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2018-07

SOAP web service API integration guide
SAP Ariba Contracts
SAP Ariba Sourcing
SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Suite
SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance

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Using SOAP Web Service APIs for Data Integration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About SAP Ariba SOAP Web Service APIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SAP Ariba SOAP Web Services Integration Tasks and End Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Contract Project Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sourcing Event and Sourcing Project Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Knowledge Project Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Document Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
User, Organization, and Supplier Operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SOAP Web Service APIs Use Cases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SAP Ariba Sourcing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SAP Ariba Contracts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Limitations for SOAP Web Service APIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using SOAP web service APIs for supplier data integration with the unified vendor model. . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Data flow for supplier data loaded through SOAP web service APIs into the unified vendor model
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Supplier organization data synchronization to the unified vendor model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Organization ID synchronization to ERP vendor IDs in the unified vendor model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Supplier user synchronization to the unified vendor model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Synchronization of supplier profile questionnaire data to the supplier registration questionnaire
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Authentication and Security for SOAP Web Service APIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Workflow for SOAP Web Service APIs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Collecting Access and Security Information for Web Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Configuring an End Point for SOAP Web Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Enabling a SOAP Integration Task. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Generating a WSDL File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Enabling External Exports for Workspace IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Enabling External Exports for Contract Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Enabling External Document Uploads for the User Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Enabling Export RFX Awards Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Configuring Email Notifications for Outbound Web Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
About Web Service Email Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Export WorkspaceId Email Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Export RFX Awards Email Notifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Disabling Integration Tasks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Web Service Elements and Examples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Common SOAP Web Service Header Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Common SOAP Web Service Body Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Country, Currency, BaseLanguage, and LocaleID Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
ContractId and WorkspaceId Elements for Contract Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
OnBehalfUserId and OnBehalfUserPasswordAdapter Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
XSD DateTime Elements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Custom Body Elements for SOAP Web Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Omitting Custom Web Service Elements for Projects without Custom Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Using Custom Web Service Elements for Projects with Custom Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
SOAP Web Services for Contract Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Download Contract Header Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Download Contract Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Export Contract Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Export WorkspaceId. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Import CLID using XML. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Import Contract Line Items Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Import Internal Contract Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Import Procurement Contract Request and Import Procurement Contract Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Import Sales Contract Request and Import Sales Contract Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SOAP Web Services for Sourcing Events and Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
DocumentStatusChangeNotification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
DocumentURLOutBound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Download RFX Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Download RFX Awards with Filters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Export RFX Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Import Sourcing Event. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Import Sourcing Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
SOAP Web Service for Knowledge Projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Import Knowledge Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
SOAP Web Services for Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Download Workspace Documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Download Document IDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Import Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Import Form Document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
SOAP Web Services for Managing Users, Organizations, and Suppliers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Add Users to Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
remove user from group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Export Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Export Supplier Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Import Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Import Supplier Profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
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Import Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Remove Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Remove Users. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
SOAP Web Service Status and Error Message Values. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Web Service Example: Creating a Procurement Contract Workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Import Procurement Contract Workspace Request Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Import Procurement Contract Workspace Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Web Service Examples: Creating Sourcing Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Creating a Sourcing Event without a Full Sourcing Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Creating a Sourcing Event Without a Full Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Creating an Event with a Full Sourcing Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Creating a Sourcing Event in a Full Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Web Service Example: Creating a Project with Custom Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Contract Data File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Contract header file format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Contract Terms Export File Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Excel format for contract line items documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Sourcing Data File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Sourcing Import File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Sourcing Export File Formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Event Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
RFX Award Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Managing Integration Migration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
About Integration Migration Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Integration Migration Management Workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Reviewing and Accepting Changes to Data Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Data Definition Change Example. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Reverting Accepted Changes to Data Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Reviewing Data Definitions in the Data Dictionary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Reviewing Data Definitions in a WSDL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Site Configuration Options for Integration Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Site configuration parameters for synchronization of supplier data with the unified vendor
model. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Revision History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

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Using SOAP Web Service APIs for Data
Integration

In this section:
About SAP Ariba SOAP Web Service APIs [page 5]
SAP Ariba SOAP Web Services Integration Tasks and End Points [page 6]
SOAP Web Service APIs Use Cases [page 10]
Limitations for SOAP Web Service APIs [page 11]
Using SOAP web service APIs for supplier data integration with the unified vendor model [page 12]
Authentication and Security for SOAP Web Service APIs [page 17]
Workflow for SOAP Web Service APIs [page 18]
Collecting Access and Security Information for Web Services [page 20]
Configuring an End Point for SOAP Web Services [page 20]
Enabling a SOAP Integration Task [page 21]
Generating a WSDL File [page 22]
Enabling External Exports for Workspace IDs [page 22]
Enabling External Exports for Contract Terms [page 23]
Enabling External Document Uploads for the User Interface [page 23]
Enabling Export RFX Awards Tasks [page 24]
Configuring Email Notifications for Outbound Web Services [page 24]
About Web Service Email Notifications [page 25]
Disabling Integration Tasks [page 26]

About SAP Ariba SOAP Web Service APIs
SAP Ariba SOAP web service APIs enable you to exchange data between SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing solutions
and other systems, such as ERP systems, for real-time data integration. In many cases, the SAP Ariba web services
are used between the SAP Ariba solution and an intermediary Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) system that
handles web service communication for an ERP system. For simplicity, the term “ERP” is used in this chapter to
refer to either an EAI or an ERP system.
SAP Ariba SOAP web services use the W3C SOAP messaging framework to exchange messages over HTTP or
HTTPS. If you are using an outbound web service (a service initiated by the SAP Ariba solution), SAP Ariba strongly
recommends that you use SAP Ariba SOAP web services over an HTTPS link to the ERP system. For more
information, see Authentication and Security for Web Services [page 17].
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The SAP Ariba Integration Manager generates descriptions of the SAP Ariba SOAP web services operations in the
Web Services Description Language (WSDL), an XML-based language. Typically, developers on the ERP system use
the WSDL descriptions when creating applications to communicate with SAP Ariba SOAP web services. There are
numerous software development packages that can read WSDL files and use them to create web service clients.
SAP Ariba offers integration services to implement an end-to-end solution for you using SAP Ariba web services. If
you are interested in using SAP Ariba integration services, contact your customer support manager or account
manager for more information.

Note
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance
Management (new architecture) solutions use a unified vendor model instead of the classic supplier
organization model. The integration methods documented in this guide support a limited integration of supplier
data to the unified vendor model. See Using SOAP web service APIs for supplier data integration with the unified
vendor model [page 12] for details.

SAP Ariba SOAP Web Services Integration Tasks and
End Points
SAP Ariba SOAP web services include integration tasks that send and receive SOAP messages for web services. An
integration task requires an end point for the logical communication channel used by the web service. An end point
consists of the URL and authentication information that controls access to the end point. There are two types of
end points: inbound and outbound. Inbound end points are used when the task is initiated by the ERP system.
Outbound end points are used when the task is initiated by the SAP Ariba system.

Contract Project Operations
The following table lists operations for contract projects with the integration task and end point type needed
To perform this operation...

Enable this integration
task

With this end point type

Create an internal contract workspace or update
the header fields of an internal contract work
space.

Import Internal Con
tract Workspace

Inbound

Create a procurement contract request or update
the header fields of a procurement contract re
quest.

Import Procurement
Contract Request

Inbound

Create a procurement contract workspace or up
date the header fields of a procurement contract
workspace.

Import Procurement
Contract Workspace

Inbound

Create a sales contract request or update the
header fields of a sales contract request.

Import Sales Contract
Request

Inbound

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To perform this operation...

Enable this integration
task

With this end point type

Create a sales contract workspace or update the
header fields of a sales contract workspace.

Import Sales Contract
Workspace

Inbound

Download contract header fields to an external
system that sends a web service request. The re
quest can include filters to select contract work
space by ID, date last modified, and status.

Download Contract
Header Fields

Inbound

Automatically export contract workspace IDs to
an external system when a workspace is created
or published.

Export WorkspaceId

Outbound; for additional re
quirements, see Enabling
External Exports for Work
space IDs [page 22]. You
can also configure email no
tifications if this service
fails, as described in Config
uring Email Notifications for
Outbound Web Services
[page 24].

Download a Contract Terms Excel file containing
pricing terms or Contract Line Items Document
(CLID) to an external system that sends a web
service request; the file can be downloaded in Ex
cel or CSV format.

Download Contract
Terms

Inbound

This feature can also be used to download a docu
ment with the Use As option set to Contract
Content in a contract workspace, such as a pric
ing terms document.
Export a Contract Terms Excel file document con Export Contract Terms
taining pricing terms or Contract Line Items Docu
ment (CLID) to an external system after a user se
Export
External System option
lects the
for the document. This feature is available if SAP
Ariba Contracts is integrated with one of the SAP
Ariba Procurement solutions.
Import a contract line items document (CLID) into Import CLID using XML

Outbound; for additional re
quirements, see Enabling
External Exports for Con
tract Terms [page 23]

Inbound

a specified contract workspace

Sourcing Event and Sourcing Project Operations
The following table lists operations for sourcing events and sourcing projects with the integration task and end
point type needed.

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To perform this operation...

Enable this integration
task

With this end point type

Create a sourcing event or update the header
fields of a sourcing event in an existing full sourc
ing project.

Import Sourcing
Event

Inbound

Create a full sourcing project or update the header Import Sourcing
fields of a full sourcing project.
Project

Inbound

Request results for a sourcing (RFX) award by ID.

Download RFX
Awards

Inbound

Request results for all RFX awards created within
a specified date range

Download RFX
Awards with
Filters

Inbound

Send RFX award results to the ERP system. This is Export RFX
an outbound web service that can be configured
Awards
to be executed by a scheduled task.

Outbound; for additional re
quirements, see Enabling
Export RFX Awards Tasks
[page 24]. You can also
configure email notifications
if this service fails, as descri
bed in Configuring Email
Notifications for Outbound
Web Services [page 24]

DocumentURLOutBo
und
terms. The purpose of a Document URL term is to

Outbound

Retrieve values for Document URL line item

provide a link (URL) that participants can click to
obtain documents from your site about the item
with a Description.
Send event status update changes so you can
change the availability or state of documents ref

DocumentStatusCh
angeNotification

Outbound

erenced in a Document URL term. You must use
this service with the DocumentURLOutBound
service (the request requires a UniqueId re
turned in a DocumentURLOutBound re
sponse).

RFX award results can include the following data: line item/part information (including the commodity code), bid
details, suppliers, contract terms, standard and custom project header fields.

Knowledge Project Operation
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To perform this operation...

Enable this integration
task

With this end point type

Create a knowledge project or update the header
fields of a knowledge project.

Import Knowledge
Project

Inbound

Document Operations
The following table lists the operations for documents with the integration task and end point type needed
To perform this operation...

Enable this integration
task

With this end point type

Download a document.

Download
Document

Inbound

This service is supported only for filebased docu
ments.

Request the IDs of all documents modified (or cre Download
ated) within a specified date range.
Document IDs

Inbound

This service is supported only for order form
documents.
Import or update a project document. This feature Import Document
cannot be used for form documents, or the follow
ing SAP Ariba Contracts documents: assembled
contract documents, or pricing terms (contract
terms) documents.

Inbound

Import or update a contract line items document

Import Contract

Inbound

in an existing SAP Ariba Contracts Professional

Line Items

procurement contract workspace.

Document

Update document form header fields in a work
space.

Import Form
Document

Inbound

Note
This service is not supported.

User, Organization, and Supplier Operations
The following table lists operations to manage users, organizations, and suppliers with the integration task and end
point type needed

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To perform this operation...

Enable this integration
task

With this end point type

Add new users to SAP Ariba or update user infor
mation.

Import Users

Inbound

Add existing users to an existing group.

Add Users to
Group

Inbound

Delete users from SAP Ariba.

Delete Users

Inbound

Export Supplier Profiles to an external system that Export Supplier Profiles
sends a web service request. Requests can in
clude a date range for incremental exports.

Inbound

Import Supplier Profiles from an external system.

Import Supplier Profiles

Inbound

Export data about the organizations configured
for your site. Requests can include a date range
for incremental exports; requests can also include
an element to export only active organizations.

Export
Organizations

Inbound

Import Organizations from an external system.

Import Organizations

Inbound

Delete Organizations from SAP Ariba.

Remove
Organizations

Inbound

SOAP Web Service APIs Use Cases
SAP Ariba Sourcing
If you synchronize the commodity codes in your SAP Ariba Sourcing account with the codes on your back-end
system, you will be able to reconcile and track line items in an SAP Ariba Sourcing event or award in your back-end
system. For example, you could use information exported from contracts awarded from an SAP Ariba Sourcing
auction or RFQ to track line item spend on your back-end system.
You can use the Import Commodity Codes task from the Ariba Administrator UI or the Import Master Batch Data
event with the SAP Ariba integration toolkit (ITK) to import code values from your back-end system to SAP Ariba
Sourcing.
You can create an SAP Ariba sourcing event (such as an RFQ or auction) from information in your back-end system.
Export the contents of an existing event of the same type to an Microsoft Excel file to create a template as
described in the Event Management Guide. You can also create CSV templates from the Excel file. Insert data from
your back-end system to the Excel files or CSV files. Specify the appropriate commodity code in the Commodity
column of the Pricing sheet (Excel) or the Pricing.csv file. Create a ZIP file with the Excel file or CSV files.
Use the Import Sourcing Project web service to create a full or quick sourcing project.
Use the Import Sourcing Event web service to create or specify information for your event and include the ZIP
file you created with data for the event.
Use the SAP Ariba interface to monitor the event. When the event is complete, use the SAP Ariba interface to
create awards for the event.

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Use one of the following web services to transfer event award data to your back-end system:
● Download RFX Awards (requires the event ID)
● Download RFX Awards with Filters (run this periodically with time and date filters)
● Export RFX Awards (receive RFX award data when the SAP Ariba system periodically pushes the data)

SAP Ariba Contracts
You can collect information for a contract workspace or request using your front-end system or your own web
service and use an import contract web service (such as Import Procurement Contract Workspace) to
create the workspace or contract request on the SAP Ariba system.
Alternatively, you can use the SAP Ariba interface to create a contract workspace, then push contract header
information to your back-end system for processing. Use the Export WorkspaceId web service to receive the IDs
of workspaces as they are created, then use the Download Contract Header Fields web service to pull
contract header fields of the created workspaces to your back-end system.
If you have SAP Ariba Sourcing and SAP Ariba Contracts you can create a contract workspace after creating an
award from a sourcing event, and the contract workspace can include a pricing terms document or a Contract Line
Items Document (CLID). Use the Export Workspace Id web service to receive the IDs of workspaces as they are
created, then specify the workspace ID in a Download Contract Terms web service request to export the pricing
terms document or the Contract Line Items Document (CLID).

Limitations for SOAP Web Service APIs
● The variant and partition elements in the WSDL descriptions are not used. Do not specify values for these
elements.
● The Import Form Document task is not currently available.
● The Import Document task cannot be used to import assembled contract documents (Main Agreement or
Contract Addendum documents).
● If you use an Import task to create a project, you cannot specify whether or not the project will be a test
project. All projects created using SOAP are non-test projects.
● If you use an Import task to create a project, you cannot specify responses to template questions. (If there is a
default response defined for the question, the default answer is used. If there is no default response defined,
the value for the response will be undefined.) SAP Ariba does not support project creation from templates with
questions when using SAP Ariba Web Services.
● If you use an Import task to create or update a project and attempt to set a custom text field with an
enumerated type to an incorrect value (such as the value from the Display Value column of the
enumeration file instead of a value from the Value column), the web service does not return an error. When
viewing the project attributes in SAP Ariba, the field appears to be set to the display value. However, if you
attempt to edit the project attributes, you will see that the field is not set. For more information about setting
values for custom fields with custom enumerated types, see Specifying Values for Custom Fields with
Enumerated Types [page 32].
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● If you use an Import task to create or update a project and attempt to set a custom field with a multiple-select
enumerated type and specify multiple instances of the same value, the web service does not return an error or
remove duplicate values.
● If you use an Import task to create or update a project and attempt to set a custom field with a single-value
FMD type to an incorrect value (a value that is not a valid unique name for that FMD definition), the web service
does not return an error.
● If you use an Import task to create or update a project and attempt to set a custom field with a multiple-select
FMD type and specify multiple instances of the same unique name, the web service does not return an error or
remove duplicate values.
● The RFX award CSV files sent by web services (Download RFX Award response AwardDocument elements and
Export RFX Award request Award elements) contain a header line but no award data if the event has no line
items.

Using SOAP web service APIs for supplier data
integration with the unified vendor model
You can use the SOAP web service APIs for integration of a limited amount of supplier data with SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture),
which use the unified vendor model.
The SAP Ariba integration toolkit is designed for integration of supplier data to the classic supplier organization
model. SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance
Management (new architecture) use a unified vendor model, which is more ERP-like in structure. If you add one of
those solutions to your existing solution package, you can continue to use your existing SOAP web service API
integration configuration for a limited amount of supplier data.

Prerequisites
SAP Ariba Customer Support must enable the following parameters in your site:
● Application.SM.ITKImportProfileInSM
● Application.SM.VendorContactPushTaskEnabled
● Application.SM.VendorPushTaskEnabled
For ERP suppliers, you must make sure that their ERP vendor IDs are stored as organization IDs in the sap domain
rather than in the SystemID field [page 15].

Limitations
Use of SOAP web service APIs for supplier data integration only supports outbound synchronization of data
imported from the ERP system. It does not support export of data back to the ERP system.

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The unified vendor model is a very different from the classic supplier organization data model SAP Ariba solutions
use for other supplier data. SOAP web service API integration with the unified vendor model works by passing
supplier data through the classic data model as it flows to and from the SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions
vendor database. Therefore, it only supports integration of data that is used in a specific set of fields in the classic
supplier data model. That set of fields is a subset of the fields that are available in the unified vendor model. See
Supplier organization data synchronization to the unified vendor model [page 14] and Supplier user
synchronization to the unified vendor model [page 16] for details on which fields are synchronized when you use
this integration method.
SOAP web service API integration for supplier profile data is only available for customers who have migrated from
the supplier organization data model and the supplier profile questionnaire to SAP Ariba Supplier Information and
Performance Management (new architecture) or SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance, and have mapped
an existing supplier profile questionnaire to one or more registration questionnaires in the unified vendor model.
See for details on this mapping.

Data flow for supplier data loaded through SOAP web
service APIs into the unified vendor model
If your solution package does not include SAP Ariba Procurement solutions, SOAP web service APIs integrate
supplier data directly with SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing solutions.
The following diagram illustrates the outbound data flow for supplier data synchronization in this scenario:

In this flow:
● Your ERP system sends supplier organization, supplier user, and extended profile data to the SAP Ariba
Strategic Sourcing solutions supplier organization data model.
● A limited number of supplier organization and supplier user data fields are synchronized to the unified vendor
model underlying your SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and
Performance Management (new architecture) solution.
● If your solution previously used the supplier profile questionnaire and you have mapped its questions to
registration questionnaires, supplier profile data is synchronized to the corresponding mapped questions in
registration questionnaires.
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● If you have mapped questions the registration questionnaires to Ariba Network supplier profile fields, when a
supplier updates their profile on Ariba Network, those updates are automatically pushed to the registration
questionnaires.

Supplier organization data synchronization to the unified
vendor model
SAP Ariba supports synchronization of a limited amount of data from the classic supplier organization model to the
new unified vendor model in order to support the use of existing SOAP web service APIs integrations for supplier
data.
Outbound (imported) supplier data sent in CSV files via SOAP web service APIs and then synchronized to SAP
Ariba Supplier Management solutions that use the unified vendor model can either update existing suppliers or
create new suppliers in those SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions.
If a supplier is private, meaning that it does not have a linked Ariba Network account, you can update the supplier's
name and address fields via synchronization. If the supplier is public, the supplier owns maintaining that data in
their Ariba Network account, and those updates are passed automatically from Ariba Network to questions
mapped to Ariba Network supplier profile fields in SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions questionnaires. For
more information about mapping questions to Ariba Network supplier profile fields, see Setting up SAP Ariba
Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (for SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance solutions) or Setting up
supplier management (new architecture) (for SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new
architecture) solutions).
Suppliers added to the unified vendor model via synchronization are not flagged as legacy suppliers.
The following supplier fields are synchronized between supplier organizations and the unified vendor model:
Supplier organization field

Unified vendor model field

Organization IDs with a domain of sap; see Organization ID

erpVendorId

synchronization to ERP vendor IDs in the unified vendor model
[page 15] for details.
Organization IDs with a domain of duns

vendor.vendorInfo.dunsId

ANID

anId.

Name

vendor.vendorInfo.name1

CorporateAddress.PostalAddress.Lines

vendor.address.line1 and
vendor.addressExt.postalAddress.streetName

CorporateAddress.PostalAddress.City

vendor.address.city and
vendor.addressExt.postalAddress.cityName

CorporateAddress.PostallAddress.State

vendor.address.state and
vendor.addressExt.postalAddress.regionCode

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Supplier organization field

Unified vendor model field

CorporateAddress.PostalAddress.PostalCode

vendor.address.postalCode and
vendor.addressExt.postalAddress.streetPost
alCode

CorporateAddress.PostalAddress.Country.Uni vendor.address.countryCode and
queName

vendor.addressExt.postalAddress.countryCod
e

CorporatePhone

vendor.address.phone

CorporateFax

vendor.address.fax

Active

vendor.vendorInfo.active

SystemID

S4OrgSystemID, which is only used internally.

Note
Address information is synchronized to both vendor.address. and vendor.addressExt fields. In SAP Ariba
Supplier Management solutions that use the unified vendor model, whether and where address information
from vendor.address fields displays is determined by the configuration of the supplier request and
registration questionnaires. However, address information in vendor.addressExt fields always displays on the
ERP Info tab in supplier 360° profiles. Extended address information might also display elsewhere if you use
those fields in supplier request and registration questionnaires. Therefore, synchronization updates both classes
of address fields.

Organization ID synchronization to ERP vendor IDs in the
unified vendor model
When supplier organizations are synchronized to the unified vendor model, SAP Ariba Supplier Management
solutions convert the organization ID with the domain sap into the ERP vendor ID.
ERP vendor ID is a required field for suppliers in the unified vendor model. When you use a SOAP web service API
integration to update suppliers in the unified vendor model, data for ERP suppliers must include a domain:value
pair with the sap domain and the ID assigned by your ERP system as the value. The sap domain is mandatory
regardless of the originating ERP system, and must be all lowercase. If you are creating suppliers in the unified
vendor model based on existing supplier organizations through an initial synchronization, the value in the
domain:value pair in the sap domain becomes the new supplier's ERP vendor ID in the unified vendor model. If you
are updating an existing supplier via SOAP web service APIs and ongoing synchronization, the sap:value
organization ID must match the ERP vendor ID in the unified vendor model in order for synchronization to succeed.
For suppliers that do not have an organization ID in the sap domain, SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions
assigns an ERP vendor ID that begins with "VDR" during initial synchronization. If you have organizations that you
have not yet added to your ERP system, and that therefore have not been assigned an ERP vendor ID by it, as long
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as they do not have an organization ID in the sap domain, they will be assigned this automatic ID at initial
synchronization.

Note
If you store supplier organization ERP vendor IDs in the SystemID field, you must add them as organization IDs
in the sap domain before initial synchronization. If you do not do this, when your supplier organizations are first
synchronized, the ERP vendor ID field in the unified vendor model will be populated with automatically generated
IDs rather than your ERP vendor IDs.

Supplier user synchronization to the unified vendor model
SAP Ariba supports synchronization of a limited amount of data from supplier users in the classic supplier
organization model to supplier contacts new unified vendor model in order to support the use of SOAP web service
API integrations for supplier data.
Outbound (imported) supplier user data sent in CSV files via SOAP web service APIs, and then synchronized to
SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions that use the unified vendor model, can either update existing supplier
contacts or create new supplier contacts in those SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions.
The following supplier user fields are synchronized between supplier organizations and the unified vendor model:
Supplier user field

Unified vendor model supplier contact field

FullName

vendor.contacts.firstName,
vendor.contacts.middleName, and
vendor.contacts.lastName
SAP Ariba Supplier Management solutions identify spaces in
the FullName value and use them to divide it into first, last,
and middle names. The characters before the first space go in
the firstName field, the characters after the last space go in
the lastName field, and the characters between the first and
last spaces go in the middleName field. For example, if the

FullName is Marie Ann Bradford Wright, the firstName is
Marie, the lastName is Wright, and the middleName is Ann
Bradford. On the other hand, if the FullName is Marie Ann
Bradford-Wright, the lastName is Bradford-Wright and the

middleName is Ann.
EmailAddress

vendor.contacts.email

Phone

vendor.contacts.telephone

Name

vendor.contacts.title

DefaultCurrency

vendor.contacts.defaultCurrency

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Supplier user field

Unified vendor model supplier contact field

timeZoneId

vendor.contacts.timeZoneID

active

vendor.contacts.active

Synchronization of supplier profile questionnaire data to
the supplier registration questionnaire
In sites that have migrated from the supplier profile questionnaire to supplier registrations, SAP Ariba supports
synchronization of supplier profile questionnaire data to the supplier registration questionnaire in order to support
the use of SOAP web service API integrations for extended supplier profile data.
Since each site has its own customized supplier profile questionnaire, this process it not automatic. You must first:
● Set up and publish the supplier registration project template with at least one external-facing supplier
registration questionnaire. See Setting up SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (for SAP Ariba
Supplier Lifecycle and Performance) or Setting up supplier management (new architecture) (for SAP Ariba
Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture)) for details.
● Create a CSV file that maps content in the supplier profile questionnaire to content in the supplier registration
questionnaire and import the mapping file into your site. See Migrating suppliers to the unified vendor model for
details.
Once you have successfully imported the mapping file, answers from supplier profile questionnaire are
synchronized to their mapped supplier registration questionnaire question on an ongoing basis.

Note
Once Setting up the mapping requires simultaneous access to the supplier profile questionnaire and supplier
registration questionnaires. The only time both are available simultaneously in the same site is during migration
mode. Once SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance
Management (new architecture) is enabled in your site, the supplier profile questionnaire becomes read-only
and the Supplier Knowledge area is no longer visible. Therefore, if you are a new SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle
and Performance or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Management (new architecture)
customer who has not migrated from an existing supplier profile questionnaire, you cannot use SOAP web
service APIs for extended supplier profile integration. This integration option is only available in sites that have
migrated from an existing, working supplier profile questionnaire to the registration questionnaire.

