with a fixed value and the recipient doesn't need to edit it. Submitting the questionnaire sets
the answer to the initial value in the hidden question.
• Make the question visible by default.

11. Optional: Choose Done.

Related Information

Field Mapping for Repeatable Sections [page 434]

Comments and Attachments in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 379]

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Adding a Question About Integrated Master Data to a Supplier Form
or Questionnaire

You can create a master data question that asks respondents to choose from a list of answers that is automatically
populated by values from integrated master data such as company codes, purchasing organizations, payment
terms, and incoterms.

Prerequisites

Questions about integrated master data aren't supported in external questionnaires. They also aren't supported in
repeatable sections in internal questionnaires.

To create or edit questions in questionnaires in supplier management project templates, you must be a member of
the Template Creator group.

Your site must be configured for SAP material master data integration, and the material master data integration
must use the same business system ID for that integration must be the same business system ID that is specified
in the integration settings in SM Administration. You can only create an integrated master data question for a type
of master data that is loaded in your site. Currently supported types are company code, purchasing organization,
payment terms, and incoterms (the Purchase Org, Company Code, Payment Terms, and IncoTerms elements
in the integrated system). For details, refer to Topics About Managing SAP Material Master Data Integration.

 Note

• As a best practice, SAP Ariba recommends managing company code and purchasing organization
information directly in the integrated SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S system. Setting or
maintaining this data in SAP Ariba is a work-around that requires thorough testing in your landscape based
on your specific requirements.
• Questions about integrated master data currently aren't supported in integration landscapes that
consolidate master data from multiple ERP systems in SAP Master Data Governance (MDG).

Context

Integrated master data questions automatically populate answers with the current values from the integrated
master data. The answer dropdown menu shows the following master data fields:

Type of master data Master data fields in answer dropdown menu

CompanyCode Description [UniqueName]

PurchaseOrg Name [UniqueName]

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Type of master data Master data fields in answer dropdown menu

Incoterms Description [UniqueName]

 Note
SAP Ariba automatically shows descriptions in the lan-
guage that matches a user's locale if available.

PaymentTerms Description [UniqueName]

Some types of master data reference other master data. For example, purchase organization master data includes
a CompanyCodeUniqueName field to associate specific company codes with specific purchasing organizations. For
these types of master data, you can set up either of the following types of answer filters:

• Filters on specific related values: you can filter the list of available answers for a master data question so
that it only includes answers associated with a specific related master data value. For example, you can filter
a list of purchasing organization answers so that it only shows those values that are associated with a specific
company code.
• Filters based on answers to related master data questions: you can filter the list of available answers for a
master data question based on the answer to a related master data question. For example, you can filter a list
of purchasing organization answers so that it only shows those values that are associated with the company
code that the respondent selected as the answer to a previous question.

Procedure

1. Perform one of the following actions:

• To add the question to the end of the form or questionnaire, choose Add Question at the bottom of
the content table.
• Select the section to which you want to add the question and choose Add Question at the bottom of
the content table.
• To add the question inside or after a section, click its name and choose Add Question .
2. If you selected a location for the new question, choose Add Inside to add the new question nested inside
section, or Add After to add it after the selected section on the same level.
3. On the Answer Type dropdown menu, choose Text (single line limited).
4. Enter the text for your question in the Name field.
5. On the Acceptable Values dropdown menu, choose Master Data Value.
6. On the Type of master data for answer dropdown menu, choose a type of integrated master data.
7. (Optional) To set up answer filters, perform the following actions:
a. For Filter list of answers?, choose Yes.
b. On the Filter column dropdown menu, choose the column in the master data file by which you want to
filter the list of answers.
c. In the Filter values field, either enter a static value or reference the answer to another question in the
questionnaire using the format ($answer.{QuestionNumber}).
8. Specify any other necessary settings for the question, including field mappings.

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9. Click Done.

Related Information

Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]

Question Field Mapping [page 432]

Address or Extended Address Questions for Collecting Supplier

Address Information

Template survey documents in supplier management projects include Address and Extended Address question
answer types, which have special features that are designed specifically for collecting supplier address information.

By default, Address questions include basic address fields such as street, city, region, country/region, and postal
code. Extended Address questions include a larger set of fields such as house number, building, district, and PO
box that are useful for international and nonresidential addresses. Refer to Default Fields and Field Mappings in
Address Question Answer Types [page 447] for a complete list of fields and their database field mappings.

Collecting supplier addresses in an Extended Address question in the external registration questionnaire is an
integration best practice.

 Note

For supplier request questionnaires that include Extended Address questions, respondents must provide an
answer in the Region field to submit the questionnaire.

The following table describes the functionality supported for each answer type:

Functionality Address Extended Address

Supported in repeatable sections No Yes

Supports visibility and editability condi- No No

tions based on underlying fields

Required for Dun & Bradstreet integra- No Yes

tion
Your site's Extended Address configura-
tion must include specific fields for Dun
& Bradstreet integration.

Used in default duplicate check Yes No

Supports use of custom region codes No Yes

Supports available field customizations, Minimal, with restrictions Yes, with restrictions
which SAP Ariba must configure for you

Uses customizable master data to define Yes Yes

country/region-specific syntax validation
for postal codes

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You can use self-service configuration parameters in Intelligent Configuration Manager to control the following
behavior in Address or Extended Address questions:

Parameter Description Address Extended Address

Enable additional street lines In Address questions, shows Yes No

in supplier addresses
the two additional street lines
([Link]
(Street 2 and Street 3) in
eAdditionalStreetLin
the supplier view of external
es)
questionnaires on SAP Busi-
ness Network and in project
advanced view. Default config-
urations include both these
fields, but they don't show in
these areas by default.

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Parameter Description Address Extended Address

Make Extended Address Makes the State/Province/ No Yes

State/Province/Region
Region field in Extended
Required Where Available
Address questions required
([Link]
when there's state/prov-
ssExtRegionCodeManda
tory) ince/region data available for
the selected country/region.
When there's no state/prov-
ince/region data available for
the selected country/region,
the field remains optional.

 Caution
The State/Province/
Region field is manda-
tory if the selected coun-
try/region is Canada (CA),
China (CN), Brazil (BR),
Mexico (MX), or the
United States (US). As
a result, whether this pa-
rameter is enabled or dis-
abled, your questionnaire
recipients must select at
least one value from the
State/Province/Region
dropdown menu for these
countries/regions. There-
fore, ensure that your
region master data in-
cludes at least one State/
Province/Region value
for these countries/re-
gions.

This parameter is only appli-

cable in sites that don’t have
a field customization to make
the State/Province/Region
field required. That field cus-
tomization makes the field re-
quired in all cases. To use
this parameter instead, first
request SAP Ariba Support to
remove the customization.

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Parameter Description Address Extended Address

List Extended Address fields Specifies a list of Extended No Yes

for which blank updates from Address fields for which data
SAP Business Network clear is removed if a supplier up-
data dates their SAP Business Net-
work profile address and an
Extended Address question in
an external registration ques-
tionnaire is mapped to
'[Link]
stalAddress,network.
[Link]
talAddress'. Data is re-
moved from the specified field
if either the supplier specifi-
cally removes the value in the
corresponding SAP Business
Network profile field, or if
there's no corresponding pro-
file field but the supplier up-
dates their profile address. By
default, in this situation, the
answer is removed from the
questionnaire with the map-
ped question, but remains in
the database field and is
synchronized to the ERP sys-
tem unless the field is speci-
fied in this parameter. For a list
of supported values for this
parameter, see List Extended
Address fields for which blank
updates from SAP Business
Network clear data [page
814].

SAP Ariba supports customization of Address field labels and help text, which appears when users click the
information icon next to the field, for all fields except Street. However, these customizations only show in the
supplier view of external questionnaires on SAP Business Network. No customizations are supported in the buyer
view of internal or external questionnaires.

SAP Ariba supports the following customizations for Extended Address in both buyer and supplier views:

• Field labels and help text, which appears when users click the information icon next to the field.
• Which fields are included in Extended Address questions.
• Whether or not individual fields are required.

 Restriction

Making any fields in Extended Address questions required prevents suppliers from saving any external
questionnaire that includes the question as a draft response. If an Extended Address question in the
questionnaire includes a required field, the supplier must edit and submit the questionnaire in one step.

You can make the State/Province/Region field required using the self-service configuration parameter Make
Extended Address State/Province/Region Required Where Available instead. The parameter provides

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 flexibility by keeping the field optional in cases where your site doesn't have region data for the selected
country/region. If you use a field customization to make the State/Province/Region required, it's always
required, and if there's no region data to select for a specified country/region, the recipient is blocked from
submitting the questionnaire.
• The order in which the fields appear from top to bottom.
• Whether a field appears in the initial Show Less view, or only after the user clicks a Show More link.
• The width of the field into which users add text. Note that this setting has no relation to the field's maximum
number of characters.

The following customizations aren't supported for Extended Address:

• Adding new fields to Extended Address questions. You can include or exclude the default fields, but you can't
add custom fields.
• Field length.

Related Information

Default Fields and Field Mappings in Address Question Answer Types [page 447]
Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]
Question Answer Types for Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 407]
Enable additional street lines in supplier addresses [page 797]
Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Registration Questionnaires For Integration [page 74]
Prerequisites for Integrating Dun & Bradstreet with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance [page 604]
Importing Custom Region Codes for Supplier Addresses [page 173]
Country/Region-Specific Postal Code Validation Data Import [page 114]
Enable additional street lines in supplier addresses [page 797]
Make Extended Address State/Province/Region Required Where Available [page 816]
Make account holder name required in Bank Account questions [page 815]

Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information

Template survey documents in supplier management projects include a Bank Account question answer type,
which has special features that are designed specifically for collecting supplier bank information.

Bank Account questions include a set of predefined fields [page 454]. Using Bank Account questions in supplier
management questionnaires enables you to ask for bank details automatically without having to create a separate
question for each detail field.

 Note

• Bank Account questions are designed for use in repeatable sections, and provide a way for recipients
to add any number of bank accounts to a questionnaire. You can't add a Bank Account question inside
a repeatable section and another Bank Account question outside of a repeatable section in the same
questionnaire. SAP Ariba recommends only adding Bank Account questions in repeatable sections.
Some fields in Bank Account questions, such as the automatically generated Bank ID field and the
Country/Region field, become read-only after an answer is added. Repeatable sections allow respondents

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 to remove existing bank account answers from the questionnaire by deleting the entire repeatable section.
Without a repeatable section, respondents can't remove bank account information in read-only fields in
existing answers to Bank Account questions once they're added.
If you plan to use repeatable sections in internal questionnaires, or your site allows internal registrations,
where internal recipients fill out and submit external questionnaires, make sure that the internal repeatable
sections feature is enabled. For details, refer to Enable repeatable sections in internal questionnaires [page
806].
• Make sure that the questions you create in supplier-facing questionnaires don't collect sensitive personal
information as defined in the Data clause in the SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass Supplemental Terms
and Conditions . SAP Ariba doesn't support collecting sensitive personal information for individuals,
including tax information (including tax IDs such as social security numbers) and bank information, in
supplier management questionnaires.

The following configuration options control the behavior of certain fields in Bank Account questions:

Fields Default behavior Configuration options

Bank ID Bank ID is read-only, and SAP Ariba au- You can optionally define country/region-
tomatically generates bank IDs for sup- specific prefixes [page 101] to include in
pliers using sequential numerical values automatically generated bank IDs.
starting with 0000. Once SAP Ariba gen-
The following self-service parameters
erates a bank ID for a bank account,
control supplier bank ID generation:
its Country/Region field also becomes
read-only. • Define the length of supplier bank
IDs [page 794]
([Link]
e), which defines the maximum
length of automatically generated
bank IDs.
• Start automatically-generated sup-
plier bank IDs with 0001 [page 823]
([Link]
eBankIDFromOne), which con-
trols whether automatically gener-
ated bank IDs for each supplier start
with 0000 (the default) or 0001.

Account Holder Name Account Holder Name is optional. The self-service configuration parameter
Make account holder name required in
Bank Account questions [page 815]
([Link]
rNameMandatory) controls whether
this field is required or optional.

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Fields Default behavior Configuration options

• Name These fields are visible and questionnaire The self-service configuration parameter
recipients can edit them.
• Bank Branch Hide bank master data fields in Bank Ac-
• Street count questions [page 810]

• City ([Link]

• State/Province/Region erFields) controls whether these

fields are visible and editable, or hidden
• Postal Code
and therefore uneditable. If you maintain
this data in bank master records in an in-
tegrated ERP system, you can hide these
fields so that questionnaire recipients
can't provide conflicting answers.

• IBAN Number IBAN Number or a combination of Bank The self-service configuration parameter
Key/ABA Routing Number and Account
• Bank Key/ABA Routing Number
Number are required.
Enable country/region-specific visibility
• Account Number and optionality configurations for Bank
Account fields [page 799]
([Link]
mponentVisibility) controls
whether or not the visibility and optional-
ity of these fields are default behavior or
are defined by syntax validation data
[page 424] for those fields instead.

If this parameter is enabled, visibility and

optionality can be defined by default data
provided by SAP Ariba, or by your cus-
tom data definitions.

SWIFT Code SWIFT Code is visible. SAP Ariba Support can enable
SM-28926, an optional feature to hide
this field.

SAP Ariba validates Bank Account answers to ensure that there are values present in mandatory fields and SAP
Ariba performs syntax validation on some fields [page 424] using country/region-specific syntax data definitions in
your site, which you can customize.

When you add a Bank Account question to a questionnaire, keep in mind the following considerations:

• IBAN number and Account Number are always masked so that only users in the Sensitive Data Access
group can see the full numbers. By default, Bank Account questions use a masking pattern of (.*).(4),
which masks all but the last four digits of every IBAN or account number. You can edit or remove this masking
pattern, but if you remove it entirely, the default masking pattern of (.*).(4) still applies.
• Bank Account questions use the field mapping [Link] (for individual questions) or
[Link][$index] (for questions in repeatable sections). This mapping stores answers in the
corresponding bank fields [page 454] in the supplier database and synchronizes them to those fields in any
integrated ERP system.

Otherwise, you don't apply settings to any of the individual fields in the question. For example, you can apply a
visibility or editability condition to the entire question, but can't apply visibility or editability conditions to individual
fields in the question.

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The answers to Bank Account questions automatically show in the ERP data detail area of supplier profiles.

 Note

• Don't combine a Bank Account question with individual questions mapped to [Link] fields
in the same questionnaire. Either use a Bank Account question or use individual mapped questions in a
single questionnaire.
• Integrations with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP MDG-S currently don't support bank account numbers
longer than 18 characters.
• Inactivating a supplier doesn't remove their data from your site, but does make it inaccessible. Reactivating
an inactive supplier restores their data. To permanently obfuscate a supplier's data in your site, including
bank account details, you can expire them.

Related Information

Predefined Fields and Field Mappings in Bank Account Questions [page 454]
Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]
Sensitive Data Masking in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 475]
Define the length of supplier bank IDs [page 794]
Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Information [page 424]
Marking a Supplier Managed in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information
and Performance Management (New Architecture) for Expiration [page 579]

Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account

Information

Syntax validation for supplier bank account information helps ensure that the supplier bank account information
you collect in supplier management questionnaires only includes values that are valid in an integrated ERP system.
You can also control visibility and optionality of certain Bank Account fields using this data.

SAP Ariba automatically validates the answers in the IBAN, bank account holder name, account number, and bank
key or ABA routing number fields in Bank Account questions in supplier requests (both internal and external) and
registration, qualification, and modular supplier management questionnaires using syntax master data.

By default, bank account syntax validation uses default, country/region-specific data definitions. You can use data
import tasks to customize bank account syntax validation in your site.

If the self-service parameter Enable country/region-specific visibility and optionality configurations for Bank
Account fields [page 799] ([Link]) is enabled in your site, the
visibility and optionality of the IBAN Number, Account Number. and Bank Key/ABA Routing Number fields are
also controlled by this bank syntax validation data.

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Field Default values Custom values

Bank Control Key Default Bank Control Keys in Bank Ac- Import country/region-specific bank con-
count questions [page 646] trol key [page 104] master data to de-
fine custom values for this field. After a
respondent selects the bank country/re-
gion, they choose from the list of valid
bank key values you've defined for that
country/region.

IBAN Number Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Import country/region-specific IBAN syn-
Mandatory Flags for IBAN Numbers in
tax master data [page 106] for this field.
Bank Account Questions [page 647]
When a respondent submits a question-
naire, an automatic validation check de-
termines whether or not their answer
is valid for the selected bank country/re-
gion based on this master data.

If country/region-specific visibility and

optionality are enabled, this data also de-
termines whether the field is visible or re-
quired for the selected bank country/re-
gion.

Account Holder Name, Account Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Import country/region-specific syntax
Number, and Bank Key/ABA Routing Mandatory Flags for Account Holder
master data [page 109] for these fields.
Number Names, Account Numbers, and Bank
When a respondent submits a question-
Keys in Bank Account Questions [page
657] naire, an automatic validation check de-
termines whether or not their answers
are valid for the selected bank coun-
try/region based on this master data.

If country/region-specific visibility and

optionality are enabled, this data also de-
termines whether the Account Number
and Bank Key/ABA Routing Number
fields are visible or required for the se-
lected bank country/region.

Respondents who provide invalid answers see error messages informing them of the required syntax for their
answers based on the syntax validations you've defined for them and are unable to submit questionnaires with
invalid answers for those fields.

Related Information

Country/Region-Specific Bank Control Key Data Import [page 104]

Country/Region-Specific Validation Syntax, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account IBAN Number
Data Import [page 106]
Country/Region-Specific Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Holder Name,
Account Number, and Bank Key or ABA Routing Number Data Import [page 109]

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Default Bank Control Keys in Bank Account questions [page 646]
Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Mandatory Flags for IBAN Numbers in Bank Account Questions [page 647]
Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Mandatory Flags for Account Holder Names, Account Numbers, and Bank
Keys in Bank Account Questions [page 657]

Tax Questions for Collecting Supplier Tax Information

Template survey documents in supplier management projects include a Tax question answer type, which has
special features that are designed specifically for collecting supplier tax information.

 Note

Make sure that the questions you create in supplier-facing questionnaires don't collect sensitive personal
information as defined in the Data clause in the SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass Supplemental Terms and
Conditions . SAP Ariba doesn't support collecting sensitive personal information for individuals, including
tax information (including tax IDs such as social security numbers) and bank information, in supplier
management questionnaires.

Tax questions automatically include an initial field for country/region. Once the respondent chooses the country/
region , the question displays the tax ID fields for that country/region, which are defined in your site using a
metadata file import [page 98]. The CSV file that defines your tax ID fields also allows you to specify which tax
ID fields show for each country/region, including validation patterns, sample values that display in validation error
messages, and mappings to different tax number fields in the vendor database. Sites deployed after the SAP Ariba
2211 release include default data for tax ID fields. Refer to Default Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data [page
675] for details.

Using Tax questions in supplier management questionnaires enables you to automatically ask for those country/
region-specific tax IDs instead of having to create a separate conditional question for each individual tax ID in each
country/region/ in the questionnaire.

In internal supplier requests, Tax questions that meet configuration prerequisites are used in the default duplicate
check. This duplicate check can run against tax data collected and updated in Tax questions in supplier registration
questionnaires as well. Refer to Default Supplier Request Duplicate Checks and Setting Up Custom Duplicate
Checks [page 240] for details.

All tax ID fields for the chosen country/region are required by default. To allow respondents to submit a blank
answer for a tax field, you can define a validation pattern of (^$) in your tax metadata CSV. To both allow blank
answers and ensure that if the supplier does answer the question, their answer must have a valid format, you can
place the (^$) pattern at the beginning or end of an existing validation pattern, separated by a pipe character (|).
For example, either of the following patterns allows the supplier to submit either a blank answer or an answer with a
length of 10: (^$)|(^\d{10}$) or (^\d{10}$)|(^$).

Tax questions currently don't support the collection of personal tax information as defined in your site's tax
metadata file. They only support the collection of organization-level tax information.

When you add a Tax question to a supplier management questionnaire, keep in mind the following considerations:

• Tax questions are designed for use in repeatable sections. Since suppliers can have multiple tax IDs in
one or more countries/regions, you can include Tax questions in repeatable sections in external (supplier-
facing) questionnaires. You can also include them in internal (buyer-facing) questionnaires, including external
questionnaires in internal registrations, if internal repeatable sections are enabled in your site. The SAP Ariba

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 supplier database can store multiple tax IDs for each supplier, and all tax information in mapped Tax questions
is synchronized to integrated ERP systems.
Since the tax country/region becomes read-only after the respondent adds a tax, deleting an entire repeatable
section is the only mechanism for removing a previously added Tax answer in a questionnaire. The ability to
remove previously added tax details is important in questionnaires that support updates, such as registration
questionnaires.
Including a Tax question in a repeatable section is an integration best practice for the external supplier
registration questionnaire. Including a Tax question with no repeatable section is an integration best practice
for the internal supplier request. If your site includes default content for these questionnaires, those Tax
question configurations are present in the default content.
You can't add a Tax question inside a repeatable section and another Tax question outside of a repeatable
section in the same questionnaire.
• Since Tax questions don't collect personal tax information for individuals, they don't support sensitive data
masking for tax ID fields. Sensitive data masking settings aren't available for questions with Tax answer types.
Country/region and tax ID fields in Tax questions are encrypted in the database, and encrypted fields are
masked by default in a few portions of the user interface on the Supplier Management dashboard, such as
supplier profiles. They're never masked in other areas, such as the project advanced view, internal and external
questionnaires, and the supplier view on SAP Business Network. You can make tax data display consistent in all
areas of the user interface by enabling the default masking on the Supplier Management dashboard using the
[Link] configuration parameter in SM Administration. For details,
refer to Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826].
You can mask tax information in individual questions with the Text (single line limited) answer type mapped to
tax database fields.
• Tax questions use the field mapping [Link] (in single questions) or [Link][$index] (in
questions in repeatable sections). This mapping stores answers in the supplier database fields that correspond
to different tax IDs as defined in the TaxCode column of your tax metadata CSV file.
• Including both a Tax question and one or more individual questions mapped to tax fields in the same
questionnaire isn't supported.

Since validation patterns are defined in your tax metadata CSV file, you don't specify them when adding or editing a
Tax question.

In supplier profiles, the answers to Tax questions automatically show in the ERP data detail area.

For most countries/regions, SAP Ariba automatically maps each tax number or ID field to its corresponding
taxIdentificationNumberTypeCode. Refer to the reference information for supplier tax field mappings for
exceptions to this rule [page 444].

Inactivating a supplier doesn't remove their data from your site, but does make it inaccessible. Reactivating an
inactive supplier restores their data. To permanently obfuscate a supplier's data in your site, including tax details,
you can expire them.

Related Information

Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data Import [page 98]

Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 391]
Marking a Supplier Managed in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information
and Performance Management (New Architecture) for Expiration [page 579]

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Questions as Search Filters

Adding search terms to a question in a supplier management questionnaire makes that question a filter in supplier
searches. Users can then filter their supplier searches based on answers to the question.

Template creators can define questions as search terms in survey and content documents in the following projects:

• Internal and external supplier requests

• Supplier registrations
• Supplier qualifications and disqualifications (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only)
• Preferred supplier management projects (SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance only)
• Modular supplier management questionnaires

To turn a question into a filter in supplier searches, you add text to the Search Term field on the Create Question
page. Before you start adding search terms to questions, it's important to understand how they show on the
supplier search page.

The search term text you enter becomes the name of the search filter. Users can choose it from a list of available
filters to add it to their searches. Once the filter is added to the search, it shows alongside search results on the
search page, together with permanent search filters such as Category, Region, and Registration status. If you use
List of Choices as the acceptable answer type, those choices become filter options that users can check.

For example, if you create a question with answer type Text (single line limited), choose List of Choices for
the acceptable answer, enter Search Term Text in the Search Term field, and add First choice, Second
choice, and Third choice as answer choices, the search filter looks like this on the search page:

When turning questions into search filters, keep the following considerations in mind:

• Search terms can be up to 50 characters long, but shorter terms display better on the search page.
• Make sure the search terms you use accurately and briefly describes the filter and is unique. Users performing
supplier searches need to understand what the filter does when they add it to their searches based on the
search terms/filter name. Keep in mind that all search filters appear in a single list of available filters with no
indication of which project or questionnaire they came from. For example, there'ss no way for users to tell if a
search filter came from a question in the supplier request, an external questionnaire in a registration project, or
an internal questionnaire in a registration project.
• There's no limit to the number of questions you can turn into search filters. However, using search terms for
only a limited number of strategic questions keeps the list of search filters that users can add to a search
manageable.

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• The search filters for text questions consist of a field in which the user enters search terms. The search returns
the suppliers whose answers include that text. This type of filtering can be overly broad. Text questions that use
a list of choices as acceptable answers make more effective search filters.
• You can provide translations for search terms in all of the languages enabled in your site by choosing the
Translations link to the right of the Search term field. An individual user's locale setting in their user profile
automatically determines which translation they see. If you don't provide translations, users in all locales see
the search term in the original language in which you created it (the base language for your site). You must be a
member of the Translator group to provide translations.
• Every search term is tied to the content ID (KI_ID) of its question rather than to the text of the search term.
The KI_ID is automatically generated when you create the question and identifies it uniquely in a questionnaire.
Supplier search filters based on search terms work by identifying all suppliers with matching answers for
questions with the same KI_ID in the same questionnaire, which means that:
• If you remove a question in one version of the project template (for example, version 1) and then add
it back in a later version of the project template (for example, version 3), even if both versions of the
question have identical settings and include identical search term text, the search term from version 3
of the template is the only active search term in the system and suppliers with questionnaires based on
version 1 of the template aren't included in the search. That's because when you remove a question from
one version of the template and then re-create it in a newer version of the template, even if all of its
settings are identical, the system automatically assigns the new question a new, different KI_ID. Supplier
searches using the search term are now tied to that new KI_ID, and suppliers with answers tied to the older
question's KI_ID aren't included.
• If you create search filters with identical search term text either in the same questionnaire or in different
questionnaires, they're treated as separate search filters because they're tied to questions with different
KI_IDs. For example, if you create questions with identical settings and identical search terms in the
internal supplier request and a registration questionnaire, the supplier search page shows two identical
search filters, one for each questionnaire. Make sure that all of your search terms are unique across
questions and questionnaires, since using the same search term text for multiple questions results in
separate search filters that appear to be duplicates but aren't.
You can view question KI_IDs by exporting the questionnaire survey document from the Documents tab of the
project template. The Excel file of exported questionnaire content includes KI_IDs.

The following table describes the question answer types that support search terms and the way the resulting filters
work:

Table 20: How Search Filters Work for Each Answer Type

Answer Type Acceptable Answer Setting Search Filter Result

• Text (single line limited) None A field into which users enter text. The
• Text (single line) search only includes suppliers whose an-
swers include that text.

List of Choices Options that allow users to filter the

search by checking one or more of the
choices.

Text (multiple lines) n/a A field into which users enter text. The
search only includes suppliers whose an-
swers include that text.

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Answer Type Acceptable Answer Setting Search Filter Result

• Whole Number None or Limited Range From and To fields where users can enter
• Decimal a range of numbers by which to filter the
• Money search.

List of Choices Options that allow users to filter the

search by checking one or more of the
choices.

Date None or Limited Range From and To fields with calendar icons
where users choose date range by which
to filter the search.

List of Choices Options that allow users to filter the

search by checking one or more of the
choices.

Yes/No n/a Yes and No options; users can choose

one or the other to filter the search.

• Percentage None A field into which users enter a number.

• Quantity
Limited Range From and To fields with calendar icons
where users choose date range by which
to filter the search.

List of Choices Options that allow users to filter the

search by checking one or more of the
choices.

Turning questions with "complex" answer types such as Attachment, Certificate, Address, Extended Address,
Tax, and Bank Account into search filters isn't supported at this time. The search page includes permanent search
filters for certificates.

You also can't turn questions of type Commodity, Region, or Department into search filters, but there's no reason
to do so since search page includes permanent search filters for commodity category and region and (in sites
where it's enabled) department.

You can turn questions of type Text (single line limited) with either no acceptable answers or a list of choices into
search filters. You can't do so for Text (single line limited) questions with acceptable answers set to use master
data values at this time.

Related Information

Adding Translations for Some Form and Questionnaire Content Fields [page 472]

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Code Delimiters for Associating Descriptive Questionnaire Answers
with ERP or Other Codes

Code delimiters provide a mechanism for providing descriptive answers to questions but saving those answers as
codes, so that users who aren't familiar with various internal codes can easily provide those required codes as
answers.

Code delimiters are useful in sites integrated with an ERP system, which require valid code values for some fields.
Users who answer supplier management don’t have to have all of your ERP system’s codes memorized. They can
select a descriptive answer, and the associated code is automatically stored in the mapped vendor database field
and synchronized with the integrated ERP system.

You use the following two question settings to create associations between codes and answers in supplier
management questionnaires:

• The Code Delimiters field in questions of type Text (single line) and Text (single line limited), where you
define the characters that enclose codes in question answers; for example, () or [].
• List of choices answers that use the code delimiters. Once you've defined your code delimiters, you create a list
of choices as the acceptable answers to the question. For each choice, you include both a descriptive answer
and the associated code, enclosed by the delimiters.

You then map the question to the appropriate vendor database field. Only the portion of the answer enclosed by
code delimiters is stored in the mapped database field and synchronized with the ERP system. Therefore, you can
provide whatever description you like while satisfying the ERP system’s requirement for a valid code in that field.

Related Information

Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]

Question Field Mapping [page 432]

Automatic Validation of Question Answers

Adding a validation pattern to a question defines the format of the answer. Respondents who provide answers that
don't use the format you specify see an error message and are unable to submit the form or questionnaire until
they correct the problem.

For example, you can make sure that an answer includes only numbers, or only uppercase letters; more precisely,
you can make sure that answers include exactly nine numbers, or two uppercase letters followed by a dash (-)
followed by four numbers. Validation patterns help to ensure the quality of your supplier data by making it much
more likely that you get the correct answer the first time the respondent submits the form or questionnaire.
You don't have to rely on individual approvers noticing incorrect or incomplete answers and requesting additional
information during the approval process if you use them.

You define the validation pattern using a regular expression, which is a sequence of characters that defines the
pattern. Regular expressions use standard text strings and syntax to define patterns to which matching text must
conform. There are a number of websites on the Internet that can help you understand, formulate, and test regular

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expressions. You enter the regular expression in the Validation Pattern field on the Add Question page. This field is
only available for the answer types Text (single line) and Text (single line limited).

 Note

Questions can't include both a validation pattern and an SAP Business Network field mapping, since there's no
way to apply the validation pattern to a question answer synchronized from an SAP Business Network profile
field. Template validation prevents publication of any templates that include a question with both a validation
pattern and an SAP Business Network field mapping.

You can provide a custom error message in the related Validation Pattern Error Message field. If you don't
provide a custom error message, a generic error message shows the expected format instead. You can also provide
translations for these error messages in all of the languages enabled in your site by clicking the Translations
link to the right of the Validation Pattern Error Message field. An individual user's locale setting in their profile
automatically determines which translation they see. If you don't provide translations, users in all locales see the
error message in the original language in which you created it (the base language). You must be a member of the
Translator group to provide translations.

The following example regular expressions define simple validation patterns:

• ^[0-9]*$: the answer must use only numbers

• ^[A-Z]*$: the answer must use only upper-case letters
• ^[a-z]*$: the answer must use only lower-case letters
• ^[a-zA-Z0-9]*$: the answer can use any number or upper- or lower-case letter

However, regular expressions can also define more complex validation patterns. For example, an answer that must
use seven numbers in the format XXX-XXXX, would use the regular expression ^[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}$ as the
validation pattern.

Example

In a supplier registration questionnaire, you can ask for the employer identification of suppliers in the United
States. U.S. employer identification numbers are 9-digit codes in the format XX-XXXXXXX. To specify this format,
you enter ^\d{2}\-\d{7}$ in the Validation Pattern field. You can also add something like Your employer
identification number must be in the format XX-XXXXXXX in the Validation Pattern Error Message
field.

Question Field Mapping

Mapping specific questions in template forms and questionnaires to specific supplier database fields ensures that
the values entered for that content are written to those specific supplier database fields or enables specific project
functionality.

For example, a supplier request form needs to ask for the supplier's name. You create this field by adding a
question, titled something like Supplier Name:, to the form. If you don't map the question to a supplier database
field, the answer is stored in the database as a value associated with the question. However, if you map the question
to the [Link].name1 field, the answer is stored in the database as the supplier's name.

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When a supplier is initially synchronized with the integrated ERP system, mapped fields in some questionnaires,
such as request and registration questionnaires, are synchronized with your ERP system's vendor master data.
When a value is updated in the ERP system, that update is synchronized to the mapped field in SAP Ariba.

Most questions don't need to be mapped. However, any question answer in a supplier request or registration
questionnaire that you want to synchronize with the ERP system must be mapped to a supplier database field. For
best practices and verified mappings for integration, refer to:

• Best Practices for Setting Up the Supplier Request for Integration [page 72]
• Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Registration Questionnaires For Integration [page 74]

In some cases, mapping is required; for example, a supplier request form must include mapped questions for
the supplier's name and the supplier contact's name and email address. If your site is integrated with Dun &
Bradstreet, there are also specific mapping requirements [page 614].

In questionnaires, the questions you map to vendor database fields are automatically prepopulated with any
current data from the database in most cases. Respondents can update the data by editing the prepopulated
answers. This behavior doesn't occur in the supplier request, since the supplier isn't created in the database yet,
but does occur in supplier registration questionnaires, including external questionnaires. Suppliers filling out a
registration questionnaire on SAP Business Network see prepopulated answers to mapped questions if there's
data available for them. Answers to questions mapped to matrix fields ([Link], [Link],
and [Link]) provided in one questionnaire aren't automatically added to other questionnaires,
however.

Use of custom fields isn't a best-practice, verified scenario for integrations. If you map a question to a custom field
in the [Link] or [Link] class,
that field is automatically created in the SAP Ariba supplier database. Replicating a supplier from an integrated ERP
system with data in custom fields in those classes also creates those fields in the SAP Ariba supplier database.
However, this scenario is a work-around that requires thorough testing in your landscape based on your specific
requirements.

You can store multiple values in the same database field for fields in array classes. However, those mappings
typically require special syntax. For example, repeatable sections [page 391] allow you to ask for multiple sets of
answers to the same questions. Questions in repeatable sections require a special mapping syntax [page 434].

SAP Ariba also supports a number of field mappings that enable specific functionality in projects or in supplier
profiles. These field mappings include mappings for supplier contacts, certificates, and projects fields. They're only
used in SAP Ariba and aren't related to integration.

 Note

Use of spaces in mapped field names isn't supported. SAP Ariba database and project
mappings don't include spaces. Mapped custom field names also can't include spaces. For
example, [Link] is supported syntax, but
[Link] Name isn't.

Related Information

Common Supplier Database Field Names for Mapping [page 436]

Supplier Field Mappings with Additional Requirements [page 434]
Field Mapping for Repeatable Sections [page 434]

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Default Fields and Field Mappings in Address Question Answer Types [page 447]
Predefined Fields and Field Mappings in Bank Account Questions [page 454]
About Field Mappings for SAP Business Network Supplier Profile Fields [page 456]

Supplier Field Mappings with Additional Requirements

When you create a questionnaire with mapped questions that have additional requirements, you must include
questions mapped to corresponding supplier database fields. Otherwise, the response data of the initial mapped
question is not included in the XML integration message when synchronizing to your ERP system.

Questions that are mapped to the following initial field mappings require another question mapped to the
corresponding field mapping in order to synchronize to your ERP system.

Initial supplier database field Required corresponding field mapping

[Link] or [Link]
[Link] e
sinessPartnerGroupCode

If you don't set required values for related fields in separate mapped, questions, set them as default values [page
520].

Related Information

Question Field Mapping [page 432]

Field Mapping for Repeatable Sections [page 434]

Field Mapping for Repeatable Sections

You can map questions in repeatable sections to supplier database fields in array classes, which support storing
multiple values for the field. Mappings for repeatable sections use a special syntax that defines the section as an
index for the questions it contains.

It's a good idea for the structure of nested repeatable subsections to reflect the structure of the database fields to
which you want to map them. Inside a top-level repeatable section for the class, nest repeatable subsections for the
subclasses and add questions to about subclass fields in those nested subsections.

The syntax for mapping repeatable sections and their nested repeatable subsections is as follows:

Repeatable section position Syntax

Top-level repeatable section [Link][$index].fieldName

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Repeatable section position Syntax

Repeatable subsection nested within another repeatable sec- [Link][$index].subclassName[$in

tion dex].fieldName

Mapping questions in repeatable sections to fields that store single values isn't supported except for the
[Link] field, which you can use to map Certificate questions in repeatable sections in external
questionnaires. You can use the [$index] syntax to map questions in repeatable sections to any vendor database
field in the following array classes:

• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]

 Restriction

• [Link], [Link], and [Link] information is typically

collected and maintained in internal questionnaires. As a best practice, SAP Ariba recommends
maintaining company code and purchasing organization in the integrated ERP system rather than in SAP
Ariba.
• While [Link] is an array class, SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP MDG systems only
support one explicit address per supplier record and use partner functions to store multiple addresses for
divisions within a supplier such as locations. SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions currently don't
support partner functions, and synchronizing repeatable sections mapped to [Link] to
an integrated ERP system causes integration errors because the ERP doesn't recognize multiple address
values for the main vendor record.
• Supplier contact information isn't synchronized to an integrated system.
• Data in nested repeatable sections isn't synchronized to an integrated system.

Users in the SM ERP Administrator and SM Ops Administrator groups can download a complete list of available
supplier database field names by clicking Manage SM Administrator on the dashboard, navigating to the
Default field values area, and downloading the Default_properties_sample.csv file.

Related Information

Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 391]

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Common Supplier Database Field Names for Mapping

The following list of common supplier database field names is useful for mapping between a piece of form or
questionnaire content and a supplier database field that will be synchronized with an integrated system.

Users in the SM ERP Admin group can download a complete list of available supplier database field names by
clicking Manage SM Administrator on the dashboard, navigating to the Defaults area, and downloading
the Default_properties_sample.csv file. Note that this file contains list of all fields in the vendor database,
and not all fields are supported for integration. For the field mappings supported for integration, refer to Best
Practices for Setting Up the Supplier Request for Integration [page 72] and Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier
Registration Questionnaires For Integration [page 74].

There are also specialized project field mappings that are used internally in SAP Ariba to enable specific project
behavior or functionality. Those fields are not synchronized with an integrated system.

• Supplier Name and ID Fields [page 436]

• Supplier Contact Fields [page 437]
• Supplier Certificate Fields [page 439]
• Project Fields [page 440]
• Supplier Address Fields [page 443]
• Supplier Tax Fields [page 444]
• Supplier Bank Account Fields [page 445]

Supplier Name and ID Fields

Field Name Description

[Link].name1 The name of the supplier.

 Note
Either this field or [Link]
is required in supplier request forms.

[Link].name2 An alternate name for the supplier, or the name of a supplier's

parent company.

[Link].name3 A second alternate name for the supplier, or the name of a

supplier's parent company.

[Link].name4 A third alternate name for the supplier, or the name of a suppli-
er's parent company.

An alternate field for storing supplier names of up to 140 or

[Link]
160 characters in sites that use the optional supplier full name
feature [page 177].

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Field Name Description

[Link] The ID of the supplier in your organization's ERP vendor mas-

ter.

When you create a supplier in SAP Ariba using an approved

supplier request, SAP Ariba adds a "placeholder" ERP vendor
ID that begins with VDR. After the new supplier is synchronized
to an integrated ERP system for the first time, the value in this
field automatically updates to the ID from the ERP system.

[Link] The supplier's Dun & Bradstreet DUNS number.

[Link].s4OrgSystemId A unique organization ID that SAP Ariba assigns to each sup-

plier, also referred to as the ACM ID. This ID is different from
the supplier SM ID, which SAP Ariba Supplier Management
solutions assign to each supplier and show in the supplier
profile. In suppliers migrated from supplier organizations, an
integrated ERP system can use the ACM ID to identify the
supplier, rather than the SM ID.

You can use this field mapping to set up default properties

[page 522] to automatically include the supplier's ACM ID in a
generic custom field in integration messages to an integrated
ERP system. However, this configuration requires customiza-
tion in the ERP system to consume the ACM ID.

[Link] Any certificates that the supplier provides, such as diversity

or green certifications. Map questions with the Certificate an-
swer type to this field. Use this mapping for both standalone
Certificate questions and Certificate questions in repeatable
sections.

 Note

The following fields are important ID fields for suppliers. Once a value is added to any of these fields in the
database, if you add a question mapped to it to a questionnaire and a respondent removes the value, the value
is removed in the questionnaire but not in the database:

• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link].s4OrgSystemId

Supplier Contact Fields

Field mappings for supplier contacts are only used in SAP Ariba.

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  Note

• Field mappings for supplier contacts are only supported in supplier requests. After the request creates the
supplier in the SAP Ariba database, you can manage a supplier's contacts either manually in their profile or
using data import.
• Information you maintain about supplier contacts in your site, including question answers mapped to
contact fields, is never synchronized to the supplier's SAP Business Network account. Suppliers and
supplier contacts always maintain their own information about themselves on SAP Business Network.

Field name Description

[Link] The first name of the supplier contact, the person to whom the
registration questionnaire invitation is sent by default.

 Note
This field is required in supplier request forms.

[Link] The middle name of the supplier contact, the person to whom
the registration questionnaire invitation is sent by default.

[Link] The last name of the supplier contact, the person to whom the
registration questionnaire invitation is sent by default.

 Note
This field is required in supplier request forms.

[Link] The email address of the supplier contact.

 Note
This field is required in supplier request forms.

[Link] The phone number of the supplier contact.

 Note
This field is recommended in supplier request forms.

[Link] The locale of the supplier contact. Map a question that uses
master data of type Locale as the acceptable answer value to
this field.

 Note
This field is recommended in supplier request forms.

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Field name Description

[Link] The geographical time zone of the supplier contact.

 Note
This field is recommended in supplier request forms.

Related Information

Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting Up the Internal Supplier Request Project Template [page
226]
Restrictions, Requirements, and Helpful Hints for Setting up the External Supplier Request Project Template [page
234]
Default Supplier Request Duplicate Checks and Setting Up Custom Duplicate Checks [page 240]
Best Practices for Setting Up the Supplier Request for Integration [page 72]

Supplier Certificate Fields

Certificate field mappings are only used in SAP Ariba.

Field Name Description

[Link] Any certificates that the supplier provides, such as diversity or

green certifications or ISO certificates.

In modular questionnaires, questions with the Certificate an-

swer type automatically have this mapping. In other types of
questionnaires, this mapping is required for Certificate ques-
tions if you want to show their answers in the Certificates
detail area of the supplier profile.

The type of a certificate. Questions with this mapping are only

[Link]
supported in certificate sections.

The certificate issuer. Questions with this mapping are only

[Link]
supported in certificate sections.

The ID of the certificate issuer. Questions with this mapping

[Link]
are only supported in certificate sections.

Certificate audit results. Questions with this mapping are only

[Link]
supported in certificate sections.

The year of the certificate's publication. Questions with this

[Link]
mapping are only supported in certificate sections.

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Field Name Description

The number or ID of the certificate. Questions with this map-

[Link]
ping are only supported in certificate sections.

The location for which the certificate was issued. Questions

[Link]
with this mapping are only supported in certificate sections.

The effective date of the certificate. Questions with this map-

[Link]
ping are only supported in certificate sections.

[Link] The expiration date of the certificate. Questions with this map-
ping are only supported in certificate sections.

In modular questionnaires, the expiration date can drive the

expiration of the questionnaire itself.

The certificate file, which is an attachment. Questions with this

[Link]
mapping are only supported in certificate sections.

A description of the certificate. Questions with this mapping

[Link]
are only supported in certificate sections.

Related Information

Certificate Management Setup in Modular Questionnaires [page 354]

Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire for Certificate Management [page 411]
Adding a Certificate Section with Customizable Certificate Fields [page 397]

Project Fields

Certificate field mappings are only used in SAP Ariba.

Table 21:
Project type Field Name Description

All [Link] The commodities associated with the

supplier.

Map questions with answer type

Commodity to this field. Only create one
of these questions per project type.

All [Link] The regions associated with the supplier.

Map questions with answer type Region

to this field. Only create one of thse ques-
tions per project type.

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Project type Field Name Description

All [Link] The buyer organization departments or

business units associated with the sup-
plier.

Map questions with answer type

Department to this field. Only create one
of these questions per project type

Preferred supplier management [Link] The preferred supplier status level for the
supplier.

In the form where preferred supplier

managers request category status
changes for a supplier,.map the question
about the requested level to this field
[page 329].

Supplier qualification [Link] The date on which the supplier qualifica-

tion expires. To enable qualification ex-
piration, add a question with this map-
ping to the prequalification questionnaire
[page 322].

Supplier qualification [Link] The date after which an expired qualifi-

ibilityDate cation can be requalified. To enable re-
qualification eligibility, add a question
with this mapping to the prequalification
questionnaire [page 322].

Supplier disqualification [Link] The date on which the supplier is dis-

e qualified. Add a question with this map-
ping to the disqualification questionnaire
[page 326].

Supplier disqualification [Link] The date until which the supplier is in

ilDate Restricted status, after which disqualifi-
cation is automatic. To enable a phased-
out disqualification, add a question with
this mapping to the disqualification ques-
tionnaire [page 326].

Process project [Link] To enable process expiration, add a ques-

tion with this mapping and a correspond-
ing question for expiration offset to the
process intake form [page 302].

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Project type Field Name Description

Process project [Link] To enable process expiration, add a ques-

tion with this mapping and a correspond-
ing question for expiration frequency to
the process intake form [page 302].

Process project [Link] To enable reminders for process expira-

quency tion, add a question with this mapping
and a corresponding question for expira-
tion reminder offset to the process intake
form [page 302].

Process project [Link] To enable reminders for process expira-

set tion, add a question with this mapping
and a corresponding question for expira-
tion reminder frequency to the process
intake form [page 302].

All [Link] A manually entered risk score.

All [Link] Used in hidden questions that are de-

signed to insert the legal department
into an approval flow based on the an-
swer to another question, using a condi-
tion based on the Legal Approval Level
project field.

All [Link] Used in hidden questions that are de-

l signed to insert the finance department
into an approval flow based on the an-
swer to another question, using a con-
dition based on the Finance Approval
Level project field.

All [Link] Used in hidden questions that are de-

l signed to insert a quality officer into an
approval flow based on the answer to an-
other question, using a condition based
on the Quality Approval Level project
field.

All [Link] Used in hidden questions that are de-

valLevel signed to insert a sustainability officer
into an approval flow based on the
answer to another question, using a
condition based on the Sustainability
Approval Level project field.

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Project type Field Name Description

All [Link] Used in hidden questions that are de-

evel signed to insert procurement managers
into an approval flow based on the an-
swer to another question, using a condi-
tion based on the Purchasing Approval
Level project field.

All [Link] Used in hidden questions that are de-

signed to insert a line of business into an
approval flow based on the answer to an-
other question, using a condition based
on the Line of Business Approval Level
project field.

Related Information

Conditional Approval Flows Based on Questionnaire Answers [page 512]

Supplier Address Fields

The following table includes some common individual fields for supplier addresses. Two specialized answer types,
Address and Extended Address, include a default set of fields and field mappings [page 447] and are a useful
alternative to creating individual address questions. Use of Extended Address questions for collecting supplier
address information is a best practice for integration.

Field Name Description

[Link].line1 The first line of the supplier's street address.

[Link].line2 The second line of the supplier's street address.

[Link].line3 The third line of the supplier's street address.

[Link] The city of the supplier's street address.

[Link] The state or province of the supplier's street address.

[Link] The postal code of the supplier's street address..

[Link] The country of the supplier's street address.

[Link] The ISO language code for the language of the supplier's ad-
dress.

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Field Name Description

[Link] The supplier's website URL.

Related Information

Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Registration Questionnaires For Integration [page 74]
Default Fields and Field Mappings in Address Question Answer Types [page 447]
Address or Extended Address Questions for Collecting Supplier Address Information [page 417]

Supplier Tax Fields

The following table includes some common individual fields for supplier tax information. A specialized answer type,
Tax, includes a predefined set of tax fields with country/region-specific validation patterns. Use of Tax questions for
collecting supplier tax information is a best practice for integration.

Field Name Description

[Link] An identifier for the tax authority to which the supplier reports.

[Link].taxNumber1 A set of unique identifiers for the taxes to which the supplier is
subject, as defined by each country/region's tax authority.
[Link].taxNumber2

[Link].taxNumber3

[Link].taxNumber4

[Link].taxNumber5

[Link] The tax number type.

[Link] An indicator for whether or not the tax is split.

[Link] The type of the tax, such as withholding.

[Link] The VAT number assigned to the supplier.

[Link] The supplier tax group code.

[Link] An identifier for the base percentage subject to tax.

[Link] An indicator for whether or not the supplier is subject to sales

icator tax.

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Field Name Description

[Link] An indicator for whether or not the supplier is subject to VAT.

ator

[Link] An identifier for the tax which the supplier is subject to, as
defined by each country/region's tax authority. The Extended
Tax Information section in the ERP data area of the supplier's
360° profile displays the tax information defined with this map-
ping.

 Note

For most countries/regions, SAP Ariba automatically maps each tax number or ID field to its corresponding
taxIdentificationNumberTypeCode. For example, a [Link].taxNumber1 is mapped to a
taxIdentificationNumberTypeCode of 1. The following are country/region-specific exceptions to this rule:

Corresponding
taxIdentificationNumberTyp
Country/Region code Field eCode

DE [Link].taxNumber1 2

[Link].taxNumber2 5

[Link] 1
yPartyID

CN [Link].taxNumber5 0

[Link] 0
tionNumber

AR [Link].taxNumber1 1A

Related Information

Tax Questions for Collecting Supplier Tax Information [page 426]

Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data Import [page 98]
Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Registration Questionnaires For Integration [page 74]

Supplier Bank Account Fields

The following table includes some common individual fields for supplier addresses. A specialized answer type,
Bank Account, includes a set of predefined fields with automatic mappings [page 454], as well as syntax
validation, and is a useful alternative to creating individual bank account questions. Use of Bank account questions
for collecting supplier bank information is a best practice for integration.

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Field Name Description

[Link] A name for the supplier's bank account.

[Link] The supplier's bank account number.

 Note
Integrations with SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP MDG-
S currently don't support bank account numbers longer
than 18 characters.

[Link] All of the information about a supplier's bank account. This

field can include the account number, routing number, bank
name, bank key, and other information.

[Link] The type of the supplier bank account; for example, checking.

[Link] The control key for the bank.

[Link] The country/region in which the supplier's bank operates.

[Link] A unique identified, which is assigned to the bank by the coun-

try in which it operates.

[Link] The date from which the supplier bank information is valid.

[Link] The date to which the supplier bank information is valid.

Related Information

Predefined Fields and Field Mappings in Bank Account Questions [page 454]
Country/Region-Specific Bank ID Prefix Data Import [page 101]
Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Registration Questionnaires For Integration [page 74]
Country/Region-Specific Bank Control Key Data Import [page 104]
Country/Region-Specific Validation Syntax, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account IBAN Number
Data Import [page 106]
Country/Region-Specific Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Holder Name,
Account Number, and Bank Key or ABA Routing Number Data Import [page 109]

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Default Fields and Field Mappings in Address Question Answer Types

Address Fields

For the Address question answer type, you use the [Link] field mapping to map the underlying fields
to vendor database fields all at once using one question. The corresponding SAP Business Network mapping is
[Link]. You can also map individual text questions to these vendor database fields. Unless
otherwise noted, all fields are text fields and transmit string data to any integrated ERP system.

 Note

Some types of customization [page 417] of Address questions are supported. Most address fields that show in
the supplier view of external questionnaires on SAP Business Network can have different labels and hint text
from the default fields listed here.

In Address Questions by De- Maximum Field Length

Underlying Field Field Mapping fault? (Characters)

Street [Link].line1 Yes 255

City [Link] Yes 40

State/Province/Region [Link] Yes 6

Postal Code [Link] Yes 10

lCode

Country [Link] Yes 3

ryCode (users select the country/re-
gion from a chooser, and their
choice is transmitted to any
integrated ERP system as a
country code of 2-3 charac-
ters)

Street 2 [Link].line2 No 255

Street 3 [Link].line3 No 255

Extended Address Fields

For the Extended Address question answer type, you use the [Link] field
mapping in order to map the underlying fields to vendor database fields all at once using 1 question. The
corresponding SAP Business Network mapping is [Link]. You can also
map individual text questions to these vendor database fields. Unless otherwise noted, all fields are text fields and
transmit string data to any integrated ERP system.

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  Note

Some types of customization [page 417] of extended address questions are supported. The fields you see in
Extended Address questions, and their inclusion in the Show Less or Show More can be different from the
defaults listed here.

In Extended Address Ques- Maximum Field Length

Underlying Field Field Mapping tions by Default? (Characters)

Building/Room/Floor [Link] Yes (Show More view) 10/10/10

(combo field) [Link]
ID /
[Link]
[Link] /
[Link]
[Link]

c/o [Link] Yes (Show More view) 40

[Link]
me

Street 2 [Link] Yes (Show More view) 40

[Link]
efixName

Street 3 [Link] Yes (Show More view) 40

[Link]
alStreetPrefixName

House No./Street/Suppl. [Link] Yes (Show Less view) 10/60/10

(combo field) [Link] /
[Link]
[Link]
me /
[Link]
[Link]
alHouseID

Street 4 [Link] Yes (Show More view) 40

[Link]
ffixName

Street 5 [Link] Yes (Show More view) 40

[Link]
alStreetSuffixName

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 In Extended Address Ques- Maximum Field Length
Underlying Field Field Mapping tions by Default? (Characters)

District [Link] Yes (Show More view) 40

[Link]
Name

Different City [Link] Yes (Show More view) 40

[Link]
alCityName

Postal Code/City (combo [Link] Yes (Show Less view) 10/40

field) [Link]
stalCode /
[Link]
[Link]

Country/Region (combo [Link] Yes (Show Less view) 3/3

field) [Link] (users select the country and (users select the country/re-
ode / region from choosers, and gion and region from choos-
[Link] their choices are transmitted ers, and their choices are
[Link] to any integrated ERP system transmitted to any integrated
de as a country code and region ERP system as a country/re-
code of 2-3 characters) gion code and region code of
2-3 characters)
If your integrated ERP sys-
tem uses custom region co- If your integrated ERP sys-
des, you can import your cus- tem uses custom region co-
tom region codes [page 173] des, you can import your cus-
for use in extended address tom region codes [page 173]
Region fields. for use in extended address
Region fields.

Time Zone (single field) [Link] Yes (Show More view) 6

[Link]
Code

Tax Jurisdiction (single field) [Link] Yes (Show More view) 15

[Link]
dictionCode

Transportation Zone [Link] Yes (Show More view) 20

[Link]
tationZoneID

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 In Extended Address Ques- Maximum Field Length
Underlying Field Field Mapping tions by Default? (Characters)

Reg. Struct. Grp. [Link] Yes (Show More view) 8

[Link]
StructureElementGrou
pCode

Undeliverable [Link] Yes (Show More view) 4

[Link]
dressMailNonDelivery
ReasonCode

PO Box (single field) [Link] Yes (Show More view) 10

[Link]

PO Box w/o No. (single field) [Link] Yes (Show More view) n/a (Boolean value)
[Link]
isibleIndicator

PO Box Delivery Service Type [Link] Yes (Show More view) 4

(single field) [Link]
iveryServiceTypeCode

PO Box Delivery Service No. [Link] Yes (Show More view) 10

(single field) [Link]
iveryServiceID

PO Box Lobby [Link] Yes (Show More view) 40

[Link]
byName

PO Box Postal Code (single [Link] Yes (Show More view) 10

field) [Link]
talCode

PO Box Other City (single [Link] Yes (Show More view) 40

field) [Link]
iatingCityName

PO Box Other Country (single [Link] Yes (Show More view) 3

field) [Link] (users select the country/re-
iatingCountryCode gion from a chooser, and their
choice is transmitted to any
integrated ERP system as a
country/region code of 2-3
characters)

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 In Extended Address Ques- Maximum Field Length
Underlying Field Field Mapping tions by Default? (Characters)

PO Box Other Region (single [Link] Yes (Show More view) 3

field) [Link] (users select the region from
iatingRegionCode a chooser, and their choice is
transmitted to any integrated
ERP system as a region code
of 2-3 characters)

If your integrated ERP system

uses custom region codes,
you can import your SAP re-
gion codes [page 173] for use
in extended address Region
fields.

Company Postal Code [Link] Yes (Show More view) 10

[Link]
ostalCode

PO Box Undeliverable [Link] Yes (Show More view) 4

[Link]
ressMainNonDeliveryR
easonCode

PO Box Other Reg. Struct. [Link] No 12

City [Link]
iatingRegionalStruct
ureCityCode

Reg. Struct. City [Link] No 12

gionalStructureCityC
ode

Reg. Struct. City Code [Link] No 12

[Link]
alRegionalStructureC
ityCode

Reg. Struct. Consistency [Link] No 1

[Link]
StructureAddressCons
istencyStatusCode

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 In Extended Address Ques- Maximum Field Length
Underlying Field Field Mapping tions by Default? (Characters)

Reg. Struct. District [Link] No 8

[Link]
StructureDistrictCod
e

Reg. Struct. Street [Link] No 12

[Link]
StructureStreetCode

Address Representation [Link] No 4

Code [Link]
epresentationCode

House No. (single field) [Link] No 10

[Link]

Suppl. (single field) [Link] No 10

[Link]
alHouseID

Street (single field) [Link] No 60

[Link]
me

City (single field) [Link] No 40

[Link]

Postal Code (single field) [Link] No 10

[Link]
stalCode

Region (single field) [Link] No 3

[Link] (users select the region from
de a chooser, and their choice is
transmitted to any integrated
ERP system as a region code
of 2-3 characters)

If your integrated ERP system

uses custom region codes,
you can import your SAP re-
gion codes [page 173] for use
in extended address Region
fields.

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 In Extended Address Ques- Maximum Field Length
Underlying Field Field Mapping tions by Default? (Characters)

Country (single field) [Link] No 3

[Link] (users select the country/re-
ode gion from a chooser, and their
choice is transmitted to any
integrated ERP system as a
country/region code of 2-3
characters)

Room (single field) [Link] No 10

[Link]

Floor (single field) [Link] No 10

[Link]

Building (single field) [Link] No 10

[Link]
ID

PO Box Other Country/PO [Link] No 3/3

Box Other Region [Link] (users select the country/re-
iatingCountryCode / gion and region from a
[Link] chooser, and their choice is
[Link] transmitted to any integrated
iatingRegionCode ERP system as region and
country/region codes of 2-3
characters)

If your integrated ERP system

uses custom region codes,
you can import your SAP re-
gion codes [page 173] for use
in extended address Region
fields.

PO Box Delivery Service [Link] No 4/10

Type/PO Box Delivery [Link]
Service No. (combo field) iveryServiceTypeCode
/
[Link]
[Link]
iveryServiceID

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 In Extended Address Ques- Maximum Field Length
Underlying Field Field Mapping tions by Default? (Characters)

PO Box/ PO Box w/o No. [Link] No 10/N/A (Boolean value)

(combo field) [Link] /
[Link]
[Link]
isibleIndicator

PO Box Postal Code/PO Box [Link] No 10/40

Other City (combo field) [Link]
talCode /
[Link]
[Link]
iatingCityName

Time Zone/Tax Jurisdiction [Link] No 6/15

(combo field) [Link]
Code /
[Link]
[Link]
dictionCode

Related Information

Common Supplier Database Field Names for Mapping [page 436]

Importing Custom Region Codes for Supplier Addresses [page 173]
Address or Extended Address Questions for Collecting Supplier Address Information [page 417]
Enable additional street lines in supplier addresses [page 797]

Predefined Fields and Field Mappings in Bank Account Questions

Questions with the Bank Account answer type include a set of predefined fields. You cannot edit these individual
fields.

Mapping a Bank Account question to [Link] (for a single question) or

[Link][$index] (for a question in a repeatable section) automatically creates the following
underlying mappings for the bank detail fields in the question:

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Field Notes Underlying mapping

Bank Type Users can choose No Choice, Domestic, [Link]

or Foreign.

Bank I This field is read-only. SAP Ariba auto- [Link]

matically generates the value for this
This field is encrypted in the SAP Ariba
field.
supplier database.

Country Users select a country/region from a [Link]

chooser.

This field is required. Once the Bank ID

is automatically generated, it becomes
read-only.

Name This field supports special characters. [Link]

Bank Branch

Street

City

State/Province/Region

Postal Code Answers in this field are automatically va-

lidated for length and format based on
the selected bank country/region.

Account Holder Name This field doesn't support special charac- [Link]
ters. e

This field is encrypted in the SAP Ariba

supplier database.

Bank Key/ABA Routing Number By default, either IBAN Number or a [Link]

combination of Bank Key/ABA Routing alId and
Number and Account Number is man- [Link]
datory. However, visibility and optionality oryReferenceBankStandardID.
of all three fields is controlled by site con-
figurations. These fields are encrypted in the SAP
Ariba supplier database.

Account Number By default, either IBAN Number or a [Link]

combination of Bank Key/ABA Routing ber
Number and Account Number is man-
This field is encrypted in the SAP Ariba
datory. However, visibility and optionality
supplier database.
of all three fields is controlled by site con-
figurations.

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Field Notes Underlying mapping

IBAN Number By default, either IBAN Number or a [Link]

combination of Bank Key/ABA Routing tStandardID
Number and Account Number is man-
This field is encrypted in the SAP Ariba
datory. However, visibility and optionality
supplier database.
of all three fields is controlled by site con-
figurations.

SWIFT Code [Link]

tExternalID

This field is encrypted in the SAP Ariba

supplier database.

Bank Control Key Users choose No Choice, Savings, [Link]

Checking, or Investment

Related Information

Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information [page 421]
Make account holder name required in Bank Account questions [page 815]
Define the length of supplier bank IDs [page 794]
Hide bank master data fields in Bank Account questions [page 810]
Enable country/region-specific visibility and optionality configurations for Bank Account fields [page 799]

About Field Mappings for SAP Business Network Supplier Profile Fields

Mapping questions to SAP Business Network supplier profile fields established a connection so that when a
supplier updates their profile on SAP Business Network, the update is pushed to mapped vendor database fields in
your site.

 Note

• SAP Ariba hasn't verified all available SAP Business Network field mappings or all possible uses of SAP
Business Network field mappings. You are responsible for testing and verifying your particular use of SAP
Business Network field mappings.
• Questions can't include both a validation pattern and an SAP Business Network field mapping, since there's
no way to apply the validation pattern to a question answer synchronized from an SAP Business Network
profile field. Template validation prevents publication of any templates that include a question with both a
validation pattern and an SAP Business Network field mapping.

If a supplier has a connected SAP Business Network account, their supplier profile automatically includes a link to
their SAP Business Network profile. However, data from an SAP Business Network profile field isn't automatically
linked to the corresponding field in the vendor database. You can create the link by mapping a question in a supplier

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management form or questionnaire to both the SAP Business Network field and a vendor database field so that
updates to the supplier's profile on SAP Business Network can be synchronized to the mapped field in your site.

 Note

If you map a question in an internal or external registration questionnaire to both an SAP Business Network
supplier profile field and a vendor database field, after a supplier is registered, the supplier registration project
treats any update to the SAP Business Network profile field as an update to the questionnaire that contains the
mapped question. The profile field update restarts any approval tasks for updates to the questionnaire, as well
as any registration update phases associated with those approval tasks.

Example

A template creator creates the following questions in supplier management projects:

• In the supplier request, a name question mapped to [Link].name1

• In the external registration questionnaire, a name question mapped to
[Link].name1,[Link]

This mapping connects the question to the designated name field in the vendor database and to the Legal Name
field in the supplier's SAP Business Network profile.

A requester creates a new supplier request and enters Company A for the supplier name. The supplier
request is approved, and a supplier record is created in your site with a value of Company A in the
[Link].name1 field. At this point, the supplier is still private (not linked to an SAP Business
Network account).

A registration manager then invites the supplier to register. The mapped name question in the external registration
questionnaire is automatically prepopulated with the existing value from the request, Company A. The supplier
contact submits the registration questionnaire without changing that answer and the registration is approved.
Responding to the registration invitation linked the supplier record in your site to the supplier's SAP Business
Network account, and they're now public.

Later, someone in the supplier's SAP Business Network account updates the Legal Name field in their profile to
Company A, Inc.. The vendor database name field is then automatically updated with that value, and is updated
with any subsequent changes that the supplier makes to the Legal Name field in their SAP Business Network
profile.

Note that the SAP Business Network supplier profile includes both Name and Legal Name fields. In this example,
the template creator has chosen to use the more precise Legal Name value for the supplier's name in SAP Ariba
Supplier Management solutions.

Note that if you don't have registration update approvals configured, the update is automatically pushed to your
site. Updates that suppliers make to the registration questionnaire itself trigger the registration update process,
and if a supplier enters one value in a profile field and a different value for a question mapped to the same profile
field, the value in the profile field overwrites the value in the question.

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Related Information

SAP Business Network Supplier Profile Field Mappings [page 458]

How SAP Business Network Profile Information Synchronizes to Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 467]
List Extended Address fields for which blank updates from SAP Business Network clear data [page 814]

SAP Business Network Supplier Profile Field Mappings

All SAP Business Network supplier profile fields are text strings unless otherwise noted. Map them to questions of
answer type Text (single line) or Text (single line limited).

 Note

SAP Ariba hasn't verified all available SAP Business Network field mappings or all possible uses of SAP
Business Network field mappings. You are responsible for testing and verifying your particular use of SAP
Business Network field mappings.

Supplier Fields

Supplier profile field SAP Business Network field mapping

Company Name [Link]

Other names, if any (2 fields) [Link].alias1 and [Link].alias2

NetworkId [Link]

Short Description [Link]

 Note
This description has a maximum length of 100 characters.

Website [Link]

Public Profile [Link]

Address Name [Link]

Address ID [Link]

Address 1 [Link].line1

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Address 2 [Link].line2

Address 3 [Link].line3

City [Link]

Municipality / Comuna [Link]

State [Link]

Province [Link]

Region [Link]

Country/Region [Link]

Postal Code [Link]

PO Box [Link]

Address [Link]

 Note
This field mapping is the SAP Business Network equivalent
of the [Link] vendor mapping for Address
type questions. For more information about the corre-
sponding vendor database field, see Default Fields and
Field Mappings in Address Question Answer Types [page
447].

Extended Address [Link]

 Note
This field mapping is the SAP Business Network equiva-
lent of the [Link]
vendor mapping for Extended Address type questions.
For more information about the corresponding vendor da-
tabase field, see Default Fields and Field Mappings in Ad-
dress Question Answer Types [page 447].

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Product and Service Categories [Link]

 Note
Suppliers specify one or more UNSPSC commodity cate-
gories in this field. Map to this field in a question that ei-
ther has the Commodity answer type or uses commodity
master data for acceptable answers.

Ship-to or Service Locations [Link]

 Note
Suppliers specify one or more regions in this field. Map to
this field in a question that either has the Region answer
type or uses region master data for acceptable answers.

Industries [Link]

 Note
Suppliers choose one or more values from a pre-defined
list for this field.

Year Founded [Link]

Number of Employees [Link]

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Annual Revenue [Link],

[Link],
[Link],
[Link]

 Note
Suppliers choose from a list of number ranges for this
field. Those number ranges consist of 4 separate pieces of
data: minimum number, minimum number currency, maxi-
mum number, and maximum number currency; for exam-
ple, $100K to $1M USD. You must use multiple, comma
separated mappings in a question to capture this data, but
you don't have to use all of the mappings; for example, to
pull only the maximum annual revenue data, map the
question to
"[Link],
[Link]
ncy".

Stock Symbol [Link]

Type of Organization [Link]

 Note
Suppliers choose 1 value from a pre-defined list for this
field.

Legal Name [Link]

State of Incorporation [Link]

D-U-N-S Number [Link]

Global Location Number [Link]

Tax Classification No mapping supported.

 Note
Suppliers choose a value from a pre-defined list for this
field.

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Taxation Type No mapping supported.

 Note
Suppliers choose a value from a pre-defined list for this
field.

Tax ID [Link]

State Tax ID [Link]

Regional Tax ID [Link]

VAT ID [Link]

VAT Registration Document No mapping supported.

 Note
Suppliers upload a file attachment for this field.

Tax Clearance No mapping supported.

Tax Clearance Number No mapping supported.

Tax Clearance Document No mapping supported.

 Note
Suppliers upload a file attachment for this field.

Tax Clearance Expiry Date No mapping supported.

 Note
Suppliers choose a date from a calendar chooser for this
field.

Exempt from Backup Withholding [Link]

g

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers choose Yes or No.
Map it to a question with the Yes/No answer type.

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Business Type [Link]

 Note
Suppliers choose one or more pre-defined values for this
field.

Company Description [Link]

 Note
This field supports a lengthy description. Map it to a ques-
tion with the Text (multiple lines) answer type.

Sustainability Initiatives - Plan [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't. Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

Sustainability Initiatives - Products & Services [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't . Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

Sustainability Initiatives - Energy [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't . Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

Sustainability Initiatives - Carbon [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't . Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

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Sustainability Initiatives - Transportation [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't . Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

Small Disadvantaged Business No mapping supported.

Women-Owned Business [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't . Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type. Mapping for the certification type
options for this field aren't supported.

Minority-Owned Business [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the
option checked or they don't . Map it to a question with
the Yes/No answer type. Mapping for the different minor-
ity-owned business types for this field is supported, but
mapping for certification type options for this field isn't
supported.

Minority-Owned Business - Asian [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't. Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

Minority-Owned - African American [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't. Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

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Minority-Owned - Native American [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't. Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

Minority-Owned - Hispanic [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't. Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

Minority-Owned - Indian Subcontinent [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't. Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

Minority Owned - Other [Link]

 Note
Unlike the other minority-owned fields, this field is a text
field where suppliers specify a minority not included on the
list.

Veteran Owned - Veteran Owned [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't. Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

Veteran Owned - Disabled Veteran Owned [Link]

 Note
This field is a Boolean value; suppliers either have the op-
tion checked or they don't. Map it to a question with the
Yes/No answer type.

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Veteran Owned - Vietnam Veteran Owned [Link]

ISO Certification No mapping supported.

Not Certified No mapping supported.

Preferred Timezone [Link]

 Note
This data is derived from the account settings of the
main supplier contact in the Ariba Network for Suppliers
account.

Default Currency [Link]

 Note
This data is derived from the account settings of the
main supplier contact in the Ariba Network for Suppliers
account.

Preferred Language [Link]

 Note
This data is derived from the account settings of the
main supplier contact in the Ariba Network for Suppliers
account.

Supplier Contact Fields

Supplier profile field SAP Business Network field mapping

Business Title [Link]

Email [Link]

Phone [Link]

Fax [Link]

Name [Link] and

[Link]

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Address 1 [Link].line1

Address 2 [Link].line2

Address 3 [Link].line3

City [Link]

Municipality / Comuna [Link]

State [Link]

Province [Link]

Region [Link]

Country/Region [Link]

Postal Code [Link]

PO Box [Link]

Business Role [Link]

Related Information

About Field Mappings for SAP Business Network Supplier Profile Fields [page 456]

How SAP Business Network Profile Information Synchronizes to Supplier Forms

and Questionnaires

In general, the updates a supplier makes to their profile on SAP Business Network are synchronized with mapped
questions in various supplier management forms, questionnaires, and internal surveys within minutes unless
there's an approval or update pending, in which case they're held until the pending action is completed.

 Note

SAP Ariba hasn't verified all available SAP Business Network field mappings or all possible uses of SAP
Business Network field mappings. You are responsible for testing and verifying your particular use of SAP
Business Network field mappings.

There are several variations on this general rule for specific projects. For example, a supplier request doesn't
contain information from a supplier's SAP Business Network account because the supplier isn't connected
to that account yet. A supplier becomes public when there's a link established between the supplier's SAP

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Business Network and your site through the supplier's response to your first invitation to a sourcing event or
a questionnaire, such as a registration invitation. After that point, information in the supplier's SAP Business
Network profile is synchronized to mapped fields in the supplier's database record, but the Supplier request detail
area of the supplier profile preserves the original request information. After the supplier submits the registration
questionnaire, SAP Business Network profile information is also synchronized to mapped questions in registration
internal questionnaires unless an internal questionnaire editor is editing it. If an internal registration questionnaire
is in edit mode, profile information is held until the edits are submitted, at which point it's synchronized.

Since the registration questionnaire is supplier-facing, and can be configured to use an initial registration phase
and a registration update phase with separate approvals, the synchronization of SAP Business Network profile
information with mapped registration questionnaire answers depends on the registration's status. The following
table describes how SAP Business Network profile information synchronizes with the registration questionnaire at
various stages in the registration workflow:

Status Profile synchronization

Registration Status: In Registration Once the supplier has accepted the invitation, signed into SAP
Business Network, and saved but not submitted a draft ques-
tionnaire, updates to mapped profile fields are synchronized
to the supplier-facing, draft questionnaire. Unless the supplier
edits them, they're then submitted as answers to the question-
naire.

Registration Status: Pending Approval After the supplier has submitted the questionnaire, any up-
dates they make to mapped SAP Business Network profile
fields are held. No updates are synchronized with the registra-
tion questionnaire while it's in approval. Approvers review and
approve or deny the registration based on the answers the
supplier provided at submission.

Registration Status: Registration Denied If an approver denies the registration, no updates that the sup-
plier made to mapped SAP Business Network profile fields af-
ter submitting the registration questionnaire are synchronized
with the questionnaire. In your site, the questionnaire retains
the answers the supplier provided at submission, which can be
the basis for the denial, for auditing purposes.

Registration Status: Pending Resubmit If an approver requests additional information before approv-
ing or denying the registration, the supplier can edit the draft
questionnaire again, and updates to mapped SAP Business
Network profile fields are synchronized to the supplier-facing,
draft questionnaire. Unless the supplier edits them, they're
then submitted as answers to the questionnaire.

Registration Status: Registered After the registration is approved, any updates a supplier
makes to mapped SAP Business Network profile fields are
synchronized to the registration questionnaire within minutes.

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Status Profile synchronization

Registration Update Status: Pending Approval After the supplier has submitted a questionnaire update, any
updates they make to mapped SAP Business Network profile
fields are held. No updates are synchronized with the registra-
tion questionnaire while the update is in approval. Approvers
review and approve or deny the updated registration based on
the answers the supplier provided at submission.

Registration Update Status: Denied If an approver denies the registration update, no updates that
the supplier made to mapped SAP Business Network profile
fields after submitting the registration questionnaire update
are synchronized with the questionnaire. In your site, the ques-
tionnaire retains the answers of the previous, approved version
of the questionnaire.

Registration Update Status: Pending Resubmit If an approver requests additional information before approv-
ing or denying the updated registration, the supplier can
edit the draft questionnaire again, and updates to mapped
SAP Business Network profile fields are synchronized to the
supplier-facing, draft questionnaire. Unless the supplier edits
them, they're then submitted as answers to the questionnaire
update.

Registration Update Status: Approved After the registration update is approved, any updates a sup-
plier makes to mapped SAP Business Network profile fields
continue to be synchronized to the registration questionnaire
within minutes.

Related Information

About Field Mappings for SAP Business Network Supplier Profile Fields [page 456]
SAP Business Network Supplier Profile Field Mappings [page 458]

Field Encryption in the Vendor Database

SAP Ariba encrypts certain database fields, including fields in the SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions
unified vendor model, to provide an additional layer of protection for sensitive data.

If you map a question in a supplier management questionnaire [page 432] to an encrypted database field, the
answer is encrypted.

The following fields in the vendor database are encrypted using 256-bit AES encryption:

• [Link]
• [Link]

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• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link]
• [Link].taxNumber1
• [Link].taxNumber2
• [Link].taxNumber3
• [Link].taxNumber4
• [Link].taxNumber5

The shared secret used for authentication is also encrypted using this method.

Related Information

Question Field Mapping [page 432]

Field Mapping for Repeatable Sections [page 434]
Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information [page 421]
Tax Questions for Collecting Supplier Tax Information [page 426]

Adding a Requirement to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire

A requirement is a statement that communicates your expectations or other information to suppliers and internal
stakeholders.

Context

SAP Ariba doesn't support URL hyperlinks in the questionnaire content.

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Procedure

1. Perform one of the following actions:

• Select Add Requirement at the bottom of the content to add a new requirement to the end of the
questionnaire.
• Select the section before or inside of which you want to add the requirement and select Add
Requirement at the bottom of the content table.
• Click a section to add the requirement inside or after it and select Add Requirement from the
pull-down menu.
2. If you selected a section for the new requirement, select Add Inside to add the new requirement nested inside
the section, or Add After to add it after the section on the same level.
3. Add a descriptive name for the requirement in the Requirement field.
4. Click Attach a file to attach a reference file to the requirement; you can either upload the file from your local
computer or select it from your site’s library content. You can only attach library content to which you've
access.
5. Select whether or not suppliers can see the question from the Visible to Participants pull-down menu.
If you use a requirement for internal text in a supplier-facing questionnaire, make sure to specify that it isn't visible
to participants so that external suppliers can’t see it. Selecting No creates a requirement that is only visible to
internal users.
6. (Optional) Click none and select an existing visibility condition, or select Create Condition to create a new
condition. See Visibility Conditions for Showing or Hiding Content Based on Answers [page 477] for details.
7. Click OK.

Related Information

Adding an Attachment to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 473]

Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]
Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire for Certificate Management [page 411]
Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 391]
Adding a Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 390]

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Adding Translations for Some Form and Questionnaire
Content Fields

When you provide translations of form or questionnaire content fields in a language, users with that locale set in
their profiles automatically see those translations. If you do not provide translations, users in all locales see the
content fields in the original language in which you created them (the base language).

