Ariba Guided Buying
SAP Ariba Guided Buying provides a consumer-like shopping experience for enterprise procurement, enabling employees to find and purchase goods and services through an intuitive catalog-driven interface with built-in approval workflows and policy compliance.
APIs
Ariba Guided Buying - Public Catalogs Shop API
The Public Catalogs Shop API enables applications to retrieve data related to catalog items, filter facets, and matching search suggestions from public catalogs on SAP Business ...
Ariba Guided Buying - Asset Management API
The Asset Management API enables developers to retrieve purchase requisitions consisting of asset items and update asset data on those requisitions. This API is applicable for S...
Capabilities
Ariba Guided Buying - Procurement Operations
Unified procurement operations workflow combining catalog shopping and asset management for enterprise buyers and procurement administrators.
Run with NaftikoFeatures
Provides employees with an intuitive catalog-driven shopping interface similar to consumer e-commerce applications.
Full-text search with typeahead autocomplete for finding catalog items from suppliers on SAP Business Network.
Built-in procurement policy checks ensure purchases comply with organizational spending rules and approval workflows.
Integrates with SAP ERP asset management to assign and track asset numbers on requisition line items.
Secure API access using OAuth 2.0 client credentials flow with per-API credentials.
Retrieves filter facets alongside catalog items enabling refined product browsing and discovery.
Use Cases
Enable employees to browse and purchase approved goods from supplier catalogs without manual procurement processes.
Import asset records from SAP ERP and assign unique asset values to line items on approved requisitions.
Integrate SAP Ariba Buying with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition to access public supplier catalogs on SAP Business Network.
Automate retrieval and processing of asset-based requisitions through the Asset Workbench workflow.
Integrations
Integrates with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition for purchase request creation and order management.
Connects to SAP Business Network to access public supplier catalogs and pricing.
Integrates with SAP ERP systems for asset management and purchase order creation.
Extends SAP Ariba functionality through SAP Integration Suite for custom workflows and data transformations.