Authentication and Security for SOAP Web Service
APIs
SOAP messages can be sent using the HTTP or HTTPS protocol. HTTPS provides server authentication and an
encrypted communication channel. For inbound end points, SAP Ariba always uses HTTPS. For outbound end
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points, the administrator on the EAI system can choose to use HTTP or HTTPS, but SAP Ariba strongly
recommends that you use HTTPS.
In addition, SAP Ariba SOAP web services support the following mechanisms to provide authentication and
security:
● X.509 Web Services Security
X.509 Web Services Security, or WS-Security (X.509) XML Signature & Encryption, is an industrydefined
specification for SOAP messaging enhancements that use X.509 security certificates and public-key
encryption. SAP Ariba Web Services use WS-Security to provide message integrity and client message
authentication.
● HTTP Basic Authentication
HTTP basic authentication provides simple authentication using a credential that consists of a user ID and
password. The authentication information is sent in the HTTP header as a basic authorization request header
field. The field has the following format:
Authorization : Basic userID:password
The userID and password are separated by a colon and then base64 encoded. These fields are encrypted if
HTTPS is used, but are not encrypted if HTTP is used.
The user ID specified for HTTP basic authentication is used exclusively to control access to the end point. It is
unrelated to any user IDs configured for the SAP Ariba solution and SAP Ariba recommends that you do not
use the same user ID and password as an actual user configured for the SAP Ariba solution.
Although the HTTP basic authentication mechanism provides only authentication (proof of identity) and by
itself not provide authorization (granting access to resources based on identity), the information is sent in an
HTTP authorization request header field. You could use HTTP basic authentication as part of an authorization
scheme to restrict access to different integration tasks by creating a unique end point for each integration task.
Only users with the authentication credentials for a given end point could use the end point to access the
integration task.

Note
The WS-Security and HTTP basic authentication options do not provide message confidentiality. If you use
HTTP instead of HTTPS, your data is sent in clear text, even if you use WS-Security and HTTP basic
authentication.

Workflow for SOAP Web Service APIs
To use SAP Ariba SOAP web dervices, you perform the following high-level steps:
1. Plan your configuration by determining:
○ The integration tasks for the web services you want to use and the types (inbound or outbound) of end
points needed. For a list of integration tasks and end point types, see SAP Ariba SOAP Web Services
Integration Tasks and End Points [page 6].
○ The type of security mechanisms (WS-Security or HTTP Basic Authentication) for your end points. You
must configure at least one form of security for a given end point; you can configure both forms of security
for a given end point.
○ How many end points you will configure. You can specify only one end point per integration task, but you
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Inbound End Point and use this end point for both the Import Sourcing Project task and the Import
Procurement Contract Workspace task.
You can configure only one peer certificate for WS-Security and one set of HTTP authentication credentials
for a given inbound end point. If multiple external systems will connect to an inbound end point, all ERP
systems connecting to the end point must use the same certificate and/or HTTP credentials. (If ERP
systems will use different integration tasks, you can create a different end point for each integration event.)
2. Collect access and security information from the ERP systems. For a description of this step, see Collecting
Access and Security Information for Web Services [page 20].
3. Create the end points using the Integration Manager. For a description of this procedure, see Configuring an
End Point for Web Services [page 20].
4. Provide security information to the ERP administrator.
○ If you created an inbound end point using HTTP authentication, provide the user ID and password.
○ If you created an outbound end point using WS-Security, provide the SAP Ariba certificate.
5. Enable the integration tasks and link them to end points using the Integration Manager. For a description of this
procedure, see Enabling a SOAP Integration Task [page 21].
6. Click the View WSDL link from the Edittask_name screen in the Integration Configuration of the Integration
Manager to generate the WSDL file for the service. Transfer the WSDL file to the ERP system and build the
appropriate SOAP requests and process replies.

Note
When you are using the SAP Ariba test environment, the XML namespace (xmlns) in the WSDL will differ
from the XML namespace used when connecting to the SAP Ariba production environment. When migrating
from the SAP Ariba test environment to the SAP Ariba production environment, you must re-generate a new
WSDL from the production environment.
For additional information about SOAP message elements and examples, see Web Service Elements and
Examples [page 27].
7. If you want to automatically export contract workspace IDs when workspaces are created or published, you
must have you must have an SAP Ariba Customer Support Administrator enable a system parameter. For more
information, see Enabling External Exports for Workspace IDs [page 22].
8. If you want to allow users to export Contract Terms Excel file documents to external systems from the
interactive user interface, you must have an SAP Ariba Customer Support Administrator enable a system
parameter. For more information, see Enabling External Exports for Contract Terms [page 23].
9. If you want to allow automatically export RFX awards to external systems, you must have an SAP Ariba
Customer Support Administrator enable a system parameter. For more information, see Enabling Export RFX
Awards Tasks [page 24].
10. (Optional) Configure users to receive notifications if the Export WorkspaceId or Export RFX Awards services
fail. For more information, see Configuring Email Notifications for Outbound Web Services [page 24].

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Collecting Access and Security Information for Web
Services
Before configuring end points, you must collect the access and security information about the ERP system.

Procedure
Collect the following information:
○ If you are configuring an inbound end point with WS-Security, get a copy of the ERP system’s certificate. The
certificate must be a signed X.509 certificate encoded using Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) base64-encoding
and signed by a Certificate Authority (CA) trusted by SAP Ariba. To get information about the CAs currently
trusted by SAP Ariba or to register a CA to be trusted by SAP Ariba, contact SAP Ariba Support.
The first line of the certificate must be the following text:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----The last line of the certificate must be the following text:
-----END CERTIFICATE----○ If you are configuring an outbound end point, get the URL for the ERP system.
○ If you are configuring an outbound end point with HTTP basic authentication, get the user name and password
required to access the ERP system.

Configuring an End Point for SOAP Web Services
Prerequisites
You must be a member of the Customer Administrator or Integration Admin group, or a group with the
Administrator or Integration Admin role.

Procedure
1. On the Ariba Administrator dashboard, click

Manage

Administration .

2. Click the expansion arrow for Integration Manager.
3. Select End Point Configuration.
4. Click Create New.
An End Point Configuration - Create End Point page opens.
5. In the Name field, enter a name for the end point.
6. Select the type (Inbound or Outbound) of end point according to the table in SAP Ariba SOAP Web Services
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7. If this is an inbound end point and you are using WS-Security, paste the contents of the certificate file from the
ERP system in the Certificate File field under Web Services Security.
8. If this is an outbound end point, the system displays a URL field. Enter the URL for the endpoint on the ERP
system.
9. If this is an outbound end point, the Web Services Security area displays the contents of the SAP Ariba
certificate. To enable WS-Security, select Yes in the Sign with Ariba Private Key field. For example:
Copy the certificate, beginning with the line -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- and ending with the line ----END CERTIFICATE-----. Provide this certificate to the administrator on the ERP system.
10. To use HTTP Basic Authentication, navigate to the HTTP Authentication area. Enter the user ID in the Login
field and the password in the Password fields. If this is an inbound end point, provide this information to the
administrator on the ERP system. If this is an outbound end point, this information must match the data
configured on the ERP system.
11. Click Save.

Enabling a SOAP Integration Task
When you enable an SAP Ariba SOAP web services integration task, you also link the task to an end point.

Prerequisites
You must be a member of the Customer Administrator or Integration Admin group, or a group with the
Administrator or Integration Admin role.

Procedure

1. On the Ariba Administrator dashboard, click

Manage

Administration .

2. Click the expansion arrow for Integration Manager.
3. Choose Integration Configuration.
4. Find the task you want to enable. Select List All or enter search criteria and click Search.
5. Click

Actions

Edit

for the task.

An Edit data import/export task pane opens.
6. For the Status field, select Enabled.
7. Use the pull-down menu for the End point field to select an end point.
8. If you are configuring a service that uses an outbound end point, specify the URL for the corresponding
endpoint on the ERP system.
9. Click Save.
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Generating a WSDL File
Prerequisites
You must be a member of the Customer Administrator or Integration Admin group, or a group with the
Administrator or Integration Admin role.

Procedure

1. On the Ariba Administrator dashboard, click

Manage

Administration .

2. Click the expansion arrow for Integration Manager.
3. Select Integration Configuration.
4. Find the task for which you want to generate the WSDL file. Select List All or enter the search criteria and click
Search.
5. Click

Actions

Edit

for the task.

6. Click the View WSDL link.

Results
A new window with the WSDL contents opens. Use the file menu for your browser to save the contents to a file. The
descriptions for each field in the WSDL are provided in the WSDL itself. The WSDL description also includes the
URL for the end point.

Enabling External Exports for Workspace IDs
Context
In addition to configuring an endpoint for the Export WorkspaceId web service, the following site configuration
options must be set.

Procedure
Have your Designated Support Contact log a service request to enable site configuration options as follows:

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○ To enable the Export WorkspaceId service to send a workspace ID when a workspace is created, the
following application parameter must be set to Yes:
Application.ACM.EnableWSWorkspaceIdOnCreatePush
○ To enable the Export WorkspaceId service to send a workspace ID when workspace is published, the
following application parameter must be set to Yes:
Application.ACM.EnableWSWorkspaceIdOnPublishPush

Enabling External Exports for Contract Terms
Context
If SAP Ariba Contracts is integrated with one of the SAP Ariba Procurement solutions, users can create Contract
Terms Excel file documents, which are visible in the Documents area of contract workspaces. The Export
Contract Terms web service enables users to export a Contract Terms Excel file document to an ERP or other
external system by choosing the
Contract Terms document.

Export

External System

command in the Actions pull-down menu for the

In addition to configuring an endpoint for the Export Contract Terms web service, the following site
configuration option must be set.

Procedure
Have your Designated Support Contact log a service request to enable the following site configuration option:
Application.ACM.EnableWSContractTermsPush

Enabling External Document Uploads for the User
Interface
Context
On an EAI system, the administrator can build a web page with links that generate and send Import Document
SOAP messages to the SAP Ariba system. SAP Ariba users can navigate to this webpage from the Documents tab
Upload External Document . When the user navigates to the EAI system,
in a project by clicking Actions
SAP Ariba appends the parameters, Project ID, user ID, and password adapter to the URL. The EAI system can use
this information when invoking the Import Document task to upload the selected documents to the SAP Ariba
system.
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Procedure
Have your Designated Support Contact log a service request to set the following site configuration option to the
URL of the web page on the EAI system:
Application.ACM.ExternalDocumentBrowserURL

Enabling Export RFX Awards Tasks
Context
In addition to configuring an endpoint for the Export RFX Award web service, the following site configuration
option must be set.

Procedure
Have your Designated Support Contact log a service request to enable the following site configuration option:
Application.AQS.RFX.EnableWSAwardPush

Configuring Email Notifications for Outbound Web
Services
Context
SAP Ariba can send email notifications when the following outbound web services fail:
● Export WorkspaceId
● Export RFX Awards

Procedure
To configure a user to receive email notifications when these services fail, add the users to the following system
(global) group:
Integration Notifications

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About Web Service Email Notifications
For the Export WorkspaceId and Export RFX Awards services, any circumstance in which an outbound message to
the SOAP peer cannot be sent or the message is sent but the SOAP peer does not send back a response with status
set to 0 is a failure. For example, failures can be caused by configuration errors, network connectivity problems, or a
SOAP peer that is not sending the correct response.
The format of the message sent for web service failures is as follows:
Web Service Name: serviceName
Target ID: id
Target Action: action
Notice Type: noticeType
The above Outbound Web Service has failed. This email notification was sent to all
members of the "Integration Notifications” group.
If Notice Type is "Final" there will be no further attempts to re-send the SOAP
message for this Web Service call. Please take any necessary steps to ensure your
endpoint is operational. If necessary, notify appropriate users of any Final
notices and take manual steps to complete the operation.
This email originated from the SAP Ariba system used by my_org and was originally
sent to: someone@example.com
Where:
serviceName is the name of the web service, such as WorkspaceIdExportTask or RFXAwardExportTask.
id is the workspace ID, such as CW1234.
action is the action that triggered the web service (if applicable; for workspaces, possible values are Published
or Created).
noticeType is the type of notice (Warning or Final).

Export WorkspaceId Email Notifications
The Export WorkspaceId web service attempts to send a request at the time a workspace is created or published. If
the Export WorkspaceId web service fails for a given request (the web service does not receive a response with
Status = 0 from the SOAP peer), SAP Ariba uses the scheduled task WSWorkspaceIdExportTask to retry the SOAP
request. The WSWorkspaceIdExportTask task operates as follows:
● It is scheduled to run once an hour. There might be slight variations in the actual interval between executions
depending on system load.
● If WSWorkspaceIdExportTask tries to send a request for a given workspace ID three times and still fails,
WSWorkspaceIdExportTask sends a warning email notification (Notice Type: Warning) to members of the
Integration Notifications group.
● After three hourly retries, WSWorkspaceIdExportTask tries to re-send the request once every 24 hours for the
next three days.
● If the web service has not succeeded after three daily retries, WSWorkspaceIdExportTask sends a final email
notification (Notice Type: Final) and stops sending the request.

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Export RFX Awards Email Notifications
The Export RFX Awards web service uses the scheduled task RFXAwardExportTask to export RFX awards by
sending an RFXAwardExportRequest. The RFXAwardExportTask task operates as follows:
● It is scheduled to run once a day. There might be slight variations in the actual interval between executions
depending on system load.
● If RFXAwardExportTask initially fails for a given day (the web service does not receive a response with Status =
0 from the SOAP peer), RFXAwardExportTask sends a warning email notification (Notice Type: Warning)
to users in the Integration Notifications group.
● If RFXAwardExportTask fails after three additional retries, RFXAwardExportTask sends a final email notification
(Notice Type: Final) and stops sending the request.

Disabling Integration Tasks
Procedure
1. On the dashboard, select

Manage

Administration .

2. Click the expansion arrow for Integration Manager.
3. Click Integration Configuration.
4. Under Search Filters, search for the enabled tasks.
All the enabled tasks are displayed.
5. For the selected task, click Actions > Disable.

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Web Service Elements and Examples

In this section:
Common SOAP Web Service Header Elements [page 27]
Common SOAP Web Service Body Elements [page 27]
Custom Body Elements for SOAP Web Services [page 30]
SOAP Web Services for Contract Projects [page 36]
SOAP Web Services for Sourcing Events and Projects [page 67]
SOAP Web Service for Knowledge Projects [page 94]
SOAP Web Services for Documents [page 97]
SOAP Web Services for Managing Users, Organizations, and Suppliers [page 101]
SOAP Web Service Status and Error Message Values [page 115]
Web Service Example: Creating a Procurement Contract Workspace [page 117]
Web Service Examples: Creating Sourcing Events [page 121]
Web Service Example: Creating a Project with Custom Fields [page 127]

Common SOAP Web Service Header Elements
The following elements are common to SOAP headers for all web service events.
Element

Required

Description

variant

String. Not used; do not specify a value for this element.

partition

String. Not used; do not specify a value for this element.

Common SOAP Web Service Body Elements
The following body elements are used by multiple web service events:
● Country, Currency, BaseLanguage, and LocaleID Elements [page 28]
● ContractId and WorkspaceId Elements for Contract Workspaces [page 28]
● OnBehalfUserId and OnBehalfUserPasswordAdapter Elements [page 28]
● XSD DateTime Elements [page 29]
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Country, Currency, BaseLanguage, and LocaleID Elements
Use the following export data tasks to determine valid input values for Country, Currency, BaseLanguage, and
LocaleID elements for web services:
● Export Country (CSV)
● Export Currency (CSV)
● Export Language (CSV)
● Export Locale (CSV)

ContractId and WorkspaceId Elements for Contract
Workspaces
All contract workspaces have a workspace ID and a contract ID. The workspace ID is generated by SAP Ariba Spend
Management and usually has the form CWnnnn, where nnnn is a number. If you do not specify a contract ID when
creating a workspace (you use a web service to create a workspace and do not include a ContractId element or
you use interactive user interface to create a workspace), SAP Ariba uses the workspace ID value as the contract ID
value.
When viewing a contract workspace with the interactive user interface, only the contract ID is visible; the
workspace ID is not visible. If you create a contract workspace using a web service and specified a contract ID, the
contract ID and the workspace ID will not match, but you can determine the workspace ID by examining the
WorkspaceId element in the response. SAP Ariba recommends that you retain the value of the workspace ID; if
you use a web service to create a contract workspace that is a subproject or subagreement of another workspace,
you must specify the workspace ID of the predecessor project or master agreement.

OnBehalfUserId and OnBehalfUserPasswordAdapter
Elements
The web services perform actions on behalf of the user specified by the OnBehalfUserId element (not the user in
the HTTP authentication header).
Element

Required

Type and Description

OnBehalfUserId

Yes

String. Specifies the user ID of the user for whom the SAP Ariba web serv
ice will perform the action.

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdap
ter

String. Specifies the password adapter to authenticate the user in the

OnBehalfUserId element.
If you are not using a custom password adapter, you can omit this element
or leave the value unspecified and the web service will use the default pass
word adapter (SourcingSupplierUser for suppliers or

PasswordAdapter1 for all other users).

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XSD DateTime Elements
The format for XSD DateTime web service elements is as follows:
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss
Where:
● YYYY specifies the year
● MM specifies the month
● DD specifies the day
● T is a literal value that specifies the start of the time section
● hh specifies the hour
● mm specifies the minutes
● ss specifies the seconds
For example:
2011-05-09T12:00:00
The XSD DateTime format also supports the following formats for time offsets relative to UTC (Coordinated
Universal Time):
YYYY -MM -DD Thh :mm :ss +hh :mm
YYYY -MM -DD Thh :mm :ss -hh :mm

DateTime Elements Used to Create and Update Projects
The following DateTime elements are used when creating or updating SAP Ariba Contracts projects:
● AgreementDate
● EffectiveDate
● ExpirationDate
In addition, the following DateTime element is used when creating or updating SAP Ariba Sourcing full projects:
● EffectiveDate
These project dates (AgreementDate, EffectiveDate, ExpirationDate, and EffectiveDate) also support
the following XSD DateTime formats for time offsets relative to UTC (Coordinated Universal Time):
YYYY -MM -DD Thh :mm :ss +hh :mm
YYYY -MM -DD Thh :mm :ss -hh :mm
If you specify an AgreementDate, EffectiveDate, ExpirationDate, or EffectiveDate with a UTC offset,
SAP Ariba converts the DateTime value in the element to a calendar date in the SAP Ariba OnDemand time zone of
the server used for your site; by default, this is US Pacific time (UTC-08:00).
For example, an AgreementDate element has the following value:
2014-05-01T00:00:00+01:00
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The Agreement Date will be 04/30/2014 (the previous calendar day), because midnight (00:00:00) on
05/01/2014 in the UTC+01:00 time zone is 04/30/2014 in the UTC-08:00 time zone.

Custom Body Elements for SOAP Web Services
The WSDL files for tasks that can create or update projects (such the Import Procurement Contract Workspace
task) contain a custom element that contains placeholders for custom project fields of different namespaces, as
shown in the following WSDL excerpt:

?
?

Omitting Custom Web Service Elements for Projects
without Custom Fields
If you are creating or updating a project and your configuration does not contain any custom fields, you must
exclude the custom element in the first level immediately within the ProjectHeaderFields element.

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If the organizations that can be selected for the Affected Parties field do not contain any custom fields, you must
not include the child custom element in the AffectedParties element. Alternatively, you can omit the entire
AffectedParties element.

Using Custom Web Service Elements for Projects with
Custom Fields
If you are creating or updating a project using a web service, you can specify the value for a custom project field.

Prerequisites for Using Custom Fields with Web Services
You can specify the value for a custom project field if the following tasks have been completed. Many of the tasks
are completed for you by your SAP Ariba support team.
● The custom field is added to the appropriate classes with the External Integration Field option selected.
● The web service is enabled as described in Enabling an Integration Task [page 21].
● The new field is migrated to the integration web service (the change is reviewed and published) using the
Integration Manager
144].

Data Definition

operation as described in Managing Integration Migration [page

After these tasks are completed, you can generate a new WSDL file for the appropriate web service.
The WSDL file includes a documentation element within the element of the appropriate type. The
documentation element specifies the internal field name, which is formed by removing all characters other than
A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and underscore(_). For example, the system generated the following element in the WSDL for the
custom Needs EU Approval boolean field with the internal field name NeedsEUApproval:

"NeedsEUApproval" is the name of a flex
field that can be imported or exported.

The SOAP request specifies the namespace (CustomBoolean), internal field name (NeedsEUApproval), and
value (true) in the custom element:

true

For an example of a SOAP message body used to create a project with custom fields, see Web Service Example:
Creating a Project with Custom Fields [page 127].
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Specifying Values for Custom Fields with Enumerated Types
Enumerated types are typically used to enable users to select custom values from menus or choosers. The values
for enumerated types are loaded from an enumeration file by your SAP Ariba support team. If you are creating or
updating a project using a web service, you can specify the value for a custom enumeration field after the
enumerated types are loaded and the prerequisites in Prerequisites for Using Custom Fields with Web Services
[page 31] have been completed.
Custom enumeration fields can contain either a single value or multiple values. The data definition and SOAP
message elements are different depending on the field type (single value or multiple select).
● Single-value enumeration fields are specified using CustomString elements.
● Multiple-value enumeration fields are specified using CustomString_Vector elements.
An object can contain both a single-value field and a multiple-select field for the same enumerated type.
An enumeration file includes a Display Value column and a Value column. The value in the Value column is
typically a numerical index value. When specifying the values for a custom field with an enumerated type, you must
use the value from the Value column of the enumeration file.

Note
Always specify the value from the Value column in the SOAP message. Do not specify the value from the
Display Value column. If you do not know the contents of the Value column for your enumeration, you can
get a copy of your enumeration file. Have your Designated Support Contact log a service request and an SAP
Ariba Customer Support representative will follow up to complete the request.
For example, the enumeration file contains the following entries:
Table 1: Enumeration File

Enumeration

Display Value

Value

cus_Color

Red

101

cus_Color

Blue

102

To specify Blue in an Import task for the single-value enumeration field My Color that uses the enumerated type
cus_Color, the SOAP request includes the following custom and CustomString elements:

102

To specify Blue and Red in an Import task for a multiple-value enumeration field Multi Colors that uses the
enumerated type cus_Color, the SOAP request includes the following custom, CustomString_Vector, item,
and CustomString elements:

102

101

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Using Custom Elements for Flex Master Data Fields
A Flex Master Data (FMD) data type is a custom data structure defined for your installation by your SAP Ariba
support team. Your SAP Ariba support team also adds fields to projects with the FMD type and loads data records
for the FMD type. Each FMD data record has a unique name and other data fields.
For example, you could have a FMD type named AirlineFMD with the data fields Name and Phone Number. Each
record would also have a text field for the unique name or ID field that identifies the record. Your internal contract
workspaces could have the custom field Preferred Airline, where the data type for this field is AirlineFMD.
If you are creating or updating a project using a web service, you can specify the value for a FMD field if the flex
master data (FMD) template is published, data for the FMD field is loaded, and the prerequisites in Prerequisites for
Using Custom Fields with Web Services [page 31] have been completed.
The data definition and SOAP message elements are different depending on the FMD field type (single value or
multiple select). An object can contain both a single-value field and a multiple-select field for the same FMD data
type.

Single-Value FMD Fields Example
If a field can contain only one FMD data record, the WSDL file includes definitions for the custom FMD field and the
FMD data type. In the following example, the field name is Preferred Airline and the FMD data type is
Airline FMD:

:
:

"PreferredAirline" is the name of a flex field that can be
imported or
exported.

:
:

Note that the namespace for the custom field is CustomAirlineFMD. The CustomAirlineFMD definition contains
a child element of the AirlineFMD_Reference namespace. The WSDL also contains a definition for the
AirlineFMD_Reference namespace with a string element to specify the unique name of the FMD data record:

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Name null, type vrealm_1.fmd_68.AirlineFMD, variant
vrealm_1.

:
:

The SOAP request specifies the namespace (CustomAirlineFMD), internal field name (PreferredAirline), and
the unique name (ID field) for the record you want to specify. In the following example, the unique name is
AlohaAir.

AlohaAir

Note that the only valid child element for the CustomAirlineFMD element is UniqueName. You cannot specify or
set data values in the FMD fields.

Multiple-Select FMD Fields Example
In the following example, the field name is AllowedAirlines and the FMD data type is Airline FMD. The WSDL
file includes the following entries:

:
:

"AllowedAirlines" is the name of a flex field that can
be imported or
exported.

:
:

The namespace for the custom field type is CustomAirlineFMD_Vector. The CustomAirlineFMD_Vector
definition contains a child element with the namespace AirlineFMD_Reference_Vector. The WSDL also
contains a definition for AirlineFMD_Reference_Vector with a sequence of string elements to specify the
unique name of each FMD data record:

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Name null, type vrealm_1.fmd_68.AirlineFMD, variant
vrealm_1.

:
:

A SOAP request to set the field Allowed Airlines includes:
● A custom element with an AllowedAirlines child element of the namespace
AirlineFMD_Reference_Vector.
● The AllowedAirlines element contains one or more item child elements, and each item element specifies
the unique name (ID field) for the FMD record.
For example:

IslandAir

MahaloAir

Multiple-Select and Single-Value FMD Example
The following example shows a request with both an FMD multiple-select field and an FMD single-value field. In this
example:
● The FMD data name is Airline FMD.
● Internal contract workspaces can have the following custom fields:
● Preferred Airline, which can contain a single FMD data record (CustomAirlineFMD namespace).
The value of Preferred Airline is set to the unique name AlohaAir.
● Allowed Airlines, which can contain multiple FMD data records (CustomAirlineFMD_Vector
namespace).
The value of Allowed Airlines is set to the unique names IslandAir and MahaloAir.