Prerequisites

To edit project templates you must be a member of the Template Creator group. To add translations to form or
questionnaire content fields, you must also belong to the Translator group.

Context

You can provide translations for the names of all supported content types in supplier forms and questionnaires. For
questions with answer types that support these features, you can also provide translations for the Search Term
and Validation Pattern Error Message fields.

You can provide translations for each of the languages that are enabled in your site. The translation fields include
the same formatting controls as the original fields, so you can also duplicate the formatting.

 Note

When you provide a translation for the Name field of a question, that translation applies only to the name itself.
There is no way to translate pre-defined answers that involve lists of choices, and attached files are always in
the language of the file. If you need to add content with attachments or lists of choices that are also translated
into multiple languages, you must:

• Create a piece of content in each language, rather than creating a single piece of content in the base
language and providing translations. For each piece of language-specific content, the choices in the list of
choices and the attached documents must be in that language.
• Use either visibility conditions based on region or region-specific questionnaire segments to make sure
that the content for each language only displays for the region corresponding to that language.

Note that this way of providing translated content is less precise, because it is not based on individual user
locale settings; for example, if you add French content that is visible to suppliers in Switzerland, it is shown to
Swiss users who specify either French or German as their language.

 Tip

If you are providing translations for content names, you can add translations for all of the content names
in a template survey document in one place by choosing Actions Translate on the content table of
the survey document. You must add translations for other supported fields while adding or editing individual
questions, and you can also add translations for the name this way.

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Procedure

1. Add or edit a piece of content in a supplier management template survey document.

2. Click the Translations link immediately below the Name field, or to the right of any other field that supports
translations.
3. Enter a translation for the field in the corresponding translation field. If you have already entered translations,
they are displayed and you can edit them.
4. Click OK.

Results

When a respondent with a locale for one of the translation languages you have provided views the supplier form or
questionnaire, it shows the matching translated content.

 Note

If you are signed in as a user with one locale but acting as a user with a different locale when editing a
questionnaire, the buyer-facing view of a questionnaire shows content corresponding to the locale of your
sign-in session rather than the locale of the user you are acting as. This behavior occurs not only in internal
questionnaires such as the internal supplier request and internal registration and qualification questionnaires,
but also in external registration questionnaires in internal registrations, where an internal recipient edits the
questionnaire in the buyer-facing view.

Adding an Attachment to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire

An attachment in a form or questionnaire is a document file that provides additional information to respondents. It
is an independent content item to which you can apply visibility conditions.

Prerequisites

To edit a supplier management template or its contents, you must be a member of the Template Creator group.
For modular questionnaire projects, you must also be a member of the SM Modular Questionnaire Manager
group. For process projects, you must also be a member of the SM Process Manager group.

To edit a supplier management template or its contents, the template must be in Draft.

Context

When you add an attachment to the a questionnaire, use its description to communicate the format of the attached
file and your expectations for its use by respondents.

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You can add document files either from your local computer or from the Sourcing Library to supplier questionnaire
attachments.

You can't set visibility conditions on attachments initially when you add them as standalone attachments. However,
when you edit any attachment you added this way, you can set visibility conditions on them and add reference
documents at that time.

 Note

• In addition to standalone attachments, you can also attach files to questions, requirements, and other
pieces of content.
• The attachment masking setting isn't supported in supplier risk engagement projects or issue projects.

Procedure

1. Perform one of the following actions:

• Select Add Attachments from Desktop at the bottom of the content table. Click Browse, navigate
to the file you want to attach on your local computer, and click Open. Click Add More to add up to 10 files
as attachments at the same time.
• Select Add Attachments from Library at the bottom of the content table. Search for the project
or library content you want to attach, select the files, and click OK. You can only attach library content to
which you have access.
2. Enter a description for each file.
3. (Optional) Click Show Details and perform one of the following actions for each file:

• Select whether or not suppliers can see each attachment from the Visible to Participants pull-down
menu. Selecting No creates an attachment that is only visible to internal users.
• Limit access control to the file to specific sets of users.
4. Click Done.

Next Steps

You can apply settings such as visibility conditions by editing the newly created attachment. Settings are only
available when the attachment is in edit mode. You can also mask attachments so that only the internal users with
the appropriate permissions can view or download them.

Related Information

Visibility Conditions for Showing or Hiding Content Based on Answers [page 477]
Sensitive Data Masking in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 475]
Adding a Requirement to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 470]
Adding a Requirement to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 470]

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Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]
Adding a Certificate Question to a Modular Questionnaire for Certificate Management [page 411]
Comments and Attachments in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 379]

Sensitive Data Masking in Supplier Forms and

Questionnaires
Masking sensitive data allows you to control who can view it. Internal users can't view or edit sensitive data unless
they have specific permissions.

You can mask both question answers and attachments.

The following table describes who can view masked data:

Table 22: Ability to View Masked Answers

These People... Can...

Members of the Sensitive Data Access group View masked answers and open masked attachments in all
questionnaires they're authorized to see in the user interface.

Internal recipients filling out or updating external registration If the self-service configuration parameter Enable
questionnaires on behalf of suppliers in internal registrations questionnaire recipients in internal registrations to see and
edit otherwise masked answers is enabled, view and edit
masked answers in their assigned external questionnaires
without membership in the Sensitive Data Access group,

Supplier contacts See an icon next to questions with defined masking patterns
and attachments with masking settings indicating that ability
to view their answer is restricted in their customer’s system.

Data isn't masked for suppliers, but only the supplier contact
who is asked to fill out the questionnaire can view or edit it.

Masked data is never visible in exported questionnaire CSV files or downloaded integration message XML.

• Masking sensitive question answers [page 475]

• Masking sensitive attachments [page 476]

Masking Sensitive Question Answers

For questions of type Text (single line) and Text (single line limited), you can use the Sensitive Data Mask
Pattern field to define a data masking pattern using a regular expression, which is a sequence of characters that
defines the pattern. Users who don’t have permission to view masked data see an asterisk (*) in place of each
masked character.

Regular expressions use standard text strings and syntax to define patterns. The masking pattern you define
specifies how to mask the answer by enclosing the part of the pattern you intend to mask with parentheses. For

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example, you can mask all of an answer, all but the last four characters, and so forth. There are a number of
websites on the Internet that can help you understand, formulate, and test regular expressions.

The following example regular expressions define some common masking patterns:

Regular Expression Description Example

(.*) Masks the entire answer. The answer Bob Smith is masked as
********.

(.*)@.* Masks the answer up to the @ symbol. The answer abcd@[Link] is

masked as ****@[Link].

(\d*)[0-9]{4} Masks all numbers up to the last four. The answer 123456789 is masked as
*****6789.

([0-9-]+)[0-9]{3} Mask all numbers and dashes except last The answer 123-456-789 is masked as
3 numbers. ********789.

[0-9]{3}(\d*)[0-9]{3} Masks all numbers except for the first The answer 123456789 is masked as
three and last three numbers. 123***789.

[^0-9]*([0-9]+) Masks all numbers to the end of the an- The answer ABC-1234 is masked as ABC-
swer. ****.

Unless you're masking the entire answer in a generic way, you must know the format of the answer before you can
construct a regular expression that masks it exactly the way you want. You can use validation patterns to define
and enforce the format of the answer and ensure that your masking pattern masks the answer correctly.

Masking Sensitive Attachments

For attachment content, questions of type Attachment, and all questions that support attaching reference
documents or allowing suppliers to add attachments to their answers, you can use the Mask Attachment
dropdown menu to restrict who can open the attachment. Depending on whether you're providing the attachment
or allowing the supplier to do so, or both, you can have some or all of the following options:

• None: No attachments associated with the current content are masked. None is the default setting.
• Reference Documents: Reference documents attached to the current content are masked.
• Participant Documents: Documents that the respondent has attached to the current content are masked.
• All: all attachments associated with the current content are masked.

 Note

Certificate attachments in Certificate questions, and in mapped attachment questions in certificate sections,
aren't masked regardless of masking settings.

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Related Information

Automatic Validation of Question Answers [page 431]

Enable questionnaire recipients in internal registrations to see and edit otherwise masked answers [page 806]

Visibility Conditions for Showing or Hiding Content

Based on Answers
The questionnaire content to which you've applied a visibility condition is hidden from respondents unless they
supply an answer that fulfills the condition. At that point, the page refreshes and the conditional content appears. If
a respondent changes an answer so that the condition is no longer fulfilled, the content disappears and any existing
answers are discarded.

If you add a question to your document from the Sourcing Library (as library content), you have the option of
copying its conditions as well so that they operate in your document.

You can create two types of visibility conditions: basic and advanced.

• Basic visibility conditions [page 479] are based on the answer to one question.
• Advanced visibility conditions [page 480] allow you to combine the answers to multiple questions to create
conditional expressions based on logical operators (AND, OR, and NOT). You can stack and nest expressions,
but take care that the logic in an advanced condition doesn’t contain contradictions.

When you create either type of condition, keep in mind the following considerations:

• For forms and most types of questionnaires, all respondents see the single form, and visibility conditions based
on region can be useful for displaying content dynamically based on answers. However, if you manage supplier
qualifications using qualification projects, the external qualification questionnaire is assembled from content
document segments that are targeted to specific commodities, regions, and (optionally) departments. It's
therefore important be aware of all of your existing segments and the commodity, region, and department
settings you've applied to each segment. Only apply visibility conditions based on commodity, region, or
department in segments where it makes sense.
For example, if you have a questionnaire segment that applies to all regions, and other questionnaire segments
that target specific geographical areas, you can use visibility conditions for specific states, regions, or cities to
show content based on more granular region values. Add conditional questions that only applies to Parisian
suppliers to the questionnaire segment targeted at France.
• When the visibility condition isn't satisfied, the content to which the visibility condition is applied can only be
seen when you edit the questionnaire and not in the view mode.
• You can't create conditions based on questions with the answer type Text (multiple lines) or on the "complex"
answer types Address, Extended Address, Bank Account, and Tax. You can create conditions based on
questions of any other answer type. For questions of answer type Certificate, you can create conditions based
on the initial Yes or No answer, but not on certificate detail fields. You can create conditions based on answers
to questions in certificate sections.
• If you set a visibility condition for content in external (supplier-facing) questionnaires, make sure that the
question that triggers the condition is visible to participants.
• In internal supplier management questionnaire such as the internal supplier request, you can create questions
based on Locale master data, but you must specify field matches to locale codes rather than locale names.

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 Members of the Customer Administrator group can export the locale codes used in your site using the Export
Locale (CSV) data export task in Manage Administration Site Manager Data Import/Export ,
where they're listed in the UniqueName field of the exported CSV file.
• Internal questionnaires in supplier request, registration, qualification, disqualification, preferred supplier
management, modular questionnaire, and process projects support visibility conditions based on the following
answer types:
• Text (single line limited)
• Text (single line)
• Whole Number
• Decimal Number
• Percentage
• Money
• Quantity
• Date
• Yes/No
• Certificate (for the initial Yes or No answer, but not any certificate detail fields)
• Commodity
• Region
• Department
• In sites where the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled, you can use visibility conditions
on commodity region, and department questions in the process intake form [page 305] to set default answers.
• The following improvements to the visibility conditions are available in your site, when the configuration
parameter [Link] in SM Administration and the Enable improved user
experience for internal questionnaires with visibility conditions parameter in Intelligent Configuration
Manager are enabled:
• For internal questionnaires, the conditions are processed in the background so that recipients can continue
to edit the questionnaire during that processing.
• When the parent question is hidden in an internal questionnaire, the child question is also hidden and the
value of the child question isn't considered in evaluating the other conditions.
• When you use visibility conditions in an internal questionnaire, the child question is shown when the
condition is satisfied and you add a value for the child question. Switching the value of the parent question
back to the default value hides the child question. If you again choose the value of the parent condition that
satisfies the condition, the previous value for the child question isn’t retained.

 Note

For improved performance, enable the parameters [Link] in SM

Administration and Enable improved user experience for internal questionnaires with visibility
conditions in Intelligent Configuration Manager for all supplier management projects and modular
questionnaires. In sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Risk, this configuration is applicable to modular
questionnaire details but not to engagement or issue projects. For more information, see Reference of
Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826] and Enable improved user experience for
internal questionnaires with visibility conditions [page 802].

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Best Practices

• For better maintenance, SAP Ariba recommends using limited number of visibility conditions in a
questionnaire.
• SAP Ariba doesn't recommend collecting purchasing organization, company code, bank, and tax information in
questionnaires with visibility conditions.
For more information, refer Supplier Blocking and Unblocking in Internal Registration Questionnaires [page
278] and Question Mappings to Other Questions for Setting and Maintaining Associated Sets of ERP Profile
Data [page 275] .

Related Information

Conditional Workflows for Manual and Mass Invited Registrations [page 272]
Registration and Registration Update Statuses in Visibility and Editability Conditions [page 270]
Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826]
Enable improved user experience for internal questionnaires with visibility conditions [page 802]

Creating Basic Visibility Conditions in a Form of

Questionnaire
Use these steps to create basic visibility conditions, which are based on answers to a single question.

Prerequisites

Create the question on which the condition is based before you can create the condition.

Context

The content to which you've applied a visibility condition is hidden from respondents unless they supply an answer
that fulfills the condition. At that point, the page refreshes and the conditional content appears. If a participant
changes an answer so that the condition is no longer fulfilled, the content disappears and any existing answers
aren't retained.

 Note

You can't create conditions based on questions of answer type Text (multiple lines) or the individual fields in
questions of answer type Bank Account, Address, Extended Address, or Tax. You can create conditions based
on the initial Yes or No answer for Certificate questions, but not on individual certificate detail fields. You can
also create conditions on questions in certificate sections.

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Procedure

1. Use an existing question or create a new question on which to base the condition.
2. On the content table, perform one of the following actions:

• Choose Edit Conditions .

• Click the question and choose Edit, then choose Add Conditions .
3. On the Edit Conditions page, click Add.
4. In the Create Condition window, enter a short name and description for the condition. The name appears on a
menu of available conditions that you can apply to content, so make it descriptive.
5. For the expression, click Undefined and select the question or formula on which you want to base the
condition.

6. Perform one of the following actions to set the condition content match:

• For questions with numerical answer types (including date and money), enter a From and To value to
create a range of values.
• For questions with text answer types, enter a string of text that must match participant answers exactly to
satisfy the condition.
• For questions with Yes/No answer types, select either Yes, No, or Either.
• For questions with a defined list of answer values that are specific to the question, select the answer from
the dropdown menu.
• For questions with answers that must be selected from a list of site-wide values (such as commodity), click
select and select the values that participants’ answers must match in order to satisfy the condition.
7. Click OK.

Next Steps

Now, you can apply the condition to form or questionnaire content. When you're creating or editing the content, for
Visibility Condition, click none and choose from the list of available conditions.

Creating Advanced Visibility Conditions in a Form or

Questionnaire

Use these steps to create advanced visibility conditions, which are based on the answers to multiple questions.

Prerequisites

Create the questions on which the condition is based before you can create the condition.

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Context

The content to which you've applied a visibility condition is hidden from respondents unless they supply an answer
that fulfills the condition. At that point, the page refreshes and the conditional content appears. If a participant
changes an answer so that the condition is no longer fulfilled, the content disappears and any existing answers
aren't retained.

 Note

You can't create conditions based on questions of answer type Text (multiple lines) or the individual fields in
questions of answer type Bank Account, Address, Extended Address, or Tax. You can create conditions based
on the initial Yes or No answer for Certificate questions, but not on individual certificate detail fields. You can
also create conditions on questions in certificate sections.

Procedure

1. Use an existing question or create a new question on which to base the condition.
2. Perform one of the following actions:

• Choose Edit Conditions .

• Click the question and choose Edit, then choose Add Conditions .
3. On the Edit Conditions page, click Add.
4. In the Create Condition window, enter a short name and description name for the condition. The name
appears on a menu of available conditions that you can apply to content, so make it descriptive.
5. For the expression, click Undefined and select an expression (All of, Any of, or None of). For descriptions of
available expressions, see Expressions for Advanced Visibility Conditions in Events, Surveys, and the Supplier
Profile Questionnaire [page 482]
6. Perform any of the following steps. The order in which you add expressions and questions determines the
nested structure of your condition.

• Click Undefined and select the question on which you want to base the condition from the list of options,
then specify the content match that fulfills the condition.
• To enclose an expression within an expression, click the expression and select it. The new expression is
added to its left.
• To add a condition in parallel to another condition, click the expression to its left, then select the question
or formula from the list of options and specify the content match that fulfills the condition.
• To nest a set of conditions with an expression inside another expression, add a condition to the first
expression, then select Content Match for the condition and select the expression. The new expression is
added to the left of the condition, but within the first expression.
7. Continue adding nested conditions and expressions as needed.
8. Click OK.

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Next Steps

Now, you can apply the condition to form or questionnaire segment content. When you're creating or editing the
content, for Visibility Condition, click none and choose from the list of available conditions.

Expressions for Advanced Visibility Conditions

You can use expressions to create advanced visibility conditions.

Expression Definition

All of An advanced expression that can include multiple expressions used for conditions that require all
expressions to match (AND). You can use the All of expression to make a condition true under
specific, layered circumstances.

For example, you can create an All of expression with two content matches: Are you Woman Owned
Enterprise Certified? = Yes and Are you Small Business Certified? = No. This condition is true for any
supplier that is Woman Owned Enterprise Certified but is not Small Business Certified. You can use
this condition to display specific content for suppliers with that combination of certifications.

Any of An expression that is true if one or more of the expressions defined in it are true (OR).

For example, if you define an Any of condition with four questions in it, that condition is true if the
participant’s answer matches the answers you define as content matches for at least one, or as
many as all four, of those four questions.

None of An expression that is true only if none of the expressions defined in it are true (NOT).

For example, you can create a None of expression with content matches to four different regions
where you have manufacturing plants for questions that ask participants if they have shipping cen-
ters close to those regions. You can use this condition to display content to suppliers who answered
No to all of those questions, and therefore might not be able to fulfill your shipping requirements.

Editability Conditions for Controlling the Editability

of Answers in a Form or Questionnaire
The content to which you've applied an editability condition is read-only unless the condition is met. At that point,
the page refreshes and the conditional content becomes editable.

Editability conditions function much like visibility conditions and are supported in for the same answer types.
You can create them based on answers to other questions, or based on the specific characteristics of a project.
As a best practice, it is recommended not use editability conditions for mandatory questions in a questionnaire,
because you cannot submit the questionnaire if the condition is not satisfied.

To create an editability condition based on the answer to another question, follow the procedure for creating a basic
or advanced visibility condition, then apply it to a question using the Editability Conditions setting rather than the
Visibility Conditions setting.

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To create an editability condition based on a project characteristic, create a project-level condition; for more
information, see the Project Template Guide. The basic steps for creating project-level conditions and visibility
conditions are the same. However, you create project-level conditions on the template Conditions tab and use field
matches based on project-level attributes such as status, owner, or other fields.

You can use editability conditions in survey content documents in any supplier management project template.
However, they're useful in external questionnaires in the supplier registration project template, where you can use
them to:

• Streamline the registration questionnaire for legacy suppliers while keeping questions visible.
• Prevent suppliers from changing some answers when they update the registration questionnaire.

• In sites where the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) is enabled, you can use editability conditions
on commodity region, and department questions in the process intake form to set default answers.

Related Information

Visibility Conditions for Showing or Hiding Content Based on Answers [page 477]
Creating Basic Visibility Conditions in a Form of Questionnaire [page 479]
Creating Advanced Visibility Conditions in a Form or Questionnaire [page 480]
Streamlining the Registration Questionnaire for Legacy Suppliers Using Editability Conditions [page 273]
Using Editability Conditions to Prevent Recipients from Updating Registration Questionnaire Answers [page 271]
Conditional Commodity, Region, and Business Unit Questions in the Process Project Intake Form [page 305]

Examples of Content Configurations in Supplier

Management Questionnaires
These examples provide sample steps for configuring some supplier management content.

Example: Creating a Dropdown Menu with Predefined Answer Values [page 484]

Example: Automatically Rejecting Answers That Don't Fall Within a Limited Range [page 485]

Example: Asking for a Supplier Certificate [page 486]

Example: Creating a Question That's Only to Visible Suppliers with Green Certifications [page 486]

Example: Asking About Preferred Category Status Using Master Data Values [page 487]

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Example: Creating a Dropdown Menu with Predefined
Answer Values
This example shows sample steps for adding a question and providing a list of choices for the answer. The supplier
form or questionnaire shows those choices in a dropdown menu, and the respondent selects an answer from the
menu.

Prerequisites

Lists of choices are only available for questions with one of the following answer types:

• Text (single line)

• Text (single line limited)
• Whole Number
• Decimal Number
• Date
• Money
• Percentage

Procedure

1. In the content area of the form or questionnaire, click Add Question .

2. Choose one of the answer types that support lists of choices.
3. On the Acceptable Values dropdown menu, choose List of Choices.

The List of Choices editor appears at the bottom of the page.

4. Perform the following actions to add choices to the list:
a. Enter the first choice in the text box.
b. Click Add and enter additional choices.
c. To make one of the choices the default choice, which appears at the top of the dropdown menu, select it
and click Set Default. To specify no default choice, make sure that none of the choices are selected and
click Set Default.
5. Specify other settings for the question and click Done.

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Example: Automatically Rejecting Answers That Don't Fall
Within a Limited Range

This example shows sample steps for adding a question with a limited range answer to a form or questionnaire. Any
answers that fall outside that range are rejected. The respondent can only submit the questionnaire successfully if
they provide an answer within the defined range.

Prerequisites

Limited ranges are only available for questions with one of the following answer types:

• Whole Number
• Decimal Number
• Date
• Money
• Percentage
• Quantity

Context

For questions with answer type Date, you can limit answers relative to the current date or specify a fixed (custom)
date range. For example, you can require that the respondent’s answer are in the current year, current month,
previous fiscal quarter, and so forth.

Procedure

1. In the content area of the form or questionnaire, click Add Question .

2. Choose one of the answer types that support limited ranges.
3. On the Acceptable Values dropdown menu, choose Limited Range.

The limited range fields appear at the bottom of the page.

4. Perform the following actions to define your range:

• For number ranges, enter numerical values in the From and To fields.
• For date ranges, choose a value from the Range dropdown menu, or choose Custom and specify a fixed
date range.
5. Specify other settings for the question and click Done.

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Example: Asking for a Supplier Certificate
This example shows sample steps for creating a Certificate question. The Certificate answer type includes fields
that allow respondents to provide effective and expiration dates, issuer, and other details.

Procedure

1. In the content area of the form or questionnaire, click Add Question .

2. On the Answer Type dropdown menu, select Certificate.
3. Enter a name for the question, such as Please provide your green certificate.
4. For Visible to Participant, choose Yes.
5. In the Supplier field mapping field, enter [Link].
6. Specify other settings for the question and click Done.

Results

When the supplier chooses Yes to provide a certificate and clicks the Details link, a window opens up. The supplier
can enter issuer, effective and expiration dates, certificate numbers, and other details, as well as uploading the
certificate as an attachment.

Any certificates a supplier uploads in response to a question of type Certificate are shows on the Certificates
detail area in the supplier's profile.

Example: Creating a Question That's Only to Visible

Suppliers with Green Certifications
This example shows sample steps for how to use visibility conditions to create a question that's only visible to
suppliers who are certified green.

Procedure

1. Create a certificate question that asks for green certification:

a. Below the content table for the form or questionnaire segment, choose Add Question .
b. Enter a name for the question, such as Are you certified green?.
c. On the Answer Type dropdown menu, choose Certificate.
d. For Visible to Participant, choose Yes.
e. In the Supplier field mapping field, enter [Link].

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 f. Specify other settings for the question and click Done.
2. Create a condition based on a yes answer to the green certificate question:

a. Below the content table for the form or questionnaire segment, choose Edit Conditions .
b. On the Edit Conditions page, click Add.
c. In the Create Condition window, enter a name for the condition, such as Show for green certified.
d. For the expression, click Undefined and select your green certification question.
e. Select Yes for the content match.
f. Click OK, then click Done.
3. Create a question that will only show when a supplier Yes to your certification question:

a. Below the content table for the form or questionnaire segment, choose Add Question .
b. Enter a name for the question, such as Please provide your company's sustainability
policy. You can add it as an attachment..
c. On the Answer Type dropdown menu, select Text (multiple line).
d. For Visible to Participant, choose Yes.
e. For Participant can add additional comments and attachments, choose Yes.
a. For Visibility Conditions, click none and select your green certified condition.
b. Click Done.

Example: Asking About Preferred Category Status Using

Master Data Values
This example shows steps for creating a question in the preferred category request to set a supplier's preferred
level. If your organization uses preferred supplier levels, they're loaded into your site as master data, and you can
use that master data to specify how respondents answer questions.

Context

This question is useful in category status forms in preferred supplier management projects, where internal users
can request changes to the preferred status of the qualified suppliers they work with.

Procedure

1. In the content area of the form or questionnaire, click Add Question .

2. On the Answer Type dropdown menu, choose Text (single line limited).
3. Enter a name for the question, such as Requested preferred status level:.
4. On the Acceptable Values dropdown menu, choose Master Data Value
5. For Visible to Participant, choose Yes.
6. In the Supplier field mapping field, enter [Link].

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7. On the Master data type to use for values dropdown menu, choose Supplier Preferred Level.
8. Specify other settings for the question and click Done.

Results

Users answering this question select from the supplier preferred levels defined in your site's master data on a
dropdown menu.

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Project Groups and Team Members

Project groups and their members define who can perform key activities in supplier management and engagement
projects, such as owning tasks or approving questionnaires.

Project Groups and Team Members for Project Templates [page 489]

Buyer Category Assignments in Supplier Management Projects [page 491]

Using Buyer Category Assignments to Add Team Members to Project Groups [page 493]

Project Groups and Team Members for Project

Templates
You can use project groups to confer specific roles and permissions in projects, such as access, task ownership,
or approval responsibilities. Adding team members to project groups in the template standardizes those roles and
permissions for all projects created from the template.

You add project groups and team members to a project template in one of 4 ways, depending on the type of project
and whether you want the membership to be static or dynamic:

• By manually adding project groups on the template’s Team tab.

The groups you add in a template are added to every project created from the template. You add project groups
on a template’s Team tab as you would add groups to a project. In addition, you can:
• Specify if project owners can edit a project group in projects created from the template (Can owner edit
this Project Group).
• Add individual users or entire user groups to project groups directly in the project template.
• Specify that members of a project group are added dynamically based on assignment (Use commodity
and region assignments) in projects that support buyer category assignments (the user matrix). This
option is only available in supplier management projects.
Supplier management projects are:
• Supplier request projects (internal and external)
• Supplier registration projects
• Supplier qualification and disqualification projects
• Preferred supplier management projects
• Modular questionnaire projects
• Process projects, including process qualifications
• By creating team member rules.
Team member rules dynamically add groups or individual users to a project based on the values supplied
during project creation. They're not supported in supplier management projects, control-based engagement
risk assessment projects, or issue management projects.
• By defining buyer category assignments (the user matrix).
Buyer category assignments dynamically add individual users to project groups in a project based on its
commodities, regions, and departments. They're only supported in supplier management projects, and aren't

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 supported in modular questionnaire projects created by sending assessments in engagement risk assessment
projects.
• By using the /projects/{projectId}/teams endpoint.
This endpoint allows you to retrieve and modify project team members. Using this endpoint, you can also add
team members as approvers in supplier management projects such as supplier request, supplier registration,
supplier qualification, and modular questionnaire.

 Note

While you can specify that project owners can edit project groups in supplier management and engagement
risk assessment projects, many of the users who work with those projects can't access the advanced view,
which is the only way to access the project's Team tab. Only users who can access the advanced view of
those projects can edit their project groups, regardless of whether they're project owners and the groups in the
project allow project owners to edit them.

• To see the advanced view of a supplier management project, the Advanced View link for that project
type must be enabled in your site and you must have appropriate group membership permissions. The
advanced view isn't available for preferred supplier management projects.
• To see the advanced view of an engagement risk assessment project, you must have the appropriate group
membership permissions.

Adding Project Owners to Project Teams

To specify members of the Project Owner group that are inherited by projects created from a template, you must
use the method for automatically populating project groups that is supported for the project type. Depending on
the project type, that method can be either buyer category assignments or team member rules.

Members manually added to a Project Owner group from a template’s Team tab aren't inherited by any projects
created from that template. Manually adding members to the Project Owner group for a template grants those
users Project Owner rights for that template only.

 Tip

You can use a parameter to authorize an exception for control-based engagement risk assessment projects.
See Allow engagement Project Owner groups to inherit project group membership from the template.

 Note

In supplier management, control-based and legacy engagement risk assessment, and issue management
projects, the user who creates the project (by requesting a supplier or engagement, inviting a supplier to
register, and so on) is the initial project owner in most circumstances. With supplier registration projects,
project ownership depends on whether the project was created manually, automatically, or through mass
invitation. Control-based engagement risk assessment and issue management projects support changing the
project owner after project creation.

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Related Information

Managing Access to the Advanced View of Supplier Management Projects [page 591]
Buyer Category Assignments in Supplier Management Projects [page 491]
About Team Member Rules Files
Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management Group Descriptions
Retrieving Project Team Details by Using the Sourcing Project Management API
Adding Users in a Project Group by Using the Sourcing Project Management API
Updating User Information in a Project Team by Using the Sourcing Project Management API
Updating Project Groups by Using the Sourcing Project Management API

Buyer Category Assignments in Supplier

Management Projects
User matrix data loaded in your site assigns specific users to project groups for specific commodities, regions,
and departments. These assignments allow you to route supplier management projects to the people in your
organization who manage supplier activities for those commodities and regions.

Buyer category assignments automatically add project team members when a supplier management project is
created. They're the only way to add team members to the Project Owner group from a template, since individual
users added to a template's Project Owner group aren't inherited by any projects that are created from the
template.

Buyer category assignments are created by a combination of two components:

• User matrix data, which an administrator in your organization imports into your site as a CSV data file [page
159]. The file assigns either individual users or global user groups to project groups for specific commodities,
regions, and departments.
• Template project groups with the Use commodity and region assignments setting enabled. Importing user
matrix data doesn't automatically create the project groups it references. Default template project groups such
as Project Owner don't use user matrix data to assign team membership by default. You must create or edit
the project groups referenced in your site's user matrix data and enable the assignment setting [page 159] so
that the user matrix data adds team members to them.

Buyer category assignments are always based on a combination of commodity and region. The combination can be
general (all commodities or all regions), narrow (solid-fiber cardboard crates or London), or anywhere between in
the commodity and region hierarchies. When a supplier management project is created, it checks to see if there are
users assigned to the supplier's commodity code and region.

If your site has the department feature enabled, buyer category assignments are based on a combination of
commodity, region, and department. The assignments work the same way with your company's department
hierarchy as they do with commodity and region hierarchies.

For details on how specific project commodities, regions, and departments translate into buyer category
assignments, refer to User Matrix (Buyer Category Assignment) Data File Format [page 159].

Supplier management projects must meet the following prerequisites to use buyer category assignments:

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Project type Prerequisite

Supplier request (internal or external) The request must include questions based on commodity, re-
gion, and (if your site uses them) department master data that
are mapped to [Link], [Link],
and [Link].

Supplier registration • The supplier must be created from an approved supplier

request.
• The supplier request must include questions based
on commodity, region, and (if your site uses
them) department master data that are mapped
to [Link], [Link], and
[Link].
• An external registration questionnaire must also include
these mapped questions. Only 1 questionnaire in the regis-
tration project template can include these questions.
• Buyer category assignments and approvers for approval
tasks in the registration project must use project groups,
not global system user groups.

When these prerequisites are met, answers in the supplier

request automatically prepopulate the same questions in the
external registration questionnaire for initial buyer category
assignments. Updates to those answers in the external regis-
tration questionnaire can update assignments.

Buyer category assignments aren't supported in registration

projects for suppliers created from data imports or replication
from an integrated ERP system. They also aren't supported
for approval configurations that use global system user groups
rather than project groups in registration projects for suppliers
created from approved supplier requests.

• Supplier qualification None.

• Supplier disqualification
To create these projects, commodity, region, and (if your site
• Preferred supplier management
uses them) department answers are always required. There-
• Process (in sites where the flexible process framework fore, required project configurations automatically enable use
feature (SM-16798) is enabled) of buyer category assignments for project teams.

In process projects, you can't use buyer category assignments

to automatically populate project groups with the Process
Initiator role. Refer to Initiators and Decision-Makers Setup in
Process Projects [page 306] for details.

Modular questionnaire Project Commodity, Region, and (optionally) Department

properties must be set. For modular questionnaires used in
process projects, these property settings are required.

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Buyer category assignments function in substantially the same way as team member rules do in other SAP Ariba
projects. However, they're designed specifically for supplier management workflows, so they have the following
advantages over team member rules:

• They're applied only based on commodity, region, and department, which are the most common metrics by
which companies organize their supplier management processes.
• They apply to all supplier management projects in a site, meaning:
• A single source of assignment data. A template creator must upload team member rules files to each
individual project, but a customer administrator can upload and maintain buyer category assignments for
all supplier management projects in a single CSV file.
• Continuity of team membership across the entire supplier lifecycle. Since assignments apply to all supplier
management projects in a site, the same category or supplier managers and other team members manage
the same suppliers across all related supplier management projects.
• They provide more flexibility: team member rules assign users to projects based on exact matches to a field
value, while buyer category assignments also look for matches above the specified value in a hierarchy if there
are no exact matches.

 Restriction

In solutions that include SAP Ariba Supplier Risk, buyer category assignments aren't supported in engagement
risk assessment projects or issue management projects, and aren't applied to the modular questionnaire
projects that are created by sending risk assessments.

Related Information

Project Groups and Team Members for Project Templates [page 489]
Using Buyer Category Assignments to Add Team Members to Project Groups [page 493]
User Matrix (Buyer Category Assignment) Data File Format [page 159]
User Groups in Buyer Category Assignments (the User Matrix) [page 187]

Using Buyer Category Assignments to Add Team

Members to Project Groups
Use these steps to configure project groups in supplier management projects to use buyer category assignments.
This setting automatically populates those groups with users based on the project's commodities, regions, and
departments as defined in your site's buyer category assignment (user matrix) data imports.

Prerequisites

Commodity and region assignments work automatically in supplier qualification, disqualification, and preferred
supplier management in the project groups that are configured to use them. They only work in request

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projects if the request form includes questions based on commodity and region master data that are mapped
to [Link] and [Link] respectively. They also include department in sites with the
department feature enabled.

Buyer category assignments are supported in the following types of supplier management projects:

• Supplier request projects (internal and external)

• Supplier registration projects
• Supplier qualification and disqualification projects
• Preferred supplier management projects
• Modular questionnaire projects
• Process projects, including process qualifications

For restrictions and prerequisites for specific project types, refer to Buyer Category Assignments in Supplier
Management Projects [page 491].

Commodity, region, and department assignment data (the user matrix) must be imported into your site in order for
users to be added to project groups based on those assignments.

To use buyer category assignments to add members of the Project Owner group, you edit the Project Owner group
to apply the assignments to it and make sure that the system user aribasystem is a member of the group.

Procedure

1. Open a supplier template for editing. If the template status isn't Draft, create a new version so that you can edit
it.

2. On the Team tab, choose Actions Team Members Edit .

3. Perform one of the following actions:

• To edit an existing project group, choose its name.

• To add a new group, choose Add Group and enter a name for the group.
4. For Use commodity and region assignments, choose Yes.
5. Choose OK.
6. (Optional) Use the dropdown menu in the Members column to manually add individual users or user groups to
the group.
7. Choose OK.

Related Information

Buyer Category Assignments in Supplier Management Projects [page 491]

Project Groups and Team Members for Project Templates [page 489]
Editing a Project Template [page 200]

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Supplier Form and Questionnaire Approval
Setup

You define the approval process for a supplier form or questionnaire in an associated approval task.

Approval Flow Creation in the Approval Rules Editor [page 495]

Commodity, Region, and Department Assignments for Form and Questionnaire Approvals [page 509]

Conditional Approval Flows Based on Questionnaire Answers [page 512]

External Approval of SAP Ariba Project Approval Tasks [page 518]

Approval Flow Creation in the Approval Rules Editor

The approval ruled editor in project template approval tasks allows you to create approval flows with multiple serial
or parallel nodes and conditional nodes.

About Approval Rules in Project Templates [page 495]

Creating or Editing Approval Rules [page 497]

Approval Rules Editor [page 499]

Creating a Simple Approval Rule [page 501]

Editing Approval Flows with the Approval Process Diagram [page 503]

Approval Rule Conditions [page 504]

Adding Approvers in the Approval Rule Editor [page 507]

About Approval Rules in Project Templates

Template authors can use the approval rule editor to create or edit sets of custom approval rules that can include
both parallel and serial approvers, conditions for approvers, or approval rule lookup tables.

Template authors can also specify a simple set of parallel or serial approvers directly in the Approvers or Reviewers
field. This method provides a simple way to specify approvers but doesn't include all the functionality provided by
the approval rule editor.

 Note

• In supplier management projects, if you've set Allow auto approval to Yes in an approval task, don't
add any approvers to it. Template validation prevents publication of supplier management projects
that includes any approval tasks that both are set to auto-approve and include approvers. Supplier
management projects are:

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 • Supplier request projects (internal and external)
• Supplier registration projects
• Supplier qualification and disqualification projects
• Preferred supplier management projects
• Modular questionnaire projects
• Process projects, including process qualifications
• Approval tasks in supplier management projects don't support use of approval rule lookup tables.
• If your site uses process projects (SM-16798) for qualification or other lifecycle processes, decision-makers
in process projects set final process status using a specialized decision-making workflow rather than using
approval tasks. These status decisions are equivalent to approving, denying, or conditionally approving the
project.

Serial and Parallel Approvers

Approvers (or reviewers) can be serial or parallel approvers.

Serial approvers are assigned consecutively in the order they appear in the approval flow diagram (from left to
right). SAP Ariba does not activate a node in a flow (assign a task to the approver in the node) until the preceding
approvers (approvers to the left in the approval flow) have submitted approvals or reviews. In the following approval
flow, SAP Ariba first assigns the task to user AAA. After AAA submits his or her approval, SAP Ariba assigns the
task to user BBB.

Parallel approvers are assigned simultaneously. SAP Ariba assigns the task to the approvers at the same time. In
the following approval flow, SAP Ariba assigns the task to users AAA and BBB at the same time.

An approval flow can contain a combination of both parallel and serial approvers.

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Groups in Approval Flows

When you add a group to an approval (or review) flow, SAP Ariba can either:

• Expand the group (and any subgroups) and insert each user as a parallel approver (or reviewer) in the approval
flow. Each user receives notification about the task. All users in the group are needed to approve (or review)
the document. After all users in the group approves (or reviews) the document, the approval flow moves to
successive approvers.
• Insert the group as a single unit in the approval flow. All users in the group receive notification about the task.
Any one user in the group is sufficient to approve the task (or move to the next approver in a serial flow).

The behavior when you add a group to an approval flow is determined by the method you use to add the approver.

• If you add a group using the graphical approval flow editor, the pane for adding an approver contains the option
All approvers need to approve? If you select No, SAP Ariba inserts the group as a single unit in the approval
flow. If you select Yes, SAP Ariba expands the group and inserts each user as a parallel approver. The default
value is No.
• If you add a group as an approver directly in an editable Approvers or Reviewers field in a task window for a
serial or parallel approval flow, SAP Ariba does not expand the group.
• If the group was inherited from an approver lookup table file in the template, SAP Ariba does not expand the
group.

Creating or Editing Approval Rules

Approval rules specify who has to review or approve a document.

Prerequisites

To create or edit project templates, you must be a member of the global Template Creator group or the Templates
project’s Template Creators team group. To create or edit a modular supplier management questionnaire project
template, you must also be a member of the global SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group. To create or edit
a supplier management process project template, you must also be a member of the global SM Process Manager
group.

Procedure

1. Create or open a project template. If the status is not Draft, create a new version as described in Creating a
New Version of a Template and Enabling Editing [page 200].

2. If the task does not already exist, select the appropriate document and click Create New Task Review ,
Approval, or Negotiation. The system opens a window to create the task.

If the task already exists, click the task name and click Action View Task Details . In the task area, click
Actions Task Edit .

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3. Use one of the following methods to add approvers:

• Specify a simple set of parallel or serial approvers directly in the Approvers or Reviewers field. Select
Parallel or Serial for the approval flow type, then use the pull-down menu in the Reviewers or Approvers
field to add approvers without using the approval rule editor. See Restrictions When Specifying Approvers
in the Approvers or Reviewers Field [page 498] for restrictions.
• Open the approval rules editor. In the window for a new task or task without an approval flow, navigate to
the Approvers or Reviewers field, then click one of the following:

• an approval flow icon (such as ).

• a link for an approval flow type (Parallel, Serial, or Custom)
• If you are working on an existing task with an approval flow, click View Task Details, then click the
Review Flow, Negotiation Flow, or Approval Flow tab.

 Note

If you select Parallel or Serial for the approval flow type and use the approval rule editor to add
approvers, the system changes the approval flow type to Custom.

If you have a Custom approval flow and change the approval flow type to Parallel or Serial, the system
removes all customization data from the approval flow, including:
• Any condition for each rule.
• Any rule that uses an approver lookup table file.
• The Required Approver or Watcher option. All approvers become required approvers.
• The title, description, and reason for each approver.

Restrictions When Specifying Approvers in the Approvers or

Reviewers Field

If the approval rule flow type is parallel or serial, template authors can specify a simple set of parallel or serial
approvers directly in the Approvers or Reviewers field, with the following restrictions:

• The approval flow can contain either parallel or serial approvers, but not both parallel and serial approvers.
• You cannot add any watchers to the flow.
• You cannot specify any conditions for the approvers.
• You cannot use approval rule lookup tables.
• You cannot move approvers in the flow.
• If you specify multiple serial approvers, you must add the approvers in order from last to first; the last reviewer
you specify will be the first approver in the approval flow.
• If you select a group as an approver, there is no option to expand the group and require all users in the group to
approve (or review) the document. Only one user in the group is needed to approve (or review) the document.
After one user in the group approves the document, the approval flow moves to successive approvers. If you
want to require all users in a group to approve a document, you must add the group using the approval rule
editor.
• You cannot use the Add Launch Approver or Add Contract Approver action to conditionally add the Sourcing
Approver or Contract Approver group to an approval flow. See Specifying Actions to Add Approvers and Groups
[page 507] for additional information.

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 • You cannot use the Add Supervisor action create a supervisor rule, which adds the supervisor of a user project
field to an approval flow by notification profiles.
• The system adds the following text as the reason for the approver: Action is required. By default, this text is
included in email notifications sent to approvers.

Related Information

Creating Notification Profiles

Approval Rules Editor

As an alternative to specifying approvers directly in the Approvers or Reviewers field, you can use the approval rule
editor in a project template. The approval flow editor enables you to create a mix of parallel and serial approvers
and to specify conditional approvers. From top to bottom, the approval rule editor contains the following sections:

• Approval Process Diagram. Add rules here or select a rule to see the condition and action.
• Approval Rule Editor. Specify or view the condition that triggers the action (add users or groups) for the rule
selected in the diagram. It contains the following sections:
• Condition: Specify a condition for the action. If you always want the action to occur, use the default
condition (an empty All Are True condition).
• Action. Specify or view the action taken when the condition is met. The action specifies if approvers are
added by selecting individual users or groups using a drop-down menu or by using an Approver Lookup
Table.
• Parameters. Specify parameters for the rule selected in the diagram. If you are not using an Approver Lookup
table, use the drop-down menu to select the users or groups to add to the approval flow.

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For example:

The approval rules for a given task are shown in the Approval Process Diagram. Each approval rule consists of:

• A condition.
The condition in an approval rule contains one or more references to conditions defined for the template.
• An action.
The action adds specified approvers to the approval flow. If the condition is met, then the system performs the
action and adds the specified approvers to the approval flow.

Creating a condition is optional; if you do not create a condition, the default condition (an empty All Are True
condition) always evaluates to true and the action always occurs.

In this example, the approval process diagram has the rule Over $100M. The rule Over $100M is highlighted and
the editor shows the condition and action for this rule: if the template condition Contract Amount Over $100M
is true, the system takes the action to add the user Max Olson to the approval flow.

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To configure approval rules, you:

1. Add one or more approval rules, which are shown in the approval process diagram. For information about
working with the approval process diagram, see Editing Approval Flows with the Approval Process Diagram
[page 503].
2. (Optional) Specify a condition for each approval rule. The condition contains references to template conditions.
The approval rule editor includes a feature that enables you to define a template condition if one does not
already exist. For information about working with conditions, see Working with Approval Rule Conditions [page
504].
3. Specify an action for each approval rule to add approvers. For information about adding approvers, see Adding
Approvers in the Approval Rule Editor [page 507].

Related Information

Creating a Simple Approval Rule [page 501]

Creating a Simple Approval Rule

Approval rules specify who has to review or approve a document.

Prerequisites

To create or edit project templates, you must be a member of the global Template Creator group or the Templates
project’s Template Creators team group. To create or edit a modular supplier management questionnaire project
template, you must also be a member of the global SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group. To create or edit
a supplier management process project template, you must also be a member of the global SM Process Manager
group.

Context

You can create a simple approval rule without using an approval rules table. Each approval rule adds one approver
or group of approvers to the approval flow.

Procedure

1. Create a new task in a template or edit an existing template task from the View Task Details page.

2. Select the approval flow type and click the corresponding approval flow icon (such as ).

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 The approval rule editor opens.
3. In the approval process diagram, click Add Initial Rule.
4. Specify a a name in the Rule Title field and add text for the Rule Description.
5. Optional: If you always want the approvers in this rule to be added, leave the Condition area as it is (containing
only the All Are True statement). If you want to add the approvers based on a condition, see Approval Rule
Conditions [page 504].
6. In the Action area, select Add Approvers and Groups if it is not already selected. From the Action pull-down
menu, choose the type of approver you want to add:

• Add Approvers: adds one or more individual users, groups, or project groups.
• Add Group: adds one global group.
• Add Project Group: adds one project group.
• Add Contract Approver: adds the Contract Approvers global group if the required conditions are met. For
more information, see Specifying Actions to Add Approvers and Groups [page 507].
• Add Launch Approver: adds the Sourcing Approver global group if the required conditions are met. For
more information, see Specifying Actions to Add Approvers and Groups [page 507].
• Add Supervisor. Adds the supervisor of a project user field (such as the Owner field) to the approval flow
using notification profiles. The rule can also be “chained” to repeatedly add supervisors.
7. Specify the appropriate parameter values for the approvers as follows:

• All users in group have to approve: This field is present only if you are adding a global group or project
group to the approval flow. If selected, the system expands the group and adds each user in the group
as an individual parallel node in the approval flow. Each user in the group must approve (or review) the
document.
• If the All users in group have to approve option is not selected, the system adds the group as a single
entity in the flow and only one user in the group is needed to approve (or review) the document. After any
one user in the group approves the document, the approval flow moves to successive approvers.
• Approval required: If selected, the approver must approve or review the document associated with the
task (this is the default value). If this option is not selected, the approver is added as a watcher. A watcher
cannot approve the task but can view the task and the approval flow.
• Approving Group, Approver(s) to be added to the flow, or ProjectGroup to be added to the flow: Select
the group or users to be added.
• Reason: Reason for adding the approvers. This field is optional. By default, the text you specify in this field
is included in email notifications sent to approvers.
8. To add additional approval rules to the flow, go back to the Approval Process Diagram and click the action
triangle button (  ) where you want to add the node in the flow.

The new node is highlighted in green to indicate that the contents of the Approval Rule Editor apply to this
node.
9. Click Done.

Related Information

Approval Rules Editor [page 499]

Creating Notification Profiles

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Editing Approval Flows with the Approval Process Diagram
Approval rules in approval flows specify who has to review or approve a document. You can define an approval flow
with multiple rules using an approval process diagram.

Prerequisites

To create or edit project templates, you must be a member of the global Template Creator group or the Templates
project’s Template Creators team group. To create or edit a modular supplier management questionnaire project
template, you must also be a member of the global SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group. To create or edit
a supplier management process project template, you must also be a member of the global SM Process Manager
group.

Context

Each box, or node, in an approval flow represents an approval rule. Approval rules are processed in order from left
to right. When the system creates an approval flow from the approval rules, it evaluates the condition for each rule
and adds the approvers specified in the action for the rule.

Nodes in an approval flow have action triangle buttons ( ) you can click to add or move nodes . To delete an
approval rule, click the “X” button ( ).

Procedure

1. Open the approval flow editor as described in Creating or Editing Approval Rules [page 497].
2. To add an approval rule:
a. Click the area in the approval flow where you want to add the approver (or reviewer).
• If there are no approvers in the approval flow, click Add Initial Approver to add an approver. This
button is available only when there are no approvers.
• If you are adding a serial approval rule to a flow with existing rules, click the action triangle button ( )
where you want to add the approval rule.
• If you are adding a parallel approval rule to a flow with existing rules, click the left-most action triangle
button ( ) in the flow.
b. Choose Add Serial Rule or Add Parallel Rule.
c. To specify where the parallel rule or flow should connect back into the main approval process, click a blue
target ( ). (If there is only one position possible, the position is selected for you.)
d. In the approval rule editor below the diagram, enter a title and description for the new rule.
3. To move an approval rule:
a. Click the left or right triangle action button ( ) beside the approval rule you want to move.
b. Choose Move Rule.

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 Blue targets ( ) indicate the possible positions for the rule.
c. Click one of the blue targets to move the rule to the corresponding position.

The updated diagram shows the new position of the moved rule.
4. To delete an approval rule:
a. Click the “X” button ( ) on the approval rule you want to delete.
b. Click OK when prompted for confirmation.

Next Steps

• (Optional) Specify a condition for this rule (Approval Rule Conditions [page 504]).
• Add approvers.

Related Information

Adding Approvers in the Approval Rule Editor [page 507]

Adding Approvers from Approver Lookup Tables
Configuring Supervisor Rules

Approval Rule Conditions

 Note

Specifying a condition for an approval rule is optional. If an approval rule has no condition defined, the system
always performs the action specified for that rule.

A condition for an approval rule consists of components. The components can be:

• References to a condition, which are references to a condition defined for the template. The approval rule
editor also enables you to create a template condition and add a reference to the new condition.
• Subconditions, which contain a set of condition components that are evaluated together with a series of logical
operators. Subconditions enable you to build conditions with multiple components.
• Document field matches, which evaluate to true or false depending on field values in document forms.

 Note

In project types that support approver lookups, you can also define conditions and actions based on an
approver lookup table. Supplier management projects don't support approver lookup tables.

A condition in an approval rule always contains at least one subcondition. In its simplest form, an approval rule
condition consists of a subcondition that contains a reference to a template condition. For example, you could have
the following condition expression:

All Are True Regions is equal to USA

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This condition expression consists of the All Are True subcondition and the field match Regions is equal
to USA.

 Note

All condition expressions start with a subcondition, even if the only additional component is a field match or a
reference to a condition.

References to a Condition [page 505]

Subconditions [page 505]

Defining Approval Rule Conditions [page 506]

Related Information

Adding Approvers from Approver Lookup Tables

References to a Condition

When you choose to add a reference to a condition, the system opens a window with a chooser for conditions
already defined in the project template and a Create Condition link you can click to open the condition editor and
create a new condition for the template. For more information about the condition editor, see Defining Approval
Rule Conditions [page 506].

Subconditions

Subconditions enable you to group and evaluate a set of condition components as a whole.

In the following figure, All Are True is the subcondition.

There are three subcondition types:

• All Are True. For this subcondition to be true, all the condition components that it contains must be true.
Conceptually, the All Are True subcondition places AND operators between the condition components in the
set.

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• Any Are True. For this subcondition to be true, at least one of the condition components that it contains must
be true. Conceptually, the Any Are True subcondition places OR operators between the condition components
in the set.
• None Is True. For this subcondition to be true, all condition components that it contains must be false.
Conceptually, the None Is True subcondition uses NOT...AND NOT operators:
NOT condition component 1 AND NOT condition component 2 AND NOT condition component 3.

An approval condition can contain multiple subconditions (and components). You add condition components from
left to right in the condition builder. The components are evaluated in the opposite direction—from right to left.

Defining Approval Rule Conditions

Context

Use the condition builder in the approval rule editor to define the condition for an approval rule.

Procedure

1. Open the approval flow editor as described in Creating or Editing Approval Rules [page 497].
2. In the approval process diagram, select the rule for which you want to build a condition.
3. Click the action triangle button ( ) next to All Are True. All conditions must start with a subcondition even
if you plan to add only one other condition component. The default initial subcondition is All Are True. If you
want to change the subcondition type, scroll down to the Change To area and choose the new type. For more
information on subcondition types, see Subconditions [page 505].

To create a new template condition or to add a reference to a project template condition, click the action
triangle button next to All Are True, then click Reference to Condition.

The system opens a pane with a Reference to Condition field and a Create Condition link.

To use an existing project template condition, click the arrow button next to the Reference to Condition field. A
chooser opens with the existing project template conditions.

To create a new project condition, click Create Condition. You can also use this link to define a document field
condition..
4. Enter a name for the condition, such as RegionIsEMEA.
5. Enter a description for the condition.
6. All conditions start with the subcondition All Are True. If you want to change the subcondition type, click the
action triangle button ( ) next to All Are True, then select a type under Change To, such as None Is True.

7. To add a field match, click the triangle button next to All Are True, then click Add Condition Field
Match .

A field match builder opens. Click Select. A pull-down menu opens with project fields commonly used for field
matches.

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 8. Select a project field, such as Regions. If you want to use a field that is not listed or to use a subfield (such
as the child country/region in the customer or supplier address), click more fields to open a complete list of
project fields. Click Select for the field you want to use and click Done.
9. Select an operator from the pull-down menu, such as is equal to.
10. Click Select to the right of the (No Value Selected) text to specify the value for the field match.

Depending on the data type for the field, the system displays a pull-down menu with acceptable values, a
selection pane, or data entry pane. Enter or choose the value, set of values, or range of values (as applicable)
that you want to match.

If a field can have multiple values, the system displays a selection pane. Clicking Select opens a chooser that
enables you to specify a set of multiple values for the field match. The condition will be true if any of the field
values in the set are matched. To create a condition that is true if all of the specified field values are matched,
you must create a condition expression with the All of operator and multiple field matches, where each field
match specifies a single value.
11. Continue adding condition components as necessary.
12. Click OK.

Related Information

Condition Expressions
Guidelines for Defining Conditions
Defining Approval Rule Conditions with Document Fields

Adding Approvers in the Approval Rule Editor

Approval rules specify who has to review or approve a document.

Prerequisites

To create or edit project templates, you must be a member of the global Template Creator group or the Templates
project’s Template Creators team group. To create or edit a modular supplier management questionnaire project
template, you must also be a member of the global SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group. To create or edit
a supplier management process project template, you must also be a member of the global SM Process Manager
group.

Procedure

1. Open the approval rule editor as described in Creating or Editing Approval Rules [page 497].
2. In the Approval Process Diagram area, select the rule (node) for which you want to add approvers.

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3. (Optional) Specify or create a condition for the action as described in Defining Approval Rule Conditions [page
506].
4. In the Action area, select one of the following options to add approvers.

• Add Approvers and Groups: Specify a user, global group, or project group from the Action pull-down
menu.
You can also use this option to add the supervisor of a project user field (such as the Owner field) to the
approval flow. This action can also be “chained” to repeatedly add supervisors.
• Use Approver Lookup Table: Use an Microsoft Excel XLS lookup table to determine which approver to add
based on project field values. For example, you could have an approver lookup table that lists commodity
codes and specifies which approver to add for each code.
5. If you selected Add Approvers and Groups, navigate to the Action pull-down menu and select the type of
approver you want to add:

• Add Approvers: adds one or more individual users.

• Add Group: adds one global group.
• Add Project Group: adds one or more project groups.
• Add Launch Approver: adds the Sourcing Approver global group in SAP Ariba Sourcing if the following
conditions are true:
-the task is an Approval for Publish task for a Sourcing event
-the user attempting to publish the event does not have PublishEvent permission
-the site configuration parameter Let project creators bypass approvals for runtime edits
([Link]) is set to No. For more information, see
the topic Let project creators bypass approvals for runtime edits in Intelligent Configuration Manager
Parameters Reference.
• Add Contract Approver: adds the Contract Approver global group in SAP Ariba Contracts if the task is an
approval task for an entire contract workspace or contract request.
• Add Supervisor: adds the supervisor of a user in a selected user field using notification profiles.

 Note

For supplier management project approval flows, only add project groups. In the case of a missing approver
in a supplier management project approval flow, the add missing approver tool only works when the
missing approver is in an empty project group. It does not support adding approvers to other approver
categories.

6. Select the appropriate parameters and approvers. Complete the fields as follows:

• All users in group have to approve

This field is present only if you are adding a global group or project group to the approval flow. If selected,
the system expands the group and adds each user in the group as an individual node in the approval flow.
Each user in the group must approve (or review) the document. If this option is not selected, only one user
in the group is required to approve (or review) the document. After one user in the group approves the
document, the approval flow moves to successive approvers.
• Approval Required
If selected, the approver must approve or review the document associated with the task (this is the default
value). If this option is not selected, the approver is added as a watcher. A watcher cannot approve the task
but can view the task and the approval flow.
• Approver(s) to be added to the flow
• Group

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menu and then click Search for more to open a chooser.
• Reason
Reason for adding the approvers.
7. Click Done.

Related Information

Configuring Supervisor Rules

Creating Notification Profiles
Adding Approvers from Approver Lookup Tables
Let project creators bypass approvals for runtime edits

Commodity, Region, and Department Assignments

for Form and Questionnaire Approvals
After adding members to supplier project teams using buyer category assignments (the user matrix), you can use
that dynamic team membership to construct approval flows for supplier forms and questionnaires.

Example: Creating a Conditional Approval Flow Using

Commodity and Region Assignments
This example shows sample steps for using conditions and commodity and region assignments to add the
appropriate people to the approval flow for a supplier request form.

Prerequisites

This example assumes that the following commodity, region, and project group assignment data is loaded in the
site:

Project Owner,801116,unspsc,USA,ljenkins,PasswordAdapter1
Human Resources,8011,unspsc,USA,tjones,PasswordAdapter1
Human Resources,8011,unspsc,Canada,ayang,PasswordAdapter1
Global Services,80,unspsc,All,rbarney,PasswordAdapter1

This data assigns:

• Larry Jenkins (ljenkins) to the Project Owner project group for all temporary personnel services (UNSPSC
code 801116) in the United States. Larry Jenkins is a category manager for temporary labor and manages all
temporary labor suppliers in the US.

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• Theresa Jones (tjones) to the Human Resources project group for all temporary labor services (UNSPSC code
8011) in the United States. Theresa Jones is in US Human Resources department and must approve all US
temporary labor suppliers.
• Alan Yang (ayang) to the Human Resources project group for all temporary labor services (UNSPSC code
8011) in Canada. Alan Yang is in the Canadian Human Resources department and must approve all Canadian
temporary labor suppliers.
• Regina Barney (rbarney) to the Global Services project group for management and business professionals and
administrative services UNSPSC code 80) for all regions. Regina Barney is the member of the global services
department who must approve all suppliers of services.

Context

In this example, a category manager must approve the supplier registration; if it's for a temporary labor supplier,
a human resources representative must approve the registration in parallel; after that, all registrations for services
are sent serially to the global services department for final approval.

Procedure

1. Open the Supplier Request Template. If the status isn't Draft, create a new version as described in Creating a
New Version of a Template and Enabling Editing [page 200].
2. Since Human Resources and Global Services aren't default AribaSAP Ariba groups, create them by performing
the following steps:

a. On the Team tab, choose Actions Team Members Edit .

b. Click Add Group.
c. For Use commodity and region assignments, choose Yes.
d. In the Title field, enter Human Resources.
e. Click OK.
f. Repeat these steps to add the Global Services project group.

The Project Owner group is always included in projects, so you don't have to add it manually. However, make
sure that the aribasystem system user is a member of the group; it's a requirement for adding users to the
Project Owner group dynamically.
3. Create conditions for the temporary labor and management and business professionals and administrative
services commodities by performing the following steps:
a. On the Conditions tab, click Add Condition.
b. Enter a name for the condition, such as Temporary Labor Services, and a description, such as
Applies when the commodity is temporary labor services.
c. Click the action triangle button ( ) next to All Are True and choose Add Condition Field Match .

A new condition component for selecting the field appears.

d. Click Select and choose Commodity.
e. Click the Select menu to the right of (No Value Selected) and choose Select Value.
f. In the commodity window, click select.

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 g. Expand Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services and select Human
resource services, which is one level under it, then click Done.
h. Click OK.
i. Repeat the previous steps to add a condition named Management and Business Professionals and
Administrative Services, with that commodity selected for the expression.
4. On the Tasks tab, click the Approval for supplier request task and choose Edit Task.
5. For Approval Rule Flow Type, choose Custom.
6. Click Custom to open the approval flow editor.
7. In the task's default approval flow, the project owner is the approver. Add a parallel node for the US human
resources representative with a condition on the temporary labor commodity by performing the following
steps:
a. In the Approval Process Diagram area, click the action triangle button ( ) to the left of the Project
Owner approval node and choose Add Parallel Rule.

A new, untitled approval node appears on the graph in parallel to the Project Owner node.
b. Click the new rule to select it.
c. In the Approval Rule Editor area, enter a name for the node, such as Human Resources, and a
description, such as Adds a member of the Human Resources department to the approval
flow for temporary labor suppliers.
d. In the Condition area, click the action triangle button ( ) next to All Are True and choose Add
Condition Reference to Condition .
e. On the Reference to Condition dropdown menu, choose Search more, then click the Select button to the
right of the Temporary Labor Services condition.
f. Click OK.
g. In the Action area, for Type, choose Add Approvers and Groups.
h. From the Action dropdown menu, choose Add Project Group.
i. Make sure that All users in group have to approve is not selected. In this scenario, only the user in
the project group who is assigned to the specific supplier registration commodities and regions needs to
approve the registration.
j. Select Approval Required.
k. For ProjectGroup to be added to the flow?, on the dropdown menu, choose Search more. Click the
Select button next to Human Resources, then click Done.
l. For Reason for the specified approver(s) to be added to the flow , enter a reason such as A Human
Resources representative must approve requests related to temporary labor.
8. Next, add a serial node for the global services representative with a condition on the management and
business professionals and administrative services commodity by performing the following steps:
a. In the Approval Process Diagram area, click the action triangle button ( ) to the right of the Project
Owner approval node and choose Add Parallel Rule.

A new, untitled approval node appears on the graph in parallel to the Project Owner node.
b. Click the new rule to select it.
c. In the Approval Rule Editor area, enter a name for the node, such as Global Services, and a
description, such as Adds a member of the Global Services department to the approval
flow for management and business professionals and administrative services
suppliers.

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 d. In the Condition area, click the action triangle button ( ) next to All Are True and choose Add
Condition Reference to Condition .
e. On the Reference to Condition dropdown menu, choose Search more, then click the Select button
to the right of the Management and Business Professionals and Administrative Services
condition.
f. Click OK.
g. In the Action area, for Type, choose Add Approvers and Groups.
h. From the Action dropdown menu, choose Add Project Group.
i. In this scenario, only the user in the project group who is assigned to the specific supplier request
commodities and regions needs to approve the request, so make sure that All users in group have to
approve is not selected.
j. Select Approval Required.
k. For ProjectGroup to be added to the flow?, on the dropdown menu, choose Search more. Click the
Select button next to Global Services, then click Done.
l. For Reason for the specified approver(s) to be added to the flow , enter a reason such as A Global
Services representative must approve requests related to management and business
professionals and administrative services.
9. Click Done.

Results

When you publish the template, and a supplier of temporary labor services in the United States submits a
registration questionnaire, the following actions occur in that supplier registration project:

• Category manager Larry Jenkins is added to the Project Owner group for the supplier registration and
becomes the project owner, receives a notification to review the registration, and approves or denies it.
• At the same time, human resources representative Theresa Jones is added to the Human Resources group
for the supplier registration, receives a notification to review the registration, and approves or denies it.
• Regina Barney is added to the Global Services group for the supplier registration and receives a
notification to approve [Link] both Larry Jenkins and Theresa Jones have approved it . This approval or denial
is final.

Alan Yang isn't added to the Human Resources group for the supplier registration because the assignment to
temporary labor services in Canada means that there's no match for this supplier registration.

Conditional Approval Flows Based on Questionnaire

Answers
Conditional approval flows in supplier management projects can add relevant departments, such as the legal or
finance department, to the approval flow of a form of questionnaire based on the answers to specific questions.
These conditions are triggered by hidden questions in the form or questionnaire.

Supplier management projects include six specialized project-level fields (with project field mappings) that allow
you to create conditional approval flows based on answers to questions:

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Table 23:
Field Name Field Mapping

Finance Approval Level [Link]

Legal Approval Level [Link]

Line of Business Approval Level [Link]

Purchasing Approval Level [Link]

Quality Approval Level [Link]

Sustainability Approval Level [Link]

In supplier registration questionnaires only, the following additional custom fields for conditional approvals are also
available:

Default Field Name Field Mapping

Custom Approval Level 1 project.CustomApprovalLevel1

Custom Approval Level 2 project.CustomApprovalLevel2

Custom Approval Level 3 project.CustomApprovalLevel3

Custom Approval Level 4 project.CustomApprovalLevel4

Custom Approval Level 5 project.CustomApprovalLevel5

Custom Approval Level 6 project.CustomApprovalLevel6

You use these mapped fields to:

• Set different values for each field in a single questionnaire to trigger different conditions from different answers
to the same question.
• Set values in these fields from an external system using the External Validation for Registration
Questionnaire web service

 Note

• There can be only one of each available combination of field mapping and initial value present a single
questionnaire. For example, there can only be one question mapped to [Link]
with an initial value of 2 in a single registration questionnaire. For qualification questionnaires assembled
from content document questionnaire segments, the assembled questionnaire can only contain one of
each available combination of field mapping and initial value total. If different content documents with
the same mapping and initial value combination are included in the same qualification questionnaire, the
conditions built on that combination don't function correctly in that questionnaire.
• In most project workflows, approvers can request additional information, and questionnaire recipients can
then update answers while the questionnaire is in approval. The way that edits to the answers that trigger
conditional approvals update the approval flow depend on which project-level fields are involved. Edits that
change the value set for the same field update the approver in that node. Edits that change which field
a value is set for add a separate approval node in parallel rather than updating the existing node, which
remains in the approval flow.
For example, if the previous answer sets the Finance Approval Level field to 1 and an update sets the
Finance Approval Level field to 4, the approver associated with 1 is removed from the node and replaced
by the approver associated with 4. However, if the previous answer set the Finance Approval Level to 1 and
an update sets the Line of Business Approval Level to 1 instead, the approver associated with Finance

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 Approval Level = 1 remains in the approval flow, and a parallel node with the approver associated with Line
of Business Approval Level = 1 is added.
• An administrator can modify the labels for custom approval fields in Intelligent Configuration Manager.
Changes to the labels for these custom fields apply to newly created conditions but not to existing
conditions. If you customize labels, maintaining the same custom naming in the questionnaires where
the fields are used is recommended. Changes involving these fields in published versions of the project
template are added to existing projects during template upgrade.

The high-level workflow for adding project groups to an approval flow based on answers to a question is as follows:

1. (Optional) If you want to add users to the project group dynamically, perform the following steps:
• Set up buyer category assignments so that users are added to the project group you want to use in the
conditional approval flow based on the supplier's characteristics.
• On the project's Team tab, add the project group you want to use in the conditional approval.
2. In the form or questionnaire, create the question on which you want to base the conditional approval flow. Make
sure that the question you create either uses a list of choices or master data value for the acceptable answer,
or has an answer type of Yes/No or Date. These configurations ensure that possible answers are limited to a
specific set of values that you can use to define a condition.
3. Create a simple visibility condition with a content match to the previous question and specify the answer that
you want to use to trigger the conditional approval flow.
4. Add another question under the previous question with the following settings:
• For Answer Type, choose Whole Number.
• For Response Required?, choose Not Required.
• For Visible to Participant, choose No. This setting is only supported in external questionnaires answered
by suppliers. It doesn't hide questions from buyer users in your site.
• For Supplier field mapping, enter the project-level field mapping for the field you want to use in the
conditional approval, such as [Link].
• For Visibility Conditions, choose the condition you created for the answer.
• For Initial Value, enter a numeric value between 1 and 5.
5. On the project's Conditions tab, create a project-level condition using a field match. Select the field that
corresponds to the field mapping you used in the hidden question and set a value equal to the initial value you
used in the hidden question.
6. Create or edit the approval task on the questionnaire survey document. Specify a custom approval flow and
use the project-level condition to add the project group to the approval flow.

With this configuration, when a supplier enters the answer specified in the questionnaire visibility condition, the
hidden question is activated, but it's not visible. The hidden question adds the specified initial value to the mapped
project-level field, which triggers the project-level condition. The project-level condition adds the specified project
group to the approval flow, and the buyer category assignments or team member rules add specific users to the
project group, where they become approvers for the supplier.

This process describes the simplest configuration using a single hidden question to trigger conditional approval.
You can use multiple hidden questions and project conditions to create more complex conditional approvals. For
example, if you have a question with a list of choices defined for its acceptable answers, you can use multiple
hidden questions to define a unique initial value for each choice. You can then create a separate project condition
for each hidden question value to define a different conditional approval flow for each possible answer to the
question.

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Related Information

Buyer Category Assignments in Supplier Management Projects [page 491]

Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]
Creating Basic Visibility Conditions in a Form of Questionnaire [page 479]
Creating or Editing Approval Rules [page 497]
Approval Rule Conditions [page 504]
Project Fields [page 440]
Setting up External Validation of Registration and Modular Questionnaires Using Web Services [page 598]

Example: Adding the Legal Department to an Approval Flow

When a Supplier Won't Agree to Your Code of Conduct
This example shows sample steps for setting up a question with answers that set values in a project field. You can
use those answers to trigger conditional approval nodes in an approval task for the questionnaire.

Prerequisites

This example assumes that you're using buyer category assignments to assign specific users to the Legal
Approvers project group based on region.

Context

This example uses a question in the external supplier request questionnaire asking suppliers to agree to your
code of conduct. If the supplier answers yes, you don't need to change the approval flow for the external supplier
request. However, if the suppliers answers no, you require them to upload their own code of conduct, and you want
to add a member of your legal department to the approval flow so that they can review and approve it before the
external supplier request goes to any other approvers. You use the Legal Approval Level project field in a hidden
question to set up the conditional approval.

Procedure

1. Open the external supplier request project template. If the status isn't Draft, create a new version as described
in Creating a New Version of a Template and Enabling Editing [page 200].
2. On the Documents tab, click the external request and choose Edit.
3. Create the question about your code of conduct by performing the following steps:

a. In the content area of the questionnaire, click Add Question .

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 b. Enter a name for your question, such as Do you agree to my company's Code of Conduct?
c. On the Answer Type dropdown menu, choose Yes/No.
d. On the Response Required dropdown menu, choose Yes, Participant Required.
e. Click Attach a file and attach your code of conduct document to the question.
f. On the Visible to Participant dropdown menu, choose Yes.
g. Click Done.
4. Create a visibility condition based on an answer of No to this question by performing the following steps:
a. Click the question you created and choose Edit.
b. Choose Add Condition .
c. On the Edit Conditions page, click Add.
d. Enter a name for the condition, such as Does not accept Code of Conduct.
e. (Optional) Enter a description for the condition.
f. For the expression, click Undefined and choose the code of conduct question.
g. Choose No from the available answers.
h. Click OK.
i. Click Done.
5. Require any supplier who answers No to upload their own code of conduct by performing the following steps:

a. In the content area of the external request, select the code of conduct question, then click Add
Question .
b. On the Add Question page, choose Add After.
c. Enter a name for the question, such as Please attach your own code of conduct.
d. On the Answer Type dropdown menu, choose Attachment.
e. On the Response Required dropdown menu, choose Yes, Participant Required.
f. On the Visible to Participant dropdown menu, choose Yes.
g. On the Participant can add additional comments and attachments dropdown menu, choose Yes.
h. For Visibility Conditions, click none and choose the condition you just created based on a No answer to
the first code of conduct question.
i. Click Done.
6. Create a hidden question that sets a value of 1 for the Legal Approval Level field by performing the following
steps:

a. In the content area of the external request, click Add Question .

b. Enter a name for the hidden question, such as Trigger for legal approval level.
c. On the Answer Type dropdown menu, choose Whole Number.
d. On the Response Required dropdown menu, choose Not Required.
e. On the Visible to Participant dropdown menu, choose No.
f. In the Supplier field mapping field, enter [Link].
g. For Visibility Conditions, click none and choose the condition you created based on a No answer to the
first code of conduct question.
h. In the Initial Value field, enter 1.
i. Click Done.
7. Create a project condition based on a value of 1 for the Legal Approval Level field by performing the following
steps:
a. To save your changes to the external request and return to the project, click Exit, then click return to
project.

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 b. Click the Conditions tab.
c. Click Add Condition.
d. Enter a name for the project condition, such as Requires legal review.
e. (Optional) Enter a description for the condition.
f. For the expression, click All are true and choose Field Match.
g. Choose Select more fields... .
h. Locate Legal Approval Level on the list of available fields and click Select.
i. For the operator, choose is equal to.
j. To set the value, choose Select Select Value , then enter 1 and click OK.
k. Click OK.
8. Create a new project group for legal approvers by performing the following steps:
a. Click the Team tab.
b. Choose Actions Team Members Edit .
c. Click Add Group.
d. For Use commodity and region assignments, choose Yes.
e. In the Title field, enter a name for the group, as Legal Approvers
f. Click OK.
9. Create a new approval rule that adds the new group as an approver to every external supplier request where
the supplier answers No to the code of conduct question by performing the following steps:
a. Click the Tasks tab.
b. Click the approval task for the external request and choose Edit Task.
c. For Approval Rule Flow Type, choose Custom.
d. Click Custom to open the approval flow editor.
e. In the Approval Process Diagram area, click the action triangle button ( ) to the left of the Project
Owner approval node and choose Add Serial Rule.

A new, untitled node appears to the left of the Project Owner node.
f. In the Approval Rule Editor area, enter a name for the node, such as Legal, and a description, such as
Adds a member of the legal department to the approval flow if the supplier does
not agree to our code of conduct and uploads their own instead.
g. In the Condition area, click the action triangle button ( ) next to All Are True and choose Add
Condition Reference to Condition .
h. On the Reference to Condition dropdown menu, choose Search more, then click the Select button to the
right of the Requires legal review condition.
i. Click OK.
j. In the Action area, for Type, choose Add Approvers and Groups.
k. From the Action dropdown menu, choose Add Project Group.
l. Make sure that All users in group have to approve is not selected. In this scenario, you only need one user
from the legal department to approve the request.
m. Select Approval Required.
n. For ProjectGroup to be added to the flow?, on the dropdown menu, choose Search more. Click the
Select button next to Legal Approvers, then click Done.
o. For Reason for the specified approver(s) to be added to the flow , enter a reason such as A legal
representative must approve all codes of conduct submitted by suppliers.
10. Click Done.

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Results

When you publish the template, and a supplier answers No to your code of conduct question, the following actions
occur in the external supplier request project:

• The No answer makes your follow-up question, requiring the supplier to attach their own code of conduct when
they submit the request, visible.
• The No answer activates the hidden question, which sets the value of the project's Legal Approval Level field to
1.
• Setting the Legal Approval Level field to 1 triggers the project legal approval condition.
• The project adds the Legal node to the external request's approval flow.
• Buyer category assignments add the appropriate users to the project's Legal Approvers group, and one of
them is responsible for reviewing and approving the supplier's code of conduct.

External Approval of SAP Ariba Project Approval

Tasks
The External Approval API for Sourcing and Supplier Management allows users in external systems to approve or
deny approval tasks in SAP Ariba projects. There are some specific approval task settings that enable external
processing using this API and ensure that it runs smoothly.

To enable external approval of an SAP Ariba project approval task, set External System Approval to Yes. With this
setting, the external approval API can process approval, denial, or request for additional information with the task.

Keep the following considerations in mind when configuring approval in this task and any related tasks:

• Make sure that any approval task configured for external approval isn't also set to auto-approve. These two
settings are incompatible.
• SAP Ariba recommends that you include only one approval node in tasks that allow external approval. To
combine external and SAP Ariba approvers for a single document, use separate approval tasks and chain them
together as predecessors.
• Within an approval node in a task configured for external approval, at least one of the available approvers must
also be a user in the external system. To process an external approval correctly, the approving external user
must match an existing SAP Ariba user who is an approver in that node.

In SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, there's also an optional feature to validate supplier requests in an
integrated SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) system, which creates a system-generated "external" task in the
workflow for the supplier request. That feature and its external task aren't related to API-based external approvals.

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Supplier Data Integration with SAP Systems

Depending on your SAP Ariba solution package, you have several options for integrating your site with an SAP ERP
system..

For information about setting up supplier data integration with an SAP system, refer to:

Table 24: Integration Options and Applicable Solutions

ERP System Related Information Applicable Solutions

SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA SAP Integration Suite, Managed Gateway SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
for Spend Management and SAP Busi- formance
ness Network Configuration Guide SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new architec-
ture)
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk

SAP MDG Integrating SAP MDG-S with SAP Ariba SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
Supplier Lifecycle and Performance formance
SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new architec-
ture)
SAP Ariba Supplier Risk

SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition using About Supplier Data Integration with SAP SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
SAP Master Data Integration S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition Using formance
SAP Master Data Integration SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new architec-
ture)

 Note

Sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Risk without SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba
Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) only support unidirectional integration
of supplier data from the ERP system to SAP Ariba Supplier Risk. This integration allows you to replicate
suppliers from your ERP system to SAP Ariba Supplier Risk for risk activities. Synchronization of updates from
SAP Ariba to the ERP system isn't supported in SAP Ariba Supplier Risk-only sites.

