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Install the SAP Ariba Network – NetSuite Quickstart integration template for Suppliers

Stephen Brandt
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You can install the SAP Ariba Network – NetSuite quickstart template from the integrator.io Marketplace (U.S. | EU).

Before you install

A. Create your Celigo iPaaS account

Sign up for an integrator.io account with administrative access.

B. Add Supplier endpoints to your SAP Ariba account

Before setting up the SAP Ariba connection, you must configure the endpoint and webhook for your new integration. Start by signing into your SAP Ariba Supplier account, and complete both of the following procedures to create the endpoints:

Configure an SAP Ariba Supplier endpoint for the template’s export (webhook)

  1. Click your account avatar at the top right, and select Settings > Electronic order routing.
  2. Click Configure cXML (native) integration.
  3. In the cXML setup page, enter the custom URL token generated from webhook for the Shared secret.
  4. Under Profile URL, provide the public URL of the webhook.
  5. Click Save.

Configure an SAP Ariba Supplier endpoint for the template’s import

  1. Click your account avatar at the top right, and select Settings > Electronic order routing.
  2. Click Configure cXML (native) integration.
  3. Select Shared secret for the Authentication method.
  4. Provide a value for the Shared secret. Record your shared secret for use in configuring the SAP Ariba connection, below.
  5. Click Save.

Tip: Make sure to familiarize yourself with the SAP Ariba Network cXML user guide.

C. Enable SuiteTalk (web services) and SuiteScript

Sign into your NetSuite account to prepare for installing the required NetSuite bundle:

  1. Go to Setup > Company > Enable features > Company.
  2. Under Data management, select File cabinet.
  3. Under SuiteCloud, select Custom records, Client SuiteScript, Server SuiteScript, and Web services.
  4. Click Save.

Install SAP Ariba Network – NetSuite

  1. Navigate to the Marketplace menu in integrator.io.
  2. From the list of software publishers, select SAP Ariba.
  3. Find the SAP Ariba Network – NetSuite for Suppliers template and click Preview.
  1. Review the template’s contents and the ReadMe file, and click Install to begin.
  2. Read the disclaimer and click Proceed if you consent to its terms.

Set up the connections and integrate with NetSuite

Next, you’re presented with setup options for SAP Ariba Network and NetSuite.

Connect to NetSuite

Click to Configure the NetSuite connection. Next, select an existing connection or provide your NetSuite account credentials for basic or token-type authentication.

Connect to SAP Ariba Network (Supplier)

Click to Configure the SAP Ariba connection as an HTTP connection with custom authentication. Next, provide your SAP Ariba account credentials for the corresponding fields, as described below.

General

  • Name: Any unique identifier by which you can refer to the connection later
  • Mode: Cloud

Application details

  • Base URI: https://service.ariba.com
  • Media type: XML

Configure auth

  • Authentication type: Custom
  • Encrypted: {"Supplier_SharedSecret":"{{<Paste-supplier-shared-secret>}}"}
  • Unencrypted: {"Supplier_AribaNetworkUserID":"{{login_mail_id}}","Buyer_NetworkId":"{{ANID}}"}

The supplier and buyer accounts network IDs are required for this connection. For the buyer ID, sign into SAP Ariba Network and copy the ANID from the top right corner under the username.

Then, sign into the supplier account and copy the ANID from the top right corner under the company settings.

Continuing in the SAP Ariba Network connection pane, complete the settings under How to test connection? as described below:

How to test this connection?

  • Ping relative URI: /service/transaction/cxml.asp
  • Ping method: POST
  • Ping body:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE cXML SYSTEM "http://xml.cxml.org/schemas/cXML/1.2.013/cXML.dtd">
<cXML payloadID="1785255753212.2136968648.66.7733@ariba.com" timestamp="2019-09-09T05:32:04-00:00">
  <Header>
    <From>
      <Credential domain="AribaNetworkUserId">
        <Identity>{{connection.http.unencrypted.Supplier_AribaNetworkUserID}}</Identity>
      </Credential>
    </From>
    <To>
      <Credential domain="NetworkId">
        <Identity>AN01000000001</Identity>
      </Credential>
    </To>
    <Sender>
      <Credential domain="AribaNetworkUserId">
        <Identity>{{connection.http.unencrypted.Supplier_AribaNetworkUserID}}</Identity>
        <SharedSecret>{{connection.http.encrypted.Supplier_SharedSecret}}</SharedSecret>
      </Credential>
      <UserAgent>Celigo Integration</UserAgent>
    </Sender>
  </Header>
  <Request>
    <ProfileRequest/>
  </Request>
</cXML>
  • Ping success path: /*[local-name()='cXML']/*[local-name()='Response']/*[local-name()='Status']/@code
  • Ping success value: 200

Click Save to verify the connection.

Install NetSuite integration bundle (393884)

The setup page tries to detect whether this integration bundle is already installed with the NetSuite connection that you provided. The NetSuite Custom Bundle (ID 393884) contains custom fields and saved searches tailored for this template. If it cannot be confirmed, you are redirected to NetSuite where you can install the bundle as follows:

  1. Once signed into NetSuite, from the Customization menu, select Suite bundler > Search and install bundles.
  1. Enter the bundle ID (393884) into the Keywords field, and click Search.
  1. Select this bundle, and click Install. The installation process could take a while.

The integrator bundle status will change to “Installed.”

Get started with the quickstart template

Now that you’ve installed this quickstart template in your integrator.io account, understand how to configure and run your flows:

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