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Create
molson

2012-01-01T00:00:00

Example CW

2012-01-01T00:00:00
2014-01-01T00:00:00
Fixed
StandAlone

SOAP Internal CW

AlohaAir

IslandAir

MahaloAir

CW2272

SOAP Web Services for Contract Projects
A contract project can be either a contract request or a contract workspace. You can use the following web services
to manage contract projects.
● Download Contract Header Fields [page 37]
● Download Contract Terms [page 40]
● Export Contract Terms [page 41]
● Export WorkspaceId [page 42]
● Import CLID using XML [page 44]
● Import Contract Line Items Document [page 48]

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● Import Internal Contract Workspace [page 50]
● Import Procurement Contract Request and Import Procurement Contract Workspace [page 56]
● Import Sales Contract Request and Import Sales Contract Workspace [page 61]

Download Contract Header Fields
Use the Download Contract Header Fields web service to download header field values for one or more contract
workspaces. The Download Contract Header Fields web service receives ContractHeaderExportRequest
messages and responds with ContractHeaderExportReply messages.
A ContractHeaderExportRequest message must specify the class (type) of contract workspace for which header
fields will be exported. In addition, the request can specify the following filters to restrict the workspaces for which
header fields will be exported:
● ContractIds (a comma-separated list)
● ContractStatus
● FromDate and ToDate (a date range to filter contract workspaces according to the last updated date)
● WorkspaceIds (a comma-separated list)
Each ContractHeaderExportReply message contains a ZIP file that contains the file ContractHeaders.csv with
contract header fields. The ZIP file is base64 encoded. The format of the ContractHeaders.csv file is described
in Contract Data File Formats [page 130].
You can use the Export WorkspaceId web service with the Download Contract Header Fields web services to pull
contract header field values as contract workspaces are created or published. For example:
1. Use the Export WorkspaceId to automatically send a contract workspace ID to a SOAP peer when a contract is
created or published in SAP Ariba Contracts.
2. The SOAP peer sends a Download Contract Header Fields request with the workspace ID received in the Export
WorkspaceId request to get the contract header field values.
Alternatively, you can periodically send Download Contract Header Fields with a date range to get contract header
field values of contract workspaces that have been modified during the specified date range.

ContractHeaderExportRequest Elements
WSContractHeaderExportInputBean
The WSContractHeaderExportInputBean contains optional elements that can be used to filter the contract
workspaces. If you specify multiple filter elements, the web service selects the workspaces that match all the
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Element

Required

Type and Description

ClassName

Yes

String. Specifies the type of workspace headers to be exported.
Valid values:

ContractIds

●

ariba.collaborate.contracts.ContractWorkspace (procurement con
tract workspaces)

●

ariba.collaborate.contracts.ContractRequest (procurement contract
requests)

●

ariba.collaborate.contracts.SalesContractWorkspace (sales contract
workspaces)

●

ariba.collaborate.contracts.SalesContractRequest (sales contract re
quests)

●

ariba.collaborate.contracts.InternalContractWorkspace (internal con
tract workspaces)

String. List of contract IDs for which the headers will be exported, comma
separated. For example:

CW2005,CW2006
For more information about contract IDs and workspace IDs, see Contrac
tId and WorkspaceId Elements for Contract Workspaces [page 28].
If omitted, the web service exports headers for all contract workspaces
with any contract ID and that meet criteria specified in the other elements.

ContractStatus

String. Specifies the status of the workspaces that will be exported. This el
ement is ignored if no date range is specified.
Valid values:
●

NotCreated

●

Draft

●

Publishing

●

Pending

●

Published

●

OnHold

●

Expired

●

Closed
If omitted, the web service exports headers for all contract workspa
ces with any status value and that meet criteria specified in the other
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Element

Required

Type and Description

FromDate

XSD DateTime. Start date for a date range. By default, the web service con
verts this to a calendar date (it strips the hours, minutes, and seconds) and
exports headers for all workspaces that were last updated after the start of
the FromDate and before the start of the ToDate. Items updated after
the start of the ToDate are excluded.
You can include the hours, minutes, and seconds values for the FromDate
and ToDate elements in the date range by having SAP Ariba set the site
configuration option

Application.Messaging.Channels.WS.IncludeTimePorti
onToParseDate to Yes. For more information, see Site Configuration
Options for Integration Services [page 150].
If a workspace has never been updated, the creation date is considered the
last updated date.
If you include a FromDate element, you must also include a ToDate ele
ment.

ToDate

XSD DateTime. XSD DateTime. End date for a date range. The web service
converts this to a calendar date (it strips the hours, minutes, and seconds)
and exports headers for all workspaces that were last updated after the
start of the FromDate and before the start of the ToDate. Items up
dated after the start of the ToDate are excluded.
If you include a ToDate element, you must also include a FromDate ele
ment.

WorkspaceIds

String. List of workspace IDs for which the headers will be exported,
comma separated. For example:

CW2005,CW2006
For more information about contract IDs and workspace IDs, see Contrac
tId and WorkspaceId Elements for Contract Workspaces [page 28].
If omitted, the web service exports headers for all contract workspaces
with any workspace ID and that meet criteria specified in the other ele
ments.

ContractHeaderExportReply Elements
WSContractHeaderExportOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

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Element

Type and Description

HeaderExportFile

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). Contains a ZIP file with a Mi
crosoft Excel file. The Excel file contains rows of header fields, one row per workspace.

MimeType

String. MIME encoding type used for the header export document.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Download Contract Terms
Use the Download Contract Terms web service to download Contract Terms Excel file documents. Contract Terms
Excel file documents are supported in environments where SAP Ariba Contracts is integrated with one of the SAP
Ariba Procurement solutions.
This feature can also be used to download a document with the Use As option set to Contract Content in a
contract workspace, such as a pricing terms document or Contract Line Items Document (CLID) in a contract
workspace that was created from a sourcing project.
This web service allows the content to be downloaded in one of two formats:
● Standard CLID Excel Export Format
● A zip file containing the following CSV files:
○ Contract Header.csv
○ Contract Item Information.csv
○ Header Attributes.csv
○ Item Attributes.csv
The Download Contract Terms web service receives ContractTermsDownloadRequest messages and responds
with ContractTermsDownloadReply messages.
By default, each ContractTermsDownloadReply message contains a base64-encoded Contract Terms file in Excel
format. To receive the Contract Terms file as a base64-encoded ZIP file with the Contract Terms file in CSV format,
send the ContractTermsDownloadRequest with a CSVZipOutput element set to false.

ContractTermsDownloadRequest Elements
WSContractWorkspaceInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

CSVZipOutput

Boolean. Specifies the format for the output. Valid values:
●

true: base64-encoded ZIP file containing Contract Terms CSV files

●

false: base64-encoded Contract Terms file in Excel format
If this element is omitted, the output is a base64-encoded Contract
Terms file in Excel format.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

OnBehalfUserId

Yes

String. Specifies the user ID of the user for whom the SAP Ariba web serv
ice will perform the action.

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdap
ter

String. Specifies the password adapter to authenticate the user in the

OnBehalfUserId element.
If you are not using a custom password adapter, you can omit this element
or leave the value unspecified and the web service will use the default pass
word adapter.

WorkspaceId

Yes

String. Specifies the workspace ID of the project (workspace) that contains
the Contract Terms to be downloaded.

ContractTermsDownloadReply Elements
WSContractTermsDownloadOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

TermsFile

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). Contents of the Contract
Terms document.

Export Contract Terms
Use the Export Contract Terms web service to export Contract Terms Excel file documents. Contract Terms Excel
file documents such as pricing terms documents or Contract Line Items Document (CLID) are supported in
environments where SAP Ariba Contracts is integrated with one of the SAP Ariba Procurement solutions.
The Export Contract Terms web service sends WSContractTermsExportRequest messages and receives
WSContractTermsExportReply messages.
The Export Contract Terms web service uses an outbound integration end point. Before users can export contract
terms, the parameter Application.ACM.EnableWSContractTermsPush must be enabled as described in
Enabling External Exports for Contract Terms [page 23].
When the Export Contract Terms web service is configured, users can export Contract Terms Excel file documents
by navigating to the Contract Terms Excel file document and choosing

Export

External System .

SAP Ariba Contracts then initiates an exchange by sending a WSContractTermsExportRequest message to the URL
configured for the outbound endpoint. The request includes a Contract Terms document file, base64 encoded.

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WSContractTermsExportRequest Elements
WSContractTermsExportOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

PasswordAdapter

String. Specifies the password adapter used to authenticate the user in the User ele
ment.

ProjectInternalId

String. Specifies the system ID of the project (workspace) ID that contains the Contract
Terms document being exported.

TermsFile

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data) Contents of the Contract Terms
document

UserId

String. Specifies the user ID of the user who requested the export operation.

WSContractTermsExportReplyElements
WSContractTermsExportInputBean
Element

Required

Message

Yes

Type and Description
String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the client. Use

Success to indicate that there were no errors.
Status

Integer. Return status. Return 0 to indicate that there were no errors.

Export WorkspaceId
Use the Export WorkspaceId web service to automatically export contract workspace IDs when a contract
workspace is created or published (including administrative amendments that are completed). The actions
(workspace creation, publication, or either) that cause the Export WorkspaceId web service to export IDs is
determined by application parameters set by your SAP Ariba Customer Support representative. For more
information, see Enabling External Exports for Workspace IDs [page 22].
The Export WorkspaceId web service sends WorkspaceIdExportRequest messages and receives
WorkspaceIdExportReply messages.

WorkspaceIdExportRequest Elements
A WorkspaceIdExportRequest contains a WSWorkspaceIdExportOutputBean_Item, which contains a
sequence of an item of the type WSWorkspaceIdExportOutputBean.

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WSWorkspaceIdExportOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

ContractId

String. Specifies the workspace’s contract ID.
For more information about contract IDs and workspace IDs, see ContractId and Work
spaceId Elements for Contract Workspaces [page 28].

PasswordAdapter

String. Specifies the password adapter used to verify the identity of the user who per
formed the action that caused the workspace ID to be exported.

UserAction

String. Specifies the user action that caused the workspace ID to be exported.
Valid values:
●

Created

●

Published

UserId

String. Specifies the identity of the user who performed the action that caused the work
space ID to be exported.

WorkspaceClassName

String. Specifies the type of workspace.
Valid values:
●

ariba.collaborate.contracts.ContractWorkspace (procurement
contract workspaces)

●

ariba.collaborate.contracts.ContractRequest (procurement con
tract requests)

●

ariba.collaborate.contracts.SalesContractWorkspace (sales

●

ariba.collaborate.contracts.SalesContractRequest (sales con

contract workspaces)
tract requests)
●

ariba.collaborate.contracts.InternalContractWorkspace (in
ternal contract workspaces)

WorkspaceId

String. Specifies the workspace’s unique ID.
For more information about contract IDs and workspace IDs, see ContractId and Work
spaceId Elements for Contract Workspaces [page 28].

WorkspaceIdExportReply
WSWorkspaceIdExportInputBean_Item
Element

Required

Message

Yes

Type and Description
String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the client. Use

Success to indicate that there were no errors.
Status

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Import CLID using XML
The inbound web service Import CLID using XML creates or replaces a contract line items document after
receiving a request from an external system.
The Import CLID using XML request specifies a workspace ID.
● If the workspace already contains a contract line items document, it is deleted and replaced with a document
using the contents and title specified in the request.
● If the workspace already contains a pricing terms Excel document, the Use As field is cleared for the Excel
document (the field is no longer set to Contract Content).
The Import CLID using XML web service receives a ContractContentXMLImportRequest from an external
system and sends a ContractContentXMLImportReply in response.
If you are creating a standard-capacity line items document, a ContractContentXMLImportReply with a
Status element with a 0 value (Success) indicates that the contents of the request were successfully written to
the line items document.
If you are creating a large-capacity line items document, a ContractContentXMLImportReply with a Status
element with a 0 value (Success) indicates that the contents of the request were submitted for processing;
processing can take several minutes. To determine if the contents of the line items document have been processed,
open the document from the Documents area in the workspace.

ContractContentXMLImportRequest
A ContractContentXMLImportRequest contains a WSContractContentXMLImportInputBean_Item, which
contains an item. The item contains the following child elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

WorkspaceId

Yes

String. The ID of the contract workspace in which the contract line items
document will be created or replaced.

Title

Yes

String. Title for the contract line items document.

ClidImportXMLBean

Yes

Complex type. Contains contract line item data. See ClidImportXMLBean
[page 45].

IsLargeCapacity

Yes

Boolean. Specifies if the contract line items document is a large-capacity
document.

OnBehalfUserId

Yes

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdap

String. ID of the user for whom the web service will import the document.
String. Specifies the password adapter to authenticate the user in the

OnBehalfUserId element. If you are not using a custom password

ter

adapter, you can omit this element or leave the value unspecified and the
web service will use the default password adapter.

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ClidImportXMLBean
A ClidImportXMLBean contains the following child elements:
● ContractItemInformation (one or more occurrences)
● ContractHeader (one optional occurrence
● HeaderAttributes (one optional occurrence)
● ItemAttributes (one optional occurrence)

ContractItemInformation

A ContractItemInformation element contains one or more item child elements; each item element contains
the following child elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

Bundle

String. Bundle name, as specified in the event award (for line items docu
ments created from SAP Ariba Sourcing event awards).

ClassificationCode

String. Category or classification code value, such as a commodity code.

ClassificationDomain

String. Domain for the category or classification, such as UNSPSC for com
modities.

Description

String. Item description.

DiscountAmount

String. Discount, specified as a fixed amount.

ExtendedDescription

String. Full Description field for a compliance contract.

ItemNumber

String. Used by SAP Ariba Contracts to identify an item and correlate an
item with item attributes (ItemAttributes child item.

LimitType

String. Specifies how the limit is regulated--by Amount (cost of items) or

Quantity (number of items).
ManufacturerName

String. Name of manufacturer.

ManufacturerPartNumber

String. Manufacturer's part number.

MaximumAmount

String. Maximum value of the items that can be purchased.

MaximumQuantity

String. Maximum number of items that can be purchased.

MinimumAmount

String. Minimum value of the items that can be purchased.

MinimumQuantity

String. Minimum number of items that can be purchased.

Quantity

Yes

String. The number of units.

ShortName

Yes

String. Item name.

SupplierDiscount

String. SAP Ariba does not set or read this field.

SupplierPartNumber

String. Supplier part number.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

UnitOfMeasure

Yes

String. Unit of measure for the unit price (Price Unit field for a compliance
contract).

UnitOfPrice

String. Price per unit.

UnitPriceCurrency

String. Currency type for unit price.

ContractHeader
A ContractHeader element contains an optional item child element; the item element contains the following
child elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

AgreementDate

XSD DateTime. Agreement Date, such as the date from the workspace
header.

BuyerContractID

String. The corresponding SAP Ariba Procurement solutions compliance
contract ID.

CompanyName

String. SAP Ariba does not set or read this field.

ContractCurrency

String. SAP Ariba does not set or read this field.

ContractSource

String. Specifies the source of the contract workspace (Ariba).

Description

String. Description for the line items document.

EffectiveDate

XSD DateTime. Effective Date, such as the date from the workspace
header.

EventID

String. Document ID and title (docId - title) of the line items.

ExpirationDate

XSD DateTime. Expiration Date from the workspace header.

LimitType

String. Specifies how the limit is regulated--by Amount (cost of items) or

Quantity (number of items).
MaximumAmount

String. SAP Ariba does not set or read this field.

MinimumAmount

String. SAP Ariba does not set or read this field.

ReferenceDocument

String. If the line items document was created from a contract terms link to
a compliance contract, specify the ID of the contract terms.

Requester

String. ID of the user who created or updated this document.

SupplierIDDomain

String. Domain from which the supplier ID is assigned, such as

buyersystemid or sap. A supplier can have multiple IDs, each as
signed from a different domain.

SupplierIDValue

String. Supplier ID.

SupplierName

String. Supplier field from the project header.

TermType

String. Contract type. If specified, this must be Item.

Title

String. Title of the line items document.

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HeaderAttributes
The following child elements are defined for the HeaderAttributes element but SAP Ariba does not set or read
values for these elements:
● AttributeName
● AttributeValue
● DisplayText
● Type
● Description
● TableSectionColumn

ItemAttributes
An ItemAttributes element contains optional item child elements; each item element contains the following
child elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

AttributeName

String. Attribute name.

AttributeValue

String. Attribute value.

Description

String. Description for the attribute.

DisplayText

String. Display text for the attribute.

ItemNumber

String. Used by SAP Ariba Contracts to correlate attributes with an item
(ContractItemInformation child item).

LineType

Used for service item hierarchies. Specifies the type of service item. Valid
values:
●

Service Line (top-most level; all service outlines and service
specifications must be contained in a service line)

●

Service Outline (optional objects used to organize service
items; can contain child service outlines or service specifications)

●

Service Specification (specifies a service to be performed;
cannot contain any children)

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Element

Required

Type and Description

Number

Used for service item hierarchies. A string with a unique dotted-decimal
value that indicates the item's hierarchy and its position in the hierarchy.
For example, items with Number values 2, 2.1, and 2.1.1 are members
of the same hierarchy. The item with Number 2 is at the highest level of the
hierarchy and the item with Number 2.1.1 is at the lowest level.
Number is used only to define service item hierarchies and is ignored if
LineType is not Service Line, Service Outline, or Service

Specification. Number has no effect on an item's order in a list, other
than ensuring that the items in the same hierarchy are listed together and
in descending order.
No

Type

String. Data type for the attribute, such as Text or Money.

ContractContentXMLImportReply
The ContractContentXMLImportReply contains a WSContractContentXMLOutputBean_Item. The
WSContractContentXMLOutputBean_Item contains a sequence of one item. The item contains the following
child elements:
Element

Type and Description

DocumentId

String. Unique system ID for the created or updated document.

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status.
If you are creating a standard-capacity line items, 0 indicates that the contents of the
request were successfully written to the line items document.
If you are creating a large-capacity line items document, 0 indicates that the contents
of the request were submitted for processing; processing can take several minutes. To
determine if the contents of the line items document have been processed, open the
document from the Documents area in the workspace and check the status message
for the import.

Import Contract Line Items Document
The inbound web service, Import Contract Line Items Document, creates a contract line items document
after receiving a request from an external system. The contents for the contract line items document are specified
in a pricing terms Excel document, base64 encoded.
To create a pricing terms Excel document for the contents, you can use the information in Excel format for contract
line items documents [page 132] to create an Excel document in the correct format. The document must include a
Contract Item Information worksheet. You can omit the Contract Header and Header Attributes worksheets. If

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you do not need or want to specify terms specific to item master data, you can also omit the Item Attributes
worksheet.
The Import Contract Line Items Document request specifies a workspace ID.
● If the workspace already contains a contract line items document, it is deleted and replaced with a document
using the contents and title specified in the Import Contract Line Items Document request.
● If the workspace already contains a pricing terms Excel document, the Use As field is cleared for the Excel
document (the field is no longer set to Contract Content).
The Import Contract Line Items Document web service receives a
ContractContentDocumentImportRequest from an external system and sends a
ContractContentDocumentImportReply in response.
If you are creating a standard-capacity line items document, a ContractContentDocumentImportReply with a
Status element with a 0 value (Success) indicates that the contents of the request were successfully written to
the line items document.
If you are creating a large-capacity line items document, a ContractContentDocumentImportReply with a
Status element with a 0 value (Success) indicates that the contents of the request were submitted for processing;
processing can take several minutes. To determine if the contents of the line items document have been processed,
open the document from the Documents area in the workspace.
● If the status is The Excel import request has been submitted successfully, the contents have not completed
processing.
● If the status is The Excel import request has been completed successfully, the contents have completed
processing and are ready for use.

ContractContentDocumentImportRequest Elements
The ContractContentDocumentImportRequest contains a
WSContractContentDocumentInputBean_Item. The WSContractContentDocumentInputBean_Item
contains a sequence with one WSContractContentDocumentInputBean.

WSContractContentDocumentInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

Contents

Yes

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). A pricing terms Ex
cel file, base64 encoded.

IsLargeCapacity

Yes

Boolean. If false, create or update a standard-capacity line items docu
ment; the pricing terms in the Contents cannot contain more than 2000
items. If true, create a large-capacity line items document.

OnBehalfUserId

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String. Specifies the user ID of the user for whom the SAP Ariba web serv
ice will perform the action.

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Element

Required

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdap
ter

Type and Description
String. Specifies the password adapter to authenticate the user in the

OnBehalfUserId element.
If you are not using a custom password adapter, you can omit this element
or leave the value unspecified and the web service will use the default pass
word adapter.

Title

Yes

String. Specifies the document name.

WorkspaceId

Yes

String. Specifies the ID of the project (workspace) in which the document
will be created or that contains the document to be replaced. If the work
space already contains a line items document, the document is deleted
and replaced with a document created using the contents of the Title
and Contents elements.

ContractContentDocumentImportReply Elements
The ContractContentDocumentImportReply contains a WSContractContentDocumentOutputBean_Item.
The WSContractContentDocumentOutputBean_Item contains a sequence of one
WSContractContentDocumentOutputBean.

WSContractContentDocumentOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

DocumentId

String. Unique system ID for the created or updated document.

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Import Internal Contract Workspace
Use the Import Internal Contract Workspace web service to create internal contract workspaces (projects) or to
update internal contract project header fields.

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The Import Internal Contract Workspace web service receives InternalContractWorkspaceImportRequest
messages and responds with InternalContractWorkspaceImportReply messages.
If you are creating a contract project, you must specify the system ID of the template to use for creating the project.
You can also specify a contract ID to use when creating the project. You can use this contract ID to identify the
project when updating the project.
If you are creating or updating a project and your configuration does not contain any custom fields, you must omit
the custom element in the first level immediately below the ProjectHeaderFields element.
If the organizations that can be selected for the Affected Parties field do not contain any custom fields, you must
omit the custom element contained in the AffectedParties element. Alternatively, you can omit the entire
AffectedParties element.
The InternalContractRequestWorkspaceReply includes a URL (web jumper) to the created or updated project.
If you are updating a project, the SAP Ariba web service retains the existing values for any project header field
elements that you do not include or for which you do not specify a value.

InternalContractWorkspaceImportRequest Elements
InternalWSContractWorkspaceInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

Action

Yes

String. Specifies the action for the task.
Valid values:
●

Create. Creates a new project.

●

Update. Update project fields of an existing project. You can update
the fields of a published contract workspace, but this will not create a
new amendment or version.

OnBehalfUserId

Yes

String. Specifies the user ID of the user for whom the SAP Ariba web serv
ice will perform the action. When creating a project, the SAP Ariba web
service creates the project with this user as the owner if the Owner ele
ment is not specified.

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdap
ter

String. Specifies the password adapter to authenticate the user in the

OnBehalfUserId element.
If you are not using a custom password adapter, you can omit this element
or leave the value unspecified and the web service will use the default pass
word adapter.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

ParentAgreementId

Yes

String. Specify the internal ID of the master agreement when updating a
subagreement (HierarchicalType is SubAgreement) to validate its
identity. Do not specify a value if the project is not a subagreement
(HierarchicalType is StandAlone or MasterAgreement).
If the master agreement was created with the interactive user interface, its
internal ID and displayed Contract ID values are the same. If the master
agreement was created using a legacy load operation, its internal ID is not
displayed but the

Application.ACM.EvaluateParentAgreementFromParentC
ontractId site configuration option can be set to yes so that the web
service accepts the Contract ID instead of the internal ID. For more infor
mation, see Site Configuration Options for Integration Services [page 150].

ParentWorkspaceId

Yes

String. The contract ID (for example, CW12345) of the parent project for
the contract project. Specifying a value in this field creates the workspace
as a subproject of the specified parent.

ProjectHeaderFields

InternalContractWorkspace_WSProjectImport. Project
header fields. See ProjectHeaderFields [page 53].

TemplateId

Yes

String. System ID that specifies the template to use to create the project
(for example, SYS0052).
If the Action element is Update, this element is ignored.

WorkspaceId

Yes

String. Specifies the workspace ID. When using the service to create a
project, do not specify a value. If the SAP Ariba web service successfully
creates a project, it returns the system-generated workspace ID in the the
WorkspaceId element of the response.
If you are updating a contract project, you must use the WorkspaceId
element or the ContractId element to identify the project you want to
update.
For more information, see ContractId and WorkspaceId Elements for Con
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ProjectHeaderFields
Element

Required

Type and Description

AffectedParties

Complex type. Supplier or customer organizations who are involved in the
contract project, but who might not be direct participants. This field is often
used in contracts referred to as "multi-party contracts."
This element contains a sequence of zero or more items with the following
child elements:
●

SystemID (optional string). Specifies the system ID for the organiza

●

custom (optional complex type). Custom fields. For more informa

tion. To determine valid IDs, use the Export Organizations task.
tion, see Custom Body Elements for Web Services [page 30].

AgreementDate

XSD DateTime. The date for the agreement. You can use this field as de
fined by your organization. For more information, see XSD DateTime Ele
ments [page 29].

Amount

Complex type. The negotiated and approved contract amount for the com
pleted contract project. The amount might differ from any
ProposedAmount value specified at the beginning of the project. This el
ement has the following child elements:
●

Amount (optional decimal): Decimal amount.

●

Currency (optional complex type): Contains UniqueName (op
tional string). Specifies the currency type using the ISO 4217 alpha
betic code (for example, USD, EUR, or CNY).

AutoRenewalInterval

Integer. Specifies the renewal interval, in months. Required if

ExpirationTermType is AutoRenew.
BaseLanguage

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

UniqueName (optional string): Specifies the language in which a user
sees the project if there is no translation for the project in the user’s
preferred language. For a list of valid values, see Country, Currency,
BaseLanguage, and LocaleID Elements [page 28].

Client

Complex type. The departments in your company for which the project is
applicable. This element contains a sequence of zero or more of the follow
ing item:
●

DepartmentID (optional string): Specifies the system ID for the de
partment. To determine valid values, use the Export Departments task.

Commodity

Complex type. The commodity for the project. This element contains a se
quence of zero or more items with the following child elements:
●

Domain (required string): Specifies the domain or organization that
defines the values for the commodity code. For most installations, the
value will be unspsc (Universal Standard Products and Services Clas
sification).