For bidirectional integration in sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba
Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture):

• In configurations that include MDG-S, integration options enable validation of supplier requests in MDG-S
before the supplier record is created in the SAP Ariba supplier database and approval in MDG-S of updates to
supplier data in registration questionnaires.
• For information on best practice configurations in SAP Ariba, refer to:
• General Best Practices for Integration [page 60]
• Optional Feature Best Practices for Supplier Data Integration [page 64]
• Site Configuration Best Practices for Integration [page 71]
• Best Practices for Setting Up the Supplier Request for Integration [page 72]

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 • Best Practices for Setting Up Supplier Registration Questionnaires For Integration [page 74]
For integration best practices specific to SAP MDG, refer to Integrating SAP MDG-S with SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance.

Most of these best practices are designed to help replication of updated supplier data from SAP Ariba to the
integrated ERP system and aren't applicable to sites that only include SAP Ariba Supplier Risk.

Viewing and Managing Supplier Data Integration Messages [page 526]

Managing Schema Validation Errors in Outbound Integration Messages [page 530]

Enabling Email Notifications with Daily Summaries of Integration Failures [page 532]

Integration and Exception Monitoring for Supplier Data with SAP Cloud ALM [page 533]

When Updates from an Integrated ERP System Are Pushed to External Registration Questionnaires [page
534]

Management of Leading Zeros in ERP Vendor IDs [page 538]

Setting up Integration of Qualification Status to ERP [page 539]

Setting Up Mutual TLS Authentication for Adapter-Based Cloud Integrations of Supplier Data That Use the
Polling Client [page 541]

Default Values for Vendor Database Fields

Setting Default Values for Vendor Database Fields
A default properties data import allows you to specify initial values for fields in the vendor database. You set default
values by importing a CSV file that defines them.

There are several situations for which it's useful to set default values:

• To supply initial values for fields that are required in the integrated ERP system: Setting default values
ensures that required fields are populated with initial values when a supplier created in SAP Ariba is first
synchronized to an integrated ERP system. They're especially useful if you synchronize new suppliers before
registration or you don't plan to include mapped questions for some ERP-required fields in questionnaires. For
example, you can set a default role code for the supplier because it's a requirement in the ERP and you don't
want to rely on the requester or approver providing that information in the supplier request.
• To set initial default values in questionnaires: When suppliers are created in SAP Ariba by replication from
the ERP system, initial versions of questionnaires don't overwrite blank values from the integration message
with default answers configured in the template. They remain blank. You can set default values in data import
to prepopulate questionnaires for suppliers created this way with the same default values that are defined in
the template under other circumstances.
• To set default values in one field based on the value in another field: If the value in
field A is always dependent on the value in field B, setting the default value for field
A conditionally based on the value in field B [page 525] ensures that the data in field
A is always correct. For example, you can set default [Link] and
[Link] based on the account
group ([Link]) selected in the supplier request.
You can then set up questions with a list of predefined choices for answers, where each answer matches
a value in a condition field. You can also use condition fields that are associated with master data such as

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 countries/regions or departments. When a questionnaire recipient chooses answers that match a defined
condition, those answers set the associated default value.

You can define simple defaults, defaults based on lookup keys, and conditional defaults in the same
Default_properties.csv file.

The Default field values workspace in SM Administration provides samples and allows you to download your
current default settings and upload new default settings. Members of the SM Ops Administrator and SM ERP
Administrator groups can download sample files and import the default definition CSV file in this area.

There are two sample files available:

• Default_properties_sample.csv, which has the names of all of the fields for which you can
set defaults in the name column. The file also has a value column, and you can use the
sample to construct your Default_properties.csv file. The file includes a name/value pair setting
[Link] to 2.
• Default_properties_special_names.csv, which has a number of SAP Ariba-specific variables you can
use to set default field values. For example, if you set a field default to ${[Link]}, when the supplier
data is sent to an integrated ERP system, the field value is set to the current date. SAP Ariba provides variables
for system information (current date, user names) and supplier management information (commodity, region,
department, preferred level, qualification status).

 Tip

Using variables to set initial default field values is a useful way of ensuring that information that is included
in the SAP Ariba data model, but not in the default ERP data model, is synchronized to the ERP system after
supplier creation. This information is often set automatically in SAP Ariba (for example, ANID) rather than
included in mapped questions in questionnaires.

For example, you can use variables to send the supplier ANID and ACM ID to generic custom fields in the
ERP system as described in this example [page 522]. However, note that use of custom fields for this
purpose requires customization in the ERP system and is a work-around that requires thorough testing in
your landscape based on your requirements.

 Note

• SAP ERP systems use a category code of 2 for business partner objects that are suppliers. SAP Ariba
always sets this default value.
In sites deployed after the SAP Ariba 2205 release, the following values are set in the initial default
configuration:

name,value,[Link]
[Link],FLVN01,KRED
[Link],TRUE
[Link],2
[Link],1
[Link],0001,KRED

These default values represent minimum best practices and requirements for integration. For more details,
including recommended settings for specific SAP systems, refer to General Best Practices for Integration
[page 60]
• Default_properties.csv and Default_properties_special_names.csv set initial default values
in vendor database fields for suppliers created directly in SAP Ariba. They don't set default values for
suppliers created by replication from the ERP system.

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 • The default properties data import applies the values defined in the import to suppliers created in SAP
Ariba after the completion of the import. It doesn't retroactively apply the value definitions in the current
import to suppliers created before the import was completed.

Related Information

Default_properties.csv [page 522]

Default_properties.csv
Default field values specify the initial values set for supplier fields. You import default field values in the Default
field values area of SM Administration using Default_properties.csv.

Field Description

name The name of the field. To obtain the list of valid field names, export the sample file from the Default field
values area of SM Administration.

value The default value to set for the field. This value can be a concrete value or a variable.

To obtain the list of SAP Ariba-specific variables, export the sample file from the Default field values area
of SM Administration.

You can also construct a variable based on any field in the vendor model using the syntax $
{[Link]}. For example, ${[Link]}. The sample default
field values file includes the complete field names for all fields in the vendor model in the name column.

When you import default field values by using the Default_properties.csv file, SAP Ariba checks whether the
field names and values in the file are valid. If not, the import fails.

The following example shows lines of the Default_properties.csv file that define simple defaults:

name,value
[Link],2
[Link],33001
[Link],${[Link]}
[Link].ZS4ID,${[Link].s4OrgSystemId}

The final value in this example automatically sets supplier ACM IDs in a custom field and, for suppliers created
in SAP Ariba from an approved supplier request, sends those ACM IDs to the integrated ERP system in the initial
synchronization. If the self-service configuration parameter [Link] is enabled
in Manage SM Administration , newly generated ACM IDs for other types of suppliers (such as suppliers
created from data import or replication from the ERP system) are also automatically included in updates sent to
the ERP system . However, use of custom fields for this purpose requires customization in the ERP system and is a
work-around that requires thorough testing in your landscape based on your requirements.

 Tip

SAP Ariba recommends against default values configurations that associate specific
[Link] values with specific index positions

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 in the [Link] array and then use those positions to populate the
businessPartnerID field with the value in a variable field. For example, this default value configuration isn't
recommended:

[Link][0].businessPartnerID,${feildName}
[Link][0].partyIdentifierTypeCode,BUP002

Supplier DUNS IDs are typically mapped to BUP001, which can change the array index. The potential for
different array index arrangements can cause issues with default values configurations that depend on specific
index positions. Instead, SAP Ariba recommends directly setting default business partner IDs for specific party
identification type codes to the value in a variable field using this configuration:

[Link](BUP002).businessPartnerID,${feildName}

You can also use the file to define default values for detail fields in an array class based on the value in the lookup
key field [page 523] and default values for one field conditionally based on values on other, unrelated fields [page
525].

 Caution

Don't set default values for any of the database fields in the [Link] class. Default values in these
fields aren't supported and can cause errors during supplier creation.

Related Information

Setting Default Values for Vendor Database Fields [page 520]

Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826]
Managing Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 860]

Definitions for Lookup Key Field-Based Default Values for

Array Fields

A specific syntax in the default field values CSV data import file allows you to define default values based on the
values in associated lookup key fields for some types of supplier data. When a user submits a questionnaire with a
lookup key value, the associated default field values are automatically added to the supplier record.

You can dynamically set default field values for some fields based on the value specified in an associated lookup
key field. You can only set defaults for fields that are in the same class as the lookup key field using this method.
The syntax for creating these definitions in the default field values CSV file is:

[Link](lookupKeyFieldValue?).defaultingFieldName,defaultFieldValu
e

SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions support setting defaults based on associated lookup key values for
most vendor database fields of type array, which can store multiple values for the same supplier in the same
database field.

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The initial lookup key field value is set through a question in a supplier management project. This question must
specify a list of choices as acceptable answers, and that list of choices must correspond to the lookup key field
values you use to define the default field values in the CSV file. The question must also be mapped to the lookup
key field.

 Tip

Although template creators can set up the questions that set these default values in any supplier
form or questionnaire in any supplier management project template (request, registration, qualification,
disqualification, preferred supplier management, or modular questionnaire), the types of data involved are
almost always known and used by only internal users at your company. Internal users can always update
answers in the internal questionnaire in the registration project, while questionnaires in other projects
are closed after they're submitted. In sites integrated with an SAP ERP system, updates from the ERP
are automatically pushed to the supplier request and both internal and external supplier registration
questionnaires. Therefore, SAP Ariba recommends that you create the questions that trigger defaults in the
internal registration questionnaire or the supplier request.

The following table lists the classes of vendor database fields that you can use to set default field values based on
lookup key fields:

Field class Lookup key field

[Link] [Link]

[Link] [Link]

[Link] [Link]
onSystemCode

[Link] [Link]
nID

[Link] [Link]

[Link] [Link]

[Link] [Link]
ionNumberTypeCode

[Link] [Link]

[Link] [Link]
fierTypeCode

[Link] [Link]
suerPartyInternalID

 Note

As a best practice, SAP Ariba recommends managing company code and purchasing organization information
directly in the integrated SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S system. Setting or maintaining this data

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 in SAP Ariba is a work-around that requires thorough testing in your landscape based on your specific
requirements.

In the user interface, the data in most of these fields is displayed on the ERP data detail area of supplier profiles.

Defining default values based on condition fields

You can add up to three more columns to the default properties data import file to define default field values based
on the values in other fields. When a respondent submits a questionnaire with values that meet a condition, the
associated default value is automatically added to the supplier record.

You can dynamically set default field values for any field based on the values in up to three other fields, which
function as conditions. To do so, you add up to three columns in the default field values CSV file, specifying the
condition field names as the headers for those columns. You then use parentheses to define the default value to set
for each set of conditional values:

name,value,conditionField1,conditionField2,conditionField3
defaultingFieldName(defaultValue),defaultValue,condition1,condition2,condition3

For example, can assign role codes and business partner group codes automatically based on a supplier's account
group:

name,value,[Link]
[Link](FLVN01),FLVN01,KRED
[Link](FLVN01),FLVN01,LIEF
[Link](0001),0001,KRED
[Link](0002),0002,LIEF

In this example, if the supplier's account group is KRED, its role code is automatically set to FLVN01 and its
business partner group code is automatically set to 0001.

The condition values are set through questions in a supplier management questionnaires. These questions must
have defined sets of answers, whether as lists of choices or master data. The answer set must correspond to the
condition values you use to define the default field values in the CSV file. The questions must also be mapped to the
condition fields.

In this example, a template creator can create a question of type Text (single line limited) in the supplier request
and enter [Link] in the Supplier Field Mapping field. They can
define a list of choices based on the account group codes in an integrated ERP system since those values are
defined in site master data. This configuration causes the question's answers to set the associated default field
values.

The three condition fields in the default field values CSV file can function either together or independently. You
can use each supported condition column to set an unrelated default for a separate field, or you can use all three
condition columns together to set the default for the same field. If you don't want to use a condition for a particular
field, leave that condition column blank for that row.

Related Information

Setting Default Values for Vendor Database Fields [page 520]

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Default_properties.csv [page 522]
Best Practices for Setting Up the Supplier Request for Integration [page 72]
General Best Practices for Integration [page 60]

Viewing and Managing Supplier Data Integration

Messages
Use these steps to search for, filter, and view integration messages to verify success or locate failed messages.
You can also download integration messages to verify content and troubleshoot problems and reprocess eligible
messages.

Prerequisites

To view the Integration status area, you must be a member of the SM Ops Administrator group.

Supplier data integration between your site and an SAP ERP system must be established. For more information,
see Supplier Data Integration with SAP Systems [page 519].

To see information about supplier synchronization, reprocess unsuccessful synchronizations, and include
synchronization information in integration status export, an administrator must enable one or both of the following
self-service parameters in SM Administration:

• For sourcing supplier synchronization (Sourcing Sync column), [Link].

• For procurement supplier synchronization (Supplier Type and Buying Sync columns),
[Link]. Information about business partner synchronization to SAP Ariba
Procurement solutions such as SAP Ariba Buying, and this related configuration parameter, are only available
in sites where the partitioned supplier data feature (SM-30017) is enabled.

Context

If your site is integrated with an SAP ERP system, view and manage inbound and outbound integration messages in
the Integration status workspace of SM Administration. In this context:

• Inbound messages are sent from the ERP system to your SAP Ariba site.
• Outbound messages are sent from your SAP Ariba site to the ERP system.

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The Integration status area includes the following information and functionality:

1. Search filters for integration message statuses.

2. Export of up to 10,000 current integration status results. The export link shows after you've selected either
Inbound or Outbound from the Message direction dropdown menu. The timestamp of the last status export is
based on your local time zone.
3. Integration message statuses and details, including links for downloading integration message XML. Messages
with eligible statuses include options for reprocessing or marking them as failed.
Masked data is never visible in the downloaded integration message XML.
4. Statuses for supplier synchronization to SAP Ariba sourcing and procurement applications, if enabled.
Synchronizations with eligible statuses include options for reprocessing.
Synchronization status information and reprocessing options are only applicable to BP REQUEST OUT
integration messages. Synchronization status information and reprocessing options for confirmation, key
mapping, and BP REQUEST In messages either aren't available or aren't applicable.

In both inbound and outbound message queues, SAP Ariba retains Success, Failure, and Ignored messages for
365 days in production sites and 180 days in test sites from the timestamp of message creation in SAP Ariba.
Integration messages are automatically deleted after their retention period has elapsed.

When you replicate suppliers from an ERP system to your SAP Ariba site for the first time, the suppliers
in the inbound integration messages are synchronized to sourcing, where an ACM ID is generated for them.
This synchronization is required to work with the supplier in all SAP Ariba applications. In sites where the
partitioned supplier data feature (SM-30017) is enabled, the system also creates the specified supplier objects
(common supplier, partitioned supplier, remittance location, supplier location) and synchronizes them to SAP
Ariba Procurement solutions such as SAP Ariba Buying. This synchronization is required to work with the supplier
for procurement activities such as creating requisitions. Updates from the ERP system can trigger additional
synchronizations.

Reprocessing allows you to correct synchronization errors cased by timeouts or other non-data-specific issues
without requiring rereplication of the supplier data from the ERP system.

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Table 25: Supplier Synchronization Information and Reprocessing Options
Column Description

Sourcing Sync The status of the supplier's synchronization to sourcing. When

synchronization is complete, this column shows the supplier's
automatically generated ACM ID.

Pending status indicates that the synchronization operation is

in progress.

 Note
This column shows a status of Not applicable in the fol-
lowing cases, which don't trigger a sourcing synchroniza-
tion:

• Inbound create messages for suppliers of type

Partner.
• Inbound update messages with updates to fields
other than name and address fields, such as bank or
tax fields.

For BP REQUEST OUT messages with Completed status,

you can reprocess sourcing synchronizations with a Pending
or Completed status.

Supplier Type The type of the supplier object synchronized to SAP Ariba Pro-
curement solutions, which can be:

• Main, for a common supplier

• Partner, for a supplier location or remittance location

Buying Sync The status of the supplier's synchronization to SAP Ariba Pro-
curement solutions such as SAP Ariba Buying. When synchro-
nization is completed successfully, this column shows a status
of Completed.

Pending status indicates that the supplier data hasn't been

sent to SAP Ariba Procurement solutions yet. If synchroniza-
tion fails at this point, the supplier remains in Pending status
until resynchronization is initiated or the synchronization is
reprocessed.

Processing status indicates that the data has been sent suc-
cessfully but that synchronization is still in progress. If syn-
chronization fails at this point, the Processing status updates
to a View errors link. You can use this link to view error de-
tails and address them before initiating resynchronization or
reprocessing.

For BP REQUEST OUT messages with Completed status,

you can reprocess buying synchronizations with a Pending,
Completed or View Errors status.

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These columns only show synchronization information for messages received after they were enabled. Historical
synchronization status information for previously received messages isn't available, and status columns for those
messages are blank.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Integration status.

The area shows the most recent integration messages by default, and the Status column shows the status of
each message in the table.
3. Optional: Perform one or more of the following actions to look for specific messages:

• Filter messages by Message direction, Time range, Status, or Message type.

• Search for messages associated with a specific supplier by SM vendor ID. You can find a supplier's SM
vendor ID in their profile or in supplier data exports.
• Search for a specific message by its UUID.
• Filter the message list to include only entries with potential XML errors.
• Reprocess eligible messages or synchronizations.
4. Optional: To export up to 10,000 integration messages from the currently filtered search to a CSV file, perform
the following actions:
a. From the Message direction dropdown menu, choose either Inbound or Outbound.
b. Select any other search filters that you want to use.
c. Choose Search.
d. Choose Export.
e. Download the export file to the location of your choice.
5. Optional: In the XML column, download the integration message XML and save it to the location of your
choice. Currently, it's not possible to view or download supplier data payloads synchronized to SAP Ariba
sourcing and procurement applications.

Results

If you exported search results to a CSV file, the file always includes information about direction, time range, status,
and type filters at the beginning of the export file. It also includes filter information for SM Vendor ID, UUID, or
ERP Vendor ID if applied. The following example shows both basic filter information and information for all three of
these additional filters in a site where both sourcing and procurement synchronization information are enabled:

Direction: Inbound
Time Range: 2023-05-02 09:21:46 to 2023-05-02 10:21:46
Status:
ProcessingType: BusinessPartnerSUITEBulkReplicateRequest_OutSM
Vendor Id: S1034562
UUID: 1159a0b2-bfe3-485b-96a1-55f39b77a937
ERP Vendor Id: 123456
direction,creationDate,updatedDate,status,type,smVendorId,erpVendorId,messageUuid,re
latedUuid,sourcingSync,supplierType,buyingSync

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 Inbound,2023-05-02
09:41:50,2023-05-02 10:19:17,Completed,Request_Out,S1034562,123456,1159a0b2-
bfe3-485b-96a1-55f39b77a937,5e0a51e0-6ea3-4d2a-89b4-2f40270a7118,Not
applicable,Main,Pending

If the current search results include more than 10,000 records, the exported CSV file also includes the total number
of results and a message about what's included in the exported file at the beginning, above the filter information.

Related Information

Supplier Data Integration with SAP Systems [page 519]

Managing Schema Validation Errors in Outbound Integration Messages [page 530]
Sensitive Data Masking in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 475]

Managing Schema Validation Errors in Outbound

Integration Messages
Use these steps to manage schema validation errors in outbound integration messages by viewing them,
troubleshooting them, and ignoring the errors that aren't relevant to your ERP configuration. Schema validation
errors can cause supplier synchronization with the ERP system to become blocked.

Prerequisites

To view ERP integration messages and manage schema validation errors, you must be a member of the SM Ops
Administrator group.

To ignore schema validation errors, the enhanced ERP integration error handling feature must be enabled in your
site.

Context

SAP Ariba automatically validates outbound integration messages against the default SAP business partner
WSDL before queuing them for synchronization to the integrated SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA system, and blocks
messages with schema validation errors from the queue so that they don't fail XML validation in the ERP and block
the synchronization queue.

If the business partner data model in your ERP system differs from the default SAP business partner model,
and SAP Ariba identifies a schema validation error that isn't relevant to your ERP system, you can ignore the
error. Once you ignore a schema validation error, SAP Ariba marks it as ignored in all subsequent outbound
integration messages. Outbound messages that have no schema validation errors or that only have ignored errors
are automatically queued for synchronization to the ERP system.

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For inbound failure confirmation messages, the error message details page shows all errors generated by the ERP
system during schema validation of the integration message XML payload. You can compare the errors that caused
integration failures in the ERP to the initial SAP Ariba schema validation to determine which SAP Ariba-identified
errors you can ignore.

You can only ignore schema validation errors at the element level and the data type level, but you can't ignore
errors at the level of specific violations of maximum field length, minimum field length, and regular expression
patterns for an element and data type. For example, if you ignore a maximum length error for the address
element FirstLineName of data type LANGUAGEINDEPENDENT_MEDIUM_Name, SAP Ariba ignores all maximum
field length, minimum field length, enumeration, regular expression pattern, and other validation errors for both the
element FirstLineName and the data type LANGUAGEINDEPENDENT_MEDIUM_Name.

If you ignore an SAP Ariba schema validation error, but the error also fails ERP XML validation, you can stop
ignoring the error. Once you stop ignoring a schema validation error, SAP Ariba again automatically blocks the
outbound integration messages in which it occurs.

For information on configuring bidirectional integration using SAP Ariba cloud integration or SAP Integration
Suite, managed gateway for spend management and SAP Business Network, see the integration configuration
documentation for those tools.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Click Integration status.
3. (Optional) Filter integration messages by performing any of the following actions:

• Search for messages by type, date, or other criteria.

• Filter the message list by SM vendor ID.
• Enable the Show only entries with potential XML errors toggle.

 Tip

To manage outbound schema validation errors, search for outbound messages and show only messages
with potential XML errors.

4. In the Messages column for the message, click View.

The Schema validation errors tab of the error details page shows all errors for the message, including both the
active errors that blocked the message from the synchronization queue and any ignored errors. The Ignored
errors tab shows errors all the errors that are currently ignored in your site.
5. Perform one of the following actions:

• If the error also causes a corresponding error in the ERP system, correct it in the supplier data.
• If the error isn't relevant to the ERP system business partner configuration, select it and click Ignore. Note
that each schema validation error generates two entries on the Schema validation errors tab: one for the
element and the other for its data type. To successfully ignore a validation error, you must select both
entries before clicking Ignore.
• If the error is currently ignored but has caused previous synchronization failures in the ERP system, click
the Ignored errors tab, select the error, and click Stop Ignoring.

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Results

Any validation errors that you ignored are also ignored in all subsequent outbound integration messages in which
they occur. Any validation errors that you stopped ignoring block all subsequent outbound integration messages in
which they occur.

Next Steps

If you corrected or ignored validation errors, you can resynchronize the supplier to the ERP system manually in the
ERP data detail area of their profile to generate a new outbound integration message.

Related Information

Enabling Email Notifications with Daily Summaries of Integration Failures [page 532]

Enabling Email Notifications with Daily Summaries of

Integration Failures
Use these steps to enable daily email notifications that contain summary information for all integration failures that
occurred that day. You can use these notifications to identify and troubleshoot integration problems in a timely
manner.

Prerequisites

To enable email notifications of integration errors and to receive those notifications, you must be a member of the
SM ERP Administrator group.

Context

Integration failure email notifications contain the SM vendor ID and name of every supplier associated with a failure
confirmation message from the ERP system in the previous 24 hours. The notifications are sent daily at 1am PST.
Clicking the link in the notification opens the sign in page for your SAP Ariba site.

Enabling integration failure summary notifications enables them for all members of the SM ERP Administrator
group. Individual users within that group can disable the notifications in the email preferences in their user
accounts.

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Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Click ERP integration.
3. In the Notifications setting area, check Send daily notifications of synchronization failures.
4. Click Save.

Results

All members of the SM ERP Administrator group receive daily integration failure notifications.

Related Information

Managing Schema Validation Errors in Outbound Integration Messages [page 530]

Integration and Exception Monitoring for Supplier

Data with SAP Cloud ALM
SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions integrated with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition support integration
and exception monitoring using the SAP Cloud ALM for Operations (SAP CALM) cloud operation platform.

This integration and exception monitoring uses the Integration Event Monitoring Query API for Procurement. This
REST API enables SAP CALM to monitor BP REQUEST IN and BP REQUEST OUT integration message flows
between SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions and SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition. CONFIRMATION IN,
CONFIRMATION OUT, and key mapping messages aren't sent to or monitored in SAP CALM.

 Note

In SAP CALM, integration messages for supplier data are shown within the sourcing services rather than in
separate services.

For more information on setting up this API for integration monitoring, see the documentation for this API.

Integration and exception monitoring needs to be set up on SAP CALM. For more information, see the Integration &
Exception Monitoring page for SAP Ariba.

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When Updates from an Integrated ERP System Are
Pushed to External Registration Questionnaires
When an integrated SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S system sends updates to your site, the supplier
database automatically updates the corresponding fields in the vendor database. The updates are also pushed to
mapped questions in external registration questionnaires in certain circumstances.

If a supplier is already synchronized with an integrated ERP system, updates from an integrated ERP system are
always committed to the supplier record in the database. SAP Ariba also immediately pushes those updates to
mapped questions in any internal questionnaires. SAP Ariba pushes updates from an integrated ERP system to
mapped questions in external questionnaires as follows:

Status when ERP update occurs ERP update pushed to questionnaire? Update behavior

New questionnaires:

Registration: Not Invited N/A The project hasn't been created yet, and
therefore there's no questionnaire to up-
date.

Registration: Invited Yes Questionnaires are prepopulated with

data from the ERP system, and those
answers show to the supplier when they
first open the questionnaire.

Registration: In Registration Yes If the supplier has saved current answers

and reopens the questionnaire, it auto-
matically shows the updates from the
ERP system and a message lets them
know that some answers have changed.

If a supplier is currently editing the ques-

tionnaire when SAP Ariba pushes the up-
date, when they attempt to save or sub-
mit the questionnaire, the questionnaire
refreshes with the updates from the ERP
system and a message lets them know
that some answers have changed. The
updates don't show until the supplier
saves or submits the questionnaire.

Registration: Pending Approval No Approvers see and approve or deny the

answers submitted by the supplier, even
if updates received from the ERP system
during approval conflict with those an-
swers.

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 Status when ERP update occurs ERP update pushed to questionnaire? Update behavior

Registration: Pending Resubmit No In the supplier view of the question-

naire: If the supplier has saved current
answers and reopens the questionnaire,
it automatically shows the updates from
the ERP system and a message lets them
know that some answers have changed.

If a supplier is currently editing the ques-

tionnaire when SAP Ariba pushes the up-
date, when they attempt to save or sub-
mit the questionnaire, the questionnaire
refreshes with the updates from the ERP
system and a message lets them know
that some answers have changed. The
updates don't show until the supplier
saves or submits the questionnaire.

In the buyer view of the questionnaire:

Since the approval task on the question-
naire is already in progress, and it's pos-
sible that one or more approvers has al-
ready approved previous answers, SAP
Ariba doesn't push updates to the buyer
view of the questionnaire. Once the sup-
plier resubmits answers, any ERP up-
dates pushed to their view of the ques-
tionnaire are included in the resubmis-
sion. ERP updates do show immediately
in the ERP data area of the supplier pro-
file, not in the questionnaire.

Registration: Registered Yes When a supplier views their approved

questionnaire, it shows any updates from
the ERP system that occurred after ap-
proval. A message lets them know that
some answers have changed.

Registration: Registration Denied No The denied questionnaire captures the

supplier-submitted answers that resulted
in denial. SAP Ariba doesn't push any
updates from the ERP system to it. In
the new questionnaire phase, a denied
questionnaire doesn't reopen for further
updates.

Questionnaire updates:

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Status when ERP update occurs ERP update pushed to questionnaire? Update behavior

Registration: Registered Yes If the supplier has saved current answers

and reopens the questionnaire, it auto-
matically shows the updates from the
ERP system and a message lets them
know that some answers have changed.

If a supplier is currently editing the ques-

tionnaire when SAP Ariba pushes the up-
date, when they attempt to save or sub-
mit the questionnaire, the questionnaire
refreshes with the updates from the ERP
system and a message lets them know
that some answers have changed. The
updates don't show until the supplier
saves or submits the questionnaire

Registration update: Pending Approval No Approvers see and approve or deny the
answers submitted by the supplier, even
if updates received from the ERP system
in the meantime conflict with those an-
swers.

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 Status when ERP update occurs ERP update pushed to questionnaire? Update behavior

Registration update: Pending Resubmit No In the supplier view of the question-

naire: If the supplier has saved current
answers and reopens the questionnaire,
it automatically shows the updates from
the ERP system and a message lets them
know that some answers have changed.

If a supplier is currently editing the ques-

tionnaire when SAP Ariba pushes the up-
date, when they attempt to save or sub-
mit the questionnaire, the questionnaire
refreshes with the updates from the ERP
system and a message lets them know
that some answers have changed. The
updates don't show until the supplier
saves or submits the questionnaire.

In the buyer view of the questionnaire:

Since the approval task on the question-
naire is already in progress, and it's pos-
sible that one or more approvers has al-
ready approved previous answers, SAP
Ariba doesn't push updates to the buyer
view of the questionnaire. Once the sup-
plier resubmits answers, any ERP up-
dates pushed to their view of the ques-
tionnaire are included in the resubmis-
sion. ERP updates do show immediately
in the ERP data area of the supplier pro-
file, not in the questionnaire.

Registration update: Approved Yes When a supplier views their approved

questionnaire, it shows any updates from
the ERP system that occurred after ap-
proval. A message lets them know that
some answers have changed.

Registration update: Denied No The denied questionnaire captures the

supplier-submitted answers that resulted
in denial. SAP Ariba doesn't push any up-
dates from the ERP system to it until the
supplier reopens it to revise responses.

 Note

• These update scenarios apply only to data received from an integrated ERP system. They don't apply to
data imported in SM Administration.
• SAP Ariba doesn't push updates from the ERP system to external registration questionnaires that are in
approval. If there's a discrepancy between data received from the ERP while the questionnaire is in approval
and the current answers in the questionnaire, approval of the questionnaire overwrites the ERP data.

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 • In SAP Ariba, updates that don't change answers but are pushed to mapped questions in registration
questionnaires create new versions of the questionnaires. This depends on the parameter setting.

Management of Leading Zeros in ERP Vendor IDs

SAP Ariba provides two configuration options for managing leading zeros in supplier ERP vendor IDs in outbound
integration messages. Your use of these options, as well as the data sent from the ERP system, affects the ERP
vendor IDs in the supplier management user interface, on SAP Business Network, and in integration messages sent
back to the ERP system.

These two configuration options determine whether leading zeros are included in ERP vendor IDs:

• Use Internal Format for ERP Vendor Id: this feature, which is enabled by default and is enabled or disabled
by SAP Ariba Support, includes leading zeros for supplier ERP IDs in business partner and partner function
ReceiverInternalID fields in integration messages sent to the ERP system. It also includes leading zeros
in ERP vendor IDs added to suppliers when you establish a sourcing relationship with them on SAP Business
Network through supplier registration.
• [Link]: this parameter, which is enabled by default and
an administrator manages in SM Administration Configuration Parameters , also adds leading zeros
to partner function bpids in outbound integration messages.

SAP Ariba strongly recommends enabling or disabling these two options together to prevent mismatches in the
handling of leading zeros in integration messages and creation of duplicate suppliers on SAP Business Network.
When managing these settings, keep the following two considerations in mind:

• Whether integration messages from the integrated ERP system to SAP Ariba (Request_Out) include leading
zeros in ERP vendor IDs and bpids. Your settings must ensure that integration messages from SAP Ariba to the
ERP system handle leading zeros the same way.
• Whether your organization uses quick enablement to send purchase orders on SAP Business Network, and if
those purchase orders include leading zeros for supplier ERP vendor IDs. A mismatch in leading zero handling
can result in your organization establishing a fulfillment relationship with one supplier SAP Business Network
account based on the ERP vendor ID used on the purchase order, and a sourcing relationship with a different
supplier SAP Business Network account based on the ERP vendor ID used for supplier registration.

 Note

If you plan to use the partitioned supplier feature (SM-30017), make sure that you have the
desired configuration for both the Use Internal Format for ERP Vendor Id feature and the
[Link] parameter before enabling the partitioned
supplier feature in your site. Changing either configuration after enabling the partitioned supplier feature can
result in unexpected effects on partitioned supplier data.

The following table describes how these feature and parameter settings can affect leading zeros in ERP Vendor IDs
across SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network:

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Request_In to
ERP System Request_In to
[Link].
Use Internal [Link] (BusinessPa ERP system
Format for ERP rtnerIdConversi Request_Out rtner (Supplier SAP Business Supplier Man-
Vendor Id Fea- onEnabled Pa- from ERP sys- ReceiverInt ReceiverInt Network Sup- agement User
ture rameter tem ernalID) ernalID) plier Interface

Enabled Enabled 0000310122 0000310122 310122 0000310122 0000310122

310171 310171 310171 0000310171 0000310171

Disabled Disabled 310196 310196 310196 310196 310196

0000310158 310158 310158 0000310158 0000310158

Related Information

Sourcing and Fulfillment (Trading) Relationships with Suppliers

Setting up Integration of Qualification Status to ERP

Integration of Process and Legacy Qualification Status

Workflow: Support for Process Qualification Status Integration with SAP ERP Systems

• GenericCustomField property has name-value generated which is sent in the Outbound Business Partner
XML fromSAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance to the ERP system.
• For every matrix combination (category, department, and region), one GenericCustomField name-value will
be generated and sent in the BP message.
• The Integration status area of SM Administration displays the Business Partner messages. For more
information, see Viewing and Managing Supplier Data Integration Messages [page 526].
• You can review the status in ${[Link]}_${[Link]} in
order to take a further decision.

 Note

• Use of custom fields isn't a best-practice, verified scenario for integrations. If you map
a question to a custom field in the [Link] or
[Link] class, that field is automatically created in the SAP Ariba
supplier database. Replicating a supplier from an integrated ERP system with data in custom fields in
those classes also creates those fields in the SAP Ariba supplier database. However, this scenario is a
work-around that requires thorough testing in your landscape based on your specific requirements.
• Initial supplier synchronization to the ERP system must be automatic when a supplier achieves Qualified
status. For details see, Setting Up Initial Supplier Data Synchronization to the ERP System

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Configuration

• For Legacy Qualification, set

the [Link].$
{[Link]}.region.${[Link]}.department.${[Link]} with a default
of ${[Link]} in default_properties.csv.
• For Process Qualification, set the [Link].$
{[Link]}.aribalifecycle.${[Link]}.relatedtype.$
{[Link]}.category.${[Link]}.region.$
{[Link]}.department.${[Link]} with a default of$
{[Link]}_${[Link]} in default_properties.csv.

The table provides a description of various parameters used in generating GenericCustomField name-value
pairs within a process qualification or disqualification context. Each parameter is associated with a specific token
that is replaced by relevant information during the generation process.

Parameters Description

[Link] When the GenericCustomField name-value pair is gener-

ated, the token [Link] will be replaced by the
process type of the process qualification.

[Link] When the GenericCustomField name-value pair is gener-

ated, the token [Link] will be re-
placed by the ariba life cycle of the process qualification.

[Link] When the GenericCustomField name-value pair is gener-

ated, the token [Link] will be replaced
by the related process type of the process disqualification. This
is applicable only for process disqualification.

[Link] When the GenericCustomField name-value pair is gener-

ated, the token [Link] will be replaced by the
category code of the process qualification.

[Link] When the GenericCustomField name-value pair is gener-

ated, the token [Link] will be replaced by
the region code of the process qualification.

[Link] When the GenericCustomField name-value pair is gener-

ated, the token [Link] will be replaced by
the department code of the process qualification.

Related Information

Process Type Data Import [page 91]

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Setting Up Mutual TLS Authentication for Adapter-
Based Cloud Integrations of Supplier Data That Use
the Polling Client
If you have an existing, adapter-based cloud integration for supplier data using the polling client, you can use
mutual TLS authentication as an alternative to shared secret authentication.

Prerequisites

To manage configuration parameters in SM Administration, you must be a member of the SM Ops Administrator
group.

To create and manage mutual TLS authentication certificate configurations in your SAP Ariba application, you must
be a member of the Integration Manager group.

In the SAP Process Integration Keystore, you must have a KeyStore view with the required keys and signed TLS 1.2
client certificate.

Context

Procedure

1. In your SAP Ariba application, enable mutual TLS authentication by performing the following steps:

a. Choose Manage SM Administration Configuration Parameters .

b. Set [Link] to True.
2. In your SAP Ariba application, follow the steps for setting up a mutual TLS authentication certification,
choosing SM as the application name and adding the client certificate.
3. Depending on your connectivity method, perform one of the following steps in Ariba Network adapter for SAP
NetWeaver:

• For mediated connectivity, perform the following steps:

1. Open the Configuration Integration Builder from the main SAP Process Integration page.
2. In the Objects tab of the Integration Builder, click Communication Channel.
3. Click Edit button that corresponds to the Communication Channel, and click Configure User
Authentication.
4. In the Target URL field, specify the URL of your SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions site,
prepending cert and appending ?realm=<your site name> . For example:
• [Link] Ariba Supplier Management solutions system URL>/SM/soap/
PollingService?realm=<your site name> for inbound integration

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 • [Link] Ariba Supplier Management solutions system URL>/SM/soap/
BPIntegrationServiceIn?realm=<your site name> for outbound integration
• [Link] Ariba Supplier Management solutions system URL>/SM/soap/
BPIntegrationServiceInConf?realm=<your site name> for confirmation out
5. Choose Configure Certificate Authentication and enter the name of your SAP Netweaver Process
Integration KeyStore View for the KeyStore View parameter.
• For direct connectivity, perform the following steps:
1. Go to transaction code SOAMANAGER.
2. In the Service Administration tab, click Web Service Configuration.
3. Specify the following Search Criteria:
• In the Search By dropdown, select Consumer Proxy.
• Select Contains from the options.
• Enter the first few characters of the proxy name that you want to search for and click Search.
The Proxy Class page appears.
4. From the list of proxies, click the name of the proxy that you want to configure.
The Details of Consumer Proxy: <proxy name> page appears.
5. From the Configuration tab, click Create Logical Port. and select Manual Configuration.
6. Under General Configuration, specify the following:
• Logical Port name.
• Description
• Check the Logical Port is Default check box.
7. Click Next.
The New Manual Configuration of Logical Port for Consumer Proxy <proxy name> page appears.
8. From the Authentication Settings, select X 509 SSL Client Certificate, then choose X.509 SSL
Client Certificate.
9. Enter your SSL client identity in the SSL Client PSE of transaction STRUST text box and choose Next.
The Transport Bindings page appears.
10. In the Transport Bindings page, specify the following:
• URL Access Path. Realm name in the URL access path should be the same name that you
maintain in the AUTH_PARAM table.
• Computer Name of Access URL: Specify the path to your Ariba application.
For example, [Link].
If you are using client certificate-based authentication, enter [Link].
• Port Number of Access URL: 443
• URL Protocol Information: HTTPS
11. Save your changes.

Next Steps

When you update a certificate in the supplier management application, update the certificate in the cloud
integration adapter within 24 hours. The supplier management application caches the previous certificate for 24
hours to provide a one-day grace period for updates.

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Notifications for Supplier Management Projects

Various activities in supplier management projects generate notifications to interested parties. You can customize
these notifications to match your organization's terminology and business processes.

Notification Customization for Supplier Management Projects [page 543]

Reference of Supplier Management Notification Templates [page 551]

Notification Customization for Supplier Management

Projects
Email notification templates define the content of notifications for various activities in supplier management
projects. You can customize these notifications.

There are two different types of notifications for supplier management projects:

• Project-level notifications, which you manage in the Project Manager Project Email Templates task in
Ariba Administrator. These notifications are sent to stakeholders when a user creates a supplier management
project, needs to complete a To Do or approval task, and when other project-related activities occur.
• Questionnaire invitations to suppliers, which you manage in the Event Manager Messaging
Templates task in Ariba Administrator. (External supplier management questionnaires share some basic
infrastructure with sourcing events.) These notifications are sent to suppliers and invite them to respond to
your questionnaire. Registration questionnaires also include a reminder notification.

 Note

Supplier management projects only support event messages that are specific to the supplier management
project: invitations to registration, qualification, and modular questionnaires and, for registration projects
only, a reminder to complete the external registration questionnaire. They don't support any general event
messages, including event end date reminders.

The Project Email Templates task includes a specific set of project-level notification templates that are tailored
to supplier management workflows. There are also standard, generic notifications for projects and tasks that you
can apply to supplier management projects. This section describes the notifications that are specific to supplier
management projects. For details on generic project-level notifications, see Managing Project Email Notifications.

 Tip

Supplier management questionnaire approval tasks use the specific approval task notification templates for
each supplier management project type in addition to the generic notifications for all approval tasks. For
example, there are specific notifications for approval tasks for supplier registration questionnaires. You can
customize these generic notifications or disable them altogether.

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You can customize email notifications by:

• Modifying the subject and body of the email notification messages.

• Formatting text in the body of the message. The email template editor includes a rich-text editor that enables
you to add formatting effects, including:
• Font changes
• Bold, italic, and underlined text
• Bullet and numbered lists
• Background and font color changes
• Creating different versions of email templates according to the project type. For example, you can create one
version of the email template for overdue tasks for supplier registrations and another version for supplier
qualifications.
The system is preconfigured with email notification templates that are applicable to all project types, labeled
All Applicable Types. You can't delete these templates. If there's no template version defined for a given
project type, the system uses the All Applicable Types version of the template for an event.
• Adding email template tokens to the email subject or text. Email template tokens are references or
placeholders for information that is provided by the system when the email generated from the template is
sent. The information can come from project field values, information about a task or phase, or be generated
by the system for the email message itself, such as the recipient’s email address.
• Providing translated text for the email subject or text.

 Tip

• By default, notifications for approval tasks don't include any comments that approvers add during
the approval process. You can add those comments to approval task notifications using the
[TASK_COMMENT_TEXT] email token.
• Notifications sent to suppliers must always clearly identify your company as the sender. You
can use the [SYSTEM_CORPORATE_NAME] email token (in project-level email templates) or the
[SPONSOR_CORPORATE_NAME] email token (in questionnaire invitations) to automatically insert your
company's name into the notification.

Related Information

Customizing Project-Level Email Templates [page 545]

Customizing Questionnaire Invitations and Reminders [page 547]
Adding Email Template Tokens [page 549]
Adding Translated Text to Email Notification Templates [page 550]

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Customizing Project-Level Email Templates

You customize project-level email templates using the Project Manager Project Email Templates task in
Ariba Administrator.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of one of the following groups:

• Project Email Templates Administrator

• Contract Administrator
• Project Administrator
• Customer Administrator
• A group with the Project Email Templates Administrator role

You must be a member of the Template Creator or Customer Administrator group to edit email templates in
survey documents in project templates.

You must be the project owner to edit email templates in survey documents in individual projects, and the event
owner to edit email templates in individual sourcing events.

Context

•  Note

Notifications sent to suppliers or other third parties must always clearly identify your company as
the sender. You can use the [SYSTEM_CORPORATE_NAME] email template token (in project-level email
templates) or the [SPONSOR_CORPORATE_NAME] email template token (in assessment invitations) to
automatically insert your company's name into the notification.

•  Note

For external reviewers to be able to directly reply to the task owners in Contract Workspace negotiation
or review task emails, select the email template "Task: Sent to task owner when a reviewer/approver
is assigned, or when a user is assigned as the owner of a To Do task". Then add the template token
[TASK_OWNER_EMAIL_ADDRESS] in the content of the email template.

Procedure

1. Click Manage Administration .

2. Choose Project Manager Project Email Templates Project Manager.

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3. Select the template you want to edit and click Edit.
4. If you are editing a notification in the All Applicable Types section in order to create a notification for a specific
project type (such as a sourcing project), select the type from the Project Type dropdown menu.

 Tip

• If you are editing a notification that is already associated with a specific project type, this option is not
available.
• Selecting a specific project type makes it easier to add email template tokens that are specific to that
project type. If you create or modify a template for All Applicable Types, the email token chooser
displays only the subset of email template tokens that apply to all project types.
• If you select a project type and a template already exists for that type, the system asks if you want to
open and load the existing template for that project type.
• If you click Cancel, the text from the current template remains loaded in the editor but the system
changes the project type to the type you selected. This operation enables you to copy a template for
one project type (the project type of the template you originally opened) for use with another project
type (the project type you selected after opening the template).
• If you click OK, the system loads the existing template for the selected project type and discards any
changes you made in the current template.

5. Make changes or additions to the text and add formatting to meet your needs.
6. (Optional) Add or remove email template tokens. To remove email template tokens, delete the text and the
square brackets.
7. (Optional) Add any translations.
8. Click Save to save the edited template.
9. Click Done to exit the email template editor.

Deleting Customized Project-Level Email Templates

You can delete a customized email template for a specific project type and revert to the default email template.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of one of the following groups:

• Project Email Templates Administrator

• Contract Administrator
• Project Administrator
• Customer Administrator
• A group with the Project Email Templates Administrator role

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Context

You can delete customized email templates for a specific project type. You cannot delete default email templates
for specific project types, or customized email templates used for all applicable project types. If you delete an email
template for a specific project type, the system immediately reverts to the email template used for all applicable
project types for that event.

Procedure

1. Choose the template you want to delete.

2. Click Delete to open the Delete Email Template Confirmation window.
3. Click OK.

Customizing Questionnaire Invitations and Reminders

Use these steps to customize the questionnaire invitations and, in some cases, reminders sent to external
questionnaire recipients by editing the event messages associated with the questionnaire survey document.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Customer Administrator group to customize event messages.

To include your company's logo in registration questionnaire invitations, an administrator in your organization
must enable the self-service site configuration parameter Use custom logo and footer for emails sent to
suppliers ([Link]) and upload the logo on the Custom Email tab
of the Customization Manager Branding Settings task in Ariba Administrator. Refer to the Common Data
Import and Administration Guide for SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Solutions and SAP Ariba Supplier Management
Solutions for details.

Context

Supplier management questionnaires share some underlying infrastructure with sourcing events, including
email notifications that are associated with a questionnaire survey document rather than a project (event
messages). Event messages include external questionnaire invitations and, for external registration questionnaires,
reminders. Customize these notifications using the Event Manager Messaging Templates task in Ariba
Administrator. Although you can also customize event messages in individual template survey documents for
external questionnaires, SAP Ariba recommends using the Messaging Templates task. You can use this task to
customize supplier invitations for external registration, qualification, and modular questionnaires.

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Suppliers answer questionnaires by signing into Ariba Network for Suppliers, filling out the questionnaire, and
submitting their answers. If the supplier doesn't already have an Ariba Network for Suppliers account, they must
create one at this time.

The external questionnaires in supplier management projects use the following two email notification templates for
supplier invitations:

• Publish Event; Invitation for participants, which is sent to suppliers who have already registered with Ariba
Network for Suppliers.t
• Invitation for participants who have not used Ariba before, which is sent to suppliers who haven't registered
with Ariba Network for Suppliers, and includes information about the registration requirement.

Registration questionnaires also include a template for reminders if the supplier hasn't responded to a registration
invitation in a certain amount of time.

 Note

These questionnaire invitations and the registration reminder are specific to supplier management and are the
only event messages supported in supplier management projects. General event messages, including end date
reminders, aren't supported.

In sites created after the SAP Ariba April 2018 release, registration invitation templates automatically include the
following three tokens:

• SUPPLIER_REG_DEADLINE, which displays the deadline by which the supplier must respond to the invitation
before the temporary password generated by the invitation expires.
• RECIPIENT_NAME, which specifies the name of the invited recipient.
• PASSWORD_URL, which automatically renders as a link that the invited contact can click to create a new Ariba
Network for Suppliers account.

The SUPPLIER_REG_DEADLINE and RECIPIENT_NAME tokens aren't available in sites created before the SAP
Ariba April 2018 release.

 Tip

Make sure that when you complete your customized invitations, the invitation for existing suppliers still
includes the [SITE_URL] email token, which is automatically rendered as a link that the invited supplier
contact can click to sign into their existing Ariba Network for Suppliers account, and that the invitation for new
suppliers still includes the [PASSWORD_URL] email token. The supplier contact must use one of these links to
access your questionnaire.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage Administration .

2. Choose Event Manager Messaging Templates .

3. Select one of the two supplier invitation templates and choose Edit.
4. Make changes or additions to the text and add formatting to meet your needs.
5. Optional: Add or remove email template tokens. To remove email template tokens, delete the text and the
square brackets.

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 6. Optional: Add any translations.
7. Choose Save.

Related Information

Adding Email Template Tokens [page 549]

Adding Translated Text to Email Notification Templates [page 550]
Notification Customization for Supplier Management Projects [page 543]
Notifications Related to Supplier Registration Projects [page 552]
Notifications Related to Supplier Qualification Projects [page 557]
Notifications Related to Modular Questionnaires [page 560]

Adding Email Template Tokens

Email template tokens are placeholders for information provided by the system when the email generated from
the template is sent. Information can come from project field values, information about a task or phase, or be
generated by the system for the email message itself, such as the recipient’s email address.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of one of the following groups:

• Project Email Templates Administrator

• Contract Administrator
• Project Administrator
• Customer Administrator
• A group with the Project Email Templates Administrator role

You must be a member of the Template Creator or Customer Administrator group to edit email templates in
survey documents in project templates.

You must be the project owner to edit email templates in survey documents in individual projects, and the event
owner to edit email templates in individual sourcing events.

Context

Email template tokens are delimited by square brackets ([ ]). For example, the text [[Link]] is an
email template token that the system replaces with the workspace or project title (name) when it sends an email
message generated from the email template.

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  Note

Notifications sent to suppliers or other third parties must always clearly identify your company as the sender.
You can use the [SYSTEM_CORPORATE_NAME] email template token (in project-level email templates) or the
[SPONSOR_CORPORATE_NAME] email template token (in assessment invitations) to automatically insert your
company's name into the notification.

Procedure

1. Open the appropriate email template for editing.

2. (Optional) To add the email token to a specific location in the email contents or subject line, add an empty set
of square brackets ([ ]) to the appropriate location.

When you add an email template token in the next step, the system inserts the email template token in the
first set of empty square brackets. If there are no empty square brackets, the system places the email template
token at the end of the Content or Subject field; you can cut and paste the token to another area after it is
inserted.
3. Perform one of the following actions:

• To add an email template token to the subject line, to the right of the Subject field, click Add Email
Template Token.
• To add an email template token to the body of the email, below the Content field, click Add Email
Template Token.

The system opens a Choose an Email Template for the Content or Choose an Email Template for the
Subject window with folders that contain the email template tokens available for the specific message and area
(subject or content).
4. Perform the following actions:

• Click the expand arrows next to a folder name to display the email template tokens.
• Click the cue tip next to the email template token to display more information.
• Click Select to add the selected email template token.
5. Click OK.

Adding Translated Text to Email Notification Templates

The translated text added to email notification templates is linked to locales and the system substitutes the
translated text when sending email notifications to users in the given locale.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Translator or Customer Administrator groups to add translated text to email
templates

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Procedure

1. Open the appropriate email template for editing.

2. Perform one of the following actions:

• To provide translations of the email subject, below the Subject field, click Translations.
• To provide translations for the email body content, below the Content field, click Translations.

The system opens a page that contains translation fields for each locale available in SAP Ariba solutions.
3. Enter your translated text in the field that corresponds to its language..
4. Click OK.

Reference of Supplier Management Notification

Templates
Supplier management projects include both project-level email notification templates and event message
templates for questionnaire invitations. These templates provide default notification content, which you can
customize.

Notifications Related to Supplier Requests [page 551]

Notifications Related to Supplier Registration Projects [page 552]

Notifications Related to Supplier Management Process Projects [page 555]

Notifications Related to Supplier Qualification Projects [page 557]

Notifications Related to Preferred Supplier Status Changes [page 559]

Notifications Related to Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 559]

Notifications Related to Modular Questionnaires [page 560]

Notifications Related to Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires in Sites That Use Process Projects
[page 561]

Notifications Related to Certificate Questions in Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 563]

Notifications Related to Supplier Management Project Template Upgrades [page 564]

Supplier Management-Specific Notifications Related to Tasks [page 565]

Other Supplier Management Notifications [page 565]

Notifications Related to Supplier Requests

SAP Ariba sends notifications for various activities related to supplier requests.

• Submitted: Your request to add <supplier name> as a supplier

Sent to the user who submitted the internal supplier request.

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• <Buyer name> is reviewing your registration request
Sent to the supplier who submitted the external supplier request.
• Action needed: Approve request to add <supplier name> as a supplier
Sent to the users in the supplier request approval flow once it is their turn to approve the supplier request.
• Approved: Your request to add <supplier name>
Sent to the user who submitted the supplier request once the request is finally approved. This notification isn't
sent if the feature for validation of supplier creation in SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) is enabled.
• Denied: Your request to add <supplier name>
Sent to the user who submitted the internal supplier request if the request is finally denied, and includes any
comments the approver made to explain the denial.
• Declined: your request to add <supplier name>
Sent to the requester and all active team members of the supplier request project, including approvers, when
SAP MDG finds an existing duplicate supplier for the current supplier request and the newly requested supplier
is therefore marked as an inactive duplicate. The notification includes a link to profile of the existing supplier
that MDG has matched to the duplicate request. This notification is only sent when the supplier request is
configured for manual approval.
• <Buyer name> declined your registration request
Sent to the supplier who submitted the external supplier request if the request is finally denied, and includes
any comments the approver made to explain the denial.

Related Information

Notifications Related to Supplier Registration Projects [page 552]

Notifications Related to Supplier Qualification Projects [page 557]
Notifications Related to Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 559]
Notifications Related to Preferred Supplier Status Changes [page 559]
Notifications Related to Modular Questionnaires [page 560]
Notifications Related to Certificate Questions in Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 563]
Supplier Management-Specific Notifications Related to Tasks [page 565]
Notifications Related to Supplier Management Project Template Upgrades [page 564]
Notifications Related to Tasks and Phases

Notifications Related to Supplier Registration Projects

SAP Ariba sends notifications for various activities related to supplier registration projects.

The following notifications are defined by project email notification templates:

• Fyi: <supplier name> has started the registration process with <buyer name>
Sent to the internal user who submitted the request for the supplier who is now in registration.
• Fyi: <supplier name> has submitted registration info with <buyer name>
Sent to the registration project's team members.
• Confirmation: registration submitted for approval
Sent to the supplier who submitted the registration questionnaires.

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 • Action needed: Approve supplier registration with <buyer name>
Sent to the users in the registration questionnaire approval flow once it's their turn to approve the
questionnaire.
• Approved: Supplier registration with <buyer name>
Sent to the supplier who submitted the registration questionnaires.
• Declined: Supplier registration with <buyer name>
Sent to the supplier who submitted the registration questionnaires if the registration is finally denied, and
includes contact information for the user who submitted the supplier request.
• Action needed: Provide additional registration information to <buyer name>
Sent to the supplier who submitted the registration questionnaires if an approver has denied the questionnaire
but allowed the supplier to resubmit answers, and includes any comments the approver made to explain the
denial.
• Action needed: Please update <questionnaire name> for <buyer name>
Sent to suppliers who have completed registrations to remind them to update an external registration
questionnaire at the intervals specified in questionnaire update reminder settings in the supplier registration
project template. Suppliers receive a separate instance of this notification for each external questionnaire in
their completed registration that has been set up to issue update reminders.
• Action needed: Approve an update to <questionnaire name> for <supplier name>
Sent to all active team members when a supplier submits an update to an external registration questionnaire.
• Action needed: <buyer name> requires additional information for <questionnaire name>
Sent to the supplier who submitted a registration questionnaire update when an approver requests additional
information.
• Approved: Updates to <questionnaire name>
Sent to the supplier or internal recipient who submitted a registration questionnaire update when approvers
have finally approved it.
• Declined: Updates to <questionnaire name>
Sent to the supplier or internal recipient who submitted a registration questionnaire update when approvers
have denied it.
• For your information: Registration for <supplier name> has been canceled
Sent to all members of the Supplier Registration Manager group when a user has canceled an in-progress
registration, and includes the required comments about the cancellation.

The following notifications are defined by event messaging templates in Event Manager Messaging
Templates and in individual questionnaire survey documents in the supplier registration project template:

• For registrations that invite the supplier to fill out external questionnaires:
• Invitation: Register to become a supplier with <buyer name>
Sent to the person specified as the supplier's business contact in the supplier request or the supplier
self-registration (for automatic invitations) or the supplier contact invited to register (for manual
invitations). Suppliers receive a separate instance of this notification for each external questionnaire in
their registration. This notification is sent both for new registrations where the supplier is invited to register
and for existing internal registrations to which the supplier is invited to participate.
• Action needed: Complete your registration for <buyer name>
Sent to suppliers who haven't yet submitted an external registration questionnaire that has been set
up to issue reminders at the times specified in its due date reminder settings in the template survey
document. Suppliers receive a separate instance of this notification for each external questionnaire in their
registration that they have not yet submitted and that has been set up to issue reminders.

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 There are two templates for both these notifications: one for suppliers who are new to SAP Ariba, which
contains a link for registering on SAP Business Network before opening the questionnaire, and one for
suppliers who already have SAP Business Network accounts, which contains a link for signing into their
account and opening the questionnaire.

 Tip

If the self-service configuration parameter Enable configurable default sender for supplier invitations is
enabled in your site, you can use the [CUSTOM_SENDER_NAME] email template token to insert the custom
sender name or, if the feature for specifying a requester during registration invitations (SM-20904) is also
enabled in your site, registration requester into both of these notifications.

• For internal registrations, where internal users complete registration questionnaires on behalf of the supplier:
• Action needed: Submit a registration questionnaire for <supplier name>
Sent to the internal user who has been specified as the recipient of an external registration questionnaire in
an internal supplier registration.

These are the only event messages supported for supplier registration projects.

Related Information

Notifications Related to Supplier Requests [page 551]

Notifications Related to Supplier Qualification Projects [page 557]
Notifications Related to Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 559]
Notifications Related to Preferred Supplier Status Changes [page 559]
Notifications Related to Modular Questionnaires [page 560]
Notifications Related to Certificate Questions in Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 563]
Notifications Related to Supplier Management Project Template Upgrades [page 564]
Supplier Management-Specific Notifications Related to Tasks [page 565]
Using a Custom Sender Name for Registration Invitations [page 265]
Notifications Related to Tasks and Phases

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Notifications Related to Supplier Management Process
Projects
SAP Ariba sends email notifications for various activities related to supplier management process projects.

Notification Default Subject Line Description User Notification Preference

Process: Sent to supplier <process initiator> from Sent to the primary supplier N/A
primary user when a process
<buyer name> invites you to contact when a new process
requires suppliers to update
participate in this process: project or process renewal in-
one or more modular
questionnaires. <process project name> cludes one or more external
modular questionnaires that
supplier recipients must fill
out or update. The notifica-
tion includes a list of the appli-
cable modular questionnaires,
an overview of the process
project, and the message that
the process owner entered
when creating the process
project.

Process: Sent to internal <process initiator> invites Sent to each recipient of an in- I have been asked to
user when a process requires update one or more modular
you to participate in this ternal modular questionnaire
a user to update one or more questionnaires in a process
process: <process project in a process project when they
modular questionnaires. project.
name> must fill out or update a ques-
tionnaire. The notification in-
cludes a list of the applica-
ble modular questionnaires,
an overview of the process
project, and the message that
the process owner entered
when creating the process
project.

Process: Sent to all decision Action needed: Provide Sent to the members of A process project for which
makers when a process is I am a decision maker
decision for this process the process project's project
pending decision. requires a decision.
completed for <supplier groups with the Decision
name>: <process project Maker role when a process
name> project has been completed
and requires a final status de-
cision.

Process: Sent to process Reminder: Decision maker Sent to the process project A process project I own
owner when a process is requires a decision.
has to provide decision for owner when a process project
pending decision.
the <process project name> has been completed and re-
process completed for <sup- quires a final status decision.
plier name>

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Notification Default Subject Line Description User Notification Preference

Process: Sent to decision Process update: <name Sent to the members of A decision for a process
makers when a decision is project for which I am a
of decision-maker who last the process project's project
made or updated. decision maker has been
updated process status> groups with the Decision
made or updated.
changed the decision for this Maker role when a decision-
process completed for <sup- maker has updated the proc-
plier name>: <process project ess status decision.
name>

Process: Sent to invited Process update: <buyer Sent to the supplier pri- N/A
suppliers when a decision is
name> changed the status mary contact when a decision-
made or updated.
for <process project name> maker has set or changed the
status of their process project.

Process: Sent to the process Reminder: <expiring or ex- Sent to the members of N/A
owner and decision maker
pired status> questionnaire the process project's project
when a questionnaire is
<expiring modular question- groups with the Process
expiring or has expired.
naire project name> for <sup- Owner and Decision Maker
plier name> role when one of the modular
supplier management ques-
tionnaires in a process is ex-
piring or has expired.

Process: Sent to the process Your <process project name> Sent to the Process Owner N/A
owner and decision maker
with <process project owner> and Decision Maker when
when a questionnaire is
expires on <future expiration a process has reached its
expiring or has expired. A
modular questionnaire in a date>. scheduled expiration reminder
process for which I am an date.
owner or decision maker is
expiring or has expired.

Process: Sent to the For your information: Sent to the Process Owner N/A
process initiator when the process has been when the background job for
bulk process creation is created: [[Link]] process creation for multiple
completed. for supplier(s). suppliers is completed.

Process: Sent to process <process project name> for Sent to process project own- A process project I own is ex-
owner when a process is piring.
<supplier name> expires on ers and members of the proj-
expiring.
<future expiration date> ect's project groups with the
Process Owner role when
a process has reached its
scheduled expiration reminder
date.

Process: Sent to suppliers <process project name> for Sent to the primary supplier N/A
when process is expiring.
<supplier name> expires on contact when a process has
<future expiration date> reached its expiration date.

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 Notification Default Subject Line Description User Notification Preference

Process: Sent to suppliers Your <process project name> Sent to the primary supplier N/A
when a process has expired.
with <process project owner> contact when a process has
expired today reached its expiration date.

Process: Sent to process Your <process project owner Sent to the Process Owner N/A
owner and decision maker and Decision Maker when a
name> with <process project
when process has expired. process has reached its expi-
owner> expired today
ration date.

Process: Sent to internal FYI: This process for <sup- Sent to the process project A process project I own has
users when a process has been cancelled.
plier name> has been owner when a process project
been cancelled.
cancelled: <process project has been cancelled after mod-
name> ular questionnaires were sent.
If all associated modular ques-
tionnaires are approved and
the process project is pending
a decision, this notification is
also sent to members of the
project's project groups with
the Decision Maker role.

Process: Sent to supplier Process update: <buyer Sent to the primary supplier N/A
users when a process has
name> has cancelled this contact when a process has
been cancelled.
process: <process project been cancelled after modular
name> questionnaires were sent.

Related Information

Notifications Related to Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires in Sites That Use Process Projects [page
561]

Notifications Related to Supplier Qualification Projects

SAP Ariba sends notifications for various activities related to supplier qualification projects.

The following notifications are defined by project email notification templates:

• Action needed: Fill out qualification questionnaire to become a qualified supplier with <buyer name>
Sent to the supplier's main contact once a category or supplier manager has launched a new qualification.
• Fyi: <supplier name> has submitted qualification info with <buyer name>
Sent to the user who submitted the request for the supplier who is now in qualification.
• Fyi: <supplier name> has started a qualification process with <buyer name>
Sent to the qualification project's team members.
• Action needed: Review qualification for <supplier name>

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 Sent to the users in the qualification questionnaire approval flow once it's their turn to approve the supplier
qualification.
• Approved: Supplier qualification request with <buyer name>
Sent to the supplier who submitted the qualification questionnaire.
• Declined: Supplier qualification with <buyer name>
Sent to the supplier who submitted the qualification questionnaire if the qualification is finally denied.
• Action needed: Provide additional qualification information to <buyer name>
Sent to the supplier who submitted the qualification questionnaire if an approver has denied the questionnaire
but allowed the supplier to resubmit answers, and includes any comments the approver made to explain the
denial.
• Action needed: Qualification for <supplier name> is expired
Sent to the qualification project's team members on the qualification's expiration date if it has one.
• Notification: <supplier name> is eligible for requalification with <buyer name>
Sent to the qualification project's team members on the date specified as the end of the requalification period,
if the qualification has one.

The following notification is defined by event messaging templates in Event Manager Messaging Templates
and in the survey document in the supplier qualification project template:

• Action needed: Fill out qualification questionnaire to become a qualified supplier with <buyer name>
Sent to the supplier contact invited or reinvited to the qualification.

There are two templates for this notification: one for suppliers who are new to SAP Ariba, which contains a link
for registering on SAP Business Network before opening the questionnaire, and one for suppliers who already
have SAP Business Network accounts, which contains a link for signing into their account and opening the
questionnaire.

These are the only event messages supported for supplier qualification projects.

Related Information

Notifications Related to Supplier Requests [page 551]

Notifications Related to Supplier Registration Projects [page 552]
Notifications Related to Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 559]
Notifications Related to Preferred Supplier Status Changes [page 559]
Notifications Related to Modular Questionnaires [page 560]
Notifications Related to Certificate Questions in Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 563]
Supplier Management-Specific Notifications Related to Tasks [page 565]
Notifications Related to Supplier Management Project Template Upgrades [page 564]
Notifications Related to Tasks and Phases

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Notifications Related to Preferred Supplier Status Changes
SAP Ariba sends notifications for various activities related to preferred supplier management projects.

• Action needed: Approve new category status for <supplier name> in <category>
Sent to the users in the preferred supplier category status change request approval flow once it is their turn to
approve the status change.
• Approved: The status change made for <supplier name> in <category>
Sent to the internal user who requested the category status change.
• Denied: The status change made for <supplier name> in <category>
Sent to the internal user who requested the category status change, and includes the name of the approver
who denied the request.
• Fyi: The status of <supplier name> for <category> has changed to <status>
Sent to the category or supplier managers who manage the supplier.

Related Information

Notifications Related to Supplier Requests [page 551]

Notifications Related to Supplier Registration Projects [page 552]
Notifications Related to Supplier Qualification Projects [page 557]
Notifications Related to Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 559]
Notifications Related to Modular Questionnaires [page 560]
Notifications Related to Certificate Questions in Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 563]
Notifications Related to Supplier Management Project Template Upgrades [page 564]
Supplier Management-Specific Notifications Related to Tasks [page 565]
Notifications Related to Tasks and Phases

Notifications Related to Supplier Disqualification Projects

SAP Ariba sends notifications for various activities related to supplier disqualification projects.

• Action needed: Review disqualification for <supplier name>

Sent to the users in the disqualification questionnaire approval flow once it is their turn to approve the supplier
disqualification.
• Approved: The disqualification request for <supplier name> in <commodity category>
Sent to the user who submitted the request to disqualify the supplier once the disqualification is finally
approved in cases where the disqualification is immediate and does not include an intermediary restriction.
• Approved: the disqualificaton request for <supplier name> in <commodity category>
Sent to the user who submitted the request to disqualify the supplier once the disqualification restriction is
finally approved.
• Fyi: The status for <supplier name> in <commodity category> has changed to Disqualified
Sent to the user who submitted the request to disqualify the supplier in cases where the disqualification
date on the approved disqualification restriction has been reached and the supplier's status changes from
Restricted to Disqualified.

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Related Information

Notifications Related to Supplier Requests [page 551]

Notifications Related to Supplier Registration Projects [page 552]
Notifications Related to Supplier Qualification Projects [page 557]
Notifications Related to Preferred Supplier Status Changes [page 559]
Notifications Related to Modular Questionnaires [page 560]
Notifications Related to Certificate Questions in Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 563]
Supplier Management-Specific Notifications Related to Tasks [page 565]
Notifications Related to Supplier Management Project Template Upgrades [page 564]

Notifications Related to Modular Questionnaires

SAP Ariba sends notifications for various activities related to modular supplier management questionnaires.

 Note

The notifications described in this topic are general modular questionnaire notifications. Enabling the process
project feature (SM-16798) adds a parallel set of notification templates [page 561] and, when there's a
process-related notification, deactivates the general template for the same notification. Whether or not a
modular questionnaire is included in a process project, it uses these process-related notification templates
where they're available, and the general notifications where there's no parallel process-related notification.
Process-related notifications include information about the associated process project if applicable.

The following notifications are defined by project email notification templates:

• Action needed: Provide additional information to <buyer name>

Sent to the supplier contact when an approver has denied the questionnaire but allowed the supplier to
resubmit answers, and includes any comments the approver made to explain the denial.
• Approved: <questionnaire title> submitted to <buyer name>
Sent to the supplier contact when the questionnaire is finally approved.
• Declined: <questionnaire title> submitted to <buyer name>
Sent to the supplier contact when the questionnaire is finally denied.
• Your <questionnaire title> with <buyer name> expires on <project expiration date>
Sent to the supplier contact before the questionnaire's expiration date. This notification isn't automatic. It's
only sent if a template creator in your site has specified that the questionnaire expires in the template survey
document's Supplier Management rules. The template creator also specifies the expiration schedule and the
amount of time before the expiration date this notification is sent there.
• Your <questionnaire title> <questionnaire project name> with <buyer name> has expired
<Sent to the supplier contact when the questionnaire's expiration date has elapsed and the supplier hasn't
edited and resubmitted the questionnaire. This notification isn't automatic. It's only sent if a template creator
in your site has specified that the questionnaire expires in the questionnaire template survey document's
Supplier Management rules. The template creator also specifies the expiration schedule there.
• of <supplier name> expires on <expiration date>
Sent to the internal user who sent the questionnaire before the questionnaire's expiration date. This
notification is only sent if a template creator in your site has specified that the questionnaire expires in the

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 template survey document's Supplier Management rules. By default, notifications for modular questionnaire
expiration are sent to all project team members. The template creator also specifies the expiration schedule
and the amount of time before the expiration date this notification is sent, and can specify that this notification
is also sent to the primary supplier manager and/or members of the Project Owner group as well as the user
who sent the questionnaire.
• <questionnaire project name> of <supplier name> has expired
Sent to internal users when the questionnaire's expiration date has elapsed and the supplier hasn't edited and
resubmitted the questionnaire. This notification is only sent if a template creator in your site has specified
that the questionnaire expires and set an expiration schedule in the template survey document's Supplier
Management rules. The template creator can specify that this notification also be sent to the primary supplier
manager and users who are direct members of the Project Owner group or have Project Owner capabilities, as
well as the user who sent the questionnaire.
• Action needed: <task title>
Sent to internal users when the approval node to which they're assigned becomes active in the approval flow.

The following notifications are defined by event messaging templates in Event Manager Messaging
Templates and in the survey document for the key questionnaire in modular questionnaire project templates:

• Action needed: Complete questionnaire from <buyer name>

Sent to recipients when they're invited or reinvited to the questionnaire, or when the recipient is changed.

There are two templates this notification: one for suppliers who are new to SAP Ariba, which contains a link
for registering on SAP Business Network before opening the questionnaire, and one for suppliers who already
have SAP Business Network accounts, which contains a link for signing into their account and opening the
questionnaire.

These are the only event messages supported for modular questionnaire projects.

Notifications Related to Modular Supplier Management

Questionnaires in Sites That Use Process Projects
SAP Ariba sends email notifications for various activities related to modular questionnaires. In sites where the
process project feature (SM-16798) is enabled, these notifications can include information about process projects
associated with a modular questionnaire.

 Note

Modular questionnaires include a set of general email notification templates [page 560]. Enabling the process
project feature (SM-16798) adds this parallel set of notification templates and, when there is a process-
related notification, deactivates the general template for the same notification. Whether or not a modular
questionnaire is included in a process project, it uses these process-related notification templates where
they are available, and the general notifications where there is no parallel process-related notification. Process-
related notifications include information about the associated process project if applicable.

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Notification Default Subject Line Description User Notification Preference

SM Questionnaire - Sent Action needed: <task name> Sent to internal users when An approval task for
to approver when internal an internal modular
the approval node to which
modular questionnaire has questionnaire is assigned to
they have been assigned for
been submitted and process me and process projects are
projects are enabled. an internal modular question- enabled.
naire becomes active.

SM Questionnaire - Sent to Action needed: <task name> Sent to internal users when An approval task for
approver when an external an external modular
the approval node to which
modular questionnaire has questionnaire is assigned to
they have been assigned for
been submitted and process me and process projects are
projects are enabled. an external modular question- enabled.
naire becomes active.

SM Questionnaire: Sent FYI: Action no longer needed Sent to internal users when A modular questionnaire for
to approvers when a which I am an approver was
for <task name> a process cancelation results
questionnaire is cancelled cancelled when its process
in the cancelation of a mod-
as part of a process project was cancelled.
cancellation. ular questionnaire for which
they're an approver.

SM Questionnaire - Sent Reminder: complete Sent to internal and external A questionnaire to which I
to internal or external have been assigned is due
questionnaire from <buyer questionnaire recipients who
recipients to remind them and process projects are
name> by <questionnaire due haven’t yet submitted a ques-
to complete a questionnaire enabled.
and process projects are date> tionnaire.
enabled.
 Note
If the modular question-
naire is set to Always
open, once the new ques-
tionnaire is approved, the
questionnaire reopens for
updates. The due date
here is the date on which
the reminder schedule
restarts if the recipient
doesn't submit an update
by that time.

SM Questionnaire - Sent Action needed: Provide Sent to internal and external An approver has requested
to internal or external more information about a
additional information to questionnaire recipients when
recipients when they need questionnaire I submitted
<buyer name> an approver has requested ad-
to resubmit questionnaire and process projects are
information and process ditional information about a enabled.
projects are enabled. questionnaire during approval.

SM Questionnaire - Approved: <questionnaire Sent to internal and external A questionnaire to which I

Sent to internal and have been assigned is due
name> submitted to <buyer questionnaire recipients when
external recipients when and process projects are
name> on <questionnaire a questionnaire has been fi-
a questionnaire has been enabled.
approved and process submission date> nally approved.
projects are enabled.

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 Notification Default Subject Line Description User Notification Preference

SM Questionnaire - Your <questionnaire name> Sent to internal and external A modular questionnaire
Sent to internal or I submitted is expiring
with <buyer name> expires questionnaire recipients when
external recipients when a and process projects are
on <scheduled expiration a questionnaire is expiring.
questionnaire is expiring enabled.
and process projects are date>
enabled.

SM Questionnaire - Your <questionnaire name> Sent to internal and external A modular questionnaire
Sent to internal or I submitted has expired
with <buyer name> has questionnaire recipients when
external recipients when a and process projects are
expired a questionnaire has expired.
questionnaire has expired enabled.
and process projects are
enabled.

Notifications Related to Certificate Questions in Modular

Supplier Management Questionnaires

SAP Ariba sends notifications for various activities related to individual certificate questions in modular supplier
management questionnaires.

• Your <certificate type> with <buyer name> expires on <certificate expiration date>
Sent to the supplier contact before the certificate's expiration date. The supplier specifies the expiration date in
the answer to the certificate question, and a template creator in your site specifies the amount of time before
the expiration date this notification is sent in the settings for the certificate question.
• Your <certificate type> with <buyer name> has expired
Sent to the supplier contact when the certificate expiration date they provided has passed.
• <certificate type> of <supplier name> in <modular questionnaire project template title> expires on
<expiration date>
Sent to the internal user who sent the questionnaire that includes the certificate before the certificate's
expiration date. A template creator in your site can specify that this notification also be sent to the primary
supplier manager and members of the Project Owner group in the settings for the certificate question; the
template creator also specifies the amount of time before the expiration date this notification is sent. The
supplier specifies the expiration date in the answer to the certificate question.
• <certificate type> of <supplier name> in <modular questionnaire project template title> expired on
<expiration date>
Sent to the internal user who sent the questionnaire that includes the certificate question when the certificate's
expiration date has passed and the supplier has not updated and resubmitted the certificate with a later
expiration date. A template creator in your site can specify that this notification also be sent to the primary
supplier manager and members of the Project Owner group in the settings for the certificate question. The
supplier specifies the expiration date in the answer to the certificate question.

Related Information

Notifications Related to Supplier Requests [page 551]

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Notifications Related to Supplier Registration Projects [page 552]
Notifications Related to Supplier Qualification Projects [page 557]
Notifications Related to Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 559]
Notifications Related to Preferred Supplier Status Changes [page 559]
Notifications Related to Modular Questionnaires [page 560]
Supplier Management-Specific Notifications Related to Tasks [page 565]
Notifications Related to Supplier Management Project Template Upgrades [page 564]
Notifications Related to Tasks and Phases

Notifications Related to Supplier Management Project

Template Upgrades
SAP Ariba sends the following notifications related to supplier management project template upgrades.

• <buyer name> has updated a questionnaire and requires your attention

Sent to the supplier's primary supplier contact when a customer administrator upgrades their existing supplier
registration project to the latest published version of the template and includes the notification option in the
upgrade. The body of the notification email includes the questionnaire name and a details with the message
the administrator specified during upgrade to describing the nature of the changes. A separate instance of this
notification is sent for each of the supplier's registration questionnaires regardless of whether or not they were
modified in the upgrade.
• Project state update: <supplier registration project ID > - Supplier Registration for <supplier name>
Sent to the project owner when a customer administrator upgrades a supplier registration project they created
to the latest published version of the template to notify them that the previous version of the project (the one
that used the previous template version) has been archived.

 Note

Project owners of supplier registration projects can be category or supplier managers who are otherwise
unfamiliar with underlying project architecture and versioning. The default text in this notification assumes
familiarity with project architecture and versioning. SAP Ariba recommends customizing that text to make
sure that the recipients understand why it was sent and making the customization specific to supplier
registration projects.

Related Information

Notification Customization for Supplier Management Projects [page 543]

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Supplier Management-Specific Notifications Related to
Tasks
SAP Ariba sends supplier management-specific notifications for some project tasks.

