1 Introduction

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1.1 SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway

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1.1.1 Features

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1.1.2 SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway

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1.1.3 SAP Integration Suite versus SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway

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1.2 Supported SAP ERP Systems

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1.3 Supported SAP Ariba Solutions and SAP Business Network

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1.3.1 SAP Business Network

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1.3.2 SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing

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1.3.3 SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP Ariba Contracts

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1.3.4 SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance

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1.4 Basic Architecture with Connected Systems

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1.5 Summary

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2 Installation and Activation of SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway

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2.1 Enabling SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway in SAP Ariba

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2.1.1 Activating SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway in Your Customer Realm

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2.1.2 Configuring the Data Center

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2.2 Setting Up the Cloud Connector

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2.2.1 Installation

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2.2.2 Configuration

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2.3 Installing SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway

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2.3.1 Downloading and Installing SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway, Add-on for SAP S/4HANA

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2.3.2 Downloading and Installing SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway, Add-on for SAP S/4HANA Upgrade

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2.3.3 Downloading Software Components Using the Maintenance Planner

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2.4 Defining Authorizations

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2.5 Summary

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3 SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway Configuration

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3.1 Configure and Enable in SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA

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3.1.1 Maintain Certificates

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3.1.2 Create RFC Destination

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3.1.3 Create Port Definition

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3.1.4 Create Logical System

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3.1.5 Configure Receiver Port

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3.1.6 Send SAP Information to SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway

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3.1.7 Support Attachments

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3.1.8 Support Comments

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3.1.9 Support Forward Error Handling

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3.1.10 Business Add-In to Customize Parameter and Filter Values

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3.1.11 Enable Integration via Middleware

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3.2 Set Up SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway

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3.2.1 Navigation

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3.2.2 Basic Data

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3.2.3 Configure Projects

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3.2.4 Transaction Tracker/Message Monitor

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3.2.5 Custom Mapping

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3.2.6 Deploy a Project in a Production Environment

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3.3 Summary

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4 Configure SAP Business Network Transactional Data

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4.1 General Settings

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4.1.1 Set Up the Interface

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4.1.2 Configure Document Status Update

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4.1.3 Enable SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration

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4.1.4 Map a Material Product Hierarchy to Material Classification

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4.1.5 Enable Vendors

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4.1.6 Maintain Vendors for Outbound Transaction

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4.1.7 Enable External Format Conversion

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4.1.8 Plant-Specific Time Zone Conversion

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4.2 Purchase Requisition

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4.2.1 Maintain Parameters and Prefilters for Requisition

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4.2.2 Maintain Configuration Related to Requisition Export

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4.2.3 Export Requisition Data to Ariba Network

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4.3 Purchase Order

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4.3.1 Define Message Output Control for Purchase Order

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4.3.2 Maintain Parameters for Purchase Order

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4.3.3 Mapping Setting for Purchase Order/SA/SAR Outbound

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4.3.4 Configure Implicit Enhancements for Change and Cancel Orders

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4.3.5 Implement a Customer Exit for Purchase Order

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4.3.6 Configure Partner Roles for Multitier Purchase Orders

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4.3.7 Configuration to Send Multiple Text Types from SAP ERP/SAP S/4HANA to SAP Business Network

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4.3.8 Configuration to Enable Business Rule Framework Plus in SAP S/4HANA

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4.4 Scheduling Agreement Releases

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4.4.1 Define Message Output Control for Scheduling Agreement

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4.4.2 Define Message Output Control for Scheduling Agreement Release

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4.4.3 Maintain Parameters for Scheduling Agreement Release

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4.4.4 Implement Customer Exit for Scheduling Agreement Release

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4.4.5 Implement Implicit Enhancements for Multiline SAR

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4.5 Order Enquiry

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4.5.1 Define Message Output Control for Order Enquiry

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4.5.2 Maintain Parameters for Order Enquiry

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4.5.3 Implement a Customer Exit for Order Enquiry

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4.6 Order Confirmation

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4.6.1 Maintain Parameters for Order Confirmation

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4.6.2 Implement Custom Exit to Process Comments and Rejected Line Item

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4.6.3 Enable Attachments for Order Confirmation

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4.6.4 Implement Custom Exit to Override Tolerances for Sched. Agreement/Release

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4.7 Order Confirmation Approval

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4.7.1 Create Requirement for Updating Condition Types

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4.7.2 Order Confirmation for Scheduling Agreement and Scheduling Agreement Release

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4.8 Advance Ship Notice

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4.8.1 Maintain Carrier Details for Vendors

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4.8.2 Configure Advance Ship Notice to Receive Ship Notices with Zero Quantities

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4.8.3 Export the Packaging Data for Handling Units to Ariba Network

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4.9 Receipt Request

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4.9.1 Define Message Output Control for Returns and Corrections

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4.9.2 Maintain Parameters for Receipt Request

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4.9.3 Configure User Profile Parameters to Activate Collective Slip after Receipt