●

UniqueName (required string): Specifies the ID for the commodity,
such as the numeric commodity code. To determine the valid com
modity ID values, use the Export Commodity Codes task.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

ContractId

String. Specifies the contract's unique ID. This can be the unique ID used in
the third-party system. If you are creating a contract project, the system
creates the project and assigns this contract ID if it is not already in use; if
you do not specify a value, the SAP Ariba web service assigns the systemgenerated workspace ID as the contract ID.
If you are updating a project, you must use the ContractId element or
the WorkspaceId element to identify the project you want to update.
For more information, see ContractId and WorkspaceId Elements for Con
tract Workspaces [page 28].

Description

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Description for
the project.

EffectiveDate

Yes

XSD DateTime. The date when the terms of the contract go into effect.

ExpirationDate

XSD DateTime. The date on which the contract expires. This field is ignored
in contract workspaces with a Perpetual expiration term type.

ExpirationTermType

Yes

String. Controls the behavior of a contract project when it reaches its expi
ration date. Valid values are:
●

Fixed. The contract workspace expires when it reaches its expiration
date.

●

Perpetual. The contract workspace never expires; also known as an
evergreen contract.

●

AutoRenew. The contract workspace is automatically extended past
its expiration date according to the Renewal Interval and the Maximum
Number of Renewals fields.
If no value is specified for this element and the workspace does not al
ready exist (Action is Create), the value Fixed is used; if the
workspace already exists (Action is Update), the current value for
the workspace is retained.

HierarchicalType

String. Specifies the hiearchical type. Valid values:
●

StandAlone

●

MasterAgreement

●

SubAgreement
If you specify SubAgreement, use the ParentAgreementID ele
ment to specify the contract ID of the master agreement.
If no value is specified for this element and the workspace does not al
ready exist (Action is Create), the value StandAlone is used; if
the workspace already exists (Action is Update), the current value
for the workspace is retained.

MaxAutoRenewalsAllowed

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Integer. Maximum number of renewals allowed. Required if
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Element

Required

Type and Description

Owner

Complex type. Specifies the owner for the project. If you are creating a
project and do not include this element, the project is created with the user
specified in the OnBehalfUserId element as the owner. This element
has the following child element:
●

UniqueName (optional string): Unique name (for example, jsmith)
of the owner.

ProposedAmount

Complex type. The proposed monetary amount of the contract. This ele
ment has the following child elements:
●

Amount (optional decimal): Decimal amount.

●

Currency (optional complex type): Contains UniqueName (op
tional string). Specifies the currency type using the ISO 4217 alpha
betic code (for example, USD, EUR, or CNY).

Region

Complex type. The region for the project. This element contains a sequence
of zero or more items with the following child element:
●

Region (optional string): Specifies the region. To determine valid val
ues, use the Export Regions task.

RelatedId

String. Specifies any related ID, such as an ID for a related record or docu
ment in an external system.

Title

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

custom

DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Workspace title.

Complex type. This element is used for custom project header fields. For
more information, see Custom Body Elements for Web Services [page 30].

InternalContractWorkspaceImportReply Elements
InternalWSContractWorkspaceOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Url

String. URL to the created or updated project.

WorkspaceId

String. Unique, system-generated ID for the created or updated project.

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Import Procurement Contract Request and Import
Procurement Contract Workspace
Use the Import Procurement Contract Request and Import Procurement Contract Workspace web services to
create procurement contract requests or workspaces. You can also use these web services to update procurement
contract project header fields.
The Import Procurement Contract Request web service receives ContractRequestImportRequest messages
and responds with ContractRequestImportReply messages.
The Import Procurement Contract Workspace web service receives ContractWorkspaceImportRequest
messages and responds with ContractWorkspaceImportReply messages.
If you are creating a contract project, you must specify the system ID of the template to use for creating the project.
You can also specify a contract ID to use when creating the project. You can use this contract ID to identify the
project when updating the project.
If you are creating or updating a project and your configuration does not contain any custom fields, you must omit
the custom element in the first level immediately below the ProjectHeaderFields element.
If the organizations that can be selected for the Affected Parties field do not contain any custom fields, you must
omit the custom element contained in the AffectedParties element. Alternatively, you can omit the entire
AffectedParties element.
The ContractRequestImportReply or the ContractRequestWorkspaceReply includes a URL (web jumper) to the
created or updated project.
If you are updating a project, the SAP Ariba web service retains the existing values for any project header field
elements that you do not include or for which you do not specify a value.
The following project header field elements are supported for contract workspaces but are not supported for
contract requests:
● HierarchicalType
● RelatedId
For an example of an Import Procurement Contract Workspace request, see Web Service Example: Creating a
Procurement Contract Workspace [page 117].

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ContractRequestImportRequest and
ContractWorkspaceImportRequest Elements
WSContractRequestInputBean or WSContractWorkspaceInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

Action

Yes

String. Specifies the action for the task.
Valid values:
●

Create. Creates a new project.

●

Update. Update project fields of an existing project. You can update
the fields of a published contract workspace, but this will not create a
new amendment or version.

OnBehalfUserId

Yes

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdap
ter

String. Specifies the password adapter to authenticate the user in the

OnBehalfUserId element.
If you are not using a custom password adapter, you can omit this element
or leave the value unspecified and the web service will use the default pass
word adapter.

ParentAgreementId

Yes

ParentWorkspaceId

Yes

String. The contract ID (for example, CW12345) of the parent project for
the contract project. Specifying a value in this field creates the workspace
as a subproject of the specified parent.

ProjectHeaderFields

ContractRequest_WSProjectImport or
ContractWorkspace_WSProjectImport. Project header fields.
See ProjectHeaderFields [page 58].

TemplateId

Yes

String. System ID that specifies the template to use to create the project
(for example, SYS0052).
If the Action element is Update, this element is ignored.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

WorkspaceId

Yes

ProjectHeaderFields
Element

Required

Type and Description

AffectedParties

SystemID (optional string). Specifies the system ID for the organiza

●

custom (optional complex type). Custom fields. For more informa

tion. To determine valid IDs, use the Export Organizations task.
tion, see Custom Body Elements for Web Services [page 30].

AgreementDate

XSD DateTime. The date for the agreement. You can use this field as de
fined by your organization. For more information, see XSD DateTime Ele
ments [page 29].

Amount

Amount (optional decimal): Decimal amount.

●

Currency (optional complex type): Contains UniqueName (op
tional string). Specifies the currency type using the ISO 4217 alpha
betic code (for example, USD, EUR, or CNY).

AutoRenewalInterval

Integer. Specifies the renewal interval, in months. Required if

ExpirationTermType is AutoRenew.
BaseLanguage

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

UniqueName (optional string): Specifies the language in which the
project is displayed if there is no translation for the project in the user’s
preferred language. For a list of valid values, see Country, Currency,
BaseLanguage, and LocaleID Elements [page 28].

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Element

Required

Type and Description

Client

Complex type. The departments in your company for which the project is
applicable. This element contains a sequence of zero or more of the follow
ing item:
●

DepartmentID (optional string): Specifies the system ID for the de
partment. To determine valid values, use the Export Departments task.

Commodity

Complex type. The commodity for the project. This element contains a se
quence of zero or more items with the following child elements:
●

●

UniqueName (required string): Specifies the ID for the commodity,
such as the numeric commodity code. To determine the valid com
modity ID values, use the Export Commodity Codes task.

ContractId

Description

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Description for
the project.

EffectiveDate

Yes

XSD DateTime. The date when the terms of the contract go into effect.

ExpirationDate

XSD DateTime. The date on which the contract expires. This field is ignored
in contract workspaces with a Perpetual expiration term type.

ExpirationTermType

Yes

String. Controls the behavior of a contract project when it reaches its expi
ration date. Valid values are:
●

Fixed. The contract workspace expires when it reaches its expiration

●

Perpetual. The contract workspace never expires; also known as an

●

AutoRenew. The contract workspace is automatically extended past

date.
evergreen contract.
its expiration date according to the Renewal Interval and the Maximum
Number of Renewals fields.
If no value is specified for this element and the workspace does not al
ready exist (Action is Create), the value Fixed is used; if the
workspace already exists (Action is Update), the current value for
the workspace is retained.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

HierarchicalType

String. Specifies the hiearchical type. Valid values:
●

StandAlone

●

MasterAgreement

●

Note
This element is not present in ContractRequestImportRequest
messages.

MaxAutoRenewalsAllowed

Integer. Maximum number of renewals allowed. Required if
ExpirationTermType is AutoRenew.

Owner

UniqueName (optional string): Unique name (for example, gsun) of
the owner.

ProposedAmount

Complex type. The proposed monetary amount of the contract. This ele
ment has the following child elements:
●

Amount (optional decimal): Decimal amount.

●

Currency (optional complex type): Contains UniqueName (op
tional string). Specifies the currency type using the ISO 4217 alpha
betic code (for example, USD, EUR, or CNY).

Region

Complex type. The region for the project. This element contains a sequence
of zero or more items with the following child element:
●

Region (optional string): Specifies the region. To determine valid val
ues, use the Export Regions task

RelatedId

String. Specifies any related ID, such as an ID for a related record or docu
ment in an external system.

Note
This element is not present in ContractRequestImportRequest mes
sages.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

Supplier

Complex type. Specifies the supplier. This element has the following child
element:
●

SystemID (optional string): Specifies the system ID of the supplier.
To determine valid values, use the Export Organizations task. You can
also view the supplier in the chooser for the Customer field of a
project; click on the supplier name to view the details for the name and
use the value displayed in the ID field.

Title

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

custom

DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Workspace title.

Complex type. This element is used for custom project header fields. For
more information, see Custom Body Elements for Web Services [page 30].

ContractRequestImportReply and
ContractWorkspaceImportReplyElements
WSContractRequestOutputBean or WSContractWorkspaceOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Url

String. URL to the created or updated project.

WorkspaceId

String. Unique, system-generated ID for the created or updated project.

Import Sales Contract Request and Import Sales Contract
Workspace
Use the Import Sales Contract Request and Import Sales Contract Workspace web services to create sales
contract requests or workspaces. You can also use these web services to update sales contract project header
fields.
The Import Sales Contract Request web service receives SalesContractRequestImportRequest messages
and responds with SalesContractRequestImportReply messages.
The Import Sales Contract Workspace web service receives SalesContractWorkspaceImportRequest
messages and responds with SalesContractWorkspaceImportReply messages.
If you are creating a contract project, you must specify the system ID of the template to use for creating the project.
You can also specify a contract ID to use when creating the project. You can use this contract ID to identify the
project when updating the project.
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If you are creating or updating a project and your configuration does not contain any custom fields, you must omit
the custom element in the first level immediately below the ProjectHeaderFields element.
If the organizations that can be selected for the Affected Parties field do not contain any custom fields, you must
omit the custom element contained in the AffectedParties element. Alternatively, you can omit the entire
AffectedParties element.
The SalesContractRequestImportReply or the SalesContractRequestWorkspaceReply includes a URL (web jumper)
to the created or updated project.
If you are updating a project, the SAP Ariba web service retains the existing values for any project header field
elements that you do not include or for which you do not specify a value.
To specify values for the Customer project header field, use the supplier element.
The following project header field elements are supported for sales contract workspaces but are not supported for
sales contract requests:
● HierarchicalType
● RelatedId
The following project header field elements are supported for sales contract requests but are not supported for
sales contract workspaces:
● DealStage
● EstimatedCloseDate

SalesContractRequestImportRequest and
SalesContractWorkspaceImportRequest Elements
WSSalesContractRequestInputBean or WSSalesContractWorkspaceInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

Action

Yes

String. Specifies the action for the task.
Valid values:
●

Create. Creates a new project.

●

Update. Update project fields of an existing project. You can update
the fields of a published contract workspace, but this will not create a
new amendment or version.

OnBehalfUserId

Yes

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Element

Required

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdap
ter

Type and Description
String. Specifies the password adapter to authenticate the user in the

OnBehalfUserId element.
If you are not using a custom password adapter, you can omit this element
or leave the value unspecified and the web service will use the default pass
word adapter.

ParentAgreementId

Yes

ParentWorkspaceId

Yes

String. The contract ID (for example, CW12345) of the parent project for
the contract project. Specifying a value in this field creates the workspace
as a subproject of the specified parent.

ProjectHeaderFields

SalesContractRequest_WSProjectImport or
SalesContractWorkspace_WSProjectImport. Project header
fields. See ProjectHeaderFields [page 64].

TemplateId

Yes

String. System ID that specifies the template to use to create the project
(for example, SYS0052).
If the Action element is Update, this element is ignored.

WorkspaceId

Yes

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ProjectHeaderFields
Element

Required

Type and Description

AffectedParties

SystemID (optional string). Specifies the system ID for the organiza

●

custom (optional complex type). Custom fields. For more informa

tion. To determine valid IDs, use the Export Organizations task.
tion, see Custom Body Elements for Web Services [page 30].

AgreementDate

XSD DateTime. The date for the agreement. You can use this field as de
fined by your organization. For more information, see XSD DateTime Ele
ments [page 29].

Amount

Amount (optional decimal): Decimal amount.

●

Currency (optional complex type): Contains UniqueName (op
tional string). Specifies the currency type using the ISO 4217 alpha
betic code (for example, USD, EUR, or CNY).

AutoRenewalInterval

Integer. Specifies the renewal interval, in months. Required if

ExpirationTermType is AutoRenew.
BaseLanguage

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

Client

Complex type. The departments in your company for which the project is
applicable. This element contains a sequence of zero or more of the follow
ing item:
●

DepartmentID (optional string): Specifies the system ID for the de
partment. To determine valid values, use the Export Departments task.

Commodity

Complex type. The commodity for the project. This element contains a se
quence of zero or more items with the following child elements:
●

●

UniqueName (required string): Specifies the ID for the commodity,
such as the numeric commodity code. To determine the valid com
modity ID values, use the Export Commodity Codes task.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

ContractId

DealStage

Integer. A value from 1 to 10 that indicates the position of the sales contract
in the deal cycle, where 1 is the beginning and 10 is the end.

Description

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Description for
the project.

EffectiveDate

Yes

XSD DateTime. The date when the terms of the contract go into effect.

EstimatedCloseDate

XSD DateTime. The estimated close date for the sales contract that results
from this sales contract request.

ExpirationDate

XSD DateTime. The date on which the contract expires. This field is ignored
in contract workspaces with a Perpetual expiration term type.

ExpirationTermType

Yes

String. Controls the behavior of a contract project when it reaches its expi
ration date. Valid values are:
●

Fixed. The contract workspace expires when it reaches its expiration

●

Perpetual. The contract workspace never expires; also known as an

●

AutoRenew. The contract workspace is automatically extended past

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Element

Required

Type and Description

HierarchicalType

String. Specifies the hiearchical type. Valid values:
●

StandAlone

●

MasterAgreement

●

Note
This element is not present in SalesContractRequestImportRequest
messages.

MaxAutoRenewalsAllowed

Integer. Maximum number of renewals allowed. Required if
ExpirationTermType is AutoRenew.

Owner

UniqueName (optional string): Unique name (for example, jsmith)
of the owner.

Product

Complex type. The products for the project. This element contains a se
quence of zero or more items with the following child element:
●

UniqueName (optional string): The product code. To determine valid
values, use the Export Products task.

ProposedAmount

Complex type. The proposed monetary amount of the contract. This ele
ment has the following child elements:
●

Amount (optional decimal): Decimal amount.

●

Currency (optional complex type): Contains UniqueName (op
tional string). Specifies the currency type using the ISO 4217 alpha
betic code (for example, USD, EUR, or CNY).

Region

Complex type. The region for the project. This element contains a sequence
of zero or more items with the following child element:
●

Region (optional string): Specifies the region. To determine valid val
ues, use the Export Regions task

RelatedId

String. Specifies any related ID, such as an ID for a related record or docu
ment in an external system.

Note
This element is not present in SalesContractRequestImportRequest
messages.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

Supplier

Complex type. Specifies the customer. This element has the following child
element:
●

SystemID (optional string): Specifies the system ID of the customer.
To determine valid values, use the Export Organizations task. You can
also view the customer in the chooser for the Customer field of a
project; click on the customer name to view the details for the name
and use the value displayed in the ID field.

Title

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

custom

DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Workspace title.

Complex type. This element is used for custom project header fields. For
more information, see Custom Body Elements for Web Services [page 30].

SalesContractRequestImportReply and
SalesContractWorkspaceImportReply Elements
WSSalesContractRequestOutputBean or
WSSalesContractWorkspaceOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Url

String. URL to the created or updated project.

WorkspaceId

String. Unique, system-generated ID for the created or updated project.

SOAP Web Services for Sourcing Events and Projects
You can use the following web services to manage sourcing events and sourcing full projects:
● DocumentStatusChangeNotification [page 68] (for Document URL terms)
● DocumentURLOutBound [page 71] (for Document URL terms)
● Download RFX Awards [page 81]
● Download RFX Awards with Filters [page 82]
● Export RFX Awards [page 84]
● Import Sourcing Event [page 85]
● Import Sourcing Project [page 90]
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DocumentStatusChangeNotification
The DocumentStatusChangeNotification service sends event status update changes so you can change the
availability or state of documents referenced in a Document URL term.
You must use the DocumentStatusChangeNotification service with the DocumentURLOutBound [page 71]
service (the request requires a UniqueId returned in a DocumentURLOutBound response).
SAP Ariba sends DocumentStatusChangeNotificationRequest messages and receives
DocumentStatusChangeNotificationReply messages. SAP Ariba sends a
DocumentStatusChangeNotificationRequest message if an event meets the conditions for the
DcoumentURLOutBound service and the event status changes. See Status [page 75] for list of possible status
values.

DocumentStatusChangeNotificationRequest
SAP Ariba sends a DocumentStatusChangeNotificationRequest when the state of an event changes and the
Enable document URL terms event rule is set to Yes.
A DocumentStatusChangeNotificationRequest contains a
WSDocumentStatusChangeNotificationRequest_Item. The
WSDocumentStatusChangeNotificationRequest_Item contains an item element. The item element
includes a Status element with the event status, which the buyer can use to modify the state of the web service
for the URLs.
The item element contains the following elements:
● Realm [page 70] (the realm in which the event is hosted)
● Status [page 78] (the event status)
● Type [page 80] (the event type)
● UniqueId [page 77] (a unique ID for the event; used to correlate DocumentURLOutBound and
DocumentStatusChangeNotification events)

Realm
Element

Required

Type and Description

Realm

Yes

String. Specifies the name of the realm hosting the event.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

Status

Yes

String. Specifies the state of the event. The values are relevant to the web
service and might not match the status displayed for the event in the user
interface.
For DocumentURLOutBoundRequest messages, SAP Ariba sends one of
the following values:
●

Draft (the event is in the Draft state and is not published)

●

RFXDocument:Publish (the event is published)

●

RFXDocument:RePublish (a previously published event was
edited and republished)

For DocumentStatusChangeNotificationRequest messages, SAP Ariba
sends one of the following values:
●

RFXDocument:MoveToOpen (the preview time for the event has
elapsed and the event is open to receive responses)

●

RFXDocument:Reopen (a closed event was reopened)

●

RFXDocument:Extend (the event time was extended)

●

RFXDocument:Suspend (the event manager suspended the
event)

●
●

RFXDocument:cancel (the event manager canceled the event)
RFXDocument:close (the event has closed for responses and the
status moved to Pending Selection or Completed)

Type
Element

Required

Type and Description

Type

Yes

String. Specifies the event type.
Use the value RFx for RFI and RFP events.

UniqueId
Element

Required

Type and Description

UniqueId

Yes

String. Specifies a unique ID for the event, used by the DocumentURLOut
Bound and DocumentStatusChangeNotification web services.
Use this value to correlate DocumentURLOutBound and DocumentStatu
sChangeNotification requests.

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DocumentStatusChangeNotificationReply
You use a DocumentStatusChangeNotificationReply to send an acknowledgement for a
DocumentStatusChangeNotificationRequest.
A DocumentURLOutBoundReply contains a WSDocumentURLOutBoundResponse_Item. The
WSDocumentURLOutBoundResponse_Item contains an item element. The item element contains the following
elements:
● ErrorMessage [page 77] (error message)
● Realm [page 70] (realm in which the event is hosted)
● Status [page 78] (status for the operation)
● Type [page 80] (type of event)
● UniqueId [page 77] (a unique ID for the event; used to correlate DocumentURLOutBound and
DocumentStatusChangeNotification events)

ErrorMessage

Element

Required

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

Yes

String. The error or status message for the entire operation.
The contents of this element are not processed by SAP Ariba are and re
served for future use.

Realm
Element

Required

Type and Description

Realm

Yes

String. Specifies the name of the realm hosting the event.

Element

Required

Type and Description

String

Yes

String. Specifies the status for the entire operation.

Status

The contents of this element are not processed by SAP Ariba are and re
served for future use, such as using the value 0 to indicate success.

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Type
Element

Required

Type and Description

Type

Yes

String. Specifies the event type.
Use the value RFx for RFI and RFP events.

UniqueId
Element

Required

Type and Description

UniqueId

Yes

DocumentURLOutBound
The DocumentStatusChangeNotification service retrieves values for Document URL line item terms. The purpose
of a Document URL term is to provide a link (URL) that participants can click to obtain documents from your site
about the item with a Description.
SAP Ariba sends DocumentURLOutBoundRequest messages and receives DocumentURLOutBoundReply
messages. You must use the DocumentURLOutBound service with the DocumentStatusChangeNotification [page
68] service.
The workflow for using the DocumentURLOutBound and DocumentStatusChangeNotification services is as
follows:
● An administrator or integration team sets up the web services. This includes the following tasks:
○ Creating web services on a buyer's server that send responses to DocumentURLOutBound and
DocumentStatusChangeNotification requests sent by SAP Ariba.
○ Using the SAP Ariba Integration Manager to configure and enable the DocumentURLOutBound and
DocumentStatusChangeNotification outbound web services. The configuration includes security
parameters and the URL for the buyer's web server.
● A template author sets the Enable document URL terms event rule under Project Owner Actions to Yes.
● (Optional) A template author adds the global term Document URL to the Line Item definition in an RFI or RFX
event template.
● An event manager creates an RFI or RFP that contains line items with a Document URL term. The event
manager invites participants.
● (Optional) The event manager clicks Retrieve document URLs.
○ SAP Ariba sends a DocumentURLOutBound request to the buyer's server. The request includes an entry
for each combination of participant and item with a Document URL term and information about the event,
such as the regions. The request also includes a Status element for the event with the value Draft.
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○ The buyer's web service sends back a reply with URLs. The reply must include an entry for each
combination of participant and item with a Document URL term, and each of these entries must specify a
URL to a buyer document. The buyer can use information in the request (such as the event state, start
time, commodities, or regions, participants) to determine what URLs to send in the response and the state
of the web server for the URLs. The URLs sent in the response do not have to be unique. Multiple
combinations of a participant and item can reference the same URL (the same URL can be used for
multiple participants or multiple items).
○ The event manager checks the banner (top) area of the contents page to view the status of the Retrieve
document URLs operation. The event manager also checks the status (Info field) displayed for each
document URL in the event Content or Summary area.
● The event manager publishes the event. SAP Ariba sends a DocumentURLOutBound request. The request
includes a Status element with the value RFXDocument:Publish.
If an error occurs when sending the DocumentURLOutBound request or processing the response, SAP Ariba
displays a warning but allows the event to be published.
Participants viewing event contents can click the Document URL to view documents hosted on the buyer's
server.
● The preview time for the event elapses and the event is open for participants to send responses.
SAP Ariba sends a DocumentStatusChangeNotification request that includes a Status element with the value
RFXDocument:MoveToOpen.
● When the event closes, SAP Ariba sends a DocumentStatusChangeNotification request that includes a Status
element with the value RFXDocument:close. The buyer can choose to disable the document URLs.
If any Document URL terms have manually entered values, SAP Ariba overwrites them with values from the
DocumentURLOutBoundReply message.

DocumentURLOutBoundRequest elements
SAP Ariba sends a DocumentURLOutBoundRequest when an event manager clicks Retrieve document URLs or
publishes an event and the Enable document URL terms event rule is set to Yes.
A DocumentURLOutBoundRequest contains a WSDocumentURLOutBoundRequest_Item. The
WSDocumentURLOutBoundRequest_Item contains an item element. The item element contains the following
elements, which the buyer can use to determine the URLs to send back in the response:
● Commodities [page 73] (the commodities for the event)
● Departments [page 73] (the departments for the event)
● EndTime [page 73] (the end time for the event)
● Owner [page 73] (the event owner)
● RealmName [page 74] (the SAP Ariba realm in which the event is hosted)
● Regions [page 74] (the regions for the event)
● StartTime [page 74] (the start time for the event)
● Status [page 75] (the event status, such as Open)
● Suppliers [page 75] (contains an entry for each participant who is participating in a line item with a
Document URL term; for each participant, there is an entry for each line item)
● Type [page 76] (type of event)
● UniqueId [page 77] (a unique ID for the event; used to correlate DocumentURLOutBound and
DocumentStatusChangeNotification events)

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Commodities
The Commodities element contains one or more item elements. Each item element specifies a value in the
Commodity field of the project or event header and contains the following elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

CommodityName

Yes

String. Specifies the name for the commodity (shown in the Name column
for the commodity in the user interface).

UniqueName

Yes

String. Specifies the unique identifier for the commodity (shown in the ID
column for the commodity in the user interface).

Departments
The Departments element contains one or more item elements. Each item element specifies a value in the
Departments field of the project or event header and contains the following elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

DepartmentId

Yes

String. Specifies the ID for the department (shown in the ID column for the
department in the user interface).

Description

Yes

String. Description of the department (shown in the Function column for
the department in the user interface).

EndTime
Element

Required

Type and Description

EndTime

Yes

Long. Specifies the end time for the event using the Unix epoch, in millisec
onds (the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC).

Owner
The Owner element specifies information about the event owner and contains the following elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

Yes

String. The email address of the event owner.

Name

Yes

String. The name of the event owner.

UserId

Yes

String. The SAP Ariba ID of the event owner.

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RealmName
Specifies the
Element

Required

Type and Description

RealmName

Yes

String. Specifies the SAP Ariba realm (site) hosting the event.