The following task notification is sent only for approval tasks in supplier request, registration, qualification,
disqualification, preferred supplier management, and modular questionnaire projects:

• One or more tasks in <supplier management project name> are missing approvers
Sent to the person who created the project when one or more approval nodes in one or more approval tasks in
the project is missing an approver. The project can't proceed until the project owner or another user with the
appropriate permissions adds approvers to those nodes.

Related Information

Notifications Related to Supplier Requests [page 551]

Notifications Related to Supplier Registration Projects [page 552]
Notifications Related to Supplier Qualification Projects [page 557]
Notifications Related to Supplier Disqualification Projects [page 559]
Notifications Related to Preferred Supplier Status Changes [page 559]
Notifications Related to Modular Questionnaires [page 560]
Notifications Related to Certificate Questions in Modular Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 563]
Notifications Related to Supplier Management Project Template Upgrades [page 564]
Notifications Related to Tasks and Phases

Other Supplier Management Notifications

SAP Ariba sends the following other notifications related to supplier management activities.

• Action needed: Integration confirmation failure messages for supplier data on <date>
Sent to members of the SM ERP Administrator group at approximately 1am PST every day with a list of the
SM vendor IDs and names of every supplier associated with a confirmation failure message received from an
integrated ERP system in the previous 24 hours.
• For your information: <duplicate supplier name> has been inactivated as a duplicate supplier
Sent to supplier managers in sites integrated with SAP MDG-S when, after a registration or qualification
activity that triggers initial replication of the supplier to MDG-S occurs, MDG-S identifies that supplier as
a duplicate, at which point SAP Ariba automatically inactivates the duplicate supplier. The registration or
qualification status that triggers initial replication to MDG-S is determined by the site's integration settings. If
the replication occurs after a registration status change, the recipients of this notification are the supplier's
primary supplier manager and the registration project owner. If the replication occurs after a qualification
status change, the recipient of this notification is the supplier's primary supplier manager.
This notification is only applicable in sites where validation of supplier requests in MDG-S is not enabled.
When request validation in MDG-S is enabled, replication occurs during the supplier request approval process
instead, and matching to duplicate suppliers in MDG-S generates a separate notification that is specific to the
supplier request [page 551].

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• Added Contact details of [RECIPIENT_NAME] for [SUPPLIER_NAME]
Sent to supplier contacts when they're added to the relevant SAP Ariba buyer applications.
An email template is created for sending such external email communication. The template contains a default
message stating that the supplier contact's details such as first and last names, email addresses, and other
information can now be processed by your organisation. You can customize this template to include your own
content. Only newly created supplier contacts receive email notifications. However, the system doesn't verify if
the communication was successfully delivered.
Email content: Hello [RECIPIENT_NAME], You have been added as a contact for [SUPPLIER_NAME] in
the buyer organisation [REALM_NAME]. Your details such as first and last names, email addresses, and
other information are processed by the buyer organisation. Please contact [REQUESTOR_NAME] for further
information.

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Mass Registration Invitations for Suppliers

Mass registration invitations automatically invite all specified suppliers to register with your organization in
one operation. They provide a convenient way to onboard sets of suppliers without requiring individual manual
invitations.

Mass invitations are a useful tool for onboarding large numbers of suppliers to SAP Ariba. You define separate
waves or groups of suppliers and upload a list of suppliers to include in each wave. You can then monitor the waves
to see how many suppliers have responded to the invitation and submitted registration questionnaires, and follow
up where necessary.

 Note

Mass registrations invitations always start external registrations and send invitations to supplier contacts.
Mass registration invitations aren't supported for internal registrations.

You can choose to establish a fulfillment relationship in addition to a sourcing relationship with suppliers that you
invite to register using a mass invitation. The presence of a value in the setTransactionRelationship column
of the [Link] flags the supplier for automatic establishment of both relationships simultaneously once
they meet all prerequisites.

Supplier registration projects include an Is Legacy field. If a supplier is invited to register using a mass invitation,
they're flagged as a legacy supplier. You can use this setting to create different registration processes for legacy and
nonlegacy suppliers.

Integration settings also allow you to control how the registration data generated by mass invitation waves
is synchronized with an integrated ERP system. For more information, refer to Controlling the Ongoing
Synchronization of Data from Suppliers in Mass Registration Waves.

Issuing Mass Registration Invitations to Suppliers [page 568]

Monitoring the Progress of Mass Registration Invitations [page 570]

Mass Registration Data File Format [page 571]

Related Information

Downloading the Vendor Onboarding Report [page 587]

Sourcing and Fulfillment (Trading) Relationships with Suppliers
Conditional Workflows for Manual and Mass Invited Registrations [page 272]

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Issuing Mass Registration Invitations to Suppliers
Supplier mass registration invitations allow you to automatically send registration invitations to multiple suppliers
in one operation so that you can quickly get them registered and on board.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the SM Ops Admin group to issue mass registration invitations.

Every supplier in the mass registration wave must meet the following requirements:

• Have at least one supplier contact.

• If the supplier has a primary supplier manager assigned, that primary supplier manager must be a member of
either the Supplier Registration Manager or SM Ops Administrator group.
• Have a registration status of Not Invited. A supplier can't be included in a mass registration wave if:
• An internal or external registration project has been started for them.
• Their registration status has been set to Registered using the Set Registered option or the internal
supplier registration data import.

The supplier registration project template in your site must be set up and published.

 Caution

Sending registration invitations for a mass invitation wave creates a supplier registration project for every
supplier in that wave. Before you start sending mass invitations, make sure that your organization's supplier
registration project template is finalized and published. While you can upgrade existing supplier registration
projects to the latest version of the template, it can take multiple days to upgrade a large number of projects
on the same template version. Starting mass invitation waves using a finalized project template means that
the registration projects for mass-invited suppliers include your organization's complete current questionnaires
and workflow from the start, and you only need to perform template upgrades for subsequent changes.

To specify the list of suppliers to include in a mass registration invitation wave, you must add their ERP vendor IDs
to a CSV data import file for mass registration. These suppliers must already exist in your site.

Context

Suppliers created individually through approved supplier requests can be invited to register individually, either
automatically or manually depending on your site's configuration. However, when you're getting started with SAP
Ariba Supplier Management solutions, or whenever you create a large number of suppliers using data import or
ERP synchronization, supplier mass registration allows you to automatically send invitations to a specified list of
suppliers.

Importing supplier data creates the suppliers in the database with Not Invited status. When you import supplier
preferred or qualification data, the suppliers are associated with specific commodities and regions and have a
preferred or qualified status, but still have the Not Invited status because they haven't completed the registration
process. When a requester in your organization creates a supplier request and it's approved, the supplier is created

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in the database with Not Invited status. Any supplier with Not Invited status can be included in a mass registration
invitation.

You can create distinct waves of invitations to onboard suppliers in a controlled way. For example, you can invite the
suppliers from one region in the first wave, another region in the second wave, and so forth. Waves have end dates,
but they're for informational purposes only. The invitations are all sent after you import the list of suppliers and
click Send Invite, and invited suppliers can fill out the registration questionnaire as long as it's still open, regardless
of the wave end date. You can't schedule waves in advance.

If your site uses multiple external registration questionnaires, you can choose which questionnaire to use for the
wave. You can only send one external questionnaire in a registration mass invitation. Once a registration project
is created, you can only add more external questionnaires to it if additional external questionnaires are added
in later versions of the registration project template. In that case, upgrading an existing project created through
mass registration to the latest template version offers the option of including questionnaires added in subsequent
versions of the template. Template upgrade doesn't add additional external questionnaires that were included in
the template when the project was created.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Mass invite.
3. Perform one of the following actions:

• To create a new invitation wave, select Create new wave from the Choose a wave dropdown menu and
enter a name for the wave.
• To use an existing wave, select it from the Choose a wave dropdown menu
4. Specify an end date for the wave by choosing the calender icon ( calender icon) and selecting a date.
5. Choose Browse file and navigate to the CSV file that contains the list of suppliers you want to include in the
current mass registration invitation wave.
6. Choose Upload spreadsheet

The Summary area shows the results of your upload. If your file contained errors, it shows you the number of
suppliers with missing contacts, invalid vendor IDs, and the number of suppliers that are already registered.
Choose Download all errors to download a list of all errors in the file.
7. If your file contained errors, correct them and then choose Re-upload to upload the corrected file from the
same location.
8. Optional: If your site uses multiple external registration questionnaires, select a questionnaire from the
Choose the questionnaire to send dropdown menu.
9. Choose Send invitation.

Results

The registration invitation is sent to all suppliers in the current wave.

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Next Steps

Use the Track history tab to monitor the progress of mass registration invitation waves. Once the current wave has
achieved the results you want, you can create additional waves of mass registration invitations as needed.

Related Information

Monitoring the Progress of Mass Registration Invitations [page 570]

Sourcing and Fulfillment (Trading) Relationships with Suppliers
Supplier Contact Data File Format [page 137]
Primary Supplier Manager Data File Format [page 157]
Mass Registration Data File Format [page 571]
Setting a Supplier as Registered Using the Set Registered Option
Internal Supplier Registration Data File Format [page 168]

Monitoring the Progress of Mass Registration

Invitations
Once you've sent a wave of mass registration invitations, you can monitor the number of suppliers that have
responded and completed their registrations.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the SM Ops Admin group to monitor the progress of mass registration invitations in SM
Administration.

Context

The Track history tab displays the name of the invitation wave, the number of suppliers invited in the wave, the
date the invitation was issued, and the number of suppliers in the wave with approved registrations.

From there, you can download a CSV file that contains your history of mass registration invitations. The CSV file
includes important additional information: a list of all of the suppliers invited in each wave, including their ERP
vendor IDs, and their current registration status. This file shows the suppliers in the wave who have been invited or
successfully registered, who are in the process of registering, or who have had their registrations denied. You can
provide this file to interested parties in your company, such as category or supplier managers who can't access SM
Administration, so that they can follow up on stalled registrations and perform other necessary actions.

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Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Mass invite.
3. Choose the Track history tab.
4. Optional: Perform one of the following actions:

• To update the data on the tab (for example, to show a newly created wave or the most recent number of
registered suppliers), choose Refresh.
• To download your history of mass invitation registrations as a CSV file, choose Download and save the file
to the location of your choice.

Related Information

Issuing Mass Registration Invitations to Suppliers [page 568]

Mass Registration Data File Format

Mass registration uses a CSV file import to specify the list of suppliers you want to invite to register automatically in
the current wave.

If you want to assign primary and alternate supplier managers to the suppliers in an invitation wave, you must
import the data file that defines managers for those suppliers before importing the mass invitation data. Primary
supplier managers are for information only. If any suppliers in the invitation wave don't have a primary or alternate
supplier manager, the administrator who sends the mass invitation is assigned as the primary supplier manager.

The mass registration data import task reads from a CSV file that contains the following fields:

Field Definition Required

The supplier's ERP vendor ID. You can Yes

erpVendorId
obtain supplier ERP vendor IDs by ex-
porting the supplier data in your site
using the Data import and export
Suppliers data export task.

setTransactionRelationship Determines whether a fulfillment rela- No

tionship is established for the supplier's
ERP Vendor ID, in addition to the sourc-
ing relationship.

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Related Information

Primary Supplier Manager Data File Format [page 157]

Mass Registration Invitations for Suppliers [page 567]
Issuing Mass Registration Invitations to Suppliers [page 568]

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Mass Modular Questionnaire Invitations for
Suppliers

Mass modular questionnaire invitations automatically invite all specified suppliers to respond to a modular
questionnaire in one operation. They provide a convenient way to allow sets of suppliers to respond to modular
questionnaires without requiring individual manual invitations.

You can invite a large number of suppliers to respond to a modular questionnaire by defining separate waves or
groups of suppliers and uploading a list of suppliers to include in each wave. You achieve this by uploading a CSV
file that contains the list of suppliers you want to include in the current mass modular questionnaire invitation
wave. You can also monitor the progress of these mass invitations.

You create distinct waves of invitations to send modular questionnaires to several suppliers in a controlled manner.
For example, you can invite suppliers from one region in the first wave, another region in the second wave, and
so forth. Waves have end dates, but they're for informational purposes only. The invited suppliers can fill out the
modular questionnaire as long as it's still open, regardless of the end date of the wave. You can't schedule waves in
advance.

Issuing Mass Modular Questionnaire Invitations to

Suppliers
Supplier mass modular questionnaire invitations allow you to send modular questionnaire invitations to multiple
suppliers in one operation.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the SM Ops Admin group to issue mass modular questionnaire invitations.

Every supplier in the mass modular questionnaire wave must have at least one supplier contact. For all of the
suppliers in the mass modular questionnaire wave that have primary supplier managers, the primary supplier
managers must all be members of the SM Ops Administrator group.

The modular questionnaire project template in your site must be set up and published.

 Caution

Sending modular questionnaire invitations for a mass invitation wave creates a modular questionnaire project
for every supplier in that wave. Before you start sending mass invitations, make sure that your modular
questionnaire project template is finalized and published.

To specify the list of suppliers to include in a mass modular questionnaire invitation wave, you must add their ERP
vendor IDs to a CSV data import file. These suppliers must already exist in your site.

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Context

In addition to inviting supplier contacts to fill out stand-alone modular questionnaires by navigating to Manage
SM Modular Questionnaires , you can now send a single modular questionnaire to at most 10000 supplier
contacts by uploading a CSV file in Manage SM Administration Mass Invite .

You can create distinct waves of invitations to send modular questionnaires to several suppliers in a controlled way.
For example, you can invite the suppliers from one region in the first wave, another region in the second wave,
and so forth. Waves have end dates, but they're for informational purposes only. The invitations are all sent after
you upload a CSV file with the list of suppliers and click Send Invite. The invited suppliers can fill out the modular
questionnaire as long as it's still open, regardless of the wave end date. You can't schedule waves in advance.

To send a single stand-alone modular questionnaire to several suppliers at a time:

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Mass Invite.
3. Choose Modular Questionnaire in Mass invite For:
4. Perform one of the following actions:

• To create a new invitation wave, select New wave from the Choose a wave dropdown menu and enter a
name for the wave.
• To use an existing wave, select it from the Choose a wave dropdown menu
5. Specify an end date for the wave by choosing the calender icon ( calender icon) and selecting a date.
6. Choose Choose file and navigate to the CSV file that contains the list of suppliers you want to include in the
current mass invitation wave.
7. Choose Upload spreadsheet.

The Summary area shows the results of your upload. If your file contained errors, it shows you the number of
suppliers with missing contacts, invalid vendor IDs, and so on. Choose Download all errors to download a list
of all errors in the file.
8. If your file contained errors, correct them and then choose Re-upload spreadsheet to upload the corrected file
from the same location.
9. If your site uses multiple external questionnaires, select a questionnaire from the Choose the questionnaire to
send filter popup.
10. Choose Send invitation.

Results

The modular questionnaire invitation is sent to all suppliers in the current wave.

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Next Steps

Use the Track history tab to monitor the progress of mass modular questionnaire invitation waves. Once the
current wave has achieved the results you want, you can create additional waves of mass invitations as needed.

Monitoring the Progress of Mass Modular

Questionnaire Invitations
Once you've sent a wave of mass modular questionnaire invitations, you can monitor the number of suppliers that
have responded to the modular questionnaire.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the SM Ops Admin group to monitor the progress of mass modular questionnaire
invitations in SM Administration.

Context

The Track history tab displays the name of the invitation wave, the number of suppliers invited in the wave, the
date the invitation was issued, and information on "Integration Blocked Until" date.

From there, you can download a CSV file that contains your history of mass modular questionnaire invitations.
The CSV file includes important additional information: a list of all of the suppliers invited in each wave, including
their ERP vendor IDs, and their current registration status. This file shows the suppliers in the wave who have been
invited to respond to the modular questionnaire. You can provide this file to interested parties in your company,
such as category or supplier managers who can't access SM Administration, so that they can follow up on
modular questionnaire projects if required, and perform other necessary actions.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Mass invite.
3. In the field Mass Invite For, choose Modular Questionnaire.
4. Choose the Track history tab.
5. Optional: Perform one of the following actions:

• To update the data on the tab (for example, to show a newly created wave), choose Refresh.

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 • To download your history of mass modular questionnaire invitation as a CSV file, choose Download and
save the file to the location of your choice.

Related Information

Issuing Mass Modular Questionnaire Invitations to Suppliers [page 573]

Mass Modular Questionnaire Invitation Data File

Format
A mass modular questionnaire invitation to suppliers uses a CSV file import to specify the list of suppliers you want
to invite to respond to modular questionnaires in the current wave.

If you want to assign primary and alternative supplier managers to the suppliers in an invitation wave, you
must import the data file that defines managers for those suppliers before importing the mass invitation data.
Primary supplier managers are for information only; if any suppliers in the invitation wave don't have a primary or
alternative supplier manager, the user who sends the mass invitation is assigned as the primary supplier manager.

The mass modular questionnaire data import task reads from a CSV file that contains the following fields:

Field Definition Required

erpVendorId For existing SAP Ariba suppliers, if the Yes

SupplierOrganizationOrganiz
ationIdPart_Export.csv file con-
tains a Domain and Value entry for the
supplier, use the Value in this field. If
not, use the [Link].

For suppliers imported from outside SAP

Ariba, use the erpVendorId specified
in [Link].

recipientEmail The email address of the primary sup- Yes

plier contact.

Related Information

Primary Supplier Manager Data File Format [page 157]

Issuing Mass Modular Questionnaire Invitations to Suppliers [page 573]

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Administrative Tasks for Supplier Management

Administrators can perform a variety of tasks to manage suppliers, such as inactivating or reactivating them,
importing registration questionnaires, and canceling qualification projects.

Importing Supplier Registration Questionnaires [page 581]

Downloading the Vendor Onboarding Report [page 587]

Canceling an In-Progress Supplier Qualification Project [page 589]

Managing Access to the Advanced View of Supplier Management Projects [page 591]

Correcting Questionnaire, Task, and Registration Status Synchronization Errors [page 592]

Mass Inactivating Older Questionnaire Data for Multiple Suppliers at a Time [page 595]

Supplier Inactivation, Reactivation, and Expiration

Supplier Inactivation and Reactivation

Once you inactivate a supplier, no further transactions can be created with them. Typically, you inactivate your
suppliers when you're sure that you don't want to work with them anymore.

Inactivation doesn't hard delete suppliers. Inactivation is a more permanent action than a block, but is reversible.
Inactive suppliers:

• Are no longer visible in supplier search results, including searches for available participants for sourcing events
and available suppliers for contract creation.
• Can't be edited or worked with. Supplier profiles for inactive suppliers become read-only, and users can
no longer edit internal registration questionnaires or initiate processes such as registration, qualification, or
preferred supplier management. Users also can't edit existing preferred levels. Tasks associated with those
projects also become read-only and task owners or approvers can no longer complete them.

You can reactivate an inactive supplier. Reactivating the supplier restores all of their data and makes them available
for transactions again.

Supplier inactivation and reactivation can occur in several different ways in SAP Ariba:

• An administrator can use the Suppliers data import/export task to import a supplier data in a CSV file with the
active column set to TRUE (active) or FALSE (deactivated). Blank values in this column are assumed to be
TRUE.

 Note

Before inactivating a supplier using data import, inactivate their contacts using the same active flag using
the Supplier contacts data import/export task.

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• If a supplier is marked with a delete indicator in an integrated SAP ERP system, and the supplier has already
been synchronized with the ERP, the supplier is automatically inactivated. If the delete indicator is removed in
the integrated ERP system, the supplier is automatically reactivated.
• If a supplier is inactivated, an administrator can manually reactivate them.

 Note

If your site is integrated with an SAP ERP system, your integration synchronization settings determine when a
new supplier in SAP Ariba is initially synchronized with SAP ERP. Until that initial synchronization occurs, SAP
Ariba can't receive or send the delete indicators that inactivate or reactivate a supplier.

To permanently obfuscate a supplier and all their related data in your site, and and make them eligible for data
purge, you can expire them after inativating them.

Related Information

Exporting Inactive Suppliers [page 132]

Supplier Data File Format [page 132]
Supplier Contact Data File Format [page 137]
Supplier Expiration and Supplier Data Obfuscation
Marking a Supplier Managed in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information
and Performance Management (New Architecture) for Expiration [page 579]
Viewing and Manually Reactivating Inactive Suppliers [page 578]
Mass Inactivating Older Questionnaire Data for Multiple Suppliers at a Time [page 595]

Viewing and Manually Reactivating Inactive Suppliers

Use these steps to view or manually reactivate suppliers.

Prerequisites

You must be a member of the SM Ops Administrator, SM ERP Administrator, or Customer Administrator group.

Context

Typically, companies make suppliers inactive when they no longer want to do business with them for one reason
or another. Users can't add inactive suppliers to sourcing events or contracts, and can't initiate processes for
qualification and preferred designation for them. However, inactive suppliers remain in the database and retain
existing registration information, unexpired qualifications, and preferred supplier designations. If your company
decides to start doing business with a supplier again, you can reactivate them.

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Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Inactive Suppliers.
3. To locate one or more specific suppliers, perform one of the following actions:

• Choose a column head to sort the supplier list by that column.

• Choose the filter icon ( ), enter a partial or full ID in the search field, and select one or more IDs to filter
the supplier list by specific SM vendor IDs or ERP vendor IDs.
4. Perform one of the following actions:

• To view the inactive supplier's profile, choose its SM vendor ID.

• To reactivate the supplier, choose Reactivate.

Results

Reactivated suppliers show up once more in search results, and users can edit them, add them to sourcing events
and contracts, and initiate qualifications and preferred supplier designation processes for them.

Related Information

Supplier Inactivation and Reactivation [page 577]

Marking a Supplier Managed in SAP Ariba Supplier

Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management (New
Architecture) for Expiration
Expiring a supplier permanently obfuscates them in your site's database. You can expire a supplier either for
business reasons or because the supplier has requested removal.

Prerequisites

To expire a supplier, you must be a member of the Data Protection Officer group.

All contacts associated with the supplier must be inactivated. To inactivate supplier contacts, import their data
using the Supplier contacts data import in SM Administration with the active field set to FALSE.

The supplier must be currently inactivated [page 577].

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Context

In sites that include SAP Ariba Buying or SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, this topic is only applicable if the support
for partitioned supplier feature (SM-30017) is enabled and you manage supplier data in SM Administration. If you
manage your procurement supplier data separately, expiring a supplier in SM Administration doesn't remove them
from your procurement supplier data.

 Caution

Expiring a supplier is a permanent operation. You can reactivate an inactive supplier, but there's no way to
restore an expired supplier.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Inactive suppliers.
3. Locate the supplier that you want to expire in the list of inactive suppliers and choose Expire.
4. Choose Expire to confirm that you want to expire the supplier.

Results

After the suppliers are marked for expiration, supplier contacts show as Supplier User Marked for Deletion and
suppliers show as Supplier Marked for Deletion.

After all transactions associated with the supplier are purged, the supplier is permanently obfuscated in the
database.

It's possible to see an inactive supplier's profile, which shows an Inactive label, but an expired supplier is removed
from the user interface.

Related Information

Supplier Inactivation and Reactivation [page 577]

Supplier Master Data Purge Criteria for SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management (New Architecture)

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Importing Supplier Registration Questionnaires
Use these steps to import supplier registration questionnaires if you want to onboard legacy suppliers and add
information that you've collected in other systems to their profiles.

Prerequisites

To import supplier registration questionnaires, you must be a member of the SM Ops Administrator group.
To export a template registration questionnaire from the supplier registration project template, you must be a
member of the Template Creator group.

The questionnaire you want to import must be included in the currently published version of the supplier
registration project template.

The supplier must have an existing registration project, either through migration or because a registration manager
has started an internal or external registration.

Context

Questionnaire import has the following restrictions:

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Restriction Details Recommended mitigation steps

Supported for supplier registration Although the Select type of None

questionnaires only
questionnaire dropdown menu shows
the names of many different types of
questionnaires in your site, including
modular questionnaires, questionnaire
import only works for registration ques-
tionnaires. Importing any type of ques-
tionnaire other than registration ques-
tionnaires, including modular question-
naires, is currently not supported.

For registration questionnaires:

• Importing external questionnaires is

only supported for updates once the
supplier is in Registered status.
• Importing internal questionnaires is
supported both for new registrations
and for registration updates.

There are no warnings in the user inter-

face when you attempt to import an un-
supported questionnaire, and the import
status shows success, but the question-
naire isn't updated.

No answer validation Questionnaire import doesn't validate an- Members of the Template Creator group
swers. The import ignores answers with can export the questionnaire from the
invalid formats and doesn't provide any supplier registration project template.
error messages. For example, if you im- The exported template questionnaire in-
port a questionnaire with a Date question cludes information about the answer
with an invalid date format, or a Whole type of each question, its content ID
Number question with a text answer, or a (KI_ID), and a pipe-separated ( | ) list of
question with a pre-defined list of choices valid answers for questions with pre-de-
with an answer that doesn't match any of fined lists of choices. You can use this
those choices, the import ignores the in- information to add answers in the correct
valid answer and the field remains blank. format to the questionnaire import CSV
file.

The valid format for Date answers is

YYYY-MM-DD.

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 Restriction Details Recommended mitigation steps

No safeguards against overwriting exist- Questionnaire import doesn't perform 1. In the template of the questionnaire
ing answers
selective updates. The import updates import file, delete the columns for
all questions in the import file with all any questions you don't plan to up-
the values in the import file, including date at all. Only questions that are
blanks. The import doesn't generate any present in the import file are up-
warnings or require any confirmations dated. Removing those questions
when those imported values overwrite avoids the risk of overwriting their
existing answers. existing answers with blank values.
2. Make sure that you add all exist-
As a result, if you import a file with a
ing answers for all of the remaining
blank value for a question that has an
questions in the import file, not just
answer in the current version of the
the answers you want to update. You
questionnaire in the supplier's profile,
can obtain the existing answers for
the import overwrites the existing an-
a questionnaire by viewing the ques-
swer with a blank with no warning.
tionnaire in the Registration detail
area of the supplier's profile and ex-
porting it from the questionnaire de-
tails page.

 Note
The export on the questionnaire
details page includes each ques-
tion's content number, name,
and answer, but the content
number isn't the same as the
KI_ID specified in the import file.
You must manually match the
questions in the questionnaire
export to the headers in the
questionnaire import template
and transfer answers between
the files so that the import in-
cludes existing answers instead
of overwriting them with blank
values. The template question-
naire export referenced in the
restriction about answer valida-
tions includes both question
names and KI_IDs and can serve
as a reference for matching.

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Only updates some types of answers Questionnaire import doesn't support None
updates for the following:

• Attachments (either the

Attachment answer type or attach-
ments in individual questionnaires)
• Comments to answers
• Answers in repeatable sections
• Answers to "complex" question an-
swer types: Address, Extended
Address, Bank Account, Tax, and
Certificate

Updates questionnaires that are in active Questionnaire import can update a ques- Mitigation steps depend on how and why
approval tionnaire again while approvals for the
you're using the questionnaire import.
previously submitted answers are still in
They can include:
progress. The imported update creates
a new version of the questionnaire but • Reserving the questionnaire import
doesn't interrupt or restart any in-prog-
for only the most necessary circum-
ress approval tasks. This behavior can
stances and for one-time updates of
create a situation where different approv-
ers in different parts of the approval flow supplier profiles. For example, you
are approving different versions of the can use questionnaire import to add
questionnaire with different answers in information obtained in external sys-
the same approval round. tems to the supplier profile as a one-
time operation when you start on-
boarding the supplier.
• Verifying that a particular question-
naire import doesn't interfere with
current activities in affected regis-
tration projects.
• Creating a dedicated internal regis-
tration questionnaire with no tasks
that you use exclusively to import
data from other systems into sup-
plier profiles, separate from the
questionnaires you use to manage
data collection from internal and ex-
ternal questionnaire recipients.

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Starts associated tasks Imported questionnaire updates start the

tasks associated with the questionnaire,
and approvers and internal questionnaire
editors must manually complete those
tasks to complete the current registra-
tion workflow. For example:

• Importing an update to an external

registration questionnaire starts any
approval tasks for the questionnaire
update, and updated answers aren't
committed to the vendor database
or synchronized to an integrated
ERP system until the questionnaire
is finally approved. In the meantime,
if the registration is external, the
supplier is blocked from submitting
their own updates to the question-
naire while it's in approval.
• Importing answers for an internal
registration questionnaire starts any
approval tasks associated with it
for the current registration phase.
If there's also a To Do task on the
questionnaire, a person with permis-
sion to edit the internal question-
naire must also manually mark the
To Do task complete to complete the
current registration workflow. The
imported updates show as the cur-
rent version of the questionnaire,
and the person completing the To Do
task can edit the imported answers
again before marking the task com-
plete even if they're still in approval.

Imported updates to external registra-

tion questionnaires don’t generate notifi-
cations to suppliers. They do reset ques-
tionnaire reopening countdowns and re-
minder schedules.

The Questionnaires workspace in SM Administration includes a download for a template of the questionnaire
import file. The questionnaire import includes the following fields:

Field Description Required?

sourceSystem The source system for the supplier asso- Yes

ciated with the questionnaire.

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Field Description Required?

erpVendorId The ERP vendor ID of the supplier associ- Yes

ated with the questionnaire.

<question title> (<question KI_ID>) The question title and its content ID No
(KI_ID).
The questionnaire import file only needs
The import file includes a separate field
to include fields for the questions you
of this format for each question in the
want to update.
questionnaire, including questions that
are initially hidden by visibility conditions.  Tip
 Note Since fields for individual questions
aren't required, remove any ques-
To import answers to questions to tions you don't plan to update at all
which a visibility condition is applied, from the import template. For the
you must also include the answer remaining questions, it's important
to make sure that you include all
that satisfies the condition in the im-
existing answers in the import to
port.
avoid overwriting existing answers
with blank values.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Questionnaires.
3. Export a template of the import file for the questionnaire that you want to update by performing the following
actions:
a. Choose the registration questionnaire from the Select type of questionnaire dropdown menu.
b. Click Download.
c. Save the exported questionnaire template CSV file to the location of your choice.
4. Edit the CSV file to add the data you want to import, making sure that:

• You provide valid values for all answers.

• The file includes all existing answers for all included questions for each specified supplier. Blank values in
the import overwrite existing answers. Delete all columns for questions that you don't want to update at all
to help prevent this issue.

5. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

6. Choose Questionnaires.
7. Import questionnaire data by performing the following actions:
a. Choose the registration questionnaire from the Select type of questionnaire dropdown menu.
b. Click Choose File.
c. Navigate to the questionnaire CSV file and choose Open.
d. Choose Upload.

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 The size of the questionnaire file that you upload is restricted to 25 MB. This restriction enhances the overall
performance of the import function. If the size of the file is greater than 25 MB, the system displays an error
message that reads "Imported file size should not be more than 25MB".

Results

The Import Summary tab shows the progress and status of the data import. However, remember that in some
cases the data import shows as successful when it hasn't updated questionnaire data, such as when you import
data for a questionnaire that isn't supported or when the import includes invalid answer values.

The import creates a new version of the questionnaire, which shows as the current version in the version history
on the questionnaire details page. If the questionnaire was in active approval when you imported the update, the
previously submitted answers become the previous version of the questionnaire and are indicated as approved in
version history even though approval is still in progress.

Next Steps

To verify that the import has successfully updated all the answers you wanted to update, navigate to the
Registration detail area of individual supplier profiles and view those questionnaires.

Downloading the Vendor Onboarding Report

Use these steps to track your suppliers' registration and qualification progress with the vendor onboarding report,
which is a delimiter-separated value file that shows their latest registration and qualification statuses and when
those statuses were achieved.

Prerequisites

To view the Reports workspace and download the vendor onboarding report, the SM Reports feature must be
enabled. Contact SAP Ariba support to enable this feature.

To download the vendor onboarding report, you must be a member of the SM Ops Administrator group.

 Note

The supplier registration information in this report is also available in the following places:

• The Supplier Onboarding Progress data snapshot in Manage Supplier data snapshots . Supplier
data snapshots are available to users with a wider range of permissions. For more information, refer to
Creating a Supplier Data Snapshot.

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 • Analytical reports on supplier registration projects, including the prepackaged Open Supplier
Registrations Report. These reports are available to all users with analytical reporting permissions. For
more information, refer to Analytical Reporting on Suppliers and Supplier Management Projects.

Context

The vendor onboarding report shows the latest status for each supplier registration and qualification along with the
date when that status was updated. Data for qualifications includes the commodity, region, and department of the
qualification; qualifications are only available in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance. You can download
the report as a comma-separated values (CSV) file, the default export delimited, or choose from other common
delimiters such as the semicolon (;). When you generate the report, you specify a range of dates up to a maximum
range of 3 months to include suppliers with records last updated in that date range, then schedule the report to
run. After it has finished running, you can download it to the location of your choice and either open it or transfer it
to a third-party system for processing.

Since the report includes status update dates, but you specify a date range for supplier records last updated when
generating it, you can use the report to see onboarding progress for suppliers with specific levels of activity. For
example, if you generate a report for suppliers with records that were last updated more than 6 months ago, it
includes all registration and qualification status changes for those suppliers, even if those status changes occurred
outside the report date range. You can then further filter the report by statuses and status update dates to identify
stalled registrations and qualifications.

For example, you can use the report to see all of the registrations in Invited status where the registration invitations
(indicated by the change from Not Registered to Invited status, the last status change) were issued more than 3
months ago and follow up with those suppliers. Or you can see all of the registrations with a change to Pending
Approval status in the last 3 months to identify registrations that haven't been approved or denied in a timely
fashion and that can indicate internal bottlenecks in your organization's approval processes.

The Reports workspace shows previously generated reports and their date ranges, allowing you to generate a new
report with a starting date right after the end date of the previous report. Currently, the only report available in this
workspace is the vendor onboarding report.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Reports.
3. (Optional) Perform any of the following actions:

• On the CSV Delimiter dropdown menu, select the value delimiter to use in the report file.
• Enter a name for the report file in the Report name field.
4. For the From and To dates, use the calendar and time choosers to specify the start and end dates and times to
include suppliers with records last updated in that date range in the generated report.
5. Choose Schedule.

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 Report generation starts and a new entry shows at the top of the generated reports table. The amount of time
it takes to generate a report depends on several factors, including the amount of data included in the specified
date range.
6. Choose Refresh report details to see if the report is ready to download, or navigate away from the Reports
workspace and return later. When the report is ready to download, it shows a report status of Created.
7. Choose the download icon ( ) and save the report file to the location of your choice.

Canceling an In-Progress Supplier Qualification

Project
Use these steps to cancel a project-based qualification that hasn't yet approved or rejected by deleting the
underlying qualification project. Cancellation allows a qualification manager to start a new qualification project for
the same combination of commodities, regions, and departments.

Prerequisites

To cancel an in-progress qualification project, you must be a member of the SM Ops Administrator group.

Have a supplier's SM Vendor ID to search for and cancel their in-progress qualification projects. SM Vendor IDs are
available in supplier profiles and in the Suppliers data export in SM Administration.

Context

This topic applies to qualification projects. If your site uses process projects for qualification, process initiators can
cancel eligible process projects in a supplier's profile.

When a qualification manager starts a qualification for a specific commodity, region, and department, SAP Ariba
Supplier Lifecycle and Performance creates a qualification project for that combination. If an approver denies the
qualification, the qualification project with that commodity, region, and department combination remains in the
supplier's profile and prevents creation of a qualification for the same combination.

You can cancel an existing qualification project that is in Qualification Started, In Qualification, Pending
Qualification Resubmit or Pending Qualification Approval qualification status by deleting the qualification
project. Once the qualification is deleted, a qualification manager can create a new qualification project for the
same combination of commodity, region, and department.

 Note

Qualification statuses set by data import aren't associated with qualification projects, and can only be canceled
using a data import that updates their qualification status to Cancelled.

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Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Cancel qualification.
3. Enter the supplier's SM Vendor ID and press Enter or choose the search icon ( ).
4. In the list of available qualification projects, locate the project you want to cancel and choose the delete icon
( ).
5. Choose Continue to confirm that you want to cancel the project.

Results

The qualification is now canceled and the underlying qualification project is flagged as deleted in the database,
meaning that:

• The qualification no longer shows in the supplier's profile, on the Supplier Management dashboard, or in
supplier search results.
• Approvers attempting to access the qualification approval page using links in notification emails, or attempting
to submit approvals, see a message letting them know that the qualification has been canceled.
• Suppliers attempting to access or submit the qualification questionnaire on SAP Business Network can no
longer access the questionnaire and see a message letting them know that the qualification is canceled.
• Qualification managers can start new qualifications based on the same commodity, region, and department
combination as the previously canceled qualification.

If the canceled qualification is the only one that had been started for the supplier, the supplier's overall qualification
status reverts to Qualification Not Started.

Related Information

Supplier Qualification Data File Format [page 140]

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Managing Access to the Advanced View of Supplier
Management Projects
Use these steps to enable or disable the Advanced view link in supplier management projects for specific project
types, and to control who can access it. The Advanced View link allows users with the appropriate permissions to
perform advanced actions such as reopening questionnaires or editing project groups and tasks.

Prerequisites

To manage access to the Advanced view link in supplier management projects, you must be a member of the SM
Ops Administrator group.

Context

The Advanced view link allows users with the appropriate permission to edit project components such as tasks
and the team. Some of the most common uses of the advanced view include:

• Adding approvers to approval flows. Some organizations find it useful to provide project owners with the
flexibility to add approvers to approval tasks on questionnaires, or to the project groups that are already
defined as approvers. These ad hoc edits can handle cases where the template-defined approval flow doesn't
include all relevant stakeholders.
• Reopening closed questionnaires. If a recipient doesn't respond to an external questionnaire by the time its due
date is reached, it automatically closes and is only editable again if reopened manually. Manually reopening the
questionnaire in advanced view is the only way to make it editable again in this situation.

You can enable or disable the advanced view for the following types of supplier management projects:

Project Default setting

Modular Questionnaire Off

This setting is only available in sites that use modular supplier

management questionnaires.

Registration On

Qualification On

Supplier Request On

Disqualification On

Process Off

This setting is only available in sites where the process project

feature is enabled.

Your advanced view configuration for a project type applies to all projects of that type in your site. You can't enable
or disable the Advanced View link in individual projects.

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If you enable the Advanced View link for a project type on your site, project owners, members of the SM Ops
Administrator group, and members of the SM ERP Administrator group can access this link. If you also enable the
Control access by group setting, only members of the SM Advanced View Access group can access the link.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Click Advanced view configuration.
3. Slide the toggle for a project type to enable or disable the Advanced View link in all projects of that type.
4. Optional: Slide the toggle for the Control access by group setting to enable or disable it.

Results

If you've enabled the advanced view for a project type, users with the appropriate permission see the Advanced
View link on project pages.

Related Information

Project Advanced View

Reopening a Closed External Supplier Management Questionnaire

Correcting Questionnaire, Task, and Registration

Status Synchronization Errors
Use these steps to manually synchronize registration statuses, questionnaire answers, and tasks. These manual
synchronizations can correct errors with automatic synchronizations and unblock project progress.

Prerequisites

To manually synchronize status, questionnaire data, task data, and questionnaire answers, you must be a member
of the SM ERP Administrator or Customer Administrator group, as well as a group that has permission to work in
project advanced view.

Advanced view must be enabled for the project type where the synchronization error occurred.

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Context

The following manual synchronization tasks allow you to correct synchronization errors for some supplier
management project data by manually resynchronizing it:

Table 26: Manual Synchronization Tasks for Supplier Management Projects

Task Description Use

Sync Status Manually synchronizes supplier registra- This synchronization addresses situa-
tion status.
tions where a supplier's current regis-
tration status shows accurately on the
Home dashboard, in sourcing events,
and on SAP Business Network, but isn't
updated in their profile or in supplier
search and doesn't trigger ERP synchro-
nization, if applicable.

This synchronization task is only applica-

ble to supplier registration projects.

Sync Questionnaire Data Manually synchronizes answers in map- This synchronization addresses field-
ped questions to the supplier database.
mapping synchronization errors, where
answers in mapped questions don't show
in supplier profiles and aren't synchron-
ized to an integrated ERP system.

In sites that use manual synchronization

to an integrated ERP system, this situa-
tion can cause errors when a user at-
tempts to synchronize a supplier who is
otherwise eligible. In sites that use auto-
matic synchronization, this situation can
cause that synchronization to fail.

Sync Task Data Manually synchronizes data for project This synchronization addresses situa-
tasks.
tions where task owners or approvers
have completed task actions, but the
tasks become stuck or revert to their pre-
vious state.

These synchronization failures are listed

in the Activity log detail area of the sup-
plier profile.

 Note
Manual task synchronization is only
available for tasks associated with
forms or questionnaires.

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Task Description Use

Sync Questionnaire Answers Manually synchronizes questionnaire an- This synchronization addresses situa-
swers that are applicable to search.
tions where current answers aren't used
in supplier searches.

Sync Scores Manually synchronizes scores for modu- Automatic score synchronization occurs
lar questionnaires.
immediately after responses are sub-
mitted. This synchronization addresses
situations where scores corresponding
to the latest submitted responses are
not displayed in the modular question-
naire, either showing no scores or
outdated ones. This feature is avail-
able only for questionnaire projects
and is accessible to users who be-
long to the SM ERP Administrator or
Customer Administrator groups. Addi-
tionally, users must be part of a group
with permission to work in the project ad-
vanced view.

 Note
The Sync Scores option is disa-
bled when the questionnaires are in
both the New Phase and the Not
Responded state.

Procedure

1. On the Supplier Management dashboard, open the profile of the supplier with the synchronization error.
2. Navigate to the project where the synchronization error is occurring.

For example, for a registration status synchronization error, navigate to the Registration detail area. For a
task synchronization error in a modular questionnaire, navigate to the Questionnaires detail area and view
questionnaire details.
3. Choose Advanced View ( ).
4. In the project advanced view, perform one of the following actions:

• To synchronize registration status, or all project questionnaire data, task data, or questionnaire answers,
on the Overview tab, choose Actions and then the synchronization task you want to start.
• To synchronize questionnaire data, task data, or answers for a specific questionnaire, on the Documents
tab, choose the form or questionnaire associated with the synchronization error, then choose the
synchronization task you want to start.

The synchronization tasks that are available depend on the project type and circumstances.

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Results

The task resynchronizes the data.

If the supplier is eligible for automatic ERP synchronization that was previously blocked by synchronization
errors, manual questionnaire data synchronization generates a new integration message with the resynchronized
questionnaire data.

Manual task synchronization moves the task or tasks associated with the questionnaire to the correct status and
triggers any further task actions configured for them.

Related Information

Managing Access to the Advanced View of Supplier Management Projects [page 591]
Project Advanced View

Mass Inactivating Older Questionnaire Data for

Multiple Suppliers at a Time
Use this procedure to mass inactivate older questionnaire data for several suppliers at a time in SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance. Export, edit, and import a CSV file to manage questionnaire data.

Context

You can mass-inactivate older questionnaire data for multiple suppliers at a time by exporting a CSV file, editing it,
and importing it back into SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance.

Procedure

1. Go to Manage SM Administration Data import or export .

2. In the File type dropdown, choose Questionnaire response version info.
3. In the Import tab, export your currently available data based on when the questionnaires were created. Choose
the dates in the From and To date-picker fields.
4. Click Export.

A CSV file is exported to the default download folder on your computer.

5. Edit the downloaded file as explained below. The downloaded file contains the following columns:
• smVendorId: The SM Vendor ID of the supplier whose previous questionnaire data you want to inactivate.

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 • questionnaireInternalId: The workspace or project ID of the supplier.
• questionnaireTitle: The title of the questionnaire whose previous data you want to inactivate.
• documentId: The document ID of the questionnaire whose previous data you want to inactivate.
• lastSubmittedDate: The date when the questionnaire was last submitted.
• inactivateOldQuestionnaireResponseVersion: The attribute that determines if you want previous data of
a questionnaire inactivated. Mark this as "True" if you want to keep the latest version of the questionnaire.
• inactivateCompleteQuestionnaire: The attribute that determines if you want to inactivate the complete
questionnaire. Mark this as "True" if you want to purge all the questionnaire versions.

 Note

You can choose to keep the latest version of the questionnaire or inactivate all versions. You can only
perform one operation at a time. You can select up to 1,000 records at a time. For more information on
how date-based purge works, see Transaction Data Purge Criteria for SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and
Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (New Architecture).

Table 27: Expected Behavior

inactivateOldQuestionnaireRespon-
seVersion inactivateCompleteQuestionnaire Expected Behavior

True True Validation error is displayed

False False Validation error is displayed

True False "True" takes precedence; older ver-

sions of questionnaire are inactivated.
Only the latest version is kept.

False True "True" takes precedence; complete

questionnaire is inactivated.

6. Choose Choose File and navigate to the file you want to import.
7. Choose the encoding that the data file you want to import uses from the Encoding Type dropdown menu.
8. Choose Import.

Results

After you import the edited CSV file, SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance inactivates all previous versions
or keeps the latest version based on your choice.

Next Steps

Choose the Import summary tab to view the status of your data import. If your import contains any errors, choose
the View link to the right of the number of errors in the import to see or download error messages.

You can cancel a data import by choosing Cancel Job.

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Related Information

Importing Supplier Data [page 129]

Supplier Data File Format [page 132]
Supplier Process Projects Import File Format [page 163]

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Setting up External Validation of Registration
and Modular Questionnaires Using Web
Services

You can enable external validation of either external registration or modular questionnaires, or both, using web
services. These web services validate supplier responses in real time, before they submit questionnaires for
approval.

Prerequisites

To enable web services and configure parameters you must be a member of the Customer Administrator group.

To manage settings in supplier management templates, you must be a member of the Template Creator group.
For modular questionnaire templates, you must also be a member of the SM Modular Questionnaire Manager
group.

You must have an external system set up to consume validation requests and generate responses using the
applicable web services.

Context

You can validate supplier responses to external registration or modular questionnaires in an external system in
real time, as they edit and submit questionnaire responses, to enhance data accuracy and compliance and reduce
manual turnaround time from requesting additional information during approval.

External validation responses from the external system can also set data in the header fields used for conditional
approvals in registration or modular questionnaire projects by passing the data in the QuestionnaireDetails
element. The header fields where this data can be set are:

• Finance Approval Level (mapped to [Link])

• Legal Approval Level (mapped to [Link])
• Line of Business Approval Level (mapped to [Link])
• Purchasing Approval Level (mapped to [Link])
• Quality Approval Level (mapped to [Link])
• Sustainability Approval Level (mapped to [Link])

To be included in external validation requests and responses, you must add these fields as questions mapped to
the appropriate project.* field mapping in the questionnaire as well as marking them for external validation. The
best practice is to use visibility conditions to hide these questions from supplier respondents so that they can't add
their own values. For more information on conditional approvals based on the values in these fields, see Conditional
Approval Flows Based on Questionnaire Answers [page 512].
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The web service is invoked separately for each external questionnaire. SAP Ariba recommends only marking
required questions for external validation.

Procedure

1. Enable following parameters in Intelligent Configuration Manager, depending on the questionnaire type:

Option Description

Regis- Required:Enable external validation of registration questionnaires using web services

tration ([Link])

Optional: Include previous approved answers in external validation of registration questionnaires using web
services ([Link]
.

Modular
ques-
tion- Required:Enable external validation of modular questionnaires using web services
naire ([Link]).

Optional: Include previous approved answers in external validation of modular questionnaires using web
services ([Link]

2. Enable the following web services, depending on the questionnaire type:

• External Validation for Registration Questionnaire for registration questionnaires

• External Validation for MQ for modular questionnaires

For more information about enabling web services, see Enabling a SOAP Integration Task.
3. Mark specific questions in external registration questionnaires and modular questionnaires for real-time
validation using the Marks Responses For External Validation in the settings on the create/edit question
page in the template.

Results

When suppliers edit questionnaires on SAP Business Network and submits those edits, the applicable web service
generates a request that includes all questions marked for external validation and sends it to the external system.
After the external system validates the data, it sends a response back.

If the response doesn't include any errors, the submission is successful. If the response includes errors, the
supplier must correct those errors before they can submit the questionnaire successfully, and each submission
attempt is re-validated. If response has a success status but with an error block, the error messages are ignored
and the submission is successful. For more information, see Sample Error Response XML File.

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Related Information

External Validation for MQ

External Validation for Registration Questionnaire
Enable external validation of registration questionnaires using web services [page 808]
Enable external validation of modular questionnaires using web services [page 809]
Include previous approved answers in external validation of registration questionnaires using web services [page
813]
Include previous approved answers in external validation of modular questionnaires using web services [page 814]
Reviewing Integration Data Definitions in the Data Dictionary
Generating a WSDL File
Visibility Conditions for Showing or Hiding Content Based on Answers [page 477]
Conditional Approval Flows Based on Questionnaire Answers [page 512]

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Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP Ariba
Supplier Lifecycle and Performance

Dun & Bradstreet integration allows you to leverage D&B supplier data during the supplier request and registration
workflows. It requires requesters to search for potential new suppliers in the D&B database and automatically
includes D&B data in supplier profiles.

Dun & Bradstreet integration is available in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance. It integrates SAP Ariba
Supplier Lifecycle and Performance with third-party provider Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) to retrieve data for select
fields from D&B Direct+ or the D&B Worldbase Marketing Plus with Linkage product using D&B's Data Integration
Toolkit (DIT - [Link] ). This integration enables you to use D&B supplier data to:

• Require requesters in your organization to search for new suppliers in the D&B database when creating an
internal supplier request. This requirement ensures that all new suppliers created in SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance either have D-U-N-S numbers or are approved for an exception.
• Include other D&B data in supplier profiles. With D&B integration, the request process adds basic D&B data
such as address to the supplier request. After the supplier request is approved, SAP Ariba pulls additional data
from D&B and adds it to the SAP Ariba vendor record and, based on your configuration, to supplier registration
questionnaires.

D&B integration automates inclusion of this standard and verified data in supplier profiles, eliminating the need
for category or supplier managers to manually enter not only D-U-N-S numbers, but other detailed supplier data
maintained by Dun & Bradstreet. You choose which D&B data to include in the supplier profile by adding mapped
questions to the internal supplier request and registration questionnaires in your site's supplier management
project templates.

 Note

Dun & Bradstreet integration:

• Uses the Worldbase Marketing Plus with Linkage and the Data Integration Toolkit product by default, and
the D&B Direct + API with an additional configuration.
New SAP Ariba customers are recommended to enable D&B integration using Direct + from the
start. Customers using existing integrations are strongly recommended to enable Direct + to avoid
disruptions if Dun & Bradstreet ends support of the D&B Worldbase Marketing Plus with Linkage
product using D&B's Data Integration Toolkit.
• Supports the use of integrated Dun & Bradstreet data in internal supplier requests and both internal and
external (supplier-facing) supplier registration questionnaires. It doesn't support the use of D&B data in
external supplier requests.
• Pulls additional data from Dun & Bradstreet and adds it to D&B-integrated vendor database fields after
approval of a supplier request based on a D&B supplier. There's currently no way to update the data after
this point.
• Isn't recommended if your site is integrated with SAP MDG-S and you validate new supplier requests in
MDG-S. SAP Ariba hasn't verified that feature in combination with D&B integration.

Workflow for Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance [page 602]

Prerequisites for Integrating Dun & Bradstreet with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance [page 604]

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 Configuring Dun & Bradstreet Integration in Your Site [page 605]

Internal Supplier Request Setup for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 607]

Supplier Registration Questionnaire Set up for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 608]

Field Mappings for Dun & Bradstreet Questions in the Internal Supplier Request and Registration
Questionnaires [page 609]

Deletion of Dun & Bradstreet Data from Your Site [page 613]

Field Reference for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 614]

Workflow for Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP

Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
The following high-level steps describe the workflow for Dun & Bradstreet integration with SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance after the feature is enabled in your site:

1. An administrator in your organization configures the feature. For details, see Configuring Dun & Bradstreet
Integration in Your Site [page 605].
2. A template creator updates the internal supplier request project template in your site to include:
• Questions mapped to the vendor database fields required for D&B supplier lookup, as well as any other
mapped D&B fields that you want to include in the request. See Field Reference for Dun & Bradstreet
Integration [page 614].
• Questions asking the requester to explain why they need an exception to the D-U-N-S number requirement
if they don't see the supplier they're requesting in the D&B search results.
The template creator publishes the new version of the template.
3. A template creator updates internal and external questionnaires in the supplier registration project template in
your site to add mapped questions for D&B data and publishes the new version of the template.
4. A requester at your company creates an internal supplier request by choosing Create Supplier Request
with D&B Lookup on the dashboard, or creates a supplier instead of selecting an existing supplier when
inviting suppliers to a sourcing event. The D&B search page opens.
5. The requester performs one of the following actions on the D&B search page:
• Enters the supplier's D-U-N-S number, if they know it or can obtain it from the supplier before submitting
the request.
• Enters other information, such as name and address, that can be used to look up an existing supplier in the
D&B database.
This step can include requesting suppliers to create a Dun & Bradstreet account to obtain a D-U-N-S number if
they don't already have one.
6. SAP Ariba searches the integrated D&B database using the specified search criteria and displays a list of
matching suppliers to the requester. This search is in principle free of D&B charges unless there's an abuse of
the customer agreement.
7. One of the following two scenarios occurs:
• If the requester recognizes a supplier from the D&B search results as the supplier they wanted to request,
they select the supplier and choose Next. The supplier request form defined by your site's template
opens, and the mapped D&B questions are automatically populated with basic D&B data. By default, the
requester can't edit this information. Questions with mapping to fields that are pulled from D&B after

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 request approval are automatically hidden to prevent the requester from entering data that's overwritten
by the subsequent D&B data pull. The D&B exception-related questions are also automatically hidden. The
requester fills out the rest of the request and submits it.
If the self-service configuration parameter Enable Extended Address editing in supplier requests using
Dun & Bradstreet lookup ([Link])
is enabled in Intelligent Configuration Manager, the requester can edit information in Extended Address
fields before submitting the request. This option allows requesters to add missing information, including
required answers that are missing from D&B data, or to make corrections to incorrect information.
• If the requester doesn't recognize any of the suppliers in the D&B search results, they choose Can't find
supplier. The supplier request form opens, showing the D&B exception questions. Questions mapped to
D-U-N-S number and legal supplier name are automatically hidden. The requester fills out the request and
submits it.
8. SAP Ariba checks for duplicate suppliers in your site. If duplicates are identified, the requester can still opt to
submit the supplier request.
9. The supplier request enters the approval workflow. Approvers review and approve the request, and the new
supplier is created in the SAP Ariba supplier database.
10. If the supplier request was based on a D&B supplier, after it's approved, a second D&B data pull adds additional
data from Worldbase Marketing Plus to the supplier record in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance for
any D&B-integrated database fields that are mapped in request or registration questionnaires. Depending on
your licensing agreement with D&B, this second data pull can incur D&B fees. It only occurs after the approval
of the supplier request.
11. Once the D&B data is pulled into the SAP Ariba supplier record, it's available in the supplier's profile.
The locations in the profile where it's visible depend on the underlying data field and your questionnaire
configurations:
• D&B-integrated data fields mapped to questions in the supplier request show in the Supplier request
detail area of the profile, along with other supplier request details.
• Standard vendor fields in other areas of the profile that are integrated with D&B, such as supplier name
([Link].name1), show the D&B data.
• All D&B-integrated data fields automatically show in the ERP data detail area, including custom fields.
12. The new supplier is invited to register. When the registration project is created:
• Any questions in registration questionnaires that are mapped to the same vendor database fields as
questions in the supplier request are automatically populated with the values from the request, including
any D&B data.
• Any additional questions in registration questionnaires that are mapped to database fields enriched by the
second D&B data pull are automatically populated with that data. Make these questions read-only to avoid
having suppliers or internal users overwrite data retrieved from D&B.

Related Information

Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance [page 601]
Prerequisites for Integrating Dun & Bradstreet with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance [page 604]
Configuring Dun & Bradstreet Integration in Your Site [page 605]
Internal Supplier Request Setup for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 607]
Supplier Registration Questionnaire Set up for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 608]
Field Reference for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 614]

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Prerequisites for Integrating Dun & Bradstreet with
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
Before integrating SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance with Dun & Bradstreet, make sure that you've
fulfilled the prerequisites for both Dun & Bradstreet licensing and configuration in your SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance site.

The Dun & Bradstreet integration feature must be enabled in your site by SAP Ariba support.

For integration with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, you must have licensed one of the following
Dun & Bradstreet products:

• Direct+
• Worldbase Marketing Plus with Linkage and Data Integration Toolkit

The product must be activated, and you must have either a consumer key and consumer secret for Direct+ or a
user ID and password for the Data Integration Toolkit. Your agreement with Dun & Bradstreet must allow you to
access the D&B service from your SAP Ariba cloud service and receive data from your D&B account in your SAP
Ariba site. SAP Ariba assumes no responsibility for the D&B service or support for that service. All materials or data
you receive from the D&B service are considered Customer Data or Customer Materials under your agreement
with SAP. The feature enabling access to this external service can be removed from the SAP Ariba cloud service
by SAP Ariba with advanced notice to you (or immediately to protect SAP's interest if there's a security, system
integrity, or intellectual property infringement concern).

To configure Dun & Bradstreet integration in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, you must be a member
of the SM Ops Administrator group.

To add mapped questions in internal supplier requests and registration questionnaires to support Dun & Bradstreet
searches, you must be a member of the Template Creator group.

Your site must use the Extended Address rather than Address answer type to collect address information about
suppliers. The extended address configuration in your site must include the following fields, which are required for
D&B integration:

• House No./Street/Suppl.
• Street 2
• Postal Code/City
• Country/Region

Dun & Bradstreet integration with supplier addresses occurs only in extended address fields (which have field
names that start with [Link]). Integration with regular address fields (which
start with [Link]) isn't supported.

If you want an integrated SAP ERP system to consume D&B data stored in custom fields in theSAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance vendor database, which start with the [Link]
extension, you must customize your integration.

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Configuring Dun & Bradstreet Integration in Your
Site
Use these steps to enable Dun & Bradstreet Direct+ integration and add your Direct+ consumer key and consumer
secret to your SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance site. Dun & Bradstreet integration automatically adds
data from third-party provider Dun & Bradstreet to SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance vendor records
and supplier profiles.

Prerequisites

SAP Ariba Support must enable the Dun & Bradstreet integration feature in your site.

Fulfill all prerequisites described in Prerequisites for Integrating Dun & Bradstreet with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance [page 604], including the licensing and activation prerequisites for D&B products.

 Note

As an SAP Ariba customer, when you configure D&B integration in your site, you have the following
responsibilities:

• You're fully responsible for having an agreement with D&B that allows you to access the D&B service from
the SAP Ariba cloud and receive data from your D&B account in your SAP Ariba cloud site.
• You're responsible for setting up and managing the D&B license key.
• You're responsible for paying D&B fees based on your agreement with D&B.
• You must notify SAP Ariba promptly if you see a problem with how the feature is obtaining records from
D&B (for example, if it generates too many payable D&B searches)
• Support for D&B services is only provided by D&B.
• D&B data is considered as "Customer Owned Data" under SAP Ariba agreements.

If you don't agree to these responsibilities, don't enable and configure the D&B integration feature.

To set up Dun & Bradstreet integration, you must be a member of the SM Ops Administration group.

Before you set up Dun & Bradstreet integration, set up your internal supplier request (required) and supplier
registration questionnaires (optional) to support integration.

Context

 Note

This procedure includes a step for enabling D&B integration using Dun & Bradstreet Direct+ API. By default,
D&B integration uses the Worldbase Marketing Plus with Linkage and the Data Integration Toolkit product.

Customers enabling D&B integration for the first time are recommended to use Direct + from the start.
Customers using existing integrations are strongly recommended to enable Direct + to avoid disruptions

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 if Dun & Bradstreet ends support of the D&B Worldbase Marketing Plus with Linkage product using D&B's
Data Integration Toolkit.

SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance stores your Dun & Bradstreet credentials in encrypted database
fields, which only retain the currently submitted values.

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Enable D&B integration using D&B Direct+ by performing the following steps:
a. Choose Configuration Parameters.
b. Enable the parameter [Link].
3. In SM Administration, choose Config.
4. Optional: If you have an existing D&B integration that uses Worldbase Marketing Plus with Linkage and the
Data Integration Toolkit product, delete your existing credentials by performing the following steps:
a. On the Credentials for dropdown menu, choose DNB.
b. Enter your existing Data Integration Toolkit user name and password.
c. Re-enter your password to confirm it.
d. Choose Delete.
5. On the Credentials for dropdown menu, choose DirectPlus.
6. Enter your Dun & Bradstreet Direct+ consumer key and consumer secret.
7. Re-enter your consumer secret to confirm it.
8. Choose Validate Credentials.
9. After successful validation of your credentials, choose Submit.

Results

The Config page records the timestamp when you added your credentials and your user name. The page doesn't
show your credentials after you submit them.

If you're integrating with Dun & Bradstreet for the first time, supplier request creation now includes an initial search
for the requested supplier in the Dun & Bradstreet database. If the request is approved, the supplier's profile now
includes the additional set of D&B data.

If you updated an existing integration to use Direct+, your existing Dun & Bradstreet integration now uses the
Direct+ API for lookups and data pulls.

Next Steps

You can update your Dun & Bradstreet credentials at any time by entering new consumer key and consumer secret
values and choosing Submit, or delete your credentials by choosing Delete.

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To allow requesters to edit Extended Address fields when creating and submitting supplier
requests, a member of the Customer Administrator group can enable the self-service configuration
parameter Enable Extended Address editing in supplier requests using Dun & Bradstreet lookup
([Link]) in Intelligent Configuration
Manager.

Related Information

Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance [page 601]
Workflow for Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance [page 602]
Internal Supplier Request Setup for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 607]
Supplier Registration Questionnaire Set up for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 608]
Field Mappings for Dun & Bradstreet Questions in the Internal Supplier Request and Registration Questionnaires
[page 609]
Supplier Request Project Setup [page 224]

Internal Supplier Request Setup for Dun &

Bradstreet Integration
If your site uses D&B integration, your supplier request must include questions mapped to required D&B fields, and
one or more questions that enable requesters to ask for an exception when requesting suppliers that aren't in the
D&B database.

D&B integration is designed to enforce a requirement that all suppliers added to your site's supplier database via
approved internal supplier requests either have D-U-N-S numbers or go through an exception process. Requesters
perform a D&B lookup on an initial search page and either choose an existing D&B supplier or specify that they
can't find a matching D&B supplier. After this initial search page, the request questionnaire defined by the survey
document in your site's supplier request project template opens. If they select an existing D&B supplier, certain
fields in the supplier request are automatically populated with D&B data, which the requester can't edit by default.
If they opt to create a request that's not based on an existing D&B supplier, you can ask them questions to justify
the exception, as well as questions about information that are otherwise provided automatically by D&B.

Setting Up Questions with Required D&B Lookup Fields

Add questions the D&B fields that are required for looking up complete D&B data, as well as any optional fields you
want to use, to the supplier request. See Field Mappings for Dun & Bradstreet Questions in the Internal Supplier
Request and Registration Questionnaires [page 609] for a list of required and optional fields.

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Setting Up Questions About Exceptions for Requests That Aren't Based on a D&B Supplier

For supplier requests that aren't based on a D&B supplier, create one or more questions asking the requester about
the exception. For example, you can create a text question with a list of predefined reasons for the exception. For all
exception-related questions, enter [Link] in the Supplier field mapping field.

Questions mapped to [Link] are always hidden in requests based on existing

D&B suppliers. They only show in the supplier request if the requester has chosen Can't find supplier on the D&B
search page. You don't need to add any visibility conditions to the question. This behavior is automatic with the
[Link] reason mapping.

 Tip

If you group your D&B exception questions in a section that only includes questions mapped to
[Link], all of those questions are hidden in requests based on D&B
suppliers. However, the section heading is still visible and shows as an empty section. To avoid showing
an empty section in requests based on D&B suppliers, you can add other content not mapped to
[Link] to the section as well.

Considerations for Approval Flows in Supplier Requests That Use D&B Data

In integrations that use D&B Worldbase Marketing Plus with the Data Integration Toolkit, the initial D&B lookup that
a requester performs before creating a D&B-integrated supplier request doesn't incur D&B charges. After a request
based on a D&B supplier is approved, a second search populates additional D&B-integrated fields in the supplier
database with data from D&B Worldbase Marketing Plus, and D&B usage charges can apply to this search. It's a
good idea to make sure that the final approvers you specify for supplier requests that use D&B data are users who
can be responsible for making judgments in which D&B charges can be a factor.

Related Information

Field Mappings for Dun & Bradstreet Questions in the Internal Supplier Request and Registration Questionnaires
[page 609]
Field Reference for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 614]
Supplier Request Project Setup [page 224]

Supplier Registration Questionnaire Set up for Dun &

Bradstreet Integration
If your site uses Dun & Bradstreet integration, you can automatically fill in some answers in supplier registration
questionnaires with D&B data.

If your site uses D&B integration, your internal or external supplier questionnaires can include questions mapped
to D&B fields. See Field Mappings for Dun & Bradstreet Questions in the Internal Supplier Request and Registration

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Questionnaires [page 609] for a list of D&B-integrated fields. If a supplier was created from a request based on a
D&B supplier, those fields are automatically populated with data from D&B.

 Tip

To avoid having questionnaire recipients overwrite D&B data with their edits, make them read-only using
editability conditions.

In addition to showing in registration questionnaires, data from D&B-integrated fields shows in supplier profiles.

Related Information

Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance [page 601]
Field Mappings for Dun & Bradstreet Questions in the Internal Supplier Request and Registration Questionnaires
[page 609]
Field Reference for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 614]
Supplier Registration Project Setup [page 247]

Field Mappings for Dun & Bradstreet Questions

in the Internal Supplier Request and Registration
Questionnaires
If your site uses Dun & Bradstreet integration, you can map questions in the internal supplier request and
registration questionnaires to specific fields that hold D&B information. In the supplier request, some of these
mappings are required.

 Note

• Unless otherwise noted, the questions listed in this section must use the answer type Text (single line
limited).
• For complete details on SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance vendor database fields used in D&B
integration and their corresponding fields in the D&B data model, see Field Reference for Dun & Bradstreet
Integration [page 614].
• Due to legal requirements, D&B data pulls for suppliers in Germany require a mandatory reason code.
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance automatically includes a reason code of 3 ("Credit Check –
Ongoing Business Connection") without any field configuration on your part.

Questions with the following field mappings are required in the supplier request and use free D&B lookup services.
Approval of supplier requests that include these fields don't incur usage charges. You can also include them in
internal or external supplier registration questionnaires.

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Question Required Field Mapping Notes

Supplier name [Link].name1 SAP Ariba requires this field, as well

as supplier contact fields, in supplier re-
quests. It's not required for D&B integra-
tion.

Legal supplier name [Link].name3 By default, this question is automatically

hidden in requests that aren't based on
existing D&B suppliers. In requests based
on existing D&B suppliers, the supplier
name and legal supplier name (name1
and name3) fields are populated with the
same value from D&B. The requester can
edit the name1 field, but can't edit the
name3 field.

Enabling the self-service con-

figuration parameter Exclude
[Link].name3 from Dun &
Bradstreet lookup in supplier requests
makes this question optional in the sup-
plier request. If you include it, it's visible
and editable. In requests based on exist-
ing D&B suppliers, the name3 field isn't
populated with data from D&B, and the
requester can edit the field.

D-U-N-S number [Link] This question is automatically hidden in

requests that aren't based on existing
D&B suppliers.

In requests based on existing D&B sup-

pliers, the value is added automatically
by the D&B lookup and the requester
can't edit this field.

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Question Required Field Mapping Notes

Extended address [Link] Use the Extended Address answer type

ress for this question.

Field mappings are automatic for the in-

dividual fields of an Extended Address
question based on the
[Link]
ress mapping.

Your site's Extended Address configura-

tion must include the fields that are re-
quired for D&B search; see the Prereq-
uisites for Integrating Dun & Bradstreet
with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and
Performance [page 604] section for de-
tails.

If your site's Extended Address config-

uration doesn't include any of the re-
quired fields listed in Prerequisites for
Integrating Dun & Bradstreet with SAP
Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
[page 604], add them as separate ques-
tions and manually enter their corre-
sponding mappings.

In requests based on existing D&B

suppliers, information in these fields
is added automatically by the D&B
lookup where available. Requesters can
edit these fields if the self-service con-
figuration parameter Enable Extended
Address editing in supplier requests
using Dun & Bradstreet lookup is ena-
bled in your site. It's disabled by default.

Exception for requests not matched to an [Link].r You can use this mapping for one or more
existing D&B supplier eason questions that define an exception proc-
ess for requests that don't match an ex-
isting D&B supplier.

Questions with this mapping are always

hidden in requests for existing D&B sup-
pliers.

The following ERP vendor fields are automatically populated with data from D&B when the supplier request is
approved. You can also include them in internal or external supplier registration questionnaires and in the supplier
request for the D&B exception case. For complete details on SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance vendor
database fields used in D&B integration and their corresponding fields in the D&B data model, see Field Reference
for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 614].

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Question Required Field Mapping Notes

Primary fax number [Link]

rSubscriberID

Primary phone number [Link].

numberSubscriberID

National business ID [Link]

[Link]

National business ID type [Link]

[Link]

Number of employees [Link] Use the Number answer type for this
[Link] question.

Year established [Link] Use the Number answer type for this
[Link] question.

Out of business? [Link] Use the Yes/No answer type for this
[Link] question.

Name of global ultimate (GU) parent [Link]

[Link]

D-U-N-S number of global ultimate (GU) [Link]

parent [Link]

Headquarters or parent company [Link]

[Link]

Line of business [Link]

[Link]

Legal status [Link]

[Link]

CEO name [Link]

[Link]

CEO corporate title [Link]

[Link]

Industry standard code 1 [Link][0].in Vector field

dustrialSectorCode

Industry standard code 2 [Link][1].in Vector field

dustrialSectorCode

Industry standard code 3 [Link][2].in Vector field

dustrialSectorCode

Industry standard code 4 [Link][3].in Vector field

dustrialSectorCode

Industry standard code 5 [Link][4].in Vector field

dustrialSectorCode

Industry standard code 6 [Link][5].in Vector field

dustrialSectorCode

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Related Information

Supplier Request Project Setup [page 224]

Supplier Registration Project Setup [page 247]
Adding a Question About Integrated Master Data to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 415]
Enable Extended Address editing in supplier requests using Dun & Bradstreet lookup [page 801]
Exclude [Link].name3 from Dun & Bradstreet lookup in supplier requests [page 809]

Deletion of Dun & Bradstreet Data from Your Site

If you terminate your agreement with Dun & Bradstreet, you can delete any data you previously received from them
if necessary.

To delete D&B data from standard vendor database fields, you must overwrite the field values provided by D&B
with different field values in your SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance site.

To delete D&B data that is stored in custom SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance vendor fields that begin
with the extension [Link], your Designated Support Contact must request
deletion of D&B data stored in a dedicated D&B table.

At that point, SAP Ariba runs a select query to identify the to-be deleted items and shares the results with you.
After your confirmation, these records are deleted.

You're responsible for deleting impacted D&B data that was synchronized to and then stored in an integrated ERP
system.

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Field Reference for Dun & Bradstreet Integration
If your site integrates with Dun & Bradstreet, D&B data can populate specific fields in the vendor database. In
integrations that use D&B Worldbase Marketing Plus with Linkage and the Data Integration Toolkit, lookups are
typically free, but Worldbase Marketing Plus Linkage data pulls can incur charges.

Table 28: Field References for Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP Ariba Vendor Fields

D&B DIT Data

Visibility/edita-
Element/DIT
bility in re-
Tag Name and
D&B Direct+ quests for ex- Required in
D&B Data Pack- Field Path and isting D&B sup- supplier re-
SAP Ariba Field Mapping age Products pliers quest? Notes

[Link].name1 Visible and edit- Yes

BUSINESS organizatio
able
NAME / [Link]
MKT_PRIM_NM me
E (not pulled)
cmpelk v2,
Lookup/ cmpsup
WBM+Link

[Link].name3 Visible and read- Yes, by default

BUSINESS organizatio
only by default.
NAME / [Link] If you enable the
MKT_PRIM_NM me By default, this
self-service con-
field is always
E (not pulled) figuration pa-
cmpelk v2, hidden in re-
Lookup/ rameter Exclude
cmpsup quests that
WBM+Link [Link]
aren't based on
fo.name3 from
an existing D&B
Dun &
supplier
Bradstreet
If you enable the lookup in
self-service con- supplier
figuration pa- requests, it's
rameter Exclude optional.
[Link]
fo.name3 from
Dun &
Bradstreet
lookup in
supplier
requests, this
field is visible
and editable if
it's included in
the request, and
is excluded from
D&B lookup.

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 D&B DIT Data
Visibility/edita-
Element/DIT
bility in re-
Tag Name and
D&B Direct+ quests for ex- Required in
D&B Data Pack- Field Path and isting D&B sup- supplier re-
SAP Ariba Field Mapping age Products pliers quest? Notes

[Link] Visible and read- Yes

D&B® D-U-N- organizatio
d only
S® Number / [Link]
This field is al-
MKT_DUNS_NB cmpelk v2,
ways hidden in
R (not pulled) cmpsup requests that
Lookup/ aren't based on
WBM+Link an existing D&B
supplier

[Link] [Link] STREET Visible and read- Yes

organizatio
[Link] [Link] only by default.
ADDRESS / [Link] Editable if the
alAddress alAddress.s
treetName
MKT_PHYS_AD [Link] self-service con-
 Note R_LINE (not [Link] figuration pa-
pulled) ne1 rameter Enable
Field map-
Extended
pings are Lookup/ organizatio Address editing
automatic WBM+Link in supplier
[Link]
for the indi- requests using
[Link]
vidual fields Dun &
[Link] Bradstreet
in an
ne2 lookup is ena-
Extended
bled in your site.
Address cmpelk v2,
question cmpsup
based on
the [Link] Yes
STREET organizatio
[Link]
vendor.a ADDRESS / [Link]
alAddress.s
ddressEx MKT_PHYS_AD [Link]
treetPrefix
[Link]
Name R_LINE (not [Link]
Address pulled) ne1
mapping. If
Lookup/ organizatio
your
WBM+Link [Link]
Extended
Address [Link]
configura- [Link]
tion doesn't ne2
include re-
cmpelk v2,
quired
cmpsup
fields, you
must create
individual
mapped
questions

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 D&B DIT Data
Visibility/edita-
Element/DIT
bility in re-
Tag Name and
D&B Direct+ quests for ex- Required in
D&B Data Pack- Field Path and isting D&B sup- supplier re-
SAP Ariba Field Mapping age Products pliers quest? Notes

for those [Link] CITY NAME / Yes

organizatio
fields in the [Link]
MKT_PHYS_PO [Link]
supplier re-
alAddress.c
ST_TOWN_TEX [Link]
ityName
quest. T (not pulled) ssLocality.
Including in- Lookup/
name
dividual, WBM+Link cmpelk v2,
mapped ad-
cmpsup
dress ques-
tions in the [Link] STATE/ Yes
organizatio
supplier re- [Link]
PROVINCE [Link]
quest isn't a alAddress.r
NAME / [Link]
best prac- egionCode
MKT_PHYS_GE [Link]
tice for inte-
gration. O_AREA_TEXT me
(not pulled)
cmpelk v2,
Lookup/ cmpsup
WBM+Link

[Link] COUNTRY Yes

organizatio
[Link]
NAME / [Link]
alAddress.c
MKT_PHYS_CT [Link]
ountryCode
RY_TEXT ssCountry.n
ame
Lookup/
WBM+Link cmpelk v2,
cmpsup

[Link] CONTINENT Always hidden No

organizatio
lierGeneric
CODE / [Link]
CustomField
MKT_PHYS_CO [Link]
.region
NT_CD nentalRegio
[Link]
WBM+Link
cmpelk v2,
cmpsup

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 D&B DIT Data
Visibility/edita-
Element/DIT
bility in re-
Tag Name and
D&B Direct+ quests for ex- Required in
D&B Data Pack- Field Path and isting D&B sup- supplier re-
SAP Ariba Field Mapping age Products pliers quest? Notes

[Link] Visible and read- Yes

ZIP/POSTAL organizatio
[Link] only
CODE / [Link]
alAddress.s
MKT_PHYS_PO [Link]
treetPostal
Code ST_TOWN_CD lCode
(not pulled)
cmpelk v2,
Lookup/ cmpsup
WBM+Link

[Link] MAILING Always hidden No

organizatio
[Link]
ADDRESS / [Link]
alAddress.p
MKT_MLG_ADR [Link]
oBoxID
_LINE [Link]
ne1
WBM+Link
organizatio
[Link]
[Link]
[Link]
ne2

cmpelk v2,
cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No

MAILING organizatio
[Link]
CITY NAME / [Link]
alAddress.p
MKT_MLG_POS [Link]
oBoxDeviati
ngCityName T_TOWN_TEXT ssLocality

WBM+Link cmpelk v2,

cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No

MAILING organizatio
[Link]
ZIP/POSTAL [Link]
alAddress.p
CODE / [Link]
oBoxPostalC
ode MKT_MLG_POS lCode
T_TOWN_CD
cmpelk v2,
WBM+Link cmpsup

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 D&B DIT Data
Visibility/edita-
Element/DIT
bility in re-
Tag Name and
D&B Direct+ quests for ex- Required in
D&B Data Pack- Field Path and isting D&B sup- supplier re-
SAP Ariba Field Mapping age Products pliers quest? Notes

[Link] FAX NUMBER / organizatio Always hidden No

[Link].
MKT_FAX_NBR [Link]
numberSubsc
mber
riberID WBM+Link
cmpelk v2,
cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No

TELEPHONE organizatio
[Link]
NUMBER / [Link]
[Link]
MKT_PHON_NB .telephoneN
rSubscriber
ID R umber

WBM+Link cmpelk v2,

cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No D&B Direct+ in-

NATIONAL organizatio
[Link] tegrations can
ID / [Link] return multiple
MKT_BUS_REG ionNumbers. values for this
N_NBR_TYPE_ registratio field. SAP Ariba
CD nNumber consumes the
first value in the
WBM+Link cmpelk v2, list.
cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No

NATIONAL organizatio
[Link]
IDENTIFICAT [Link]
pe
ION SYSTEM ionNumbers.
CODE / typeDnBCode
MKT_BUS_REG
organizatio
N_NBR_TYPE
[Link]
WBM+Link ionNumbers.
typeDescrip
tion

cmpelk v2,
cmpsup

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Visibility/edita-
Element/DIT
bility in re-
Tag Name and
D&B Direct+ quests for ex- Required in
D&B Data Pack- Field Path and isting D&B sup- supplier re-
SAP Ariba Field Mapping age Products pliers quest? Notes

[Link] Always hidden No D&B Direct+ in-

EMPLOYEES organizatio
[Link] tegrations can
HERE / [Link] return multiple
oyees
MKT_EMPL_AT [Link] values for this
_PHYS_ADR lue field. SAP Ariba
consumes the
WBM+Link cmpelk v2, first value in the
cmpsup list.

