SAP ERP and SAP S/4Hana can be easily connected to CIG with http connection using enhanced SAP standard interfaces (IDOCs and Proxy WS) provided by the Add-on and outbound connection can be secured with the Cloud Connector.

Troubleshooting tools like connection test, document validator and mapping simulatorĬloud Integration Gateway architecture overview (Buyer Side) The CIG it is an Integration-as-a-Services (IaaS) solution build on top of the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), the CIG provides a self-service portal to allow users to configure and monitor interfaces with backend systems and trading partners, some of the capabilities of the CIG are:Ĭonfiguration wizard that guides you through each step required to connect including cross references and value mappings

What is the Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG)? Customers can use the CIG for both, Buyers, and Suppliers accounts, but with some different capabilities between them, at this point, for the Buyer Side SAP provides an Add-on for SAP S/4 Hana and SAP ERP with prebuild and configurable integration content meanwhile the Supplier side can be integrated through EDI interfaces. The Ariba Network integration provides services interfaces based on the exchange of cXML documents and maps to other protocols (EDIFACT, X12, etc.) through the CIG middleware. How Ariba Network Integrates with Customer backend systems? To achieve this the Ariba Network provides deferent access points, with different portals for each of them and different capabilities, giving the possibility to integrate these portals with the customer business systems. In the Ariba Network buyers and suppliers establish a relationship called “trading relationship”, after having this relationship they can exchange business documents, for instance the buyer can create a Purchase Order and the Network will deliver this document to the correct supplier, then the supplier can create a Ship Notice, or an Invoice related to the PO and the network will determine the corresponding buyer. The Ariba Network is a B2B solution that allows buyers and suppliers collaborate in their supply chain processes, providing a unified network that connects trading partners through a single directory.

This blog is intended to give a general understanding of the SAP Ariba Network integration using the SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) with SAP back-end systems on the Buyer Side.

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