Regions
The Regions element contains one or more item elements. Each item element specifies a value in the Regions
field of the project or event header and contains the following elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

Description

Yes

String. Specifies the description for the region (shown in the Description
column for the region in the user interface).

Region

Yes

String. ID for the region (shown in the Region column for the region in the
user interface).

StartTime
Element

Required

Type and Description

StartTime

Yes

Long. Specifies the start time for the event using the Unix epoch, in milli
seconds (the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC).

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Status
Element

Required

Type and Description

Status

Yes

Draft (the event is in the Draft state and is not published)

●

RFXDocument:Publish (the event is published)

●

RFXDocument:RePublish (a previously published event was
edited and republished)

For DocumentStatusChangeNotificationRequest messages, SAP Ariba
sends one of the following values:
●

RFXDocument:MoveToOpen (the preview time for the event has
elapsed and the event is open to receive responses)

●

RFXDocument:Reopen (a closed event was reopened)

●

RFXDocument:Extend (the event time was extended)

●

RFXDocument:Suspend (the event manager suspended the
event)

●
●

RFXDocument:cancel (the event manager canceled the event)
RFXDocument:close (the event has closed for responses and the
status moved to Pending Selection or Completed)

Suppliers
The Suppliers element contains one or more item elements. Each item element specifies an event participant.
Each item element includes a Materials element, which contains an item element for each line item that the
participant can view and respond to (bid on).
The Suppliers child item element contains the following elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

ContactEmailAddress

Yes

String. Email address of the participant.

Contact Name

Yes

String. Name of the participant.

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Required

Type and Description

Materials

Yes

Complex type that contains a sequence of item elements, where each

item specifies information about a line item that the participant can view
and respond to (bid on). Each Materials child item contains the fol
lowing elements:
●

MaterialNumber: Required, String. Unique ID for the material
(item).

●
●

Name: Required, String. Name of the material (item).
Plant: Required, String. ID of the plant for which the item is being
sourced.

●

PurchaseOrg: Required, String. ID of the purchasing organization
for the item.

OrganizationID

Yes

String. System ID of the supplier organization for the participant.

UniqueName

Yes

String. Unique name (User ID) of the participant.

VendorKeys

Yes

Complex type that comprises the vendor compound key (a uniform identi
fier across all SAP Ariba solutions) for the participant's organization. It
contains the following elements:
●

BusinessSystemId: Required, string. Ariba Network uses the
Business System ID value to determine the correct ERP system to
use when buyers have a multiple ERP system integration.

●

LocationId: Required, string. Maps to a field in Oracle and People

●

SiteId: Required, String. The ID of the vendor location.

●

VendorId: Required, string. Ariba Network vendor ID for the sup

soft ERP systems. Not used in SAP ERP systems.

plier. The vendor identifier in your organization’s backend ERP system,
sometimes called a supplier private ID.

Type
Element

Required

Type and Description

Type

Yes

String. Specifies the event type.
The value is RFx for RFI and RFP events.

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UniqueId
Element

Required

Type and Description

UniqueId

Yes

DocumentURLOutBoundReply
You use a DocumentURLOutBoundReply to send document URLs for items in an event. The reply must include an
entry for each combination of participant and item with a Document URL term, and each of these entries must
specify a URL to a buyer document. The buyer can use information in the request (such as the event state, start
time, commodities, or regions, participants) to determine what URLs to send in the response and the state of the
web server for the URLs. The URLs sent in the response do not have to be unique. Multiple combinations of a
participant and item can reference the same URL (the same URL can be used for multiple participants or multiple
items).
A DocumentURLOutBoundReply contains a WSDocumentURLOutBoundResponse_Item. The
WSDocumentURLOutBoundResponse_Item contains an item element. The item element contains the following
elements:
● ErrorMessage [page 77] (error message for the entire operation)
● Status [page 78] (status for the entire operation)
● Suppliers [page 78] (a URL and other information for each combination of participant and item sent in the
request)
● Type [page 80] (type of event)
● UniqueId [page 77] (a unique ID for the event; used to correlate DocumentURLOutBound and
DocumentStatusChangeNotification events)

ErrorMessage

Element

Required

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

Yes

String. The error or status message for the entire operation.
The contents of this element are not processed by SAP Ariba are and re
served for future use.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

String

Yes

String. Specifies the status for the entire operation.
The contents of this element are not processed by SAP Ariba are and re
served for future use, such as using the value 0 to indicate success.

Suppliers
The Suppliers element contains one or more item elements. Each item element specifies an event participant.
Each item element includes a Materials element, which contains an item element for each line item that the
participant can view and respond to (bid on) and specifies the document URL for that combination of participant
and item.
Your response must contain a Materials child item element for each Materials child item element sent in the
request.

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The Suppliers child item element contains the following elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

Materials

Yes

Complex type that contains a sequence of item elements, where each
item specifies the document URL and other information for a line item
that the participant can view and respond to (bid on). Each Materials
child item contains the following elements:
●

DocumentUrl: Required, String. URL that the participant can use to
get documents or information about the material. This URL will be dis
played next to the the item when viewed by this participant and will be
clickable.
If the event owner manually entered a value for the URL in the event
contents, the manually-entered values is replaced by the

DocumentUrl.
●

DocumentUrlDescription: Required, String. Description for the
document URL. This description will be displayed below the document
URL when viewed by this participant.

●

ErrorMessage: Required, String. Message if an error occurred try
ing to return a document URL for this combination of participant and
material.
If non-empty, this is displayed for the event manager in the Info field
for the combination of participant and material but is not visible to
participants.

●

MaterialNumber: Required, String. Unique ID for the material
(item).

●

Status: Required, String. Status for the operation to return a docu
ment URL for this combination of participant and material. If the
ErrorMessage element is empty, this is displayed for the event
manager in the Info field for the combination of participant and mate
rial but is not visible to participants.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

Supplier

Yes

Complex type that contains information about the participant. Contains
the following elements:
●

ContactEmailAddress: Required, string. Email address of the
participant.

●

ContactName: Required, string. Name of the participant.

●

OrganizationId: Required, string. System ID of the supplier or
ganization for the participant.

●

UniqueName: Required, string. Unique name of the supplier organi
zation for the participant.

●

VendorKeys: Required, complex type that comprises the vendor
compound key (a uniform identifier across all SAP Ariba solutions) for
the participant's organization. It contains the following elements:
○

BusinessSystemId: Required, string. Ariba Network uses the
Business System ID value to determine the correct ERP system
to use when buyers have a multiple ERP system integration.

○

LocationId: Required, string. Maps to a field in Oracle and
Peoplesoft ERP systems. Not used in SAP ERP systems.

○

SiteId: Required, String. The ID of the vendor location.

○

VendorId: Required, string. Ariba Network vendor ID for the
supplier. The vendor identifier in your organization’s backend ERP
system, sometimes called a supplier private ID.

Type
Element

Required

Type and Description

Type

Yes

String. Specifies the event type.
Use the value RFx for RFI and RFP events.

UniqueId
Element

Required

Type and Description

UniqueId

Yes

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Download RFX Awards
The Download RFX Awards web service is an inbound service that enables you to download an RFX award specified
by its system ID. To download all RFX awards created within a given time period, use the Download RFX Awards with
Filters (Download RFX Awards with Filters [page 82]) web service.
The Download RFX Awards web service receives AwardDownloadRequest messages and responds with
AwardDownloadReply messages. Each AwardDownloadReply message contains an award document CSV file,
base64 encoded.

Site Configuration Options
By default, date fields (Date_Field and CalendarDate_Field type) exported for the RFX award are listed in the
time zone for the SAP Ariba server (such as GMT -8). To adjust the exported date fields for your time zone, your
SAP Ariba Customer Support Administrator can set the following site configuration option:
Application.ACM.TimeZoneIDForExportExcelByWebService
To set this option, please have your Designated Support Contact log a service request and an SAP Ariba Customer
Support representative will follow up to complete the request.

AwardDownloadRequest Elements
WSAwardExportInputBean_Item
A WSAwardExportInputBean_Item element contains an item element, where each item element contains the
following child element:
Element

Required

Type and Description

RfxInternalId

Yes

String. Specifies the system ID of the RFX document to be downloaded. For
example, Doc12345.

RfxName

Deprecated. This value is no longer used.

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WSAwardExportOutputBean
A WSAwardExportOutputBean_Item element contains an item element, where each item element contains the
following child elements:
Element

Type and Description

AwardDocument

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). Contents of the award docu
ment (CSV file), base64 encoded.

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

MimeType

String. MIME encoding type used for the award document.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Download RFX Awards with Filters
The Download RFX Awards with Filters web service is an inbound service that enables you to download all RFX
awards created within a given time period. To download an RFX award as specified by ID, use the Download RFX
Awards (Download RFX Awards [page 81]) web service.
You can also use this web service to export award and scenario data for partially awarded events if automatic event
completion is disabled (the site configuration option
Application.AQS.AutoEventCompletionWhenAllItemsAwarded is set to No; the default value is Yes) by
sending a request with IncludePendingEvents set to true.
This web service receives RFXAwardExportWSRequest messages and responds with RFXAwardExportWSReply
messages.

RFXAwardExportWSRequest Elements
The RXAwardExportWSRequest contains a WSRFXAwardListExportInputBean_Item, which contains a
WSRFXAwardListExportInputBean.

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WSRFXAwardListExportInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

FromDate

XSD DateTime. Start date for a date range. The web service converts this
to a calendar date (it strips the hours, minutes, and seconds) and exports
all RFX awards created after the start of the FromDate and before the
start of the ToDate. RFX awards created after the start of the ToDate
are excluded.
You can include the hours, minutes, and seconds values for the FromDate
and ToDate elements in the date range by having SAP Ariba set the site
configuration option

Application.Messaging.Channels.WS.IncludeTimePorti
onToParseDate to Yes. For more information, see Site Configuration
Options for Integration Services [page 150].
If this element is not specified, a wildcard (any date) is used as the

FromDate.
All dates are relative to the date in the SAP Ariba OnDemand time zone of
the server used for your site; by default, this is US Pacific time
(UTC-08:00).

IncludePendingEvents

Boolean. If true and automatic event completion is disabled (the site con
figuration option

Application.AQS.AutoEventCompletionWhenAllItemsAwa
rded is set to No; the default value is Yes), the response includes sce
nario and award data for all events that have awards created within the

FromDate - ToDate range, even if the events are still in the Pending
Selection state.
If this element is true and automatic event completion is disabled, and
awards are created for an event within multiple date ranges, it is possible to
receive multiple responses with data for the same event.

ToDate

XSD DateTime. End date for a date range. The web service converts this to
a calendar date (it strips the hours, minutes, and seconds) and exports en
tries for all RFX awards that were created after the start of the FromDate
and before the start of the ToDate. RFX awards created after the start of
the ToDate are excluded.
If this element is not specified, a wildcard (any date) is used as the

ToDate.
All dates are relative to the date in the SAP Ariba OnDemand time zone of
the server used for your site; by default, this is US Pacific time
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RFXAwardExportWSReply Elements
The RXAwardExportWSReply contains a WSRFXAwardListExportOutputBean_Item, which contains a
WSRFXAwardListExportOutputBean.
Element

Type and Description

AwardDocumentList

Contains a sequence WSRFXAwardSingleOutputBean items. See WSRFXAward
SingleOutputBean [page 84].

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

MimeType

String. MIME encoding type used for the award document.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

WSRFXAwardSingleOutputBean
An WSRFXAwardSingleOutputBean contains one item element for each RFX award. Each item element
contains the following subelements:
Element

Type and Description

AwardFile

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). A ZIP file that contains an award
document file in CSV format (RFXAward_docId.csv), base64 encoded.

DocumentId

String. Document ID of the event for the award.

DocumentName

String. Document name of the event for the award.

Export RFX Awards
Use the Export RFX Awards web service to export RFX awards.
The Export RFX Awards web service sends RFXAwardExportRequest messages and responds with
RFXAwardExportReply messages. Each RFXAwardExportRequest message contains one award document CSV
file, base64 encoded. SAP Ariba uses this web service for the RFXAwardExport scheduled task to export RFX
awards to an external system. The RFXAwardExport task sends each award in a separate request. This task runs
every 24 hours. The first time the task runs, it exports all RFX awards that have been awarded since the parameter
was enabled. On subsequent runs, the task exports all RFX awards that have been awarded since the last run.
The Export RFX Awards web service uses an outbound integration end point and requires the site configuration
option Application.AQS.RFX.EnableWSAwardPush to be enabled. For more information, see Enabling Export
RFX Awards Tasks [page 24].
You can configure users to receive email notifications when the Export RFX Awards web service fails. For more
information, see Configuring Email Notifications for Outbound Web Services [page 24].

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RFXAwardExportRequest Elements
WSRFXAwardExportOutputBean_Item
A WSRFXAwardExportOutputBean_Item element contains an item element, where each item element contains
the following child elements:
Element

Type and Description

Award

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). Contents of the award docu
ment (CSV file), base64 encoded.

DocumentId

String. Unique system (document) ID for the event.

DocumentName

String. Name of the event.

RFXAwardExportReplyElements
WSRFXAwardExportInputBean
Element

Required

Message

Yes

Type and Description
String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the client. Use

Success to indicate that there were no errors.
Status

Integer. Return status. Return 0 to indicate that there were no errors.

Import Sourcing Event
Use the Import Sourcing Event web service to create or update an event in an existing sourcing project. To create a
sourcing event as a quick project when using SAP Ariba Sourcing Pro or as an event when using SAP Ariba
Sourcing Basic, you must use the Import Sourcing Project web service with the Import Sourcing Event web service.
This procedure is described in Creating a Sourcing Event without a Full Sourcing Project [page 122].
When creating a sourcing event in a full project, you can create the event from an unused Document Choice
document (which acts as a placeholder) or you can create an ad hoc sourcing event (a sourcing event that is not
created from a Document Choice document).
The Import Sourcing Event web service receives EventImportRequest messages and responds with
EventImportReply messages.
If you are creating an event, you must specify the system ID of the document template to use for creating the
project. If you are updating the header fields of an event, the SAP Ariba web service retains the existing values for
any elements that you do not include or for which you do not specify a value.
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WSRFXDocumentInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

Action

Yes

String. Specifies the action for the task.
Valid values:
●

Create. Creates an event from an unused Document Choice docu

●

CreateAdhoc. Create an event without using a Document Choice

●

Update. Update the contents of an existing event.

ment in the full sourcing project
document in the full sourcing project.

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XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). File attachments
for the event, saved in a ZIP file and base64 encoded.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

Contents

Yes

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). The contents can
be:
●

An Excel file

●

A ZIP file containing the CSV files that correspond to sheets in an Ex
cel file for an event. The CSV files can be:
○

Conditions.csv

○

Content.csv

○

Item Participants.csv

○

Participants.csv

○

Participant Initial Values.csv

○

Pricing.csv

○

Rules.csv

○

Terms.csv
The files required depend on the event you are creating. At a mini
mum, the ZIP file must contain a Participants.csv and a

Pricing.csv file; auction events also require a Terms.csv
file.
To create a value for this element, you can export the contents of
an existing event to a Microsoft Excel file and edit the file. If you
want to create CSV files from an Excel event file:
●

Remove the instructions in the sheets.

●

Save the appropriate Excel sheets as CSV files (one sheet per CSV
file). Use the sheet name to form the CSV file name.

●

If you are including a Rules Excel sheet or Rules.csv file and
specifying values for dates (Response start date or Due
date), use the correct syntax for the date.
○

In a Rules Excel sheet, use the following custom number syntax
(if you create the Excel file by exporting an existing event, SAP
Ariba creates the date cells with this syntax):
m-d-yyyy h:mm
For example:

4/25/2014 16:00
○

In a Rules.csv file, use the following syntax:
yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
For example:

2014-04-25 16:00:00
Specify the time in the SAP Ariba OnDemand time zone of the
server used for your site; by default, this is US Pacific time
(UTC-08:00). The user time zone and any time zone name ap
pended to the date value are ignored.
●

Enclose the CSV files in a ZIP file.
After you have an Excel or ZIP file, encode the file using a base64-en
coding utility.
For more information about exporting the contents of an existing
event to Microsoft Excel, see the .

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Element

Required

Type and Description

DocumentId

Yes

String. Specifies the document ID for the event, such as Doc1234. Spec
ify the value according to the value of the Action element.
●

If the Action is Create or CreateAdhoc, do not specify a value
(the web service ignores any value specified).

●

If the Action is Update, specify the ID of the event to be updated.
You must specify a value for DocumentId or DocumentName.

DocumentName

Yes

String. Specifies the event name. Specify the value according to the value
of the Action element.
●

If the Action is Create, specify the name of the existing Document
Choice document to use for creating the event.

●

If the Action is CreateAdhoc, specify the name of the event to be
created.

●

If the Action is Update, specify the name of the event to update. If
you are updating an event. you identify the event by specifying the

DocumentName and the WorkspaceId. Alternatively, if you know
the document ID (specified in the UI), you can identify the event using
the DocumentId element.
If you are updating an event that is not in a full sourcing project and
the event was created using the Import Sourcing Project web service
and it has not been updated, use the

DefaultStringTranslation child element of the Title ele
ment specified in the Import Sourcing Project request as the

DocumentName. If you are updating an event that has been previ
ously updated with a Title element in the Import Sourcing Event re
quest, use the DefaultStringTranslation child element of
that Title element.

OnBehalfUserId

Yes

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdap
ter

String. Specifies the user ID of the user for whom the SAP Ariba web serv
ice will perform the action.
String. Specifies the password adapter to authenticate the user in the

OnBehalfUserId element.
If you are not using a custom password adapter, you can omit this element
or leave the value unspecified and the web service will use the default pass
word adapter.

RFXDocumentHeaderFields

RFXDocument_WSProjectImport. Event header fields. See EventHeader
Fields [page 89].

ReplaceEventContent

Yes

Boolean. Specifies if the value of the Contents element replaces the ex
isting contents for the event.

TemplateId

Yes

String. System ID that specifies the template to use to create the event (for
example, SYS0107). This is the ID of the document template within the
project template (not the ID of the project template). For information about
determining document template IDs, see Web Service Examples: Creating
Sourcing Events [page 121].
If the Action element is Update, this element is ignored.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

WorkspaceId

Yes

String. Specifies the sourcing project (workspace) ID in which the event will
be created or updated.
The value for this element can be null if DocumentId is not null.
For information about determining workspace IDs for sourcing projects,
see Web Service Examples: Creating Sourcing Events [page 121].

EventHeaderFields
Element

Required

Type and Description

BaseLanguage

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

Commodity

Complex type. The commodity for the event. This element contains a se
quence of zero or more items with the following child elements:
●

●

UniqueName (required string): Specifies the ID for the commodity,
such as the numeric commodity code. To determine the valid com
modity ID values, use the Export Commodity Codes task.

Complex type. The type of currency used in the event. This element has the
following child element:

Currency

●

Description

UniqueName (required string): Specifies the currency type using the
ISO 4217 alphabetic code (for example, USD, EUR, or CNY).

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Description for
the project.

Title

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
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DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Event title.

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EventImportReply Elements
WSRFXDocumentOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

Contents

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). This element is not sent in Im
port Sourcing Event responses.

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Import Sourcing Project
Use the Import Sourcing Project web services to create a sourcing project or to update the project header fields of
an existing sourcing project. If you are an SAP Ariba Sourcing Basic user, use the Import Sourcing Project web
service to create a sourcing event, then use the Import Sourcing Event web service to add (update) the event
contents, as described in Creating a Sourcing Event without a Full Sourcing Project [page 122].
The Import Sourcing Project web service receives SourcingProjectImportRequest messages and responds
with SourcingProjectImportReply messages.
If you are creating a full sourcing project, you must specify the system ID of the template to use for creating the
project. If you are creating a quick sourcing project or an event, specify the template ID for the document of the
sourcing event.
If you are creating or updating a project and your configuration does not contain any custom fields, you must omit
the custom element in the first level immediately below the ProjectHeaderFields element.
If the organizations that can be selected for the Affected Parties field do not contain any custom fields, you must
omit the custom element contained in the AffectedParties element. Alternatively, you can omit the entire
AffectedParties element.
If you create or update a sourcing project, the SourcingProjectImportReply includes a workspace ID and URL (web
jumper) to the created or updated project.
If you are updating a project, the SAP Ariba web service retains the existing values for any project header field
elements that you do not include or for which you do not specify a value.

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SourcingProjectImportRequest Elements
WSourcingProjectInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

Action

Yes

String. Specifies the action for the task.
Valid values:

OnBehalfUserId

Yes

●

Create. Creates a new project.

●

Update. Update project fields of an existing project.

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdap
ter

String. Specifies the password adapter to authenticate the user in the

OnBehalfUserId element.
If you are not using a custom password adapter, you can omit this element
or leave the value unspecified and the web service will use the default pass
word adapter.

ParentWorkspaceId

String. The workspace ID (for example, CW12345) of the parent project for
the contract project. Specifying a value in this field creates the workspace
as a subproject of the specified parent.

ProjectHeaderFields

ContractRequest_WSProjectImport or
ContractWorkspace_WSProjectImport. Project header fields.
See ProjectHeaderFields [page 58].

TemplateId

Yes

String. System ID that specifies the template to use to create the project,
(for example, SYS0052).
If the Action element is Update, this element is ignored.

WorkspaceId

Yes

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ProjectHeaderFields
Element

Required

Type and Description

BaseLanguage

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

BaselineSpend

Complex type. The amount you expect to spend for all of the goods and
services associated with the project. This element has the following child el
ements:
●

Amount (optional decimal): Decimal amount.

●

Currency (optional complex type): Contains UniqueName (op
tional string). Specifies the currency type using the ISO 4217 alpha
betic code (for example, USD, EUR, or CNY).

Client

Complex type. The departments in your company for which the project is
applicable. This element contains a sequence of zero or more of the follow
ing item:
●

DepartmentID (optional string): Specifies the system ID for the de
partment. To determine valid values, use the Export Departments task.

Commodity

Complex type. The commodity for the project. This element contains a se
quence of zero or more items with the following child elements:
●

●

UniqueName (required string): Specifies the ID for the commodity,
such as the numeric commodity code. To determine the valid com
modity ID values, use the Export Commodity Codes task.

ContractId

ContractEffectiveDate
Currency

Yes

XSD DateTime. The date when the terms of the contract go into effect.
Complex type. The type of currency used in the project. This element has
the following child element:
●

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UniqueName (optional string): Specifies the currency type using the
ISO 4217 alphabetic code (for example, USD, EUR, or CNY).

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Element

Required

Type and Description

Description

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Description for
the project.

ExecutionStrategy

String. Specifies the strategy for achieving the goals of the sourcing project.
Valid values:
●

Owner

No Choice

●

Online Sourcing

●

Offline Sourcing

●

Supplier Performance

●

Contract

●

Low Cost Country Sourcing

●

Renewal

UniqueName (optional string): Unique name (for example, jsmith)
of the owner.

PlannedEventType

ProjectReason

String. A number representing the planned event type, where:
●

1 represents RFI

●

2 represents RFP

●

4 represents Auction

●

6 represents ForwardAuction

String. Specifies why the project will be executed. It is used for reporting
purposes only.
Valid values:

Region

●

No Choice

●

Contract Expiring

●

Meet Savings Goals

●

New Requirement

●

New Component/Reengineer

Complex type. The region for the project. This element contains a sequence
of zero or more items with the following child element:
●

Region (optional string): Specifies the region. To determine valid val
ues, use the Export Regions task

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Element

Required

Type and Description

SourcingMechanism

String. Specifies the method used to execute the project (the Resourced By
field).
Valid values:

Title

●

No Choice

●

SAP Ariba Resources

●

Internal Resources

●

Other

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Project title. If
this is a quick sourcing project or an SAP Ariba Sourcing Basic event,
this is the event (document) name.

custom

Complex type. This element is used for custom project header fields. For
more information, see Custom Body Elements for Web Services [page 30].

SourcingProjectImportReply Elements
WSSourcingProjectOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Url

String. URL to the created or updated project.

WorkspaceId

String. Unique, system-generated ID for the created or updated project.

SOAP Web Service for Knowledge Projects
You can use the Import Knowledge Project web service to manage knowledge projects.

Import Knowledge Project
Use the Import Knowledge web service to create knowledge projects or to update knowledge project header fields.
The Import Knowledge Project web service receives KnowledgeProjectImportRequest messages and responds
with KnowledgeProjectImportReply messages.
If you are creating a knowledge project, you must specify the system ID of the template to use for creating the
project.

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The KnowledgeProjectImportReply includes a URL (web jumper) to the created or updated project.
If you are updating a knowledge project, the SAP Ariba web service retains the existing values for any project
header field elements that you do not include or for which you do not specify a value.

KnowledgeProjectImportRequest Elements
WSKnowledgeInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

Action

Yes

String. Specifies the action for the task.
Valid values:

OnBehalfUserId

Yes

●

Create. Creates a new project.

●

Update. Update project fields of an existing project.

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdap
ter

String. Specifies the password adapter to authenticate the user in the

OnBehalfUserId element.
If you are not using a custom password adapter, you can omit this element
or leave the value unspecified and the web service will use the default pass
word adapter.

ParentWorkspaceId

String. The workspace ID (for example, CW12345) of the parent project for
the knowledge project. Specifying a value in this field creates the new
project as a subproject of the specified parent.

ProjectHeaderFields

DynamicWorkspace_WSProjectImport. Project header fields. See
ProjectHeaderFields [page 96].

TemplateId

Yes

String. System ID that specifies the template to use to create the project
(for example, SYS0052).
If the Action element is Update, this element is ignored.

WorkspaceId

Yes

String. Specifies the workspace ID. When using the service to create a
project, do not specify a value. If the SAP Ariba web service successfully
creates a project, it returns the system-generated workspace ID in the the
WorkspaceId element of the response.
If you are updating a project, you must use the WorkspaceId element to
identify the project you want to update.

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ProjectHeaderFields
Element

Required

Type and Description

BaseLanguage

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

Client

Complex type. The departments in your company for which the project is
applicable. This element contains a sequence of zero or more of the follow
ing item:
●

DepartmentID (optional string): Specifies the system ID for the de
partment. To determine valid values, use the Export Departments task.