[Link] Always hidden No

YEAR organizatio
[Link]
STARTED / [Link]
hed
MKT_STRT_YR
cmpelk v2,
WBM+Link cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No For D&B Direct+

OUT OF organizatio
[Link] integration, if
BUSINESS [Link] the value re-
s
STATUS [Link] turned is Active,
CODE / eratingStat this field is set to
MKT_OUT_BUS [Link] No. Otherwise,
it's set to Yes.
_IND ion

WBM+Link cmpelk v2,

cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No

BUSINESS organizatio
[Link]
STRUCTURE [Link]
Indicator
CODE / [Link]
MKT_BUS_STR ilytreeRole
UC_CD (not [Link]
pulled) cription

Lookup/ cmpelk v2,

WBM+Link cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No

GLOBAL organizatio
[Link]
ULTIMATE [Link]
BUSINESS [Link]
NAME / balUltimate
MKT_GBL_ULT .primaryNam
_PRIM_NME e

WBM+Link cmpelk v2,

cmpsup

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 D&B DIT Data
Visibility/edita-
Element/DIT
bility in re-
Tag Name and
D&B Direct+ quests for ex- Required in
D&B Data Pack- Field Path and isting D&B sup- supplier re-
SAP Ariba Field Mapping age Products pliers quest? Notes

[Link] Always hidden No

GLOBAL organizatio
[Link]
ULTIMATE [Link]
D&B® D-U-N- [Link]
S NUMBER / balUltimate
MKT_GLBL_UL .duns
T_PNT_DUNS
cmpelk v2,
WBM+Link cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No

HEADQUARTER organizatio
[Link]
S / PARENT [Link]
D&B® D-U-N- [Link]
S® NUMBER / [Link]
MKT_HDQ_PNT ns or
_DUNS organizatio
[Link]
WBM+Link
[Link]
[Link]

cmpelk v2,
cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No

HEADQUARTER organizatio
[Link]
S / PARENT [Link]
BUSINESS [Link]
NAME / [Link]
MKT_HDQ_PNT imaryName or
_PRIM_NME organizatio
[Link]
WBM+Link
[Link]
[Link]
Name

cmpelk v2,
cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No

LINE OF organizatio
[Link]
BUSINESS / [Link]
ss
MKT_LOB [Link]
on
WBM+Link
cmpsup

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Visibility/edita-
Element/DIT
bility in re-
Tag Name and
D&B Direct+ quests for ex- Required in
D&B Data Pack- Field Path and isting D&B sup- supplier re-
SAP Ariba Field Mapping age Products pliers quest? Notes

[Link] Always hidden No D&B Worldbase

LEGAL organizatio
[Link] Marketing +
STATUS / [Link]
iption Linkage returns
MKT_LGL_FOR ntityType.d
M escription a code, and SAP
Ariba adds the
WBM+Link cmpelk v2, legal description
cmpsup based on that
code.

D&B Direct+ re-

turns the de-
scription and
SAP Ariba adds
the
organizatio
[Link]
ntityType.d
nbCode.

 Note
Although
both inte-
grations re-
sults in a
combina-
tion of de-
scription
and code in
the mapped
SAP Ariba
field, the
MKT_LGL_
FORM code
is different
from the
organiza
[Link]
inessEnt
ityType.
dnbCode
code.

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 D&B DIT Data
Visibility/edita-
Element/DIT
bility in re-
Tag Name and
D&B Direct+ quests for ex- Required in
D&B Data Pack- Field Path and isting D&B sup- supplier re-
SAP Ariba Field Mapping age Products pliers quest? Notes

[Link] Always hidden No

CEO NAME / organizatio
[Link]
MKT_CEO_NME [Link]
rPrincipals
WBM+Link
.fullName

cmpelk v2,
cmpsup

[Link] Always hidden No

CEO TITLE / organizatio
[Link]
MKT_CEO_TIT [Link]
L rPrincipals
.jobTitles.
WBM+Link
title

cmpelk v2,
cmpsup

[Link][0 Always hidden No

SIC CODE / organizatio
].industrialSectorCode
MKT_SIC8 [Link]
(Leading odes
zeroes must
organizatio
be kept)
[Link]
WBM+Link [Link]
ption

cmpelk v2,
cmpsup

[Link][1 Always hidden No D&B Direct+ in-

SIC CODE / organizatio
].industrialSectorCode tegrations re-
MKT_SIC8 [Link] turn more data
(Leading [Link] for these fields
zeroes must than D&B
cmpelk v2, WorldbaseMar-
be kept)
cmpsup ket + Linkage.
WBM+Link Currently, SAP
Ariba consumes
[Link][2 Always hidden No a maximum of
SIC CODE / organizatio
].industrialSectorCode six industry co-
MKT_SIC8 [Link]
des. With D&B
(Leading [Link] Direct+ integra-
zeroes must tions, SAP Ariba
cmpelk v2,
be kept) consumes the
cmpsup top six industry
WBM+Link

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Visibility/edita-
Element/DIT
bility in re-
Tag Name and
D&B Direct+ quests for ex- Required in
D&B Data Pack- Field Path and isting D&B sup- supplier re-
SAP Ariba Field Mapping age Products pliers quest? Notes

[Link][3 Always hidden No codes based on

SIC CODE / organizatio
].industrialSectorCode priority.
MKT_SIC8 [Link]
(Leading [Link]
zeroes must
cmpelk v2,
be kept)
cmpsup
WBM+Link

[Link][4 Always hidden No

SIC CODE / organizatio
].industrialSectorCode
MKT_SIC8 [Link]
(Leading [Link]
zeroes must
cmpelk v2,
be kept)
cmpsup
WBM+Link

[Link][5 Always hidden No

SIC CODE / organizatio
].industrialSectorCode
MKT_SIC8 [Link]
(Leading [Link]
zeroes must
cmpelk v2,
be kept)
cmpsup
WBM+Link

Related Information

Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance [page 601]
Internal Supplier Request Setup for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 607]
Supplier Registration Questionnaire Set up for Dun & Bradstreet Integration [page 608]
Enable Extended Address editing in supplier requests using Dun & Bradstreet lookup [page 801]
Exclude [Link].name3 from Dun & Bradstreet lookup in supplier requests [page 809]

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Quick Reference to Optional Supplier
Management Features

SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance includes some optional features that aren't enabled by default.

Many of these features are also applicable to SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new
architecture).

A few of these optional features require you to contact SAP Ariba Support. However, an administrator can enable
the rest using the information in the Enablement column.

Table 29:
ID Feature Description Enablement

CommentsAndAttachments- Support for multiple com- Allows external recipients to CommentsAndAttachments-

FeatureToggle ments and attachments in ex- add multiple attachments and
FeatureToggle: Allow multiple
ternal questionnaires comments for each answer in
comments and attachments
a supplier management ques-
tionnaire. per answer in external ques-
tionnaires

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ID Feature Description Enablement

External approval of supplier External approval of supplier Adds a final step in the sup- SM-5694: Enable external vali-
creation creation
plier request approval proc- dation of supplier creation
ess for validating approved re-
quests in SAP Master Data
Governance. If SAP MDG re-
turns a replication message
that references an existing
supplier, SAP Ariba marks the
requested supplier as a dupli-
cate, hides it in the user inter-
face, and redirects the reques-
ter to the matched supplier in-
stead. SAP Ariba

recommends enabling this

feature in sites integrated with
SAP MDG.

 Note
Use of this feature to-
gether with supplier re-
quest Dun & Bradstreet
integration (SM-7213)
hasn't been verified
and isn't currently recom-
mended. Either use exter-
nal approval of supplier
creation or Dun & Brad-
street integration, but not
both.

External approval for up- External approval for updates Adds a final step in the ap- Contact SAP Ariba Support to
dates to supplier data in SAP to supplier data in SAP Ariba proval process for updates
enable, then enable in integra-
Ariba to information in mapped
tion settings.
questions in supplier registra-
tion questionnaires where SAP
Ariba sends an approval re-
quest to SAP MDG-S and only
updates the supplier record
if the update is approved in
SAP MDG-S. SAP Ariba rec-
ommends that this feature al-
ways be enabled in sites inte-
grated with SAP MDG-S.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SIPM to SM Migration Mode Supplier management migra- Provides tools for migrating Contact SAP Ariba Support to
tion tools enable
supplier organizations, users,
and the supplier profile ques-
tionnaire to suppliers, supplier
contacts, and supplier regis-
tration questionnaires in the
unified vendor model using
manual file import and export.

SIPM to SM Auto Migration Supplier management migra- Provides an automatic, one- Contact SAP Ariba Support to
Mode enable
tion tools: auto-migration click tool for migrating sup-
plier organizations, users, and
the supplier profile question-
naire to suppliers, supplier
contacts, and supplier regis-
tration questionnaires in the
unified vendor model. In some
cases, migration of supplier
profile questionnaires can still
involve manual steps.

SM-2861 External supplier request Provides a method for new SM-2861: Enable external sup-
(supplier self-registration) suppliers to introduce them- plier requests
selves to you by clicking a
custom URL and filling out a
dedicated external supplier re-
quest form. Suppliers access-
ing this custom URL must
complete a ReCAPTCHA ver-
ification before the external
supplier request opens to pre-
vent malicious automated at-
tempts to repeatedly access
the external supplier request
("bot spamming").

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-3049 Support for questions based Adds the ability to create mas- Configure in the supplier re-
on additional types of master
ter data questions in supplier quest and internal registration
data
management questionnaires questionnaires [page 415]
based on company code,
purchasing organization, pay-
ment terms, and incoterms
master data from an inte-
grated ERP system. The list
of possible answers for these
questions is populated directly
from integrated master data,
eliminating the need to man-
ually maintain answers that
match the current data in the
ERP system.

 Note
As a best practice, SAP
Ariba recommends man-
aging company code and
purchasing organization
information directly in the
integrated SAP ERP, SAP
S/4HANA, or SAP MDG-S
system. Setting or main-
taining this data in SAP
Ariba is a work-around
that requires thorough
testing in your landscape
based on your specific re-
quirements.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-3492 Enhancements to the work- Specifies that when an ap- SM-3492: Enable approval
flow for requesting additional prover requests additional in- flow continuation from cur-
information during approval formation, only the current rent node after requesting ad-
node of the approval task ditional information
restarts. By default, when
an approver requests addi-
tional information, the appro-
val task restarts from the be-
ginning, generating a new ap-
proval graph and discarding
any manually added approvers
in approval nodes that were
missing approvers. When this
feature is enabled, the current
approval task restarts at the
active node and retains ap-
provers manually added to no-
des that were missing approv-
ers.

Since resubmission of the

questionnaire to provide addi-
tional information during ap-
proval doesn't regenerate the
approval graph when this fea-
ture is enabled, the approval
flow doesn't update based
on any changed answers that
can trigger conditional appro-
val nodes in the task. If you
want to ensure conditional up-
dates to the approval flow
for a questionnaire based on
changed answers made dur-
ing a request for additional
information, either keep this
feature disabled or create
separate approval tasks for
different approval conditions,
chained as predecessors, so
that once the requested addi-
tional information is approved
in a predecessor approval
task, that update can condi-
tionally add other tasks next in
the approval flow.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-4994 Sync internal questionnaires Requires that updates to in- SM-4994: Enable synchroni-
on approval
ternal registration question- zation of internal question-
naires be finally approved naires only after approval
before mapped answers are
committed to the database
and synchronized to an inte-
grated ERP system. By de-
fault, they're committed to the
database and synchronized to
the ERP system when the in-
ternal questionnaire update is
submitted.

SM-5060 Access to classic Supplier Allows you to measure sup- Contact SAP Ariba Support to
enable
Performance Management plier performance using clas-
projects sic SPM projects, which exist
as stand-alone projects and
aren't linked to other supplier
management processes.

SM-5144 Assigning fulfillment and Allows you to establish a fulfill- Contact SAP Ariba Support to
enable
sourcing relationships to sup- ment relationship with a sup-
pliers plier as they register for any
event, establish a sourcing re-
lationship with a supplier as
they register for SAP Business
Network, or establish a fulfill-
ment relationship with a sup-
plier after a sourcing relation-
ship has already been estab-
lished.

By default, either a registra-

tion manager manually estab-
lishes fulfillment relationships
for individual suppliers in their
360° profiles or a customer
administrator flags specific
suppliers for fulfillment rela-
tionships when creating a
mass registration invitation
wave. This feature also in-
cludes an option for automat-
ically establishing fulfillment
relationships with all suppliers
in your site that have ERP ven-
dor IDs that don't start with
VDR.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-5116 Status tracker for supplier Displays registration invitation Enable this parameter
management email notifica- email delivery status so that
tions category or supplier manag- in SM Administration
ers can resend invitations that Configuration Parameters :
have bounced or that haven’t
been answered promptly. [Link].
EnableStatusTrackerForRegi
strationInvitations

 Remember
Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to
SM-5116: Enable status
tracker for registration
invitations in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
Always enable or disable
both together.

SM-5303 Enable SAP region code up- Enables an administrative task SM-5303: Enable SAP region
date
for uploading the SAP region code upload
code data that can prepo-
pulate country/region fields
fields in Address or Extended
Address questions, and for
dowloading sample or existing
data.

SM-5590 Bank component in supplier Uses the Bank Account ques- Bank Account Questions for
management questionnaires tion answer type, which in- Collecting Supplier Bank Infor-
cludes a predefined set of mation [page 421]
mapped fields, for collecting
supplier bank information.

Using Bank Account ques-

tions to collect supplier bank
information is a best practice
for integration.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-5694 External approval of supplier Adds a final step in the sup- Enable this parameter
creation
plier request approval proc- in SM Administration
ess for validating approved re-
Configuration Parameters :
quests in SAP Master Data
Governance. If SAP MDG re- [Link]
turns a replication message [Link]
that references an existing nofSupplierCreation
supplier, SAP Ariba marks the
requested supplier as a dupli-  Remember
cate, hides it in the user inter-
Enabling or disabling this
face, and redirects the reques-
parameter requires a cor-
ter to the matched supplier in-
responding change to
stead. SAP Ariba recommends
SM-5694: Enable exter-
enabling this feature in sites
nal validation of supplier
integrated with SAP MDG.
creation in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
 Note
Always enable or disable
Use of this feature to- both together.
gether with supplier re-
quest Dun & Bradstreet
integration (SM-7213)
hasn't been verified
and isn't currently recom-
mended. Either use exter-
nal approval of supplier
creation or Dun & Brad-
street integration, but not
both.

SM-6129 Modular supplier manage- Enables separate, template- Set up modular questionnaire
project templates [page 332]
ment questionnaire based modular questionnaires
for collecting specific sets of
information from suppliers.

SM-6182 Customer-configurable dupli- Enables template creators to Configure in the supplier re-
quest [page 240]
cate checks in supplier re- specify questions in internal
quests and external supplier requests
to be used in checks for dupli-
cate suppliers.

SM-6752 Supplier certificate manage- Enables a specialized certif- Set up certificate manage-
ment in modular question-
ment icate question in modular
naires [page 354]
supplier management ques-
tionnaires for the collection
of supplier certificate informa-
tion.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-6316 External approval API Enables External Approval API • Meet all prerequisites for
for Sourcing and Supplier and develop a client appli-
Management access for ap- cation using the External
proval tasks and process sta- Approval API for Sourc-
tus decisions in supplier man- ing and Supplier Manage-
agement projects. ment. See Help for the
SAP Ariba Developer Por-
tal and External Approval
API for Sourcing and Sup-
plier Management for de-
tails.
• Enable the External
System Approval setting
in any approval tasks
you want to approve us-
ing the API. See External
Approval of SAP Ariba
Project Approval Tasks
[page 518] for details.

SM-6380 Business unit-specific notifi- Allows you to import business External Supplier Requests by
cations in supplier request units as department master Business Unit [page 239]
process data and display the business
unit name rather than your
company's name in the exter-
nal supplier request and re-
lated notifications to suppliers
and approvers.

 Note
When this feature is ena-
bled, requesters can only
select one department
value in both external
and internal supplier re-
quests. This restriction al-
lows you to route exter-
nal requests to a specific
business unit in your or-
ganization. It doesn't ap-
ply to other supplier man-
agement questionnaires.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-6908 Override supplier via integra- By default, once a supplier Contact SAP Ariba Support to
tion toolkit becomes public (has a con- enable
nected SAP Business Network
account), they take owner-
ship of common supplier pro-
file fields such as name and
address and maintain them
in their SAP Business Net-
work account profile. If you
migrated from supplier organ-
izations and supplier users
to the unified vendor model
and are still using an existing
SAP Ariba integration toolkit
or SOAP web service API in-
tegration to update a limited
set of supplier profile fields,
including name and address,
this feature allows those up-
dates for both public and pri-
vate suppliers.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-7213 and SM-35214 • Supplier management The base feature integrates Contact SAP Ariba Support to
Dun & Bradstreet integra- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle enable the base feature.
tion (base feature)
and Performance with third-
• Dun & Bradstreet integra- party provider Dun & Brad- To enable the Direct+ option,
tion using D&B Direct+ see Configuring Dun & Brad-
street to automate includes
street Integration in Your Site
of standard and verified Dun
[page 605].
& Bradstreet data in supplier
profiles. By default, this inte-
gration uses Worldbase Mar-
keting Plus with Linkage and
the Data Integration Toolkit
product.

The Direct+ feature allows you

to use the newer Direct+ prod-
uct to retrieve D&B data.

 Note
New SAP Ariba customers
are recommended to ena-
ble D&B integration using
Direct + from the start.
Customers using existing
integrations are strongly
recommended to enable
Direct + to avoid disrup-
tions if Dun & Bradstreet
ends support of the D&B
Worldbase Marketing Plus
with Linkage product us-
ing D&B's Data Integra-
tion Toolkit.

SM-12249 Enhancements to ERP inte- Blocks any integration mes- Contact SAP Ariba Support to
enable
gration error handling and er- sages with validation errors in
ror display for supplier data the outbound ERP integration
message queue and provides
tools that allow customer ad-
ministrators to ignore errors
that don't apply to their ERP
configuration.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-12250 Enhanced questionnaire con- Adds validation for supplier This feature is enabled by de-
fault. To disable it, see Disable
figuration capabilities for in- field mapping data and a user
field restrictions for field map-
creased ERP integration accu- interface tool to generate sug-
pings in supplier management
racy gested field restrictions when questionnaires [page 795].
you create questions with
text answer types in question-
naires.

Enabling this feature is a best

practice for integration.

SM-14213 Support for displaying full Adds a Enable this parameter

supplier names longer than 35 [Link]
characters in SM Administration
llName database field with a
maximum length of 140 char- Configuration Parameters :
acters for storing supplier
names. The value in this field [Link]
shows in other SAP Ariba solu- eSupplierFullName
tions such as SAP Ariba Buy-
ing solutions, SAP Ariba Con-  Remember
tracts and SAP Ariba Sourc-
ing. Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
To increase the maximum
responding change to
length of individual name
SM-14213: Enable supplier
fields
full name in Intelligent
([Link]
Configuration Manager.
me1 through Always enable or disable
[Link] both together.
me4) to 40 characters each
and
[Link]
llName to 160 characters,
also enable SM-36076.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-14271 Organization updates in data- When SAP Ariba Supplier Life- SM-14271: Enable automatic
sync job
cycle and Performance or network profile data synchro-
SAP Ariba Supplier Informa- nization
tion and Performance Man-
agement (new architecture)
is not enabled in a site, for
public suppliers, updates to
SAP Business Network com-
mon supplier profile fields
automatically synchronize to
supplier organizations. When
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance or SAP Ariba
Supplier Information and Per-
formance Management (new
architecture) is enabled in a
site, however, that synchro-
nization isn't automatic by
default. Instead, you control
synchronization of individual
SAP Business Network profile
fields using field mappings
[page 456].

This feature enables auto-

matic synchronization of SAP
Business Network common
supplier profile fields to sup-
plier profiles when SAP Ariba
Supplier Lifecycle and Per-
formance or SAP Ariba Sup-
plier Information and Perform-
ance Management (new ar-
chitecture) is enabled in a
site independent of SAP Busi-
ness Network field mappings
in questionnaires. Information
from SAP Business Network
shows in the ERP data area of
the supplier 360° profile.

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SM-16798 New modular process frame- Introduces a new, flexible

• Enable this parameter
work for qualification and cus-
process project framework
tom supplier lifecycle proc- in SM Administration
that allows you to define cus-
esses Configuration
tom qualification and other
supplier lifecycle processes Parameters :
to fit your organization's busi- [Link].
ness processes. EnableModularProcessF
ramework
Process projects provide a
flexible, repeatable framework
• Enable this parameter in
Intelligent Configuration
for creating different supplier
Manager:
management processes for
Enable modular process
different types of suppliers
framework [page 804]
using different combinations
of modular supplier manage- • Set up process projects
ment questionnaires. They al- [page 294]
low you to tailor questionnaire
content to specific suppliers,
 Remember
to leverage and reuse modu- Always enable or disable
lar questionnaires across dif- both parameters together.
ferent processes, and to cre-
ate custom processes for your
specific supplier lifecycle ac-
tivities.

SM-16802 Ability to remind suppliers to Adds configuration options Configure in external regis-
submit periodic registration that allow you to remind sup- tration questionnaires [page
updates pliers to update registration 263]
questionnaires at periodic in-
tervals so that those question-
naires always contain current
information.

SM-17591 Display new supplier contact Displays new supplier contact Setting Up Your Site to Show
names with family names first names in the reverse order Contact Names with Family
in the supplier profile. of how they're created. This Name First [page 179]
applies to all areas that sup-
plier contact names are dis-
played, including external noti-
fications.

SM-17808 Make most fields in Makes all Certificate question Enable in Intelligent
Certificate questions optional fields, except for Expiration Configuration Manager [page
Date and Attachment, op- 819] in your site.
tional.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-17820 Improved visibility of supplier Adds information to the Enable one of both
Integration status page about
synchronization status in SM of these parameters
the supplier's synchronization
Administration in SM Administration
status with SAP Ariba sourc-
ing and procurement applica-
Configuration Parameters :
tions. Administrators can use
this information to identify
and correct synchronization
issues.

SM-18117 Ability for buyer to config- Adds a new template-level set- Enable in Intelligent
ure sender name in invitation ting that allows template cre- Configuration Manager [page
emails ators to specify a custom 800] and then configure in
sender name for external reg- external registration question-
istration questionnaires. This naires [page 265]
custom sender name replaces
the generic system alias in the
"From" field in new registra-
tion invitations and invitation
reminders.

SM-18305 New email notifications for Adds new email notification Configure in external registra-
supplier registration remind- templates for reminding sup- tion questionnaires [page 261]
ers pliers to complete their regis-
trations. These templates in-
clude language that is specific
to supplier registrations and
links to registration question-
naires.

SM-20598 Configurable mappings be- Adds a new master data map- Contact SAP Ariba Support to
tween guided buying ship-to ping import that allows you enable, then enable the
addresses and preferred and to define mappings between ENABLE_SM_INTEGRATIO
qualified supplier regions ship-to address country/re- N_ON_COUNTRYCODE pa-
gion codes used in guided rameter in guided buying.
buying and the region code
master data used for prefer-
red and qualified suppliers so
that guided buying searches
can identify the appropriate
preferred and qualified suppli-
ers regardless of the region
codes you use.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-20904 Ability to specify requester Adds a new step in manual Enable one of both
when inviting a supplier to reg- registration invitations where
of these parameters
ister registration managers can
choose the requester for the in SM Administration
registration, such as an in-
Configuration Parameters :
dividual in your organization
with whom the supplier is [Link].
familiar or already has a EnableCustomSendersforSu
relationship. The requester's
pplierRegistrationInvitations
name shows in the "From"
field of registration invitations.
 Remember
Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to
SM-20904 : Enable cus-
tom senders for supplier
registration invitations in
Intelligent Configuration
Manager. Always enable
or disable both together.

SM-21278 Ability to search for suppliers Adds a new search filter to the Enable one of both
based on the risk information
search page allowing you to of these parameters
filter suppliers based on their in SM Administration
risk level.
Configuration Parameters :
This feature is only available if
[Link]
you have SAP Ariba Supplier
rchFilter
Risk.

SM-23086 Sync questionnaire data be- Synchronizes registration SM-23086 : Enable question-
fore status questionnaire answers to the
naire data sync before setting
supplier's profile after final ap-
status
proval of a new registration
but before the supplier moves
to Registered status. With this
order of operations, if the
synchronization fails because
of invalid answers, the regis-
tration remains in Pending
Approval status and the fi-
nal approver can request addi-
tional information to fix invalid
answers. This feature is only
applicable if SM-4994 is also
enabled in your site.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-28926 Hide SWIFT Code in Bank Hides the SWIFT Code field Enable one of both
Account in Bank Account questions.
of these parameters
Since this field is mapped
to an external ID field in in- in SM Administration
tegrated SAP ERP systems,
Configuration Parameters :
inclusion of SWIFT codes in
bank account information sent [Link]
to the ERP system can cause WIFTCodeinBankAccountQu
errors if questionnaire recipi-
estions
ents add the same code for
more than one bank account
 Remember
(for example, if a supplier
adds multiple accounts with Enabling or disabling this
the same bank).
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to
SM-28926: Enable hiding
of Swift Code in Bank
Account questions in
Intelligent Configuration
Manager. Always enable
or disable both together.

SM-30016 Support for supplier data in- Adds support for supplier Contact SAP Ariba Support to
tegration with SAP S/4HANA data integration between SAP
enable
Cloud Public Edition Ariba applications and SAP S/
4HANA Cloud Public Edition For details, see About Supplier
using SAP Master Data Inte- Data Integration with SAP S/
gration (MDI)
4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Using SAP Master Data Inte-
gration.

SM-30017 Support for partitioned sup- Adds support for the parti- Contact SAP Ariba Support to
plier data for SAP Ariba Pro- tioned supplier data used in
enable
curement solutions SAP Ariba Procurement sol-
utions, such as supplier lo- For details, see About Parti-
cations, remittance locations, tioned Supplier Data.
currency, account type, and
payment methods.

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SM-30222 Support for workflows with in- Adds support for workflows • Enable this parameter
ternal forms in modular ques- that include one or more
tionnaire projects internal forms and To Do in SM Administration
tasks in addition to the main Configuration
questionnaire in both internal
Parameters :
and external modular ques-
tionnaire projects. You can [Link]
use these internal forms and leInternalFormsinModul
associated To Do and appro- arQuestionnaires
val tasks to create question- • Enable this parameter in
naire workflows that not only
Intelligent Configuration
collect information from the
Manager:
main questionnaire recipient
but also allow internal stake- Enable internal forms in
holders to provide supplemen- modular questionnaires
tary information or analysis, [page 802]
or affirm actions performed in • Configure in individual
other systems. modular questionnaire
project templates [page
338]

SM-34253 Ability to enable Department Adds business unit (depart- Enable this parameter
as third dimension in supplier ment) as a third dimension in SM Administration
management along with commodity and re-
Configuration Parameters :
gion in buyer category assign-
ments, qualifications, disqual- [Link]
Dimension.
ifications, preferred supplier
management, and modular
supplier management ques-
tionnaire projects.

SM-33647 Support for repeatable sec- Adds support for repeata- Enable in Intelligent
tions in internal question- ble sections in internal ques- Configuration Manager [page
naires tionnaires, including external 806] and SM Administration
questionnaires answered by [page 826] in your site.
internal recipients in internal
registrations.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

SM-33697 Improved user experience for Improves the way internal • Enable this parameter
internal questionnaires with
questionnaires process condi- in SM Administration
visibility conditions
tion triggers and show con-
Configuration
ditional content so that re-
spondents no longer have to Parameters :

wait for conditional content to [Link]

load when they fill out internal nditionEvaluation

questionnaires. • Enable this parameter in

Intelligent Configuration
When this feature is enabled:
Manager:
• If a parent question is Enable improved user
hidden, any child ques- experience for internal
tions are also hidden, and questionnaires with vis-
their answers aren't con- ibility conditions [page
sidered when evaluating 802]
other conditions.
• If an answer to a parent
question shows a child
question, a recipient an-
swers the child question,
and then a change of
the answer to the parent
question hides the child
question again, the an-
swer to the child question
isn't retained.

SM-34928 Ability for requesters and ap- Adds the ability for requesters Enable Extended Address ed-
provers to edit supplier ad- and approvers to edit fields in iting in supplier requests us-
dresses in supplier requests Extended Address answers in ing Dun & Bradstreet lookup
with Dun & Bradstreet lookup supplier requests that use Dun [page 801] in Intelligent
& Bradstreet lookup. The ini- Configuration Manager.
tial D&B lookup populates the
request with address informa-
tion from D&B, and by default
none of this information is ed-
itable.

SM-35073 Ability for questionnaire recip- Adds the ability for the in- Enable questionnaire recipi-
ients in internal registrations ternal recipients of external ents in internal registrations
to see and edit otherwise questionnaires in registrations to see and edit otherwise
masked answers on behalf of suppliers to see masked answers [page 806]
and edit answers that are oth- in Intelligent Configuration
erwise masked, even if they're Manager.
not members of the Sensitive
Data Access group.

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SM-36076 Support for supplier names up Adds support for supplier Enable this parameter
to 160 characters in supplier names up to a total of 160
field names characters by increasing the in SM Administration
maximum size of the Configuration Parameters :
[Link]
me1 through [Link].S
[Link] M.Enable160CharacterSupp
me4 fields from 35 to 40 ortForFullName
characters each and the
This feature requires the
[Link]
supplier full name feature
llname field from 140 to 160
(SM-14213) as a prerequisite.
characters. With this enhance-
ment, name fields in the sup-
plier database now synchron-
ize up to 40 characters per
name field with integrated
SAP S/4HANA and SAP Mas-
ter Data Integration (MDI) sys-
tems, where the four name
fields each support a 40 char-
acter maximum.

SM-22896 and SM-41138 Include empty elements SM-22896 includes elements Contact SAP Ariba Support to
of type String, Code, and enable
CashDiscountTermsCod
e that have null values as
empty elements in integration
messages sent to the inte-
grated ERP system. SM-41138
includes empty elements of
type Len20Description
(such as
SpecificationDescrip
tion elements) that have null
values as empty elements in
outbound integration mes-
sages.

To include blank values cre-

ated by respondents deleting
existing answers of the appli-
cable data type in outbound
integration messages, enable
one or both of these features
in your site.

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ID Feature Description Enablement

NGSM-2959 New Supplier Profile Sum- This feature introduces a new Enabling the Supplier Profile
mary Summary in Your Site
profile summary for suppliers
in SAP Ariba Supplier Man-
agement solutions. It provides
an enhanced user experience
that leverages the latest SAP
capabilities, including a new
Operational Score panel with
data from integrated SAP S/
4HANA operational KPIs if
available. All of the data that
was previously available in the
classic supplier 360° profile is
also available in the new pro-
file summary.

 Note
This feature is only sup-
ported in sites that in-
clude SAP Ariba Sup-
plier Lifecycle and Per-
formance or SAP Ariba
Supplier Risk. It isn't sup-
ported in sites that in-
clude SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Perform-
ance Management (new
architecture) without one
of those other solutions.

SLP-2377 Ability to Perform Real-time This feature provides real- Setting up External Valida-
Validation and Version Com- tion of Registration and Modu-
time validation of supplier re-
parison for Supplier Question- lar Questionnaires Using Web
sponses in external question-
naire Services [page 598]
naires. Buyers can mark spe-
cific questions in registration
and modular questionnaires
for validation by an external
system. You can enable exter-
nal validation for external reg-
istration questionnaires, mod-
ular questionnaires, or both,
using web services parame-
ters.

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SLP-2387 Integration Support for Sup- When enabled, this parameter Enable this parameter
plier Qualification Status sends the supplier qualifica- in SM Administration
tion status information from
Configuration Parameters
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance to Enter- [Link]
prise Resource Planning (ERP)
ProcessOutMessage
systems using custom generic
fields in outbound Business
Partner (BP) messages.

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Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and
Address Configurations

You can configure the behavior of certain fields in Bank Account, Tax, and Extended Address questions using data
imports. SAP Ariba provides default data to define default configurations.

Default Bank Control Keys in Bank Account questions [page 646]

Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Mandatory Flags for IBAN Numbers in Bank Account Questions [page
647]

Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Mandatory Flags for Account Holder Names, Account Numbers, and
Bank Keys in Bank Account Questions [page 657]

Default Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data [page 675]

Default country/region-specific ERP region code mappings [page 693]

Default Syntax Validation for Postal Codes in Supplier Addresses [page 774]

Default Bank Control Keys in Bank Account questions

Bank account syntax validation includes a default set of bank control key data. You can use these default values or
import custom definitions.

A bank control key specifies the type of the supplier bank account, such as savings or checking. Different countries
can have different bank control keys. Bank Account questions include a Bank Control Key field and a country/
region field for the bank address. Once a respondent has chosen a country or region, the Bank Control Key
dropdown menu shows the bank control keys defined in your site.

You can use the Import Country-Specific Bank Control Key and Import Country-Specific Bank Control Key
Translations data import tasks to define custom, country or region-specific bank control keys [page 104].

The following table describes default bank control key data:

Table 30: Defaultl Country/Region-Specific Bank Control Keys

UniqueName ControlKeyCode ControlKeyDesc CountryCode

CTRL001 CC Current Account AR

CTRL002 CA Savings Account AR

CTRL003 CE Special Savings AR

Account

CTRL004 CS Salary Account AR

CTRL005 1 Checking Account US

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UniqueName ControlKeyCode ControlKeyDesc CountryCode

CTRL006 2 Savings Account US

CTRL007 3 Loan US

CTRL008 4 General Ledger US

CTRL009 1 FUTSU JP

CTRL010 2 TOUZA JP

CTRL011 4 CHOCHIKU JP

CTRL012 9 Other bank accounts JP

CTRL013 1 Current (Cheque) ZA

Account

CTRL014 2 Savings Account ZA

CTRL015 3 Transmission Account ZA

CTRL016 4 Bond Account ZA

CTRL017 9 Subscription Share ZA

Account

CTRL018 CC Checking Account VE

CTRL019 CA Savings Account VE

CTRL020 CE Special Savings VE

Account

CTRL021 CS Salary Account VE

CTRL022 10 Savings Account IN

CTRL023 11 Checking Account IN

Related Information

Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Information [page 424]
Country/Region-Specific Bank Control Key Data Import [page 104]

Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Mandatory

Flags for IBAN Numbers in Bank Account Questions
Bank account syntax validation includes a default set of IBAN syntax validation data. You can use these default
values or import custom definitions.

The International Bank Account Number (IBAN) is a system for identifying bank accounts across national borders.
This system uses a specific syntax that includes a country code, check digits, and other bank information. In sites

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that are integrated with an SAP ERP system, integration errors can occur when a supplier synchronized to the ERP
system has an IBAN number that doesn't use the required syntax.

You can use the Import Country-Specific Bank IBAN fields data import task to define custom, country-specific
IBAN syntax [page 106].

Default data for visible and mandatory flags (the IBANMandatory and IBANVisible fields) is only available if
the self-service parameter Enable country/region-specific visibility and optionality configurations for Bank Account
fields [page 799] is enabled in your site. In this case, the default data for these fields differs depending on whether
your site was deployed before or after the SAP Ariba 2203 release. If this parameter is disabled, those fields are
empty and are ignored during data import.

 Note

If you edit default values, make sure that either IBAN Number or both Account Number and Bank Key/ABA
Routing Number are visible and required for every country/region.

Default Data for Sites Enabled After the SAP Ariba 2203 Release

In sites deployed after the SAP Ariba 2203 release, when country/region-specific visibility and optionality are
enabled, the IBAN Number field is automatically visible and required for countries/regions that have default IBAN
syntax validation data. IBAN Number is automatically hidden and optional for countries/regions not included in the
default data. Corresponding default data for account number and bank key or routing number [page 657] makes
those fields visible and required for those countries/regions instead.

Table 31:

CountryCode IBANFormat IBANLength IBANRegex IBANMandatory IBANVisible

AL AL2!n8!n16!c 28 AL\d{10}[A- Y Y
Z0-9]{16}

AD AD2!n4!n4! 24 AD\d{10}[A- Y Y
n12!c Z0-9]{12}

AT AT2!n5!n11!n 20 AT\d{18} Y Y

AZ AZ2!n4!a20!c 28 AZ\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{20}

BH BH2!n4!a14!c 22 BH\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{14}

BE BE2!n3!n7!n2! 16 BE\d{14} Y Y
n

BA BA2!n3!n3!n8! 20 BA\d{18} Y Y
n2!n

BR BR2!n8!n5! 29 BR\d{25}[A-Z] Y Y
n10!n1!a1!c {1}[A-Z0-9]
{1}

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CountryCode IBANFormat IBANLength IBANRegex IBANMandatory IBANVisible

BG BG2!n4!a4!n2! 22 BG\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
n8!c {4}\d{6}[A-
Z0-9]{8}

CR CR2!n3!n14!n 21 CR\d{20} Y Y

HR HR2!n7!n10!n 21 HR\d{19} Y Y

CY CY2!n3!n5! 28 CY\d{10}[A- Y Y
n16!c Z0-9]{16}

CZ CZ2!n4!n6! 24 CZ\d{22} Y Y
n10!n

DK DK2!n4!n9!n1! 18 DK\d{16} Y Y
n

DO DO2!n4!c20!n 28 DO\d{2} Y Y
[A-Z0-9]
{4}\d{20}

EE EE2!n2!n2! 20 EE\d{18} Y Y
n11!n1!n

FI FI2!n6!n7!n1! 18 FI\d{16} Y Y
n

FR FR2!n5!n5! 27 FR\d{12} Y Y
n11!c2! [A-Z0-9]
{11}\d{2}

GE GE2!n2!a16!n 22 GE\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{2}\d{16}

DE DE2!n8!n10!n 22 DE\d{20} Y Y

GI GI2!n4!a15!c 23 GI\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{15}

GR GR2!n3!n4! 27 GR\d{9}[A- Y Y
n16!c Z0-9]{16}

GT GT2!n4!c20!c 28 GT\d{2}[A- Y Y
Z0-9]{24}

HU HU2!n3!n4!n1! 28 HU\d{26} Y Y
n15!n1!n

IS IS2!n4!n2!n6! 26 IS\d{24} Y Y
n10!n

IE IE2!n4!a6!n8! 22 IE\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
n {4}\d{14}

IL IL2!n3!n3! 23 IL\d{21} Y Y
n13!n

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CountryCode IBANFormat IBANLength IBANRegex IBANMandatory IBANVisible

IT IT2!n1!a5!n5! 27 IT\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
n12!c {1}\d{10}[A-
Z0-9]{12}

JO JO2!n4!a4! 30 JO\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
n18!c {4}\d{4}[A-
Z0-9]{18}

KZ KZ2!n3!n13!c 20 KZ\d{5}[A- Y Y
Z0-9]{13}

KW KW2!n4!a22!c 30 KW\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{22}

LV LV2!n4!a13!c 21 LV\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{13}

LB LB2!n4!n20!c 28 LB\d{6}[A- Y Y
Z0-9]{20}

LI LI2!n5!n12!c 21 LI\d{7}[A- Y Y
Z0-9]{12}

LT LT2!n5!n11!n 20 LT\d{18} Y Y

LU LU2!n3!n13!c 20 LU\d{5}[A- Y Y
Z0-9]{13}

MK MK2!n3!n10! 19 MK\d{5} Y Y
c2!n [A-Z0-9]
{10}\d{2}

MT MT2!n4!a5! 31 MT\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
n18!c {4}\d{5}[A-
Z0-9]{18}

MR MR2!n5!n5! 27 MR\d{25} Y Y
n11!n2!n

MU MU2!n4!a2!n2! 30 MU\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
n12!n3!n3!a {4}\d{19}[A-
Z]{3}

MD MD2!n2!c18!c 24 MD\d{2}[A- Y Y
Z0-9]{20}

MC MC2!n5!n5! 27 MC\d{12} Y Y
n11!c2!n [A-Z0-9]
{11}\d{2}

ME ME2!n3!n13! 22 ME\d{20} Y Y
n2!n

NL NL2!n4!a10!n 18 NL\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}\d{10}

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CountryCode IBANFormat IBANLength IBANRegex IBANMandatory IBANVisible

NO NO2!n4!n6!n1! 15 NO\d{13} Y Y
n

PK PK2!n4!a16!c 24 PK\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{16}

PS PS2!n4!a21!c 29 PS\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{21}

PL PL2!n8!n16!n 28 PL\d{26} Y Y

PT PT2!n4!n4! 25 PT\d{23} Y Y
n11!n2!n

QA QA2!n4!a21!c 29 QA\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{21}

RO RO2!n4!a16!c 24 RO\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{16}

LC LC2!n4!a24!c 32 LC\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{24}

SM SM2!n1!a5!n5! 27 SM\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
n12!c {1}\d{10}[A-
Z0-9]{12}

ST ST2!n8!n11! 25 ST\d{23} Y Y
n2!n

SA SA2!n2!n18!c 24 SA\d{4}[A- Y Y
Z0-9]{18}

RS RS2!n3!n13! 22 RS\d{20} Y Y
n2!n

SC SC2!n4a!2n! 31 SC\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
2n!16n!3a! {4}\d{20}[A-
Z]{3}

SK SK2!n4!n6! 24 SK\d{22} Y Y
n10!n

SI SI2!n5!n8!n2! 19 SI\d{17} Y Y
n

ES ES2!n4!n4!n1! 24 ES\d{22} Y Y
n1!n10!n

SE SE2!n3!n16! 24 SE\d{22} Y Y
n1!n

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CountryCode IBANFormat IBANLength IBANRegex IBANMandatory IBANVisible

CH CH2!n5!n12!c 21 CH\d{7}[A- Y Y
Z0-9]{12}

TL TL2!n3!n14! 23 TL\d{21} Y Y
n2!n

TN TN2!n2!n3! 24 TN\d{22} Y Y
n13!n2!n

TR TR2!n5!n1! 26 TR\d{8}[A- Y Y
n16!c Z0-9]{16}

UA UA2!n6!n19!c 29 UA\d{8}[A- Y Y
Z0-9]{19}

AE AE2!n3!n16!n 23 AE\d{21} Y Y

GB GB2!n4!a6!n8! 22 GB\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
n {4}\d{14}

VG VG2!n4!a16!n 24 VG\d{2}[A-Z] Y Y
{4}\d{16}

Default Data for Sites Enabled Before the SAP Ariba 2203 Release

In sites deployed before the SAP Ariba 2203 release, when country/region-specific visibility and optionality are
enabled, the IBAN Number field is automatically visible but optional for countries/regions that have default IBAN
syntax validation data. IBAN Number is automatically hidden and optional for countries/regions not included in the
default data. Corresponding default data for account number and bank key or routing number [page 657] makes
those fields visible but optional for all countries/regions.

These default values for Visible and Mandatory flags prevent unexpected changes to the behavior of Bank
Account questions after the introduction of these fields. However, if you don't change any of the default values in
these fields, the system applies the default requirement of either IBAN Number or a combination of Bank Account
and Bank Key/ABA Routing Number instead to ensure that questionnaire recipients must enter a bank account ID
for each bank.

Table 32:

CountryCode IBANFormat IBANLength IBANRegex IBANMandatory IBANVisible

AL AL2!n8!n16!c 28 AL\d{10}[A- N Y
Z0-9]{16}

AD AD2!n4!n4! 24 AD\d{10}[A- N Y
n12!c Z0-9]{12}

AT AT2!n5!n11!n 20 AT\d{18} N Y

AZ AZ2!n4!a20!c 28 AZ\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{20}

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CountryCode IBANFormat IBANLength IBANRegex IBANMandatory IBANVisible

BH BH2!n4!a14!c 22 BH\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{14}

BE BE2!n3!n7!n2! 16 BE\d{14} N Y
n

BA BA2!n3!n3!n8! 20 BA\d{18} N Y
n2!n

BR BR2!n8!n5! 29 BR\d{25}[A-Z] N Y
n10!n1!a1!c {1}[A-Z0-9]
{1}

BG BG2!n4!a4!n2! 22 BG\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
n8!c {4}\d{6}[A-
Z0-9]{8}

CR CR2!n3!n14!n 21 CR\d{20} N Y

HR HR2!n7!n10!n 21 HR\d{19} N Y

CY CY2!n3!n5! 28 CY\d{10}[A- N Y
n16!c Z0-9]{16}

CZ CZ2!n4!n6! 24 CZ\d{22} N Y
n10!n

DK DK2!n4!n9!n1! 18 DK\d{16} N Y
n

DO DO2!n4!c20!n 28 DO\d{2} N Y
[A-Z0-9]
{4}\d{20}

EE EE2!n2!n2! 20 EE\d{18} N Y
n11!n1!n

FI FI2!n6!n7!n1! 18 FI\d{16} N Y
n

FR FR2!n5!n5! 27 FR\d{12} N Y
n11!c2! [A-Z0-9]
{11}\d{2}

GE GE2!n2!a16!n 22 GE\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{2}\d{16}

DE DE2!n8!n10!n 22 DE\d{20} N Y

GI GI2!n4!a15!c 23 GI\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{15}

GR GR2!n3!n4! 27 GR\d{9}[A- N Y
n16!c Z0-9]{16}

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CountryCode IBANFormat IBANLength IBANRegex IBANMandatory IBANVisible

GT GT2!n4!c20!c 28 GT\d{2}[A- N Y
Z0-9]{24}

HU HU2!n3!n4!n1! 28 HU\d{26} N Y
n15!n1!n

IS IS2!n4!n2!n6! 26 IS\d{24} N Y
n10!n

IE IE2!n4!a6!n8! 22 IE\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
n {4}\d{14}

IL IL2!n3!n3! 23 IL\d{21} N Y
n13!n

IT IT2!n1!a5!n5! 27 IT\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
n12!c {1}\d{10}[A-
Z0-9]{12}

JO JO2!n4!a4! 30 JO\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
n18!c {4}\d{4}[A-
Z0-9]{18}

KZ KZ2!n3!n13!c 20 KZ\d{5}[A- N Y
Z0-9]{13}

KW KW2!n4!a22!c 30 KW\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{22}

LV LV2!n4!a13!c 21 LV\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{13}

LB LB2!n4!n20!c 28 LB\d{6}[A- N Y
Z0-9]{20}

LI LI2!n5!n12!c 21 LI\d{7}[A- N Y
Z0-9]{12}

LT LT2!n5!n11!n 20 LT\d{18} N Y

LU LU2!n3!n13!c 20 LU\d{5}[A- N Y
Z0-9]{13}

MK MK2!n3!n10! 19 MK\d{5} N Y
c2!n [A-Z0-9]
{10}\d{2}

MT MT2!n4!a5! 31 MT\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
n18!c {4}\d{5}[A-
Z0-9]{18}

MR MR2!n5!n5! 27 MR\d{25} N Y
n11!n2!n

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CountryCode IBANFormat IBANLength IBANRegex IBANMandatory IBANVisible

MU MU2!n4!a2!n2! 30 MU\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
n12!n3!n3!a {4}\d{19}[A-
Z]{3}

MD MD2!n2!c18!c 24 MD\d{2}[A- N Y
Z0-9]{20}

MC MC2!n5!n5! 27 MC\d{12} N Y
n11!c2!n [A-Z0-9]
{11}\d{2}

ME ME2!n3!n13! 22 ME\d{20} N Y
n2!n

NL NL2!n4!a10!n 18 NL\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}\d{10}

NO NO2!n4!n6!n1! 15 NO\d{13} N Y
n

PK PK2!n4!a16!c 24 PK\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{16}

PS PS2!n4!a21!c 29 PS\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{21}

PL PL2!n8!n16!n 28 PL\d{26} N Y

PT PT2!n4!n4! 25 PT\d{23} N Y
n11!n2!n

QA QA2!n4!a21!c 29 QA\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{21}

RO RO2!n4!a16!c 24 RO\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{16}

LC LC2!n4!a24!c 32 LC\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}[A-Z0-9]
{24}

SM SM2!n1!a5!n5! 27 SM\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
n12!c {1}\d{10}[A-
Z0-9]{12}

ST ST2!n8!n11! 25 ST\d{23} N Y
n2!n

SA SA2!n2!n18!c 24 SA\d{4}[A- N Y
Z0-9]{18}

RS RS2!n3!n13! 22 RS\d{20} N Y
n2!n

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CountryCode IBANFormat IBANLength IBANRegex IBANMandatory IBANVisible

SC SC2!n4a!2n! 31 SC\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
2n!16n!3a! {4}\d{20}[A-
Z]{3}

SK SK2!n4!n6! 24 SK\d{22} N Y
n10!n

SI SI2!n5!n8!n2! 19 SI\d{17} N Y
n

ES ES2!n4!n4!n1! 24 ES\d{22} N Y
n1!n10!n

SE SE2!n3!n16! 24 SE\d{22} N Y
n1!n

CH CH2!n5!n12!c 21 CH\d{7}[A- N Y
Z0-9]{12}

TL TL2!n3!n14! 23 TL\d{21} N Y
n2!n

TN TN2!n2!n3! 24 TN\d{22} N Y
n13!n2!n

TR TR2!n5!n1! 26 TR\d{8}[A- N Y
n16!c Z0-9]{16}

UA UA2!n6!n19!c 29 UA\d{8}[A- N Y
Z0-9]{19}

AE AE2!n3!n16!n 23 AE\d{21} N Y

GB GB2!n4!a6!n8! 22 GB\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
n {4}\d{14}

VG VG2!n4!a16!n 24 VG\d{2}[A-Z] N Y
{4}\d{16}

Related Information

Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Information [page 424]
Country/Region-Specific Validation Syntax, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account IBAN Number
Data Import [page 106]

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656 PUBLIC Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations
Default Syntax Validation, Visible, and Mandatory
Flags for Account Holder Names, Account Numbers,
and Bank Keys in Bank Account Questions
Validation of bank account syntax includes a set of syntax validation data for account holder names, account
numbers, and bank keys or ABA routing numbers. You can use these default values or import custom definitions.

You can use the Import Country-Specific Bank validation fields data import task to define country/region-specific
syntax for these fields, and in some cases you can also define visibility and optionality for them. Bank account
field validation definitions include fields where you specify which check rule to use during syntax validation using
a number between 1 and 8. For details on defining custom, country-specific syntax validation for these fields and
the check rules that correspond to these numbers, see Country/Region-Specific Syntax Validation, Visibility, and
Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Holder Name, Account Number, and Bank Key or ABA Routing Number Data
Import [page 109].

Default data for visible and mandatory flags (the AccountNumberMandatory, BankKeyMandatory,
AccountNumberVisible, and BankKeyVisible fields) is only available if the self-service parameter Enable
country/region-specific visibility and optionality configurations for Bank Account fields [page 799] is enabled in
your site. In this case, the default data for these fields differs depending on whether your site was deployed before
or after the SAP Ariba 2203 release. If this parameter is disabled, those fields are empty and are ignored during
data import.

 Note

If you edit default values, make sure that either IBAN Number or both Account Number and Bank Key/ABA
Routing Number are visible and required for every country/region.

Default Data for Sites Enabled After the SAP Ariba 2203 Release

In sites deployed after the SAP Ariba 2203 release, when country/region-specific visibility and optionality are
enabled, the Account Number and Bank Key/ABA Routing Number fields for countries/regions that use IBAN
Number are optional and hidden by default. Corresponding default data for IBAN numbers [page 647] makes the
IBAN Number field visible and required for those countries instead. Account Number and Bank Key/ABA Routing
Number are visible for countries/regions that don't use IBAN numbers, and IBAN Number is optional and hidden
by default.

Table 33:

Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

AD 5 60 5 15 N N N N

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 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

AE 5 60 1 11 N N N N

AF 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

AG 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

AI 5 60 1 12 Y Y Y Y

AL 5 60 5 15 N N N N

AM 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

AO 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

AQ 5 60 1 15 Y Y Y Y

AR 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

AS 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

AT 5 60 2 11 4 5 N N N N

AU 5 60 8 9 3 7 Y Y Y Y

AW 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

AX 5 60 Y Y Y Y

AZ 5 60 1 11 N N N N

BA 5 60 1 11 N N N N

BB 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

BD 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

BE 5 60 3 14 3 3 N N N N

BF 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

BG 5 60 3 10 7 8 N N N N

BH 5 60 1 11 N N N N

BI 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

BJ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

BL 5 60 Y Y Y Y

BM 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

BN 5 60 Y Y Y Y

BO 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

BQ 5 60 Y Y Y Y

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658 PUBLIC Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations
 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

BR 5 60 1 15 2 9 N N N N

BS 5 60 Y Y Y Y

BV 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

BW 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

BY 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

BZ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

CA 5 60 5 10 5 10 Y Y Y Y

CC 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

CD 5 60 Y Y Y Y

CF 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

CG 5 60 Y Y Y Y

CH 5 60 5 18 2 7 N N N N

CI 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

CK 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

CN 5 60 Y Y Y Y

CO 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

CR 5 60 5 15 N N N N

CV 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

CW 5 60 Y Y Y Y

CX 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

CY 5 60 1 11 N N N N

CZ 5 60 5 18 5 4 N N N N

DE 5 60 2 14 4 8 N N N N

DJ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

DK 5 60 2 10 5 4 N N N N

DM 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

DO 5 60 1 11 N N N N

DZ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

EC 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

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Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations PUBLIC 659
 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

EE 5 60 2 14 4 2 N N N N

EG 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

EH 5 60 Y Y Y Y

ER 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

ES 5 60 4 10 4 8 N N N N

ET 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

FI 5 60 1 18 1 11 N N N N

FJ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

FK 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

FM 5 60 Y Y Y Y

FO 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

FR 5 60 3 11 4 10 N N N N

GA 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

GB 5 60 1 8 1 6 N N N N

GD 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

GE 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

GF 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

GG 5 60 Y Y Y Y

GH 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

GI 5 60 1 11 N N N N

GL 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

GM 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

GN 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

GP 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

GQ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

GR 5 60 1 11 N N N N

GT 5 60 1 11 N N N N

GU 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

GW 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

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660 PUBLIC Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations
 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

GY 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

HK 5 60 1 12 1 3 Y Y Y Y

HM 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

HN 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

HR 5 60 1 11 N N N N

HT 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

HU 5 60 1 17 4 8 N N N N

ID 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

IE 5 60 5 15 N N N N

IL 5 60 1 11 N N N N

IM 5 60 Y Y Y Y

IN 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

IO 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

IQ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

IS 5 60 5 15 N N N N

IT 5 60 1 12 4 10 N N N N

JE 5 60 Y Y Y Y

JM 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

JO 5 60 1 11 N N N N

JP 5 60 2 7 4 7 Y Y Y Y

KE 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

KG 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

KH 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

KI 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

KM 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

KN 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

KR 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

KW 5 60 1 11 N N N N

KY 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

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Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations PUBLIC 661
 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

KZ 5 60 4 12 5 15 N N N N

LA 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

LB 5 60 1 11 N N N N

LC 5 60 1 11 N N N N

LI 5 60 5 18 5 15 N N N N

LK 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

LR 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

LS 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

LT 5 60 5 15 N N N N

LU 5 60 5 15 5 8 N N N N

LV 5 60 5 15 N N N N

LY 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

MA 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

MC 5 60 5 15 N N N N

MD 5 60 1 11 N N N N

ME 5 60 N N N N

MF 5 60 Y Y Y Y

MG 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

MH 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

MK 5 60 N N N N

ML 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

MM 5 1 11 Y Y Y Y

MN 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

MO 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

MP 5 60 Y Y Y Y

MQ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

MR 5 60 1 11 N N N N

MS 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

MT 5 60 1 11 N N N N

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662 PUBLIC Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations
 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

MU 5 60 1 11 N N N N

MV 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

MW 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

MX 5 60 5 10 6 4 Y Y Y Y

MY 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

MZ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

NA 5 60 2 17 4 6 Y Y Y Y

NC 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

NE 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

NF 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

NG 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

NI 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

NL 5 60 4 10 1 11 N N N N

NO 5 60 4 11 1 4 N N N N

NP 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

NR 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

NU 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

NZ 5 60 2 14 1 6 Y Y Y Y

OM 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

PA 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

PE 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

PF 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

PG 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

PH 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

PK 5 60 5 15 N N N N

PL 5 60 5 11 N N N N

PM 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

PN 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

PR 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

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Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations PUBLIC 663
 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

PS 5 60 N N N N

PT 5 60 2 11 4 8 N N N N

PW 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

PY 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

QA 5 60 1 11 N N N N

RE 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

RO 5 60 1 11 N N N N

RS 5 60 N N N N

RU 5 60 4 18 5 15 Y Y Y Y

RW 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

SA 5 60 1 11 N N N N

SB 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

SC 5 60 1 11 N N N N

SE 5 60 1 11 8 4 N N N N

SG 5 60 5 10 5 10 Y Y Y Y

SH 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

SI 5 60 1 11 N N N N

SJ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

SK 5 60 5 10 5 10 N N N N

SL 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

SM 5 60 5 15 N N N N

SN 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

SO 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

SR 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

SS 5 60 Y Y Y Y

ST 5 60 1 11 N N N N

SV 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

SX 5 60 Y Y Y Y

SZ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

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664 PUBLIC Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations
 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

TC 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

TD 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

TF 5 60 Y Y Y Y

TG 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

TH 5 60 1 15 5 15 Y Y Y Y

TJ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

TK 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

TL 5 60 N N N N

TM 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

TN 5 60 1 11 N N N N

TO 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

TR 5 60 5 15 N N N N

TT 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

TV 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

TW 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

TZ 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

UA 5 60 5 18 4 8 N N N N

UG 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

UM 5 60 1 1 Y Y Y Y

US 5 60 6 17 6 9 Y Y Y Y

UY 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

UZ 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

VA 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

VC 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

VE 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

VG 5 60 5 15 N N N N

VI 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

VN 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

VU 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

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Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations PUBLIC 665
 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

WF 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

WS 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

YE 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

YT 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

ZA 5 60 2 17 4 6 Y Y Y Y

ZM 5 60 1 11 Y Y Y Y

ZW 5 60 5 15 Y Y Y Y

Default Data for Sites Enabled Before the SAP Ariba 2203 Release

In sites enabled before the SAP Ariba 2203 release, when country/region-specific visibility and optionality are
enabled, the default values for Visible and Mandatory flags prevent unexpected changes to the behavior of
Bank Account questions after the introduction of these fields. However, if you don't change any of the default
values in these fields, the system applies the default requirement of either IBAN Number or a combination of Bank
Account and Bank Key/ABA Routing Number instead to ensure that questionnaire recipients must enter a bank
account ID for each bank.

Table 34:

Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

AD 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

AE 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

AF 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

AG 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

AI 5 60 1 12 N N Y Y

AL 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

AM 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

AO 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

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666 PUBLIC Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations
 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

AQ 5 60 1 15 N N Y Y

AR 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

AS 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

AT 5 60 2 11 4 5 N N Y Y

AU 5 60 8 9 3 7 N N Y Y

AW 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

AX 5 60 N N Y Y

AZ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BA 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BB 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BD 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BE 5 60 3 14 3 3 N N Y Y

BF 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BG 5 60 3 10 7 8 N N Y Y

BH 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BI 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BJ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BL 5 60 N N Y Y

BM 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BN 5 60 N N Y Y

BO 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BQ 5 60 N N Y Y

BR 5 60 1 15 2 9 N N Y Y

BS 5 60 N N Y Y

BV 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BW 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BY 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

BZ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

CA 5 60 5 10 5 10 N N Y Y

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Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations PUBLIC 667
 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

CC 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

CD 5 60 N N Y Y

CF 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

CG 5 60 N N Y Y

CH 5 60 5 18 2 7 N N Y Y

CI 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

CK 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

CN 5 60 N N Y Y

CO 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

CR 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

CV 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

CW 5 60 N N Y Y

CX 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

CY 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

CZ 5 60 5 18 5 4 N N Y Y

DE 5 60 2 14 4 8 N N Y Y

DJ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

DK 5 60 2 10 5 4 N N Y Y

DM 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

DO 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

DZ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

EC 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

EE 5 60 2 14 4 2 N N Y Y

EG 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

EH 5 60 N N Y Y

ER 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

ES 5 60 4 10 4 8 N N Y Y

ET 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

FI 5 60 1 18 1 11 N N Y Y

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 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

FJ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

FK 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

FM 5 60 N N Y Y

FO 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

FR 5 60 3 11 4 10 N N Y Y

GA 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GB 5 60 1 8 1 6 N N Y Y

GD 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GE 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

GF 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GG 5 60 N N Y Y

GH 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GI 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GL 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GM 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GN 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GP 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GQ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GR 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GT 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GU 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GW 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

GY 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

HK 5 60 1 12 1 3 N N Y Y

HM 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

HN 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

HR 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

HT 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

HU 5 60 1 17 4 8 N N Y Y

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 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

ID 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

IE 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

IL 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

IM 5 60 N N Y Y

IN 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

IO 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

IQ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

IS 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

IT 5 60 1 12 4 10 N N Y Y

JE 5 60 N N Y Y

JM 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

JO 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

JP 5 60 2 7 4 7 N N Y Y

KE 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

KG 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

KH 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

KI 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

KM 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

KN 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

KR 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

KW 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

KY 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

KZ 5 60 4 12 5 15 N N Y Y

LA 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

LB 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

LC 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

LI 5 60 5 18 5 15 N N Y Y

LK 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

LR 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

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 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

LS 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

LT 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

LU 5 60 5 15 5 8 N N Y Y

LV 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

LY 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MA 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MC 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

MD 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

ME 5 60 N N Y Y

MF 5 60 N N Y Y

MG 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MH 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MK 5 60 N N Y Y

ML 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MM 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MN 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

MO 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MP 5 60 N N Y Y

MQ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MR 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MS 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MT 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MU 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MV 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MW 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

MX 5 60 5 10 6 4 N N Y Y

MY 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

MZ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

NA 5 60 2 17 4 6 N N Y Y

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 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

NC 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

NE 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

NF 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

NG 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

NI 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

NL 5 60 4 10 1 11 N N Y Y

NO 5 60 4 11 1 4 N N Y Y

NP 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

NR 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

NU 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

NZ 5 60 2 14 1 6 N N Y Y

OM 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

PA 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

PE 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

PF 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

PG 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

PH 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

PK 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

PL 5 60 5 11 N N Y Y

PM 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

PN 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

PR 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

PS 5 60 N N Y Y

PT 5 60 2 11 4 8 N N Y Y

PW 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

PY 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

QA 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

RE 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

RO 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

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 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

RS 5 60 N N Y Y

RU 5 60 4 18 5 15 N N Y Y

RW 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

SA 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

SB 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

SC 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

SE 5 60 1 11 8 4 N N Y Y

SG 5 60 5 10 5 10 N N Y Y

SH 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

SI 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

SJ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

SK 5 60 5 10 5 10 N N Y Y

SL 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

SM 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

SN 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

SO 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

SR 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

SS 5 60 N N Y Y

ST 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

SV 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

SX 5 60 N N Y Y

SZ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

TC 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

TD 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

TF 5 60 N N Y Y

TG 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

TH 5 60 1 15 5 15 N N Y Y

TJ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

TK 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

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 Accou
ntHol Accou Accou Accou Accou
derNa ntHol ntHol ntNum Accou Accou BankK ntNum BankK Accou
Count meChe derNa derNa berCh ntNum ntNum eyChe BankK BankK berMa eyMan ntNum BankK
ryCod ckRul meReg meSiz eckRu berRe berSi ckRul eyReg eySiz ndato dator berVi eyVis
e e ex e le gex ze e ex e ry y sible ible

TL 5 60 N N Y Y

TM 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

TN 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

TO 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

TR 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

TT 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

TV 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

TW 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

TZ 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

UA 5 60 5 18 4 8 N N Y Y

UG 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

UM 5 60 1 1 N N Y Y

US 5 60 6 17 6 9 N N Y Y

UY 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

UZ 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

VA 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

VC 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

VE 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

VG 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

VI 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

VN 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

VU 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

WF 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

WS 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

YE 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

YT 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

ZA 5 60 2 17 4 6 N N Y Y

ZM 5 60 1 11 N N Y Y

ZW 5 60 5 15 N N Y Y

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Related Information

Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Information [page 424]
Country/Region-Specific Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Holder Name,
Account Number, and Bank Key or ABA Routing Number Data Import [page 109]

Default Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data

In sites deployed after the SAP Ariba 2211 release, SAP Ariba provides default, sample country/region-specific data
for fields in Tax questions in supplier management questionnaires.

You can edit this sample data to meet the requirements of an integrated ERP system and ensure that the tax
information you collect from suppliers is valid. Use the Export Country-Specific Tax Fields data export task to
export this sample data. After editing the sample data, use the Import Country-Specific Tax Fields data import
task to customize your tax field configurations [page 98].

 Note

This sample data is associated with your site's base language. The default TaxName values are in English and
require editing if your site's base language isn't English.

Make sure that the questions you create in supplier-facing questionnaires don't collect sensitive personal
information as defined in the Data clause in the SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass Supplemental Terms and
Conditions . SAP Ariba doesn't support collecting sensitive personal information for individuals, including
tax information (including tax IDs such as social security numbers) and bank information, in supplier
management questionnaires.

Table 35:

IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma

CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

AO Yes 0 Angola: VAT AO0

Registratio
n Number

AR Yes ^\d{11}$| 12345678901 1A Argentina: AR1A

^\d{2}\- :12-1234567 CUIT Number
\d{8}\- 8-1
\d{1}$

AR Yes ^\d{11}$| 12345678901 1C Argentina: AR1C

^\d{2}\- :12-1234567 CDI Number
\d{8}\- 8-1
\d{1}$

AR Yes ^\d{11}$| 12345678901 2 Argentina: AR2

^\d{2}\- :12-1234567 Income Tax
\d{8}\- 8-1 Number
\d{1}$

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

AT Yes ^ATU\d{8}$| ATU12345678 0 Austria: AT0

^AT :AT VAT
U\d{8}$|^EU U12345678:E Registratio
U n Number

AU Yes ^((ABN)\s)? ABN 12 123 0 Australia: AU0

\d{2}\s\d{3 123 123:12 ABN
} 123 123 123
\s\d{3}\s\
d{3}
(\s\d{3})?
$|^(ABN)?
\d{11}
(\d{3})?$

AW Yes ^\d{7}$ 1234567 0 Aruba: VAT AW0

Registratio
n Number

AZ Yes ^\d{4}| 1234:123456 0 Azerbaijan: AZ0

^\d{10} 7890 VAT
Registratio
n Number

BA Yes 0 Bosnia and BA0

Herzegovina
: VAT
Registratio
n Number

BB Yes ^\d{8}$ 12345678 0 Barbados: BB0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

BE Yes ^BE\d{10}$| BE123456789 0 Belgium: BE0

^BE\s0\d{9} 0:BE VAT
$|^EU 0123456789: Registratio
EU n Number

BE Yes ^BE\d{10}$| BE123456789 1 Belgium: BE1

^BE\s0\d{9} 0:BE Enterprise
$|^EU 0123456789: Number
EU

BE Yes ^BE\d{10}$| BE123456789 2 Belgium: BE2

^BE\s0\d{9} 0:BE VAT [Link].
$|^EU 0123456789: (w/o
EU country
code)

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

BG Yes "^\d{9,10}$ 123456789:1 0 Bulgaria: BG0

| 234567890:B Vat
^BG\d{9,10} G123456789 Registratio
$|^EU" n Number

BG Yes "^\d{9,10}$ 123456789:1 1 Bulgaria: BG1

| 234567890:B Unified ID
^BG\d{9,10} G123456789 Code
$|^EU"

BO Yes "^\d{2}\s\ 12 123 0 Bolivia: BO0

d{3}\s\d{2} 12:1234567: VAT
$| 12345678:12 Registratio
^\d{7,11}$" 3456789 n Number

BR Yes 1 Brazil: BR1

CNPJ Number

BR Yes 2 Brazil: CPF BR2

Number

BR Yes 3 Brazil: BR3

State Tax
Number

BW Yes ^[A-Z]\d{9} P123456789: 0 Botswana: BW0

C123456789: VAT
A123456789 Registratio
n Number

BY Yes 0 Velarus: BY0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

CA Yes ^\d{9} 123456789:1 1 Canada: CA1

(RT(\d{4})? 23456789RT: Goods and
)?$ 123456789RT Service Tax
1234 (GST) [Link]
Harmonized
Sales Tax
(HST) No.

CA Yes 3 Canada: CA3

Provincial
Sales Tax
(PST) No.

CA Yes ^\d{9} 123456789RT 4 Canada: CA4

(RT(\d{4})? :123456789R Quebec
)?$ T1234 Sales Tax
(QST) No.

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

CD Yes ^A\d{7}[A- A1234567A:A 0 "Congo, The CD0

Z]$ 1234567P:A1 Democratic
234567Z Republic:
VAT
Registratio
n Number"

CH Yes ^(CH)?\d{3} CH123 1 Switzerland CH2

(\s)? 123:CH12312 : UID
\d{3}$|^CH 3:123123:CH Number
E-?\d{3}\.? E-123123123
\d{3}\.?
\d{3}(\s)?
((( HR/?)?
MWST)|
((RC/?)?(TV
A|IVA)))?$

CI Yes 0 Ivory CI0

Coast: VAT
Registratio
n Number

CM Yes 0 Cameroon: CM0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

CN Yes ^\d{3}\s? 123 123 abc 1 China: CN1

\d{3}(\s? abcabc:1231 Golden Tax
\w{3}\s? 23 abc abc number
\w{3}\s? abc
\w{3}|
\w{12}|
\w{14})$

CO Yes "^\d{3}\.\ 123.123.123 1 Colombia: CO1

d{3}\.\d{3} -1:123456:1 NIT Number
\-\d{1}$| 234567
^\d{6,11}"

CR Yes ^\d{1}\- 1-123-12345 0 Costa Rica: CR0

\d{3}\- 6-12:123456 VAT
\d{6}\- 789012 Registratio
\d{2}$| n Number
^\d{12}$|
^\d{1}\-
\d{3}\-
\d{6}$|
^\d{10}$

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

CY Yes ^CY\d{8}[A- CY12345678A 0 Cyprus: VAT CY0

Z]$|^EU :EU Registratio
n Number

CZ Yes ^CZ\d{8}$| CZ12345678: 0 Czech CZ0

^CZ\d{9}$| CZ123456789 Republic:
^CZ\d{10}$| :CZ12345678 VAT
^EU 90:EU Registratio
n Number

CZ Yes ^CZ\d{8}$| CZ12345678: 1 Czech CZ1

^CZ\d{9}$| CZ123456789 Republic:
^CZ\d{10}$| :CZ12345678 DIC Number
^EU 90:EU

CZ Yes ^CZ\d{8}$| CZ12345678: 2 Czech CZ2

^CZ\d{9}$| CZ123456789 Republic:
^CZ\d{10}$| :CZ12345678 ICO Number
^EU 90:EU

DE Yes ^$| DE123456789 0 Germany: DE0

^DE\d{9}$| :EU VAT
^EU Registratio
n Number

DE Yes ^$| DE123456789 1 Germany: DE1

^DE\d{9}$| :EU Income Tax
^EU Number
(§48)

DE Yes ^$| DE123456789 2 Germany: DE2

^DE\d{9}$| :EU VAT Number
^EU (Credit
Proc. §14)

DE Yes ^$| DE123456789 5 Germany: DE5

^DE\d{9}$| :EU VAT Number
^EU 5 (Credit
Proc §14)

DE Yes ^$| DE123456789 6 Germany: DE6

^DE\d{60}$| :EU VAT Number
^EU 6 (Credit
Proc §14)

DK Yes ^(DK)? DK12345678: 0 Denmark: DK0

\d{8}$|^EU 12345678:EU VAT
Registratio
n Number

DK Yes ^(DK)? DK12345678: 2 Denmark: DK2

\d{8}$|^EU 12345678:EU Tax Number

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

DO Yes ^(\d{9}| 123456789:1 0 Dominican DO0

\d{11})$ 2345678901 Republic:
VAT
Registratio
n Number

DZ Yes 0 Algeria: CZ0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

EC Yes ^\d{13}$ 12345678901 0 Ecuador: EC0

23 VAT
Registratio
n Number

EE Yes ^EE\d{9}$| EE123456789 0 Estonia: EE0

^EU :EU VAT
Registratio
n Number

EG Yes "(^EG)? 12312312:12 0 Egypt: VAT EG0

\d{3}-? 3123123:EG1 REgistratio
\d{3}-? 2312312 n Number
\d{2,3}|
\d{1}-
\d{5}-
\d{3}-
\d{2}-
\d{2}$"

ES Yes ^(ES)?[A- ESA1234567A 0 Spain: VAT ES0

Z0-9]\d{7} :A1234567A: Registratio
[A-Z0-9]$| ES11234567A n Number
^EU

ES Yes ^(ES)?[A- ESA1234567A 1 Spain: NIF ES1

Z0-9]\d{7} :A1234567A: Number
[A-Z0-9]$| ES11234567A
^EU

ET Yes 0 Ethiopia: ET0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

FI Yes ^FI\d{8}$| FI12345678: 0 Finland: FI0

^EU EU VAT
Registratio
n Number

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

FJ Yes ^\d{2}- 12-12345-1- 0 Fiji: VAT FJ0

\d{5}- 1:123456789 Registratio
\d{1}- n Number
\d{1}$|
^\d{9}$

FR Yes ^FR[A-Z0-9] FRAA1234567 0 France: VAT FR0

{2}\d{9}$| 89:FRA11234 Registratio
^EU 56789 n Number

FR Yes ^FR[A-Z0-9] FRAA1234567 1 France: FR1

{2}\d{9}$| 89:FRA11234 SIRET
^EU 56789 Number

FR Yes ^FR[A-Z0-9] FRAA1234567 2 France: FR2

{2}\d{9}$| 89:FRA11234 SIREN
^EU 56789 Number

GB Yes ^GB\d{9}$| GB123456789 0 United GB0

^GB\d{12}$| :GB12345678 Kingdom:
^GB[ A-Z] 9012:GBAB12 VAT
{2}\d{3}$| 3:EU Registratio
^EU n Number

GB Yes ^GB\d{9}$| GB123456789 2 United GB2

^GB\d{12}$| :GB12345678 Kingdom:
^GB[ A-Z] 9012:GBAB12 National
{2}\d{3}$| 3:EU Insurance
^EU Number

GB Yes ^GB\d{9}$| GB123456789 3 United GB3

^GB\d{12}$| :GB12345678 Kingdom:
^GB[ A-Z] 9012:GBAB12 Company
{2}\d{3}$| 3:EU Registratio
^EU n Number

GB Yes ^GB\d{9}$| GB123456789 4 United GB4

^GB\d{12}$| :GB12345678 Kingdom:
^GB[ A-Z] 9012:GBAB12 Unique Tax
{2}\d{3}$| 3:EU Reference
^EU

GE Yes ^\d{9}$ 123456789 0 Georgia: GE0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

GG Yes 0 Guernsey: GG0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

GH Yes ^\d{3}\s[A- 123 A 0 Ghana: VAT GH0

Z] 123456:123A Registratio
{1}\s\d{6}$ 123456 n Number
|^\d{3}[A-
Z]{1}\d{6}

GQ Yes 0 Equatorial GQ0

Guinea: VAT
Registratio
n Number

GR Yes ^EL\d{9}$| EL123456789 0 Greece: VAT GR0

^EU :EU Registratio
n Number

GR Yes ^EL\d{9}$| EL123456789 2 Greece: AFM GR2

^EU :EU Number

GT Yes "^\d{1,7} 1-1:11:12-1 0 Guatemala: GT0

(-)?[0-9K] :121:123-1: VAT
$" 1231 Registratio
n Number

GU Yes 0 Guam: VAT GU0

Registratio
n Number

HN Yes ^\d{14}$ 12345678901 0 Honduras: HN0

234 VAT
Registratio
n Number

HR Yes ^(HR)? 12345678901 0 Croatia: HR0

\d{11}$|^EU :HR12345678 VAT
912:EU Registratio
n Number

HU Yes ^HU\d{8}$| HU12345678: 0 Hundary: HU0

^\d{8}-\d- 12345678-1- VAT
\d{2}$|^EU 12:EU Registratio
n Number

HU Yes ^HU\d{8}$| HU12345678: 1 Hungary: HU1

^\d{8}-\d- 12345678-1- Tax Number
\d{2}$|^EU 12:EU

ID Yes ^\d{2}\.\d{ 12.123.123. 1 Indonesia: ID1

3}\.\d{3}\. 1.123.123 NPWP Number
\d{1}[.\-]
\d{3}\.\d{3
}$|^\d{15}$

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

ID Yes ^\d{2}\.\d{ 12.123.123. 3 Indonesia: ID3

3}\.\d{3}\. 1.123.123 NPPKP
\d{1}[.\-] Number
\d{3}\.\d{3
}$|^\d{15}$

IE Yes "^IE\d{7} IE1234567A: 0 Ireland: IE0

[A-Z] IE1234567AB VAT
{1,2}$| :IE1A12345A Registratio
^IE\d[A-Z] n Number
\d{5}[A-Z]
$|
^IE\d\W\d{5
}[A-Z]$|
^EU"

IL Yes ^\d{9}$ 123456789 0 Israel: VAT IL0

Registratio
n Number

IN Yes 2 India: Tax IN2

Identificat
ion Number
(TIN)

IS Yes "^\d{5,6}$| 12345:12345 0 Iceland: IS0

^VSK\d{5,6} 6:VSK12345: VAT
$" VSK123456 Registratio
n Number

IT Yes ^(IT)? IT123456789 0 Italy: VAT IT0

\d{11}$|^EU 01:12345678 Registratio
901:EU n Number

IT Yes ^(IT)? IT123456789 1 Italy: IT1

\d{11}$|^EU 01:12345678 Codice
901:EU Fiscale

IT Yes ^(IT)? IT123456789 2 Italy: IVA IT2

\d{11}$|^EU 01:12345678 Code
901:EU

JM Yes ^\d{3}\- 123-456-789 0 Jamaica: JM0

\d{3}\- :123456789 VAT
\d{3}| Registratio
^\d{9} n Number

JO Yes 0 Jordan: VAT JO0

Registratio
n Number

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

JP Yes ^\d{2}\s? 12 12 12 0 Japan: VAT JP0

\d{2}\s? 12:121212 Registratio
\d{2}\s? 12:121212 n Number
\d{2}$ 12

KE Yes ^\d{7}\w{1} 1234567A:12 0 Kenya: VAT KE0

$|^w\{11}$ 34567a:abcd Registratio
efghiWl n Number

KH Yes ^VT\d{6}$| VT123456:12 0 Cambodia: KH0

^\d{9}$ 3456789 VAT
Registratio
n Number

KR Yes ^\d{3}\- 123-12-1234 2 South KR2

\d{2}\- 5:123456789 Korea: VAT
\d{5}$| 0 Registratio
^\d{10}$ n Number

LA Yes 0 Lao LA0

People's
Democratic
Rep: VAT
Registratio
n Number

LB Yes 0 Lebanon: LB0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

LI Yes ^\d{2}\s\d{ 12 0 Liechtenste LI0

3}$|^\d{5}$ 123:12345 in: VAT
Registratio
n Number

LK Yes ^\d{9}(- 123456789:1 0 Sri Lanka: LK0

\d{4})?$ 23456789-12 VAT
34 Registratio
n Number

LT Yes ^LT\d{9}$| LT123456789 0 Lithuania: LT0

^LT\d{12}$| :LT1234 123 VAT
^LT\d{4}\s\ 12:EU Registratio
d{3}\s\d{2} n Number
$|^EU

LU Yes ^LU\d{8}$| LU12345678: 0 Luxembourg: LU0

^EU EU VAT
Registratio
n Number

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

LV Yes ^LV\d{11}$| LV123456789 0 Latvia: VAT LV0

^LV\s\d{4}\ 01:LV 1234 Registratio
s\d{3}\s\d{ 123 1234:EU n Number
4}$|^EU

MA Yes "^\d{2}\s? 12 1234 0 Morocco: MA0

\d{4}\s? 1:12 VAT
\d{1,2}$" 123412:12 Registratio
12341 n Number

MC Yes 0 Monaco: VAT MC0

Registratio
n Number

MD Yes 0 "Moldova, MD0

Republic
of: VAT
Registratio
n Number"

ME Yes 0 Montenegro: ME0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

MK Yes 0 Macedonia: MK0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

MN Yes 0 Mongolia: MN0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

MT Yes ^(MT)? MT12345678: 0 Malta:VAT MT0

\d{8}$|^EU 12345678:EU Registratio
n Number

MU Yes ^VAT\d{8}$| VAT12345678 0 Mauritius: MU0

^VAT\s\d{4} :VAT 1234 VAT
\s\d{4}$ 1234 Registratio
n Number

MV Yes ^\d{5}$ 12345 0 Maldives: MV0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

MX Yes "^[A-Z&] ABC-123456- 1 Mexico: RFC MX1

{3,4}-? abc:AB&-123 Number
\d{6}-? 456-abc
\w{3}$"

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

MX Yes "^[A-Z&] ABC-123456- 2 Mexico: VAT MX2

{3,4}-? abc:AB&-123 Liability
\d{6}-? 456-abc
\w{3}$"

MY Yes "^\w- a-123456789 0 Malaysia: MY0

\d{10}| 0:a123456 VAT
^\w\d{6}| Registratio
^\w{3}- n Number
\w{2}-\d{8}
(/\d{4})?|
^(W\d{2}-)?
\d{8}/
\d{2,4}$"

MZ Yes ^\d{9}$ 123456789 0 Mozambique: MZ0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

NA Yes ^\d{7} 1234567 0 Namibia: NA0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

NG Yes ^([A-Z] AAA.1234567 0 Nigeria: NG0

{3})?\.? 8:AAA123456 VAT
(\d{8}| 78 Registratio
\d{10})(- n Number
\d{4})?$|
^([A-Z]
{3})??
(\d{8}|
\d{10})(-
\d{4})?$

NI Yes 0 Nicaragua: NI0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

NL Yes ^NL\d{9}B\ NL123456789 0 Netherlands NL0

d{2}$|^EU B12:EU : VAT
Registratio
n Number

NL Yes ^NL\d{9}B\ NL123456789 1 Netherlands NL1

d{2}$|^EU B12:EU :
Aansluitnum
mer UWV

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

NL Yes ^NL\d{9}B\ NL123456789 3 Netherlands NL3

d{2}$|^EU B12:EU :
Loonbelasti
ngnummer

NO Yes ^(NO)?\s? NO 123 123 1 Norway : NO1

\d{3}\s? 123MVA:123 VAT Number
\d{3}\s? 123 123MVA
\d{3}\s?
MVA$

NO Yes ^(NO)?\s? NO 123 123 2 Norway : NO2

\d{3}\s? 123MVA:123 Tax Number
\d{3}\s? 123 123MVA
\d{3}\s?
MVA$

NZ Yes "^\d{2,3}-? 12-123-123: 1 New NZ1

\d{3}-? 123-123-123 Zealand:
\d{3}$" :12123-123 Goods and
Services
Tax (GST)
No.