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4.9.4 Maintain Printer Default Values for Returns and Corrections in Receipts

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4.10 ERP-Initiated Service Entry Sheets

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4.10.1 Maintain Parameters for ERP-Initiated Service Sheet

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4.10.2 Implement Implicit Enhancement to Update External Reference

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4.10.3 Maintain the Change Document Event for ERP-Initiated Service Sheet

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4.10.4 Maintain Event Type Linkages for ERP-Initiated Service Sheet

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4.11 Service Sheet: Maintain Parameters for Service Sheet

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4.12 Service Sheet Response

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4.12.1 Define Message Output Control for Service Sheet Response

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4.12.2 Maintain Parameters for Service Sheet Response

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4.12.3 Maintain Event Linkages to Generate Service Sheet Responses

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4.13 Invoice

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4.13.1 Maintain Parameters for Invoice

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4.13.2 Maintain SAP Company Code for Each of the Partners

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4.13.3 Maintain Tax Code between the External System and the SAP Tax Codes

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4.13.4 Maintain the Posting Keys and Document Types for Each Company Code

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4.13.5 Implement Customer Exit for Invoices with Service Type Line Items

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4.13.6 Maintain Event Type Linkages for Invoices

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4.13.7 Map cXML Partner to ERP Invoicing Party

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4.13.8 FI Invoice: Maintain Parameters

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4.13.9 Consignment Invoice

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4.14 ERP-Initiated Invoice

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4.14.1 Maintain Parameters for ERP-Initiated Invoice

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4.14.2 Map SAP Tax Codes to Tax Categories

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4.14.3 MM-Based, ERP-Initiated Invoice

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4.14.4 FI-Based, ERP-Initiated Invoice

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4.15 Invoice Status Update

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4.15.1 Maintain Parameters for Invoice Status Update

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4.15.2 Configure Invoice Status Update Transaction

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4.15.3 Maintain Date and Time for Invoice Status Update

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4.15.4 Schedule Job for Invoice Status Update

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4.16 Payment Proposal

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4.16.1 Maintain Parameters for Payment Proposal

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4.16.2 Maintain Date and Time for Payment Proposal

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4.16.3 Schedule the Job for Payment Proposal

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4.17 PayMeNow

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4.17.1 Maintain Parameters for PayMeNow

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4.17.2 Enable Attachments and Comments for PayMeNow

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4.18 Payment Remittance

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4.18.1 Send Payment Remittance Cancellation Information

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4.18.2 Maintain Parameters for Payment Remittance Request

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4.18.3 Maintain Variants for Remittance

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4.18.4 Implement Customer Exit for Payment Remittance to Fill Data into Segment

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4.19 Payment Remittance Batch

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4.19.1 Payment Remittance Batch Integration

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4.19.2 Maintain Parameters for Payment Remittances Batch

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4.20 Payment Receipt Confirmation Request

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4.21 Remittance Advice: Maintain Parameters

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4.22 Liability Transfer

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4.22.1 Maintain Parameters for Liability Transfer

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4.22.2 Maintain SAP Vendor to Funder Details

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4.22.3 Maintain Payment Method for Supply Chain Finance

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4.23 SAP Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration

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4.23.1 Quality Inspection

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4.23.2 Quality Notifications

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4.23.3 Component Consumption Request

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4.23.4 Ship Notice Request

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4.23.5 Product Activity Message

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4.23.6 Product Replenishment Message: Maintain Parameters

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4.23.7 Replenishment Orders: Maintain Parameters

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4.24 Summary

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5 Master Data Integration

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5.1 General Settings

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5.1.1 Configure External Commands for Operating System

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5.1.2 Configure Ariba Incremental Extract Event

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5.1.3 Configure Ariba Master Data Incremental Field Restrictions

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5.1.4 Configure Ariba Event Linkages

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5.1.5 Ariba User HR Event Linkage

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5.1.6 Retail Integration

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5.1.7 Maintain Parameters

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5.1.8 Maintain Filters

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5.2 Purchase Info Records

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5.2.1 Maintain Ariba Condition Types

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5.2.2 Maintain Parameters

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5.3 Maintain System ID for Master Data

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5.4 Connection Parameters for Master Data

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5.5 Maintain Date Time Stamp for Master Data

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5.6 Maintain User Profiles for User Master Data

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5.7 Schedule Jobs to Run Master Data

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5.7.1 Schedule Job for Master Data

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5.7.2 Schedule Job for Change Master

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5.7.3 Schedule Job for Catalog Upload Request

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5.7.4 Schedule Job for Bill of Material

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5.7.5 Schedule Job for Retail Master

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5.8 Maintain Tax Type

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5.9 Resend Master Data or Catalog Upload Requests

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5.10 Enhancement

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5.10.1 Maintain Field Map for Master Data or Catalog Upload Request

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5.10.2 Business Add-Ins for Master Data

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5.11 Summary

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6 Master Data Native Integration

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6.1 General Settings

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6.1.1 Configure the Outbound Connections to Send Messages