Commodity

Complex type. The commodity for the project. This element contains a se
quence of zero or more items with the following child elements:
●

●

UniqueName (required string): Specifies the ID for the commodity,
such as the numeric commodity code. To determine the valid com
modity ID values, use the Export Commodity Codes task.

Description

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Description for
the project.

Region

Complex type. The region for the project. This element contains a sequence
of zero or more items with the following child element:
●

Region (optional string): Specifies the region. To determine valid val
ues, use the Export Regions task

Title

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

DefaultStringTranslation (optional string): Workspace title.

KnowledgeProjectImportReply Elements
WSKnowledgeProjectOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Url

String. URL to the created or updated project.

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Element

Type and Description

WorkspaceId

String. Unique, system-generated ID for the created or updated project.

SOAP Web Services for Documents
You can use the following web services to manage documents:
● Download Document [page 97] (this web service is supported for filebased documents only)
● Download Document IDs [page 98] (this web service is supported for sales form documents only)
● Import Document [page 100] (this web service is supported for filebased documents only)
● Import Form Document [page 101] (this web service is present but not supported)

Download Workspace Documents
The Download Workspace Documents web service is an inbound web service that enables you to download a
document. The Download Workspace Documents web service is supported for any file document (document
loaded to a project from a file), including:
● Assembled contract documents (Main Agreement and Contract Addendum documents)
● Order forms (order forms do not contain data entered using fields in the SAP Ariba user interface)
The Download Workspace Documents web service is not supported for the following document types:
● Contract Terms
● Form files (any form file with data entered using fields in the SAP Ariba user interface), including savings forms
The Download Workspace Documents web service receives DocumentDownloadRequest messages and responds
with DocumentDownloadReply messages.

DocumentDownloadRequest Elements
The DocumentDownloadRequest contains a WSDocumentDownloadInputBean_Item, which contains a
WSDocumentDownloadInputBean.

WSDocumentDownloadInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

DocumentId

Yes

String. Document ID of the document to download, such as Doc1234.

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DocumentIdsDownloadReply Elements
The DocumentDownloadReply contains a WSDocumentDownloadOutputBean_Item, which contains a
WSDocumentDownloadOutputBean.

WSDocumentDownloadOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

DocumentFile

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). A ZIP file that contains the down
loaded document, base64 encoded.

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Download Document IDs
The Download Document IDs web service is an inbound web service that enables you to download the IDs of all
documents modified or created within a given time period.

Note
The Download Document IDs web service is supported only for order form documents.
The Download Document IDs web service returns a string that contains a comma-separated list of document IDs.
Each document ID can be sent in a Download Document web service request.

DocumentIdsDownloadRequest Elements
The DocumentIdsDownloadRequest contains a WSDocumentIdsDownloadInputBean_Item, which contains a
WSDocumentIdsDownloadInputBean.

WSDocumentIdsDownloadInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

DocumentStatus

Yes

String. Limits the document IDs downloaded to documents with the speci
fied status.
Valid values: Draft or Published.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

FromDate

Yes

XSD DateTime. Start date for a date range. The web service converts this
to a calendar date (it strips the hours, minutes, and seconds) and exports
the IDs for all documents modified or created after the start of the
FromDate and before the start of the ToDate. Documents modified or
created after the start of the ToDate are excluded.
You can include the hours, minutes, and seconds values for the

FromDate and ToDate elements in the date range by having SAP Ariba
set the site configuration option

Application.Messaging.Channels.WS.IncludeTimePorti
onToParseDate to Yes. For more information, see Site Configuration
Options for Integration Services [page 150].
All dates are relative to the date in the SAP Ariba OnDemand time zone of
the server used for your site; by default, this is US Pacific time
(UTC-08:00).

ToDate

Yes

XSD DateTime. End date for a date range. The web service converts this to
a calendar date (it strips the hours, minutes, and seconds) and exports IDs
for all documents created or modified after the start of the FromDate
and before the start of the ToDate. Documents modified or created after
the start of the ToDate are excluded.
All dates are relative to the date in the SAP Ariba OnDemand time zone of
the server used for your site; by default, this is US Pacific time
(UTC-08:00).

Type

Yes

String. A comma-separated list of document types for which IDs will be
downloaded.
Valid value: OrderForm.

DocumentIdsDownloadReply Elements
The DocumentIdsDownloadReply contains a WSDocumentIdsDownloadOutputBean_Item, which contains a
WSDocumentIdsDownloadOutputBean.

WSDocumentIdsDownloadOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

DocumentIDs

String. A sequence of document IDs, delimited by commas. If no documents meet the
date range and type criteria, an empty string is returned.

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

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Import Document
Use the Import Document web service to add documents to existing projects. You can also use this web service to
replace an existing document in a project.

Note
The Import Document web service is supported only for project documents that are not assigned to a specific
subtype or use. For example, you cannot use the Import Document web service for contract Main Agreement or
Contract Addendum documents, and you cannot use this web service for events.

DocumentImportRequest Elements
WSDocumentInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

Action

Yes

String. Specifies the action for the task.
Valid values:
●

Create. Adds a new document to the project.

●

Update. Replaces the contents of an existing document in a project.

Contents

Yes

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). File contents,
base64 encoded.

DocumentId

Yes

String. Specifies the ID for the document, such as Doc1234. Specify the
value according to the value of the Action element.
●

If the Action is Create, do not specify a value (the web service ig
nores any value specified).

●

If the Action is Update, specify the ID of the document to be up
dated. You must specify a value for DocumentId or

DocumentName.
DocumentName

Yes

String. Specifies the document name. Specify the value according to the
value of the Action element.
●

If the Action is Create, specify the name of the document to be

●

If the Action is Update, specify the name of the document to up

created.
date. You must specify a value for DocumentId or DocumentName.
Use a forward slash (/) to delimit folder names. For example,

MyFolder/MyFile.txt creates or updates the file MyFile.txt
in the folder MyFolder under the Documents area for the project. If

MyFolder does not already exist, the web service creates it for you.
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String. Specifies the user ID of the user for whom the SAP Ariba web serv
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Required

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdap
ter

Type and Description
String. Specifies the password adapter to authenticate the user in the

OnBehalfUserId element.
If you are not using a custom password adapter, you can omit this element
or leave the value unspecified and the web service will use the default pass
word adapter.

WorkspaceId

Yes

String. Specifies the ID of the project (workspace) in which the document
will be created or that contains the document to be updated.

DocumentImportReply Elements
WSDocumentOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

DocumentId

String. Unique system ID for the created or updated document.

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Import Form Document
This service is not supported.

SOAP Web Services for Managing Users,
Organizations, and Suppliers
You can use the following web services to manage users, organizations, and suppliers:
● Add Users to Group [page 102]
● remove user from group [page 102]
● Export Organizations [page 104]
● Export Supplier Profiles [page 105]
● Import Organizations [page 107]
● Import Supplier Profiles [page 110]
● Import Users [page 111]
● Remove Organizations [page 113]
● Remove Users [page 114]
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Add Users to Group
Use the Add Users to Group web service to add one or more existing users to one or more system groups.
The Add Users to Group web service receives AddUsersToGroupRequest messages and responds with
AddUsersToGroupReply messages.

AddUsersToGroupRequest Elements
Group_WSAddUsersToGroup_Item
A Group_WSAddUsersToGroup_Item can contain a sequence of one or more item elements, where each item
element contains the following child elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

UniqueName

Yes

String. Unique name of the group, such as Contract Agent.

Users

Yes

Complex type. This element contains a sequence of zero or more of the
following child elements:
●

PasswordAdapter (required string). Specifies the password
adapter to authenticate the user, such as
SourcingSupplierUser or PasswordAdapter1.

●

UniqueName (required string). Unique name of the user to be
added to the group, such as bsmith.

AddUsersToGroupReply Elements
AddUsersToGroupReply
Element

Type and Description

Status

String. Return status.

remove user from group
remove user from group
Use the remove user from group web service to remove one or more existing users from one or more system
groups.
The remove user from group web service receives RemoveUsersFromGroupRequest messages and responds
with RemoveUsersFromGroupReply messages.

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In this section:
RemoveUsersFromGroupRequest Elements [page 103]
RemoveUsersFromGroupReply Elements [page 103]

RemoveUsersFromGroupRequest Elements
Group_WSRemoveUsersFromGroup_Item

RemoveUsersFromGroupRequest Elements
A Group_WSRemoveUsersFromGroup_Item can contain a sequence of one or more item elements, where each
item element contains the following child elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

UniqueName

Yes

String. Unique name of the group, such as Contract Agent.

Users

Yes

Complex type. This element contains a sequence of zero or more of the
following child elements:
●

PasswordAdapter (required string). Specifies the password
adapter to authenticate the user, such as
SourcingSupplierUser or PasswordAdapter1.

●

UniqueName (required string). Unique name of the user to be re
moved from the group, such as bsmith.

RemoveUsersFromGroupReply Elements

RemoveUsersFromGroupReply
RemoveUsersFromGroupReply Elements

Element

Type and Description

Status

String. Return status.

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Export Organizations
The Export Organizations web service is an inbound service that enables you to export information about the
organizations configured for your site. This web service receives OrganizationExportWSRequest messages and
responds with OrganizationExportWSReply messages.

OrganizationExportWSRequest Elements
The OrganizationExportWSRequest contains a WSOrganizationExportInputBean_Item, which contains a
WSOrganizationExportInputBean.

WSOrganizationExportInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

FromDate

XSD DateTime. Start date for a date range. The web service converts this
to a calendar date (it strips the hours, minutes, and seconds) and exports
all organizations created or updated after the start of the FromDate and
before the start of the ToDate. Organizations created or updated after the
start of the ToDate are excluded.
You can include the hours, minutes, and seconds values for the FromDate
and ToDate elements in the date range by having SAP Ariba set the site
configuration option

FromDate.
All dates are relative to the date in the SAP Ariba OnDemand time zone of
the server used for your site; by default, this is US Pacific time
(UTC-08:00).

IncludeInactive

String. Specifies if inactive organizations are included in the output.
Valid values: false, true. The default is false (if this element is not
specified, the value false is used).
If true, profiles for inactive suppliers are included in the output and the
output contains the following new columns:

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Active (Yes or No)

●

DateCreated

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DateUpdated

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Required

Type and Description

ToDate

XSD DateTime. End date for a date range. The web service converts this to
a calendar date (it strips the hours, minutes, and seconds) and exports en
tries for all organizations that were created or last updated after the start
of the FromDate and before the start of the ToDate. Organizations cre
ated or updated after the start of the ToDate are excluded.
If this element is not specified, a wildcard (any date) is used as the

ToDate.
All dates are relative to the date in the SAP Ariba OnDemand time zone of
the server used for your site; by default, this is US Pacific time
(UTC-08:00).

OrganizationExportWSReply Elements
The OrganizationExportWSReply contains a WSOrganizationExportOutputBean_Item, which contains a
WSOrganizationExportOutputBean.

WSOrganizationExportOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

MimeType

String. MIME encoding type used for the award document.

OrganizationFile

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). A base64-encoded ZIP file that
contains an Organization.csv file. The Organization.csv file contains one
entry for each organization that meet the filter criteria. The columns are described in the
ExportOrganizations sheet of the Data Dictionary.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Export Supplier Profiles
Use the Export Supplier Profiles web service to export supplier profiles. This web service responds with a base64encoded CSV file that contains all supplier profiles. The profiles include responses to the Supplier Profile
Questionnaire (SPQ), except responses to questions with the Answer Type set to Attachment.

Note
The number of columns and column positions in the exported CSV might change because of changes to the
SPQ. These data changes bypass integration migration management processing and occur without being
accepted in the integration migration management utility. When processing the exported CSV, use the column
title to determine column contents; do not use the column number to determine column contents.

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The Export Supplier Profiles web service receives SupplierProfileExportRequest messages and responds
with SupplierProfileExportReply messages.

SupplierProfileExportRequest Elements
WSSupplierProfileExportInputBean_Item
A WSSupplierProfileExportInputBean_Item element contains an item element, where each item element
contains the following child elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

FromDate

XSD DateTime. Start date for a date range. The web service converts this
to a calendar date (it strips the hours, minutes, and seconds) and exports
entries for all supplier profiles that were last updated after the start of the
FromDate and before the start of the ToDate. Supplier profiles updated
after the start of the ToDate are excluded.
You can include the hours, minutes, and seconds values for the FromDate
and ToDate elements in the date range by having SAP Ariba set the site
configuration option

FromDate.
All dates are relative to the date in the SAP Ariba OnDemand time zone of
the server used for your site; by default, this is US Pacific time
(UTC-08:00).

RealmName

Yes

Name of your realm (site).

ToDate

XSD DateTime. End date for a date range. The web service converts this to
a calendar date (it strips the hours, minutes, and seconds) and exports en
tries for all supplier profiles that were last updated after the start of the
FromDate and before the start of the ToDate. Supplier profiles updated
after the start of the ToDate are excluded.
If this element is not specified, a wildcard (any date) is used as the

ToDate.
All dates are relative to the date in the SAP Ariba OnDemand time zone of
the server used for your site; by default, this is US Pacific time
(UTC-08:00).

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SupplierProfileExportReply Elements
WSSupplierProfileExportOutputBean_Item
A WSSupplierProfileExportOututBean_Item element contains an item element, where each item element
contains the following child elements:
Element

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

MimeType

String. MIME encoding type used for the award document.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

SupplierProfileFile

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). A supplier profile file (CSV
file), base64 encoded.

Import Organizations
Use the Import Organizations web service to add (or update) one or more supplier or customer organizations to
SAP Ariba. If an organization is created as an unapproved organization (the IsOrgApproved element is 0), the
organization approval process is triggered when certain business parameters are met at the web service level and
customer site level.
The Import Organizations web service receives OrganizationImportRequest messages and responds with
OrganizationImportReply messages.

Site Configuration Options for Organization Approvals
The functionality for approving organizations created as unapproved organizations is controlled by the following
site configuration option, which SAP Ariba sets for you.

Application.SIPM.SupplierOrganizationApprovalProcess
The Application.SIPM.SupplierOrganizationApprovalProcess option determines the category of profile
questions that must be answered for an organization created with IsOrgApproved set to 0 (Unapproved) to
initialize the organization approval process. When the organization approval process is initialized, one of the
following events occurs:
● If your site has SAP Ariba Supplier Information Management (SIM) or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and
Performance Management (SIPM) and this is a managed organization, the organization approval task for the
supplier workspace starts (the You need to approve a new organization registration task starts).
● If your site has SIM or SIPM but this is not a managed organization, the Approve button on the organization's
Profile tab is enabled.
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● If your site does not have SIM or SIPM, the Approve button on the organization's Profile tab is enabled.
Possible Application.SIPM.SupplierOrganizationApprovalProcess values:
● Manual (default value): When the organization (or supplier workspace) is created, the organization approval
process is initialized.
● Relevant Questions Answered: If OrganizationSource is Internal, the organization approval process
is initialized after all Owner Required questions are answered in the profile questionnaire. If
OrganizationSource is External, the organization approval process is initialized after all Participant
Required questions (questions that must be answered by suppliers) are answered in the profile questionnaire.
If OrganizationSource is null, the organization approval process is initialized after all Owner Required and
Participant Required questions are answered.
● All Required Questions Answered: The organization approval process is initialized after all Owner
Required questions and all Participant Required questions are answered in the profile questionnaire.

OrganizationImportRequest Elements
Organization_WSOrganizationImport_Item
An Organization_WSOrganizationImport_Item element can contain a sequence of one or more item
elements, where each item element contains the following child elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

BusinessContacts

Complex type. This element contains a sequence of zero or more of the
following child elements:
●

EmailAddress (required string). The user’s business email ad
dress, specified as a user fullyqualified domain name, such as
user1@example.com.

●

custom (optional complex type). This element is used for custom
project header fields. For more information, see Custom Body Ele
ments for Web Services [page 30].

Categories

Complex type. This element specifies commodity codes and contains a
sequence of zero or more of the following child elements:
●

Domain (required string). Specifies the domain or organization that
defines the values for the commodity code. For most installations,
the value will be unspsc (Universal Standard Products and Services
Classification).

●

Contacts

UniqueName (required string). Specifies the ID for the commodity,
such as the numeric commodity code. To determine the valid com
modity ID values, use the Export Commodity Codes task.

Complex type. This element contains a sequence of zero or more of the
following child elements:
●

PasswordAdapter (optional string). Specifies the password
adapter to authenticate the user.

●

UniqueName (required string). Specifies the unique name of the
user. This user must already exist in the system.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

CorporateAddress

Yes

Complex type. This element contains a sequence of zero or more of the
following child elements:
●
●

Name (optional string). Name used in the mailing address.
PostalAddress (optional complex type). This element contains
the following child elements:
○
○

City (optional string). Specifies the city.
Country (optional complex type). Specifies the country. This
element contains the UniqueName (optional string) child ele
ment.

○

Lines (optional string). Specifies the street address or postal
box.

●

○

PostalCode (optional string). Specifies the postal code.

○

State (optional string). Specifies the state or province.

UniqueName (required string). Unique name to identify the postal
address.

CorporateEmailAddress

Yes

String. The email address for the organization, specified as a user fully
qualified domain name, such as user1@example.com.

CorporateFax

String. The fax number for the organization.

CorporatePhone

String. The phone number for the organization.

CorporateURL

String. The URL for the organization.

IsCustomer

Yes

Boolean. Specifies if the organization is a customer organization.

IsManaged

Yes

Integer. Specifies if the supplier is managed (integer). Valid values:
●

0: The supplier is not managed.

●

1 or any other integer greater than 0: The supplier is managed.
Your configuration must have Ariba Supplier Information Manage
ment or SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance Manage
ment and a published template for supplier workspace projects to
create a managed supplier.

IsOrgApproved

Integer. Specifies the status of the organization. Valid values:
●

0: The organization is unapproved.

●

1: The organization is rejected.

●

2: The organization is approved.

●

3: The organization is in the process of being registered.

●

null: The organization is approved.

IsSupplier

Yes

Boolean. Specifies if the organization is a supplier organization.

Name

Yes

String. Specifies the organization name.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

OrganizationSource

String. Specifies the source of the information about the organization.
Valid values:
●

Internal: Buyer.

●

External: Supplier.

●

null: Source is not specified.
Depending on your site configuration, the OrganizationSource
can affect the category of profile questions that must be answered
before an approval process is started for the organization. For more
information, see Site Configuration Options for Organization Appro
vals [page 107].

OrganizationType

String. Specifies the type of organization.

PreferredCurrency

Complex type. Contains UniqueName (optional string). Specifies the
currency type using the ISO 4217 alphabetic code (for example, USD,

EUR, or CNY).
PreferredLanguage

Complex type. This element has the following child element:

UniqueName (optional string): Specifies the preferred language for the
organization. For a list of valid values, see Country, Currency, BaseLan
guage, and LocaleID Elements [page 28].

StateOfIncorporation

String. Specifies the US state in which the organization is incorporated.

SystemID

Yes

String. Specifies the unique identifier for the organization, such as
SID1234. The SystemID is used to index the organizations. If youare up
dating information about an existing organization, you must specify its
current SystemID. If you adding a new organization, do not specify a

SystemID that is assigned to an existing organization; if you do, the in
formation you specify will overwrite the information for the existing organ
ization.

custom

Complex type. This element is used for custom organization fields. For
more information, see Custom Body Elements for Web Services [page
30].

OrganizationImportRequest ElementsI
Element

Type and Description

Status

String. Return status.

Import Supplier Profiles
Use the Import Supplier Profiles web service to import supplier profiles. This web service replaces all supplier
profiles with the contents sent in the request. If you are replacing existing content, use the Export Supplier Profile
web service or the Supplier Profile export task to create a supplier profile CSV file with the existing data. If you are

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loading supplier profiles for the first time, create a template CSV file by choosing the Create Import Template
option in the Supplier Profile export task.
The Import Supplier Profiles web service receives SupplierProfileImportRequest messages and responds
with SupplierProfileImportReply messages.

SupplierImportRequest Elements
WSSupplierProfileImportInputBean
Element

Required

Type and Description

Contents

Yes

XSD base64Binary (string with base64-encoded data). A valid supplier
profile CSV file, base64 encoded.

SupplierImportReply Elements
WSSupplierProfileImportOutputBean
Element

Type and Description

ErrorMessage

String. Message (error or confirmation) returned by the web service.

Status

Integer. Return status. 0 indicates success.

Import Users
Use the Import Users web service to add users to existing supplier or customer organizations in SAP Ariba.
The Import Users web service receives UserImportRequest messages and responds with UserImportReply
messages.

Site Configuration Option
By default, users created using the Import Users web service have their time zone set to the time zone for the SAP
Ariba server (such as GMT -8). To specify an alternate time zone, your SAP Ariba Customer Support Administrator
can set the following site configuration option:
Application.Base.PreferredTimeZoneIDForUser
To set this option, please have your Designated Support Contact log a service request and an SAP Ariba Customer
Support representative will follow up to complete the request.
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UserImportRequest Elements
User_WSUserImport_Item
A User_WSUserImport_Item element can contain a sequence of one or more item elements, where each item
element contains the following child elements:
Element

Required

Type and Description

BillingAddresses

Yes

Complex type. This element contains a sequence of zero or more item
elements, where each item element contains the following child ele
ments:
●

Name (optional string). Name of the user for the address.

●

Phone (optional string). Phone number for the address.

●

PostalAddress (optional complex type). This element contains
the following child elements:
○

City (optional string). Specifies the city.

○

Country (optional complex type). Specifies the country. This
element contains the UniqueName (optional string) child ele

○

Lines (optional string). Specifies the street address or postal

ment.
box.

●

○

PostalCode (optional string). Specifies the postal code.

○

State (optional string). Specifies the state or province.

UniqueName (optional string). Unique name to identify the postal
address.

DefaultCurrency

Complex type. Contains UniqueName (optional string). Specifies the
currency type using the ISO 4217 alphabetic code (for example, USD,

EUR, or CNY).
EmailAddress

Yes

String. The user’s business email address, specified as a user fully-quali
fied domain name, such as user1@example.com.

Fax

String. The business fax number for the user.

IsTerminated

Yes

Boolean. Indicates if the user is terminated.

LocaleID

Complex type. This element has the following child element:
●

UniqueName (optional string): Specifies the locale for the user. For
a list of valid values, see Country, Currency, BaseLanguage, and Lo
caleID Elements [page 28].

Name

Yes

String. Specifies the name for the user. For example, Ken Moon.

Organization

Yes

String. Specifies the unique system ID of the organization to which the
user will be a added. For example, sid1234.

PasswordAdapter

Yes

String. The password adapter used to authenticate the user. For example,
SourcingSupplierUser.

Phone

String. Business phone number for the user.

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Element

Required

Type and Description

ShipTos

Yes

Complex type. This element contains a sequence of zero or more item
elements, where each item element contains the following child ele
ments:
●

Name (optional string). Name of the user for the address.

●

Phone (optional string). Phone number for the address.

●

PostalAddress (optional complex type). This element contains
the following child elements:
○

City (optional string). Specifies the city.

○

Country (optional complex type). Specifies the country. This
element contains the UniqueName (optional string) child ele
ment.

○

Lines (optional string). Specifies the street address or postal
box.

●

○

PostalCode (optional string). Specifies the postal code.

○

State (optional string). Specifies the state or province.

UniqueName (optional string). Unique name to identify the postal
address.

Supervisor

Complex type. This element contains the following child elements:
●

UniqueName (required string). Specifies the unique name of the
user’s supervisor. The supervisor must already exist in the system.

●

PasswordAdapter (required string). Specifies the password
adapter used to authenticate the supervisor. For example,

SourcingSupplierUser
UniqueName

Yes

String. Specifies the unique name for the user.

UserImportReply ElementsI
Element

Type and Description

Status

String. Return status.

Remove Organizations
Use the Remove Organizations web service to remove one or more organizations from your SAP Ariba
configuration data.
The Remove Organizations web service receives DeleteOrganizationRequest messages and responds with
DeleteOrganizationReply messages.

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DeleteOrganizationRequest Elements
Organization_WSDeleteOrganization_Item
A User_WSDeleteUser_Item can contain a sequence of one or more of the following item elements.
Element

Required

Type and Description

item

Organization_WSDeleteOrganization complex type. This ele
ment contains the following child element:
●

SystemID (required string). Specifies the system ID of the organi
zation to be removed, such as ACM_1234 or sid9999.

DeleteOrganizationReply Elements
Element

Type and Description

status

String. Return status.

Remove Users
Use the Remove Users web service to remove one or more internal or external users from your SAP Ariba
configuration data.
The Remove Users web service receives DeleteUserRequest messages and responds with DeleteUserReply
messages.

DeleteUserRequest Elements
User_WSDeleteUser_Item
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Required

item

Type and Description

User_WSDeleteUser complex type. This element contains a se
quence of zero or more items with the following child elements:
●

PasswordAdapter (required string). Specifies the password
adapter to authenticate the user, such as
SourcingSupplierUser or PasswordAdapter1.

●

UniqueName (required string). Specifies the unique name of the
user to be removed, such as bsmith.

DeleteUserReply Elements.
Element

Type and Description

Status

String. Return status.

SOAP Web Service Status and Error Message Values
The following status and error message values can be returned in responses for inbound web services.
Status

Error Message

The web service method is successfully executed.

-1

Unknown errors occur during processing.

-2

User has no permission to execute the web service method.

-3

The web service method has not been completely executed.

-4

There is no valid data in the imported file. Please refine your
input and try again.

-5

Web service completed but errors occurred when processing the
data in the Contents element. Please refine your input and try
again.

-2001

The specified project does not contain a terms file.

-2004

The specified document cannot be downloaded. The event is still
open and responses cannot be viewed until the event closes. Try
again after the event closes.

-6000

The specified project owner does not exist.

-6001

The specified template is not found in the system.

-6002

Create project has encountered problems.

-6003

Update project has encountered problems.

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Status

Error Message

-6004

The specified project is not found in the system.

-6005

The requested action is invalid.

-6006

The specified workspace template name is not valid.

-6007

The specified project name is not valid.

-6008

The created event project is not a sourcing project.

-6009

The specified project type is invalid.

-6010

The specified field xxxxx is not defined for the project type.

-6011

Events are not allowed for this project type.

-6012

A project with this name already exists in the system.