PA Yes "^\d{1,7}- 123-1-123:1 0 Panama: VAT PA0

\d{1,3}- 234567-123- Registratio
\d{1,6} 123456 n Number
((\sDV)?
(\s?
\d{1,2}))?
$"

PE Yes ^\d{3}\s\d{ 123 123 123 1 Peru: RUC PE1

3}\s\d{3}\s 12:12345678 Number
\d{2}|^\ 901
d{11}

PG Yes "^(GS|VT) GS 0 Papua New PG0

\s? 1234:GS1234 Guinea: VAT
\d{4,5}$" :GS Registratio
12345:GS123 n Number
45

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

PH Yes ^(\d{12}| 12345678901 1 Philippines PH1

^\d{3}\s\d{ 2:123 123 : Taxpayer
3}\s\d{3}\ 123 123 ID Number
s\d{3}|
^\d{3}\-
\d{3}\-
\d{3}\-
\d{3})(\s|
(-))?
((VAT)|(Non
VAT))?$

PK Yes ^\d{7}- 1234567-1 0 Pakistan: PK0

\d{1}$ VAT
Registratio
n Number

PL Yes ^(PL)?\s? PL 0 Poland: VAT PL0

\d{10}$| 1234567890: Registratio
^(PL)?\s? PL123-12-12 n Number
\d{3}- -123
\d{2}-
\d{2}-
\d{3}$|
^(PL)?\s?
\d{3}-
\d{3}-
\d{2}-
\d{2}$|^EU

PT Yes ^PT\d{9}$| PT123456789 0 Portugal: PT0

^EU :EU VAT
Registratio
n Number

PY Yes "^\d{2,7} 12345678:12 0 Paraguay: PY0

[0-9AB]? 345678-1:12 VAT
(\d|-\d)?$" 3456781:132 Registratio
4567A n Number

RO Yes "^EU| EU:RO12:RO1 0 Romania: RO0

^RO\d{2,10} 23:RO1234 VAT
$" Registratio
n Number

RO Yes "^EU| EU:RO12:RO1 1 Romania: RO1

^RO\d{2,10} 23:RO1234:R Tax Number
$" O12345:RO12
3456

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

RU Yes ^\d{10}$| 1234567890: 1 Russia: INN RU1

^\d{4}\s\d{ 1234 12345
5}\s\d{1}$ 1

RU Yes ^\d{10}$| 1234567890: 2 Russia: RU2

^\d{4}\s\d{ 1234 12345 OKPO Code
5}\s\d{1}$ 1

RU Yes ^\d{10}$| 1234567890: 3 Russia: KPP RU3

^\d{4}\s\d{ 1234 12345 Number
5}\s\d{1}$ 1

RU Yes ^\d{10}$| 1234567890: 4 Russia: OFK RU4

^\d{4}\s\d{ 1234 12345 Number
5}\s\d{1}$ 1

RW Yes ^\d{9}$ 123456789 0 Rwanda: VAT RW0

Registratio
n Number

SC Yes ^\d{8}$ 12345678 0 Seychelles: SC0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

SE Yes ^SE\d{12}$| SE123456789 0 Sweden: VAT SE0

^EU 012:EU Registratio
n Number

SE Yes ^SE\d{12}$| SE123456789 2 Sweden: SE2

^EU 012:EU Organizatio
n
Registratio
n Number

SG Yes "^\w{2}-? ab-1234567- 1 Singapore: SG1

\d{7}-?\w$| a:ab1234567 GST
^\d{8,9}\w$ -a:ab123456 Registratio
|^[TS]\d{2} 7a n number
[ A-Z]
\w\d{4}\w$"

SI Yes ^SI\d{8}$| SI12345678: 0 Slovenia: SI0

^EU EU VAT
Registratio
n Number

SI Yes ^SI\d{8}$| SI12345678: 1 Slovenia: SI1

^EU EU Tax Number

SK Yes ^SK\d{10}$| SK123456789 0 Slovakia: SK0

^SK\d{9}$| 0:SK1234567 VAT
^EU 89:EU Registratio
n Number

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

SK Yes ^SK\d{10}$| SK123456789 1 Slovakia: SK1

^SK\d{9}$| 0:SK1234567 DIC Number
^EU 89:EU

SK Yes ^SK\d{10}$| SK123456789 2 Slovaia: SK2

^SK\d{9}$| 0:SK1234567 ICO Number
^EU 89:EU

SN Yes "^\d{9} 123456789:1 0 Senegal: SN0

(\d{4})? 23456789123 VAT
(\d[a-zA-Z] 4:123456789 Registratio
\d)?$|^[A- 12341a1 n Number
Z]{2}(-|
\s)?[A-Z]
{3}(-|\s)?
\d{4}(-|
\s)?[A-Z]
(-|\s)?
\d{3,5}$"

SV Yes ^(\d{7}| 1234567:123 0 El SV0

\d{14})$ 45678901234 Salvador:
VAT
Registratio
n Number

TD Yes ^\d{3}\s\d{ 123 12 12 0 Chad: VAT TD0

2}\s\d{2}\s A:123 1212 Registratio
\w{1}$| a n Number
^\d{7}\s\w{
1}$

TH Yes ^\d{2}\s\d{ 12 12 12 12 3 Thailand: TH3

2}\s\d{2}\s 12:12345678 Tax ID
\d{2}\s\ 90:12345678
d{2}$| 90123
^\d{10}$|
^\d{13}?$

TN Yes 0 Tunisia: TN0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

TR Yes ^\d{10}$| 1234567890: 1 Turkey: Tax TR1

^\d{3}\s\d{ 123 123 Office
3}\s\d{4}$ 1234

TR Yes ^\d{10}$| 1234567890: 2 Turkey: Tax TR2

^\d{3}\s\d{ 123 123 number
3}\s\d{4}$ 1234

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

TT Yes ^\d{6}$ 123456 0 Trinidad TT0

and Tobago:
VAT
Registratio
n Number

TW Yes ^\d{8}$| 12345678:12 1 Taiwan: GUI TW1

^\d{2}\s\d{ 12 12 12 Registratio
2}\s\d{2}\s n Number
\d{2}$

TW Yes ^\d{8}$| 12345678:12 2 Taiwan: Tax TW2

^\d{2}\s\d{ 12 12 12 Registratio
2}\s\d{2}\s n Number
\d{2}$

TZ Yes ^\d{2}\- 12-123456A: 0 Tanzania: TZ0

\d{6}\w{1}$ 12-123456a: VAT
|^\d{2}\- 12-1234561 Registratio
\d{6}\s\w{1 n Number
}$

UA Yes ^\d{3}\s? 123 123 2 Ukraine: UA2

\d{3}\s? 123:123123 EDRPOU
\d{3}\s? 123 123 Number or
(\d{3})?$ DRFO Number

UA Yes ^\d{3}\s? 123 123 3 Ukraine: UA3

\d{3}\s? 123:123123 NDS Number
\d{3}\s? 123 123
(\d{3})?$

UG Yes ^\d{10}$ 1234567890 0 Uganda: VAT UG0

Registratio
n Number

US Yes 2 USA: US2

Employer ID
Number

US Yes 5 USA: US5

Employer ID
Number5

US Yes 6 US: US
Employer ID
Number6

UY Yes ^\d{12}$ 12345678901 0 Uruguay: UY0

2 VAT
Registratio
n Number

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 IsOrganizat RegexPatter SampleForma
CountryCode ion n t TaxCode TaxName UniqueName

UZ Yes 0 Uzbekistan: UZ0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

VE Yes ^\w{1}-? a-12345678- 1 Venezuela: VE1

\d{8}-? 1:1-1234567 RIF Number
\d{1}$ 8-1

VE Yes ^\w{1}-? a-12345678- 2 Venezuela: VE2

\d{8}-? 1:1-1234567 NIT Number
\d{1}$ 8-1

VN Yes ^\d{10}-? 1234567890- 0 Vietnam: VN0

(\d{3})?$ 123 VAT
Registratio
n Number

ZA Yes ^\d{10}$| 1234567890: 1 South ZA1

^\d{3}\s\d{ 123 1234 Africa: VAT
4}\s\d{3}$ 123 Registratio
n Number

ZA Yes ^\d{10}$| 1234567890: 3 South ZA3

^\d{3}\s\d{ 123 1234 Africa:
4}\s\d{3}$ 123 Income Tax
Registratio
n No

ZM Yes ^\d{4}\s\d{ 1234 567 0 Zambia: VAT ZM0

3}\s\d{3}$| 890:1234567 Registratio
^\d{8}/? 890 n Number
\d{2}$|
^\d{8}-?
\d{2}$

ZW Yes ^\d{8}$ 12345678 0 Zimbabwe: ZW0

VAT
Registratio
n Number

Related Information

Country/Region-Specific Tax ID Field Data Import [page 98]

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692 PUBLIC Default Data for Bank Account, Tax, and Address Configurations
Default country/region-specific ERP region code
mappings
SAP Ariba provides default data to define mappings between ERP region codes in Extended Address questions and
the state codes in supplier profile addresses on SAP Business Network.

By default, these ERP region codes aren't available in Address questions in buyer-facing
questionnaires. To make them available, enable the self-service configuration parameter
[Link] in SM Administration Configuration
Parameters .

If you import custom SAP region codes from T005S and T005U tables to populate the region field in Extended
Address, you can customize these mappings [page 113].

PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000003 "AR" "AR-Z" "23" "Z"

7"

"anrm_0000003 "AR" "AR-X" "03" "X"

8"

"anrm_0000003 "AR" "AR-Y" "06" "Y"

9"

"anrm"0000004 "AR" "AR-V" "24" "V"

0"

"anrm_0000004 "AR" "AR-W" "04" "W"

1"

"anrm_0000004 "AR" "AR-T" "14" "T"

2"

"anrm_0000004 "AR" "AR-U" "17" "U"

3"

"anrm_0000004 "AR" "AR-R" "22" "R"

4"

"anrm_0000004 "AR" "AR-S" "12" "S"

5"

"anrm_0000004 "AR" "AR-P" "18" "P"

6"

"anrm_0000004 "AR" "AR-Q" "20" "Q"

7"

"anrm_0000004 "AR" "AR-N" "19" "N"

8"

"anrm_0000004 "AR" "AR-L" "21" "L"

9"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000005 "AR" "AR-M" "07" "M"

0"

"anrm_0000005 "AR" "AR-J" "10" "J"

1"

"anrm_0000005 "AR" "AR-K" "02" "K"

2"

"anrm_0000005 "AR" "AR-H" "16" "H"

3"

"anrm_0000005 "AR" "AR-F" "08" "F"

4"

"anrm_0000005 "AR" "AR-G" "13" "G"

5"

"anrm_0000005 "AR" "AR-D" "11" "D"

6"

"anrm_0000000 "AR" "AR-E" "05" "E"

57"

"anrm_0000005 "AR" "AR-B" "01" "B"

8"

"anrm_0000005 "AR" "AR-C" "00" "C"

9"

"anrm_0000006 "AR" "AR-A" "09" "A"

0"

"anrm_0000006 "AT" "AT-8" "V" "8"

1"

"anrm_0000000 "AT" "AT-9" "W" "9"

62"

"anrm_0000006 "AT" "AT-6" "ST" "6"

3"

"anrm_0000000 "AT" "AT-7" "T" "7"

64"

"anrm_0000000 "AT" "AT-4" "OOE" "4"

65"

"anrm_0000006 "AT" "AT-5" "S" "5"

6"

"anrm_0000006 "AT" "AT-2" "K" "2"

7"

"anrm_0000006 "AT" "AT-3" "NOE" "3"

8"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000006 "AT" "AT-1" "B" "1"

9"

"anrm_0000007 "AU" "AU-TAS" "TAS" "TAS"

0"

"anrm_0000007 "AU" "AU-NT" "NT" "NT"

1"

"anrm_0000007 "AU" "AU-ACT" "ACT" "ACT"

2"

"anrm_0000007 "AU" "AU-NSW" "NSW" "NSW"

3"

"anrm_0000007 "AU" "AU-WA" "WA" "WA"

4"

"anrm_0000007 "AU" "AU-VIC" "VIC" "VIC"

5"

"anrm_0000007 "AU" "AU-SA" "SA" "SA"

6"

"anrm_0000007 "AU" "AU-QLD" "QLD" "QLD"

7"

"anrm_0000007 "BE" "BE-WNA" "07" "WNA"

8"

"anrm_0000007 "BE" "BE-VOV" "08" "VOV"

9"

"anrm_0000008 "BE" "BE-VAN" "01" "VAN"

0"

"anrm_0000008 "BE" "BE-VLI" "05" "VLI"

1"

"anrm_0000008 "BE" "BE-WHT" "03" "WHT"

2"

"anrm_0000008 "BE" "BE-WLX" "06" "WLX"

3"

"anrm_0000008 "BE" "BE-WLG" "04" "WLG"

4"

"anrm_0000008 "BE" "BE-BRU" "11" "BRU"

5"

"anrm_0000008 "BE" "BE-VWV" "09" "VWV"

6"

"anrm_0000008 "BE" "BE-WBR" "10" "WBR"

7"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000008 "BE" "BE-VBR" "02" "VBR"

8"

"anrm_0000008 "BG" "BG-03" "09" "03"

9"

"anrm_0000009 "BG" "BG-02" "01" "02"

0"

"anrm_0000009 "BG" "BG-23" "08" "23"

1"

"anrm_0000009 "BG" "BG-22" "02" "22"

2"

"anrm_0000009 "BG" "BG-26" "03" "26"

3"

"anrm_0000009 "BG" "BG-12" "05" "12"

4"

"anrm_0000009 "BG" "BG-11" "04" "11"

5"

"anrm_0000009 "BG" "BG-18" "07" "18"

6"

"anrm_0000009 "BG" "BG-16" "06" "16"

7"

"anrm_0000009 "BR" "BR-AL" "AL" "AL"

8"

"anrm-0000009 "BR" "BR-AM" "AM" "AM"

9"

"anrm_0000010 "BR" "BR-ES" "ES" "ES"

0"

"anrm_0000010 "BR" "BR-AP" "AP "AP"

1"

"anrm_0000010 "BR" "BR-PA" "PA" "PA"

2"

"anrm_0000010 "BR" "BR-PB" "PB" "PB"

3"

"anrm_0000010 "BR" "BR-MS" "MS" "MS"

4"

"anrm_0000010 "BR" "BR-MT" "MT" "MT"

5"

"anrm_0000010 "BR" "BR-GO" "GO" "GO"

6"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000010 "BR" "BR-TO" "TO" "TO"

7"

"anrm_0000010 "BR" "BR-RN" "RN" "RN"

8"

"anrm_0000010 "BR" "BR-RO" "RO" "RO"

9"

"anrm_0000011 "BR" "BR-BA" "BA" "BA"

0"

"anrm_0000011 "BR" "BR-RR" "RR" "RR"

1"

"anrm_0000011 "BR" "BR-RS" "RS" "RS"

2"

"anrm_0000011 "BR" "BR-DF" "DF" "DF"

3"

"anrm_0000011 "BR" "BR-PR" "PR" "PR"

4"

"anrm_0000011 "BR" "BR-PE" "PE" "PE"

5"

"anrm_0000011 "BR" "BR-RJ" "RJ" "RJ"

6"

"anrm_0000011 "BR" "BR-PI" "PI" "PI"

7"

"anrm_0000011 "BR" "BR-SC" "SC" "SC"

8"

"anrm_0000011 "BR" "BR-SE" "SE" "SE"

9"

"anrm_0000012 "BR" "BR-SP" "SP" "SP"

0"

"anrm_0000012 "BR" "BR-AC" "AC" "AC"

1"

"anrm_0000012 "BR" "BR-CE" "CE" "CE"

2"

"anrm_0000012 "BR" "BR-MA" "MA" "MA"

3"

"anrm_0000012 "BR" "BR-MG" "MG" "MG"

4"

"anrm_0000012 "CA" "CA-ON" "ON" "ON"

5"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000012 "CA" "CA-NL" "NL" "NL"

6"

"anrm_0000012 "CA" "CA-YT" "YT" "YT"

7"

"anrm_0000012 "CA" "CA-SK" "SK" "SK"

8"

"anrm_0000012 "CA" "CA-MB" "MB" "MB"

9"

"anrm_0000013 "CA" "CA-PE" "PE" "PE"

0"

"anrm_0000013 "CA" "CA-NB" "NB" "NB"

1"

"anrm_0000013 "CA" "CA-QC" "QC" "QC"

2"

"anrm_0000013 "CA" "CA-NU" "NU" "NU"

3"

"anrm_0000013 "CA" "CA-NS" "NS" "NS"

4"

"anrm_0000013 "CA" "CA-NT" "NT" "NT"

5"

"anrm_0000013 "CA" "CA-AB" "AB" "AB"

6"

"anrm_0000013 "CA" "CA-BC" "BC" "BC"

7"

"anrm_0000013 "CH" "CH-AI" "AI" "AI"

8"

"anrm_0000013 "CH" "CH-OW" "OW" "OW"

9"

"anrm_0000014 "CH" "CH-GR" "GR" "GR"

0"

"anrm_0000014 "CH" "CH-ZG" "ZG" "ZG"

1"

"anrm_0000014 "CH" "CH-VD" "VD" "VD"

2"

"anrm_0000014 "CH" "CH-ZH" "ZH" "ZH"

3"

"anrm_0000014 "CH" "CH-AR" "AR" "AR"

4"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000001 "CH" "CH-TG" "TG" "TG"

45"

"anrm_0000014 "CH" "CH-TI" "TI" "TI"

6"

"anrm_0000014 "CH" "CH-NE" "NE" "NE"

7"

"anrm_0000014 "CH" "CH-UR" "UR" "UR"

8"

"anrm_0000014 "CH" "CH-SO" "SO" "SO"

9"

"anrm_0000015 "CH" "CH-GE" "GE" "GE"

0"

"anrm_0000015 "CH" "CH-GL" "GL" "GL"

1"

"anrm_0000015 "CH" "CH-SZ" "SZ" "SZ"

2"

"anrm_0000015 "CH" "CH-AG" "AG" "AG"

3"

"anrm_0000015 "CH" "CH-LU" "LU" "LU"

4"

"anrm_0000015 "CH" "CH-NW" "NW" "NW"

5"

"anrm_0000015 "CH" "CH-JU" "JU" "JU"

6"

"anrm_0000015 "CH" "CH-BL" "BL" "BL"

7"

"anrm_0000015 "CH" "CH-FR" "FR" "FR"

8"

"anrm-0000015 "CH" "CH-BS" "BS" "BS"

9"

"anrm-0000016 "CH" "CH-SH" "SH" "SH"

0"

"anrm_0000016 "CH" "CH-SG" "SG" "SG"

1"

"anrm_0000016 "CH" "CH-VS" "VS" "VS"

2"

"anrm_0000016 "CH" "CH-BE" "BE" "BE"

3"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000016 "CL" "CL-AP" "15" "AP"

4"

"anrm_0000016 "CL" "CL-AN" "02" "AN"

5"

"anrm_0000016 "CL" "CL-TA" "01" "TA"

6"

"anrm_0000016 "CL" "CL-CO" "04" "CO"

7"

"anrm_0000016 "CL" "CL-AT" "03" "AT"

8"

"anrm_0000016 "CL" "CL-AR" "09" "AR"

9"

"anrm_0000017 "CL" "CL-MA" "12" "MA"

0"

"anrm_0000017 "CL" CL-RM" "13" "RM"

1"

"anrm_0000017 "CL" "CL-ML" "07" "ML"

2"

"anrm_0000017 "CL" "CL-LI" "06" "LI"

3"

"anrm_0000017 "CL" "CL-VS" "05" "VS"

4"

"anrm_0000017 "CL" "CL-LL" "10" "LL"

5"

"anrm_0000017 "CL" "CL-BI" "08" "BI"

6"

"anrm_0000017 "CL" "CL-LR" "14" "LR"

7"

"anrm_0000017 "CL" "CL-AI" "11" "AI"

8"

"anrm_0000017 "CN" "CN-BJ" "010" "11"

9"

"anrm_0000018 "CN" "CN-TJ" "030" "12"

0"

"anrm_0000018 "CN" "CN-HE" "060" "13"

1"

anrm_00000182 "CN" "CN-SX" "050" "14"

"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000018 "CN" "CN-NM" "040" "15"

3"

"anrm_0000018 "CN" "CN-LN" "070" "21"

4"

"anrm_0000018 "CN" "CN-JL" "080" "22"

5"

"anrm_0000018 "CN" "CN-HL" "090" "23"

6"

"anrm_0000018 "CN" "CN-SH" "020" "31"

7"

"anrm_0000018 "CN" "CN-JS" "100" "32"

8"

"anrm_0000018 "CN" "CN-ZJ" "130" "33"

9"

"anrm_0000019 "CN" "CN-AH" "110" "34"

0"

"anrm_0000019 "CN" "CN-FJ" "150" "35"

1"

"anrm_0000019 "CN" "CN-JX" "140" "36"

2"

"anrm_0000019 "CN" "CN-SD" "120" "37"

3"

"anrm_0000019 "CN" "CN-HA" "180" "41"

4"

"anrm_0000019 "CN" CN-HB" "170" "42"

5"

"anrm_0000019 "CN" "CN-HN" "160" "43"

6"

"anrm_0000019 "CN" "CN-GD" "190" "44"

7"

"anrm_0000019 "CN" "CN-GX" "210" "45"

8"

"anrm_0000019 "CN" "CN-HI" "200" "46"

9"

"anrm_0000020 "CN" "CN-CQ" "320" "50"

0"

"anrm_0000020 "CN" "CN-SC" "230" "51"

1"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000020 "CN" "CN-GZ" "220" "52"

2"

"anrm_0000020 "CN" "CN-YN" "240" "53"

3"

"anrm_0000020 "CN" "CN-XZ" "300" "54"

4"

"anrm_0000020 "CN" "CN-SN" "250" "61"

5"

"anrm_0000020 "CN" "CN-GS" "260" "62"

6"

"anrm_0000020 "CN" "CN-QH" "280" "63"

7"

"anrm_0000020 "CN" "CN-NX" "270" "64"

8"

"anrm_0000020 "CN" "CN-XJ" "290" "65"

9"

"anrm_0000021 "CO" "CO-SUC" "70" "SUC"

0"

"anrm_0000021 "CO" "CO-GUV" "95" "GUV"

1"

"anrm_0000021 "CO" "CO-COR" "23" "COR"

2"

"anrm_0000021 "CO" "CO-QUI" "63" "QUI"

3"

"anrm_0000021 "CO" "CO-BOY" "15" "BOY"

4"

"anrm_0000021 "CO" "CO-ARA" "81" "ARA"

5"

"anrm_0000021 "CO" "CO-PUT" "86" "PUT"

6"

"anrm_0000021 "CO" "CO-CAL" "17" "CAL"

7"

"anrm_0000021 "CO" "CO-CAQ" "18" "CAQ"

8"

"anrm_0000021 "CO" "CO-MAG" "47" "MAG"

9"

"anrm_0000022 "CO" "CO-LAG" "44" "LAG"

0"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000022 "CO" "CO-CES" "20" "CES"

1"

"anrm_0000022 "CO" "CO-TOL" "73" "TOL"

2"

"anrm_0000022 "CO" "CO-VID" "99" "VID"

3"

"anrm"0000022 "CO" "CO-DC" "11" "DC"

4"

"anrm_0000022 "CO" "CO-VAC" "76" "VAC"

5"

"anrm_0000022 "CO" "CO-CAU" "19" "CAU"

6"

"anrm_0000022 "CO" "CO-CAS" "85" "CAS"

7"

"anrm_0000022 "CO" "CO-MET" "50" "MET"

8"

"anrm_0000022 "CO" "CO-RIS" "66" "RIS"

9"

"anrm_0000023 "CO" "CO-ATL" "08" "ATL"

0"

"anrm_0000023 "CO" "CO-SAN" "68" "SAN"

1"

"anrm_0000023 "CO" "CO-NAR" "52" "NAR"

2"

"anrm_0000023 "CO" "CO-SAP" "88" "SAP

3"

"anrm_0000023 "CO" "CO-ANT" "05" "ANT"

4"

"anrm_0000023 "CO" "CO-CHO" "27" "CHO"

5"

"anrm_0000023 "CO" "CO-VAU" "97" "VAU"

6"

"anrm_0000023 "CO" "CO_GUA" "94" "GUA"

7"

"anrm_0000023 "CO" "CO-AMA" "91" "AMA"

8"

"anrm_0000023 "CO" "CO-CUN" "25" "CUN"

9"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000024 "CO" "CO-HUI" "41" "HUI"

0"

"anrm_0000024 "CO" "CO-NSA" "54" "NSA"

1"

"anrm_0000024 "CO" "CO-BOL" "13" "BOL"

2"

"anrm_0000024 "CZ" "CZ-31" "31" "JC"

3"

"anrm_0000024 "CZ" "CZ-64" "64" "JM"

4"

"anrm_0000024 "CZ" "CZ-41" "41" "KA"

5"

"anrm_0000024 "CZ" "CZ-81" "81" "MO"

6"

"anrm_0000024 "CZ" "CZ-51" "51" "LI"

7"

"anrm_0000024 "CZ" "CZ-81" "81" "MO"

8"

"anrm_0000024 "CZ" "CZ-71" "71" "OL"

9"

"anrm_0000025 "CZ" "CZ-53" "53" "PA"

0"

"anrm_0000025 "CZ" "CZ-32" "32" "PL"

1"

"anrm_0000025 "CZ" "CZ-11" "11" "PR"

2"

"anrm_0000025 "CZ" "CZ-21" "21" "ST"

3"

"anrm_0000025 "CZ" "CZ-42" "42" "US"

4"

"anrm_0000025 "CZ" "CZ-63" "63" "VY"

5"

"anrm_0000025 "CZ" "CZ-72" "72" "ZL"

6"

"anrm_0000025 "DE" "DE-MV" "13" "MV"

7"

"anrm_0000025 "DE" "DE-NW" "05" "NW"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000025 "DE" "DE-BE" "11" "BE"

9"

"anrm_0000026 "DE" "DE-BB" "12" "BB"

0"

"anrm_0000026 "DE" "DE-HH" "02" "HH"

1"

"anrm_0000026 "DE" "DE-ST" "15" "ST"

2"

"anrm_0000026 "DE" "DE-RP" "07" "RP"

3"

"anrm_0000026 "DE" "DE-HE" "06" "HE"

4"

"anrm_0000026 "DE" "DE-HB" "04" "HB"

5"

"anrm_0000026 "DE" "DE-NI" "03" "NI"

6"

"anrm_0000026 "DE" "DE-SN" "14" "SN"

7"

"anrm_0000026 "DE" "DE-SL" "10" "SL"

8"

"anrm_0000026 "DE" "DE-BY" "09" "BY"

9"

"anrm_0000027 "DE" "DE-TH" "16" "TH"

0"

"anrm_0000027 "DE" "DE-BW" "08" "BW"

1"

"anrm_0000027 "DE" "DE-SH" "01" "SH"

2"

"anrm_0000027 "DK" "DK-83" "004" "83"

3"

"anrm_0000027 "DK" "DK-82" "002" "82"

4"

"anrm_0000027 "DK" "DK-85" "003" "85"

5"

"anrm_0000027 "DK" "DK-84" "001" "84"

6"

"anrm_0000027 "DK" "DK-81" "005" "81"

7"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000027 "EG" "EG-GH" "09" "GH"

8"

"anrm_0000027 "EG" "EG-MN" "07" "MN"

9"

"anrm_0000028 "EG" "EG-KN" "13" "KN"

0"

"anrm_0000028 "EG" "EG-AST" "11" "AST"

1"

"anrm_0000028 "EG" "EG-ASN" "17" "ASN"

2"

"anrm_0000028 "EG" "EG-SHR" "03" "SHR"

3"

"anrm_0000028 "EG" "EG-KB" "06" "KB"

4"

"anrm_0000028 "EG" "EG-KFS" "14" "KFS"

5"

"anrm_0000028 "EG" "EG-FYM" "15" "FYM"

6"

"anrm_0000028 "EG" "EG-GZ" "02" "GZ"

7"

"anrm_0000028 "EG" "EG-IS" "19" "IS"

8"

"anrm_0000028 "EG" "EG-PTS" "20" "PTS"

9"

"anrm_0000029 "EG" "EG-SHG" "10" "SHG"

0"

"anrm_0000029 "EG" "EG-ALX" "08" "ALX"

1"

"anrm_0000029 "EG" "EG-MT" "24" "MT"

2"

"anrm_0000029 "EG" "EG-BNS" "16" "BNS"

3"

"anrm_0000029 "EG" "EG-MNF" "12" "MNF"

4"

"anrm_0000029 "EG" "EG-BA" "25" "BA"

5"

"anrm_0000029 "EG" "EG-SIN" "23" "SIN"

6"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000029 "EG" "EG-SUZ" "21" "SUZ"

7"

"anrm_0000029 "EG" "EG-WAD" "26" "WAD"

8"

"anrm_0000029 "EG" "EG-DT" "18" "DT"

9"

"anrm_0000030 "EG" "EG-C" "01" "C"

0"

"anrm_0000030 "EG" "EG-JS" "27" "JS"

1"

"anrm_0000030 "EG" "EG-LX" "22" "LX"

2"

"anrm_0000030 "EG" "EG-BH" "05" "BH"

3"

"anrm_0000030 "EG" "EG-DK" "04" "DK"

4"

"anrm_0000030 "ES" "ES-TE" "44" "TE"

5"

"anrm_0000030 "ES" "ES-CU" "16" "CU"

6"

"anrm_0000030 "ES" "ES-TF" "38" "TF"

7"

"anrm_0000030 "ES" "ES-TO" "45" "TO"

8"

"anrm_0000030 "ES" "ES-LE" "24" "LE"

9"

"anrm_0000031 "ES" "ES-PO" "36" "PO"

0"

"anrm_0000031 "ES" "ES-OR" "32" "OR"

1"

"anrm_0000031 "ES" "ES-GI" "17" "GI"

2"

"anrm_0000031 "ES" "ES-GR" "l8" "GR"

3"

"anrm_0000031 "ES" "ES-CO" "14" "CO"

4"

"anrm_0000031 "ES" "ES-CR" "13" "CR"

5"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000031 "ES" "ES-CS" "12" "CS"

6"

"anrm_0000031 "ES" "ES-GU" "19" "GU"

7"

"anrm_0000031 "ES" "ES-BU" "09" "BU"

8"

"anrm_0000031 "ES" "ES-SG" "40" "SG"

9"

"anrm_0000032 "ES" "ES-SE" "41" "SE"

0"

"anrm_0000032 "ES" "ES-GC" "35" "GC"

1"

"anrm_0000032 "ES" "ES-SO" "42" "SO"

2"

"anrm_0000032 "ES" "ES-CB" "39" "CB"

3"

"anrm_0000032 "ES" "ES-CC" "10" "CC"

4"

"anrm_0000032 "ES" "ES-SS" "20" "SS"

5"

"anrm_0000032 "ES" "ES-CA" "11" "CA"

6"

"anrm_0000032 "ES" "ES-BI" "48" "BI"

7"

"anrm_0000032 "ES" "ES-SA" "37" "SA"

8"

"anrm_0000032 "ES" "ES-NA" "31" "NA"

9"

"anrm_0000033 "ES" "ES-VI" "01" "VI"

0"

"anrm_0000033 "ES" "ES-A" "03" "A"

1"

"anrm_0000033 "ES" "ES-B" "08" "B"

2"

"anrm_0000033 "ES" "ES-C" "15" "C"

3"

"anrm_0000033 "ES" "ES-AV" "05" "AV"

4"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000033 "ES" "ES-H" "21" "H"

5"

"anrm_0000033 "ES" "ES-J" "23" "J"

6"

"anrm_0000033 "ES" "ES-BA" "06" "BA"

7"

"anrm_0000033 "ES" "ES-L" "25" "L"

8"

"anrm_0000033 "ES" "ES-M" "28" "M"

9"

"anrm_0000034 "ES" "ES-O" "33" "O"

0"

"anrm_0000034 "ES" "ES-P" "34" "P"

1"

"anrm_0000034 "ES" "ES-AB" "02" "AB"

2"

"anrm_0000034 "ES" "ES-ZA" "49" "ZA"

3"

"anrm_0000034 "ES" "ES-MU" "30" "MU"

4"

"anrm_0000034 "ES" "ES-T" "43" "T"

5"

"anrm_0000034 "ES" "ES-V" "46" "V"

6"

"anrm_0000034 "ES" "ES-AL" "04" "AL"

7"

"anrm_0000034 "ES" "ES-VA" "47" "VA"

8"

"anrm_0000034 "ES" "ES-Z" "50" "Z"

9"

"anrm_0000035 "ES" "ES-MA" "29" "MA"

0"

"anrm_0000035 "ES" "ES-LO" "26" "LO"

1"

"anrm_0000035 "ES" "ES-LU" "27" "LU"

2"

"anrm_0000035 "ES" "ES-HU" "22" "HU"

3"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000035 "FI" "FI-AL" "001" "AL"

4"

"anrm_0000035 "FI" "FI-LL" "004" "LL"

5"

"anrm_0000035 "FI" "FI-ES" "002" "ES"

6"

"anrm_0000035 "FI" "FI-IS" "003" "IS"

7"

"anrm_0000035 "FI" "FI-LS" "005" "LS"

8"

"anrm_0000035 "FI" "FI-OL" "006" "OL"

9"

"anrm_0000036 "FR" "FR-ARA" "01" "01"

0"

"anrm_0000036 "FR" "FR-HDF" "02" "02"

1"

"anrm_0000036 "FR" "FR-ARA" "03" "03"

2"

"anrm_0000036 "FR" "FR-PAC" "04"

3"

"anrm_0000036 "FR" "FR-PAC" "05" "05"

4"

"anrm_0000036 "FR" "FR-PAC" "06" "06"

5"

"anrm_0000036 "FR" "FR-ARA" "07" "07"

6"

"anrm_0000036 "FR" "FR-GES" "08" "08"

7"

"anrm_0000036 "FR" "FR-OCC" "09" "09"

8"

"anrm_0000036 "FR" "FR-GES" "10" "10"

9"

"anrm_0000037 "FR" "FR-OCC" "11" "11"

0"

"anrm_0000037 "FR" "FR-OCC" "12" "12"

1"

"anrm_0000037 "FR" "FR-PAC" "13" "13"

2"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000037 "FR" "FR-NOR" "14" "14"

3"

"anrm_0000037 "FR" "FR-ARA" "15" "15"

4"

"anrm_0000037 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "16" "16"

5"

"anrm_0000037 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "17" "17"

6"

"anrm_0000037 "FR" "FR-CVL" "18" "18"

7"

"anrm_0000037 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "19" "19"

8"

"anrm_0000037 "FR" "FR-BFC" "21" "21"

9"

"anrm_0000038 "FR" "FR-BRE" "22" "22"

0"

"anrm_0000038 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "23" "23"

1"

"anrm_0000038 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "24" "24"

2"

"anrm_0000038 "FR" "FR-BFC" "25" "25"

3"

"anrm_0000038 "FR" "FR-ARA" "26" "26"

4"

"anrm_0000038 "FR" "FR-NOR" "27" "27"

5"

"anrm_0000038 "FR" "FR-CVL" "28" "28"

6"

"anrm_0000038 "FR" "FR-BRE" "29" "29"

7"

"anrm_0000038 "FR" "FR-COR" "2A" "2A"

8"

"anrm_0000038 "FR" "FR-COR" "2B" "2B"

9"

"anrm_0000039 "FR" "FR-OCC" "30" "30"

0"

"anrm_0000039 "FR" "FR-OCC" "31" "31"

1"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000039 "FR" "FR-OCC" "32" "32"

2"

"anrm_0000039 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "33" "33"

3"

"anrm_0000039 "FR" "FR-OCC" "34" "34"

4"

"anrm_0000039 "FR" "FR-BRE" "35" "35"

5"

"anrm_0000039 "FR" "FR-CVL" "36" "36"

6"

"anrm_0000039 "FR" "FR-CVL" "37" "37"

7"

"anrm_0000039 "FR" "FR-ARA" "38" "38"

8"

"anrm_0000039 "FR" "FR-BFC" "39" "39"

9"

"anrm_0000040 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "40" "40"

0"

"anrm_0000040 "FR" "FR-CVL" "41" "41"

1"

"anrm_0000040 "FR" "FR-ARA" "42" "42"

2"

"anrm_0000040 "FR" "FR-ARA" "43" "43"

3"

"anrm_0000040 "FR" "FR-PDL" "44" "44"

4"

"anrm_0000040 "FR" "FR-CVL" "45" "45"

5"

"anrm_0000040 "FR" "FR-OCC" "46" "46"

6"

"anrm_0000040 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "47" "47"

7"

"anrm_0000040 "FR" "FR-OCC" "48" "48"

8"

"anrm_0000040 "FR" "FR-PDL" "49" "49"

9"

"anrm_0000041 "FR" "FR-PAC" "04" "04"

0"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000041 "FR" "FR-NOR" "50" "50"

1"

"anrm_0000041 "FR" "FR-GES" "51" "51"

2"

"anrm_0000041 "FR" "FR-GES" "52" "52"

3"

"anrm_0000041 "FR" "FR-PDL" "53" "53"

4"

"anrm_0000041 "FR" "FR-GES" "54" "54"

5"

"anrm_0000041 "FR" "FR-GES" "55" "55"

6"

"anrm_0000041 "FR" "FR-BRE" "56" "56"

7"

"anrm_0000041 "FR" "FR-GES" "57" "57"

8"

"anrm_0000041 "FR" "FR-BFC" "58" "58"

9"

"anrm_0000042 "FR" "FR-HDF" "59" "59"

0"

"anrm_0000042 "FR" "FR-HDF" "60" "60"

1"

"anrm_0000042 "FR" "FR-NOR" "61" "61"

2"

"anrm_0000042 "FR" "FR-HDF" "62" "62"

3"

"anrm_0000042 "FR" "FR-ARA" "63" "63"

4"

"anrm_0000042 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "64" "64"

5"

"anrm_0000042 "FR" "FR-OCC" "65" "65"

6"

"anrm_0000042 "FR" "FR-OCC" "66" "66"

7"

"anrm_0000042 "FR" "FR-GES" "67" "67"

8"

"anrm_0000042 "FR" "FR-GES" "68" "68"

9"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000043 "FR" "FR-ARA" "69" "69"

0"

"anrm_0000043 "FR" "FR-BFC" "70" "70"

1"

"anrm_0000043 "FR" "FR-BFC" "71" "71"

2"

"anrm_0000043 "FR" FR-PDL" "72" "72"

3"

"anrm_0000043 "FR" "FR-ARA" "73" "73"

4"

"anrm_0000043 "FR" "FR-ARA" "74" "74"

5"

"anrm_0000043 "FR" "FR-IDF" "75" "75"

6"

"anrm_0000043 "FR" "FR-NOR" "76" "76"

7"

"anrm_0000043 "FR" "FR-IDF" "77" "77"

8"

"anrm_0000043 "FR" "FR-IDF" "78" "78"

9"

"anrm_0000044 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "79" "79"

0"

"anrm_0000044 "FR" "FR-HDF" "80" "80"

1"

"anrm_0000044 "FR" "FR-OCC" "81" "81"

2"

"anrm_0000044 "FR" "FR-OCC" "82" "82"

3"

"anrm_0000044 "FR" "FR-PAC" "83" "83"

4"

"anrm_0000044 "FR" "FR-PAC" "84" "84"

5"

"anrm_0000044 "FR" "FR-PDL" "85" "85"

6"

"anrm_0000044 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "86" "86"

7"

"anrm_0000044 "FR" "FR-NAQ" "87" "87"

8"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
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"anrm_0000044 "FR" "FR-GES" "88" "88"

9"

"anrm_0000045 "FR" "FR-BFC" "89" "89"

0"

"anrm_0000045 "FR" "FR_BFC"" "90" "90"

1"

"anrm_0000045 "FR" "FR-IDF" "91" "91"

2"

"anrm_0000045 "FR" FR-IDF" "92" "92"

3"

"anrm_0000045 "FR" FR-IDF" "93" "93"

4"

"anrm_0000045 "FR" FR-IDF" "94" "94"

5"

"anrm_0000045 "FR" "FR-IDF" "95" "95"

6"

"anrm_0000045 "GB" "GB-ORK" "OR" "ORK"

7"

"anrm_0000045 "GB" "GB-WAR" "WA" "WAR"

8"

"anrm_0000045 "GB" "GB-BGW" "MM" "BGW"

9"

"anrm_0000046 "GB" "GB-HEF" "HW" "HEF"

0"

"anrm_0000046 "GB" "GB-MLN" "MD" "MLN"

1"

"anrm_0000046 "GB" "GB-HRT" "HT" "HRT"

2"

"anrm_0000046 "GB" "GB-ZET" "SL" "ZET"

3"

"anrm_0000046 "GB" "GB-ELN" "EL" "ELN"

4"

"anrm_0000046 "GB" "GB-WOR" "WC" "WOR"

5"

"anrm_0000046 "GB" "GB-HAM" "HA" "HAM"

6"

"anrm_0000046 "GB" "GB-RFW" "RE" "RFW"

7"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000046 "GB" "GB-SHR" "SH" "SHR"

8"

"anrm_0000046 "GB" "GB-BDF" "BE" "BDF"

9"

"anrm_0000047 "GB" "GB-ABD" "AB" "ABD"

0"

"anrm_0000047 "GB" "GB_ARM" "AM" "ARM"

1"

"anrm_0000047 "GB" "GB-POW" "MT" "POW"

2"

"anrm_0000047 "GB" "GB-DGY" "DF" "DGY"

3"

"anrm_0000047 "GB" "GB-KEN" "KE" "KEN"

4"

"anrm_0000047 "GB" "GB-RCC" "YN" "RCC"

5"

"anrm_0000047 "GB" "GB-LIN" "LI" "LIN"

6"

"anrm_0000047 "GB" "GB-SFK" "SK" "SFK"

7"

"anrm_0000047 "GB" "GB-GLS" "GL" "GLS"

8"

"anrm_0000047 "GB" "GB-DEV" "DV" "DEV"

9"

"anrm_0000048 "GB" "GB-WLN" "WK" "WLN"

0"

"anrm_0000048 "GB" "GB-STS" "ST" "STS"

1"

"anrm_0000048 "GB" "GB-ANS" "AN" "ANS"

2"

"anrm_0000048 "GB" "GB-VGL" "MG" "VGL"

3"

"anrm_0000048 "GB" "GB-WIL" "WI" "WIL"

4"

"anrm_0000048 "GB" "GB-IOW" "IW" "IOW"

5"

"anrm_0000048 "GB" "GB-IOS" "CO" "IOS"

6"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000048 "GB" "GB-LEC" "LE" "LEC"

7"

"anrm_0000048 "GB" "GB-FIF" "FI" "FIF"

8"

"anrm_0000048 "GB" "GB-DUR" "DU" "DUR"

9"

"anrm_0000049 "GB" "GB-NYK" "YN" "NYK"

0"

"anrm_0000049 "GB" "GB-SRY" "SY" "SRY"

1"

"anrm_0000049 "GB" "GB-OXF" "OX" "OXF

2"

"anrm_0000049 "GB" "GB-LAN" "LA" "LAN"

3"

"anrm_0000049 "GB" "GB-CAM" "CA" "CAM"

4"

"anrm_0000049 "GB" "GB-DBY" "DB" "DBY"

5"

"anrm_0000049 "GB" "GB-NFK" "NK" "NFK"

6"

"anrm_0000049 "GB" "GB-NTT" "NT" "NTT"

7"

"anrm_0000049 "GB" "GB-SND" "SU" "SND"

8"

"anrm_0000049 "GB" "GB-NTH" "NH" "NTH"

9"

"anrm_0000050 "GB" "GB-SOM" "SO" "SOM"

0"

"anrm_0000050 "GB" "GB-ESX" "SE" "ESX"

1"

"anrm_0000050 "GB" "GB-ESS" "ESS" "ESS"

2"

"anrm_0000050 "GB" "GB-CON" "CO" "CON"

3"

"anrm_0000050 "GB" "GB-GWN" "CF" "GWN"

4"

"anrm_0000050 "GB" "GB-NAY" "AY" "NAY"

5"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000050 "GB" "GB-CLK" "CN" "CLK"

6"

"anrm_0000050 "GB" "GB-WSX" "SW" "WSX"

7"

"anrm_0000050 "GB" "GB-DOR" "DO" "DOR"

8"

"anrm_0000050 "GB" "GB-BKM" "BU" "BKM"

9"

"anrm_0000051 "GB" "GB-NBL" "NU" "NBL"

0"

"anrm_0000051 "GB" "GB-CMA" "CU" "CMA"

1"

"anrm_0000051 "GB" "GB-SOM" "BS" "SOM"

2"

"anrm_0000051 "GB" "GB-BFD" "YW" "NYK"

3"

"anrm_0000051 "GB" "GB-CLD" "YW" "NYK"

4"

"anrm_0000051 "GB" "GB-KIR" "YW" "NYK"

5"

"anrm_0000051 "GB" "GB-LDS" "YW" "NYK"

6"

"anrm_0000051 "GB" "GB-WKF" "YW" "NYK"

7"

"anrm_0000051 "GB" "GB-BNS" "YS" "NYK"

8"

"anrm_0000051 "GB" "GB-DNC" "YS" "NYK"

9"

"anrm_0000052 "GB" "GB" "GB-ROT" "YS"

0"

"anrm_0000052 "GB" "GB-SHF" "YS" "NYK"

1"

"anrm_0000052 "GB" "GB-SOM" "BS" "SOM"

2"

"anrm_0000052 "GB" "GB-AGY" "AL" "GWN"

3"

"anrm_0000052 "GB" "GB-GWN" "ME" "GWN"

4"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000052 "GB" "GB-DEN" "DD" "GWN"

5"

"anrm_0000052 "GB" "GB-FLN" "FL" "GWN"

6"

"anrm_0000052 "GB" "GB-GWN" "ME" "GWN"

7"

"anrm_0000052 "GB" "GB-BRC" "BF" "ABD"

8"

"anrm_0000052 "GB" "GB-RDG" "BF" "ABD"

9"

"anrm_0000053 "GB" "GB-SLG" "BF" "ABD"

0"

"anrm_0000053 "GB" "GB-WBK" "BF" "ABD"

1"

"anrm_0000053 "GB" "GB-WNM" "BF" "ABD"

2"

"anrm_0000053 "GB" "GB-WOK" "BF" "ABD"

3"

"anrm_0000053 "GB" "GB-ABD" "KI" "ABD"

4"

"anrm_0000053 "GB" "GB-ABD" "MR" "ABD"

5"

"anrm_0000053 "GB" "GB-ABD" "NR" "ABD"

6"

"anrm_0000053 "GB" "GB-ANS" "AN" "ANS"

7"

"anrm_0000053 "GB" "GB-ANN" "AT" "ANT"

8"

"anrm_0000053 "GB" "GB-AND" "AT" "ANT"

9"

"anrm_0000054 "GB" "GB-ABC" "AT" "ANT"

0"

"anrm_0000054 "GB" "GB-BFS" "AT" "ANT"

1"

"anrm_0000054 "GB" GB-LBC" "AT" "ANT"

2"

"anrm_0000054 "GB" "GB-ARM" "TY" "ARM"

3"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000054 "GB" "GB-CAM" "HU" "CAM"

4"

"anrm_0000054 "GB" "GB-CMA" "WE" "CMA"

5"

"anrm_0000054 "GB" "GB-CGN" "CD" "DFD"

6"

"anrm_0000054 "GB" "GB-PEM" "PM" "DFD"

7"

"anrm_0000054 "GB" "GB-DGY" "BW" "DGY"

8"

"anrm_0000054 "GB" "GB-DGY" "KK" "DGY"

9"

"anrm_0000055 "GB" "GB-NLK" "LN" "DGY"

0"

"anrm_0000055 "GB" "GB-SLK" "LN" "DGY"

1"

"anrm_0000055 "GB" "GB-DGY" "PE" "DGY"

2"

"anrm_0000055 "GB" "GB-DGY" "RX" "DGY"

3"

"anrm_0000055 "GB" "GB-DGY" "SF" "DGY"

4"

"anrm_0000055 "GB" "GB-DGY" "SV" "DGY"

5"

"anrm_0000055 "GB" "GB-FIF" "KN" "FIF"

6"

"anrm_0000055 "GB" "GB-FIF" "PR" "FIF"

7"

"anrm_0000055 "GB" "GB-HRT" "MX" "HRT"

8"

"anrm_0000055 "GB" "GB-RUT" "RU" "LEC"

9"

"anrm_0000056 "GB" "GB-AGB" "AG" "NAY"

0"

"anrm_0000056 "GB" "GB-AGB" "BT" "NAY"

1"

"anrm_0000056 "GB" "GB-EDU" "DT" "NAY"

2"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000056 "GB" "GB-WDU" "DT" "NAY"

3"

"anrm_0000056 "GB" "GB-NAY" "WT" "NAY"

4"

"anrm_0000056 "GB" "GB-OXF" "BK" "OXF"

5"

"anrm_0000056 "GB" "GB-POW" "BR" "POW"

6"

"anrm_0000056 "GB" "GB-POW" "RA" "POW"

7"

"anrm_0000056 "GB" "GB-SND" "CM" "SND"

8"

"anrm_0000056 "GB" "GB-SND" "CT" "SND"

9"

"anrm_0000057 "GB" "GB-SND" "IN" "SND"

0"

"anrm_0000057 "GB" "GB-SND" "RO" "SND"

1"

"anrm_0000057 "GR" "GR-G" "01" "01"

2"

"anrm_0000057 "GR" "GR-H" "50" "03"

3"

"anrm_0000057 "GR" "GR-H" "11" "04"

4"

"anrm_0000057 "GR" "GR-H" "09" "05"

5"

"anrm_0000057 "GR" "GR-H" "14" "06"

6"

"anrm_0000057 "GR" "GR-H" "13" "07"

7"

"anrm_0000057 "GR" "GR-J" "13" "07"

8"

"anrm_0000057 "GR" "GR-J" "03" "11"

9"

"anrm_0000058 "GR" "GR-J" "04" "12"

0"

"anrm_0000058 "GR" "GR-G" "02" "13"

1"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000058 "GR" "GR-G" "16" "14"

2"

"anrm_0000058 "GR" "GR-J" "30" "15"

3"

"anrm_0000058 "GR" "GR-J" "32" "16"

4"

"anrm_0000058 "GR" "GR-J" "38" "17"

5"

"anrm_0000058 "GR" "GR-F" "52" "21"

6"

"anrm_0000058 "GR" "GR-F" "24" "22"

7"

"anrm_0000058 "GR" "GR-F" "23" "23"

8"

"anrm-0000058 "GR" "GR-F" "24" "36"

9"

"anrm_0000059 "GR" GR-D" "05" "31"

0"

"anrm_0000059 "GR" "GR-D" "47" "32"

1"

"anrm_0000059 "GR" "GR-D" "18" "33"

2"

"anrm_0000059 "GR" "GR-D" "42" "34"

3"

"anrm_0000059 "GR" "GR-E" "20" "41"

4"

"anrm_0000059 "GR" "GR-E" "33" "42"

5"

"anrm_0000059 "GR" "GR-E" "37" "43"

6"

"anrm_0000059 "GR" "GR-E" "49" "44"

7"

"anrm_0000059 "GR" "GR-C" "15" "51"

8"

"anrm_0000059 "GR" "GR-A" "08" "52"

9"

"anrm_0000060 "GR" "GR-B" "17" "53"

0"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000060 "GR" "GR-B" "48" "54"

1"

"anrm_0000060 "GR" "GR-A" "22" "55"

2"

"anrm_0000060 "GR" "GR-C" "21" "56"

3"

"anrm_0000060 "GR" "GR-B" "29" "57"

4"

"anrm_0000060 "GR" "GR-C" "31" "58"

5"

"anrm_0000060 "GR" "GR-B" "39" "59"

6"

"anrm_0000060 "GR" "GR-B" "40" "61"

7"

"anrm-0000060 "GR" "GR-B" "46" "62"

8"

"anrm_0000060 "GR" "GR-C" "12" "63"

9"

"anrm_0000061 "GR" "GR-B" "25" "64"

0"

"anrm_0000061 "GR" "GR-A" "10" "71"

1"

"anrm_0000061 "GR" "GR-A" "51" "72"

2"

"anrm_0000061 "GR" "GR-A" "44" "73"

3"

"anrm_0000061 "GR" "GR-L" "07" "81"

4"

"anrm_0000061 "GR" "GR-L" "28" "82"

5"

"anrm_0000061 "GR" "GR-K" "35" "83"

6"

"anrm_0000061 "GR" "GR-K" "45" "84"

7"

"anrm_0000061 "GR" "GR-K" "27" "85"

8"

"anrm_0000061 "GR" "GR-M" "19" "91"

9"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000062 "GR" "GR-M" "34" "92"

0"

"anrm_0000062 "GR" "GR-M" "43" "93"

1"

"anrm_0000062 "GR" "GR-M" "26" "94"

2"

"anrm_0000062 "GR" "GR-I" "06" "A1"

3"

"anrm_0000062 "GR" "GR-I" "41" "A1"

4"

"anrm_0000062 "HR" "HR-09" "I00" "09"

5"

"anrm_0000062 "HR" "HR-05" "E00" "05"

6"

"anrm_0000062 "HR" "HR-16" "P00" "16"

7"

"anrm_0000062 "HR" "HR-06" "F00" "06"

8"

"anrm_0000629 "HR" "HR-17" "R00" "17"

"

"anrm_0000063 "HR" "HR-07" "G00" "07"

0"

"anrm_0000063 "HR" "HR-18" "S00" "18"

1"

"anrm_0000063 "HR" "HR-08" "H00" "08"

2"

"anrm_0000063 "HR" "HR-19" "T00" "19"

3"

"anrm_0000063 "HR" "HR-01" "A00" "01"

4"

"anrm_0000063 "HR" "HR-12" "L00" "12"

5"

"anrm_0000063 "HR" "HR-02" "B00" "02"

6"

"anrm_0000063 "HR" "HR-13" "M00" "13"

7"

"anrm_0000063 "HR" "HR-03" "C00" "03"

8"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000063 "HR" "HR-14" "N00" "14"

9"

"anrm_0000064 "HR" "HR-04" "D00" "04"

0"

"anrm_0000064 "HR" "HR-15" "O00" "15"

1"

"anrm_0000064 "HR" "HR-20" "U00" "20"

2"

"anrm_0000064 "HR" "HR-10" "J00" "10"

3"

"anrm_0000064 "HR" "HR-21" "V00" "21"

4"

"anrm_0000064 "HR" "HR-11" "K00" "11"

5"

"anrm_0000064 "ID" "ID-PB" "26" "PB"

6"

"anrm_0000064 "ID" "ID-NB" "23" "NB"

7"

"anrm_0000064 "ID" "ID-LA" "13" "LA"

8"

"anrm_0000064 "ID" "ID-PA" "26" "PA"

9"

"anrm_0000065 "ID" "ID-JA" "10" "JA"

0"

"anrm_0000065 "ID" "ID-RI" "09" "RI"

1"

"anrm_0000065 "ID" "ID-JB" "02" "JB"

2"

"anrm_0000065 "ID" "ID-BE" "12" "BE"

3"

"anrm_0000065 "ID" "ID-BA" "22" "BA"

4"

"anrm_0000065 "ID" "ID-JI" "04" "JI"

5"

"anrm_0000065 "ID" "ID-BB" "11" "BB"

6"

"anrm_0000065 "ID" "ID-JK" "01" "JK"

7"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000065 "ID" "ID-JT" "03" "JT"

8"

"anrm_0000065 "ID" "ID-NT" "24" "NT"

9"

"anrm_0000066 "ID" "ID-BT" "02" "BT"

0"

"anrm_0000066 "ID" "ID-MA" "25" "MA"

1"

"anrm_0000066 "ID" "ID-SG" "19" "SG"

2"

"anrm_0000066 "ID" "ID-SA" "21" "SA"

3"

"anrm_0000066 "ID" "ID-SB" "09" "SB"

4"

"anrm_0000066 "ID" "ID-SN" "18" "SN"

5"

"anrm_0000066 "ID" "ID-YO" "05" "YO"

6"

"anrm_0000066 "ID" "ID-KB" "15" "KB"

7"

"anrm_0000066 "ID" "ID-AC" "06" "AC"

8"

"anrm_0000066 "ID" "ID-SU" "07" "SU"

9"

"anrm_0000067 "ID" "ID-KI" "17" "KI"

0"

"anrm_0000067 "ID" "ID-SR" "18" "SR"

1"

"anrm_0000067 "ID" "ID-SS" "11" "SS"

2"

"anrm_0000067 "ID" "ID-ST" "20" "ST"

3"

"anrm_0000067 "ID" "ID-KR" "09" "KR"

4"

"anrm_0000067 "ID" "ID-GO" "21" "GO"

5"

"anrm_0000067 "ID" "ID-KS" "14" "KS"

6"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000067 "ID" "ID-MU" "25" "MU"

7"

"anrm_0000067 "ID" "ID-KT" "16" "KT"

8"

"anrm_0000067 "IE" "IE-WH" "WH" "WH"

9"

"anrm_0000068 "IE" "IE-MH" "MH" "MH"

0"

"anrm_0000068 "IE" "IE-SO" "SO" "SO"

1"

"anrm_0000068 "IE" "IE-KE" "KE" "KE"

2"

"anrm_0000068 "IE" "IE-KK" "KK" "KK"

3"

"anrm_0000068 "IE" "IE-WW" "WW" "WW"

4"

"anrm_0000068 "IE" "IE-MN" "MN" "MN"

5"

"anrm_0000068 "IE" "IE-WX" "WX" "WX"

6"

"anrm_0000068 "IE" "IE-CE" "CE" "CE"

7"

"anrm_0000068 "IE" "IE-MO" "MO" "MO"

8"

"anrm_0000068 "IE" "IE-CN" "CN" "CN"

9"

"anrm_0000069 "IE" "IE-TA" "TA" "TA"

0"

"anrm_0000069 "IE" "IE-KY" "KY" "KY"

1"

"anrm_0000069 "IE" "IE-OY" "OY" "OY"

2"

"anrm_0000069 "IE" "IE-CW" "CW" "CW"

3"

"anrm_0000069 "IE" "IE-LH" "LH" "LH"

4"

"anrm_0000069 "IE" "IE-RN" "RN" "RN"

5"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000069 "IE" "IE-LD" "LD" "LD"

6"

"anrm_0000069 "IE" "IE-D" "D" "D"

7"

"anrm_0000069 "IE" "IE-G" "G" "G"

8"

"anrm_0000069 "IE" "IE-LK" "LK" "LK"

9"

"anrm_0000070 "IE" "IE-LM" "LM" "LM"

0"

"anrm_0000070 "IE" "IE-WD" "WD" "WD"

1"

"anrm_0000070 "IE" "IE-LS" "LS" "LS"

2"

"anrm_0000070 "IE" "IE-DL" "DL" "DL"

3"

"anrm_0000070 "IT" "IT-BI" "BI" "BI"

4"

"anrm_0000070 "IT" "IT-BO" "BO" "BO"

5"

"anrm_0000070 "IT" "IT-BN" "BN" "BN"

6"

"anrm_0000070 "IT" "IT-BL" "BL" "BL"

7"

"anrm_0000070 "IT" "IT-BA" "BA" "BA"

8"

"anrm_0000070 "IT" "IT-BG" "BG" "BG"

9"

"anrm_0000071 "IT" "IT-BZ" "BZ" "BZ"

0"

"anrm_0000071 "IT" "IT-SI" "SI" "SI"

1"

"anrm_0000071 "IT" "IT-SP" "SP" "SP"

2"

"anrm_0000071 "IT" "IT-SO" "SO" "SO"

3"

"anrm_0000071 "IT" "IT-BS" "BS" "BS"

4"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000071 "IT" "IT-BR" "BR" "BR"

5"

"anrm_0000071 "IT" "IT-SA" "SA" "SA"

6"

"anrm_0000071 "IT" "IT-BT" "BT" "BT"

7"

"anrm_0000071 "IT" "IT-AG" "AG" "AG"

8"

"anrm_0000071 "IT" "IT-AN" "AN" "AN"

9"

"anrm_0000072 "IT" "IT-AL" "AL" "AL"

0"

"anrm_0000072 "IT" "IT-IS" "IS" "IS"

1"

"anrm_0000072 "IT" "IT-IM" "IM" "IM"

2"

"anrm_0000072 "IT" "IT-RI" "RI" "RI"

3"

"anrm_0000072 "IT" "IT-RO" "RO" "RO"

4"

"anrm_0000072 "IT" "IT-RN" "RN" "RN"

5"

"anrm_0000072 "IT" "IT-RM" "RM" "RM"

6"

"anrm_0000072 "IT" "IT-AR" "AR" "AR"

7"

"anrm_0000072 "IT" "IT-RC" "RC" "RC"

8"

"anrm_0000072 "IT" "IT-AQ" "AQ" "AQ"

9"

"anrm_0000073 "IT" "IT-AP" "AP" "AP"

0"

"anrm_0000073 "IT" "IT-RA" "RA" "RA"

1"

"anrm_0000073 "IT" "IT-AO" "AO" "AO"

2"

"anrm_0000073 "IT" "IT-AV" "AV" "AV"

3"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000073 "IT" "IT-RG" "RG" "RG"

4"

"anrm_0000073 "IT" "IT-AT" "AT" "AT"

5"

"anrm_0000073 "IT" "IT-RE" "RE" "RE"

6"

"anrm_0000073 "IT" "IT-LU" "LU" "LU"

7"

"anrm_0000073 "IT" "IT-LT" "LT" "LT"

8"

"anrm_0000073 "IT" "IT-TS" "TS" "TS"

9"

"anrm_0000074 "IT" "IT-TR" "TR" "TR"

0"

"anrm_0000074 "IT" "IT-LO" "LO" "LO"

1"

"anrm_0000074 "IT" "IT-TV" "TV" "TV"

2"

"anrm_0000074 "IT" "IT-ME" "ME" "ME"

3"

"anrm_0000074 "IT" "IT-MC" "MC" "MC"

4"

"anrm_0000074 "IT" "IT-MI" "MI" "MI"

5"

"anrm_0000074 "IT" "IT-UD" "UD" "UD"

6"

"anrm_0000074 "IT" "IT-MB" "MB" "MB"

7"

"anrm_0000074 "IT" "IT-CL" "CL" "CL"

8"

"anrm_0000074 "IT" "IT-KR" "KR" "KR"

9"

"anrm_0000075 "IT" "IT-CI" "CI" "CI"

0"

"anrm_0000075 "IT" "IT-TA" "TA" "TA"

1"

"anrm_0000075 "IT" "IT-CO" "CO" "CO"

2"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000075 "IT" "IT-CN" "CN" "CN"

3"

"anrm_0000075 "IT" "IT-SS" "SS" "SS"

4"

"anrm_0000075 "IT" "IT-CB" "CB" "CB"

5"

"anrm_0000075 "IT" "IT-SR" "SR" "SR"

6"

"anrm_0000075 "IT" "IT-CA" "CA" "CA"

7"

"anrm_0000075 "IT" "IT-CH" "CH" "CH"

8"

"anrm_0000075 "IT" "IT-SV" "SV" "SV"

9"

"anrm_0000076 "IT" "IT-CE" "CE" "CE"

0"

"anrm_0000076 "IT" "IT-LE" "LE" "LE"

1"

"anrm_0000076 "IT" "IT-CZ" "CZ" "CZ"

2"

"anrm_0000076 "IT" "IT-LC" "LC" "LC"

3"

"anrm_0000076 "IT" "IT-LI" "LI" "LI"

4"

"anrm_0000076 "IT" "IT-TP" "TP" "TP"

5"

"anrm_0000076 "IT" "IT-TO" "TO" "TO"

6"

"anrm_0000076 "IT" "IT-TN" "TN" "TN"

7"

"anrm_0000076 "IT" "IT-CT" "CT" "CT"

8"

"anrm_0000076 "IT" "IT-TE" "TE" "TE"

9"

"anrm_0000077 "IT" "IT-CS" "CS" "CS"

0"

"anrm_0000077 "IT" "IT-CR" "CR" "CR"

1"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000077 "IT" "IT-FM" "FM" "FM"

2"

"anrm_0000077 "IT" "IT-NU" "NU" "NU"

3""

"anrm_0000077 "IT" "IT-FR" "FR" "FR"

4"

"anrm_0000077 "IT" "IT-FG" "FG" "FG"

5"

"anrm_0000077 "IT" "IT-NO" "NO" "NO"

6"

"anrm_0000077 "IT" "IT-VV" "VV" "VV"

7"

"anrm_0000077 "IT" "IT-FE" "FE" "FE"

8"

"anrm_0000077 "IT" "IT-VT" "VT" "VT"

9"

"anrm_0000078 "IT" "IT-FI" "FI" "FI"

0"

"anrm_0000078 "IT" "IT-OG" "OG" "OG"

1"

"anrm_0000078 "IT" "IT-EN" "EN" "EN"

2"

"anrm_0000078 "IT" "IT-MT" "MT" "MT"

3"

"anrm_0000078 "IT" "IT-MS" "MS" "MS"

4"

"anrm_0000078 "IT" "IT-VC" "VC" "VC"

5"

"anrm_0000078 "IT" "IT-VB" "VB" "VB"

6"

"anrm_0000078 "IT" "IT-VA" "VA" "VA"

7"

"anrm_0000078 "IT" "IT-MN" "MN" "MN"

8"

"anrm_0000078 "IT" "IT-MO" "MO" "MO"

9"

"anrm_0000079 "IT" "IT-FC" "FC" "FC"

0"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000079 "IT" "IT-VS" "VS" "VS"

1"

"anrm_0000079 "IT" "IT-VR" "VR" "VR"

2"

"anrm_0000079 "IT" "IT-VE" "VE" "VE"

3"

"anrm_0000079 "IT" "IT-HA" "HA" "HA"

4"

"anrm_0000079 "IT" "IT-VI" "VI" "VI"

5"

"anrm_0000079 "IT" "IT-PV" "PV" "PV"

6"

"anrm_0000079 "IT" "IT-PZ" "PZ" "PZ"

7"

"anrm_0000079 "IT" "IT-PO" "PO" "PO"

8"

"anrm_0000079 "IT" "IT-PN" "PN" "PN"

9"

"anrm_0000080 "IT" "IT-PU" "PU" "PU"

0"

"anrm_0000080 "IT" "IT-PT" "PT" "PT"

1"

"anrm_0000080 "IT" "IT-PR" "PR" "PR"

2"

"anrm_0000080 "IT" "IT-GO" "GO" "GO"

3"

"anrm_0000080 "IT" "IT-GR" "GR" "GR"

4"

"anrm_0000080 "IT" "IT-GE" "GE" "GE"

5"

"anrm_0000080 "IT" "IT-OT" "OT" "OT"

6"

"anrm_0000080 "IT" "IT-OR" "OR" "OR"

7"

"anrm_0000080 "IT" "IT-PI" "PI" "PI"

8"

"anrm_0000080 "IT" "IT-PG" "PG" "PG"

9"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000081 "IT" "IT-PA" "PA" "PA"

0"

"anrm_0000081 "IT" "IT-PE" "PE" "PE"

1"

"anrm_0000081 "IT" "IT-PD" "PD" "PD"

2"

"anrm_0000081 "IT" "IT-PC" "PC" "PC"

3"

"anrm_0000081 "JP" "JP-09" "09" "09"

4"

"anrm_0000081 "JP" "JP-22" "22" "22"

5"

"anrm_0000081 "JP" "JP-44" "44" "44"

6"

"anrm_0000081 "JP" "JP-21" "21" "21"

7"

"anrm_0000081 "JP" "JP-43" "43" "43"

8"

"anrm_0000081 "JP" "JP-20" "20" "20"

9"

"anrm_0000082 "JP" "JP-42" "42" "42"

0"

"anrm_0000082 "JP" "JP-41" "41" "41"

1"

"anrm_0000082 "JP" "JP-40" "40" "40"

2"

"anrm_0000082 "JP" "JP-08" "08" "08"

3"

"anrm_0000082 "JP" "JP-07" "07" "07"

4"

"anrm_0000082 "JP" "JP-29" "29" "29"

5"

"anrm_0000082 "JP" "JP-06" "05" "06"

6"

"anrm_0000082 "JP" "JP-28" "28" "28"

7"

"anrm_0000082 "JP" "JP-05" "05" "05"

8"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000082 "JP" "JP-27" "27" "27"

9"

"anrm_0000083 "JP" "JP-04" "04" "04"

0"

"anrm_0000083 "JP" "JP-26" "26" "26"

1"

"anrm_0000083 "JP" "JP-03" "03" "03"

2"

"anrm_0000083 "JP" "JP-25" "25" "25"

3"

"anrm_0000083 "JP" "JP-47" "47" "47"

4"

"anrm_0000083 "JP" "JP-02" "02" "02"

5"

"anrm_0000083 "JP" "JP-24" "24" "24"

6"

"anrm_0000083 "JP" "JP-46" "46" "46"

7"

"anrm_0000083 "JP" "JP-01" "01" "01"

8"

"anrm_0000083 "JP" "JP-23" "23" "23"

9"

"anrm_0000084 "JP" "JP-45" "45" "45"

0"

"anrm_0000084 "JP" "JP-11" "11" "11"

1"

"anrm_0000084 "JP" "JP-33" "33" "33"

2"

"anrm_0000084 "JP" "JP-10" "10" "10"

3"

"anrm_0000084 "JP" "JP-32" "32" "32"

4"

"anrm_0000084 "JP" "JP-31" "31" "31"

5"

"anrm_0000084 "JP" "JP-30" "30" "30"

6"

"anrm_0000084 "JP" "JP-19" "19" "19"

7"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000084 "JP" "JP-18" "18" "18"

8"

"anrm_0000084 "JP" "JP-17" "17" "17"

9"

"anrm_0000085 "JP" "JP-39" "39" "39"

0"

"anrm_0000085 "JP" "JP-16" "16" "16"

1"

"anrm_0000085 "JP" "JP-38" "38" "38"

2"

"anrm_0000085 "JP" "JP-15" "15" "15"

3"

"anrm_0000085 "JP" "JP-37" "37" "37"

4"

"anrm_0000085 "JP" "JP-14" "14" "14"

5"

"anrm_0000085 "JP" "JP-36" "36" "36"

6"

"anrm_0000085 "JP" "JP-13" "13" "13"

7"

"anrm_0000085 "JP" "JP-35" "35" "35"

8"

"anrm_0000085 "JP" "JP-12" "12" "12"

9"

"anrm_0000086 "JP" "JP-34" "34" "34"

0"

"anrm_0000086 "KR" "KR-11" "13" "11"

1"

"anrm_0000086 "KR" "KR-44" "05" "44"

2"

"anrm_0000086 "KR" "KR-45" "02" "45"

3"

"anrm_0000086 "KR" "KR-31" "16" "31"

4"

"anrm_0000086 "KR" "KR-42" "07" "42"

5"

"anrm_0000086 "KR" "KR-43" "04" "43"

6"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000086 "KR" "KR-30" "15" "30"

7"

"anrm_0000086 "KR" "KR-41" "09" "41"

8"

"anrm_0000086 "KR" "KR-28" "06" "28"

9"

"anrm_0000087 "KR" "KR-29" "08" "29"

0"

"anrm_0000087 "KR" "KR-26" "12" "26"

1"

"anrm_0000087 "KR" "KR-48" "11" "48"

2"

"anrm_0000087 "KR" "KR-27" "14" "27"

3"

