Highlights for SAP Ariba’s 2025 Q4 Release
As 2025 comes to a close there are a few features that are worth mentioning in the latest 2511 release.
Feature Name: Support for Cancellation and Deactivation of Requisitions
ID: PROC-1010
Integration: Customer Configuration Required
What we like about this feature: This feature allows Purchasing Approvable Administrators to cancel requisitions which are in Cancelling status. There will be a ‘Marked as Canceled’ option canceling orders in Cancelling status. There will also be a Deactivate option for orders in Approved or Ordering statuses.
This feature finally allows administrators to close out those pesky orders stuck in cancelling statuses and utilize a deactivate option to better manage orders and compliance. Users must belong to the Purchasing Approvable Administrator group, and the new parameter must be set by the Customer Administrator in Intelligent Configuration Manager.
Feature Name: New Import Task for Deactivating Supplier Locations Associated with Ad Hoc Vendors
ID: PROC-1016
Integration: Customer Configuration Required
What we like about this feature: This feature allows an administrator to run a new import task Deactivate supplier locations associated with ad hoc vendors to deactivate supplier locations associated with ad hoc vendors to ensure that the email IDs of deactivated supplier locations can’t be reused. When users try to use the email ID of the deactivated supplier location while creating a contact for an ad hoc vendor, the SAP Ariba solution displays an error message to indicate that the supplier is not an ad hoc vendor.
Feature Name: New Fields in Purchase Order cXML sent to SAP Business Network
ID: PROC-624
Integration: Customer Configuration Required
What we like about this feature: The company code, purchasing organization, and purchasing group fields can be passed in the purchase order cXML that your SAP Ariba buying solution sends to SAP Business Network. The new fields help users in SAP Business Network to easily search for purchase orders by company code, purchasing organization, or purchasing group.
A new parameter must be set by the Customer Administrator in Intelligent Configuration Manager and is only available for SAP variant sites.
Feature Name: Enhancement to Supplier Groups User Interface
ID: NP-49710
Integration: Automatically On
What we like about this feature: This feature introduces a new and simplified user interface to manage supplier groups on SAP Business Network. The Supplier Group can now be found under Supplier Enablement. The look is updated, and you can still easily view active and inactive groups, create new groups, deactivate and reactivate. A new button has been added, Transactional Settings, at the top of the main page. This allows you to create a supplier group and assign a supplier to a supplier group on the same Supplier Group screen without having to navigate to a different page.
If you would like to setup an hour of free consulting with CCP Global to discuss these features or plans you have for transformation in 2026 with your Ariba modules, reach out to us here and we will have our experts available to support you.