-6013

The value for Error Messge can be one of the following:
●

The value xxxxx is not valid for the yyyyy field.

●

Invalid value for the yyyyy field.

●

The specified field is not found in the system.

-6014

The user does not have the permissions needed to perform this
operation.

-6015

The specified document ID xxxxx is not valid.

-6016

The specified on behalf of user ID does not exist.

-6017

The contract workspace with the specified contract ID already
exists in the system.

-6018

Create document has encountered problems.

-6019

The specified event template name is not valid.

-6020

Invalid Workspace Id.

-6021

Invalid value for fields. xxxxx

-6022

Invalid Parent Workspace Id.

-6023

Error processing xxxxx.
(This error is returned if an error occurs when processing a field value.)

-6024

The input contract id is not unique

-6025

Cannot find workspace or template

-6026

Invalid Parent Agreement Id (must be set for SubAgreements).

-6027

Invalid Hierarchical Type, must be SubAgreement if
ParentAgreement is specified.

-6028

Assembled Documents can not be updated using Web Services.

-6029

Provided ClassName can not be used in this Web Services.

-6031

Provided DocumentStatus cannot be used in this Web Service

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Web Service Example: Creating a Procurement
Contract Workspace
This section describes how to use the Import Procurement Contract Workspace web service to create a
procurement contract workspace.
1. Determine the template ID for the type of procurement workspace you want to create. To determine the
template ID, open the appropriate template. Navigate to the Overview tab. The ID field in the Properties pane
contains the template ID.
2. View the WSDL file to determine the required elements, which have a non-zero value for minOccurs. View the
documentation tags to determine valid values or use a data export task to create a list of valid values.
Determine values for the contract workspace you want to create, including:
○ The effective date. For more information, see EffectiveDate [page 120].
○ The expiration type and hierarchical type. For more information, see ExpirationTermType [page 120] and
HierarchicalType [page 120].
○ The user who will be the owner of the created contract workspace. For more information, see
OnBehalfUserId [page 119].
○ The template ID. For more information, see TemplateId [page 120].
Some elements are required but no value is needed for the operation you are performing. For example, the
WorkspaceId element is required, but if you are creating a workspace, no value is needed. You must still
include the element in the SOAP message, but with no value.
3. If the procurement contract workspace for your system contains required custom fields, you must specify
values for these fields in the custom element. For more information, see Web Service Example: Creating a
Project with Custom Fields [page 127].
If the procurement contract workspace for your system does not contain any custom fields, you must omit the
custom element in the first level immediately below the ProjectHeaderFields element.
4. If the organizations that can be selected for the Affected Parties field do not contain any custom fields, you
must omit the custom element contained in the AffectedParties element. Alternatively, you can omit the
entire AffectedParties element.

Import Procurement Contract Workspace Request Message
The following is an example of an Import Procurement Contract Workspace request message to create a
procurement contract workspace. This message was generated by a tool or application on the ERP system based
on the WSDL file created by SAP Ariba. See Import Procurement Contract Workspace Response [page 121] for a
sample response.
Elements of interest are shown in bold and described in the notes that follow.

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Action
This required element specifies the action for the task. The documentation tag in the WSDL file specifies the valid
values; for this task, the valid values are Create and Update. The Create action creates a new workspace. The
Update action updates the project fields of an existing contract workspace.

OnBehalfUserId
This required element specifies the user ID of the user for whom the SAP Ariba Web Service will perform the action.
When creating a project, the system creates the project with this user as the owner.

Note
This does not have to match the user specified in the Login field in the HTTP AUTHENTICATION area for the
end point.

OnBehalfUserPasswordAdapter
Use this optional element to you use a custom password adapter to authenticate the user in the OnBehalfUserId
element. In most cases, you can omit this element or leave the value unspecified.

BaseLanguage
This optional element specifies the base language for the project. For a list of valid values, see Country, Currency,
BaseLanguage, and LocaleID Elements [page 28].

Commodity
This optional element specifies the commodity for the project. The Domain child element specifies the domain or
organization that defines the values for the commodity. For most installations, the Domain value will be unspsc
(Universal Standard Products and Services Classification). The UniqueName child element specifies the ID for the
commodity. In this example, the commodity ID is 44 (Office Products).
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ContractId
This optional element can be used to specify the contract ID when you are creating a contract workspace. If you are
updating a contract, you can either use the ContractId element or the WorkspaceId element to identify the
workspace you want to update. For more information, see ContractId and WorkspaceId Elements for Contract
Workspaces [page 28].

EffectiveDate
This required element specifies the effective date for the contract workspace. This value must be specified using
the XML XSD DateTime data type. For a description of the format, see XSD DateTime Elements [page 29].

ExpirationTermType
This required element specifies the term type. View the documentation tag in the WSDL file for the valid string
values. The value is case sensitive.

HierarchicalType
This optional element specifies the hierarchical type. View the documentation tag in the WSDL file for the valid
string values. The value is case sensitive.

Supplier
This optional element specifies the supplier. To determine the system ID for SystemID child element, you can use
the Export Supplier Organizations task. You can also view the supplier in the chooser for the Supplier field of a
project; click on the supplier name to view the details for the name and use the value displayed in the ID field.

TemplateId
This required element specifies the ID of the template to use when creating the workspace. To determine the
template ID, open the appropriate template. Navigate to the Overview tab. The ID field in the Properties pane
contains the template ID.

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WorkspaceId
This required element specifies the project (workspace) ID. When using the task to create a project, do not specify
a value. If the web service successfully creates a project, the service returns the workplace ID in the WorkspaceId
element of the response. If you are updating a contract, you can either use the WorkspaceId element or the
ContractId element to identify the workspace you want to update.
For more information, see ContractId and WorkspaceId Elements for Contract Workspaces [page 28].

Import Procurement Contract Workspace Response
The following is a sample SOAP response for a successful Import Procurement Contract Workspace create request.
If the create operation is not successful, the system responds with a SOAP message that contains a non-zero
status value and an error message. Note that the response for a successful create operation includes a Url
element, which contains a webjumper to the created workspace. It also contains a WorkspaceId element with the
ID of the created workspace; you can use the value of the WorkspaceId element to identify the workspace if you
want to update the workspace.

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contractsProSourcingProSpmPro.svcdevss-sourcing.ariba.com/ad/webjumper?
itemID=AABkAHFB%21fYo&awcharset=UTF-8
The web service method is successfully executed.
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Web Service Examples: Creating Sourcing Events
● Creating a Sourcing Event without a Full Sourcing Project [page 122]
● Creating an Event with a Full Sourcing Project [page 125]

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Creating a Sourcing Event without a Full Sourcing Project
The following procedure describes how to use web services to create a sourcing event as a quick project when
using SAP Ariba Sourcing Pro or as an event when using SAP Ariba Sourcing Basic. To do this, you must use two
web services:
● The Import Sourcing Project web service, to create a quick project or the SAP Ariba Sourcing Basic event. The
event contents are unspecified.
● The Import Sourcing Event web service, to upload the event contents.

Creating a Sourcing Event Without a Full Project
Procedure
1. Determine the template ID for the document of the sourcing event that you want to create. To do this:
1. Open the appropriate sourcing event template.
2. Navigate to the Documents area.
3. Click the document name.
4. Click Action
View Details . The ID field under the Overview tab contains the template ID for the
document. For example:

2. Use the Import Sourcing Project web service to create a quick project or an SAP Ariba Sourcing Basic event.
Specify the template ID from the previous step in the TemplateId element of the Import Sourcing Project
request.
3. Retain the following values from the Import Sourcing Project event:
○ the value you specify in the DefaultStringTranslation child element of the Title element of the
request
○ the value returned in the WorkspaceId element of the response
4. Create the base64-encoded content for the event. The content can be:
○ a Microsoft Excel file
○ a ZIP file containing CSV files
To create the content, you can export an existing event to Excel and edit the contents. If you want to use
CSV files, save each sheet of the Excel file in a separate CSV file, then create a ZIP file containing the CSV

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files. Use a base64-encoding utility to create base64-encoded content from the Excel or ZIP file. For more
information about this element, see Import Sourcing Event [page 85]. For more information about
exporting the contents of an existing event to Microsoft Excel, see the SAP Ariba Event Management Guide.
5. Create an Import Sourcing Event request with the following key values:
○ Action: Update
○ Contents: The contents of the event, created in the previous step.
○ DocumentName: the document title. If this is a newly created event, use the
DefaultStringTranslation child element of the Title element specified in the Import Sourcing
Project request. (If this event has been updated with a new title, use the DefaultStringTranslation
child element of the Title element specified in the Import Sourcing Event request.)
○ ReplaceEventContent: true
○ WorkspaceId: the value returned in the WorkspaceId element of the Import Sourcing Project response.
The DocumentName and WorkspaceId elements are used to identify the event you are updating. If you
know the document ID of the event (as displayed in the UI), you can use the document ID in the
DocumentId element instead of specifying values in the DocumentName and WorkspaceId fields.

Import Sourcing Event Request without a Full Sourcing Project
The following sections show the Import Sourcing Project request and response messages for creating a quick
sourcing event and the Import Sourcing Event request message used to specify (update) the event contents.

Import Sourcing Project Request

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itemID=AAAKAI6EiuTx&
awcharset=UTF-8
The web service method is successfully executed.
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Import Source Event Request
The following is an example Import Sourcing request to create a sourcing event using the previously created quick
sourcing project. The value for the Contents element was truncated for simplicity. Note that the DocumentName
value is the <DefaultStringTranslation> value from the Import Sourcing Project Request and the
WorkspaceId value is the value returned from the Import Sourcing Project Response.
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:urn="urn:Ariba:Sourcing:vrealm_10">
<soapenv:Header>
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<urn:variant>?</urn:variant>

<urn:partition>?</urn:partition>
</urn:Headers>
</soapenv:Header>
<soapenv:Body>
<urn:EventImportRequest partition="?" variant="?">

<urn:WSRFXDocumentInputBean_Item>

<urn:item>

<urn:Action>Update</urn:Action>
<urn:Attachments></urn:Attachments>
<urn:Contents>0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOwADAP7/
CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAaQAAAAAAAAAAEAAA/v///wAAAAD+////AAAAAGoAAAD...
</urn:Contents>
<urn:DocumentId></urn:DocumentId>
<urn:DocumentName>My RFI Event</urn:DocumentName>
<urn:OnBehalfUserId>taikman</urn:OnBehalfUserId>

<urn:OnBehalfUserPasswordAdapter></urn:OnBehalfUserPasswordAdapter>

<urn:RFXDocumentHeaderFields>
<urn:Description>

<urn:DefaultStringTranslation>An RFI created using SOAP </
urn:DefaultStringTranslation>
</urn:Description>

<urn:Title>

<urn:DefaultStringTranslation></urn:DefaultStringTranslation>
</urn:Title>
</urn:RFXDocumentHeaderFields>
<urn:ReplaceEventContent>true</urn:ReplaceEventContent>
<urn:TemplateId></urn:TemplateId>
<urn:WorkspaceId>WS28424</urn:WorkspaceId>
</urn:item>
</urn:WSRFXDocumentInputBean_Item>
</urn:EventImportRequest>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Creating an Event with a Full Sourcing Project
The following procedure describes how to use the Import Sourcing Event web service to create or update a
sourcing event in a full sourcing project. When creating a sourcing event in a full project, you can create the event
from an unused Document Choice document (which acts as a placeholder) or you can create an ad hoc sourcing
event (a sourcing event that is not created from a Document Choice document).

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Creating a Sourcing Event in a Full Project
Procedure
1. If you want to create the sourcing event using a Document Choice document, create a project template for a
full sourcing project that contains a Document Choice document. Add the appropriate sourcing events as
choices for the document.
2. Create a full sourcing project using the appropriate project template. You can do this by using the Import
Sourcing Project web service or by using the UI.
3. Determine the project (workspace) ID of the full sourcing project. You must specify the project ID in the
WorkspaceId element of the Import Sourcing Event request.
There are two ways to determine the project ID:
○ Retain the value of the WorkspaceId element from the Import Sourcing Project response.
○ Open the project in the UI and view ID in the ID field under the Overview tab.
4. If you are using a Document Choice document, determine the document name. The system displays this under
the Documents tab in the project and in the template.
You will specify this name in the DocumentName element of the Import Sourcing Event request.
5. Determine the template ID for the document of the sourcing event that you want to create. This step is
described in Creating a Sourcing Event without a Full Sourcing Project [page 122].
6. Create the base64-encoded content for the event. This step is described in Creating a Sourcing Event without a
Full Sourcing Project [page 122].
7. Specify the appropriate values in the Import Sourcing Event request. If you are using a Document Choice
document to create the event, specify Create for the Action element. If you are creating an ad hoc event,
specify CreateAdhoc for the Action element.

Note
If you have already created an event from the Document Choice document, you cannot use the Create
action to create additional events; instead, use the CreateAdhoc action.

Import Sourcing Event Request with a Full Sourcing Project
The following is an example Import Sourcing request to create a sourcing event in an existing full sourcing project
using a Document Choice document. The value for the Contents element was truncated for simplicity. If the
request was used to create an ad hoc sourcing event, the value for the Action element would be CreateAdhoc
and the value of the DocumentName element would be ignored.
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:urn="urn:Ariba:Sourcing:vrealm_10">
<soapenv:Header>
<urn:Headers>


<urn:variant>?</urn:variant>

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<urn:partition>?</urn:partition>
</urn:Headers>
</soapenv:Header>
<soapenv:Body>
<urn:EventImportRequest partition="?" variant="?">

<urn:WSRFXDocumentInputBean_Item>

<urn:item>

<urn:Action>Create</urn:Action>
<urn:Attachments></urn:Attachments>
<urn:Contents>0M8R4KGxGuEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOwADAP7/
CQAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAaQAAAAAAAAAAEAAA/v///wAAAAD+////AAAAAGoAAAD...
</urn:Contents>
<urn:DocumentId></urn:DocumentId>
<urn:DocumentName>My Doc Choice</urn:DocumentName>
<urn:OnBehalfUserId>taikman</urn:OnBehalfUserId>

<urn:OnBehalfUserPasswordAdapter></urn:OnBehalfUserPasswordAdapter>

<urn:RFXDocumentHeaderFields>
<urn:Description>

<urn:DefaultStringTranslation>An RFI created using SOAP </
urn:DefaultStringTranslation>
</urn:Description>

<urn:Title>

<urn:DefaultStringTranslation>My RFI</
urn:DefaultStringTranslation>
</urn:Title>
</urn:RFXDocumentHeaderFields>
<urn:ReplaceEventContent>false</urn:ReplaceEventContent>
<urn:TemplateId>SYS0104</urn:TemplateId>
<urn:WorkspaceId>WS14592</urn:WorkspaceId>
</urn:item>
</urn:WSRFXDocumentInputBean_Item>
</urn:EventImportRequest>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

Web Service Example: Creating a Project with
Custom Fields
The WSDL files for tasks that can create or update projects (such the Import Procurement Contract Workspace
task) contain a custom element that contains placeholders for custom project fields of different types. The
following WSDL file excerpt shows the first part of the custom element with the placeholder element for custom
decimal fields:
<xsd:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0" name="custom">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="CustomBigDecimal"
nillable="true">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:decimal">
<xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string"/>
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</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
:
:
</xsd:element>
If your SAP Ariba support team selected the External Integration Field option for your custom field, the system
includes a documentation element within the element of the appropriate type. The documentation element
specifies the internal name. For example, the system generated the following element for the custom
Needs EU Approval boolean field:
<xsd:element maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0" name="CustomBoolean"
nillable="true">
<xsd:complexType>
<xsd:annotation>
<xsd:documentation>"NeedsEUApproval" is the name of a flex
field that can be imported or exported.</xsd:documentation>
</xsd:annotation>
<xsd:simpleContent>
<xsd:extension base="xsd:boolean">
<xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string"/>
</xsd:extension>
</xsd:simpleContent>
</xsd:complexType>
</xsd:element>
The SOAP request specifies the type (CustomBoolean), field name (NeedsEUApproval), and value (true) in the
custom element:
<urn:custom>
<urn:CustomBoolean name="NeedsEUApproval">true</urn:CustomBoolean>
</urn:custom>
The following listing contains the entire SOAP message:
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"
xmlns:urn="urn:Ariba:Sourcing:vrealm_10">
<soapenv:Header>
<urn:Headers>

<urn:variant></urn:variant>

<urn:partition></urn:partition>
</urn:Headers>
</soapenv:Header>
<soapenv:Body>
<urn:ContractWorkspaceImportRequest partition="?" variant="?">

<urn:WSContractWorkspaceInputBean_Item>

<urn:item>
<urn:Action>Create</urn:Action>
<urn:OnBehalfUserId>molson</urn:OnBehalfUserId>
<urn:OnBehalfUserPasswordAdapter></urn:OnBehalfUserPasswordAdapter>
<urn:ParentAgreementId></urn:ParentAgreementId>
<urn:ParentWorkspaceId></urn:ParentWorkspaceId>
<urn:ProjectHeaderFields>
<urn:AgreementDate>2010-09-14T12:00:00</urn:AgreementDate>

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<urn:DefaultStringTranslation>My description</
urn:DefaultStringTranslation>
</urn:Description>
<urn:EffectiveDate>2010-09-14T12:00:00</urn:EffectiveDate>

<urn:ExpirationDate>2011-09-14T12:00:00</urn:ExpirationDate>
<urn:ExpirationTermType>Fixed</urn:ExpirationTermType>

<urn:HierarchicalType>StandAlone</urn:HierarchicalType>
<urn:Title>

<urn:DefaultStringTranslation>My project</
urn:DefaultStringTranslation>
</urn:Title>

<urn:custom>
<urn:CustomBoolean name="NeedsEUApproval">true</
urn:CustomBoolean>
</urn:custom>
</urn:ProjectHeaderFields>
<urn:TemplateId>SYS0052</urn:TemplateId>
<urn:WorkspaceId></urn:WorkspaceId>
</urn:item>
</urn:WSContractWorkspaceInputBean_Item>
</urn:ContractWorkspaceImportRequest>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>
For information about specifying values for custom fields for Flex Master Data fields, see Using Custom Elements
for Flex Master Data Fields [page 33].

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Contract Data File Formats

In this section:
Contract header file format [page 130]
Contract Terms Export File Format [page 132]
Excel format for contract line items documents [page 132]

Contract header file format
SAP Ariba Contracts exports contract header data to CSV files, which consist of rows of data. The first row is the
character encoding. For exported files, the character encoding is always set to UTF-8.
The second row is the header row, which lists the column headings. If you have defined custom header fields (flex
fields), and you want them exported, verify with your SAP Ariba representative that they are flagged for export on
the Advanced tab of the Field Configurator. Any custom fields are added in columns to the end of the export file as
String types and are labeled cus_xxx, where xxx is the user interface field label. For example, if a custom field
Current Status was added to the Contract Workspace page, then the exported column is labeled
cus_CurrentStatus.
The subsequent rows contain the exported data. Each row contains data for one contract, indexed by the Contract
Workspace ID.
● The data in exported CSV files is always in en_US locale format, regardless of user and site default locale
settings.
● Numerical values in exported CSV files do not include the comma (",") separator.
The following table provides a description of the columns in the contract header CSV data export files:
Column

Description

Contract ID

A unique identifier string for the contract.

Last Published

The number of the most recently published version of the project.

Title

The title of the contract.

Description

The userspecified contract description.

Version

The most recent contract version.

Access Control

A list of access controls applied to the contract, delimited by brackets ([ ]).

Contract Status The status of the contract: Not Created, Draft, Published, Pending, On Hold, Ex
pired, Closed, Draft Amendment.

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Column

Description

Time Updated

The last updated time of the contract.

Last Modified
By

The last user who modified the contract.

Test Project

Indicates if the contract is a test project (or request).

Predecessor

The predecessor contract ID.

Hierarchical
Type

Indicates how the contract relates hierarchically to other contracts: as a stand
alone Agreement, Master Agreement or Sub Agreement.

Parent
Agreement

This depends on the Hierarchical type. If the Hierarchical type is Sub Agree
ment, then this is applicable to choose the parent or master agreement. This
option is not applicable if the Hierarchical type is Standalone or Master agree
ment.

Supplier Name

The full name of the contract supplier.

Affected
Parties

A list of names of affected parties, delimited by brackets ([ ]).

Affected
Parties IDs

A list of IDs of affected parties, delimited by brackets ([ ]). Each ID contains a
series of domain and value pairs enclosed in parentheses, where the domain
and value are separated by a colon (domain:value). For example, [(duns:

110011811)(buyersystemid:sid803)(internalsystemid:
20003)].
Supplier ID

The ID of the contract supplier.

Amount_
Currency

The currency specified in the event, when it is different from the project cur
rency. The values in this column are standard ISO currency codes, such as USD
or EUO.

Amount_Amount

The contract's total monetary amount.

Contract Type

The type of contract chosen. It can be Fixed, Perpetual or Auto-Renew.

Effective Date

The date when the terms of the contract go into effect.

Agreement Date

The date when the parties agreed to the contract.

Expiration Date The date when the contract will expire and its terms will no longer be in effect, if
it is not renewed.

InternalId

Internal ID assigned to the workspace or request by SAP Ariba Contracts .

RelatedId

This is an optional field.

AmendmentReason Reasons entered at the time of choosing the type of Amendment. (Administra
tive, Renewal, Termination, or Amendment)

AmendmentReason Comments entered at the time of creating an Amendment.
Comment
IsContractReque Indicates a contract workspace is required or not.
st
CreateDate

The creation date for the event's contract project. Dates are in the format EEE,
d MMM, yyyy. For example, Wed, 18 Feb, 2009.

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Column

Description

BaseLanguage

Base language of the contract.

Contract Terms Export File Format
For information about exported contract terms files, see the SAP Ariba guide for your procurement or invoicing
solution.

Excel format for contract line items documents
An Excel version of a contract line items document contains the following worksheets:
● Contract Header
● Contract Item Information
● Header Attributes
● Item Attributes
All cells in the worksheets are general format cells.

Contract Header Worksheet Columns
A Contract Header worksheet contains the columns shown in the following table. When a line items document is
exported, the values are provided for information only. SAP Ariba does not import values from this worksheet.
Column

Description

Event ID

Document ID and title (docId - title) of the line items.

Title

Title of the line items document.

Description

Description for the line items document.

Requester

ID of the user who created or updated this document.

Company Name

SAP Ariba does not set or read this field.

Supplier Name

Supplier field from the project header.

SupplierID Domain

Domain from which the supplier ID is assigned, such as buyer
systemid or sap. A supplier can have multiple IDs, each as
signed from a different domain.

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Column

Description

SupplierID Value

Supplier ID.

Contract Source

SAP Ariba does not set or read this field.

Buyer Contract ID

The corresponding SAP Ariba procurement or invoicing com
pliance contract ID.

Term Type
Limit Type

Contract type. This is always Item.
Specifies how the limit is regulated--by Amount (cost of items)
or Quantity (number of items).

Agreement Date

Agreement Date from the workspace header.

Effective Date

Effective Date from the workspace header.

Expiration Date

Expiration Date from the workspace header.

Contract Currency

SAP Ariba does not set or read this field.

Minimum Amount

SAP Ariba does not set or read this field.

Maximum Amount

SAP Ariba does not set or read this field.

Reference Document

If the line items document was created from a contract terms
link to a compliance contract, this is the ID of the contract
terms.

Contract Item Information Worksheet Columns

Column
Bundle

Description
Bundle name, as specified in the event award (for line items
documents created from SAP Ariba Sourcing event awards).

Item Number

Used by SAP Ariba to correlate an item with attributes in the
Item Attributes worksheet and to identify an item.

Short Name

Item name.

Description

Item description.

Extended Description

Full Description field for a compliance contract.

Supplier Part Number

Supplier part number.

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Column

Description

Unit of Measure

Unit of measure for the unit price (Price Unit field for a compli
ance contract).

Unit Price

Price per unit.

Discount Amount

Discount, specified as a fixed amount.

Supplier Discount (%)

SAP Ariba does not set or read this field.

Unit Price Currency

Currency type for unit price.

Classification Domain

Domain for the category or classification, such as UNSPSC for
commodities.

Classification Code

Category or classification code, such as a commodity code.

Quantity

The number of units.

Minimum Quantity

Minimum number of items that can be purchased.

Maximum Quantity

Maximum number of items that can be purchased.

Minimum Amount

Minimum value of the items that can be purchased.

Maximum Amount

Maximum value of the items that can be purchased.

Manufacturer Name

Name of manufacturer.

Manufacturer Part Number

Manufacturer's part number.

Limit Type

Specifies how the limit is regulated--by Amount (cost of items)
or Quantity (number of items).

Number

Used for service item hierarchies. A string with a unique dot
ted-decimal value that indicates the item's hierarchy and its
position in the hierarchy. For example, items with Number val
ues 2, 2.1, and 2.1.1 are members of the same hierarchy.
The item with Number 2 is at the highest level of the hierarchy
and the item with Number 2.1.1 is at the lowest level.
Number is used only to define service item hierarchies and is
ignored if LineType is not Service Line, Service

Outline, or Service Specification. Number has no
effect on an item's order in a list, other than ensuring that the
items in the same hierarchy are listed together and in descend
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Column
LineType

Description
Used for service item hierarchies. Specifies the type of service
item. Valid values:
●

Service Line (top-most level; all service outlines and
service specifications must be contained in a service line)

●

Service Outline (optional objects used to organize
service items; can contain child service outlines or service
specifications)

●

Service Specification (specifies a service to be
performed; cannot contain any children)

Header Attributes Worksheet Columns
The following columns are present in the Header Attributes worksheet but SAP Ariba does not set or read values
for these columns:
● Attribute Name
● Attribute Value
● Display Text
● Type
● Description
● Table Section Column

Item Attributes Worksheet Columns
The Item Attributes worksheet contains one row for each term defined for each line item.
Column

Description

Item Number

Used by SAP Ariba to correlate attributes with an item in the
Contract Item Information worksheet.

Attribute Name

Attribute name.

Attribute Value

Attribute value.

Display Text

Optional display text for the attribute.

Type

Data type for the attribute, such as Text or Money.

Description

Optional description for the attribute.