"anrm_0000087 "KR" "KR-49" "01" "49"

4"

"anrm_0000087 "KR" "KR-46" "03" "46"

5"

"anrm_0000087 "KR" "KR-47" "10" "47"

6"

"anrm_0000087 "KW" "KW-KU" "KW" "KW"

7"

"anrm_0000087 "KZ" "KZ-AKM" "04" "AKM"

8"

"anrm_0000087 "KZ" "KZ-ALM" "00" "ALM"

9"

"anrm_0000088 "KZ" "KZ-AST" "04" "AST"

0"

"anrm_0000088 "KZ" "KZ-PAV" "03" "PAV"

1"

"anrm_0000088 "KZ" "KZ-SEV" "02" "SEV"

2"

"anrm_0000088 "KZ" "KZ-YUZ" "11" "YUZ"

3"

"anrm_0000088 "KZ" "KZ-AKT" "05" "AKT"

4"

"anrm_0000088 "KZ" "KZ-KZY" "12" KZY"

5"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000088 "KZ" "KZ-ATY" "06" "ATY"

6"

"anrm_0000088 "KZ" "KZ-KUS" "02" "KUS"

7"

"anrm_0000088 "KZ" "KZ-ZAP" "07" "ZAP"

8"

"anrm_0000088 "KZ" "KZ-ZHA" "11" "ZHA"

9"

"anrm_0000089 "KZ" "KZ-BAY" "12" "BAY"

0"

"anrm_0000089 "KZ" "KZ-MAN" "08" "MAN"

1"

"anrm_0000089 "KZ" "KZ-VOS" "10" "VOS"

2"

"anrm_0000089 "KZ" "KZ-KAR" "09" "KAR"

3"

"anrm_0000089 "KZ" "KZ-ALA" "00" "ALA"

4"

"anrm_0000089 "MX" "MX-JAL" "JAL" "JAL"

5"

"anrm_0000089 "MX" "MX-TAB" "TAB" "TAB"

6"

"anrm_0000089 "MX" "MX-BCS" "BCS" "BCS"

7"

"anrm_0000089 "MX" "MX-ROO" "QR" "ROO"

8"

"anrm_0000089 "MX" "MX-SON" "SON" "SON"

9"

"anrm_0000090 "MX" "MX-SIN" "SIN" "SIN"

0"

"anrm_0000090 "MX" "MX-ZAC" "ZAC" "ZAC"

1"

"anrm_0000090 "MX" "MX-MEX" "MEX" "MEX"

2"

"anrm_0000090 "MX" "MX-TAM" "TMS" "TAM"

3"

"anrm_0000090 "MX" "MX-HID" "HGO" "HID"

4"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000090 "MX" "MX-YUC" "YUC" "YUC"

5"

"anrm_0000090 "MX" "MX-MIC" "MCH" "MIC"

6"

"anrm_0000090 "MX" "MX-BCN" "MX-BC" "BCN"

7"

"anrm_0000090 "MX" "MX-MOR" "MOR" "MOR"

8"

"anrm_0000090 "MX" "MX-AGU" "AGS" "AGU"

9"

"anrm_0000091 "MX" "MX-CAM" "CMP" "CAM"

0"

"anrm_0000091 "MX" "MX-COA" "COA" "COA"

1"

"anrm_0000091 "MX" "MX-GUA" "GTO" "MX-GUA"

2"

"anrm_0000091 "MX" "MX-SLP" "SLP" "SLP"

3"

"anrm_0000091 "MX" "MX-COL" "COL" "COL"

4"

"anrm_0000091 "MX" "MX-PUE" "PUE" "PUE"

5"

"anrm_0000091 "MX" "MX-DUR" "DGO" "DUR"

6"

"anrm_0000091 "MX" "MX-QUE" "QRO" "QUE"

7"

"anrm_0000091 "MX" "MX-GRO" "GRO" "GRO"

8"

"anrm_0000091 "MX" "MX-CHH "CHI" "CHH"

9"

"anrm_0000092 "MX" "MX-VER" "VER" "VER"

0"

"anrm_0000092 "MX" "MX-TLA" "TLX" "TLA"

1"

"anrm_0000922 "MX" "MX-NAY" "NAY" "NAY"

"

"anrm_0000092 "MX" "MX-OAX" "OAX" "OAX"

3"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000092 "MX" "MX-NLE" "NL" "NLE"

4"

"anrm_0000092 "MX" "MX-CHP" "CHS" "CHP"

5"

"anrm_0000092 "MY" "MY-05" "SER" "05"

6"

"anrm_0000092 "MY" "MY-16" "PSK"

7"

"anrm_0000092 "MY" "MY-06" "PAH" "06"

8"

"anrm_0000092 "MY" "MY-03" "KEL" "03"

9"

"anrm_0000093 "MY" "MY-14" "KUL" "14"

0"

"anrm_0000093 "MY" "MY-04" "MEL" "04"

1"

"anrm_0000093 "MY" "MY-15" "LAB" "15"

2"

"anrm_0000093 "MY" "MY-01" "JOH" "01"

3"

"anrm_0000093 "MY" "MY-12" "SAB" "12"

4"

"anrm_0000093 "MY" "MY-02" "KED" "02"

5"

"anrm_0000093 "MY" "MY-13" "SAR" "13"

6"

"anrm_0000093 "MY" "MY-10" "SEL" "10"

7"

"anrm_0000093 "MY" "MY-11" "TRE" "11"

8"

"anrm_0000093 "MY" "MY-09" "PEL" "09"

9"

"anrm_0000094 "MY" "MY-07" "PIN" "07"

0"

"anrm_0000094 "MY" "MY-08" "PER" "08"

1"

"anrm_0000094 "NL" "NL-UT" "10" "UT"

2"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000094 "NL" "NL-LI" "06" "LI"

3"

"anrm_0000094 "NL" "NL-DR" "01" "DR"

4"

"anrm_0000094 "NL" "NL-GE" "04" "GE"

5"

"anrm_0000094 "NL" "NL-ZH" "12" "ZH"

6"

"anrm_0000094 "NL" "NL-GR" "05" "GR"

7"

"anrm_0000094 "NL" "NL-ZE" "11" "ZE"

8"

"anrm_0000094 "NL" "NL-FR" "03" "FR"

9"

"anrm_0000095 "NL" "NL-NH" "08" "NH"

0"

"anrm_0000095 "NL" "NL-OV" "09" "OV"

2"

"anrm_0000095 "NL" NL-NB" "07" "NB"

3"

"anrm_0000095 "NO" "NO-03" "03" "03"

4"

"anrm_0000095 "NO" "NO-14" "14" "14"

5"

"arnm_0000095 "NO" "NO-02" "02" "02"

6"

"anrm_0000095 "NO" "NO-01" "01" "01"

7"

"anrm_0000095 "NO" "NO-12" "12" "12"

8"

"anrm_0000095 "NO" "NO-11" "11" "11"

9"

"anrm_0000096 "NO" "NO-10" "10" "10"

0"

"anrm_0000096 "NO" "NO-20" "20" "20"

1"

"anrm_0000096 "NO" "NO-09" "09" "09"

2"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000096 "NO" "NO-08" "08" "08"

3"

"anrm_0000964 "NO" "NO-19" "19" "19"

"

"anrm_0000096 "NO" "NO-07" "07" "07"

5"

"anrm_0000096 "NO" "NO-18" "18" "18"

6"

"anrm_0000096 "NO" "NO-06" "06" "06"

7"

"anrm_0000096 "NO" "NO-05" "05" "05"

8"

"anrm_0000096 "NO" "NO-04" "04" "04"

9"

"anrm_0000097 "NO" "NO-15" "15" "15"

0"

"anrm_0000097 "NZ" "NZ-BOP" "BOP" "BOP"

1"

"anrm_0000097 "NZ" "NZ-WTC" "WEC" "WTC"

2"

"anrm_0000097 "NZ" "NZ-NTL" "NTL" "NTL"

3"

"anrm_0000097 "NZ" "NZ-STL" "STL" "STL"

4"

"anrm_0000097 "NZ" "NZ-MWT" "MAN" "MWT"

5"

"anrm_0000097 "NZ" "NZ-CAN" "CAN" "CAN"

6"

"anrm_0000097 "NZ" "NZ-TKI" "TAR" "TKI"

7"

"anrm_0000097 "NZ" "NZ-AUK" "AKL" "AUK"

8"

"anrm_0000097 "NZ" "NZ-OTA" "OTA" "OTA"

9"

"anrm_0000098 "NZ" "NZ-WGN" "WLG" "WGN"

0"

"anrm_0000098 "NZ" "NZ-HKB" "HAB" "HKB"

1"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"arnm_0000098 "NZ" "NZ-WKO" "WAI" "WKO"

2"

"anrm_0000098 "PE" "PE-PIU" "02" "PIU"

3"

"anrm_0000098 "PE" "PE-SAM" "13" "SAM"

4"

"anrm_0000098 "PE" "PE-LAM" "03" "LAM"

5"

"anrm_0000098 "PE" "PE-APU" "19" "APU"

6"

"anrm_0000098 "PE" "PE-PAS" "15" "PAS"

7"

"anrm_0000098 "PE" "PE-MDD" "24" "MDD"

8"

"anrm_0000098 "PE" "PE-AYA" "18" "AYA"

9"

"anrm_0000099 "PE" "PE-AMA" "11" "AMA"

0"

"anrm_0000099 "PE" "PE-HUC" "14" "HUC"

1"

"anrm_0000099 "PE" "PE-ICA" "07" "ICA"

2"

"anrm_0000099 "PE" "PE-CUS" "20" "20"

3"

"anrm_0000099 "PE" "PE-LMA" "06" "LMA"

4"

"anrm_0000099 "PE" "PE-JUN" "16" "JUN"

5"

"anrm_0000099 "PE" "PE-CAJ" "12" "CAJ"

6"

"anrm_0000099 "PE" "PE-TUM" "01" "TUM"

7"

"anrm_0000099 "PE" "PE-LOR" "22" "LOR"

8"

"anrm_0000099 "PE" "PE-MOQ" "09" "MOQ"

9"

"anrm_0000100 "PE" "PE-CAL" "06" "CAL"

0"

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UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000100 "PE" "PE-HUV" "17" "HUV"

1"

"anrm_0000100 "PE" "PE-PUN" "21" "PUN"

2"

"anrm_0000100 "PE" "PE-ARE" "08" "ARE"

3"

"anrm_0000100 "PE" "PE-LAL" "04" "LAL"

4"

"anrm_0000100 "PE" "PE-ANC" "05" "ANC"

5"

"anrm_0000100 "PE" "PE-TAC" "10" "TAC"

6"

"anrm_0000100 "PE" "PE-LIM" "06" "LIM"

7"

"anrm_0000100 "PE" "PE-UCA" "23" "UCA"

8"

"anrm_0000100 "PH" "PH-WSA" "08" "WSA"

9"

"anrm_0000101 "PH" "PH-AKL" "06" "AKL"

0"

"anrm_0000101 "PH" "PH-COM" "12" "COM"

1"

"anrm_0000101 "PH" "PH-NUE" "03" "NUE"

2"

"anrm_0000101 "PH" "PH-MSC" "10" "MSC"

3"

"anrm_0000101 "PH" "PH-PLW" "04" "PLW"

4"

"anrm_0000101 "PH" "PH-ZMB" "09" "ZMB"

5"

"anrm_0000101 "PH" "PH-BUL" "03" "BUL"

6"

"anrm_0000101 "PH" "PH-BUK" "10" "BUK"

7"

"anrm_0000101 "PH" "PH-IFU" "03" "IFU"

8"

"anrm_0000101 "PH" "PH-ISA" "02" "ISA"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000102 "PH" "PH-BAS" "11" "BAS"

0"

"anrm_0000102 "PH" "PH-MOU" "03" "MOU"

1"

"anrm_0000102 "PH" "PH-APA" "03" "APA"

2"

"anrm_0000102 "PH" "PH-DAO" "12" "DAO"

3"

"anrm_0000102 "PH" "PH-LAG" "04" "LAG"

4

"anrm_0000102 "PH" "PH-BAN" "03" "BAN"

5"

"anrm_0000102 "PH" "PH-NUV" "02" "NUV"

6"

"anrm_0000102 "PH" "PH-AGS" "10" "AGS"

7"

"anrm_0000102 "PH" "PH-MSR" "10" "MSR"

8"

"anrm_0000102 "PH" "PH-NEC" "07" "NEC"

9"

"anrm_0000103 "PH" "H-BEN" "03" "BEN"

0"

"anrm_0000103 "PH" "PH-AGN" "10" "AGN"

1"

"anrm_0000103 "PH" "PH-BIL" "08" "BIL"

2"

"anrm_0000103 "PH" "PH-LUN" "01" "LUN"

3"

"anrm_0000103 "PH" "PH-TAR" "03" "TAR"

4"

"anrm_0000103 "PH" "PH-RIZ" "04" "RIZ"

5"

"anrm_0000103 "PH" "PH-ZAN" "09" "ZAN"

6"

"anrm_0000103 "PH" "PH-LEY" "08" "LEY"

7"

"anrm_0000103 "PH" "PH-TAW" "11" "TAW"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000103 "PH" "PH-LAS" "11" "LAS"

9"

"anrm_0000104 "PH" "PH-PAN" "01" "PAN"

0"

"anrm_0000104 "PH" "PH-SLE" "08" "SLE"

1"

"anrm_0000104 "PH" "PH-ZAS" "09" "ZAS"

2"

"anrm_0000104 "PH" "PH-PAM" "03" "PAM"

3"

"anrm_0000104 "PH" "PH-NER" "07" "NER"

4"

"anrm_0000104 "PH" "PH-DAV" "12" "DAV"

5"

"anrm_0000104 "PH" "PH-LAN" "10" "LAN"

6"

"anrm_0000104 "PH" "PH-ALB" "05" "ALB"

7"

"anrm_0000104 "PH" "PH-DAS" "12" "DAS"

8"

"anrm_0000104 "PH" "PH-SOR" "05" "SOR"

9"

"anrm_0000105 "PH" "PH-ILS" "01" "ILS"

0"

"anrm_0000105 "PH" "PH-MDC" "04" "MDC"

1"

"anrm_0000105 "PH" "PH-ILN" "01" "ILN"

2"

"anrm_0000105 "PH" "PH-SCO" "11" "SCO"

3"

"anrm_0000105 "PH" "PH-ILI" "06" "ILI"

4"

"anrm_0000105 "PH" "PH-QUE" "04" "QUE"

5"

"anrm_0000105 "PH" "PH-CEB" "07" "CEB"

6"

"anrm_0000105 "PH" "PH-SUK" "11" "SUK"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000105 "PH" "PH-AUR" "03" "AUR"

8"

"anrm_0000105 "PH" "PH-SUN" "10" "SUN"

9"

"anrm_0000106 "PH" "PH-NSA" "08" "NSA"

0"

"anrm_0000106 "PH" "PH-BOH" "07" "BOH"

1"

"anrm_0000106 "PH" "PH-GUI" "06" "GUI"

2"

"anrm_0000106 "PH" "PH-MDR" "04" "MDR"

3"

"anrm_0000106 "PH" "PH-ROM" "04" "ROM"

4"

"anrm_0000106 "PH" "PH-SUR" "10" "SUR"

5"

"anrm_0000106 "PH" "PH-ZSI" "09" "ZSI"

6"

"anrm_0000106 "PH" "PH-SIG" "07" "SIG"

7"

"anrm_0000106 "PH" "PH-MAG" "11" "MAG"

8"

"anrm_0000106 "PH" "PH-CAP" "06" "CAP"

9"

"anrm_0000107 "PH" "PH-CAN" "05" "CAN"

0"

"anrm_0000107 "PH" "PH-MAD" "04" "MAD"

1"

"anrm_0000107 "PH" "PH-CAM" "10" "CAM"

2"

"anrm_0000107 "PH" "PH-SLU" "11" "SLU"

3"

"Anrm_0000107 "PH" "PH-CAG" "02" "CAG"

4"

"anrm_0000107 "PH" "PH-QUI" "02" "QUI"

5"

"anrm_0000107 "PH" "PH-MAS" "05" "MAS"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000107 "PH" "PH-BTN" "02" "BTN"

7"

"anrm_0000107 "PH" "PH-NCO" "11" "NCO"

8"

"anrm_0000107 "PH" "PH-CAV" "04" "CAV"

9"

"anrm_0000108 "PH" "PH-EAS" "08" "EAS"

0"

"anrm_0000108 "PH" "PH-CAT" "05" "CAT"

1"

"anrm_0000108 "PH" "PH-KAL" "03" "KAL"

2"

"anrm_0000108 "PH" "PH-BTG" "04" "BTG"

3"

"anrm_0000108 "PH" "PH-CAS" "04" "CAS"

4"

"anrm_0000108 "PH" "PH-ABR" "03" "ABR"

5"

"anrm_0000108 "PH" "PH-ANT" "06" "ANT"

6"

"anrm_0000108 "PH" "PH-SAR" "11" "SAR"

7"

"anrm_0000108 "PL" "PL-02" "DSL" "DS"

8"

"anrm_0000108 "PL" "PL-04" "K-P" "KP"

9"

"anrm_0000109 "PL" "PL-08" "LBS" "LB"

0"

"anrm_0000109 "PL" "PL-10" "LDZ" "LD"

1"

"anrm_0000109 "PL" "PL-06" "LBL" "LU"

2"

"anrm_0000109 "PL" "PL-12" "MAL" "MA"

3"

"anrm_0000109 "PL" "PL-14" "MAZ" "MZ"

4"

"anrm_0000109 "PL" "PL-16" "OPO" "OP"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000109 "PL" "PL-20" "PDL" "PD"

6"

"anrm_0000109 "PL" "PL-18" "PDK" "PK"

7"

"anrm_0000109 "PL" "PL-22" "POM" "PM"

8"

"anrm_0000109 "PL" "PL-26" "SWK "SK"

9"

"anrm_0000110 "PL" "PL-24" "SLS" "SL"

0"

"anrm_0000110 "PL" "PL-28" "W-M" "WN"

1"

"anrm_0000110 "PL" "PL-30" "WLK" "WP"

2"

"anrm_0000110 "PL" "PL-32" "Z-P" "ZP"

3"

"anrm_0000110 "PT" "PT-05" "28" "05"

4"

"anrm_0000110 "PT" "PT-16" "10" "16"

5"

"anrm_0000110 "PT" "PT-06" "21" "06"

6"

"anrm_0000110 "PT" "PT-17" "16" "17"

7"

"anrm_0000110 "PT" "PT-03" "11" "03"

8"

"anrm_0000110 "PT" "PT-14" "34" "14"

9"

"anrm_0000111 "PT" "PT-04" "17" "04"

0"

"anrm_0000111 "PT" "PT-15" "32" "15"

1"

"anrm_0000111 "PT" "PT-01" "20" "01"

2"

"anrm_0000111 "PT" "PT-12" "41" "12"

3"

"anrm_0000111 "PT" "PT-02" "43" "02"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000111 "PT" "PT-13" "13" "13"

5"

"anrm_0000111 "PT" "PT-10" "22" "10"

6"

"anrm_0000111 "PT" "PT-11" "31" "11"

7"

"anrm_0000111 "PT" "PT-30" "70" "30"

8"

"anrm_0000111 "PT" "PT-20" "60" "20"

9"

"anrm_0000112 "PT" "PT-09" "27" "09"

0"

"anrm_0000112 "PT" "Pt-07" "42" "07"

1"

"ANRM_0000112 "PT" "PT-18" "25" "18"

2"

"anrm_0000112 "PT" "PT-08" "50" "08"

3"

"anrm_0000112 "QA" "QA-MS" "002" "MS"

4"

"anrm_0000112 "QA" "QA-WA" "004" "WA"

5"

"anrm_0000112 "QA" "QA-US" "002" "US"

6"

"anrm_0000112 "QA" "QA-DA" "001" "DA"

7"

"anrm_0000112 "QA" "QA-KH" "002" "KH"

8"

"anrm_0000112 "QA" "QA-RA" "003" "RA"

9"

"anrm_0000113 "RO" "RO-BZ" "11" "BZ"

0"

"anrm_0000113 "RO" "RO-SM" "34" "SM"

1"

"anrm_0000113 "RO" "RO-MH" "28" "MH"

2"

"anrm_0000113 "RO" "RO-IF" "26" "IF"

3"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000113 "RO" "RO-BR" "08" "BR"

4"

"anrm_0000113 "RO" "RO-BT" "07" "BT"

5"

"anrm_0000113 "RO" "RO-BV" "09" "BV"

6"

"anrm_0000113 "RO" "RO-SJ" "33" "SJ"

7"

"anrm_0000113 "RO" "RO-CL" "12" "CL"

8"

"anrm_0000113 "RO" "RO-IS" "25" "IS"

9"

"anrm_0000114 "RO" "RO-GR" "21" "GR"

0"

"anrm_0000114 "RO" "RO-B" "10" "B"

1"

"anrm_0000114 "RO" "RO-MM" "27" "MM"

2"

"anrm_0000114 "RO" "RO-AB" "01" "AB"

3"

"anrm_0000114 "RO" "RO-GJ" "20" "GH"

4"

"anrm_0000114 "RO" "RO-IL" "24" "IL"

5"

"anrm_0000114 "RO" "RO-SV" "36" "SV"

6"

"anrm_0000114 "RO" "RO-GL" "19" "GL"

7"

"anrm_0000114 "RO" "RO-OT" "31" "OT"

8"

"anrm_0000114 "RO" "RO-AG" "03" "AG"

9"

"anrm_0000115 "RO" "RO-MS" "29" "MS"

0"

"anrm_0000115 "RO" "RO-CJ" "14" "CJ"

1"

"anrm_0000115 "RO" "RO-PH" "32" "PH"

2"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000115 "RO" "RO-TL" "39" "TL"

3"

"anrm_0000115 "RO" "RO-VN" "42" "VN"

4"

"anrm_0000115 "RO" "RO-TM" "38" "TM"

5"

"anrm_0000115 "RO" "RO-HD" "23" "HD"

6"

"anrm_0000115 "RO" "RO-VS" "40" "VS"

7"

"anrm_0000115 "RO" "RO-DB" "17" "DB"

8"

"anrm_0000115 "RO" "RO-TR" "37" "TR"

9"

"anrm_0000116 "RO" "RO-CS" "13" "CS"

0"

"anrm_0000116 "RO" "RO-AR" "02" "AR"

1"

"anrm_0000116 "RO" "RO-CT" "15" "CT"

2"

"anrm_0000116 "RO" "RO-CV" "16" "CV"

3"

"anrm_0000116 "RO" "RO-VL" "41" "VL"

4"

"anrm_0000116 "RO" "RO-HR" "22" "HR"

5"

"anrm_0000116 "RO" "RO-BN" "06" "BN"

6"

"anrm_0000116 "RO" "RO-SB" "35" "SB"

7"

"anrm_0000116 "RO" "RO-BC" "04" "BC"

8"

"anrm_0000116 "RO" "RO-BH" "05" "BH"

9"

"anrm_0000117 "RO" "RO-DJ" "18" "DJ"

0"

"anrm_0000117 "RO" "RO-NT" "30" "NT"

1"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000117 "RU" "RU-ARK" "29" "ARK"

2"

"anrm_0000117 "RU" "RU-KK" "19" "KK"

3"

"anrm_0000117 "RU" "RU-KL" "08" "KL"

4"

"anrm_0000117 "RU" "RU-SAK" "65" "SAK"

5"

"anrm_0000117 "RU" "RU-KO" "11" "KO'

6"

"anrm_0000117 "RU" "RU-SAM" "63" "SAM"

7"

"anrm_0000117 "RU" "RU-CE" "20" "CE"

8"

"anrm_0000117 "RU" "RU-IRK" "38" "IRK"

9"

"anrm_0000118 "RU" "RU-KC" "09" "KC"

0"

"anrm_0000118 "RU" "RU-ORE" "56" "ORE"

1"

"anrm_0000118 "RU" "RU-SVE" "66" "SVE"

2"

"anrm_0000118 "RU" "RU-SAR" "64" "SAR"

3"

"anrm_0000118 "RU" "RU-KB" "07" "KB"

4"

"anrm_0000118 "RU" "RU-YAN" "89" "YAN"

5"

"anrm_0000118 "RU" "RU-ORL" "57" "ORL"

6"

"anrm_0000118 "RU" "RU-MUR" "51" "MUR"

7"

"anrm_0000118 "RU" "RU-CU" "21" "CU"

8"

"anrm_0000118 "RU" "RU-TOM" "70" "TOM"

9"

"anrm_0000119 "RU" "RU-KEM" "42" "KEM"

0"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000119 "RU" "RU-MAG" "49" "MAG"

1"

"anrm_0000119 "RU" "RU-IVA" "37" "IVA"

2"

"anrm_0000119 "RU" "RU-KIR" "43" "KIR"

3"

"anrm_0000119 "RU" "RU-KR" "10" "KR"

4"

"anrm_0000119 "RU" "RU-OMS" "55" "OMS"

5"

"anrm_0000119 "RU" "RU-SMO" "67" "SMO"

6"

"anrm_0000119 "RU" "RU-ROS" "61" "ROS"

7"

"anrm_0000119 "RU" "RU-VGG" "34" "VGG"

8"

"anrm_0000119 "RU" "RU-KAM" "41" "KAM"

9"

"anrm_0000120 "RU" "RU-TA" "16" "TA"

0"

"anrm_0000120 "RU" "RU-NGR" "53" "NGR"

1"

"anrm_0000120 "RU" "RU-VOR" "36" "VOR"

2"

"anrm_0000120 "RU" "RU-PNZ" "57" "PNZ"

3"

"anrm_0000120 "RU" "RU-BA" "03" "BA"

4"

"anrm_0000120 "RU" "RU-ULY" "73" "ULY"

5"

"anrm_0000120 "RU" "RU-PSK" "60" "PSK"

6"

"anrm_0000120 "RU" "RU-AMU" "28" "AMU"

7"

"anrm_0000120 "RU" "RU-NVS" "54" "NVS"

8"

"anrm_0000120 "RU" "RU-SA" "14" "SA"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000121 "RU" "RU-CHU" "87" "CHU"

0"

"anrm_0000121 "RU" "RU-KHM" "86" "KHM"

1"

"anrm_0000121 "RU" "RU-SE" "15" "SE"

2"

"anrm_0000121 "RU" "RU-BU" "04" "BU"

3"

"anrm_0000121 "RU" "RU-KYA" "24" "KYA"

4"

"anrm_0000121 "RU" "RU-KLU" "40" "KLU"

5"

"anrm_0000121 "RU" "RU-ZAB" "75" "ZAB"

6"

"anrm_0000121 "RU" "RU-PER" "59" "PER"

7"

"anrm_0000121 "RU" "RU-IN" "06" "IN"

8"

"anrm_0000121 "RU" "RU-NIZ" "52" "NIZ"

9"

"anrm_0000122 "RU" "RU-CHE" "74" "CHE"

0"

"anrm_0000122 "RU" "RU-MO" "13" "MO"

1"

"anrm_0000122 "RU" "RU-STA" "26" "STA"

2"

"anrm_0000122 "RU" "RU-TAM" "68" "TAM"

3"

"anrm_0000122 "RU" "RU-AD" "01" "AD"

4"

"anrm_0000122 "RU" "RU-ME" "12" "ME"

5"

"anrm_0000122 "RU" "RU-TVE" "69" "TVE"

6"

"anrm_0000122 "RU" "RU-KHA" "27" "KHA"

7"

"anrm_0000122 "RU" "RU-PRI" "25" "PRI"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000122 "RU" "RU-KDA" "23" "KDA"

9"

"anrm_0000123 "RU" "RU-SPE" "78" "SPE"

0"

"anrm_0000123 "RU" "RU-ALT" "22" "ALT"

1"

"anrm_0000123 "RU" "RU-BRY" "32" "BRY"

2"

"anrm_0000123 "RU" "RU-TUL" "71" "TUL"

3"

"anrm_0000123 "RU" "RU-KOS" "44" "KOS"

4"

"anrm_0000123 "RU" "RU-TYU" "72" "TYU"

5"

"anrm_0000123 "RU" "RU-MOS" "50" "MOS"

6"

"anrm_0000123 "RU" "RU-KGN" "45" "KGN"

7"

"anrm_0000123 "RU" "RU-LIP" "48" "LIP"

8"

"anrm_0000123 "RU" "RU-LEN" "47" "LEN"

9"

"anrm_0000124 "RU" "RU-MOW" "77" "MOW"

0"

"anrm_0000124 "RU" "RU-NEN" "83" "NEN"

1"

"anrm_0000124 "RU" "RU-AL" "02" "AL"

2"

"anrm_0000124 "RU" "RU-RYA" "62" "RYA"

3"

"anrm_0000124 "RU" "RU-TY" "17" "TY"

4"

"anrm_0000124 "RU" "RU-AST" "30" "AST"

5"

"anrm_0000124 "RU" "RU-DA" "05" "DA"

6"

"anrm_0000124 "RU" "RU-KGD" "39" "KDG"

7"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000124 "RU" "RU-BEL" "31" "BEL"

8"

"anrm_0000124 "RU" "RU-YAR" "76" "YAR"

9"

"anrm_0000125 "RU" "RU-YEV" "79" "YEV"

0"

"anrm_0000125 "RU" "RU-VLA" "33" "VLA"

1"

"anrm_0000125 "RU" "RU-KRS" "46" "KRS"

2"

"anrm_0000125 "RU" "RU-UD" "18" "UD"

3"

"anrm_0000125 "RU" "RU-VLG" "35" "VLG"

4"

"anrm_0000125 "SE" "SE-I" "003" "I"

5"

"anrm_0000125 "SE" "SE-G" "009" "G"

6"

"anrm_0000125 "SE" "SE-H" "008" "H"

7"

"anrm_0000125 "SE" "SE-AC" "016" "AC"

8"

"anrm_0000125 "SE" "SE-BD" "010" "BD"

9"

"anrm_0000126 "SE" "SE-E" "021" "E"

0"

"anrm_0000126 "SE" "SE-AB" "012" "AB"

1"

"anrm_0000126 "SE" "SE-F" "007" "F"

2"

"anrm_0000126 "SE" "SE-C" "014" "C"

3"

"anrm_0000126 "SE" "SE-D" "013" "D"

4"

"anrm_0000126 "SE" "SE-O" "019" "O"

5"

"anrm_0000126 "SE" "SE-M" "011" "M"

6"

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UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000126 "SE" "SE-N" "005" "N"

7"

"anrm_0000126 "SE" "SE-K" "001" "K"

8"

"anrm_0000126 "SE" "SE-Y" "017" "Y"

9"

"anrm_0000127 "SE" "SE-Z" "006" "Z"

0"

"anrm_0000127 "SE" "SE-W" "002" "W"

1"

"anrm_0000127 "SE" "SE-X" "004" "X"

2"

"anrm_0000127 "SE" "SE-U" "018" "U"

3"

"anrm_0000127 "SE" "SE-S" "015" "S"

4"

"anrm_0000127 "SE" "SE-T" "020" "T"

5"

"anrm_0000127 "TH" "TH-71" "14" "71"

6"

"anrm_0000127 "TH" "TH-73" "27" "73"

7"

"anrm_0000127 "TH" "TH-31" "03" "31"

8"

"anrm_0000127 "TH" "TH-30" "29" "30"

9"

"anrm_0000128 "TH" "TH-76" "43" "76"

0"

"anrm_0000128 "TH" "TH-37" "01" "37"

1"

"anrm_0000128 "TH" "TH-36" "06" "36"

2"

"anrm_0000128 "TH" "TH-39" "34" "39"

3"

"anrm_0000128 "TH" "TH-80" "31" "80"

4"

"anrm_0000128 "TH" "TH-82" "39" "82"

5"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000128 "TH" "TH-81" "16" "81"

6"

"anrm_0000128 "TH" "TH-40" "15" "40"

7"

"anrm_0000128 "TH" "TH-83" "48" "83"

8"

"anrm_0000128 "TH" "TH-42" "21" "42"

9"

"anrm_0000129 "TH" "TH-86" "11" "86"

0"

"anrm_0000129 "TH" "TH-44" "24" "44"

1"

"anrm_0000129 "TH" "TH-43" "35" "43"

2"

"anrm_0000129 "TH" "TH-46" "12" "46"

3"

"anrm_0000129 "TH" "TH-48" "28" "48"

4"

"anrm_0000129 "TH" "TH-49" "25" "49"

5"

"anrm_0000129 "TH" "TH-93" "40" "93"

6"

"anrm_0000129 "TH" "TH-51" "20" "51"

7"

"anrm_0000129 "TH" "TH-50" "08" "50"

8"

"anrm_0000129 "TH" "TH-94" "38" "94"

9"

"anrm_0000130 "TH" "TH-52" "19" "52"

0"

"anrm_0000130 "TH" "TH-96" "33" "96"

1"

"anrm_0000130 "TH" "TH-55" "32" "55"

2"

"anrm_0000130 "TH" "TH-10" "17" "10"

3"

"anrm_0000130 "TH" "TH-54" "47" "54"

4"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000130 "TH" "TH-13" "37" "13"

5"

"anrm_0000130 "TH" "TH-57" "09" "57"

6"

"anrm_0000130 "TH" "TH-12" "36" "12"

7"

"anrm_0000130 "TH" "TH-56" "41" "56"

8"

"anrm_0000130 "TH" "TH-15" "02" "15"

9"

"anrm_0000131 "TH" "TH-14" "46" "14"

0"

"anrm_0000131 "TH" "TH-58" "23" "58"

1"

"anrm_0000131 "TH" "TH-16" "22" "16"

2"

"anrm_0000131 "TH" "TH-18" "05" "18"

3"

"anrm_0000131 "TH" "TH-60" "30" "60"

4"

"anrm_0000131 "TH" "TH-62" "13" "62"

5"

"anrm_0000131 "TH" "TH-20" "10" "20"

6"

"anrm_0000131 "TH" "TH-22" "07" "22"

7"

"anrm_0000131 "TH" "TH-66" "44" "66"

8"

"anrm_0000131 "TH" "TH-65" "45" "65"

9"

"anrm_0000132 "TH" "TH-24" "04" "24"

0"

"anrm_0000132 "TH" "TH-67" "42" "67"

1"

"anrm_0000132 "TH" "TH-26" "26" "26"

2"

"anrm_0000132 "TH" "TH-25" "49" "25"

3"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000132 "TR" "TR-53" "53" "53"

4"

"anrm_0000132 "TR" "TR-52" "52" "52"

5"

"anrm_0000132 "TR" "TR-11" "11" "11"

6"

"anrm_0000132 "TR" "TR-55" "55" "55"

7"

"anrm_0000132 "TR" "TR-10" "10" "10"

8"

"anrm_0000132 "TR" "TR-54" "54" "54"

9"

"anrm_0000133 "TR" "TR-51" "51" "51"

0"

"anrm_0000133 "TR" "TR-50" "50" "50"

1"

"anrm_0000133 "TR" "TR-17" "17" "17"

2"

"anrm_0000133 "TR" "TR-16" "16" "16"

3"

"anrm_0000133 "TR" "TR-19" "19" "19"

4"

"anrm_0000133 "TR" "TR-18" "18" "18"

5"

"anrm_0000133 "TR" "TR-13" "13" "13"

6"

"anrm_0000133 "TR" "TR-57" "57" "57"

7"

"anrm_0000133 "TR" "TR-12" "12" "12"

8"

"anrm_0000133 "TR" "TR-56" "56" "56"

9"

"anrm_0000134 "TR" "TR-15" "15" "15"

0"

"anrm_0000134 "TR" "TR-59" "59" "59"

1"

"anrm_0000134 "TR" "TR-14" "14" "14"

2"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000134 "TR" "TR-58" "58" "58"

3"

"anrm_0000134 "TR" "TR-20" "20" "20"

4"

"anrm_0000134 "TR" "TR-64" "64" "64"

5"

"anrm_0000134 "TR" "TR-63" "63" "63"

6"

"anrm_0000134 "TR" "TR-22" "22" "22"

7"

"anrm_0000134 "TR" "TR-66" "66" "66"

8"

"anrm_0000134 "TR" "TR-21" "21" "21"

9"

"anrm_0000135 "TR" "TR-65" "65" "65"

0"

"anrm_0000135 "TR" "TR-60" "60" "60"

1"

"anrm_0000135 "TR" "TR-62" "62" "62"

2"

"anrm_0000135 "TR" "61" "61" "61"

3"

"anrm_0000135 "TR" "TR-28" "28" "28"

4"

"anrm_0000135 "TR" "TR-27" "27" "27"

5"

"anrm_0000135 "TR" "TR-29" "29" "29"

6"

"anrm_0000135 "TR" "TR-24" "24" "24"

7"

"anrm_0000135 "TR" "TR-68" "68" "68"

8"

"anrm_0000135 "TR" "TR-23" "23" "23"

9"

"anrm_0000136 "TR" "TR-67" "67" "67"

0"

"anrm_0000136 "TR" "TR-26" "26" "26"

1"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000136 "TR" "TR-25" "25" "25"

2"

"anrm_0000136 "TR" "TR-69" "69" "69"

3"

"anrm_0000136 "TR" "TR-31" "31" "31"

4"

"anrm_0000136 "TR" "TR-75" "75" "75"

5"

"anrm_0000136 "TR" "TR-30" "30" "30"

6"

"anrm_0000136 "TR" "TR-74" "74" "74"

7"

"anrm_0000136 "TR" "TR-33" "33" "33"

8"

"anrm_0000136 "TR" "TR-77" "77" "77"

9"

"anrm_0000137 "TR" "TR-32" "32" "32"

0"

"anrm_0000137 "TR" "TR-76" "76" "76"

1"

"anrm_0000137 "TR" "TR-71" "71" "71"

2"

"anrm_0000137 "TR" "TR-70" "70" "70"

3"

"anrm_0000137 "TR" "TR-73" "73" "73"

4"

"anrm_0000137 "TR" "TR-72" "72" "72"

5"

"anrm_0000137 "TR" "TR-39" "39" "39"

6"

"anrm_0000137 "TR" "TR-38" "38" "38"

7"

"anrm_0000137 "TR" "TR-35" "35" "35"

8"

"anrm_0000137 "TR" "TR-79" "79" "79"

9"

"anrm_0000138 "TR" "TR-34" "34" "34"

0"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000138 "TR" "TR-78" "67" "78"

1"

"anrm_0000138 "TR" "TR-37" "37" "37"

2"

"anrm_0000138 "TR" "TR-36" "36" "36"

3"

"anrm_0000138 "TR" "TR-80" "01" "80"

4"

"anrm_0000138 "TR" "TR-42" "42 "42"

5"

"anrm_0000138 "TR" "TR-41" "41" "41"

6"

"anrm_0000138 "TR" "TR-44" "44" "44"

7"

"anrm_0000138 "TR" "TR-43" "43" "43"

8"

"anrm_0000138 "TR" "TR-81" "14" "81"

9"

"anrm_0000139 "TR" "TR-40" "40" "40"

0"

"anrm_0000139 "TR" "TR-06" "06" "06"

1"

"anrm_0000139 "TR" "TR-05" "05" "05"

2"

"anrm_0000139 "TR" "TR-49" "49" "49"

3"

"anrm_0000139 "TR" "TR-08" "08" "08"

4"

"anrm_0000139 "TR" "TR-07" "07" "07"

5"

"anrm_0000139 "TR" "TR-02" "02" "02"

6"

"anrm_0000139 "TR" "TR-46" "46" "46"

7"

"anrm_0000139 "TR" "TR-01" "01" "01"

8"

"anrm_0000139 "TR" "TR-45" "45" "45"

9"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000140 "TR" "TR-04" "04" "04"

0"

"anrm_0000140 "TR" "TR-48" "48" "48"

1"

"anrm_0000140 "TR" "TR-03" "03" "03"

2"

"anrm_0000140 "TR" "TR-47" "47" "47"

3"

"anrm_0000140 "TR" "TR-09" "09" "09"

4"

"anrm_0000140 "TW" "TW-ILA" "TWN" "ILA"

5"

"anrm_0000140 "TW" "TW-CHA" "TWN" "CHA"

6"

"anrm_0000140 "TW" "TW-CYQ" "TWN" "CYQ"

7"

"anrm_0000140 "TW" "TW-NAN" "TWN" "NAN"

8"

"anrm_0000140 "TW" "TW-TPE" "TPE" "TPE"

9"

"anrm_0000141 "TW" "TW-HSQ" "TWN" "HSQ"

0"

"anrm_0000141 "TW" "TW-MIA" "TWN" "MIA"

1"

"anrm_0000141 "TW" "TW-TAO" "TWN" "TAO"

2"

"anrm_0000141 "TW" "TW-TXG" "TWN" "TXG"

3"

"anrm_0000141 "TW" "TW-HSZ" "TWN" "HSZ"

4"

"anrm_0000141 "TW" "TW-PIF" "TWN" "PIF"

5"

"anrm_0000141 "TW" "TW-KEE" "TWN" "KEE"

6"

"anrm_0000141 "TW" "TW-KHH" "KSH" "KHH"

7"

"anrm_0000141 "TW" "TW-PEN" "TWN" "PEN"

8"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000141 "TW" "TW-HUA" "TWN" "HUA"

9"

"anrm_0000142 "TW" "TW-TNN" "TWN" "TNN"

0"

"anrm_0000142 "TW" "TW-TTT" "TWN" "TTT"

1"

"anrm_0000142 "TW" "TW-YUN" "TWN" "YUN"

2"

"anrm_0000142 "TW" "TW-CYI" "TWN" "CYI"

3"

"anrm_0000142 "UA" "UA-18" "ZHI" "18"

4"

"anrm_0000142 "UA" "UA-14" "DON" "14"

5"

"anrm_0000142 "UA" "UA-59" "SUM" "59"

6"

"anrm_0000142 "UA" "UA-32" "KIE" "32"

7"

"anrm_0000142 "UA" "UA-77" "CHV" "77"

8"

"anrm_0000142 "UA" "UA-12" "DNP" "12"

9"

"anrm_0000143 "UA" "UA-56" "RIV" "56"

0"

"anrm_0000143 "UA" "UA-35" "KIR" "35"

1"

"anrm_0000143 "UA" "UA-61" "TER" "61"

2"

"anrm_0000143 "UA" "UA-40" "M_S" "40"

3"

"anrm_0000143 "UA" "UA-63" "HAR" "63"

4"

"anrm_0000143 "UA" "UA-07" "VOL" "07"

5"

"anrm_0000143 "UA" "UA-09" "LUG" "09"

6"

"anrm_0000143 "UA" "UA-26" "IVF" "26"

7"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000143 "UA" "UA-48" "MIK" "48"

8"

"anrm_0000143 "UA" "UA-05" "VIN" "05"

9"

"anrm_0000144 "UA" "UA-21" "ZAK" "21"

0"

"anrm_0000144 "UA" "UA-43" "KRM" "43"

1"

"anrm_0000144 "UA" "UA-65" "HRS" "65"

2"

"anrm_0000144 "UA" "UA-23" "ZAP" "23"

3"

"anrm_0000144 "UA" "UA-46" "L'V" "46"

4"

"anrm_0000144 "UA" "UA-68" "HML" "68"

5"

"anrm_0000144 "UA" "UA-51" "ODS" "51"

6"

"anrm_0000144 "UA" "UA-30" "M_K" "30"

7"

"anrm_0000144 "UA" "UA-74" "CHG" "74"

8"

"anrm_0000144 "UA" "UA-53" "POL" "53"

9"

"anrm_0000145 "UA" "UA-71" "CHR" "71"

0"

"anrm_0000145 "US" "US-FL" "FL" "FL"

1"

"anrm_0000145 "US" "US-NV" "NV" "NV"

2"

"anrm_0000145 "US" "US-SC" "SC" "SC"

3"

"anrm_0000145 "US" "US-WA" "WA" "WA"

4"

"anrm_0000145 "US" "US-NY" "NY" "NY"

5"

"anrm_0000145 "US" "US-NC" "NC" "NC"

6"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000145 "US" "US-ND" "ND" "ND"

7"

"anrm_0000145 "US" "US-NE" "NE" "NE"

8"

"anrm_0000145 "US" "US-RI" "RI" "RI"

9"

"anrm_0000146 "US" "US-AR" "AR" "AR"

0"

"anrm_0000146 "US" "US-AS" "AS"

1"

"anrm_0000146 "US" "US-VT" "VT" "VT"

2"

"anrm_0000146 "US" "US-NM" "NM" "NM"

3"

"anrm_0000146 "US" "US-AZ" "AZ" "AZ"

4"

"anrm_0000146 "US" "US-NH" "NH" "NH"

5"

"anrm_0000146 "US" "US-NJ" "NJ" "NJ"

6"

"anrm_0000146 "US" "US-KS" "KS" "KS"

7"

"anrm_0000146 "US" "US-WY" "WY" "WY"

8"

"anrm_0000146 "US" "US-OR" "OR" "OR"

9"

"anrm_0000147 "US" "US-KY" "KY" "KY"

0"

"anrm_0000147 "US" "US-CO" "CO" "CO"

1"

"anrm_0000147 "US" "US-SD" "SD" "SD"

2"

"anrm_0000147 "US" "US-WI" "WI" "WI"

3"

"anrm_0000147 "US" "US-CA" "CA" "CA"

4"

"anrm_0000147 "US" "US-WV" "WV" "WV"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000147 "US" "US-OH" "OH" "OH"

6"

"anrm_0000147 "US" "US-GA" "GA" "GA"

7"

"anrm_0000147 "US" "US-OK" "OK" "OK"

8"

"anrm_0000147 "US" "US-DE" "DE" "DE"

9"

"anrm_0000148 "US" "US-HI" "HI" "HI"

0"

"anrm_0000148 "US" "US-PR" "PR"

1"

"anrm_0000148 "US" "US-TX" "TX" "TX"

2"

"anrm_0000148 "US" "US-LA" "LA" "LA"

3"

"anrm_0000148 "US" "US-CT" "CT" "CT"

4"

"anrm_0000148 "US" "US-PA" "PA" "PA"

5"

"anrm_0000148 "US" "US-DC" "DC" "DC"

6"

"anrm_0000148 "US" "US-TN" "TN" "TN"

7"

"anrm_0001488 "US" "US-IN" "IN" "IN"

"

"anrm_0000148 "US" "US-MS" "MS" "MS"

9"

"anrm_0000149 "US" "US-MT" "MT" "MT"

0"

"anrm_0000149 "US" "US-MN" "MN" "MN"

1"

"anrm_0000149 "US" "US-MO" "MO" "MO"

2"

"anrm_0000149 "US" "US-IL" "IL" "IL"

3"

"anrm_0000149 "US" "US-AK" "AK" "AK"

4"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000149 "US" "US-AL" "AL" "AL"

5"

"anrm_0000149 "US" "US-VA" "VA" "VA"

6"

"anrm_0000149 "US" "US-MD" "MD" "MD"

7"

"anrm_0000149 "US" "US-IA" "IA" "IA"

8"

"anrm_0000149 "US" "US-ME" "ME" "ME"

9"

"ANRM_0000150 "US" "US-MA" "MA" "MA"

0"

"anrm_0000150 "US" "US-UT" "UT" "UT"

1"

"anrm_0000150 "US" "US-ID" "ID" "ID"

2"

"anrm_0000150 "US" "US-MI" "MI" "MI"

3"

"anrm_0000150 "VE" "VE-F" "BOL" "F"

4"

"anrm_0000150 "VE" "VE-G" "CAR" "G"

5"

"anrm_0000506 "VE" "VE-H" "COJ" "H"

"

"anrm_0000150 "VE" "VE-I" "FAL" "I"

7"

"anrm_0000150 "VE" "VE-J" "GUA" "J"

8"

"anrm_0000150 "VE" "VE-K" "LAR" "K"

9"

"anrm_0000151 "VE" "VE-L" "MER" "L"

0"

"anrm_0000151 "VE" "VE-M" "MIR" "M"

1"

"anrm_0000151 "VE" "VE-A" "DF" "A"

2"

"anrm_0000151 "VE" "VE-B" "ANZ" "B"

3"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000151 "VE" "VE-C" "APU" "C"

4"

"anrm_0000151 "VE" "VE-D" "ARA" "D"

5"

"anrm_0000151 "VE" "VE-E" "BAR" "E"

6"

"anrm_0000151 "VE" "VE-V" "ZUL" "V"

7"

"anrm_0000151 "VE" "VE-W" "W"

8"

"anrm_0000151 "VE" "VE-X" "VAR" "X"

9"

"anrm_0000152 "VE" "VE-Y" "DA" "Y"

0"

"anrm_0000152 "VE" "VE-Z" "AMA" "Z"

1"

"anrm_0000152 "VE" "VE-N" "MON" "N"

2"

"anrm_0000152 "VE" "VE-O" "NE" "O"

3"

"anrm_0000152 "VE" "VE-P" "POR" "P"

4"

"anrm_0000152 "VE" "VE-R" "SUC" "R"

5"

"anrm_0000152 "VE" "VE-S" "TAC" "S"

6"

"anrm_0000152 "VE" "VE-T" "TRU" "T"

7"

"anrm_0000152 "VE" "VE-U" "YAR" "U"

8"

"anrm_0000152 "ZA" "ZA-WC" "WC" "WC"

9"

"anrm_0000153 "ZA" "ZA-FS" "FS" "FS"

0"

"anrm_0000153 "ZA" "ZA-GT" "GP" "GT"

1"

"anrm_0000153 "ZA" "ZA-EC" "EC" "EC"

2"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000153 "ZA" "ZA-NL" "ZN" "NL"

3"

"anrm_0000153 "ZA" "ZA-LP" "LP" "LP"

4"

"anrm_0000153 "ZA" "ZA-NC" "NC" "NC" `

5"

"anrm_0000153 "ZA" "ZA-MP" "MP" "MP"

6"

"anrm_0000153 "ZA" "ZA-NW" "NW" "NW"

7"

"anrm_0000002 "IN" "IN-ML" "15" "ML"

7"

"anrm_0000003 "IN" "IN-PB" "19" "PB"

2"

"anrm_0000002 "IN" "IN_GA" "05" "GA"

4"

"anrm_0000003 "IN" "IN-CT" "33" "CT"

0"

"anrm_0000002 "IN" "IN-OR" "18" "OR"

1"

"anrm_0000000 "IN" "IN-TN" "22" "TN"

5"

"anrm_0000001 "IN" "IN-MN" "14" "MN"

8"

"anrm_0000001 "IN" "IN_KA" "10" "KA"

0"

"anrm_0000000 "IN" "IN-LD" "31" "LD"

3"

"anrm_0000001 "IN" "IN-HR" "07" "HR"

5"

"anrm_0000000 "IN" "IN-TR" "23" "TR"

8"

"anrm_0000001 "IN" "IN-PY" "32" "PY"

3"

"anrm_0000003 "IN" "IN-AP" "01" "AP"

5"

"anrm_0000000 "IN" "IN-JH" "34" "JH"

6"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000001 "IN" "IN-HP" "08" "HP"

2"

"anrm_0000000 "IN" "IN-JK" "09" "JK"

2"

"anrm_0000000 "IN" "IN-BR" "04" "BR"

9"

"anrm_0000003 "IN" "IN-MZ" "16" "MZ"

4"

"anrm_0000002 "IN" "IN-UP" "24" "UP"

6"

"anrm_0000002 "IN" "IN-SK" "21" "SK"

3"

"anrm_0000002 "IN" "IN-MP" "12" "MP"

0"

"anrm_0000001 "IN" "IN-KL" "11" "KL"

7"

"anrm_0000002 "IN" "IN-AR" "02" "AR"

9"

"anrm_0000001 "IN" "IN-DN" "28" "DN"

4"

"anrm_0000001 "IN" "IN-GJ" "06" "GJ"

9"

"anrm_0000001 "IN" "IN-WB" "25" "WB"

6"

"anrm_0000001 "IN" "IN-DL" "30" "DL"

1"

"anrm_0000003 "IN" "IN-AS" "03" "AS"

1"

"anrm_0000003 "IN" "IN-TS" "02"

6"

"anrm_0000002 "IN" "IN-UT" "35" "UL"

8"

"anrm_0000003 "IN" "IN-AN" "26" "AN"

3"

"anrm_0000002 "IN" "IN-MH" "13" "MH"

5"

"anrm_0000000 "IN" "IN-RJ" "20" "RJ"

4"

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 PrevANStateCo PrevERPRegion
UniqueName CountryCode ANStateCode ERPRegionCode de Code

"anrm_0000000 "IN" "IN-NL" "17" "NL"

7"

"anrm_0000002 "IN" "IN-CH" "27" "CH"

2"

"anrm_0000000 "IN" "IN-DD" "29" "DD"

1"

Default Syntax Validation for Postal Codes in

Supplier Addresses
SAP Ariba provides default syntax validation master data for the postal codes that respondents provide in answers
to Address and Extended Address questions in supplier management questionnaires..

You can use the Import Country-Specific Postal Code Validations data import task to define custom, country/
region-specific syntax validation for postal codes [page 114] in Ariba Administrator.

The following table describes SAP Ariba's default postal code validation master data:

CountryCode Country ZipFormat Regex ISO Note

AO Angola AO

AG Antigua and AG
Barbuda

AW Aruba AW

BS Bahamas BS

BZ Belize BZ

BJ Benin BJ

BM Bermuda BM

BO Bolivia BO

BQ "Bonaire, BQ
Sint
Eustatius and
Saba"

BW Botswana BW

BF Burkino Faso BF

BI Burundi BI

CM Cameroon CM

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CF Central CF
African
Republic

TD Chad TD

KM Comoros KM

CG Congo CG
(Brazzaville)

CD Congo, CD
Democratic
Republic

CK Cook Islands CK

CI Ivory Coast CI

CW Curacao CW

DJ Djibouti DJ

DM Dominica DM

TL East Timor TL

GQ Equatorial GQ
Guinea

ER Eritrea ER

FJ Fiji FJ

TF French TF
Southern and
Antarctic
Territories

GA Gabon GA

GM Gambia GM

GH Ghana GH

GD Grenada GD

GY Guyana GY

HM Heard and HM
McDonald
Islands

HK Hong Kong HK

IE Ireland IE

KI Kiribati KI

LY Libyan Arab LY
Jamahiriya

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MO Macau MO

MW Malawi MW

ML Mali ML

MR Mauritania MR

NA Namibia NA

NR Nauru NR

NL Netherlands (1-9)N(0-9)NN ^[1-9][0-9] NL

N (!SA|SD| {3}\s(?!SA|
SS)AA SD|SS)[A-Z]
{2}$

NU Nieu NU

QA Qatar QA

RW Rwanda RW

KN Saint Kitts KN
and Nevis

ST Sao Tome and ST

Principe

SC Seychelles SC

SL Sierra Leone SL

SX Sint Maarten SX

SB Solomon SB
Islands

SR Suriname SR

TG Togo TG

TK Tokelau TK

TO Tonga TO

TV Tuvalu TV

UG Uganda UG

AE United Arab AE
Emirates

VU Vanuatu VU

YE Yemen YE

ZW Zimbabwe ZW

VA Vatican 120 ^(^00120$)$ VA

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CountryCode Country ZipFormat Regex ISO Note

SM San Marino 4789N ^(^4789\d{1}$ SM

)$

BL Saint 97133 ^(^97133$)$ BL

Barthelemy

MF Saint Martin 97150 ^(^97150$)$ MF

GP Guadeloupe 971NN ^(^971\d{2}$) GP

$

MQ Martinique 972NN ^(^972\d{2}$) MQ

$

GF French Guiana 973NN ^(^973\d{2}$) GF

$

RE Reunion 974NN ^(^974\d{2}$) RE

$

PM Saint Pierre 97500 ^(^97500$)$ PM

and Miquelon

YT Mayotte 976NN ^(^976\d{2}$) YT

$

MC Monaco 980NN ^(^980\d{2}$) MC

$

WF Wallis and 986NN ^(^986\d{2}$) WF

Futuna $

PF French 987NN ^(^987\d{2}$) PF

Polynesia $

NC New Caledonia 988NN ^(^988\d{2}$) NC

$

GB United A[A]N[A/N] ([Gg][Ii][Rr] GB

Kingdom NAA 0[Aa]{2})|
((([A-Za-z]
[0-9]{1,2})|
(([A-Za-z][A-
Ha-hJ-Yj-y]
[0-9]{1,2})|
(([A-Za-z]
[0-9][A-Za-
z])| ([A-Za-z]
[A-Ha-hJ-Yj-
y][0-9][A-Za-
z]?)))) \s?
[0-9][A-Za-z]
{2})

SO Somalia AA NNNNN ^(^\S{2}\s\d{ SO

5}$)$

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CountryCode Country ZipFormat Regex ISO Note

MT Malta AAA NNNN ^(^\S{3}\s\d{ MT

4}$)$

SH "Saint AAAA 1ZZ ^(^\S{4}\s1ZZ SH

Helena, $)$
Ascension and
Tristan da
Cunha"

GG Guernsey "AAN NAA, AAN ^(^\S{2}\d{1} GG

NAA" \s\d{1}\S{2})
$|
^(\S{2}\d{2}\
s\d{1}\S{2}$)
$

BN Brunei AANNNN ^(^\S{2}\d{4} BN

$)$

AI Anguilla AI-2640 ^(^AI-2640$)$ AI

CA Canada ANA NAN ^(?!.*[DFIOQU CA

])[A-VXY]
[0-9] [A-Z] ?
[0-9][A-Z]
[0-9]$

SZ Swaziland ANNN ^(^S{1}\d{3}$ SZ

)$

IO British BBND 1ZZ ^(^BIQQ\s1ZZ$ IO

Indian Ocean )$
Territory

IO British BBND 1ZZ ^(^BBND\s1ZZ$ IO

Antarctic )$
Territory

LV Latvia CC-NNNN ^(^LV-\d{4}$) LV

$

LT Lithuania CC-NNNNN ^(^LT-\d{5}$) LT

$

IM Isle of Man "CCN NAA, ^(^IM\d{1}\s\ IM

CCNN NAA" d{1}\S{2})$|
^(IM\d{2}\s\
d{1}\S{2}$)$

JE Jersey "CCN NAA, ^(^JE\d{1}\s\ JE

CCNN NAA" d{1}\S{2})$|
^(JE\d{2}\s\
d{1}\S{2}$)$

KY Cayman CCN-NNNN ^(^KY\d{1}- KY

Islands \d{4}$)$

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CountryCode Country ZipFormat Regex ISO Note

AD Andorra CCNNN ^(^AD\d{3}$)$ AD

AZ Azerbaijan CCNNNN ^(^AZ\d{4}$)$ AZ

VG British CCNNNN ^(^VG\d{4}$)$ VG

Virgin
Islands

VC Saint Vincent CCNNNN ^(^VC\d{4}$)$ VC

and the
Grenadines

WS Samoa CCNNNN ^(^WS\d{4}$)$ WS

MD Moldova "CCNNNN, CC- ^(^MD\d{4})$| MD

NNNN" ^(MD-\d{4}$)$

BB Barbados CCNNNNN ^(^BB\d{5}$)$ BB

HN Honduras CCNNNNN ^(^HN\d{5}$)$ HN

FK Falkland FIQQ 1ZZ ^(^FIQQ\s1ZZ$ FK

Islands )$

GI Gibraltar GX11 1AA ^(^GX11\s1AA$ GI

)$

LC Saint Lucia LCNN NN ^(^LC\d{2}\s\ LC

d{3}$)$

MS Montserrat MSR 1110-1350 ^[Mm][Ss][Rr] MS

\s{0,1}\d{4}$

DE Germany NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ DE

JM Jamaica NN ^(^\d{2}$)$ JM

SG Singapore NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ SG

PL Poland NN-NNN ^(^\d{2}- PL

\d{3}$)$

FO Faroe Islands NNN ^(^\d{3}$)$ FO

GN Guinea NNN ^(^\d{3}$)$ GN

IS Iceland NNN ^(^\d{3}$)$ IS

LS Lesotho NNN ^(^\d{3}$)$ LS

MG Madagascar NNN ^(^\d{3}$)$ MG

OM Oman NNN ^(^\d{3}$)$ OM

PS Palestine NNN ^(^\d{3}$)$ PS

PG Papua New NNN ^(^\d{3}$)$ PG

Guinea

CZ Czech NNN NN ^(^\d{3}\s\d{ CZ

Republic 2}$)$

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GR Greece "NNNNN, NNN ^(^\d{5})$| GR

NN" ^(\d{3}\s\d{2
}$)$

SK Slovakia NNN NN ^(^\d{3}\s\d{ SK

2}$)$

SE Sweden NNN NN ^(^\d{3}\s\d{ SE

2}$)$

TW Taiwan "NNN, NNNNN, ^(^[0-9]{3}) TW

NNN-NN" $|^(^[0-9]
{5})$|^([0-9]
{3}-[0-9]
{2}$)$

BH Bahrain "NNN, NNNN" ^(^\d{3})$| BH

^(\d{4}$)$

JP Japan NNN-NNNN ^(^\d{3}- JP

\d{4}$)$

Afghanistan NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$

AL Albania NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ AL

AR Argentina "ANNNNAAA, ^([A-Za-z] AR

NNNN" {1}\d{4}
[a-zA-Z]{3})
$|^(\d{4}$)$

AM Armenia NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ AM

AU Australia NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ AU

AT Austria NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ AT

BD Bangladesh NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ BD

BE Belgium NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ BE

BG Bulgaria NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ BG

CV Cape Verde NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ CV

CX Christmas NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ CX

Island

CC Cocos NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ CC

(Keeling)
Island

CY Cyprus NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ CY

DK Denmark NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ DK

SV El Salvador NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ SV

ET Ethiopia NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ ET

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GE Georgia NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ GE

GL Greenland NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ GL

GW Guinea Bissau NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ GW

HT Haiti NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ HT

HU Hungary NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ HU

LR Liberia NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ LR

LI Liechtenstein NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ LI

LU Luxembourg NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ LU

MK Macedonia NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ MK

MZ Mozambique NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ MZ

NZ New Zealand NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ NZ

NE Niger NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ NE

NF Norfolk NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ NF

Island

NO Norway NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ NO

PA Panama NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ PA

PY Paraguay NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ PY

PH Philippines NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ PH

PT Portugal "NNNN, NNNN- ^(^\d{4}) PT

NNN" $|^(\d{4}-
\d{3}$)$

ZA South Africa NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ ZA

CH Switzerland NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ CH

SJ Svalbard and NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ SJ

Jan Mayen

TN Tunisia NNNN ^(^\d{4}$)$ TN

SI Slovenia "NNNN, CC- ^(^\d{4})$| SI

NNNN" ^(SI-\d{4}$)$

VE Venezuela "NNNN, NNNN- ^(^\d{4}) VE

A" $|^(\d{4}-
\S{1}$)$

DZ Algeria NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ DZ

BT Bhutan NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ BT

BA Bosnia and NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ BA

Herzegovina

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KH Cambodia NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ KH

CR Costa Rica NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ CR

HR Croatia NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ HR

DO Dominican NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ DO

Republic

EG Egypt NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ EG

EE Estonia NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ EE

FI Finland NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ FI

FR France NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ FR

GT Guatemala NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ GT

ID Indonesia NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ ID

IT Italy NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ IT

JO Jordan NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ JO

KE Kenya NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ KE

KR "Korea, NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ KR

South"

XK Kosovo NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ XK

KW Kuwait NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ KW

LA Laos NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ LA

MY Malaysia NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ MY

MV Maldives NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ MV

MU Mauritius NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ MU

MX Mexico NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ MX

ME Montenegro NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ ME

MA Morocco NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ MA

MM Myanmar NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ MM

NP Nepal NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ NP

NI Nicaragua NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ NI

PK Pakistan NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ PK

SN Senegal NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ SN

RS Serbia NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ RS

ES Spain NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ ES

LK Sri Lanka NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ LK

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SD Sudan NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ SD

TZ Tanzania NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ TZ

TH Thailand NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ TH

TR Turkey NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ TR

UA Ukraine NNNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ UA

UY Uruguay NNNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ UY

ZM Zambia NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ ZM

PE Peru "NNNNN, CC ^(^\d{5})$| PE

NNNN" ^(PE\s\d{4}$)
$

AX Aland Islands "NNNN, CC- ^(^\d{5})$| AX

NNNN" ^(AX-\d{5}$)$

LB Lebanon "NNNNN, NNNN ^(^\d{5})$| LB

NNNN" ^(\d{4}\s\d{4
}$)$

BR Brazil "NNNNN, ^(^\d{5}) BR

NNNNN-NNN" $|^(\d{5}-
\d{3}$)$

AS American "NNNNN, ^(^\d{5}) AS

Samoa NNNNN-NNNN" $|^(\d{5}-
\d{4}$)$

GU Guam "NNNNN, ^(^\d{5}) GU

NNNNN-NNNN" $|^(\d{5}-
\d{4}$)$

MH Marshall "NNNNN, ^(^\d{5}) MH

Islands NNNNN-NNNN" $|^(\d{5}-
\d{4}$)$

FM Micronesia "NNNNN, ^(^\d{5}) FM

NNNNN-NNNN" $|^(\d{5}-
\d{4}$)$

MP Northern "NNNNN, ^(^\d{5}) MP

Mariana NNNNN-NNNN" $|^(\d{5}-
Islands \d{4}$)$

PW Palau "NNNNN, ^(^\d{5}) PW

NNNNN-NNNN" $|^(\d{5}-
\d{4}$)$

PR Puerto Rico "NNNNN, ^(^\d{5}) PR

NNNNN-NNNN" $|^(\d{5}-
\d{4}$)$

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US United States "NNNNN, ^(^\d{5}) US

NNNNN-NNNN" $|^(\d{5}-
\d{4}$)$

VI U.S. Virgin "NNNNN, ^(^\d{5}) VI

Islands NNNNN-NNNN" $|^(\d{5}-
\d{4}$)$

SA Saudi Arabia "NNNNN-NNNN, ^(^\d{5}- SA

NNNNN" \d{4})$|
^(\d{5}$)$

BY Belarus NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ BY

CN China NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ CN

CO Colombia NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ CO

EC Ecuador NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ EC

KZ Kazakhstan NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ KZ

KG Kyrgyzstan NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ KG

MN Mongolia NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ MN

NG Nigeria NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ NG

RO Romania NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ RO

RU Russia NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ RU

TJTJ Tajikistan NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$

TT Trinidad and NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ TT

Tobago

TM Turkmenistan NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ TM

UZ Uzbekistan NNNNNN ^(^\d{6}$)$ UZ

VN Vietnam NNNNN ^(^\d{5}$)$ VN

IN India "NNNNN, \n ^(^\d{6})$| IN

NNN NNN" ^(\d{3}\s\d{3
}$)$

IL Israel "NNNNN, ^(^\d{5})$| IL

NNNNNNN" ^(\d{7}$)$

CL Chile "NNNNNNN, ^(^\d{7}) CL

NNN-NNNN" $|^(\d{3}-
\d{4}$)$

PN Pitcairn PCRN 1ZZ ^(^PCRN\s1ZZ$ PN

Islands )$

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GS South Georgia SIQQ 1ZZ ^(^SIQQ\s1ZZ$ GS

and the South )$
Sandwich
Islands

TC Turks and TKCA 1ZZ ^(^TKCA\s1ZZ$ TC

Caicos )$
Islands

Related Information

Country/Region-Specific Postal Code Validation Data Import [page 114]

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Site Configuration Parameters for Supplier
Management

A number of supplier management features and functions are optional. Their availability in your site is controlled by
site configuration parameters.

The parameters that control behavior of certain features and functions in your site can be either support-enabled
or self-service:

• Support-enabled parameters can only be set by SAP Ariba Support.

• Self-service parameters can be set by an administrator in your organization. Depending on what they control,
self-service configuration parameters are available in one of the following locations:
• Intelligent Configuration Manager
• SM Administration Configuration Parameters

Some behavior in your site is controlled by feature toggles, which an administrator can also set, rather than by
parameters. For more information, see Supplier Management and Risk Self-Service Feature Toggles.

Support-Enabled Site Configuration Parameters for Supplier Management [page 786]

Self-Service Site Configuration Parameters for Supplier Management in Intelligent Configuration Manager
[page 790]

Self-Service Site Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826]

Support-Enabled Site Configuration Parameters for

Supplier Management
Some of the functionality for supplier management is controlled by configuration options that SAP Ariba Support
sets for you. These parameters apply to supplier management in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
and SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture).

[Link] (set by SAP Ariba Support)

The [Link] parameter is an integer
value that specifies the amount of time, in hours, that a temporary password token remains
valid after an administrator generates a password.

This parameter also controls the date displayed by the supplier registration deadline
(SUPPLIER_REG_DEADLINE) token in notifications sent to suppliers.

The default value is 48.

[Link]
Specifies the maximum size of files that suppliers can upload in events, surveys,
and supplier management questionnaires in bytes. The default value is 104857600, or
approximately 100MB. For supplier management questionnaires such as registration,

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 qualification, and modular questionnaires, this maximum only applies to supplier responses
to external questionnaires.
[Link] (set by SAP Ariba Support)
Enables the same automatic deletion and cleanup of item values for conditionally hidden
questions in repeatable sections that occurs by default outside of repeatable sections.
The default value is No. Set this parameter to Yes if any questionnaires in your site
include repeatable sections in which one piece of content triggers visibility conditions
on other content in the section, and recipient responses to requests for additional
information during questionnaire approval that involve deleting existing instances of the
repeatable section and then adding other instances of the same section result in submitted
questionnaires that include both deleted and re-added instances.
[Link] (set by SAP Ariba
Support)
Specifies whether or not the a questionnaire automatically validates auto-populated items
in repeatable sections when opened for editing. The default setting is No. Setting this
parameter to Yes disables the automatic validation, which is necessary in rare cases where
it causes an external questionnaire to generate additional instances of a repeatable section
that suppliers are unable to delete, and that can prevent suppliers from submitting those
questionnaires. This situation occurs for some external questionnaires that include 100 or
more instances of repeatable sections.
[Link] (set by SAP Ariba Support)
Specifies whether or not suppliers updating external registration questionnaires after a
supplier is registered can delete repeatable section answers such an bank accounts and
tax IDs that were added during the initial registration. Setting this parameter to Yes means
that once a supplier has achieved Registered registration status, suppliers do not see the
Delete option for repeatable section answers when updating external questionnaires. It is
useful if an integrated system separately deactivates or otherwise flags obsolete answers
but does not expect them to be removed entirely. The default setting, No, means that
suppliers can remove repeatable section answers from external registration questionnaires
both during the initial registration and when updating questionnaires after registration.
[Link].IsStateCodePopulatedInS4 (set by SAP Ariba Support)

Specifies whether, in solutions where you have migrated from supplier organizations
and supplier users to the unified vendor model, and plan to use an existing SAP
Ariba integration toolkit or SOAP web service integration to continue to update
suppliers in the unified vendor model after migration, the vendor push task enabled by
[Link] pushes data in the supplier organization
[Link] field to the [Link] field
(which has a maximum size of 2 characters) or the [Link] field
(which has a maximum size of 6 characters) in the unified vendor model.

The default setting, No, means that supplier organization state data is pushed to
[Link]. If you migrated your supplier organizations without the
Consider state as stateName option enabled, supplier organization address state data
was migrated to the [Link] field. Disabling this parameter means that
the vendor push task pushes updates to the same field.
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 Specifies whether or not, in solutions where a customer has migrated from using the
supplier profile questionnaire to supplier registrations in the unified vendor model, and
has configured mappings between supplier profile questionnaire content and supplier
registration questionnaire content, extended profile data imported using SAP Ariba
integration toolkit or SOAP web service integration is synchronized from the now-inactive
supplier profile questionnaire to the supplier registration questionnaires. The default value,
No, means that there is no synchronization from supplier profile questionnaire to supplier
registration questionnaires.
[Link] (set by SAP Ariba
Support)

Automatically populates text questions in internal questionnaires in repeatable sections

with initial values from the template. If this parameter is disabled, these questions don't
include any initial values from the template. Contact SAP Ariba Support to enable this
parameter.
[Link] (set by SAP Ariba Support)
Specifies whether empty repeatable sections in the supplier view of external questionnaires
on SAP Business Network are synchronized to the supplier management application. The
default setting is No, meaning that when a supplier deletes the only remaining instance of
a repeatable section in a questionnaire, the supplier management application retains that
final instance and its answers.

This default behavior is designed to preserve one bank account or tax ID per supplier so
that their removal does not cause integration errors with ERP systems that require bank
account or tax data. It only occurs for the deletion of the final instance of a repeatable
section. Deletion of all other instances up to the final instance are synchronized to the
supplier management application and then to the integrated ERP system. The bank
account or tax details in the final deleted instance remain visible in the ERP data detail
area of the supplier's profile and continue to be included in integration messages sent to
the ERP system, and there is a mismatch between the data in the supplier management
application and the supplier view of the questionnaire.

Setting this parameter to Yes also removes the deleted repeatable section instance from
the supplier's profile and synchronizes the deletion to the integrated ERP system.
[Link] (set by SAP Ariba Support)

Specifies whether or not supplier user data is synchronized from the classic supplier
organization model or SAP Ariba Procurement solutions common suppliers to supplier
contacts in the new unified vendor data model used by SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and
Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new
architecture) solutions. The synchronization occurs for a limited number of fields and is
performed by the SMVendorContactPushScheduledTask. The default value, No, means
that supplier user data is not synchronized.

The SMVendorContactPushScheduledTask is designed to synchronize a limited

number of records. It is not designed to replace manual or automatic migration. If
you enable this task as part of migrating supplier users to supplier contacts in the unified
vendor model, only do so after data import or automatic migration tools have migrated your
site's current data so that it can push post-migration updates.

Keep this task enabled if:

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 • Your site includes SAP Ariba Supplier Risk but does not include either SAP
Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and
Performance Management (new architecture), and you maintain supplier user data in
supplier organization profiles.
• Your solution includes SAP Ariba Procurement solutions and your configuration
expects updates to common supplier users in SAP Ariba Procurement solutions to
be pushed to SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management (new architecture).
• You have completed supplier user migration to the unified vendor model, and you
plan to continue using either theSAP Ariba integration toolkit or SOAP web service
integration to send updates from an integrated ERP system to supplier organization
profile fields after supplier user migration is completed.

If you have enabled this task to support a migration cut-over period after the initial
automatic or manual data migration but do not meet one of the above circumstances,
SAP Ariba recommends disabling it after migration is finally complete.
[Link] (set by SAP Ariba Support)

Specifies whether or not supplier data is synchronized from the classic supplier
organization model or SAP Ariba Procurement solutions common suppliers to the new
unified vendor data model used by SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP
Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture) solutions.
The synchronization occurs for a limited number of fields and is performed by the
SMVendorSyncScheduledTasks scheduled task. The default value, No, means that
supplier data is not synchronized.

The SMVendorSyncScheduledTasks task is designed to synchronize a limited number

of records. It is not designed to replace manual or automatic migration. If you enable
this task as part of migrating supplier organizations to suppliers in the unified vendor
model, only do so after data import or automatic migration tools have migrated your site's
current data so that it can push post-migration updates

Keep this task enabled if:

• Your site includes SAP Ariba Supplier Risk but does not include either SAP
Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information
and Performance Management (new architecture), and you maintain supplier
organizations.
• Your solution includes SAP Ariba Procurement solutions and your configuration
expects updates to common suppliers in SAP Ariba Procurement solutions to be
pushed to SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management (new architecture).
• You have completed supplier organization migration to the unified vendor model,
and you plan to continue using either theSAP Ariba integration toolkit or
SOAP web service integration to send updates from an integrated ERP system
to supplier organization profile fields after supplier migration is completed.
In this case, the parameters [Link] and
[Link].IsStateCodePopulatedInS4 might also be applicable.

If you have enabled this task to support a migration cut-over period after the initial
automatic or manual data migration but do not meet one of the above circumstances,
SAP Ariba recommends disabling it after migration is finally complete.

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[Link]
Retains Expired or Expiring statuses of modular questionnaire projects that are achieved
through certificate expirations after template upgrades. This parameter is disabled by
default, meaning that modular questionnaire projects that have achieved Expired or
Expiring status through a certificate expiration move to Approved status after template
upgrade .

The following configuration option can only be set by SAP Ariba engineering. Contact SAP Ariba Support if you
want this option enabled in your site.
skipBlankAnswersDuringMassInvite
By default, if a buyer mass invites a supplier to register, creating a registration project, if
there are any optional questions in the external questionnaires that have vendor database
field mappings where the database field is a blank value, and then the buyer adds answers
to the questions through a method such as questionnaire import and again mass invites
the supplier to the registration, those existing answers are overwritten by blank values
from the mapped vendor database fields. Required questions and questions with no vendor
database field mappings retain prepopulated answers. Setting this parameter to true skips
resetting answers to optional questions that are mapped to vendor database fields with
blank values to those blank valuess so that they also retain prepopulated answers when the
supplier is reinvited.

Self-Service Site Configuration Parameters for

Supplier Management in Intelligent Configuration
Manager
Some of the functionality for supplier management is controlled by self-service configuration parameters in
Intelligent Configuration Manager, which members of the Customer Administrator group can set.

These parameters apply to supplier management in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba
Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture).

For information about how to manage parameters, refer to the Intelligent Configuration Manager Administration
topics.

