SAP Ariba 2011 release contains Web Assistant for Guided Sourcing (new UI)

[KristinaKunad]

Dear community,

I have the pleasure to announce more exciting news - with the SAP Ariba 2011 release we will see an integration SAP Enable Now Web Assistant available for Guided Sourcing.

Overview

We have been working together with the SAP Ariba team to make this happen and are now happy to present the first step of a wider rollout of the Web Assistant for SAP Ariba. The first module in which the Web Assistant is available is the Guided Sourcing (new UI).

Take a sneak peek here:

Web Assistant for Ariba Guided Sourcing

A closer look

For starters, customers will have the Web Assistant available and prefilled with standard content. The extensibility feature is on the roadmap.

This standard content includes many context help bubbles (as seen in the screenshot above) and a guided tour.

You can start the Web Assistant inside of Guided Sourcing by clicking on the little box with the question mark on the right side of the screen as seen here:

How to start the Web Assistant

To be continued

This is only the first step for the Web Assistant availability in SAP Ariba. We will be working hard to provide this feature in more SAP Ariba modules and enable the extensibility so that customers can create their own content to be displayed.

Here are some official resources covering this new SAP Ariba feature:

• Online Help for Guided Sourcing


• 2011 Readiness Feature Preview PDF(page 17)


• 2011 Readiness Feature Preview Video (starting at 6:59)

I hope you are as excited as I am about these news!

If you have any questions, please reach out to your SAP Ariba Customer Engagement Executive.

Take care,

Kristina

[Anton_Mavrin]

Amazing!! Finally, Web Assistant is there!

[KristinaKunad]

I knew you'd be just as excited as I am 🙂

[pulismrithi_raj]

Kristina,

We have setup SAP Companion for Ariba guided sourcing and its showing up, but SAP Companion does not show in classic Ariba sourcing interface. Is SAP Companion not supported for the classic Ariba sourcing interface?

Please let me know.

Thanks

Smrithi

[KristinaKunad]

Hi Smrithi,

This overview document states that SAP Companion is integrated with the following Ariba Sourcing Modules:

Guided sourcing capability for SAP Ariba Sourcing

Direct Spend Sourcing (product sourcing) capability for SAP Strategic Sourcing Suite

Not all sourcing modules are covered yet. But both teams are working on this - please see the corresponding blog to track progress.

Take care,

Kristina