Items added from SAP item master data have entries with the following Attribute Name values:
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Attribute Name Column Value

Description

Item Category

Category to which the material belongs.

Material Group

Name of the material group for the item.

Material Number

Number (ID) of the material group for the item.

Material Type

Material type for the item.

Incoterms

International Commercial Terms ID that specifies Terms of De
livery.

Material Code

Material code for the item.

Requisition ID

ID of the ERP requisition for the item.

RFQ ID

ID of the ERP RFQ for the item.

Requisition Item Number

Line number for this item in the ERP requisition.

RFQ Item Number

Line number for this item in the ERP RFQ.

Base Unit Of Measure

Unit of measure in which the stocks of the item is measured.

Order Unit

Unit of measure used when ordering this item.

Plants

ERP IDs of plants that may purchase this item. IDs are en
closed by square brackets and delimited by a comma and
space. For example: [1000, 2000].

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Sourcing Data File Formats

In this section:
Sourcing Import File Formats [page 137]
Sourcing Export File Formats [page 137]

Sourcing Import File Formats
You can import sourcing event data for either quick or full projects from Microsoft Excel files. The file format you
use for event data import is based on a prototype Excel file that you generate from SAP Ariba Sourcing. See the
sections on creating event spreadsheet prototypes and editing spreadsheets for import in the SAP Ariba Event
Management Guide for information on generating a prototype that illustrates the file format you need for importing
event data.

Sourcing Export File Formats
SAP Ariba Sourcing exports event data to CSV files, which contain a standard set of columns, as well as additional
columns for any custom fields in your SAP Ariba Sourcing solution that have been flagged for third-party
integration.

Note
Custom fields are only included in data exports from SAP Ariba Sourcing if they have been flagged for third-party
integration. To make sure that specific custom fields in your solution are flagged for third-party integration,
contact your SAP Ariba representative.

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Event Data
The following table describes the columns that are present in CSV data files exported from SAP Ariba Sourcing for
events:
Column

Java Data Type

Description

Commodity

String

The commodity or commodities specified for the project. This
column can contain any of the commodities defined for your sol
ution. In cases where there is more than one commodity speci
fied for a project, this column contains a list commodity codes
separated by pipe characters (|).

Contract
Effective Date

Date

The contract effective date that the user enters when creating
the SAP Ariba Sourcing project. Dates are in the format EEE, d

MMM, yyyy. For example, Wed, 5 Nov, 2008.
Contract Months

Double

The number of contract months the user enters when creating
the SAP Ariba Sourcing project.

Creation Date

Date

The creation date for the event’s SAP Ariba Sourcing project.
Dates are in the format EEE, d MMM, yyyy. For example,

Wed, 5 Nov, 2008.
Project Id

String

The ID for the event’s SAP Ariba Sourcing project.

Project Owner

String

The name of the user who owns the SAP Ariba Sourcing project;
for example, Bob Smith.

Regions

String

The regions specified for the project. This column can contain
any of the region values defined for your solution. In cases where
there is more than one region specified for a project, this column
contains a list of regions separated by pipe characters (|).

Project Title

String

The title for the SAP Ariba Sourcing project, in the language
specified by the exporting user’s locale settings.

Currency

String

The currency specified for the event, when it is different from the
project currency. The values in this column are standard ISO cur
rency codes, such as USD or EUR.

Event Type

String

The event type, such as Auction, Forward Auction, or

RFI.
Event Owner

String

The username of the user who owns the event.

Event Id

String

The ID for the event.

Event Title

String

The title for the event, in the language specified by the exporting
user’s locale settings.

Supplier Name

String

The full name of the bidding supplier as specified in the event; for
example, Mary Jones.

Supplier Phone

String

The supplier’s phone number.

Supplier
Address

String

The supplier’s address.

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Column

Java Data Type

Description

Supplier
Organization
Name

String

The name of the supplier organization associated with the bid
ding supplier.

Supplier
String
Organization Id

A list of all organization IDs, separated by pipe characters (|), for
the supplier organization associated with the bidding supplier.
Because the same supplier can have different IDs in different
third-party systems, SAP Ariba organization IDs are do
main:value pairs for specific systems, and the entire list is ex
ported in this column. For example, ABC Company’s list of organ
ization IDs might look like this:

SAP:1234|Oracle:2345|PeopleSoft:3456
Type

String

The content type, such as Line Item or Section.

Line Type

String

Service line type. Specifies the type for a line item in an SAP
service hierarchy, such as Service Line, Service

Outline, or Service Specification.
Reporting
BigDecimal
Savings.reportin
gcurrency

Bid savings. This column is only exported when the event cur
rency and the site’s default reporting currency are different; the
value in this column is in the reporting currency. For example, if
the event is in Euros but the default reporting currency is US dol
lars, the header for this column is Reporting

Savings.USD, and the data in the column is in US dollars.
Participant

String

The bidding supplier’s full name and organization; for example,
ABC Company(Mary Jones).

Score Value

BigDecimal

The score value for the bid participant.

Bid Id

String

The ID of the bid.

Savings
Percentage

BigDecimal

Percentage of bid savings.

Bid Status

String

The status of the bid, such as Accepted, Pending

Selection, or Replaced.
Reporting
Extended
Price.reportingc

BigDecimal

urrency

The extended price (unit cost times bid quantity) of the bid
items. This column is only exported when the event currency and
the site’s default reporting currency are different; the value is al
ways in the reporting currency. For example, if the event is in Eu
ros but the default reporting currency is US dollars, the header
for this column is Reporting Extended Price.USD,
and the data in the column is in US dollars.

Reporting
Price.reportingc

BigDecimal

urrency

The bid price. This column is only exported when the event cur
rency and the site’s default reporting currency are different; the
value in this column is in the reporting currency. For example, if
the event is in Euros but the default reporting currency is US dol
lars, the header for this column is Reporting PriceS.USD,
and the data in the column is in US dollars.

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Column

Java Data Type

Description

Price

BigDecimal

The bid price in the event currency.

Savings

BigDecimal

Bid savings in the event currency.

Rank

Integer

The supplier’s rank.

Extended Price

BigDecimal

The extended price (price times quantity) of the bid items in
event currency.

Item Name

String

The name of the item in the bid.

Section/Lot

String

The name of the bid’s section or lot.

Award
Allocation
Percentage

BigDecimal

The percentage of the total award allocated for the bid.

In addition to the columns described above, the exported CSV file can contain the following data:
● A column of type String for each custom term defined for the event. The header for a custom term column is
the term name.
● A column of type BigDecimal for each scenario. The header for a scenario column is Scenario:
scenarioname, where scenarioname is the name of the scenario defined when the event is created. The
column contains the allocation percentage for the item in the bid.

RFX Award Data
The Download RFX Award, Download RFX Award with Filters, and Export RFX Award web services export a CSV file
for each RFX award. Each row in the file contains data for an item from one of the following sources:
● a bid or response from a participant
● a value entered by the event owner (an initial, historical, or reserve value)
● the leading bid or response for the item
Use the Item Name or Item Number column with the Award Allocation column to find the bids or responses
rewarded for a given item.
Column

Description

Commodity

The commodity or commodities specified for the project. This column can contain any of the
commodities defined for your solution. In cases where there is more than one commodity
specified for a project, this column contains a list commodity codes separated by pipe char
acters (|).

Contract
Effective
Date

The contract effective date that the user enters when creating the SAP Ariba Sourcing
project. Dates are in the format EEE, d MMM, yyyy. For example, Wed, 5 Nov, 2008.

Contract
Months

The number of contract months the user enters when creating the SAP Ariba Sourcing
project.

Creation Date

The creation date for the event’s SAP Ariba Sourcing project. Dates are in the format EEE,
d MMM, yyyy. For example, Wed, 5 Nov, 2008.

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Column

Description

Project Id

The ID for the event’s SAP Ariba Sourcing project, such as WS1234.

Project Owner

Project owner. For quick projects (standalone events), this is the event owner.

Regions

Regions, as specified in the event or project header. In cases where there is more than one
region specified for a project, this column contains a list of regions separated by pipe char
acters (|).

Project Title

Project name. For quick (standalone) events, this is the same as the event name.

Company

Company code for the event (set if your site is integrated with an external system).

Purchasing
Organization

Purchasing organization for the event (set if your site is integrated with an external system).

Purchasing
Group

Purchasing group for the event (set if your site is integrated with an external system).

Payment Terms

Payment terms for the event (set if your site is integrated with an external system).

Document Type

Type of document to create on the external system from this data, such as a Purchase
Order or Contract (set if your site is integrated with an external system).

Document
Category

Category of document to create on the external from this data, such as a NB Standard
Purchase Order or WK Value Contract (set if your site is integrated with an external sys
tem).

Currency

The currency specified for the event, when it is different from the project currency. The val
ues in this column are standard ISO currency codes, such as USD or EUR.

Event Type

Event type. Possible values are: RFI, Survey, RFQ, Forward Auction, Auction, and

RFP.
Event Owner

The username of the user who owns the event.

Event Id

Event ID, such as Doc1234.

Event Title

Event title (name).

Supplier Name

Name of the supplier user for the data in this row (the user who entered the bid or re
sponse). If blank, the data in this row was entered as content by the event owner (for exam
ple, data could be the initial or historic price for an item).

Supplier
Phone

Phone number of the supplier for the data in this row.

Supplier
Address

Address of the supplier for the data in this row.

Supplier
Organization
Name

Organization name of the supplier for the data in this row.

Supplier
Organization
Id

IDs of the supplier for the data in this row. Each ID is in the format domain:value, and the

Bid Id

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Column

Description

Bid Status

Bid Status.

Participant

Source for the data in this row. For bids or responses, this is the participant organization and
user participant. For data entered by the event owner, this column indicates the type of data
(Initial (initial value), Historic, Reserve). For data that indicates the leading bid or
response, the value is Leading.

Section/Lot

Section or lot name.

Item Name

Name of the line item or lot, as entered by the event owner.

Rank

Rank for the bid or response in this row (the bid with the lowest price is ranked 1).

Savings
Percentage

Savings percentage for the bid or response in this row.

Score Value

Score calculated for the participant using grading and scoring rules. For more information,
see the Grading and scoring topic.

Type

Item type (Line Item, Lot Item, Basket Lot, Cost Item, Biddable Lot,
Item Lot, Single Item Lot).

Line Type

Service line type. Specifies the type for a line item in an SAP service hierarchy, such as

Service Line, Service Outline, or Service Specification.
Submission
Date

Submission date in the format EEE, d MMM, yyyy. For example, Wed, 5 Nov, 2008.

Item Number

Number that identifies the line item or lot relative to the other content in the RFX or auction.

Price

Price for the bid or response in this row.

Reporting

The bid price in your site’s default reporting currency (reportingcurrency). For example,

Price.reportin

if the default reporting currency for you site is US dollars, the header for this column is

gcurrency

Reporting Price.USD, and the data in the column is in US dollars.

Quantity

Quantity for the item.

Extended
Price

Extended price (price * quantity).

Savings

The savings (amount) for this response or bid.

Reporting

The savings in your site’s default reporting currency (reportingcurrency). For example, if

Savings.report the default reporting currency for you site is US dollars, the header for this column is
Reporting Savings.USD, and the data in the column is in US dollars.
ingcurrency
Material

Material group for the item. Only present if the item was added from item master data.

Group
Material

Material number for the item. Only present if the item was added from item master data.

Number
Material Type

Material type for the item. Only present if the item was added from item master data.

Plant

Plant for the item. Only present if the item was added from item master data.

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Column

Description

Item Category

Category for the item. Only present if the item was added from item master data

Bid Currency

Currency type used by the participant.

Bid Savings

The savings for this response or bid

Bid Extended
Price

The extended price for this response or bid.

Bid Price

The price submitted for this response or bid.

Award
Allocation
Percentage

The amount awarded for this bid, shown as a percentage of the total.

Scenario

The amount allocated for this bid for the given scenario, shown as a percentage of the total.
There will be one Scenario column for each scenario created for the event.

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Managing Integration Migration

In this section:
About Integration Migration Management [page 144]
Reviewing and Accepting Changes to Data Definitions [page 145]
Reverting Accepted Changes to Data Definitions [page 147]
Reviewing Data Definitions in the Data Dictionary [page 148]
Reviewing Data Definitions in a WSDL [page 149]

About Integration Migration Management
The integration migration management utility enables you to control when changes to data definitions are adopted
in data export and import operations so that the changes do not cause compatibility problems when exchanging
data with ERP or other external systems.
SAP Ariba introduces new fields in data objects and data export tasks to support newer workflows and to send
more information to ERP or other external systems. Any change to the data definition — for example, a new field
introduced in an export task, or a change to the order of the fields, has the potential to cause compatibility
problems when exchanging data with ERP or other external systems.
To solve this potential problem, the integration migration management feature enables you to review the field
changes made to data export and import tasks, and if desired, accept the changes. This ensures that the data
definition changes that SAP Ariba makes will not be incorporated into your data export or import tasks until you
explicitly accept those changes.
After accepting changes to the data definitions, if needed, you can revert to the previously accepted data definition.
For the SAP Ariba Web Services, integration migration management is needed for both data imports and data
export operations, because all messages must adhere to the WSDL for the event regardless of whether they are
import or export operations. For the file channel, the Integration Migration Management feature is not needed for
imports operations because import integrations available out of the box in SAP Ariba solutions do not rename
import fields, and are able to handle extra and incorrect fields.
Integration migration management is not applicable when exporting the following items and changes to the data
definitions for these items occur without user intervention:
● Sourcing Projects
● Supplier Profile Questionnaires (SPQs) and data that includes responses to SPQs, such as supplier profiles

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Integration Migration Management Workflow
Integration migration management involves the following activities:
1. After a release, whenever field changes are introduced to an SAP Ariba data export or import task (in a hot fix
or service pack), you view these changes in the

Integration Manager

Data Definition

workspace.

2. You can review the changes and accept them. Once accepted, the data export or import task changes take
effect.
You cannot choose specific changes to accept or revert in a given data export or import task. You must accept all
the changes to the task in order for any of the changes to take effect.

Related Information
Reviewing and Accepting Changes to Data Definitions [page 145]
Reverting Accepted Changes to Data Definitions [page 147]
Reviewing Data Definitions in the Data Dictionary [page 148]
Reviewing Data Definitions in a WSDL [page 149]

Reviewing and Accepting Changes to Data
Definitions
Prerequisites
You must be a member of the Integration Admin or Customer Administrator group.

Procedure
1. In Ariba Administrator, click

Integration Manager

Data Definition .

2. On the right side of the top menu bar, click Advanced.
3. Click Refresh Data Definition:

This ensures that you have the latest data for your installation.
4. In the Data Definition page, check the Status column for tasks with the status Changed. Select the Review
command in the Actions pull-down menu of a data export or import task with the Changed status.
A page opens that lists the files or groups with new or changed fields for that task.
5. Select the file name (if it is a file channel task) or group name (if it is a web services task) with the status Needs
Review.
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6. Review the changes. The New Field column shows the new data definition.
7. If you want to accept the displayed changes, click Accept Changed Fields. If you are not ready to accept the
changes, click Exit.
8. Repeat the Review and Accept Changed Fields actions to review and accept changes for all files with changes.
9. After accepting all changes in the data export or import task, click Publish All Changes.
10. Click OK in the confirmation dialog box to incorporate the changes into this data export or import task.

Results

Note
You must accept all the changes to the data export or import task in order for any of the changes to take effect.
You can revert changes in the data export or import task that you have accepted. You can revert to the most
recently accepted version only.

Data Definition Change Example
Context
A user in the Integration Admin group clicks

Integration Manager

Data Definition .

In the top menu bar, the user clicks Advanced.
On the Data Definition page, the user clicks Refresh Data Definition.
The Status field shows the Export Supplier Users and Export Supplier Users and their Organizations have
Changed data definitions. The user clicks

Actions

Review

for the Export Supplier Users task.

The Export Supplier Users page shows the names of all files for the task field. Select a file with the status Needs
Review. In this example, the task has only one file (NewSupplierExport.xls). The new field name in this file is

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IsUserApproved. The user clicks Accept Changed Fields to accept the changes for the
NewSupplierExport.xls file. If multiple files had changes for this task, the user would click each file name to
view the changes, then accept the changes.

The user clicks Publish All Changes in the upper right corner of the page.

Reverting Accepted Changes to Data Definitions
Prerequisites
You must be a member of the Integration Admin or Customer Administrator group.

Procedure
1. In Ariba Administrator, select

Integration Manager

Data Definition .

2. On the right side of the top menu bar, click Advanced.
3. Click Refresh Data Definition:

This ensures that you have the latest data for your installation.
4. In the Data Definition page, select the Revert command in the Actions pull-down menu of the data export or
import task.
5. Select the file name (if it is a file channel task) or group name (if it is a web services task) with the status Needs
Review.
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Fields that will be reverted are shown in red.
6. Click Accept Changed Fields to revert changes.
7. Repeat steps the steps to review and accept changes for all files or groups to be reverted.
8. After accepting all the changes to revert, click Publish All Changes, and then click OK in the confirmation
dialog box to restore the data export or import task to its previous state.

Results

Note
You must revert all the changes to the data export or import task for any of the changes to be reverted.

Reviewing Data Definitions in the Data Dictionary
Prerequisites

You must be a member of the Integration Admin or Customer Administrator group.
(File channel only) The Data Dictionary reflects the data definition for each file channel data export or import task.

Procedure

1. In Ariba Administrator, click

Integration Manager

Data Definition .

2. Click the Download Data Dictionary link on the Data Definition page.

Results

The contents are color coded as follows:
● deprecated fields are shown in red
● new fields to be accepted are shown in green
The column New File Column Name indicate any new or deprecated fields. The new column shows what the
data definition would be if you accepted the changes. If there are no changes to the event, the columns File
Column Name and New File Column Name have the same contents.

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Reviewing Data Definitions in a WSDL
Context
(Web Services only) You can preview what the contents of the WSDL would be if you accepted the data definition
changes.

Procedure
1. Use the procedure to generate a WSDL file, as described in Generating a WSDL File [page 22].
2. Copy the destination URL for the WSDL file.
3. Add the latest=true parameter to the URL, as shown in the following example:
http://s1.ariba.com/Buyer/soap/realm/event?wsdl&latest=true
Where:
realm is your realm name
event is your data export or import task name
This generates the WSDL as it would appear if you accepted all of the data definition changes for this event.

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Site Configuration Options for Integration
Services

Site configuration options are set for you by SAP Ariba.
Application.ACM.EnableWSContractTermsPush
Setting this parameter to Yes enables users to export a Contract Terms Excel file document
to an ERP or other external system by clicking the Export
External System
command in the Actions pull-down menu for the Contract Terms document. The SAP Ariba
system uses the Export Contract Terms web service to send the Contract Terms file.
The default value is No.
Application.ACM.EnableWSWorkspaceIdOnCreatePush
If the Export WorkspaceId service is configured, setting this parameter to Yes causes
the SAP Ariba system to use the Export WorkspaceId service to send a workspace ID to
the outbound endpoint when an SAP Ariba Contractsworkspace is created. The default
value is No.
Application.ACM.EnableWSWorkspaceIdOnPublishPush
If the Export WorkspaceId service is configured, setting this parameter to Yes causes
the SAP Ariba system to use the Export WorkspaceId service to send a workspace ID to
the outbound endpoint when an SAP Ariba Contracts workspace is published. The default
value is No.
Application.ACM.EvaluateParentAgreementFromParentContractId
Specifies if the import workspace web services (Import Procurement Contract Workspace,
Import Internal Contract Workspace, Import Sales Contract Workspace) validate the
ParentAgreementIdelement when updating subagreements against the contract ID of
the parent workspace or against the internal ID of the parent workspace. The default value
is No (validate against the internal ID). In most cases, a workspace's contract ID and internal
ID are the same. Setting this parameter to Yes is useful when updating subagreements that
have parent agreements that were created using legacy load operations and the internal ID
does not match the contract ID and is not known.
Application.ACM.ExternalDocumentBrowserURL
If the ERP system has a web page with links that generate and send Import Document
SOAP messages to the SAP Ariba system, set this parameter to the URL for that web page.
SAP Ariba users who click Actions
Upload External Document
Documents tab in a project will be forwarded to this URL.

from the

Application.ACM.TimeZoneIDForExportExcelByWebService
By default, date fields (Date_Field and CalendarDate_Field type) exported for the
RFX award are listed in the time zone for the SAP Ariba server (such as GMT -8). Use this
parameter to adjust the date fields using a different time zone. The value must be a time
zone ID supported by the Java TimeZone class (a value returned by
java.util.TimeZone.getAvailableIDs(), such as Etc/GMT+8, Etc/GMT-9, Asia/
Calcutta, or IST).

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Application.AQS.AutoEventCompletionWhenAllItemsAwarded
Specifies if an event automatically changes to the Completed state after at least one award
is submitted for each item in the event. The default value is Yes; if set to No, events must be
manually closed.
Application.AQS.EnableWSAwardPush
Setting this parameter to Yes enables the RFXAwardExport scheduled task to use the
Export RFX Awards web service to export RFX awards to an external system. The default
value is No.
Application.Base.PreferredTimeZoneIDForUser
By default, users created using the Import Users web service have their time zone set to the
time zone for the SAP Ariba server (such as GMT -8). Use this parameter to assign a
different time zone for users created using the Import Users web service. The value must be
a time zone ID supported by the Java TimeZone class (a value returned by
java.util.TimeZone.getAvailableIDs(), such as Etc/GMT+8, Etc/GMT-9, Asia/
Calcutta, or IST).
Application.Messaging.Channels.WS.IncludeTimePortionToParseDate
Setting this parameter to Yes causes the web services to include the time (hours, minutes,
seconds) portions of XSD DateTime elements that would otherwise be converted to
calendar dates (such as ToDate and FromDate elements used for time filters). The default
value is No.

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Site configuration parameters for
synchronization of supplier data with the
unified vendor model

Some of the functionality for this feature is controlled by site configuration options, which SAP Ariba sets for you.
Application.SM.VendorPushTaskEnabled
Specifies whether or not supplier data is synchronized from the classic supplier
organization model to the new unified vendor data model used by SAP Ariba Supplier
Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance
Management (new architecture) solutions. The synchronization occurs for a limited
number of fields and is performed by the SMVendorSyncScheduledTask scheduled task.
The default value, No, means that supplier data is not synchronized.
Application.SM.VendorContactPushTaskEnabled
Specifies whether or not supplier user data is synchronized from the classic supplier
organization model to supplier contacts in the new unified vendor data model used by SAP
Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier Information and
Performance Management (new architecture) solutions. The synchronization occurs for a
limited number of fields and is performed by the SMVendorContactPushScheduledTask.
The default value, No, means that supplier user data is not synchronized.
Application.SM.ITKImportProfileInSM
Specifies whether or not, in solutions where a customer is migrating from using the supplier
profile questionnaire to supplier registrations, and has imported a data file mapping
between questions in the two questionnaires, extended profile data imported via SAP Ariba
integration toolkit or SOAP web service integration is synchronized from the now-inactive
supplier profile questionnaire to supplier registrations. The default value, No, means that
there is no synchronization for supplier profile questionnaire to supplier registrations.

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Revision History

The following table provides a brief history of the updates to this guide. SAP Ariba updates the technical
documentation for its cloud solutions if
● software changes delivered in service packs or hot fixes require a documentation update to correctly reflect the
new or changed functionality;
● the existing content is incorrect or user feedback indicated that important content is missing.
Ariba reserves the right to update its technical documentation without prior notification. Most documentation
updates will be made available the same week the software service packs are released, but critical documentation
updates may be released at any time.
Month/Year of
Update

Updated Topic

Short Description of Change

July 2018

Sourcing Export File Formats

Added Line Type.

March 2018

●

Sourcing Event and
Sourcing Project Opera
tions

Corrected formatting.

January 2018

●

Sourcing Event and
Sourcing Project Opera
tions

New web services.

●

DocumentStatusChange
Notification

●

DocumentURLOutBound

●

Import CLID using XML

Added Number and LineType elements and columns for service

●

Contract Data File For

items.

November 2017

mats
About SAP Ariba SOAP Web

Updated the information about the applicability of the integration

Service APIs

methods in this guide to SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per
formance and SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance
Management (new architecture).

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Month/Year of
Update

Updated Topic

●

Short Description of Change

Using SOAP web service

Added topics about using SOAP web service APIs for limited sup

APIs for supplier data in

plier data integration with SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Per

tegration with the unified

formance and SAP Ariba Supplier Information and Performance

vendor model

Management (new architecture), which use the unified vendor

Data flow for supplier

model.

data loaded through
SOAP web service APIs
into the unified vendor
model
●

Supplier organization
data synchronization to
the unified vendor model

●

Organization ID synchro
nization to ERP vendor
IDs in the unified vendor
model

●

Supplier user synchroni
zation to the unified ven
dor model

●

Synchronization of sup
plier profile questionnaire
data to the supplier regis
tration questionnaire

●

Site configuration param
eters for synchronizing
supplier data to the uni
fied vendor model

August 2017

●
●

Import Contract Line

Information about the new Import Contract Line Items Docu

Items Document

ment service.

Excel format for contract
line items documents

July 2017

●
●

Download Contract

Added information about the

Header Fields

Application.Messaging.Channels.WS.IncludeTi

Download RFX Awards

mePortionToParseDate site configuration parameter.

with Filters
●

Download Document IDs

●

Export Organizations

●

Export Supplier Profiles

●

Site Configuration Op
tions for Integration Serv
ices

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Month/Year of
Update

Updated Topic

Short Description of Change

Download RFX Awards with

Added information about the IncludePendingEvents ele

Filters

ment and the site configuration option

Application.AQS.AutoEventCompletionWhenAllI
temsAwarded.
●

Site Configuration Op

Added information about the site configuration option

tions for Integration Serv Application.AQS.AutoEventCompletionWhenAllI
ices
About SAP Ariba SOAP Web
Service APIs

February 2017

●

Download Contract
Terms

●

Export Contract Terms

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temsAwarded.
The information in this guide is not applicable to the SAP Ariba
Supplier Lifecycle and Performance and SAP Ariba Supplier In
formation and Performance Management (new architecture) sol
utions.
Added information about support for extracting Contract Line
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