Allow request update on pending modular questionnaire statuses [page 792]

Automatically start supplier registrations [page 792]

Automatically synchronize supplier users from SAP Business Network [page 793]

Create initial version of internal questionnaires on submission [page 794]

Define the length of supplier bank IDs [page 794]

Disable field restrictions for field mappings in supplier management questionnaires [page 795]

Disable participant view for supplier management questionnaires [page 796]

Enable additional street lines in supplier addresses [page 797]

Enable API updates for external modular questionnaires with any status [page 798]

Enable certificate sections in supplier management questionnaires [page 799]

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 Enable country/region-specific visibility and optionality configurations for Bank Account fields [page 799]

Enable custom sender name options [page 800]

Enable Extended Address editing in supplier requests using Dun & Bradstreet lookup [page 801]

Enable improved user experience for internal questionnaires with visibility conditions [page 802]

Enable internal forms in modular questionnaires [page 802]

Enable internal supplier registrations [page 803]

Enable modular process framework [page 804]

Enable modular questionnaire template creation in sites with a basic supplier management entitlement [page
805]

Enable questionnaire recipients in internal registrations to see and edit otherwise masked answers [page 806]

Enable repeatable sections in internal questionnaires [page 806]

Enable enhanced filtering and pagination for standalone modular questionnaires [page 807]

Enable ratings and total ratings in internal forms or questionnaires [page 808]

Enable external validation of registration questionnaires using web services [page 808]

Enable external validation of modular questionnaires using web services [page 809]

Exclude [Link].name3 from Dun & Bradstreet lookup in supplier requests [page 809]

Hide bank master data fields in Bank Account questions [page 810]

Hide timestamps in external supplier request names in project search [page 811]

Increase maximum size for name fields to 40 characters each in applied field restrictions [page 812]

Include previous approved answers in external validation of registration questionnaires using web services
[page 813]

Include previous approved answers in external validation of modular questionnaires using web services [page
814]

List Extended Address fields for which blank updates from SAP Business Network clear data [page 814]

Make account holder name required in Bank Account questions [page 815]

Make Extended Address State/Province/Region Required Where Available [page 816]

Override existing source system with SAP domain values during vendor push [page 816]

Prepopulate process qualifications with request or registration commodities, regions, and departments [page
817]

Remove blank DUNS IDs in supplier data synchronization from supplier management to sourcing [page 818]

Reopen period for supplier questionnaires [page 818]

Require only attachment and expiration date for supplier certificates [page 819]

Send Email Notification On Adding Supplier Contacts [page 820]

Set maximum length for Room ID in Extended Address [page 821]

Set minimum registration status for event participation [page 821]

Specify the Web Assistant JavaScript template URL for supplier management [page 823]

Start automatically-generated supplier bank IDs with 0001 [page 823]

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 Use custom logo and footer for emails sent to suppliers [page 824]

Validate required questions in repeatable sections in external questionnaires [page 825]

Web Assistant in-context help for supplier management [page 825]

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Allow request update on pending modular questionnaire

statuses

Enables you to request updates for modular questionnaires with pending statuses.

ID [Link]

Name Allow request update on pending modular questionnaire statuses

Default value No

Setting this parameter to "Yes" enables internal stakeholders of your organization to request updates for modular
questionnaires that are in Pending Submission or Pending Approval statuses. After the request for update is sent,
the modular questionnaire reverts to Not Responded status.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

Automatically start supplier registrations

Specifies whether to start supplier registrations automatically (automatically create supplier registration projects)
on approval of supplier requests.

ID [Link]

Name Automatically start supplier registrations

Default value No

The default value, No, means that a category or supplier manager must manually invite the supplier to register,
either individually or in a mass invitation wave, after the supplier request is approved. Setting this parameter to
Yes automatically sends the registration invitation email to a supplier as soon as the supplier request is approved
without requiring a manual invitation.

This parameter is only applicable in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management(new architecture) solutions, which include supplier registration
projects.

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  Note

If the feature for validating supplier requests in SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) is enabled, MDG validation
is the final step in the supplier request workflow. In such a case, or when primary supplier contacts are added
or imported for the very first time, you can ensure that supplier registrations are started automatically by
enabling the configuration parameter [Link] in
Manage SM Administration Configuration Parameters .

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Parameter Management in Intelligent Configuration Manager
Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826]

Automatically synchronize supplier users from SAP

Business Network

Specifies if new supplier users in SAP Business Network profiles are automatically synchronized with existing
supplier organizations in your site.

ID [Link]

Name Automatically synchronize supplier users from SAP Business Network

Default value Yes

This parameter specifies whether or not new supplier users in supplier SAP Business Network accounts are
automatically synchronized with existing suppliers in your site. If this parameter is set to Yes, the new users are
added to your site as new supplier contacts.

A separate support-enabled parameter, [Link],

specifies whether or not the supplier contacts are automatically approved when they are synchronized, or whether
they require manual approval.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Support-Enabled Site Configuration Parameters for Supplier Management [page 786]

Create initial version of internal questionnaires on

submission

Creates the initial version of internal supplier management questionnaires that include prepopulated answers when
the internal recipient submits the questionnaire for the first time rather than when the project is created.

ID [Link]

Name Create initial version of internal questionnaires on submission

Default value Yes

The default value of Yes means that version 1 is created when an internal questionnaire editor first submits an
internal supplier management questionnaire that includes prepopulated answers, rather than when the project is
created. For example, if a registration project includes one internal questionnaire, that questionnaire is created
when the registration starts and the registration project is created. When this parameter is set to Yes and the
questionnaire includes prepopulated answers, it's not assigned an initial version of 1 until an internal questionnaire
editor submits it. Then, when an internal questionnaire editor next updates the questionnaire, its version updates
to 2.

Setting this parameter to No means that when the project is first created, internal questionnaires with
prepopulated answers are assigned an initial version of 1 immediately. When an internal questionnaire editor
submits the questionnaire for the first time, its version updates to 2. Then, when an internal questionnaire editor
next updates the questionnaire, its version updates to 3.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Define the length of supplier bank IDs

Specifies the length, in characters, of automatically-generated supplier bank IDs. An automatically-generated bank
ID combines a country or region-specific prefix, defined by master data, and an automatically generated number.
The maximum length is 4 characters.

ID [Link]

Name Define the length of supplier bank IDs

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Default value 4

SAP Ariba automatically generates supplier bank IDs as sequential numerical values and, optionally, a country
or region-specific prefix, with a maximum combined length defined by this parameter. For example, if you set
this parameter to 4 and you do not define country or region-specific prefixes, SAP Ariba generates sequential,
numerical bank IDs starting at 0000 up to a maximum of 9999 per supplier. If you set this parameter to 4 and
define 3-character country or region-specific prefixes such as EUR and USD, SAP Ariba generates sequential bank
IDs such as EUR0 through EUR9 and USD0 through USD9.

The related parameter Start automatically-generated supplier bank IDs with 0001
([Link]) specifies whether the automatically-generated IDs start with
0000 (the default) or 0001.

If you use country or region-specific prefixes for bank IDs, make sure that the value you set for this parameter is
at least one character longer than those prefixes so that automatically-generated bank IDs include at least one
number.

This parameter is only applicable in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management(new architecture) solutions.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

Related Information

Intelligent Configuration Manager Administration

Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information [page 421]
Country/Region-Specific Bank ID Prefix Data Import [page 101]
Start automatically-generated supplier bank IDs with 0001 [page 823]
Parameter Management in Intelligent Configuration Manager

Disable field restrictions for field mappings in supplier

management questionnaires
Disables or enables the option for applying field restrictions to field mappings in supplier management
questionnaires. These field restrictions suggest validation patterns and maximum lengths based on default SAP
business partner configurations.

ID [Link]

Name Disable field restrictions for field mappings in supplier management questionnaires

Default value Yes

Setting this parameter to Yes enables feature SM-12250, which adds the Apply field restrictions tool to
pages for adding and editing questions in supplier management project templates. Template creators adding
questions with answer types of Text (single line limited) or Text (single line) can add a field mapping to the

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Supplier Field Mapping field and then choose the Apply field restrictions button. The tool provides system-
generated suggestions for validation patterns and maximum field lengths based on default SAP business partner
configuration for the mapped field. Setting this parameter to No disables this feature by removing the Apply Field
Restrictions button from the page for adding or editing questions. If your integrated ERP system uses business
partner configurations that differ from the defaults, setting this parameter to No prevents template creators from
using suggested validation patterns and maximum field lengths that aren't necessarily valid for your integration.

By default, the Apply field restrictions tool sets a maximum field length of 35 characters for individual name fields
([Link].name1 through [Link].name4) and, in sites with the supplier full name
feature (SM-14213) enabled, 140 characters for the [Link] field.

If your site has enabled both the full name feature and the feature for increasing maximum length of individual
name fields to 40 characters and the full name field to 160 characters (SM-36076), you can make suggestions
generated by the Apply field restrictions tool match these increased lengths by also enabling Increase maximum
size for name fields to 40 characters each in applied field restrictions [page 812].

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

Related Information

Intelligent Configuration Manager Administration

Automatic Field Restrictions for Questions in Supplier Management Questionnaires [page 410]
Adding a Question to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 400]
Parameter Management in Intelligent Configuration Manager
Increase maximum size for name fields to 40 characters each in applied field restrictions [page 812]

Disable participant view for supplier management

questionnaires
Disables or enables the View as Participant option for supplier management questionnaires in project advanced
view user interface. Since the associated functionality is not supported, the user interface option is disabled by
default.

ID [Link]

Name Disable participant view for supplier management questionnaires

Default value No

The default value for this parameter is No, meaning that the View as Participant option is visible by default.
However, the associated functionality is not supported. Therefore, we recommend that you change the value of this
parameter to Yes. This action hides the View as Participant option.

 Note

Setting this parameter to Yes hides the View as Participant option from all users in your site, including
customer administrators.

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In SAP Ariba Supplier Risk, this setting is only applicable to modular questionnaires.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Enable additional street lines in supplier addresses

Enables additional street lines in supplier address questions in the supplier view of supplier management
questionnaires and in project advanced view so that those views match the buyer view.

ID [Link]

Name Enable additional street lines in supplier addresses

Default value No

In supplier management questionnaires, default configurations of the Address and Extended Address questions
include not only a main field for street address (line 1), but two additional street address lines (Street 2 and Street
3). Street 2 and Street 3 automatically show in internal questionnaires such as the internal supplier request and
internal registration questionnaires.

By default, Street 2 and Street 3 don't show in Address questions in the supplier view of external questionnaires
in supplier SAP Business Network accounts or in project advanced view. Suppliers can only add or update address
information for the main street address field.

If your configuration of Address questions includes Street 2 and Street 3, setting this parameter to Yes shows
those fields in supplier view so that suppliers can add or update that information in external questionnaires as well.
It also enables those fields in project advanced view.

 Note

The fields included in Address and Extended Address and questions can be customized. By default, both
questions include Street 2 and Street 3 fields, but your site's configuration can vary. Availability of these fields
in Extended Address questions is controlled only through field customization.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Default Fields and Field Mappings in Address Question Answer Types [page 447]
Address or Extended Address Questions for Collecting Supplier Address Information [page 417]
Parameter Management in Intelligent Configuration Manager

Enable API updates for external modular questionnaires with

any status
Enables API updates to external modular questionnaires with any status, including questionnaires that are
currently editable by the supplier. By default, API client applications can only update external modular
questionnaires with specific statuses.

ID [Link]

Name Enable API updates for external modular questionnaires with any status

Default value No

The default setting for this parameter, No, means that client applications can't use the /answers endpoint of
the Supplier Data API with Pagination to update external modular questionnaires with Not Responded, Pending
Submission, or Pending Resubmission status. Questionnaires with these statuses are editable in the supplier view
on SAP Business Network. Setting this parameter to Yes removes this restriction and allows client applications to
use the /answers endpoint to update external modular questionnaires with any status.

For example, when this parameter is enabled, a client application can prepopulate a modular questionnaire with
data from an external system such as an ERP system immediately after a modular questionnaire manager or
process initiator has invited the supplier to fill it out,while it's still in Not Responded status. The invited supplier
contact sees the propopulated answers and can verify them and update them as needed when submitting the
questionnaire for the first time.

The Supplier Data API with Pagination /answers endpoint always allows updates to internal modular
questionnaires with any status regardless of the setting of this parameter.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Enable certificate sections in supplier management
questionnaires

This parameter enables you to configure certificate sections in supplier management questionnaires.

ID [Link]

Name Enable certificate sections in supplier management questionnaires

Default value False

The default value of False means that certificate section can't be added in the internal and external modular
supplier management questionnaire template. Setting this parameter to True provides option to add a certificate
section in the modular supplier management questionnaire template.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Enable country/region-specific visibility and optionality

configurations for Bank Account fields

Enables configuration of the visibility and optionality based on bank country/region of some fields in Bank Account
questions, such as bank key, account number, and IBAN number.

ID [Link]

Name Enable country/region-specific visibility and optionality configurations for Bank Account fields

Default value No

Bank Account questions, which collect supplier bank information, include a set of predefined fields. By default, all
of those fields are visible. Either IBAN Number or a combination of Bank Key/ABA Routing Number and Account
Number is required for all countries/regions.

When this parameter is set to No, this default behavior always applies. Any values in the the Visible and
Mandatory fields for IBAN Number, Bank Key/ABA Routing Number, and Account Number in bank syntax
validation data files are ignored during data imports.

Setting this parameter to Yes does the following things:

• Adds default data to the Visible and Mandatory fields for IBAN Number, Bank Key/ABA Routing Number,
and Account Number in bank syntax validation data files and reads any values present in those columns
during data imports.

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 For Bank Key/ABA Routing Number and Account Number, these columns are in the
[Link] file that defines country/region-specific syntax validation for account
numbers and bank key or ABA routing numbers. [page 109].
For IBAN Number, these columns are in the [Link] file that defines country/region-specific
syntax validation for IBAN numbers [page 106].
• Bases visibility and requirements for these three fields on this bank syntax validation data.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Country/Region-Specific Validation Syntax, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account IBAN Number
Data Import [page 106]
Country/Region-Specific Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Holder Name,
Account Number, and Bank Key or ABA Routing Number Data Import [page 109]
Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information [page 421]
Syntax Validation, Visibility, and Optionality for Supplier Bank Account Information [page 424]
Predefined Fields and Field Mappings in Bank Account Questions [page 454]
Parameter Management in Intelligent Configuration Manager

Enable custom sender name options

Enables a setting in template external registration questionnaires where template creators can specify a default
sender for registration invitations. This sender shows in the “From” fields of registration invitation emails unless
overridden by requester selection during manual registration invitations.

Full name [Link]

Name Enable custom sender name options

Default value No

When this parameter is set to Yes, the Message Board area of the Rules step in survey documents in the supplier
registration project template includes a setting, Sender name used in the 'From' field in emails to participants,
that template creators can use to specify a custom sender name such as a supplier onboarding group for email
notifications to suppliers related to registration invitations.

If this parameter is set to No, or if it is set to Yes but a template creator has not configured a custom sender name
for an external registration questionnaire, the associated registration invitations use a generic system alias or the
registration project owner name instead, depending on questionnaire configuration.

This parameter is only applicable in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management(new architecture) solutions.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Enable Extended Address editing in supplier requests using

Dun & Bradstreet lookup
Makes Extended Address questions editable in supplier requests using Dun & Bradstreet lookup during both initial
request submission and approval. Extended Address answers are populated automatically by D&B lookup and are
read-only when this parameter is disabled.

ID [Link]

Name Enable Extended Address editing in supplier requests using Dun & Bradstreet lookup

Default value No

In the supplier request with Dun & Bradstreet lookup, the lookup prepopulates fields in the Extended Address
question with address data from D&B, which isn't always complete. By default, when this parameter is disabled, all
of of the fields in the supplier request that are populated by the D&B lookup are read-only, including all Extended
Address fields except for Region.

When this parameter is enabled, the requester and the users who have permission to edit a supplier request during
approval can edit all fields in Extended Address questions to add missing information in required fields or to make
corrections. Edited address information isn't overwritten by subsequent D&B data pulls, and it's synchronized to
integrated ERP systems and to supplier registration questionnaires that include corresponding mapped address
questions.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Enable improved user experience for internal questionnaires
with visibility conditions
Enables or disables the improved user experience for internal questionnaires with visibility conditions, which
processes conditions in the background so that recipients can continue to edit the questionnaire during that
processing. Enable or disable this parameter depending on the performance of your internal questionnaires.

ID [Link]

Name Enable improved user experience for internal questionnaires with visibility conditions

Default value No

This parameter is one of two settings required for improved user experience for internal questionnaires with
visiblity conditions. You can set it in Intelligent Configuration Manager. The other required setting is the
[Link] configuration parameter in SM Administration Configuration
Parameters . Always enable or disable both parameters together.

The setting of Yes means that the recipients can continue to edit the questionnaire during processing. You can
enable or disable this parameter depending on the performance of your internal questionnaires.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826]
Managing Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 860]

Enable internal forms in modular questionnaires

Enables or disables support for additional internal forms with To Do and approval tasks in modular
questionnaire projects. Important: enabling or disabling this parameter requires a corresponding change
to the [Link] parameter in SM Administration
Configuration Parameters .

ID [Link]

Name Enable internal forms in modular questionnaires

Default value No

This parameter is one of two required settings that enable or disable support for internal forms with associated
To Do and approval tasks in modular questionnaire projects (SM-30222). You set it in Intelligent Configuration
Manager. The other required setting is the [Link]
parameter in SM Administration Configuration Parameters . Always enable or disable both parameters
together.

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Internal forms are a way of collecting information in modular questionnaire projects that is additional to or
supplements the information provided by the questionnaire project recipient in the key or main questionnaire.
You can use these internal forms and associated To Do and approval tasks to provide supplementary information or
analysis, or affirm actions performed in other systems.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826]
Parameter Management in Intelligent Configuration Manager

Enable internal supplier registrations

Enables or disables internal registrations, where buyers complete registration projects on behalf of suppliers.
Important: enabling or disabling internal registration also requires a corresponding change in SM
Administration Configuration Parameters .

ID [Link]

Name Enable internal supplier registrations

Default value Yes

This parameter is one of two settings that control the availability of the internal registration feature, where buyers
can complete registration projects on behalf of suppliers, in your site. You set it in Intelligent Configuration
Manager. The other required setting is the [Link] parameter in SM
Administration Configuration Parameters . Always enable or disable both parameters together.

The default value of Enable internal supplier registrations is Yes, meaning that the internal registration
feature is enabled by default. Setting this parameter to No and making a corresponding change to
[Link] in SM Administration SM Administration disables internal
registration in your site, meaning that buyers can't complete registration on behalf of suppliers.

 Caution

If you want to disable internal registrations, SAP Ariba recommends doing so before any internal registrations
are created in your site. Disabling this feature prevents completion of any internal registration projects that are
in progress and removes the mechanism for inviting suppliers to participate in completed internal registrations.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Related Information

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Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826]
Managing Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 860]
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Enable modular process framework

Enables or disables the modular process framework for qualification and other lifecycle processes, which
includes process projects and associated functionality. Important: enabling or disabling this parameter requires
a corresponding change to the [Link] parameter in SM
Administration > Configuration Parameters.

ID [Link]

Name Enable modular process framework

Default value No

This parameter is one of two required settings to enable the modular process framework feature
(SM-16798) in your site and is set in Intelligent Configuration Manager. The other required setting is the
[Link] parameter in SM Administration > Configuration
Parameters. Always enable or disable both parameters together.

Process projects provide a flexible, repeatable framework that allows process initiators to create different
supplier management processes for different types of suppliers using different combinations of modular supplier
management questionnaires. They allow you to tailor questionnaire content to specific suppliers, to leverage and
reuse modular questionnaires across different processes, and to create custom processes for your specific supplier
lifecycle activities. The feature includes:

• Process project templates.

• Specialized settings in modular questionnaire project templates for questionnaires used in process projects.
• Data imports for setting up process projects and for importing supplier processes.
• Workflow pages for creating and managing processes.
• Additional elements in the supplier profile for viewing and managing processes.
• A filter for process statuses in supplier searches.

 Caution

Enabling the flexible process framework feature (SM-16798) in your site immediately disables creation of new
projects from the legacy supplier qualification project template and introduces other restrictions to legacy
supplier qualifications and disqualifications. If you manage supplier qualifications using supplier qualification
and disqualification projects, only enable this feature when you're prepared to transition to process
qualifications. For details, refer to Transition from Legacy Supplier Qualification Projects to Qualification
Process Projects [page 289].

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Enable modular questionnaire template creation in sites with

a basic supplier management entitlement
Enables creation of modular questionnaire project templates in sites that have the basic supplier management
entitlement and a solution package where modular questionnaires are a supported feature.

ID [Link]

Name Enable modular questionnaire template creation in sites with a basic supplier management
entitlement

Default value No

This feature enables the SM Modular Questionnaire project type in the Templates area in sites that have a basic
supplier management entitlement for core supplier management features. You must be a member of both the
Template Creator and SM Modular Questionnaire Manager group to create modular questionnaire templates.

Enabling this parameter isn't necessary if your site includes either SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance
or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture). Sites that include either
of these solutions automatically include modular questionnaire project templates and other core supplier
management features. However, if your site includes SAP Ariba Supplier Risk without one of these solutions, you
must enable this parameter to create project templates for engagement risk assessments.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Features and Functions for Managing Suppliers and Supplier Lifecycles

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Enable questionnaire recipients in internal registrations to
see and edit otherwise masked answers

Enables questionnaire recipients in internal registrations to see and edit otherwise masked answers in their
assigned questionnaires. This setting only applies to external questionnaires in internal registrations on behalf
of the supplier.

ID [Link]

Name Enable questionnaire recipients in internal registrations to see and edit otherwise masked answers

Default value No

By default, internal recipients of external questionnaires in internal registrations also required membership in
the Sensitive Data Access group to view and edit masked answers in those questionnaires. Membership in the
Sensitive Data Access group allows a user to see masked data in any questionnaire they can view.

Enabling this parameter allows the internal recipients of external questionnaires in registrations on behalf of
suppliers to see and edit answers that are otherwise masked, even if they're not members of the Sensitive Data
Access group. Masked answers can be prepopulated data from other sources such as an ERP system, or they
can be answers that the recipient previously provided and for which an approver has requested more information.
Enabling this parameter allows internal recipients to complete internal registrations on behalf of suppliers by
updating those answers in their assigned questionnaires without granting them access to sensitive data in all
questionnaires.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Sensitive Data Masking in Supplier Forms and Questionnaires [page 475]
Filling Out an External Registration Questionnaire on Behalf of a Supplier in an Internal Registration

Enable repeatable sections in internal questionnaires

Enables creation and editing of repeatable sections in internal questionnaires, including external registration
questionnaires in internal registrations. Important: enabling or disabling this parameter requires a corresponding
change to the [Link] parameter in SM Administration
Configuration Parameters .

ID [Link]

Name Enable repeatable sections in internal questionnaires

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Default value No

This parameter is one of two required settings for enabling or disabling the ability to create and
edit repeatable sections in internal questionnaires, including external supplier registration questionnaires
in internal registrations. You set it in Intelligent Configuration Manager. The other required setting
is the [Link] parameter in SM Administration
Configuration Parameters . Always enable or disable both parameters together.

Suppliers can always add or edit repeatable sections in external questionnaires on SAP Business Network.
However, by default buyer users can only view repeatable sections added or edited by suppliers. Enabling these
parameters allows internal questionnaire editors, including the recipients of external questionnaires in internal
registration questionnaires, to add or edit repeatable sections as well.

If you allow internal registrations and at least one of your external registration questionnaires includes a repeatable
section, make sure to enable these parameters to that internal recipients can answer those questions.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Enable enhanced filtering and pagination for standalone

modular questionnaires

Enables enhanced filtering and pagination in the workflow for sending standalone modular questionnaires.

ID [Link]

Name Enable enhanced filtering and pagination for standalone modular questionnaires

Default value No

This parameter is one of two required settings to enable enhanced filtering and pagination in the workflow
for sending standalone modular questionnaires, and is set in Intelligent Configuration Manager. The other
required setting is the [Link] parameter in SM Administration
> Configuration Parameters. Always enable or disable both parameters together.

Setting this parameter to Yes allows for content in the standalone external modular questionnaire list to:

• load much faster.

• be filtered based on Questionnaire Type, Category, Department, and Region.
• include additional search filters such as Questionnaire Status of suppliers, and Expiry Date of questionnaires.
• select 500 suppliers instead of 100 suppliers.

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workspace.

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Enable ratings and total ratings in internal forms or

questionnaires

Enables internal stakeholders to enter ratings and total ratings in internal forms or questionnaires.

ID [Link]

Name Enable rating and aggregation in internal forms

Default value No

Setting this parameter to "Yes" enables internal stakeholders of your organization to enter ratings in one or more
internal forms or internal questionnaires of a project. It also enables them to view the final ratings. A final rating is a
simple aggregation of all the individual ratings.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

Enable external validation of registration questionnaires

using web services

Indicates whether suppliers questionnaire responses require external validation

ID [Link]

Name Enable external validation of registration questionnaires using web services

Default value No

By default this parameter is disabled. After enabling this parameter you will be able to mark questions for external
validation. Marks Responses for External Validation checkbox should be checked in the template configuration.
This will send the supplier responses for validation to the external system.

 Note

It is recommended that you should mark only required questionnaires for external validation. For validation of
Registration questionnaire, the attachment type cannot be validated.

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workspace.

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Enable external validation of modular questionnaires using

web services
Indicates whether suppliers questionnaire responses require external validation for modular questionnaires

ID [Link]

Name Enable external validation of modular questionnaires using web services

Default value No

By default this parameter is disabled. After enabling this parameter you will be able to mark modular questionnaire
for external validation. Marks Responses for External Validation checkbox should be checked in the template
configuration. This will send the supplier responses for validation to the external system.

 Note

It is recommended that you should mark only required questionnaires for external validation. For validation of
Modular questionnaire, the attachment type and the certificate in the attachment type cannot be validated.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Exclude [Link].name3 from Dun & Bradstreet

lookup in supplier requests
When enabled, excludes the [Link].name3 field from Dun & Bradstreet lookup and makes
inclusion of a question mapped to the field in the supplier request with D&B lookup optional. If the request
configuration does include a question mapped to the field, it's editable. By default, the supplier request with D&B

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lookup must include a question mapped to [Link].name3, it's automatically prepopulated with
D&B data if available, and it's read-only.

ID [Link].ExcludeName3FieldFromDnB

Name Exclude [Link].name3 from Dun & Bradstreet lookup in supplier requests

Default value No

By default, the supplier request with D&B lookup must include a question mapped to
[Link].name3, it's automatically prepopulated with D&B data if available, and it's read-only. The
request automatically concatenates the values in [Link].name1 and [Link].name3
fields to show in the user interface and synchronize to an integrated ERP system. However, if the
[Link].name3 value populated by the D&B lookup is identical to the [Link].name1
value selected or added by the requester, the resulting concatenated name can be confusing to users and can
synchronize inaccurate name data to the ERP system.

If this parameter is enabled:

• The [Link].name3 field isn't included in the D&B lookup, and therefore isn't populated with
D&B data.
• The [Link].name3 question is optional in the supplier request. If it's included, the requester
can edit the question to add a value.
• Only the [Link].name1 field is shown in the user interface and synchronized to an integrated
ERP system. Since this field has a maximum length of 35 characters, any remaining characters are truncated.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Dun & Bradstreet Integration with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance [page 601]

Hide bank master data fields in Bank Account questions

Hides bank master data fields such as bank name, branch, state, street, postal code, and city in Bank Account
questions.

ID [Link]

Name Hide bank master data fields in Bank Account questions

Default value No

Bank Account questions, which collect supplier bank information, include a set of predefined fields that are
visible by default. This parameter controls whether some of those fields are hidden, and therefore uneditable, in
questionnaires in your site. When set to Yes, it hides the following fields:

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• Name
• Bank Branch
• Street
• City
• State/Province/Region
• Postal Code

These fields are considered bank master data and are typically maintained with bank master records in an
integrated ERP system. Hiding these fields avoids confusion for questionnaire recipients who don't know these
details and prevents them from entering answers that conflict with the ERP bank master records. This parameter's
default setting, No, means that the predefined bank master data fields in Bank Account questions are visible and
questionnaire recipients can edit them.

These fields are visible in the ERP data detail area of the supplier profile even when hidden in questionnaires.

If you have existing suppliers with Bank Account data, when you enable this parameter, questionnaire recipients
can no longer see bank master data they previously added.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Enable country/region-specific visibility and optionality configurations for Bank Account fields [page 799]
Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information [page 421]
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Hide timestamps in external supplier request names in

project search
Hides the timestamps in the names of external supplier requests in project search results. These timestamps
reflect the server time zone rather than the time zone where the request was submitted.

ID [Link]

Name Hide timestamps in external supplier request names in project search

Default value No

By default, when you search for external supplier request projects using project search on the Home dashboard,
search results include a "submitted on" timestamp in the supplier request project name. Other types of supplier
management projects, such as registrations and modular questionnaires, don't include this timestamp in project
search results. The timestamp in search results reflects the time the external supplier request was submitted in the
server time zone, while the project history for the external supplier request shows the timestamp in the time zone
of the submitting supplier. If you don't find the timestamps in project search results useful, or if they confuse users
in your site, you can hide them by setting this parameter to Yes.

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  Note

Setting this parameter to Yes hides timestamps in the names of external supplier requests created after the
parameter is enabled. It doesn't hide timestamps in the names of external supplier requests created before the
parameter was enabled.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Increase maximum size for name fields to 40 characters each

in applied field restrictions

Increases the maximum field size settings for questions mapped to [Link].name1
through [Link].name4 from 35 to 40 characters each, and the setting for
[Link] to from 140 to 160 characters, in question configurations that use the Apply
Field Restrictions validation tool. Keep this parameter enabled if name fields in an integrated ERP system also
have 40 character maximum lengths (160 total), or disable it if the ERP system’s name fields have a 35 character
maximum length (140 total).

ID [Link].Enable160CharacterSupportForFullName

Name Increase maximum size for name fields to 40 characters each in applied field restrictions

Default value No

The Apply Field Restrictions validation tool on pages for adding or editing questions in supplier management
project templates validates field mappings and suggests values for ERP-related settings such as maximum length.
By default, it sets a maximum length of 35 characters for individual name fields and 140 characters for the full
name field. These default settings are appropriate in sites integrated with SAP ECC, where name fields have the
same maximum lengths.

Enable this parameter to increase maximum length settings to 40 for individual name fields and 160 for the full
name field if your site meets the following conditions:

• The supplier full name feature (SM-14213) is enabled. It's disabled by default.
• Name fields in an integrated ERP system such as SAP S/4HANA or SAP Master Data Governance (MDG) have
a maximum length of 40 characters.
• The support for supplier names of up to 160 characters feature (SM-36076) is enabled. It's
disabled by default and its availability is controlled by the self-service configuration parameter
[Link].Enable160CharacterSupportForFullName in SM Administration Configuration
Parameters .

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• The Apply Field Restrictions tool for question configuration (SM-12250) is enabled. It's enabled by default
and its availability is controlled by the self-service configuration parameter Disable field restrictions for field
mappings in supplier management questionnaires in Intelligent Configuration Manager.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Support for Supplier Display Names Longer Than 35 Characters in SAP Ariba Solutions [page 177]
Disable field restrictions for field mappings in supplier management questionnaires [page 795]
SM-14213: Enable supplier full name

Include previous approved answers in external validation of

registration questionnaires using web services

Include previously approved supplier submissions in external questionnaire validation

ID [Link]

Name Include previous approved answers in external validation of registration questionnaires using web
services

Default value No

By default this parameter is disabled. To enable [Link],

the [Link] must be enabled. Once this parameter is enabled, the previous
approved version of the registration questionnaire is sent to the external system for validation. This helps the
buyer to compare the supplier's responses of previous version with the latest version and identify which fields have
changed and route the request to the respective business line for approval.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Include previous approved answers in external validation of
modular questionnaires using web services
Allows users to choose if externally validated questionnaire responses should also include previously approved
supplier submissions for modular questionnaires

ID [Link]

Name Include previous approved answers in external validation of modular questionnaires using web services

Default value No

By default this parameter is disabled. To

enable [Link], the
[Link] must be enabled. Once this parameter is enabled, the previous
approved version of the modular questionnaire is sent to the external system for validation. This helps the buyer to
compare the supplier's responses of previous version with the latest version and identify which fields have changed
and route the request to the respective business line for approval.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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List Extended Address fields for which blank updates from

SAP Business Network clear data
Specifies a list of Extended Address fields for which data will be removed if a supplier updates their SAP
Business Network profile address and an Extended Address question in an external registration questionnaire
is mapped to '[Link],[Link]'. Data is
removed from the specified field if either the supplier specifically removes the value in the corresponding SAP
Business Network profile field, or if there is no corresponding profile field but the supplier updates their profile
address. By default, in this situation, the answer is removed from the questionnaire with the mapped question,
but remains in the database field and is synchronized to the ERP system unless the field is specified in this
parameter. The setting for this parameter is a comma-separated list that can include one or more of the following
values: CountryCode, RegionCode, CityName, AdditionalCityName, DistrictName, StreetPostalCode,
POBoxPostalCode, CompanyPostalCode, StreetPrefixName, AdditionalStreetPrefixName,
StreetName, StreetSuffixName, AdditionalStreetSuffixName, HouseID, AdditionalHouseID,
BuildingID, RoomID, FloorID, CareOfName, StreetAddressMailNonDeliveryReasonCode,
POBoxDeviatingCountryCode, POBoxDeviatingRegionCode, POBoxDeviatingCityName,
POBoxLobbyName, POBoxID, POBoxAddressMailNonDeliveryReasonCode, POBoxIDVisibleIndicator,
POBoxDeliveryServiceID, POBoxDeliveryServiceTypeCode, TaxJurisdictionCode,
TimeZoneCode, TransportationZoneID, RegionalStructureElementGroupCode,

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RegionalStructureAddressConsistencyStatusCode, RegionalStructureCityCode,
AdditionalRegionalStructureCityCode, POBoxDeviatingRegionalStructureCityCode,
RegionalStructureDistrictCode, RegionalStructureStreetCode.

ID [Link]

Name List Extended Address fields for which blank updates from SAP Business Network clear data

Default value CountryCode,RegionCode,POBoxDeviatingCountryCode,POBoxDeviatingRegionCod

e

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Address or Extended Address Questions for Collecting Supplier Address Information [page 417]

Make account holder name required in Bank Account

questions
Makes the Account Holder Name field required in Bank Account questions.

ID [Link]

Name Make account holder name required in Bank Account questions

Default value No

Bank Account questions, which collect supplier bank information, include a set of predefined fields. By default,
the Account Holder Name field is optional. Enabling this parameter makes the Account Holder Name required for
bank accounts in all countries/regions.

If you have existing suppliers with Bank Account data when you enable this parameter, questionnaire recipients
must add any missing account holder names when updating the questionnaire.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information [page 421]
Predefined Fields and Field Mappings in Bank Account Questions [page 454]

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Make Extended Address State/Province/Region Required

Where Available

Makes the State/Province/Region field in Extended Address questions required when there is state/province/
region data available for the selected country/region. When there isn’t any state/province/region data available for
the selected country/region, the field remains optional. This parameter is only applicable in sites that don’t have a
field customization to make the State/Province/Region field required.

ID [Link]

Name Make Extended Address State/Province/Region Required Where Available

Default value No

In Extended Address questions, the State/Province/Region field is a dropdown menu populated by your site's
region master data. Enabling this parameter makes the State/Province/Region field required if there's region
master data available for the selected country/region, and optional if there isn't data available. This setting requires
questionnaire recipients to provide a state/province/region answer where possible, but doesn't block them from
submitting the questionnaire with an empty answer if there's no value to select.

This parameter isn't applicable in sites that have a field customization to make the State/Province/Region field
required. The field customization makes the field required in all circumstances. If you want to use this parameter
to control the required behavior of the State/Province/Region field instead, request SAP Ariba Support to remove
the customization.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Address or Extended Address Questions for Collecting Supplier Address Information [page 417]

Override existing source system with SAP domain values

during vendor push

Specifies whether the vendor push task that pushes supplier organizations to the supplier management database
overrides existing supplier source systems of SM with SAP for any suppliers with organization IDs in the SAP
domain. By default, the vendor push task doesn’t update source systems once set. Disable this parameter if your
supplier data load process involves adding SAP organization IDs during the initial load instead of during update.

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ID [Link]

Name Override existing source system with SAP domain values during vendor push

Default value Yes

This parameter is applicable in sites that use data import, SOAP web service integration, or SAP Ariba integration
toolkit file transfer to add suppliers to their site and then use the vendor push task enabled by the site configuration
parameter [Link] (set by SAP Ariba Support) to push that data
to the supplier management database. If your supplier data load process adds suppliers first and adds organization
IDs for suppliers later, depending on timing, the vendor push task can add the new suppliers to the supplier
management database before their organization IDs are added. In this situation, the suppliers are added with an
SM source system. The default setting for Override existing source system with SAP domain values during
vendor push means that when you update those suppliers to add organization IDs in the SAP domain, the vendor
push task updates their source systems from SM to SAP in the supplier management database.

This parameter is only applicable in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management(new architecture) solutions.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Prepopulate process qualifications with request or

registration commodities, regions, and departments
Automatically prepopulates intake forms for a supplier's process qualifications with the commodities, regions, and
departments from their supplier request or registration.

ID [Link]

Name Prepopulate process qualifications with request or registration commodities, regions, and
departments

Default value No

This parameter automatically prepopulates intake forms for a supplier's process qualifications with the
commodities, regions, and departments from their supplier request or registration. If the supplier has both a
request and registration with this data, the registration data is used.

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Remove blank DUNS IDs in supplier data synchronization

from supplier management to sourcing
Removes blank or empty DUNS IDs from sourcing supplier organization records during supplier data
synchronization if the field is blank or empty in the corresponding supplier management record. By default,
synchronization doesn’t remove DUNS IDs from supplier organizations even if the corresponding supplier
management field is blank or empty.

ID [Link]

Name Remove blank DUNS IDs in supplier data synchronization from supplier management to sourcing

Default value No

Enable this parameter to ensure that when a D-U-N-S number is removed from the supplier record through
removal of an answer to a supplier management questionnaire, ERP data synchronization, or a data import in SM
Administration, the new blank value is synchronized to the supplier organization and common supplier. Otherwise,
the supplier organization and common supplier records retain the previous value.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Reopen period for supplier questionnaires

Specifies the number of days external (supplier-facing) questionnaires remain open if they are closed and
reopened.

ID [Link]

Name Reopen period for supplier questionnaires

Default value 365 (days)

If the value for this parameter is 0, the amount of time that a reopened questionnaire remains open is determined
by the template survey document Due date setting instead. If the document Keep questionnaire reopened

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indefinitely option is set to Yes, the questionnaire ignores the Reopen period for supplier questionnaires
parameter and remains reopened indefinitely.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Setting Up Periodic Reminders for Registration Questionnaire Updates [page 263]
Supplier Form or Questionnaire Closing, Reopening, and Due Dates [page 377]

Require only attachment and expiration date for supplier

certificates

Specifies that Attachment and Expiration Date are the only two required fields for answers to certificate questions
in external supplier management questionnaires. Otherwise, all certificate fields are required.

ID [Link]

Name Require only attachment and expiration date for supplier certificates

Default value False

The default value of False means that all the certificate fields are mandatory and the supplier must enter values
in all the fields. The certificate detail fields are required if a supplier answers Yes to a certificate question. The
certificate detail fields are not required if a supplier answers No to a certificate question.

Setting this parameter to True makes only the Expiration Date and Attachment fields mandatory, which means
that the supplier only needs to enter an expiration date and attach a document to proceed.

 Note

This parameter applies to external supplier management questionnaires.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Send Email Notification On Adding Supplier Contacts
The system automatically sends an email notification when a supplier contact is added to the relevant SAP Ariba
solutions.

ID [Link]

Name SendEmailNotificationOnAddingSupplierContacts

Default value No

When this parameter is enabled, an email notification is automatically sent to newly added supplier contacts
informing them that their contact details have been added to the system. However, the system doesn't verify if the
communication was successfully delivered.

An email template is created for sending such external email communication. The template contains a default
message stating that the supplier contact's details such as first and last names, email addresses, and other
information can now be processed by your organisation. You can customize this template to include your company
logo or to include your own content. Only newly created supplier contacts receive email notifications. The email
template is located at Manage Administration Project Manager Project Email Template Project type:
All Applicable Types .

Supplier contacts also receive an email notification when they're added:

• through the supplier request form

• via a mass upload of suppliers or supplier contacts in Manage SM Administration Data import or
export , and
• while creating a sourcing event

 Note

Supplier contacts added through Manage Administration Supplier and Customer Manager Users
don't receive email notifications when they're added.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Set maximum length for Room ID in Extended Address

Specifies the maximum length for the Room ID field in Extended Address questions. The default setting, 10, is the
required setting for answers in mapped questions in supplier management questionnaires, although the base field
supports up to 20 characters.

ID [Link]

Name Set maximum length for Room ID in Extended Address

Default value 10

Extended Address questions include a set of predefined answer fields, including a Room field. The corresponding
mapped [Link] field in the supplier database has a maximum field
length of 10 characters. However, the question field allows answers of up to 20 characters. The default setting
of this parameter, 10, ensures that Room answers in mapped Extended Address questions synchronize to the
database without causing errors. Since those errors can prevent successful submission of questionnaires such as
the supplier request, SAP Ariba recommends against changing this default setting.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Address or Extended Address Questions for Collecting Supplier Address Information [page 417]

Set minimum registration status for event participation

Specifies the minimum registration status that a supplier must have to participate in sourcing events. Valid values
are 0 for Not Invited, 1 for Invited, 2 for Pending Approval, and 3 for Registered.

ID [Link]

Name Set minimum registration status for event participation

Default value 0

Suppliers who are below the minimum status can be invited to events, but can't access them until they've achieved
the minimum status. The restriction applies to suppliers who have been qualified for the event commodities,
regions, and departments using qualification data import but who haven't yet achieved the required registration
status.

The default value is 0. The valid values are:

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Value Description Associated Registration Invitations

0 or Not Invited Suppliers who haven't yet been invited There are no automatic registration invi-
to register can participate in sourcing tations.
events.

1 or Invited Suppliers must have already been invited If the person who invites a Not
Invited supplier to participate in an
to register to participate in sourcing
event is a member of both the
events. However, they don't need to sub-
Event Administrator and Supplier
mit registration questionnaires to partici- Registration Manager groups, the sup-
pate in events. plier is invited to register at the same
time automatically, and their registration
2 or Pending Approval Suppliers whose registration is pending status changes to Invited. Otherwise, the
approval or who are already registered supplier must be invited to register sepa-
can participate in sourcing events. They rately.

must submit registration questionnaires

to participate in events, but their registra-
tion doesn't need to be approved.

3 or Registered Only suppliers with approved registra-

tions can participate in sourcing events.
They must submit registration question-
naires and their registrations must be
approved before they can participate in
events.

 Note

• Event templates have a supplier eligibility rule based on registration status. That rule governs whether or
not suppliers can be invited to an event. This parameter governs their ability to participate after invitation.
• Changes to this parameter's setting apply only to participants invited to events after they're made.

This parameter is only applicable in sites that include SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba
Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture), which use supplier registration projects.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Specify the Web Assistant JavaScript template URL for
supplier management

Enables the use of the Web Assistant for supplier management features.

ID [Link]

Name Specify the Web Assistant JavaScript template URL for supplier management

Default value [Link]

[Link]

If you have a valid SAP Enable Now license, the template you specify with this parameter definesthe behavior
as well as the look and feel of the SAP Companion in-application help in supported supplier management user
interface pages in your site. You can modify the configuration for your site in Enable Now Manager and then update
this parameter with the configuration template.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

Related Information

Intelligent Configuration Manager Administration

Parameter Management in Intelligent Configuration Manager

Start automatically-generated supplier bank IDs with 0001

Specifies that the bank IDs automatically generated for suppliers start with 0001 rather than 0000.

ID [Link]

Name Start automatically-generated supplier bank IDs with 0001

Default value No

For supplier bank accounts collected in Bank Account questions, SAP Ariba automatically generates unique,
sequential IDs. Automatically generated bank IDs consist of sequential numerical values and, optionally, a country/
region-specific prefix. By default, these automatically generated bank IDs start with 0000. If you set this parameter
to Yes, they start with 0001 instead.

The related parameter Define the length of supplier bank IDs ([Link]) controls the
length of the automatically-generated IDs. You can also define country/region-specific bank ID prefixes using a data
import.

This parameter is only applicable in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Performance Management(new architecture) solutions.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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Define the length of supplier bank IDs [page 794]
Bank Account Questions for Collecting Supplier Bank Information [page 421]
Country/Region-Specific Bank ID Prefix Data Import [page 101]
Parameter Management in Intelligent Configuration Manager

Use custom logo and footer for emails sent to suppliers

Allows you to specify a custom logo and footer for emails sent to suppliers.

When this parameter is set to Yes, the Custom Email tab appears in Ariba Administrator under Customization
Manager Branding Settings . In addition to the SAP Ariba logo and footer, the custom logo and footer that you
set in this tab appear in emails. When this parameter is set to No, only the SAP Ariba logo and footer appear in
emails.

ID [Link]

Name Use custom logo and footer for emails sent to suppliers

Default value No

You must be a member of the Customer Administrator or Event Administrator group to customize the invitations
sent to suppliers.

To include your company's logo in registration questionnaire invitations, the parameter

[Link] must be enabled in your site. In addition, one of your
company's customer administrators must upload the logo on the Custom Email tab. See Common Data Import
and Administration Guide for SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Solutions and SAP Ariba Supplier Management
Solutions for details.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

Related Information

How to customize messages to buyers and suppliers

Intelligent Configuration Manager administration
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Validate required questions in repeatable sections in external
questionnaires

Validates required questions in repeatable sections in external questionnaires so that if there's no prepopulated
answer in the initial questionnaire draft, suppliers must provide answers before submitting.

ID [Link]

Name Validate required questions in repeatable sections in external questionnaires

Default value No

By default, when a repeatable section in an external questionnaire contains an individual required question,
there's no validation check to ensure that the recipient has provided the required answer before submitting the
questionnaire. Enabling this parameter applies a validation check to ensure that individual required questions
within repeatable sections in external questionnaires are also validated so that recipients must provide answers
before submitting the questionnaire.

This setting only applies to individual required questions in external questionnaires edited by suppliers on SAP
Business Network. It doesn't apply to internal questionnaires, or to external questionnaires edited by buyer users
on behalf of suppliers.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

Related Information

Intelligent Configuration Manager Administration

Parameter Management in Intelligent Configuration Manager
Adding a Repeatable Section to a Supplier Form or Questionnaire [page 391]

Web Assistant in-context help for supplier management

Enable the use of the Web Assistant (SAP Companion) for supplier management features.

ID [Link]

Name Web Assistant in-context help for supplier management

Default value Yes

When you set this parameter to Yes, SAP Companion, which is used to provide in-application help, is enabled for
supplier management. Setting the parameter to No disables this in-application help.

A member of the Customer Administrator group sets this parameter in the Intelligent Configuration Manager
workspace.

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SAP Companion In-Application Help for Supplier Management [page 47]

Self-Service Site Configuration Parameters in

Supplier Administration
Some of the functionality for supplier management is controlled by self-service configuration parameters which
members of the Customer Administrator and SM Ops Administrator groups can set.

These parameters apply to supplier management in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba
Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture).

The parameters are located in SM Administration Configuration Parameters .

Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier

Administration

Some of the functionality for supplier management is controlled by configuration parameters.

The configuration parameters are found in SM Administration Configuration Parameters .

In guided buying sites, the navigation path is Manage SM Admin Configuration Parameters .

For more information on how to modify the settings of these parameters, see Managing Configuration Parameters
in Supplier Administration [page 860].

Table 36:
Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Integration [Link] False This parameter ensures that

[Link] the
changeOrdinalNumberV
alue in integration messages
sent an integrated MDG-S sys-
tem includes automatically
generated, sequential values
for each supplier. It's disabled
by default. If your SAP MDG-S
system configuration requires
these values to generate
change requests, enable this
parameter in your site.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Integration [Link] False By default, the

[Link]
[Link]
nsId field stores D-U-N-S
numbers in the
[Link]
nsId field, and it isn’t map-
ped to any elements in inte-
gration messages sent to an
integrated ERP system. Ena-
bling this parameter synchro-
nizes
[Link]
nsId values to business part-
ner identification segments in
integration messages and sets
a party identification type
code of BUP001 for them.

Integration [Link] False Includes the

ner.EnableBup007Sync
[Link]
Id value in integration mes-
sages to the ERP system and
automatically sets the
PartyIdentifierTypeC
ode to BUP007.

If the partitioned supplier fea-

ture (SM-30017) is enabled
in your site, enabling this pa-
rameter is recommended. It
ensures that SAP Business
Network IDs (ANIDs) added
to suppliers through supplier
management activities such
as supplier registrations are
correctly syncrhonized to the
associated procurement com-
mon suppliers, and that those
common suppliers are search-
able by ANID.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Integration [Link] False Automatically includes the

AcmIdToERP
ACM ID for a supplier created
through ERP synchronization
or data import with the next
update to the ERP system af-
ter the ACM ID is set. Since
ACM ID generation occurs af-
ter the new supplier is cre-
ated, the initial outbound mes-
sage to the ERP system typi-
cally doesn't include this ID,
and it's not otherwise included
in updates.

 Note
To set the ACM ID for sup-
pliers, your site must use
custom fields to store
ACM IDs through an im-
ported default properties
configuration [page 520]
where a generic custom
field such as
[Link]
nericCustomField.
ZS4ID is set to $
([Link]
o.s4OrgSystemId).
The integrated ERP sys-
tem must have a custom
implementation for the
corresponding custom
field. This parameter only
sends the ACM ID to the
integrated ERP system if
these configurations are
in place.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Questionnaires [Link] True By default, answers in

Tax ncedTaxInfo
the country/region field of
Address or Extended Address
questions in supplier requests
or registration questionnaires
don't affect the extended tax
country/region codes associ-
ated with supplier tax IDs.
This behavior is designed for
sites that collect supplier tax
information using Tax ques-
tions. Tax questions include a
required country/region field
that sets the extended tax
country/region code for the
tax ID specified in the answer.
The default setting of this
parameter ensures that this
extended tax country/region
code isn't overwritten by the
country/region in an Address
or Extended Address answer.

In sites that collect supplier

tax information using individ-
ual tax ID questions mapped
to tax ID fields such as
[Link]
mber1 rather than Tax ques-
tions, SAP Ariba recommends
disabling this parameter so
that the extended tax coun-
try/region code for tax IDs col-
lected in individual questions
is automatically set by the
country/region field in
Address or Extended Address
questions in the supplier re-
quest or a registration ques-
tionnaire.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Integration [Link] False Enables mutual TLS authen-

gClientMtlsEnabled
tication for adapter-based
cloud integrations of supplier
data using the polling client.

For information on how to con-

figure mutual TLS authentica-
tion, refer to Setting Up Mu-
tual TLS Authentication for
Adapter-Based Cloud Integra-
tions of Supplier Data That
Use the Polling Client [page
541].

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link] True Specifies whether internal

trationEnabled
supplier registrations, where
buyers complete registrations
on behalf of suppliers with-
out supplier involvement, are
available in a site. By default,
this parameter is set to True
and internal registrations are
available. You can set this pa-
rameter to enable or disable
this functionality in your site.

 Note
Along with the con-
figuration parameter,
you must also enable
the Enable internal
supplier registrations pa-
rameter in Integration
Configuration Manager
to ensure the functionality
in available in your site.

 Caution
If you want to disa-
ble internal registra-
tions, SAP Ariba rec-
ommends doing so
before any internal
registrations are cre-
ated in your site.
Disabling the feature
prevents completion
of any internal regis-
tration projects that
are in progress and
removes the mecha-
nism for inviting sup-
pliers to participate
in completed internal
registrations.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link] False Allows you to start sup-

gistrationWhenPrimaryCont
plier registrations automati-
actAdded
cally when primary supplier
contacts are added or im-
ported into SAP Ariba Sup-
plier Lifecycle and Perform-
ance for the very first time,
and when supplier requests
are externally approved in an
integrated MDG-S system

 Note
Along with this config-
uration parameter, you
must also enable the ex-
isting Automatically start
supplier registrations pa-
rameter in Intelligent
Configuration Manager
to ensure the functionality
in available in your site.

User or administrator inter- [Link]. False Enabling this feature allows

face DisplaySetRegisteredOption you to manually set a sup-
plier's status to Registered
using the Set Registered op-
tion in the Registration details
area of the supplier's profile.

The system immediately sets

the status of the supplier to
Registered. In addition, the
system synchronizes supplier
data with your ERP systems
automatically or with man-
ual intervention depending on
how your site is configured.
This data then becomes avail-
able for supplier qualifications
or for use in other SAP Ariba
procurement applications.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Search [Link] This parameter specifies a

VariantIds comma-separated list of realm
IDs for any procurement sites
in your SAP Ariba configura-
tion that use PeopleSoft var-
iant. This setting enables pro-
curement sites with the Peo-
pleSoft variant to use sup-
plier data such addresses
and qualified or preferred sta-
tuses, and is required for
those sites.

Questionnaires [Link] True Restricts the ability to edit

[Link] supplier requests that are
in approval to the project
owner (the person who cre-
ated the supplier request)
and currently active approvers
who are also members of the
Supplier Request Manager
group. If disabled, all mem-
bers of the Supplier Request
Manager group can edit sup-
plier requests that are in ap-
proval.

Questionnaires [Link] False Automatically prepopulates

trixDimensionToProcessQual intake forms for a supplier's
ification process qualifications with the
commodities, regions, and de-
partments from their supplier
request or registration. If the
supplier has both a request
and registration with this data,
the registration data is used.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link] False This parameter enables en-

Questionnaires andaloneMQEnhancement
hanced filtering and pagina-
tion in the workflow for send-
ing standalone modular ques-
tionnaires.

 Note
Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to
the Enable enhanced fil-
tering and pagination for
standalone modular ques-
tionnaires [page 807] pa-
rameter in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
Always enable or disable
both parameters together.

Search [Link] en The default locale for query-

ltRealmLocale ing master data in your site.
If the locale isn't provided, the
default value is used.

Questionnaires [Link] True Enables or disables the mask-

Tax eDefaultTaxMasking ing of some information col-
lected in Tax questions in por-
tions of the user interface
on the Supplier Management
dashboard, such as supplier
profiles. Country/region and
tax ID fields in Tax questions
are encrypted in the database,
and when this parameter is
enabled, data in encrypted
tax fields is also masked in
those areas of the user in-
terface. It's never masked in
other areas, such as project
advanced view, internal and
external questionnaires, and
the supplier view on SAP Busi-
ness Network. You can make
tax data display consistent in
all areas of the user interface
by disabling this parameter.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link] False Enables or disables the mod-

bleModularProcessFramewor ular process framework for
k qualification and other lifecy-
cle processes, which includes
process projects and associ-
ated functionality.

 Note
Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to the
Enable modular process
framework [page 804]
parameter in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
Always enable or disable
both parameters together.

Feature enablement [Link] False Enables or disables support

ternalFormsinModularQuesti for additional internal forms
onnaires with To Do and approval
tasks in modular question-
naire projects.

 Note
Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to the
Enable internal forms in
modular questionnaires
[page 802] parameter in
Intelligent Configuration
Manager. Always enable
or disable both parame-
ters together.

Integration [Link] N/A Specifies a default preferred

dTelephoneUsage
usage code to set for any tel-
ephone number that doesn't
have a usage code or, if the
supplier doesn't have a tele-
phone number, for the first
mobile number if available.

The default preferred usage

code in SAP MDG systems is
AD_DEFAULT.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Integration [Link] N/A Specifies a default usage code

eUsageDefault
to set for any telephone num-
ber that doesn't have a usage
code.

The default telephone number

usage code in SAP MDG sys-
tems is AD_NMBDEFA.

Integration [Link] N/A Specifies a default usage code

sageDefault
to set for any mobile num-
ber that doesn't have a usage
code.

The default mobile number

usage code in SAP MDG sys-
tems is AD_MBDEFAU.

Integration [Link] XXDEFAULT Specifies a default usage code

UsageDefault
to set for the first address if no
addresses have a usage code.

Integration [Link] False If enabled, identifies mis-

matchEnabled
matches between the sender
business system ID in inbound
integration messages and the
ERP business system ID con-
figured in integration settings.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Integration [Link] True Adds leading zeros to partner

PartnerIdConversionEnabled
function bpids in outbound in-
tegration messages. Disable
this parameter if your inte-
grated ERP system sends
partner function bpids without
leading zeros to prevent a mis-
match.

 Caution
• Only disable this
parameter together
with the Use Internal
Format for ERP
Vendor Id feature,
which also adds lead-
ing zeros to out-
bound ERP vendor
IDs. This feature
must be disabled by
SAP Ariba Support.
• If you plan to use the
partitioned supplier
feature (SM-30017),
make sure that you
have the desired con-
figuration for both
the Use Internal
Format for ERP
Vendor Id feature
and the
[Link].
BusinessPartnerIdC
onversionEnabled
parameter before en-
abling the partitioned
supplier feature in
your site. Changing
either configuration
after enabling the
partitioned supplier
feature can result in
unexpected effects
on partitioned sup-
plier data.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

For more information, see

Management of Leading Zeros
in ERP Vendor IDs [page 538].

Integration [Link]. N/A Specifies an ERP business

MmSysId
system ID to replace the ERP
Business system ID config-
ured in SM Administration
integration settings in ERP
search calls for material mas-
ter data. If left blank, the
ERP Business system ID in
integration settings is also
used for material master data
search.

Integration [Link] False Enables supplier data inte-

led
grating with SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Public Edition using
SAP Master Data Integration
(MDI).

This parameter is only availa-

ble when the support for sup-
plier data integration with SAP
S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
feature (SM-30016) is enabled
in your site.

For details on this feature, in-

cluding prerequisites and re-
strictions, see About Supplier
Data Integration with SAP S/
4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Using SAP Master Data Inte-
gration.

Integration [Link] Specifies the business system

aryBpId
ID of the integrated SAP S/
4HANA Cloud Public Edition
system.

This parameter is only availa-

ble when the support for sup-
plier data integration with SAP
S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
feature (SM-30016) is enabled
in your site.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Business partner key mapping [Link] False Enables automatic creation of

appingEnabled
partitioned suppliers for each
of the child sites defined in the
child site mapping rules data
import when your site receives
a business partner key map-
ping request.

Enabling this parameter

shows other key mapping pa-
rameters.

If your site uses the par-

titioned supplier feature
(SM-30017), only enable this
parameter if SAP Ariba Pro-
curement solutions site has a
multi-ERP configuration with a
child site.

Business partner key mapping [Link] 147 Specifies the type code for
appingTypeCodeForBP
business partners in your site.
This type code is used during
business partner key mapping
synchronization from an inte-
grated ERP system.

This parameter is only visible

when
[Link]
appingEnabled is enabled.

Business partner key mapping [Link] 888 Specifies the object schema
appingObjectSchemaCodeFo
code for business partners in
rBP
your site. This schema code
is used during business part-
ner key mapping synchroniza-
tion from an integrated ERP
system.

This parameter is only visible

when
[Link]
appingEnabled is enabled.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Business partner key mapping [Link] 889 Specifies the UUID object
appingObjectSchemaCodeFo
schema code for business
rBPUuid
partners in your site. This
code is used during business
partner key mapping synchro-
nization from an integrated
ERP system.

This parameter is only visible

when
[Link]
appingEnabled is enabled.

Business partner key mapping [Link] 266 Specifies the type code for
appingTypeCodeForSup
suppliers in your site. This
type code is used during busi-
ness partner key mapping
synchronization from an inte-
grated ERP system.

This parameter is only visible

when
[Link]
appingEnabled is enabled.

Business partner key mapping [Link] 892 Specifies the object schema
appingObjectSchemaCodeFo
code for suppliers in your site.
rSup
This schema code is used dur-
ing business partner key map-
ping synchronization from an
integrated ERP system.

This parameter is only visible

when
[Link]
appingEnabled is enabled.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Partitioned suppliers [Link] All Specifies the vendor differ-

ferentiationType
entiation type for suppliers,
which determines whether in-
bound suppliers replicated
from an SAP S/4HANA Cloud
Public Edition system are cre-
ated as common suppliers
(main vendors), remittance lo-
cations, or supplier locations
(ordering addresses) in SAP
Ariba Procurement solutions.
Valid values are:

• PartnerFunction, to
set a supplier's vendor
type based on partner
function. Use
[Link].M
ainVendorPartnerFuncti
onCodes,
[Link].O
rderingPartnerFunction
Codes, and
[Link].R
emittancePartnerFuncti
onCodes to specify the
partner function codes
that determine each ven-
dor type.
• All, to specify that all
suppliers are considered
main vendors (common
suppliers).

 Note
All is the default setting
for this parameter. To con-
vert inbound vendor ob-
jects to remittance loca-
tions or supplier locations
where appropriate instead
of creating common sup-
pliers for all of them, use
the PartnerFunction
setting and related pa-
rameters.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

This parameter is only availa-

ble when the partitioned sup-
plier feature (SM-30017) is en-
abled in your site.

Partitioned suppliers [Link] RS Specifies a comma-separated

ncePartnerFunctionCodes
list of partner function codes
that determine whether a
business partner is a remit-
tance address (remittance lo-
cation). These codes are only
used if
[Link]
ferentiationType is set to
PartnerFunction .

This parameter is only availa-

ble when the partitioned sup-
plier feature (SM-30017) is en-
abled in your site.

Partitioned suppliers [Link] BA Specifies a comma-separated

PartnerFunctionCodes
list of partner function codes
that determine whether a
business partner is an order-
ing address (supplier loca-
tion). These codes are only
used if
[Link]
ferentiationType is set to
PartnerFunction .

This parameter is only availa-

ble when the partitioned sup-
plier feature (SM-30017) is en-
abled in your site.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Partitioned suppliers [Link] LF Specifies a comma-separated

dorPartnerFunctionCodes
list of partner function codes
that determine whether that a
supplier is a main vendor
(common supplier). These co-
des are only used if
[Link]
ferentiationType is set to
PartnerFunction .

This parameter is only availa-

ble when the partitioned sup-
plier feature (SM-30017) is en-
abled in your site.

Partitioned suppliers [Link] 0001,KRED Not currently used.

evelAccountingGroups
This parameter is only availa-
ble when the partitioned sup-
plier feature (SM-30017) is en-
abled in your site.

Partitioned suppliers [Link] WL Not currently used.

pplierPartnerFunctionCodes
This parameter is only availa-
ble when the partitioned sup-
plier feature (SM-30017) is en-
abled in your site.

Partitioned suppliers [Link] ZF Not currently used.

artnerFunctionCodes
This parameter is only availa-
ble when the partitioned sup-
plier feature (SM-30017) is en-
abled in your site.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Integration [Link] False By default, the tax identifica-

Tax PartyTaxIDSupported
tion type code is included in
the PartyTaxID element of
integration messages received
from and sent to an integrated
ERP system.

If enabled, this parameter

ensures that the tax iden-
tification type code 5 or
greater than 5 is included
as the LONG_PartyTaxID
element in the
BusinessPartner seg-
ment of integration messages.

The LONG_PartyTaxID el-

ement supports a maximum
length of 60 characters.

Feature enablement [Link] False You can enable this parameter

Dimension
to enable business unit or de-
partment as third dimension
along with commodity and re-
gion in supplier management
projects such qualifications,
disqualification, and prefer-
red projects that are based
in commodity/region/depart-
ment combinations. When the
parameter is disabled, the
department data no longer
shows in the user interface.

Feature enablement [Link] False This parameter enables or dis-

rchFilter ables the Risk level search
filter on the supplier search
page, allowing you to search
for suppliers based on their
risk levels. This filter is only
available in solutions that also
include SAP Ariba Supplier
Risk. The default value of the
parameter is False. You must
enable this parameter to use
the Risk level filter in the sup-
plier search page.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Search [Link] False Uses ACM IDs rather than

eferredAndQualifiedByACMI
ERP vendor IDs in guided
d
buying searches for preferred
and qualified suppliers. Enable
this parameter if your SAP
Ariba Procurement solutions
site uses a multi-ERP configu-
ration so that search results
return the qualification and
preferred status for each sup-
plier across all child sites,
where the associated parti-
tioned suppliers can have dif-
ferent ERP vendor IDs. Use the
default setting, search by ERP
vendor ID, if your SAP Ariba
Procurement solutions site is
a single site with no multi-ERP
configuration.

 Note
This setting isn't applica-
ble in sites that include
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecy-
cle and Performance and
SAP Ariba Supplier Infor-
mation and Performance
Management (new archi-
tecture) where the sup-
port for partitioned sup-
pliers feature (SM-30017)
is enabled. SM-30017
doesn't currently support
multi-ERP configurations.
It's only applicable in SAP
Ariba solution landscapes
where the supplier master
data used in guided buy-
ing is created and main-
tained directly in SAP
Ariba Procurement solu-
tions.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link] False Enabling this parameter ena-

onEvaluation
bles or disables the changed
user experience for internal
questionnaires with visibility
conditions, which processes
conditions in the background
so that recipients can con-
tinue to edit the questionnaire
during that processing. This
parameter also improves the
way visibility conditions are
processed in internal ques-
tionnaires. Enable or disable
this parameter depending on
the performance of your inter-
nal questionnaires. You must
be a member of the SM Ops
Administrator group to set
this parameter.

 Note
Along with the config-
uration parameter, you
must also enable the En-
able improved user expe-
rience for internal ques-
tionnaires with visibility
conditions [page 802] pa-
rameter in Integration
Configuration Manager
to ensure the functionality
in available in your site.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link] False Enables or disables repeatable

Questionnaires ectionsInInternalQuestionnai
sections in internal question-
res
naires, including external reg-
istration questionnaires in in-
ternal registrations.

 Note
Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to
the Enable repeatable
sections in internal ques-
tionnaires [page 806]
parameter in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
Always enable or disable
both parameters together.

Feature enablement [Link] False Enables or disables internal

Questionnaires tingandAggregationInInterna stakeholders of your organiza-
lForms tion to enter ratings in one
or more internal forms or
internal questionnaires of a
project. It also enables them
to view the final ratings. A final
rating is a simple aggregation
of all the individual ratings.

Questionnaires [Link] False Shows country/region-spe-

PRegionDisplayInSimpleAdd cific ERP region codes, which
ress are mapped to the state co-
des (ANStateCode) used on
SAP Business Network, in the
State/Province/Region field
of Address questions in buyer-
facing questionnaires. By de-
fault, these codes are only
available in Extended Address
questions.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

User or administrator inter- [Link] False This parameter enables the

face ummary
Sourcing Events panel in
the Summary area and the
Business activity detail area
in the supplier profile. You
must enable this parameter to
show the supplier's sourcing
events in the Summary area
and view the sourcing events
list in the Business activity
area in the supplier profile.

 Note
The Business Activity
and Summary areas are
only available in the clas-
sic supplier 360° profile.
They aren't available in
the supplier profile sum-
mary (NGSM-2959).

User or administrator inter- [Link] False This parameter enables the

face Summary
Contracts panel in the
Summary area and the
Business activity area in the
supplier profile. You must en-
able this parameter to show
the supplier's contracts in the
Summary area and view the
contracts list in the Business
activity area in the supplier
profile.

 Note
The Business Activity
and Summary areas are
only available in the clas-
sic supplier 360° profile.
They aren't available in
the supplier profile sum-
mary (NGSM-2959).

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link] True This parameter adds an op-

wStartOfProcessQualificatio tion for restricting the abil-
nForUnRegisteredSuppliers ity to create process qualifi-
cations for a supplier until
the supplier has a completed
registration. You can enable
or disable creation of proc-
ess qualifications for unregis-
tered suppliers. However, this
restriction does not apply to
miscellaneous processes.

• If the option is set to

True, the system allows
you to start process quali-
fications for unregistered
suppliers.
• If the option is set to
False, the system doesn't
allow you to start process
qualifications for unregis-
tered suppliers.

Integration [Link] False By default, when supplier re-

ndustrySector quest Dun & Bradstreet
lookup doesn't return any in-
dustry classification code
data, the associated fields are
automatically populated with
a value of NA. When this pa-
rameter is enabled, the sys-
tem doesn't add any industry
sector data from D&B. There-
fore, industry sector data
added by the D&B lookup to
<sm:GenericCustomFie
ld> or
<IndustrySector> seg-
ments isn't included in out-
bound integration messages
and doesn't show in ERP data
in the supplier profile. This ex-
clusion prevents integration
errors when data in required
fields is missing. This parame-
ter is only applicable in sites
integrated with D&B.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Miscellaneous [Link] 1 Specifies the number of mi-

ayMinutes nutes between when a data
purge is initiated and the
scheduled task to carry out
purge actions for supplier and
supplier-related data starts,
with a minimum of 1 minute
and a maximum of 10 mi-
nutes. In some cases, increas-
ing the delay can address stal-
led or failed purges.

Feature enablement [Link] No When this parameter is ena-

otificationOnAddingSupplier
bled, an email notification is
Contacts
automatically sent to newly
added supplier contacts in-
forming them that their con-
tact details have been added
to the system.

A member of the Customer

Administrator group sets this
parameter in the Intelligent
Configuration Manager work-
space.

Feature enablement [Link] False Enabling this parameter en-

blePublishQualificationStatu sures that the status of a proc-
sDuringRenewal ess is changed to "In Prog-
ress" when you renew the
process.

Feature enablement [Link] False Enabling this parameter pre-

ateIntakeFormMatrixValuesT populates matrix values from
oMQ the intake form into the mod-
ular questionnaires used in a
process.

Integration [Link] False Enables display of status in-

User or administrator inter- PSyncUI
formation about the synchro-
face nization of inbound ERP busi-
Feature enablement
ness partners to sourcing,
including the resulting sup-
plier ACM ID, on the inte-
gration status page in SM
Administration.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Integration [Link] False Enables display of information

User or administrator inter- SyncUI
about the status of inbound
face ERP business partners to buy-
Feature enablement
ing, including the supplier type
Partitioned suppliers
and synchronization status,
on the integration status page
in SM Administration.

 Note
This parameter is only ap-
plicable in sites where the
partitioned supplier data
feature (SM-30017) is en-
abled.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Integration [Link].S False Increases maximum size of

Feature enablement M.Enable160CharacterSupp
the
ortForFullName
[Link]
llname field from 140 to 160
characters, with correspond-
ing increase in maximum size
of
[Link]
me1 through
[Link]
me4 fields from 35 to 40 char-
acters each, in sites where the
supplier full name feature is
enabled.

 Caution
Make sure that your con-
figuration here matches
the length of name fields
in the integrated ERP sys-
tem. Mismatch between
maximum length of name
fields in SAP Ariba and
the integrated ERP sys-
tem can result in inconsis-
tencies or loss of data.

If the Apply Field Restrictions

validation tool is enabled on
pages for adding or editing
questions in project templates
in your site, that tool sets a
maximum length of 35 charac-
ters for individual name fields
and 140 for the full name field
by default. To increase these
settings to 40 and 160 charac-
ters, also enable the parame-
ter Increase maximum size for
name fields to 40 characters
each in applied field restric-
tions [page 812]
([Link]
e160CharacterSupport
ForFullName) in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Integration [Link] False Enables basic authentication

erviceBasicAuthenticationEn
using user name and pass-
abled
word for integration messages
related to user matrix data in
integrations that use the poll-
ing client. By default, the au-
thentication configured for in-
tegrations that use SAP Inte-
gration Suite, managed gate-
way for spend management
and SAP Business Network,
which is certificate-based, is
used.

User or administrator inter- [Link] False Enables the feature for the
face er360Profile
new supplier profile summary
Feature enablement (NGSM-2959). Enabling this
parameter is only one step
in the workflow for configur-
ing this feature. For the com-
plete workflow, see Enabling
the Supplier Profile Summary
in Your Site.

 Note
The supplier profile sum-
mary is only supported
in sites that include SAP
Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance or SAP
Ariba Supplier Risk. It isn't
supported in sites that in-
clude SAP Ariba Supplier
Information and Perform-
ance Management (new
architecture) without one
of those other solutions.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Questionnaires [Link] False Enables use of Dun & Brad-

tPlusAPI
street Direct + in place of
D&B Worldbase marketing
Plus with Linkage for data
lookups in sites integrated
with Dun & Bradstreet.

For more information, see Dun

& Bradstreet Integration with
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance [page 601].

Feature enablement [Link] False Enables a final validation of

Integration [Link]
supplier requests in an inte-
nofSupplierCreation
grated SAP Master Data Gov-
ernance system before sup-
plier creation.

 Note
Enabling or disabling
this feature requires cor-
responding changes to
the settings of both
this feature parameter
and the feature tog-
gle SM-5694: Enable
external validation of
supplier creation in
Intelligent Configuration
Manager. Partially ena-
bling or disabling the fea-
ture by changing the set-
ting for one but not the
other can cause unpre-
dictable behavior or er-
rors.

After enabling both the fea-

ture toggle and the parameter,
you configure the integration
settings in your site to use
MDG validation. For more in-
formation, see Requiring SAP
MDG-S Validation and Appro-
val of Supplier Creation in SAP
Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and
Performance.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link] False Enables display of business

Questionnaires uest.
unit (department) name
EnableBusinessUnitSpecific
rather than the buyer organi-
NotificationsForExternalSup
plierRequests zation's name in the external
supplier request and in related
notifications to suppliers and
approvers.

 Note
Enabling or disabling
this feature requires cor-
responding changes to
the settings of both this
feature parameter and the
feature toggle SM-6380:
Enable business unit-
specific notifications
for external supplier
requests in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
Partially enabling or dis-
abling the feature by
changing the setting for
one but not the other
can cause unpredictable
behavior or errors.

After enabling both the fea-

ture toggle and the parameter,
you set up the external sup-
plier request. For more infor-
mation, see External Supplier
Requests by Business Unit
[page 239].

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link] False Shows supplier contact

User or administrator inter- bleSupplierContactNameDis
names in reverse order, with
face playWithFamilyNameFirst
family name first, then middle
name (if any), then first name,
in the user interface and email
notifications.

 Note
Enabling or disabling
this feature requires cor-
responding changes to
the settings of both this
parameter and the fea-
ture toggle SM-15622:
Enable supplier contact
name display with family
name first in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
Partially enabling or dis-
abling the feature by
changing the setting for
one but not the other
can cause unpredictable
behavior or errors.

After enabling both the fea-

ture toggle and the parameter,
there are additional steps for
ensuring the correct display
of existing contact data. For
more information, see Setting
Up Your Site to Show Contact
Names with Family Name First
[page 179].

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link] False Hides the Swift Code field in

WIFTCodeinBankAccountQu
Bank Account questions.
estions

 Note
Enabling or disabling
this feature requires cor-
responding changes to
the settings of both this
parameter and the fea-
ture toggle SM-28926:
Enable hiding of Swift
Code in Bank Account
questions in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
Partially enabling or dis-
abling the feature by
changing the setting for
one but not the other
can cause unpredictable
behavior or errors.

Feature enablement [Link] False Adds a supplier full name field

eSupplierFullName with a default length of 140
characters. The value in this
field shows in the user inter-
face of SAP Ariba applications
and is split into the four indi-
vidual name fields for integra-
tion.

 Remember
Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to
SM-14213: Enable supplier
full name in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
Always enable or disable
both together.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link]. False Enables registration managers

EnableCustomSendersforSu to choose requesters for sup-
pplierRegistrationInvitations plier registrations and shows
the requester as the sender in
registration invitations.

 Remember
Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to
SM-20904 : Enable cus-
tom senders for supplier
registration invitations in
Intelligent Configuration
Manager. Always enable
or disable both together.

Feature enablement [Link] False Enables a final validation of

[Link] supplier requests in an inte-
nofSupplierCreation grated SAP MDG(S) system
before supplier creation.

 Remember
Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to
SM-5694: Enable exter-
nal validation of supplier
creation in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
Always enable or disable
both together.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Feature enablement [Link] False Enables display of business

[Link] unit (department) name
cificNotificationsForExternal rather than the buyer organi-
SupplierRequests zation's name in the external
supplier request and in related
notifications to suppliers and
approvers.

 Remember
Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to
SM-6380: Enable busi-
ness unit-specific notifica-
tions for external supplier
requests in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
Always enable or disable
both together.

Feature enablement [Link]. False Enables a status tracker

EnableStatusTrackerForRegi for email invitations for sup-
strationInvitations plier registration, which shows
when invitations are sent,
opened, or bounced.

 Remember
Enabling or disabling this
parameter requires a cor-
responding change to
SM-5116: Enable status
tracker for registration
invitations in Intelligent
Configuration Manager.
Always enable or disable
both together.

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Parameter category Parameter name Default setting Description

Questionnaires [Link] False When enabled, this parame-

Integration eVersionOnERPSync ter specifies that ERP syn-
chronization only creates a
new questionnaire version if
the sync includes an update
to at least one mapped ques-
tion in the currently active ver-
sion of the questionnaire. Oth-
erwise, ERP synchronizations
can create new questionnaire
versions even when no data in
the currently active version of
the questionnaire is updated.

Feature enablement [Link] False When enabled, this parameter

Integration ProcessOutMessage sends the supplier qualifica-
tion status information from
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance to Enter-
prise Resource Planning (ERP)
systems using custom generic
fields in outbound Business
Partner (BP) messages.

Feature enablement [Link]

ationInSupplierRequest

Related Information

Enable internal supplier registrations [page 803]

Managing Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 860]
Managing Feature Toggles for the Site
Intelligent Configuration Manager Administration

Managing Configuration Parameters in Supplier

Administration
The configuration parameters in Supplier Administration control some specific supplier management functionality.
Administrators can modify the values for these configuration parameters without having to raise a case with SAP
Ariba Support. Use this procedure to manage configuration parameters.

Prerequisites

To manage parameters in SM Administration, you must be a member of the SM Ops Administrator group.

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Context

You modify parameter values to enable or disable functionality controlled by the configuration parameters.
For more information about specific parameters, refer to Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier
Administration [page 826].

Procedure

1. On the dashboard, choose Manage SM Administration .

2. Choose Configuration Parameters.
3. Choose the options icon ( ) to expand the list of options.
4. Do one of the following:

• To see the parameter's description or modify its current value, choose Edit. If you're modifying a value,
choose or enter the new value and choose Save.
• To restore the parameter's default value, choose Reset.

Related Information

Reference of Configuration Parameters in Supplier Administration [page 826]

Enable internal supplier registrations [page 803]

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