SAP Ariba - Integration with S/4 HANA

SAP S/4 HANA integration with the Ariba Network is native to SAP S/4HANA and this can be performed as part of SAP S/4HANA with guided configuration. You can navigate to “Ariba account settings” and it doesn’t require use of middleware. To meet your organization policies, you can integrate using a middleware like SAP Process Orchestration PI/PO on-premise or SAP HANA Cloud Integration HCI in the cloud. SAP also provides best practices to show you which mediated connectivity alternatives should be used for integration.

With the integration of SAP S/4HANA and Ariba, cloud allows the following processes −

• Purchase order collaboration
• Invoice collaboration
• Service procurement
• Discount management
• Payment

The Ways of Connecting SAP S/4 HANA With The Ariba Network

There are three ways of connecting SAP S/4HANA with the Ariba Network −

Direct connectivity

You establish a system connection between SAP S/4HANA and the Ariba Network without using middleware. Under Ariba account settings, you have direct connectivity option.

Mediated connectivity using HCI

You establish a system connection using SAP HANA Cloud Integration between SAP S/4HANA and the Ariba Network.

Mediated connectivity using PI

You establish a system connection using middleware between SAP S/4HANA and the Ariba Network.

The SAP Process Integration design packages (TPZ files) are available on this link https://connect.ariba.com in a ZIP file. You must download the ZIP file and extract the files for your required version.

You can also refer to SAP Note 1991088 to know more about integration.