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6.1.2 Configure Ariba Master Data Native Interface Extract Events

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6.1.3 Configure Ariba Master Data Native Interface Incremental Field Restrictions

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6.2 Application-Specific Settings

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6.2.1 Maintain Parameters for Product Master

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6.2.2 Maintain Parameters for User

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6.3 Maintain Timestamp for Master Data Native Integration

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6.4 Schedule Jobs for Master Data Native Integration

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6.5 Area Menu to Run Master Data Native Integration Programs

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6.6 Business Add-Ins for Master Data Native Integration Programs

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6.7 Summary

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7 Procurement Transactional Data

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7.1 General Settings

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7.1.1 Configure Ariba Event for Transaction Data

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7.1.2 Configure Ariba Buyer Transaction Data Incremental Field Restrictions

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7.1.3 Configure Event Linkages for SAP Ariba Procurement Solutions

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7.1.4 Set Up the Interface

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7.1.5 Maintain Timestamp

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7.2 Application-Specific Settings

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7.2.1 Purchase Requisition

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7.2.2 Derive Accounting Export

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7.2.3 ERP-Initiated Purchase Requisition

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7.2.4 Stock Availability Request

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7.2.5 Purchase Order

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7.2.6 Goods Receipt

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7.2.7 Export Goods Receipt

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7.2.8 Service Entry Sheet

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7.2.9 ERP-Initiated Service Entry Sheet

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7.2.10 Invoice

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7.2.11 Export Invoice Status

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7.2.12 Maintain the Parameter for Advance Payment

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7.2.13 Remittance

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7.2.14 Advance Payment Remittance

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7.2.15 Contract

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7.3 Summary

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8 Strategic Sourcing Transactional Integration

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8.1 SAP Ariba Spend Analysis

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8.2 General Settings

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8.3 Application-Specific Settings for Requests for Quotation

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8.3.1 Defining Condition Records and Output Types

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8.3.2 Maintaining Parameters for Requests for Quotation

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8.3.3 Configuring Text IDs for Buyers and Suppliers in the Request for Quotation

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8.3.4 Configuration to Enable Sourcing in the SAP Ariba Realm

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8.4 Quote Message and Award Integration

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8.5 Contract Line-Item Integration

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8.6 Scheduling Agreements

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8.7 Summary

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9 SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance

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9.1 Standalone SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance

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9.2 SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance in the Context of Sourcing and Procurement Solutions

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9.3 Prerequisites, Supported Versions, and Limitations

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9.3.1 Prerequisites

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9.3.2 Supported Versions and SAP Master Data Governance Business Functions

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9.3.3 Limitations

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9.4 Configuring SAP ERP

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9.4.1 Defining the Business System

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9.4.2 Defining the Replication Model

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9.4.3 Activating Inbound and Confirmation Request Interfaces

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9.4.4 Autoreplication to SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance

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9.4.5 Defining Filter Criteria

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9.5 Configuring SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance

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9.6 Implementing Enhancements

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9.7 Testing Shortcuts

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9.8 Troubleshooting

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9.9 Summary

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10 Business Add-In Implementation and Customization

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10.1 SAP Business Network Transactions

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10.2 SAP Strategic Sourcing Solutions

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10.3 SAP Ariba Procurement

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10.4 Custom Mappings

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10.4.1 Custom Mapping for SAP Ariba IDoc Types

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10.4.2 Custom Mappings for Proxy Structures

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10.4.3 Enhancement to Extension Structures for SAP Ariba Solutions

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10.5 Summary

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A Migrating from SAP Ariba Cloud Integration to SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway

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A.1 Premigration Activities

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A.1.1 Securing Inbound Transfers from SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway to the SAP Backend System

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A.1.2 Maintaining Certificates

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A.1.3 Migrating Master Data and Catalogs

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A.1.4 Migrating the Invoice Status Update Transaction

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A.1.5 Migrating the Product Activity Message Transaction

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A.1.6 Migrating the Purchase Order Transaction

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A.1.7 Migrating the Advance Payment Transaction

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A.2 Migration Activities

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A.2.1 Migrating Data to New Database Tables

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A.2.2 Migrating Transaction Configuration

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A.2.3 Migrating SAP Ariba Business Add-Ins

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A.2.4 Migration Report for the SAP Ariba Cloud Integration File Integration When TLC Is Not Enabled

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A.3 Postmigration Activities

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A.3.1 Modifying Partner Profile Settings

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A.3.2 Configuring Event Linkages

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A.3.3 Configuring Logical Ports and Service Names

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A.3.4 Migrating Transactions

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A.3.5 Creating Table Map Values

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A.4 Modifications to Supported Transactions

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A.5 Additional Configuration Activities

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A.6 Summary

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B Troubleshooting

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B.1 SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway Troubleshooting

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B.2 Connection Errors

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B.3 Master Data-Related Errors

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B.4 Transaction-Based Errors

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C The Authors

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Contributor

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